Warren Pick of Senators
Governor Earl Warren leads as preferred vice presidential candidate among 33 Republican senators asked. Bricker receives six votes, nine undecided, with Stassen Dirksen Griswold and Wherry each one vote. None favored Dewey for second place. views on ticket dynamics and regional balance are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Earl Warren
California
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Dwight
Griswold
Nebraska
Kenneth &. Wherry
Neb
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Warren
Bricker
Dewey
Meorie
Congress
Job clinic seeks handicapped workers for government posts
The U S Civil Service Commission in cooperation with the War Manpower Commission and Vocational Rehabilitation Department will hold an employment clinic at the Decatur courthouse Friday May 19 at 8 30 a m. Interviews will be conducted on the spot for jobs in Navy yards air fields and other government establishments with openings for clerical laborer trainee helper and skilled positions. Appointing officers will be present and unemployed physically handicapped persons are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
War Manpower Commission
Vocational Rehabilitation Department
Decatur
Aot
Southern Baptist convention set for May 16 17 in Atlanta
About 3,000 messengers and officials will attend the streamlined Southern Baptist convention in Atlanta on May 16 and 17. President Pat Neff will preside. Dr. John H. Buchannan or Dr. Kyle M Yates will give the presidential address. Dr. Charles Maddry directs foreign missions. Governor J. M. Broughton will deliver the closing message.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Louie D. Newton
Pat M. Neff
Baylor University
Augusta
Walter M. Gilmore
Gilmore
Foreign Missions Boards
Co-Operative
Uthern Baptist Convention
Neff
John H. Buchannan
Birmingham
Ala
Kyle M Yates
Louisville
Foreign Mission
Charles E. Maddry
Richmond
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Captain Francis Appointed Adjutant at RAF Base Unit
Major W. O. Riley announces Captain Robert L. Francis as adjutant for the 2156th RAF base unit. Francis previously served at Cape Girardeau flying school in Missouri. He hails from Davis Oklahoma, graduated from Oklahoma A and M College in 1939, and resides with his wife in Decatur.
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W. O. Riley
Robert L. Francis
Francis
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Davis
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. & M. Colege
Decatur
Early Rocky Mountain Exploration by Trappers in 1811
The first white men to explore the Rocky Mountain region were trappers who penetrated the territory in 1811. The account notes their initial routes and the beginnings of sustained fur trade exploration in the area.
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Rocky Mountain Region
Territory
Rendezvous at Learmonth Amid Past Feud and Love
Colin Rae and Irina Meredith escape pursuers and head to Learmonth to meet Rodney Selkirk as old rival Nate Tennant returns. The tense reunion foreshadows conflict over a company blacklist and lingering resentments while Irina and Selkirk’s romance unfolds amidst snowbound danger.
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Colin Rae
Hendrik’s Bay Company
Winnipeg
Irina Meredith
Rodney Selkirk
Learmonth
Colin
Jonathan Dove
Canada
Irina
Dove
Blair Benedict
Trappers Lake
Alec Gunn
Alec
Blair
Selkirk
van Downe
Rodney
R.C.A.F
Ma” Corrigate
Sam
Nate
Rae
Nate Tennant
Agai
Tachoal Tennant
Cofff
Tennant
Postwar Prosperity Seen for Muscle Shoals Area
A U S Labor Department report cites Colbert and Lauderdale counties in Alabama as a future center for lightweight aluminum chemical fertilizers and ferrosilicon. It notes power from TVA will attract new plants while predicting slow growth for some industries and a need to improve housing and schools during the transition to peacetime.
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Virginia van der Veer
Washington
U. S. Department of Labor
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Colbert
Lauderdale
Labor Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Europe
Colbert County
Mus
Cle Shoals
Reclassification Denied for River Area Near Tennessee
The fourth regional War Labor Board in Atlanta denied a request to reclassify the river area bordering the Tennessee River in North Alabama from class B to a higher class. The board had originally set the area as class B.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Tennessee River
Alabama
Surrender Terms Near Completion For Germany
London May 13. Informant says American British and Russian plans for acceptance of Germany's surrender are nearly completed. Terms will be surrender rather than armistice proposals and call for destruction of the Prussian built army as drafted by the European advisory commission.
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Wes Gallagher
London
uPi
Germany
European Advisory Commission
District opposes TVA region reclassification plan
The 15 mile by 15 mile Tennessee River strip including Sheffield Decatur Huntsville Florence faces opposition from AFL affiliated unions to a proposed reclassification. The area spans cities along the river and is tied to TVA developments.
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Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sheffield
Decatur
Huntsville
Tuscumbia
Florence
American Federation of Labor
Big Three plan to direct German surrender terms
The article outlines a postwar process where Premier Stalin issues directives to the Red Army commander in chief for negotiating with Germany, with combined chiefs of staff passing the plan to Eisenhower for potential negotiations. It notes Soviet insistence on a complete German surrender and discusses which territories will come under American British and Soviet control once hostilities end. It also briefly mentions Romanian corn as a major food crop.
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Stalin
Red Army
Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
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House Paints
Westinghouse Electric
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Scott
R.j.scott
Oliver Evans
Decatur Transit
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Homer F. Shelton
Army Air Forces
Sheppard Field
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