Miss Caldwell laments China Communist terror against Christians
Pearl Caldwell, returned missionary from China, tells a Pleasant Grove rally that Communists buried Christians alive and nailed others to doors. She says Christianity survived behind the Iron Curtain with 300 Baptist churches still functioning and native pastors carrying on the work.
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China
Miss Pearl Caldwell
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Miss Caldwell
Jerusalem
Pearl Harbor
U.N
Jesus
Chinese Communist Influence Report on U S Far Eastern Policy
Dated July 5 1945 the report by the Military Intelligence Service details a late 1944 project to uncover facts about the Chinese Communists It calls the Chinese Communist movement part of the international Communist movement sponsored by Moscow and notes the Chinese Communists have loyally followed Soviet policy and Marxism Leninism Stalinism.
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Communist Movement
Moscow
Russia
Progress in guided rockets hailed by UK minister
Britain has made remarkable progress in guided rockets according to Supply Minister Duncan Sandys. At a conference of rocket scientists he said the government has given super priority to rapid development of the weapon which may someday supersede orthodox armaments.
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Leamington, Eng
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Princess Belles On Their Toes at Va aR Today
Theaters list showings for Va aR Today with Princess Belles On Their Toes starring Jeanne Crain Myrna Loy and De bra Paget at 1 00 3 05 5 10 7 20 and 9 25. ROXY features The Bushwackers with John Ireland Wayne Morris Lawrence Tierney at 1 00 2 45 4 30 6 15 8 00 9 45. Sunset schedules Little Giant with Abbott and Costello at 8 00 and 10 00. Hatfield Athens shows Lets Make It Legal with Claudette Macdonald Carey at 7 30 and 9 20. Mars Falkville lists Beware of Blondie Penny Singleton and Arthur Lgke at 1 30 and 3 43.
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Princess—Belles
Jeanne Crain
Myrna Loy
Debra Paget
Roxy
the Bushwackers
John Ireland
Wayne Morris
Lawrence Tierney
Mars
Falkville
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lgke
Community Notes Highlight Local Meetings And Visits
Community notes list Morgan County American Legion meeting at 8 PM on Bank Street and Westminster Fellowship church study at 4 PM with time changes. Homecoming dedication planned June 2 at Bethlehem Baptist cemetery. Local residents from Birmingham Danville Athens Pensacola and Decatur noted with hospital updates travel and church activities.
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Morgan County
The
American Legion
Legion
Bank Street
Westminster Fellowship
Long Stumps For Russell At Georgia Dinner Crowd Over 200 in Greenwood
Sen Russell Long of Louisiana praised Sen Richard Russell and urged the Democratic Party to run on its national platform. He criticized northern liberals and highlighted Southern leadership in past legislation. The $25 plate dinner in Greenwood drew over 200 attendees with Rep W J Bryan Dorn introducing Long. Dick Russell III attended as a Russell representative. Gov Byrnes, an early Russell backer, could not attend.
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Greenwood
8. C
Russell Long
Louisiana
Russell
America
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Long
Congress
Democratic Party
Chicago
Jim Byrnes
South Carolina
Huey Long
W. J. Bryan Dorn
Dick Russell III
University of Georgia
Byrnes
Sen. Russell
Koje POW camp changes under Brig Gen Boamer
Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner Boamer reshapes Koje prison security with an international force from five nations. He replaces Col. Maurice J. Fitzgerald and tightens security while moving civilians and rushing new compounds to curb Communist control.
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Haydon Boamer
Boatner
Maurice J. Fitzgerald
Empire
Britain
Shropshire Light Infantry
Canada
Royal Canadian Regiment
Pusan
Kose
Panmunjom
U. N
Koje
Boamer
Col. Fitzgerald
Kore
High Command
North Korea
Senior class gratitude note from Decatur High School
The 1952 Decatur High School senior class thanks teachers and friends for constant tutoring and support. Led by President Max Patterson and officers Lorene Pickens Paddy Loosier Betty Jo Wear they pledge to carry the load and not let supporters down.
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Decatur High School
Max Patterson
Lorene Pickens
Paddy Loosier
Betty Jo Wear
Connally Eleven Seek Billion Dollar Senate Cut Next Week
Connally Eleven Republican senators led by Sen. Welker will push to strike a full billion from the Senate bill next week. If blocked they will offer a half billion cut instead. They face opposition, but Sen. Smith of New Jersey and Sen. George of Georgia pledged full support. A tense Senate floor battle looms with sharp political overtones.
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Sen. Welker
Idaho
Senate
Connally
Smith
New Jersey
Sen. George
D-Ga
Venezuela and Uruguay Restore Diplomatic Ties
The Foreign Ministry announces Venezuela will resume diplomatic relations with Uruguay. Normal ties were broken after the 1948 Venezuelan coup and the current junta took power. An Uruguayan executive resolution of May 13 urged restoration.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Foreign Ministry
Uruguay
Births and local visits noted in Decatur society page
Rev W W Glass drove to the camp site to return youngsters and show their photographs before they reach home. Mr and Mrs W C Cryer of Long Beach Calif visit their relatives at 637 Jackson Street and announce the birth of a son Saturday night at Decatur General hospital.
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W. R. ‘Riley
Riverside
Wheeler Lake
Daily
W. W. Glass
Mrs. W. C. Cryer
Long Beach, Calif
Mrs
Ida Dobbs
H. D. Weaver
Jackson Street
Decatur General Hospital
Big Union Sticks With CIO Amid TWUA Challenge
In Rock Hill South Carolina the Textile Workers Union Local 710 voted not to join the United Textile Workers of America AFL and remain with the CIO. The meeting featured arguments by Baldanzi and Conn while Frank Daniel and Ray Berthiaume spoke for CIO opponents. turnout was about one third of the local’s 2350 members.
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Rock Hill
S. C
South Carolina
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
George Baldanzi
TWUA
Baldanzi
L. B. Knox
Knox
710
Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Co
Emil Rieve
Anthony Valente
AFL Union
Washington
Southern
Mills
Canada
Middle Atlantic States
New England
George Bamford
Prison Break Outburst Shocks Warden Aide
In a chaotic scene the alt continued from Page 1 output shows inmates overrunning a factory area near the warden. They threatened violence, shouting that they would wreck the place if the warden refused to intervene, armed with crude weapons including butcher knives.
Rain Washes Out Game in Capital
A heavy downpour halted the Washington game after three and a half scoreless innings between Philadelphia and Washington. Frank Spec Shea and Alex Kellner pitched well in a tidy duel before umpires postponed the contest after a 53 minute wait.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Frank Spec Shea
Alex Kellner
A's
Brooklyn Catcher Roy Campanella Hurt In Phils Game
Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella was taken to Temple University Hospital for x rays on a badly injured right thumb after a slide into the plate by Philadelphia's Jackie Mayo during the second inning of a 5 1 Brooklyn win.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn Dodger
Roy Campanella
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia Phillies
Campanella
Jackie Mayo
Brooklyn
Gadsden Republican Factions Vie Over Taft and Eisenhower Nominees
A Georgia Republican slate pledged 100 percent for Taft was named by the Foster faction as divisions with Tucker supporters continued. Delegates seek seats at Chicago with contests in Texas New Mexico and Connecticut while Kefauver and Rayburn loom in the broader Democratic race.
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Gadsden
A.L. Isbell
Taft
Foster
Georgia
Republican Party
Roy G. Foster
Wadley
National Party Organization
Chicago
W. R. Tucker
Dawsonville
Tucker
Eisenhower
Texas
New Mexico
Connecticut
Johnson Rites Slated Today
Final rites for Sarah Ellen Johnson age 61 of Asheville will be held at 2 30 P M today at Johnsons Chapel with Rev L E Toone officiating Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery Peck directing Survivors include husband William Johnson four daughters Dessie Norris Aubrey Light E W Roberts and C F Goggans two sons James D Johnson and L J Johnson and 11 grandchildren The deceased was a member of Rock Springs Missionary Baptist church
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Sarah Ellen Johnson
Asheville
Johnson’s Chapel
L. E. Toone
Peck
Johnson
Gadsden Hospital
William Johnson
Dessie Norris
Decatur
Aubrey Light
Gadsden
E. W. Roberts
Hartselle
C. F. Goggans
James D
L. J. Johnson
Rock Springs Missionary Baptist Church
French Reds Close Crossings
The Russians closed five more road crossings cutting major routes for highway freight between isolated West Berlin and West Germany. The British protested as Allied officials warned of a plot to sever West Berlin lifelines. The police braced for trouble from alleged Communist rowdies at 15 border points, while a putsch was said to be timed with Bonn developments. Telegraf reported 21 high Soviet officers in East Germany were arrested on counter revolutionary charges.
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West Berlin
West Germany
Bonn
Telegraf
East Germany
Truman relaxes at Navy Academy during Sports Day
President Truman visits the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis for Sports Day, attends a baseball game and Army-Navy track meet, and dines with midshipmen. He recalls nearly taking an appointment 50 years earlier due to a defective vision, and he pardons minor offenses to encourage leadership.
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Annapolis
Truman
Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Army
Navy
Middies
Military Academy
West Point
March building awards rise in Alabama total
Building contract awards in Alabama for March reached 23,059,000, up about 60 percent from a year ago, per F. W. Dodge Corp. The first quarter total was 47,413,000, up 3 percent over the prior year.
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Birmingham
Alabama
F. W. Dodge Corp
Casualties Named in Defense Korea War List No 571
The Defense Department identified 132 additional Korean War casualties. The list numbered 571 shows 18 dead, four missing, 95 wounded and five injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Cyprus's long rule by many powers through the ages
The National Geographic Society notes Cyprus in the Mediterranean has endured rulings by Egyptians Romans Crusaders Venetians Turks and the British among other powers across centuries in its history.
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Island of
Cyprus
Mediterranean Sea
National Geographic Society
Mechanical pickers boost western cotton farming use
Mechanical pickers planters and cultivators are more used in Western states of the United States in cotton raising than in the Southeast, reflecting regional adoption differences in farming technology.
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United States
Southeast
Availability Inquiries After Nomination Consideration
Vague remarks surface about inquiries into his availability if he were nominated, suggesting potential scheduling or commitment concerns while the nomination process unfolds.
Cotton and grain and hog prices listed for Decatur markets
Market notes from Decatur show cotton middling at 38.50 cents and strict low at 37.00 cents. No 2 mile posted at 3.10 dollars. No. 2 yellow ear corn at 1.83 dollars. Hogs priced in Decatur at 20.75 cents.
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Decatur
Wall Street holds near high as market eyes summer rally
Brokers see groundwork for a summer stock rally but alert for risks from this week’s steel industry seizure ruling and possible shifts in the Korean War. AP 60-stock average hit 103.50, then cooled. Memorial Day weekend trading short and a thin volume backdrop.
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New York
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Stock Exchange
Packard
Southern Pacific
North American Co
American Can
American Telephone
Burma Mining
American Superpower
Eureka Corp. Ltd
Jupiter
Markets at a Glance New York May 24
Markets in New York show stocks steady with light trading. Bonds slightly higher and quiet. wheat firm with no rain in the northwest or Canada. corn and oats steady with light trade. hogs and cattle nominally steady.
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New York
Northwest
Canada
Grain futures mixed with gains on wheat soybeans and rye
Chicago Board of Trade activity showed wheat soybeans and rye firm while corn and oats lagged. Wheat rose 3 to 4 cents with July at 2.35. soybeans gained about 1.5 to 2.34 with July at 3.01. Rye advanced 14 to 2 cents. oats edged up to 76 3-4.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Japan's Police Reserve Plans to Learn to Fly
Tokyo's Yomiuri reports the National Police Reserve plans to learn to fly. The newspaper did not state how many planes are expected.
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JAP Army
Tokyo
Japan
National Police Reserve
Yomiuri
Can Army
Actress Joan Collins Marries Maxwell Reed in London
London, May 244. Actress Joan Collins selected gold laced shoes for her marriage to British actor Maxwell Reed. Reed stands six feet four inches. Collins is nineteen, five feet four inches without heels.
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Gold Shoes
London
W— i
Joan Collins
Maxwell Reed
Reed
Miss Collins
Allied Patrols In Early Raids On Eastern Korea Front
Allied patrols raided Red positions on the Eastern Korean battlefront in pre-dawn actions. The U S Eighth Army says one patrol wiped out a 35 man Communist platoon in a one hour 35 minute clash and seized 2 500 rounds of ammunition 20 hand grenades and small arms. U S Fifth Air Force fighters and bombers followed up their raids on Ki-
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Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Armistice talks in recess at Panmunjom in Korea
United Nations armistice delegates take a weekend recess from stalled sessions at Panmunjom. Maj. Gen. William Harrison stays in Munsan while others fly to Tokyo for relaxation. Talks resume Tuesday with Allies sticking to their offer to exchange 70,000 Red prisoners for about 12,000 held by the Communists. About 99,000 other Communist internees refuse to return to Red rule.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Tokyo
Price Johnson race seen with Folsom influence noted
Folsom may back Miss Price in the Price Johnson race but avoids public statements. Women voters around the capitol mobilize for Price while Johnson backers seek a majority of the 85 000 votes from Cooper and Grace. With one statewide race on June 3 turnout likely smaller than the 270 000 earlier.
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Folsom
Broughton Lamberth
Justice Goodwyn
Miss Price
Price Johnson
Capitol
Johnson
Charles Cooper
M. B. Grace
Egypt determined to end British troop presence at Suez
King Farouk spoke to Nile Valley citizens at the start of Ramadan declaring Egypt’s resolve to remove British troops from the Suez Canal Zone and Sudan. He spoke amid ongoing talks with Britain over a settlement of differences.
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Egypt
Farouk
Nile Valley
Suez Canal
Zon
Sudan
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