Plan Defended By Sparkman At Housing Conference
Senator Sparkman D Ala defended a housing bill before the 18th National Public Housing Conference in Washington. He argued a government that subsidizes transportation and other needs should also help provide decent homes, stating properly planned public housing is Americanism and not socialism. Rep Mitchell D Wash warned the House debate could see amendments to death and opposition would try to block the bill.
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Washington
Sparkman D-Ala
Sparkman
Mitchell D-Wasm
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Yai Apa
Rugged Colonel Freed on Bond
Danielsville Ga May 17 a rugged old Texan Col Zach Miller was freed on bond after highway patrol arrested him and his driver for speeding 75 mph in a 55 mph state. Locals and children gathered to see the Wild West Show boss who complained about the arrest and joked about driving as a poor man’s cowhand.
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Danielsville
Zach Miller
101 Ranch
H. B. Magness
D. &. Harris, Jr
Valley Mills
Georgia
Young FDRs Facing Hurdle in New York Election
In Manhattan voters decide if Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. can follow his father by winning a congressional seat. The campaign pits him against Tammany Hall as Roosevelt seeks the Democratic nomination while Ben Roosevelt runs under the Liberal and Four Freedoms parties on today’s machines.
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New York
West Side
Manhattan
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
FDR
Battling Tammany Hall
Tammany
Young Roosevelt
Ben Roosevelt
New York State
Liberal Party
Four Freedoms Party
Troop 63 Scouting Meeting and Camporee News
Troop 63 met May 16 1949 with the Scout oath led by Jerry Mason and planned next week’s program. After patrol business they played games and adjourned with the Scoutmaster's benediction. May 13 1949 they attended Camporee returning May 15 with a blue ribbon for the troop.
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Jerry Mason
Tragedy prompts forgiveness for reckless driving
Wannett and Bobby Landers express deep sorrow over a fatal driving incident. They plead for slower speeds and apologize on behalf of those affected, urging the driver to consider the pain caused and to change behavior to spare others from heartbreak.
Ford and UAW Clash Over Ford Strike Ops Restart
Detroit bulletin reports the CIO United Auto Workers refused Ford Motor Company's request to reopen all strike-bound operations. Two weeks into the speed-up dispute, UAW secretary-treasurer Emil i Law commented on the proposal.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Emil i Law
Market declines on Wall Street amid mixed utilities gains
Markets edged lower in New York as losses spread across sectors including utilities after a small daily turnover. Utilities rose on a Supreme Court ruling helping an electric plant reorganization, while several big names such as American Can, Dow Chemical and General Motors lagged.
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New York
Agnday
Supreme Court
Electric Power & Light Co
Electric Power & Light Common
Bia
Manus
Commonwealth & Southern
Mondasx
New England Telephone
Phelps Poder American
Dow Chemical
J Cc. Penney American
Wodélén
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Chesapeake &Ohio, Texas Co. BS
Steatlton Chrysler
Studebaker
Montgomery Ward
Andj. J
Case
General . Motors
A.—S-Rubber
Woolworth
Caterpillar Tractor
Schenley
General Electric
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
American Air Lines
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 17 1930s
Receipts light across cattle hogs and sheep in Nashville. Cattle overall steady to higher for two days with light calf runs and better lightweight steer and heifer activity. Cows and bulls down from Monday, hogs higher but limited buyers, lambs and sheep steady to firm with some gains for springers.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York May 17
New York markets show stocks lower as a five day advance stalls. Bonds steady with expanding trading. Cotton irregular amid buying and liquidation. Chicago wheat weak on May delivery amid rain. Northwest corn and oats declined with grains. Hogs down 15 to 25 cents. top $19.10. Cattle active and steady to 50 cents higher. top $28.00.
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New York
Chicago
Northwest
Cotton futures close steady amid mixed session
Cotton futures closed unchanged to modestly lower with July near 32.48, October around 29.08 and December near 28.81. May and July contracts posted varied earlier trading ranges while the Middling spot level was 33.66, down 16 cents from the prior quote.
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New York
Grain Closing Data From Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat declines across May contracts as rains affect spring wheat and a weaker Lake basis dominates. May wheat at 2.22 5-8, oats and corn dip modestly, soybeans fall around 2 1/4 to 3 3-4, lard down 10 to 20 cents, May at 11.80.
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Chicago
Government Lake
Board of Trade
County History Group Formed In Morgan County
A Morgan County Historical Society was formed at a Monday meeting in the junior high library with School Superintendent Walter M. Jackson presiding. Attendees discussed collecting and preserving county materials and noted many local figures and events warrant investigation. Officers elected were President Dr. Frank Chenault, Vice President Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Secretary W. H. Jenkins, with Maynard Laymen and Walter M. Jackson named to the advisory committee.
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Morgan County Historical Society
Walter M. Jackson
Morgen County
Frank Chenaul
C. P. Johnson
W. H. Jenkins
Maynard
Letter From Lewis Opens Coal Contract Talks
A May 1 letter from Lewis, UMW president, to Big Steel offered to meet on a new coal contract. A spokesman for Big Steel said the letter was received by the president of H C Frick Coke Co, a subsidiary. Moses has long played a key role in UMW steel-company coal talks.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
S Steel Corp
United Mine Workers
Big Steel
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Moses
UMW
Court Rules Free Speech Limits City Power in Unrest Case
Supreme Court rules that convicting a speaker of dis orderly conduct for stirring anger and unrest violates the First Amendment. Justice Douglas writes for the majority while Justice Jackson dissents, urging protection of public order and criticizing the decision as undermining local authority. The case involves Terminiello, a speaker linked to Christian Veterans of America, whose remarks included attacks on New Deal and Jews.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
Jackson
Terminiello Defends Free Speech After High Court Reversal
P Rev Arthur Terminiello, in Pensacola, blames Communists for the 1946 Chicago auditorium disturbance that led to his conviction. He calls the Supreme Court reversal a vindication of himself and of free speech. Earlier he was suspended by Bishop Toolen of Mobile for political activity and later reinstated in 1947 after an apology.
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Pensacola
Fla
Arthur Terminiello
Chicago Auditorium
Supreme Court
Terminiello
Chicago
J. Toolen
Mobile
Ala
Anniston
Toolen
Terminiello Case Sparks Free Speech Debate
The 1946 Chicago disorderly conduct conviction of priest Arthur Terminiello, fined $100 after a controversial February 7 speech, triggered appeals arguing speech protections. The judge’s ruling and the high court’s support highlighted limits on free expression when it risks a clear and present danger.
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Douglas
Jackson
Arthur Terminiello
Birmingham
Ala
Chicago
Terminiello
High Tribunal
Thineis
Jacobs Rites On Wednesday
Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Jacobs dies after long illness in Moulton area. Funeral at Airheid Church near Moulton at 2 P.M. Wednesday with Rev. T A Thompson and Rev. James Ray officiating. Burial in Red Hill cemetery. Body lies in state at her Moulton home until service time. Survived by four daughters and six sons, 28 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren. Granddaughters lead floral tributes. grandsons named as pallbearers.
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Sallie Elizabeth Jacobs
Airheid
Moulton
T A. Thompson
James Ray
Red Hill
Brown
Moulton 2
Morgan County
New Orleans Baseball Club praises Decatur program
A letter from New Orleans dated May 16 1949 compliments Decatur Alabama on its Baseball Builds Boys program. The editor of the Daily Decatur is thanked for publishing the April 17 advertisement and for the overall splendid job and future success of the program.
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New Orleans
Southern Association
Decatur “Daily Decatur
Alabama
Decatur
Rodeo Winners Are Announced At Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club fishing rodeo awards go to Claude Hallmark and Herbert Derrick for top prizes outboard motors. Hallmark’s seven pound thirteen ounce bass led the heaviest string, Derrick followed with a three pound twelve and a half ounce striped bass at Wheeler Dam. Prize allocations include high quality gear for winners from third to eighth, with multiple anglers earning rods reels and tackle.
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Claude Hallmark
Jackson Street
Herbert Derrick
Fourth Avenue West
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Hallmark
Wheeler Dam
Derrick
J. L. Kieh
Grant Street
S. G. McDuff
Eighth Avenue East
W. W. Fielding
J. Ross Williams
Leon Lindsey
Tanner
W. J. Comerford
Third Avenue East
CIO backed by Steelworkers in Bessemer plant dispute
The Mine Mill union accused opponents of a white supremacy campaign as it battles for recognition at the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company plant in Bessemer. Murray denied the charge and defended his organizing efforts while the executive board prepares to crack down on left wing dissent. The board remains firmly in right wing control amid mounting tensions.
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CIO
Murray
Steelworkers
Bessemer
Tennessee Coal, Lion and Railroad Company
Mill Union
Love Not Issue In Judith Copson Espionage Trial
Federal Judge Albert L Reeves ruled out love as an issue in Judith Copson espionage case. Attorney Archibald Palmer pressed that the case centers on whether the man is in love with the girl, but the judge rejected this framing and directed that it not be the issue. The proceedings included a bench conference where Palmer sought to prove there was nothing improper in Copson’s meetings with Valentin A Gubatchev, a Russian engineer suspended from a United Nations agency after federal agents said he possessed secret government information.
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Washington
Albert L. Reeves
Love
Judith Copson
Miss Copson
Archibaldd Palmer
Xxx
Reeves
Palmer
Miss Copdin
Valentin A. Gubatchev
United
Tonsey
U.S. Fourth Circuit Allows Decrees to Vote in S.C. Primaries
The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a district court ruling that allows decrees to vote in South Carolina Democratic primaries.
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Richmond
United States
Fourth Circuit
South Carolina
Doctor's Wife Still on Stand
Mrs. Sydney Rutledge testified she did not know she drank double portions the night she says she was seduced by Byron Hartman. The trial of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. stems from a Dec. 14 hotel room fatality and centers on whether Hartman forced entry and intercourse after she protested as Crisman pressed questions about orders for the drinks.
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L. P. Yale
Cedar Rapids
Sydney Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
St. Louis
Hattman
Mrs. Rutledge
William Crissman
Hew
Hartman
Sunday liquor ban bill stalls in Alabama Senate
Debate over a bill to strip the Public Service Commission of power to set yearly railroad rate structures delays action until next Tuesday. Senator Albert Poutwell cites politics between officials, while Rep. Ganey defends a uniform Sunday drinking ban. A clerk hire bill and a roadway transfer measure advance amid voter and veteran tax questions as sessions pause.
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Senate
State Public Service Commission
Albert Poutwell
Jefferson
Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
Albert Carmichael
Boswell
Geneva County
J. S Canev
Talladega
Joseph Sullivan
Mobile
Ganey
Sewage Disposal Plan Seen As City Problem
Alderman Rutledge Thomas urged Decatur officials to start planning a sewage disposal plant to curb Tennessee river pollution. City Council noted growing federal interest and potential aid for such projects. Thomas said Decatur could use the lower river outfall site, reducing costs by avoiding new sewer lines, amid rising river pollution from multiple cities.
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Rutledge Thomas
Decatur
Tennessee River
Joe Elliott
Street Department
Nrth
Ohio River
Thomas
Boat Harbor
Tennessee
Red Cross Home Service Group Meets in Morgan County
North Alabama district home service workers and executive secretaries from Franklin Lauderdale Morgan Colbert Limestone Lawrence Madison and Cullman counties gather at the Morgan county chapter offices for a quarterly meeting led by Mrs. France Jaudon. Ruth Spencer from Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital is featured with local attendees listed.
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Home Service
North Alabama
American Red Cross
Morgan County
Franklin
Lauderdale
Morgan
Colbert
Limestone
Lawrence
Madison
Cuilman
France Jaudon
Southeastern
Atlanta
Ruth Spencer
Veterans’ Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Cary Hot
VA Will Drop Five Locally
Five staff and two clerical employees at the Decatur Veterans Administration office will lose positions due to economy cuts ordered by Washington. The reductions take effect June 30. Local manager H I Reams says veteran services should remain unaffected, though he will leave to become principal at Morgan County High School in Hartselle for the coming year.
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Decatur
Congress
Minus Leg Betty Milam Keeps Cheerful Talk of Boy Friends
Betty Ruth Milam a 17 year old from Gadsden Alabama who lost a leg to halt a bone tumor at Mayo Rochester now at Northwestern station hospital Chicago chats about romance. Her 21 year old boyfriend Jimmy writes regularly from Rochester and she expects a new artful artificial leg in six months as her family prepares to bring her home to Alabama.
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Chicago
Betty Ruth Milam
Gadsden
Ala
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Emma Sampson High School
Northwestern Station
Betty
Jimmy
Mary
Hugh
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Embezzlement Charge Filed in Birmingham
Harry F. Humphrey, 24, jailed on embezzlement count for taking more than $1,900 from Norwood Supply Company. Sheriff said the admitted theft spans from 1947, with Norwood supplying Carraway Methodist Hospital.
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Birmingham
Ala
Harry F. Humphrey
Marshall Allen
Humphrey
Norwood Supply Company
Norwood
Carraway Methodist Hospital
Day long debate on liquor laws and state ethics bills
A lengthy session discussed legally purchased liquor during the week, with Rep J. 8 Ganey of Talladega County defending a dry amendment banning public drinking on certain days. The senate also faced bills on poll tax repeal and limiting legislators on state boards or the Governor's payroll, but no action was concluded.
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J. 8 Ganey
Talladega County
Senate
Enlistees Listed From Decatur Area and Local Family Note
Mrs. Foster Bailey and her infant at home on 511 Wells Street after hospital stay. Recent area enlistees include Ben V. Wilson 28 of 1108 Towers Avenue in the transportation corps with 3 years service, Delma Compton 20 of Athens 1 in engineers, Vernon A. Sparkman 18 of Decatur 1, and Dewey D. Jackson 17 of 622 Eleventh Avenue West.
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Foster Bailey
Wells Street
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur Area
Ben V. Wilson
Towers Avenue
Transportation Corps
Delma Compton
Athens
Vernon A. Sparkman
Decatur
Dewey D. Jackson
Eleventh Avenue
East Berlin votes on 2007 slate amid police state clash
The East Berlin congress elections show 2,820 yes and 3,809 no from 7,000 counted ballots with about 250 invalid. Some ballots carry anti police state messages while Western press notes a readjustment of ballots. Communists hoped for 10,000,000 supporter turnout for peace terms to be endorsed at the Paris talks next week.
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Gress
Congress For East Berlin
Nein
Berlin
Congress
Russia
Paris
Reds Charge Double Cross In Communist Turmoil
Early returns from the Soviet zone election show a sizeable vote against the single ticket while in China the Red war machine advances toward Hankow and Canton. In Shanghai fires and heavy shelling light up the night as factions clash and UN Assembly fails to secure a two thirds mandate amid abstentions by Britain and France.
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Hankow
Canton
Shangwa
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
United Nations General Assembly
Madrid
Decatur team faces Huntsville Mfg Club clash on Wednesday
Robert Decatur prepares for an away game against Huntsville Manufacturing Club at eight o clock in Huntsville. A Lincoln Field prep night on Thursday follows under lights at the new venue praised as Decatur’s finest in local baseball history. The American Legion funded half the project with $30,000 and local firms and residents add about $20,000 of the remaining $30,000 while Jimmy Williams outlines short ceremonies before Saturday’s game.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Huntsville Mfg
American Legion
Jimmy Williams
The
Legion Post
Spain's informal bid for loan not acceptable now
Washington May 17 The United States has rejected for the moment Spain's informal bid for a multi million dollar loan. Officials said Spain's current economic situation makes her a poor credit risk. Spanish negotiator Andres Moreno did not file a formal application but informally explored the possibility of an American credit.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Togay
State Department
Andres Moreno
Three Players Dominate AL Batting Titles Four Times Or More
Only three players have won the American League batting championship four times or more Ty Cobb Harry Heilmann and Ted Williams all achieved this rare feat in baseball history.
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Ty Cobb
Harry Heilmann
Ted Williams
Eisler Bond Forfeited in Contempt and Passport Fraud
U S district court in Washington forfeited the $20,000 bond posted by communist Gerhart Eisler in two criminal cases. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest as ineligible for bail while cases remain pending. Proceedings cover contempt of Congress and passport fraud and seek Eisler's extradition from England after he fled as a stowaway on the Batory.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
U.S. District Court
Eisler
Congress
Eisler Extrac
England
Batory
U. S
James W. Morris
United States
William Sdutz
District of Columbia
Hitz
Morris
Scotland Yard
Siamese Twin Girls Born in Los Angeles
Two baby girls born to the wife of John B. Jones in Los Angeles Saturday survive with a chance to live while joined at the head top-to-top. Doctors note each infant has a separate brain and responds to stimuli individually. Separation by surgery considered drastic due to extensive cranial junction.
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Los Angeles
John B. Jones
Phoebus Berman
Dianapolis
Bedford
Ind
Sabath says most bills will clear rules committee soon
At a White House conference yesterday Sabath of Illinois urged passage within a week or so though sparking talk of rifts with President Truman. Sabath said the visit aimed to align on bills before the rules committee while Rayburn denied any disagreement and noted no visible split in their talks.
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White House
Sabath
Rules Committee
Admnistrtion
Orgive
Rayburn
Mr. Truman
A. F. Whitney
Rai
Ravburr
House
Dorothy Vredenburg to Speak at Montgomery League Lunch
Mrs Dorothy Vredenburg secretary of the Democratic National Committee will address a Montgomery League of Women Voters luncheon today. She will discuss the importance of women voting and the role they play in politics.
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Dorothy
Ala
Dorothy Vredenburg
Democratic National Committee
Montgomery League of Woman Voters
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