Fair and warmer Sunday with gentle southerly winds
Community notes report a warm Sunday outlook with coastal winds and a busy week. Lt. Russell E Speake remains stationed in Osaka Japan with his wife Mrs Russell E Speake preparing for July 1 departure. Local hospitalizations and clinic upgrades are listed along with school and club activities.
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Risse
Russell E. Speake
Elizabeth Martin Speake
Hattiesburg
Miss
Japan
Husband
Osaka
Valley Girding For New Fight Over TVA
Valley forces rally in North Alabama after rejection of funds for a New Johnsonville steam plant. Local groups mobilize through ads and radio to pressure Congress as three North Alabama representatives plan to travel to Washington for TVA aid hearings with Senators Sparkman and Hill.
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Valley of the Tennessee
House of Representator
Fuunds
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley
Capitol
Washington
Nashville
House
Senate
North Alabama
Congress
TVA
Decatur Daily
Johnsonville
Decatur
Morgan County
Tri-Cities
Huntsville
Alabama
Senate Appropriations Committee
John Sparkman
Lister Hill
Sheriff’s Car Stolen Then Man Checks Into Jail
DOTHAN AL May 15 AP Sheriff Walt Cameron’s car was stolen from in front of his office. A caller later requested a jail reservation and, when the guest arrived, Cecil Lawrence was identified. He admitted the theft and wrecked the car, and was charged with grand larceny.
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Dothan
Ala
Walt
Cameron
Cecil Lawrence
Lawrence
Arnall Warns Southerners on Democratic Convention Split
Former Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall warned that Southerners advocating a bolt at the Philadelphia Democratic National Convention may face softening attitudes as rivals from their states gain seats. He predicted Truman loyalists would resist a bolter plank, while noting Georgia figures like Herman Talmadge and James Peters push to remain in the Democratic Party.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Dixie
Truman
South
Arnall
Philadelphia
Alabama
Herman Talmadge
James S. Peters
Folsom Busy With State Duties Delays Campaign Plans
Gov James E Folsom said state business kept him from mapping his campaign for delegate to the Democratic National Convention on June 1 He remains in a runoff for one of four at large delegate spots from the May 4 primary The governor and his wife and two daughters were on the coast for a weekend отдыха and he declined further questions stating he was taking a vacation from business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Alabama
Bond Set in Slaying Here In North Street District
George D. Hill negro is charged with murder after James Jones negro was killed at 505 Third Avenue North. Hill bonded at 500 dollars after preliminary hearing ordered for Tuesday before Judge W H Long. Police say Jones fired at Hill through a back door and Hill returned fire. Jones died from a pistol shot near the armpit as he walked into the yard.
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George D. Hill
James Jones
Collier and
Broderick
Third Avenue
Hill
W. H. Long
J.B. Whitmire
Jones
Georgia
Witnesess
Whitmire
Georgia Hill
Bev Howell
W. C. Hunter
Veterans’ Hospital
Double tragedy in Columbus ends in murder suicide
A 35 year old former Houston businessman Ran kin Arsene Gassiot shot and killed Mrs Sidney Goldstein in her Columbus apartment before killing himself. A note left by Gassiot described the deaths as murder and self inflicted. A maid heard two shots and found the bodies.
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Columbus
Houston
Texas
A. G. Reese
Reese
Rankin Arsene Gassiot
Sidney Goldstein
Chief Reese
Gassiot
Alabama electors vow to block Truman over civil rights plan
Birmingham delegates at large pledge not to vote for Truman. Eugene Connor warns Arnall not speaking for Southern Democrats as Horace Wilkinson argues Arnall misreads loyalties. Alabama’s 11 electors vow a pre convention stance and may walk out if civil rights are adopted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Truman
Horace Wilkinson
Irmingham
Wilkinson
Arnall
Jackson
Mississippi
National
Democratic Party
Connor
Ballot Probe Now Unlikely in Jefferson County
Birmingham, May 15. Solicitor Emmett Perry said no grand jury investigation is needed into the early absentee vote count in Jefferson County after Gov. Folsom requested review. An Attorney General opinion said counting before 6 PM did not violate law unless done with willful intent to breach statutes. past practice had absentee boxes counted before polls closed. The governor had asked to halt counts on election day, following partial results showing Folsom and Hamm trailing in key races.
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Birmingham
Ala
Emmett Perry
Jefferson County
Perry
James E. Folsom
Grand Jury
Atty
A. A. Carmichael
Folsom
Phillip J. Hamm
U. S. Senate
Carmichael
Pickets Told Anarchy Will Not Win Strike
Massed pickets and supporters in the South St. Paul packing house strike were dispersed by National Guardsmen as Governor Luther Youngdahl urged that anarchy cannot win a strike. He cited violence at the Newport Cudahy plant and said the guard action was a last resort.
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South ST. Paul. Minn
National Guard
Luther Youngdahl
State Capitol
National
Swift and Company
Concord Street
Grand Avenue
Cudahy
Newport
CIO United Packing House
South St. Paul
Nwport
Lewis Plans Wage Talks With Coal Operators
John L. Lewis begins negotiating key contracts with soft and hard coal operators next week. The outcome could foretell whether a mine shutdown looms after June 30 when the bituminous contract expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Baptists To Talk Merger At 91st Southern Convention
About ten thousand Baptists from twenty states gather in Memphis for the 91st session of the Southern Baptist convention. Porter Routh says alliance with the Northern Baptists will be discussed amid debates on civil rights, church-state separation, and evangelism. The gathering has no binding authority. each church adds messengers by size and givings. The convention lists 26,764 cooperating churches with 6,270,819 members who gave over seven million dollars last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Porter Routh
Nashville
Northern Baptist Convention
Truman
All Out Fight Campaign in Tennessee Valley Authority Steam War
All-out campaign escalates over a Tennessee Valley Authority steam project as Nashville reports intense public dispute and political maneuvering. Authorities and residents clash over proposed plant details and regional impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bull Stages Rodeo All its Own Before Shot Ends its Life
A bull escaped from a pen in Detroit's packinghouse district and evaded pursuit for about 40 minutes. It cornered a woman, hooked a man in pants, and charged through a porcelain company ward before a Fineman employee shot it dead.
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Detroit
Georgia Fineman’s Slaughter House
Michigan Avenue
George Alexander
Alexander
Edward Frass
Fineman
Fineman’s
Carl Hardin Wins Grand Prize in Negro Cattle Show
Eighteen year old Carl Hardin of Morgan county captured the grand prize in the Second Annual Tennessee Valley Fat Stock Show and Sale. His 1180 pound calf was purchased by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce for 590 dollars. Reserve champion went to O Neal Wilhite of Lawrence county for a 1000 pound calf bought by Florence Packing for 400 dollars. The sale totaled over 10 000 dollars with 42 calves entered across grades. The event supported funds for a tuberculosis sanatorium in Flint and benefited from community donors.
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Carl Hardin
NFA
Morgan County
Tennessee Valley
Danville
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
O'Neal Wilhite
Lawrence County
Wilhite
Moulton 2
Spending Plans Push Treasury Toward Red in 1949
House Speaker Martin warned that U S government spending is nearing the red but he does not expect tax hikes in 1949. He cited large outlays for European recovery and defense, warnings on foreign aid, and possible China support while the total price tag remains undetermined. He noted uncertainty over spending to expand armed services in the Cold War with Russia.
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Washington
House
Martin
Rmass
U. S
Artin
Hensmen
Congress
China
Russia
Fund To Honor Heroes Raised For Morgan County Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans sponsor a World War II memorial for Morgan county men killed in action. Melvin Owerris chairs the monument committee and urges early donations to unveil on Armistice Day. Contributions go to DAV P O Box 401 Decatur. The monument will sit in Delano Park near the Rose Garden, east of Sixth Avenue between Gordon and Prospect Drives, 11 feet long with 3 1 2 foot wings, seven feet tall with a marble globe on top, engraving each Morgan county casualty. The DAV seeks 6000 dollars for building and grounds beautification.
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DAV
Morgan County
Melvin Oweris
P. O. Box 401
Decatur
Delano Park
Rose Garden
Sixth Avenue
Gordon and
Prospect Drives
Celebrity Golf Tournament Draws A-List Of Players
Washington Post hosts its second annual national celebrities golf tournament with Taft Snerd Truman Crosby Bradley and Bergen among entrants. Former open champions Nelson Hagen Sarazen Wood Worsham and McLeod join stars from radio film baseball politics and government in a one day event.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Mortimer Snerd
Margaret Truman
Bing Crosby
Dizzy Dean
Omar Bradley
Washington Post
PGA
Byron Nelson
Walter Hagen
Gene Sarazen
Craig Wood
Chick Wood
Lew Worsham
Freddie McLeod
Crosby
Snerd
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Army
Royall
Air
Symington
Marshall
Donaldson
Canada
Barbara Ann Scott
Eddie Arcaro
Leonard Lyons
Bob Considine
World
Helen Dettweiler
Soviet Radio Hints Openness to New Talks for World Peace
A Moscow radio commentator quoted by Leontiev said Soviet people support their government’s policy of peace and cooperation and want other governments to show readiness for genuine cooperation. The note follows Smith Molotov exchanges and a U.S. proposal for discussion, with Western editors noting a public-versus-official policy gap.
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Ientator
Leontiev
Moscow
Walter B. Smith
V.m.molotov
Soviet Union
U. S
Washington
Smith
United States
Russia
Red Star
Moscow Bolshevik
France
Britain
One Killed When Four Vehicles Hit on Small Bridge
A four vehicle collision on a small Brewton area bridge killed William Waters Castleberry and left Louis Reno of Gadsden injured. The crash occurred as a second vehicle halted to assist, and Waters stood beside a truck.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Michael S. McMillen
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Iley
Orlando
Fla
Brewton
William Waters
Castleberry
Louis S- Reno
Gadsden
Alvin Fulton
Fulton
Waters
Reno
Two Miners Rescued After Sixty Hours in Flooded Shaft
SHAMOKIN Pa May 15 Two miners were rescued after 60 hours entombed in a flooded coal shaft. Their companion presumably perished. The two bedraggled survivors, eyes bandaged, were brought up from a 175 foot deep prison by volunteers who had hunted for three days. The rescued men identified as Peter Gorton and another worker from Shamokin, were taken to a local hospital for rest.
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Shamokin
Eacereton 2
Peter Gorton
Shamoe 'Baba la Wage Hospital
Joint forces drive into Palestine in coordinated assault
Cairo reportsArab and allied columns from Egypt Jordan Syria and Lebanon cross into Palestine with tanks planes and artillery seizing towns and strongholds. Syrian troops push near Jericho and Lake Galilee while Trans Jordan forces advance toward southern Galilee amid rising alarm.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Palestine
Mi Said
Algor
al Said
Gaza
Abdullah
Trans-J. Arab
Legion
Allenby Bridge
Jéricho
Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Damascus
Sea of Galilee
Malikya
J Mardem Bey
Holy Law Mandate
Lake Galilee
Saida
Tyre
Galilee
al Dangor
Tel Aviv Fourth Raid Reported as Regional Front Grows
Tel Aviv reports say Israel faced invasion from multiple fronts with Egyptian, Lebanese, Jordanian and Syrian forces striking into Northern and Southern Palestine. Al Dan gor settlement destroyed near Gaza. Maliya captured inside Israel. Jordanian forces seize Jericho and control Judean hills as regional turmoil widens.
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James M. Long
Tel Aviv
Israel
Army of Israel
Haganah
United States
Negeb
Trans
Palestine
al Dangor
Gaza
United Nations
Cairo
al Assas
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
King Abdullah
Trans-Jordan Arab Legion
Allenby Bridge
Jericho
Judean Hills
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Elizabeth McLemore
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Hartselle
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Decatur 3
Mutual
Claude Gilliam
Chicago
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Hamil
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Rotary
W. J. Williams
W. B. Timmons
Alabama Motorists Association
Hotel Lyons
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Bolt
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Department of Vocational Agriculture
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