Acclaimed leader celebrates Decatur livestock coliseum contract
Haygood Paterson head of the Agriculture Center Board hails the awarded contract for the first district livestock coliseum at Decatur. The $57,000 project will be 110 by 110 feet with a 54 by 74 foot area and seating for about 1,500. Built of fabricated Araco, it promises no interior posts and will include a 60 by 40 foot veterinary wing. The plan anticipates other contracts in Demopolis and Ardmore as work moves forward.
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Decatur
Haygood Paterson
Pe Ates Agriculture
Acers
Montgomery Haygood Paterson
Thegriculture Center Board
Mackion of
Montgomery
Eatur
Haygood
Adeville
Demopolis
Graduation Exercises Set for Decatur High School Seniors
John Troxler will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Westmansie Presbyterian on Sunday at 11. The 109 graduating seniors will conclude with a graduation exercise on Thursday June 3 at 8 p.m. at the school gym with Sen. John speaking.
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John Troxler
Decaturide
Westmansie Presbyterian
Side
Sen. John
Markets at a Glance New York May 26 Stocks Rally Amid Grain and Hogs Uptick
Market brief notes higher stocks in New York with rails improving and motor shares leading a recovery. Wheat steady on government policy, corn and oats firm due to short covering and strong cash demand. hogs steady to 75 cents higher with top at 26.00, cattle steady to 50 cents up to 325.50.
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New -York
Bonde
Chihago
Wheat rally lifts grain prices on Board of Trade
A brisk rally began in wheat and spread to other grains on the Chicago Board of Trade. Prices rose after a slightly lower opening as news that the government would reenter the export flour market boosted buying. Short-covering appeared in feed grains, especially new crop corn.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
New York Cotton Futures Close Higher on May 26
New York cotton futures rose by 1.75 to 2.55 per bale with gains across contracts. July reached 37.30 31, Pisces 33.25, Mch 32.90, May 32.60, July 31.77, middling spot at 39.00 up 55. N-Nominal.
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New York
Senators Back Funding for Three State Waterways Projects
Alabama Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman vowed a strong push to secure final congressional approval of 17 million dollars for three state waterways projects. The Senate measure boosted house funds by 5.5 million, funding Woodruff dam in Florida, Buford dam in Georgia, and Tennessee-Tombigbee plus Allatoona dam work in Alabama, with plans for Coosa Alabama steps. They pledged to press for Senate-house compromise changes in the final approval.
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Washington
Alabama
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Senate
Jim Woodruff
River Junction
Fla
Buford
Allatoona
Coosa-Alabama
Futher
Coosa- Alabama
Petition Signers Seek Removal of Names From List
Eight Wallace For President petition signers in Alabama asked the Secretary of State to delete their names. A CIO PAC representativesaid he did not sign but his name appears on the list. The petitions support independent electors pledging to vote for Henry Wallace in November. Miss Sibyl Pools said eight signers asked removal and noted she has no authority to remove names. Petitions require 300 qualified voters and the Wallace names are being checked by probate judges.
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Monticomery Ala
Alabama
Secretary of State
Ciopac
Henry Walace
Sibyl Pools
Miss Pool
Wallace
Warren Leads Florida Vote In Democratic Runoff
Warren leads Dan McCarty by about 13 000 votes with 1464 of 1522 precincts reported Warren 284 067 McCarty 270 647. Ervin leads Grady Burton for attorney general as Tom Watson advances to a Supreme Court runoff against Justice Hobson with W May Walker. Warren would be the first Jacksonville man to win a major state office since 24 years ago.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fuller Warren
Florida
Richard W. Ervin
Tom Watson
T. Frank Hobson
Justice of the Supreme Court
Warren
Dan McCarty
Ft. Pierce
McCarty
Elorjida
Ervin
Burton
Watson
Supreme Court
Justice Hobson
Circuit Court
W. May Walker
Tallahassee
Rivers Buford
Sixth Grade Enjoys Picnic at Delano Park
The sixth grade from Somerville Road School held a Monday afternoon picnic at Delano Park hosted by home room mothers and others. Miss Crutchfield’s room beat Mrs Richeson’s 17 to 9 in a boys’ softball game with key hits by Bailey Cook and Millard Teal among others.
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Somerville Road
Delano Park
Louise Crutchfield
Henry Richeson
Miss Crutchfield
Carl Farish
Tim Baker
George Davis
James Philipps
Billy Champion
Ted Solomon
Charles Case
Carl Vinson
Bailey Cook
Curtis Banks
Thomas Suit
John Darmer
Mrs
Billy Wayne Allred
Harold Powers
Richard Lee
Ronald Seibert
Louis Little
William Johnson
Bobby Norwood
Harvey Jeffers
Pat Odom
Morris Pope
Millard Teal
O.N. Williams
Eddie Black
J. D. Reed
Bellview Church Sunday Service Schedule
An all day service at Belview church ten miles from Decatur on Moulton Road is planned for May 30. Rev. Douglas Johnson a returned missionary from Africa will lead devotional time and Rev. G. T. Prater of Barton will preach at 11 o'clock. Clyde Murphey Jr. will direct singing with afternoon sun forecast.
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Belview Church
Decatur
Moulton Road
Douglas Johnson
Africa
G. T. Prater
Barton
Clyde Murphey Jr
Court of Appeals Affirms Morgan County Cases
The Alabama court of appeals affirmed three Morgan county cases Tuesday. Talmadge Haynie of Falkville 1 was tried on a tarey charge before Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell. County Judge W H Long's rulings were upheld in the cases of Clifore Jackson of Valdemosa charged with using abusive language in the presence of a woman and Fannie Hampton, a Decatur resident charged with adultery.
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Alabama. Court of Appeals
Morgan County
Talmadge Haynie
Falkville 1
Newton B. Powell
W. H. Long
Clifore Jackson
Valdemosa
Fannie Hampton
Decatur
Mrs Fred Tyler Claimed by Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Tyler, mother of Mrs. Paul McRae of Decatur, will be held Friday in Detroit Michigan. Mrs. Dewey Mann and Knox McRae left today for Detroit to attend the services. She died Tuesday at 2 10 pm at her home. She was a member of White Shrine Eastern Star and the Baptist church.
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Fred Tyler
Paul McRae
Decatur
Detroit
Mich
Dewey Mann
Knox McRae
Decatur Plans Major Bonded Projects and Growth
The city outlines a $1.5 million bond program to fund new landing strips at $300,000, expanded water and gas facilities, a $250,000 municipal building, parks upgrades, a Delano park boys club pool at $180,000, and street and subdivision work. Mayor Summer says revenues from gas tax, improved property values, and existing bond structures will cover principal and interest through 1960, with surplus expectations.
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Hartselle
Gadeden
Delano Park
Uncle Sam
Summer
Decatur
TVA Planning Commission
Tax Commission
Automobile Dealers Association of America
Albany
Somerville Road
Comeit
Cooking Show Starts Today At Princess Theater
Miss Doro thy Barbee demonstrates oven and surface stove use to about 650 Decatur women as the three day TVA sponsored cooking school opens at the Princess theater. She prepares complete meals on two stoves and on surfaces while lecturing on electric stoves and refrigerators. Free demonstrations run Thursday and Friday from 9 to 11 A M with food samples and prizes for attendees.
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Decatur
Dorothy Barbee
Miss Barbee
TVA
City Electric Department
Princess Theater
Decatur Officials Battle Budget Woes and City Pride
The mayor defends Decatur finances noting bond soundness and TVA advised indebtedness. He cites $435,612 paid since 1944, surpluses in several funds, and compares city finances with other municipalities including New York. Payroll and service levels are outlined with planned street and road improvements and equipment needs.
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Decatur
TVA
State Planning Board
University of Alabama
Alabama
New York City
Community Notes and Local Updates From Decatur Area
Local briefs report hospital admissions and dismissals including W L Landers in Decatur General Hospital and Serie Pruitt Walker at Fairview’s Hamil clinic. Prayer meetings and choir practice scheduled, a film at Central Methodist Church, and cotton market quotes noted. Albert L Johnson heads to St Louis for the National Flour Millers meeting.
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Albert L Johnson
St. Louis
Flour” Millers
Finnish Cabinet Shakeup as Strike Spreads in Finland
President Juho Paasikivi reshuffles his cabinet to quell a crisis sparked by communist led strikes over the dismissal of interior minister Yrjo Leino. Eino Kilpi appointed interior minister. dockyards and heavy industry paralyzed as unions claim up to 100,000 on strike while others pin it at 30,000.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Yrjo Leino
Paasikivi
Eino Kilpi
Popular Democratic Coalition
Leino
Popular Democrats
Arabs claim 1500 Zionist prisoners in Deir Suneid capture
Arab party says Egyptian troops in Palestine took 1500 Zionist prisoners during the Deir Suneid occupation southwest of Tel Aviv as Egyptian forces push along the coast. In Damascus high Arab officials met at President Shukri Al Kuwaily palace with the exiled Mufti and leaders including Jah Amin El Husseini and Fawzi Bey Al Kaukji.
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Palestine
Deir Suneid
Tel Aviv
Damascus
Shukri al Kuwaily
Syria
Mufti
Jerusalem
Jah Amin el Husseini
Yarmuk
Fawzi Bey al. Kaukji
Jamil Mardambey
City Improvements and Services Expand as Police and Fire Departments Grow
The mayor outlined street graveling and extensions including Boulevard Eighth Street and Grant Street to the copper plant. Sanitation now serves 24 000 people up from 16 500 in 1940. Fire department expansion costs 10 000 annually. saving insurance costs estimated at 100 000. Two way radio added to police raising force from 11 to 18. FBI training for chief. Juvenile delinquency ordinance fines parents and guardians for misbehavior.
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New York City
Decature
Decatur
ABC
Sanitation
Moulton Street
Beeline Highway
Grant Street
Fourth Avenue
Church Street
Third Avenue
Third Street
Sherman, Jackson, Johnston, Bank
Lee
Holly Street
16Th Avenue
Fairview
19Th Avenue
McCartney Street
Birmingham
Mobile
Gadsden
Montgomery
Washogee
FBI
Civil rights debate shifts as Truman program meets Dixie resistance
Dissent grows after the President's civil rights report calls for immediate action. Republicans push anti-lynch and anti-poll tax measures while Southern filibusters delay major bills. Attorney General Clark seeks to expand the civil rights division as criticism and local complaints flood the FBI and the Justice Department. Senator Bushfield rebukes federal power over voting and desegregation in the armed forces remains a point of contention.
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Committee On Civil Rights
Truman
Congress
AEDS
Ted
Clark
Boston
United Nations
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
A. Abbot Rosen
Albany
Department
Budget Bureau
Rosen
FBI
Bushfield
R-Sd
Revival Opens In Tent On Seventh Avenue West
Revival services begin next Sunday evening directed by Rev Paul Roberts of Central Baptist church with Rev Porter Barrington as guest preacher and Edmond D Keith in charge of music. Central Baptist group plans a West Side Baptist church, baptisms by Central’s pastor, and Sunday school after meeting. Cottage prayer meetings are scheduled Tuesday to Friday at local homes.
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Seventh Avenue
West Side Baptist Church
Central Church
Central
Raymond Whitt
8Th Ave
S. F. Hosey
4Th Ave
A. A. Powers
6Th Ave
Louie Ellison
Sixth Avenue West
Truman Asks Federal Aid for Schools in Crisis
President Truman urged Congress to pass a Senate bill for 300 million dollars in federal education aid. He told Speaker Martin the measure is needed for national defense and democracy, noting no valid reason to delay and citing a White House conference urging action.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
House Labor and Education Committee
Martin
R.mass
White House
Education Hill
Lawmakers Debate European Recovery Bill Substitute
Senators McGrath and Hatch offer a complete substitute arguing the original bill is restrictive and discriminatory. Averell Harriman, roving ambassador for the European Recovery Program, testifies to the Senate Appropriations Committee about plans to oversee the $5.3 billion aid program and possible conditions on aid to Russia.
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D-Ri
Hatch
D-Nm
W. Averell Harriman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Charmar Bridges
R-Nh
Europe
Russia
Harrimar
New York Times
Moscow
U. S
Walter
B Smith
Molotov
Ferguson objects to bill on press freedom limits
Senator Ferguson of Michigan warns the Senate Armed Services Committee bill could threaten press freedom by criminalizing disclosure of cryptographic and communications intelligence information. He opposed a prior measure over secrecy labels and urges removal of similar flaws in the new proposal.
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Ferguson
Rmich
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Congress
Truman bill on TVA repayments faces congressional odds
Senator McKellar says Congress has power to require the TVA to repay principal and interest to the Treasury. Chairman Ferguson challenges lawmakers moral courage to act on the proposal.
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Treasury
Congress
McKellar
Ferguson
Rmich
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