Morgan County District Boy Scouts Court Review Held
The Morgan County district Boy Scouts held its regular monthly review night led by Chairman Red Frazier. Twelve scouts reported and were approved for rank or merit badges with two fully reviewed for class advancement. Awards will be presented May 27 at the Decatur courthouse.
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Morgan County
Geourts
Red Fraz
Frazier
Jimmy Worth
W. R. Riley
Richard Watkins
Curtis Johns
Max Tedford
Decatur
Lewis Eyes New Taft Hartley Action in Labor Talks
The article says Lewis may push for a new injunction under the Taft Hartley Act if negotiations fail to meet demands for a better contract. Unions and industries beyond coal will monitor his moves as talks begin Tuesday. A third postwar wage increase remains uncertain amid recent strikes and management resistance.
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Lewis
Lke
Ford Warns CIO Workers Over Wage Demands
Ford Motor Co. told CIO United Auto Workers that public security concerns justify keeping wages at current levels and rejected a 30 cent raise. The move comes as about 75,000 Chrysler workers strike for a third round of postwar pay increases. UAW acting president Emil Mazey in Philadelphia called the Chrysler action the nation’s most important labor battle, predicting gains for other workers if Chrysler wins.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Cio-United Auto Workers
UAW
Chrysler
Ford
Emil Mazey
Walter Reuther
Philadelphia
Mazey
Seabees Launching Recruiting Campaign
The Navy seabees launched a nationwide recruiting drive to build their organized reserve to 4920 enlisted and 615 officers within two weeks. The plan aims to form 123 construction battalion companies in 107 cities, expandable to full battalions in wartime. The Seabees earned praise for island airfield building and camp improvements.
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Washington
Navy
Seabees
Pacific
Boys Town Founder Monsignor Flanagan Dies in Germany
Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan, famed creator of Boys Town, died at an Army hospital in Berlin after a heart attack. The 61 year old Nebraska priest had been inspecting facilities for youths at Harnack House and was pronounced dead after treatment.
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Berlin
Edward J. Flanagan
Boys Town
Germany
Nebraska
Harnack House
279Th Station Military Hospital
Cardinals Beat Pirates as Bra va Scoreless Streak Ends
St. Louis Cardinals toppled the Pittsburgh Pirates as veteran Johnny Hopp broke up a scoreless string by Bra va in the 32nd inning. Cardinals maintained an early lead and held firm to secure the win in a tense ballgame.
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CARDS
Pirates
ST. Louis
Johnny Hopp
Harry
the Cat
St. Louis Cardinals
Wall Street Hits Fresh Peak in Heaviest Saturday Trade
On May 15 1946 the market reached new highs with the Associated Press 60 stock composite at 71.2 up 0.4, week gain 3.2 as 1 067 issues moved, 740 up while 175 fell. Volume totaled 2 590 000 shares for the day and 13 174 000 for six days. Bonds steadied and commodities declined amid broad buying.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Wnce Fale
Wheat and Grain Markets Signal Mixed Trading Session
Chicago wheat and corn faced late profit taking with oats and barley easing. New York cotton surged on export demand and possible price fixing amid tight offerings, while futures closed higher for cotton and mixed for grains as May contracts slipped from early gains.
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Chicago
New York
United States
Great Britain
Decatur Show Honors 4-H NFA NHA Members
Carl County National Bank State National Bank Alabama Flour Mills Home Oil Mill Southern Cotton Oil Company Decatur Chamber of Commerce The Decatur Daily W J Duncan cotton brokers ATa s Dairy Products Company Decatur Iron and Steel Company Tennessee Valley Cooperative Brock and Spight Wholesale Grocery J C Penney Turker Coal and Grain C F Irwin W H Gregory specialist Auburn judged the animals shown Auctioneer Johnnie Wallace Athens Official grader RP C Roquemore Montgomery J R Otis superintendent W B Hill assisted guests of Floyd Smith at theater party Thursday Banquet by agriculture committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Athens
C. Roquemore
Montgomery
J. R. Otis
W. B. Hill
Regré
NFA
NHA
Floyd Smith
Agriculture Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce
Covington Rites Slated at Athens Church of Christ
Funeral services for Mrs. M. B. Covington of Athens will be held at the Church of Christ today at 4 30 p m with Rev A J Rollins officiating. Burial will follow in the city cemetery. The Bible School chorus will sing. pallbearers include George Hardy Buford Hardy Elmer Brooks W H Beasley Floyd Blair and Sam Mitchell. Surviving are one son Lester C Covington Athens two daughters Mrs W D Vinson Athens and Mrs Joan Hickerson Athens a third daughter Mrs Jake Williams of Moulton four brothers Monsroe Covington Athens W J Covington Florence Bob M Covington Athens and Baron Covington Elkmont four sisters Mrs Will Adams Athens Mrs J M Hawkins Athens Mrs Bessie Hicks Athens and Mrs George Greggs Anderson seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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M. B. Covington
Athens
One Church of Christ
A. J. Rollins
W. H. Beasley
Floyd Blair
Sam Mitchell
Lester C. Covington
W. D. Vinson
Joan. Hickerson
Jake Williams
Moulton
Monsroe
Elkmont
Will Adams
Bessie Hicks
George Greggs
Anderson
Alabama Cattlemen Meet Opens Two Day Event
The Alabama Cattlemen's Association announces a two day annual meeting in Montgomery starting Tuesday. President W. P. Breen of Eutaw notes the event will cover regional industry topics from laboratory management to livestock and meat processing.
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Montgomery
Alabama Cattlemen's Association
W. P. Breen
Eutaw
Besor
Regional Bureau of Adustry
Former Decatur Resident Writes From South Africa
Richard Jervis Jones a former Decatur resident writes from Tulbagh Cape South Africa detailing a mountainous drive to Clanwilliam. He describes hairpin bends rough dirt roads packed with ridges and limited shoulders. He notes valleys of orange trees vineyards and distant mountains and mentions Britons seeking farms in the area.
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South Africa
Richard Jervis Jones
Decatur
Tulbagh
Cape
Clanwilliam
A.D. Jervis
Sherman Streety
Jones
Great Desert
Decaturite
Grand Hotel
Tulbach
England
Godfriede
Big” Jones
Ben Bloodworth
Bob Jervis
TVA Budget Fight Spurs Public Power Plan Push
Public power officials from seven states met in New Johnsonville to plan a campaign after the House cut 4 million dollars from the TVA budget for the 54 million dollar steam plant. They will circulate petitions and run ads to restore the funding and avert a 1950 51 shortage. S. R. Finlay warned the situation is the worst yet and urged public backing as Kenneth Whitaker condemned the move as against five million Americans interests.
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New
Johnsonville
Public Power Agency
House
TVA
Senate
Public Power
Mississippi
Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
S. R. Finlay
Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association
Kenneth Whitaker
Association
Paula Stone Daughter Born in Hollywood
Paula Stone former wife Mich Stone announces the birth of a daughter to Frone, noted actor. The newborn weighed five pounds and was reported in excellent condition along with the mother.
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Paula
Hollywood
Stone
Mich
Frone
Truman Vetoes Loyalty Check Bill for Atomic Energy Panel
President Truman vetoed a bill to require an FBI loyalty inquiry into members appointed to the atomic energy commission calling the measure unnecessary and unwise and an encroachment on executive power. Senator Knowland vowed to seek a Senate override, arguing Congress deserves all available information on top officials.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
Knowland
Calif
Senate
House
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Commission
Congress
Democrats Select Keynoter for National Convention
Philadelphia meeting of leading Democrats chooses a keynoter for the Democratic national convention to be held at Convention Hall starting July 12. Possible nominees include Sen Francis Myers of Pennsylvania, former Gov Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, and Senate Minority Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky. President Truman's nomination is viewed as assured but no decision on the keynoter has been announced.
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Convention Hall
Sen
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
A M Stover Dies at 91 in City Residence
A M Stover, 91, died Saturday afternoon at his home at 620 Sixth Avenue. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown's.
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A. M. Stover
Sixth Avenue, W
Brown's
Ruby Keeler Gives Birth to Fourth Child Kathleen
Actress Ruby Keeler and husband John Lowe welcomed a daughter named Kathleen at California Hospital. The couple, married since 1941, already have a son and two daughters, plus an adopted son from the Jolson family.
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Los Angeles
Ruby Keeler
John Lowe
Kathleen
California Hospital
Lowes
al Jolsons
Miss Keeler
Plasma distributed in Alabama over two years
More than 52,000 blood plasma units were distributed in Alabama during the past two years. Dr. H. P. Sawyer, director of state Health Department laboratories, announced that most of the plasma provided by the American Red Cross went to hospitals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
H. P. Sawyer
State Health Department Laboratories
Sawyer
Fire in Savannah Destroys Three Story Downtown Building
A spectacular late afternoon fire in Savannah caused considerable damage to a three story downtown building despite firefighters responding to a general alarm. No injuries are reported.
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Savannah
Motile Atala On Ee Woje Staples Match
Fragmentary OCR reads names Wojie, Matthewsen aged 8 and Staples. No clear event, date, or outcome appears.
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Atala
Eae
Waar Wojie
Matthewsen
Staples
Southern Democrats react to Wallace ballot dynamics
A quote critiques Arnall for maneuvering to place Henry Wallace on the Vice Presidential ballot in the latest election. The speaker asserts Wallace remains a civil rights advocate at heart and implies Arnall misreads the true sentiments of Southern Democrats.
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Arnall
Henry Wallace
State Democratic Future Plans After Convention
Alabama Democrats face questions about next steps after the July national convention. They ponder possible walkouts and debates on strategy. The party rejects Harry Truman and his civil rights program, staying unified against that platform.
Electors Named In Alabama Democratic Ticket For 11 Votes
Alabama Democratic electors for President Truman were set after five runoff candidates withdrew. The ten eligible electors pledged to Truman include Tom Abernethy Talladega John A Lusk Gadsden Gessner T McCorvey Mobile Robert A Albritton Andalusia Ben Bloodworth Horace Wilkinson Birmingham Norman Harris Decatur Walter C Givhan Safford Edmund Blair Pell City Walter F Miller Tuscumbia and Tully A Goodwin Florala. The five withdraws were Thomas H Maxwell Tuscaloosa W R Withers Greensboro Verde Elmore Gordo Roger Snyder Birmingham and Roy F Parker Attalla.
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Alabama
Truman
Tom Abernethy
Talladega
John A. Lusk
Gadsden
Greensboro
Verde Elmore
Gordo
Roger Snyder
Birmingham
Roy F. Parker
Attalla
Convention divisions blur over walkout and civil rights
Delegates split on a walkout if a civil rights plank is adopted. Five of 11 chosen delegates favor a walkout, six want to stay, four are uncommitted. In the runoff for 11 other delegate posts, 11 favor the walkout, eight oppose, two uncommitted. McCorvey may call a delegates meeting to decide. Southern Democrats edge toward remaining in the convention and shaping a states rights platform. Alabama Eisenhower boom wanes as options narrow.
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Gessner .T .McCorvey
State Democratic Executive Committee
McCorvey
Convention Resolutions Committee
Truman
Alabama
Eisenhower
Royal Couple Hailed in Paris
The British Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were greeted by a throng along the Seine in Paris as a celebratory flotilla named Princess Elizabeth carried them past Notre Dame. They attended tea at the hotel De Lausun and dined at the British embassy with Sir Oliver Harvey, amid French officials and their spouses. Tomorrow they will attend Longchamps races and visit Prince George of Greece.
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Paris
Seine
Britain
Elizabeth
Philip
de Lausun
Ile-St.-Louis
Flotila
Notre Dame
Tile-St. Louis
Isles
Quai D’anjou
Hotel de Lausun
Pierre de Gaulle
Oliver Harvey
Harvey
Demintor
Longchamps
Dusre
Prince George
Greece
Decatur General patients and local notices update
Local items report A G Miller in Decatur General Hospital unsanitary rest rooms at Decatur curb market with unlocked door and no overseer. Police Chief Whitmire’s son Don Whitmire to visit. All American star to attend submarine school at New London. Funeral for Henry Labner attended by Decatur residents. Residents leave for Michigan and Huntsville hospital recoveries noted. Junior Chamber supper at Why Not cafe. students and townsfolk news including appendectomy, hospital transfers, and travel plans. Police report six arrests on Saturday for disorderly conduct drunkenness profanity and traffic violations.
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Decatur Curb Market
Don Whitmire
Tel Aviv Under Air Attacks Amid Sabbath Observance
Tel Aviv endured its fourth air raid with Haganah ordering a citywide blackout. Attacks came from west all day, mostly on the outskirts, while Jews observed the Sabbath. Two bombings near the airport core left one dead and six injured. Haganah claimed capture of an Egyptian pilot's Spitfire.
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Jerusalem
Jericho
Tel-Aviv
Israel
Haganah
Tel Aviv
Israel Urges U N Action Over Palestine Invasions
Israel asked the U N Security Council to use sanctions and force to stop Arab invasions of Palestine. The council met in extraordinary session as Mordecai Eliash of the Jewish Agency urged strict measures against Arab states if warnings fail.
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Francis W. Carpenter Lake
Israel
Security Council
Palestine
United Nations
Mordecai Eliash
Council
Dr Eliash
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Russia
U. N
Increase in Dues Voted by CIO Union
In Boston on May 15 CIO steelworkers voted to raise monthly dues from 1.50 to 2.00, amounting to about 5 million dollars annually. President Philip Murray warned more than 50 000 members could strike before year end as 3 200 delegates representing 928 000 members approved the increase.
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Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Folsom Placed Tenth as Delegates Ranked in Primary Run
The May 4 primary drew attention with investigations into voting irregularities in Madison and Geneva counties. A six man probe panel was named after the Madison county grand jury asked ballot boxes be impounded for inquiry. Philip J. Hamm was reappointed to his former role as state Revenue Commissioner.
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Folsom
Madison
Geneva
Madison County
Philip J. Hamm
state Revenue _ nissioner
Leader of Boy Scouts James E West Dies at 71
Dr. James E West, longtime Scout executive and later chief Scout, died in New Rochelle after years of illness. A Washington native, he guided the Boy Scouts for decades and helped millions of youths, earning ties to Theodore Roosevelt via public service roles.
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New. Rochelle
N. Y
James E. West
Boy Se of America
West
New Rochelle Hospital
Washington, D. C
Board of Penson Appeals
Department of the Interior
Overpayments Hit Alabama Veterans Training Program
About 15 000 overpayments totaling 1 650 000 were paid to Alabama veterans due to interruptions in their training. Harley A Smith VA official urged veterans to notify the VA when they drop out of training to avoid unauthorized payments or face repayment through voluntary action or federal court suits.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Harley A. Smith
Veterans Administration
Smith
Jobless Vets May Get Summer Help
In Montgomery Alabama May 15 AP veterans attending 51 may receive unemployment allowances if unable to land summer jobs. Industrial Relations Director Fleetwood Darnley says vets must be available and willing to work in any reasonable position, not just white collar roles matching their training.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fleetwood Darnley
Darnley
Cotton Carnival Reaches Climax In Memphis Parade
The week long Cotton Carnival nears its end with a grand parade through downtown Memphis. Carnival royalty King rd Stovall of Stovall Mississippi and Queen Barbara Hood receive the city key from the mayor as crowds watch floats and bands in a scene recalling Arabian Nights. The week culminates Sunday with a Memphis air show.
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Memphis
Tenn
May
Alladin
Lamp
Rd Stovall
Stovall
Barbara Hood
Memphis Air Show
Ambulance Transfers Reported From Local Clinic to Homes
Two patients were moved from the Baugh and Wiley clinic to their home on Hartselle Street Saturday by Howell's ambulance. Mrs. T. C. Crow left Decatur General Hospital for home on Decatur Street Saturday, also transported by Howell's ambulance. Mrs. H. C. Sharp returned home on Decatur Street after a Howell's ambulance transfer.
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Richard Hill
Martin Street
Decatur-General Hospital
Howell’s
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Hartselle 2
Howell's
T. C. Crow
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur
H. C. Sharp
Decatur 1
Howell
Para lytic Stroke and Brain Vessel Rupture Overview
The passage describes a paralyzing stroke common in older adults linked to high blood pressure. A brain vessel ruptures causing blood to fill brain tissue, often leading to coma. Side of brain affected governs facial and bodily paralysis and speech impairment.
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A. G. Miller
Courtland
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Roland Compton
Roy Fite Sr
Henry Labner
Saturdaw
Johnny Smithers
Johnston Street
Gers Helland
College Avenue
Fairview
Lansing
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Caf
Second Avenue
Stanley Jones
University of Alabama
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Robert Jones
Tuswaloosa
Kate Conner
Huntsville
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Marian Bloodworth
East Vine Street
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Cornelian Court Hotel
Tom Russell
Valdermosa
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