Chicago Jubilee and Pennsylvania Primary Duel in Politic Week
The Associated Press reports a Democratic Jubilee in Chicago with President Truman to speak at 10:30 PM after a torchlight parade, a major rally seen as pivotal. Pennsylvania Republicans face a key primary with Grundy Duff Kunkel and Fine, while Myers unopposed in the Senate race and Dilworth contesting the governor nomination.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Truman
Joseph R. Grundy
Thomas E. Dewey
James H. Duff
Dewey
Duff
John S. Fine
Superior Court
Grundy
John C. Kunkel
U. S. House
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
Fine
Kunkel
Francis Myers
U. S. Senate
Richardson Dilworth
Civic Opera House
Dog Beaten to Death by Hail Near Northport
A freak hail storm near Northport, Alabama, killed a four year old feist named Teenie after the dog fled a shelter chasing a rabbit. Four Persian cats disappeared during the storm, reportedly blown away from a concrete backroom by strong winds.
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Northport
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sutton
Teenie
Lightning Kills 10-Year-Old Boy Near Matthews Station
A lightning strike near Matthews Station killed a 10-year-old boy named Joseph McLoud as he walked along a road. Matthews Station is a rural community about 30 miles south of Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Matthews Station
Joseph McLoud
Here
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Prices
Decatur market notes list cotton middling 32, cottonseed per ton 40 dollars, broilers 35 and 2 cents delivered, hens heavy 20 cents, hatching eggs 80 cents per dot, wheat 2.19, yellow corn ear 1.42, shelled 1.48, oats 2.20 per cwt bulk, milo moisture notes 13 percent.
Wall Street stocks rise amid limited demand on May 15
Market news shows limited demand keeping gains modest. General Motors led with a rise above two points, supported by top gainers like Bethlehem Steel and Chrysler, while a broad list includes Studebaker Goodyear Du Pont and U S Gypsum. Cotton futures remained steady with early gains but eased on profit taking before expiry. May 32.56 July 32.72 Oct 31.27.
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New York
General Motors
Bethlehem— Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Chrysler
Studebaker
Goodyear
Admiral Corp
Philco
Union Pacific
Standard Oil
U. S. Gypsum
International Paper
American Can
du Pont
Phelps Dodge
Consolidated Natural Gas
North Georgia live poultry market steady to weak
North Georgia live poultry market was barely steady to weak with prices 1-2 cents lower. Demand was very good and supplies were ample. FOB farm prices Monday morning for broilers and fryers weighed 23 to 26 cents, mostly 23 1/2 to 24 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Grain futures edge higher on light buying pressure
Chicago grains closed with modest advances after a cooler selling mood. Wheat rose to 2.35 3-8-1-2 per bushel May while corn slipped 3-4 to 3-8 higher and soybeans gained to 2.91 1-4-1-2 per bushel May.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York May 15
Market update from New York shows stocks advancing with active motors, bonds mixed amid light trading after weeks of inactivity, while cotton rises on buying and profit taking signals.
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New York
Chicago grain and livestock markets mixed with gains
Chicago markets showed mixed wheat with steady trade, corn firm in May, and oats rising to new highs. Hog prices climbed up to 20 dollars with gains around 25 cents, while cattle held steady to 50 cents higher with a top of 32.50.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 15
Nashville Tenn may 15 federal state agriculture cattle market shows steadier trade for steers and heifers with good demand for calves and hogs higher. Medium and good beef cows 17 to 22.50, stockers 22 to 26.50, vealers 26 to 29.50, hogs 180 to 250 lb 19.00 to 19.25, sows 15 to 16.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Priceville Seniors Bring Classic Games to PTA Event
Priceville high school seniors enjoyed games organized by the PTA including a bingo like activity using the names of colleges and a spelling based challenge from their ABC lessons. Participants included Ralph At Brolin Margie Guesrs Halbrooks Ernestine son Janie Sharp Wanda Sharp Spencer Smith Albert Vinsant Anisophis Vinsant and Paul Wad.
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Priceville High School
Gene
Ralph At- Brolin
Margie Guehrs
Halbrooks
I Ernestineson
Janie Sharp
Wanda Sharp
Spencer Smith
Albert Vinsant
Anisophis Vinsant
Paul Wad
Rocket Flights to the Moon Seen by Von Braun
Huntsville May 15 Dr Wernher von Braun project director at Redstone Arsenal says rocket flights to the moon Venus or Mars are financially costly but will occur in the present generation. He describes a three stage interplanetary ship and a fuel filling satellite orbiting the earth as a possible path to lunar travel.
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Huntsville Times
Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Moon
Wernter von Braun
Redstone Arsenal
Nazi Germany
von Braun
Venus
Mars
Earth
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Wirsitz
Germany
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Bavaria
United States
Senate and House Set Action Schedule With Probes and Aid
The Senate debates civil rights rules while the House schedules minor bills and a memorial service on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday cover presidential reorganization plans. Kefauver leads a five member crime group as McCarthy probes State Department files. Jacobs aims to grill John L. Lewis amid opposition from Lesinski. A conference panel nears agreement on over 3.1 billion foreign aid and the House passed social security expansion advances in the Senate finance committee.
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D-Tenn
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Rep
Jacobs
Ind
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Lesinski
D-Mich
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Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means
Insects Made Radioactive To Aid Pest Control
Scientists using atomic energy attach radioactive materials to pests such as mosquitoes cockroaches and beetles to trace movement study spread and feeding. Readings from Geiger counters help map migratory paths quarantine zones and insect food sources while exploring parasite development and natural enemies.
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Associated Press
Science Reporter
James Marlow
Washington
Dale W. Jenkins
Charles C. Hassett
Army Chemical Center
Maryland
Nucleonics Journal
Officer Taylor Praised for Southern Hospitality in Decatur
A Detroit doctor commends Decatur traffic officer C A Taylor for helping when he locked his car keys inside his vehicle during a Florida tour. The letter to Mayor H R Summer lauds Taylor for arranging a locksmith and treating travelers with kindness.
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Carmen Taylor
H. R. Summer
David B. Gaberman
David Broderick
Detroit
Mich
Taylor
Gaberman
Decatur
Summer
Florida
C. A. Taylor
McCarthy Attacks Acheson Lattimore Axis
McCarthy claimed the Acheson Lattimore axis in Asia pursues anti communist strategy. Lattimore denied being a communist or policy author, with Acheson and other ex secretaries of state backing his denial of influence on Far East policy.
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Lattimore
Acheson
Far East
McCarthy
Asia
House approves tax cut offset plan in a $29 billion bill
Senate appropriations subcommittees prepare to vote on operating funds for agencies for the next fiscal year. The measures are in a $29 billion money bill passed by the House last week aiming to offset an estimated one billion dollars in excise tax reductions.
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Mittee
Senate
House
Decatur City Seeks Settlement on Unpaid Assessments
The city has not received an estimated 8000 to 16000 dollars due under current assessments. Officials note the education department faces a heavy task as enrollment expands, with funds needed to cover the growing costs.
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Decatur City
City of Education
Turke y elections seen to threaten Inonu third term
The Turkish press claims the five year old Democrat Party could win up to 300 of 487 seats in a one house parliament signaling discontent with economic ills. If official results confirm this it would upset expectations that Inonu would win a third term.
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Celal Bayar
Inonu
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Trygve Lie
Moscow
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Marshal Tito
Trieste
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Multiple Plaintiffs and Defendants Named in Court Docket
A list of civil matters appears with parties including Margaret M Vassar Guthrie Wisener Leland E Vassar Guthrie Wisener John H Roberts R Clyde Welleden Herbert A Bridges Roger Hoover Elex Dean Leo McCutcheon Malone Freight Lines Baggett Transportation A L Die Mrs Kate Hardy Mrs Audra H Childers Avery Drinkard W R Parker Robert E Lewis L H Porch Southern Bell Telephone Verna Kelso William E Rodgers O W Drinkard Louis J Namie B Frank Chenault T J Briscoe Eva Lovell James D Singleton Roman E Holloway W W Golden Decatur Transit.
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Guthrie Wisener
Leland E. Vassar
John H. Roberts
R. Clyde Welleden
Herbert A. Bridges
Roger Hoover
Elex Dean
Leo McCutcheon
Malone Freight Lines
Baggett Transportation
A. L. Die
Kate Hardy
Avery Drinkard
W. R. Parker
Robert E. Lewis
L. H. Porch
Southern Bell Telephone
Pendulum swings in England political scene described
Mackenzie's column analyzes Britain’s town and city council results as a rightward swing from socialist gains since 1945. It weighs the pendulum metaphor, notes Attlee’s Labour government facing voter discontent, and forecasts a dead center future before another general election possibly in autumn.
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Britain
England
Mise
Socialist Party
Attlee
Southern workers strike across multiple divisions
Line walkouts hit Asheville to Columbia to Charleston and other divisions with the Birmingham terminal struck. Yardmen and helpers called out. Southern reports limited impact on service as Knoxville picketing faces a court order after a freight crewman was wounded last week and three switchmen are charged. Embargo on freight traffic in the Knoxville division lifted after injunction.
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Asheville
N. C
Columbia
Charleston
S. C
Charlotte
Birmingham
Knoxville
Southern
Washington
South Carolina
G. W. Adams
Struck Carolina
Mediation Faces Irresistible Force in Rail Strike
Chicago May 15 A National Railway Mediation Board member called the railroad firemen strike an immovable object meeting an irresistible force as talks resumed with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Unemployment benefits were discussed for idled workers while Southern rail operations were portrayed as largely shut down amid pickets and road blocks across the 8,000 mile system.
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Leverett Edwards
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. Oneill, Jr
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Edwards
Railroad Adjustment Board
Uth
Southern
L. B. Johnson
Southern General
The
Union
Birmingham
New Orleans
Atlanta
Jmingham
Chattanooga
Tenn
Central Illinois
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Pana
New York Central
St. Louis
Socialist Majority Faces Strain in Commons
The text describes the Socialist majority in the House of Commons keeping all members on hand during sessions to guard against opposition defections. Illness or absences threaten catastrophe to the regime, ministers avoid absence, and the workload and strain on the chamber worsen.
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House of Commons
Cataso
Commons
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