Governor May Expect Rough Sailing In New Session
Governor James E. Folsom may call a special legislative session, but Senate leaders doubt success on reapportionment. With Aug. 8 special elections approaching, key senators split over revisiting the 67 senator plan, while Lt. Gov. Inzer and several incumbents urge restraint and warn of political fallout.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsogi_ cales
Senate
Folsom
Mobile
Joseph N. Langan
Langan
Tom Johnston
Jamace Folsom
James B. Allen
Etowah
Allen
J. Clarence Inzer
Inter
Jefferson
Albert Boutwell
Boutwell
House
District One Race Sees Dorn Moore Roberts in Contention
Walter A. Dorn and Rube Moore Republican candidates contend for District One commissioner seat. James F. Roberts also runs. J. L. Lewter and F. A. Todd seek a place on the board of education.
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Walter A. Dorn- R
Rube) Moore
James F. Roberts
J. L. Lewter
F. A. Todd
The
of Education
Local Girl's Letter Takes Second in State Contest
Doris Hughes, ten, a Gordon Bible school fourth grader, earned second place among 46 state letters in Lilbourne Missouri. Mary Ruth Wylie, a Lilbourne fifth grader, invited Doris to write about her city and Alabama history. The Hughes family of 1705 Sixth Avenue South planned a Canaloo visit to relatives and to Mary Ruth's family.
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Doris Hughes
Alabama
Lilbourne
Doris
Gordon Bible School
Mary Ruth Wylie
J. C. Hughes
Sixth Avenue South
Canaloo
Mary Ruth
Decatur Market Prices Include Cotton Corn and Milo
Market notes from Decatur list Cotton middling 32. District 28.00. Cottonseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 25 cents delivered. Hens heavy 18 cents. Hatching eggs 80 cents per dot. Yellow corn ear 1.42. shelled 1.48. Milo per cwt bulk 2.20. Corn basis 15 44 percent moisture Milo basis 13 percent moisture.
Wall Street Week Ends Slightly Below Four-Week Peak
The 1949 50 bull market cooled modestly with only modest gains on some days. General Motors and United Auto Workers CIO contract drew strong praise, lifting GM to a 21 year high and boosting market sentiment. Rubber stocks led gains while Radio Television faltered before a partial rally. Memorial Day adjournment and summer schedule closings noted.
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New York
General Motors
United Auto Workers
CIO
Financial
Wall Street
GM Common
Goodrich
U. S
Childs Co
Markets at a Glance New York May 27
Markets at a glance show quiet, selective buying in stocks and slow, irregular trading in bonds. Cotton remains steady with quiet activity. Chicago wheat trades steady with light activity, and corn prices firm near loan level in the country. Oats are firm with corn. Hogs and cattle are nominally steady.
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New York
Chicago
Grain futures climb on calmer trading amid steady demand
Chicago grain prices edged higher as buyers steadied after a prior drop. Wheat closed near unchanged with July at 2.16 and a half. corn rose up to 1 3 8. oats gained up to 1 cent. rye up 3 4. soybeans advanced to about 3.14 to 3.15. lard fell several cents.
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Chicago
Suan
Eastern Commission
Two Commerce Officials Must Quit Jobs
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Sawyer ordered two Commerce Department officials to quit or face ouster for loyalty concerns. William W. Remington and Michael J. Lee, both $10,000 a year, await loyalty board review amid Senate pressure and McCarthy era tensions.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Department Loyalty Board
William W., Remington
Michael J. Lee
Office of International Trade
Senate Commerce Committee
Lee
Department
McCarthy
State Department
McGrath
Hitler
Justice Department
Remington
House
American Activities Committee
Far Eastern
Malone
R-Nev
China
Omaha
Neb
Tom Clark
UN American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Clark
Parker County election recount leads to ballot impounding
Grand jury recount in Box 2 delayed results as officials and committee tallies diverged. Judge Powell ordered ballots and related tally sheets stored in the Bank of Moulton vault for grand jury use, to be released only to the investigation foreman and circuit solicitor.
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Powell
Young
Democratic Committee
Bank of Moulton
Republicans mull civil rights move before session ends
GOP leaders discuss bringing up an anti lynching bill amid signals FEPC may fail. A Republican senator said action would require near solid GOP backing to break the Southern filibuster. Republicans polled 33 of 42 votes for FEPC debate. 19 of 54 Democrats supported it.
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Russell
FEPC
Senate Policy Committee
GOP
Gaz
Cotton futures end mixed as market steadies
New York May 27 Cotton futures closed irregular with 30 cents per bale losses to 15 cents gains. Sessions ranged about 30 cents and volume was light. The exchange will close Saturdays in summer until Sept 9. Middling spot at 34.17 cents, up 0.03.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Graham Seeks Senate Seat in North Carolina Primary
Polls across the state show near record turnout as voters pick a successor to Gov. Broughton. Graham and Smith led a bitter campaign over liberal policies with Reynolds and Boyd far behind. a run off possible June 24 if no majority.
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Robert R. Reynolds
Senate
Olla Ray Boyd
Smith
Truman
Graham
North Carolina
Reynolds
University of North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Congress
Clyde R. Hoey
J. M. Broughton
Mrs. Roper Called Home After Hip Injury
Mrs. J. S. Roper of Hartselle dies at 90 after eight weeks in hospital from a broken hip. Funeral set for Monday at 2 PM at Hartselle Baptist Church with Rev. Draper Smith and Allen officiating. Burial in Johnson Chapel cemetery. Survived by son T. R. Roper and seven daughters including Mrs. Kell and Miss Maude Roper. Also 22 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. She fractured her hip April 1 after a fall from a rocking chair.
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J. S. Roper
Hartselle
Hartselle Clinic
Hartselle Baptist Church
J. C. Draper
Frank Smith
Allen
Peck
Johnson Chapel
T. R. Roper
A. J. Kell
Louisville
Maude Roper
W. J. Maner
Austinville
M. B. Harrison
Jessie Roper
Irvin Watkins
Decatur
Lerlene
Preuit
Nashville
Radioactive Power Could Help Fight Leukemia
Dr. Roy R. Kracker of the University of Alabama medical school told the Florida Medi Technologists meeting in Miami Beach that untried radioactive substances may become tools to stamp out leukemia, a blood cancer.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Roy R. Kracker
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama Medical School
Board of
Medical Research
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Florida of Medi- Technologists
Kracke
Hospital adissions and local incidents in Decatur area
Admitted to Decatur General Hospital Saturday afternoon were Herman McClurry of Cordova and W. M. Arbrough of Belle Mina. Mrs. Oliver Wade was dismissed from Hamill Clinic Hospital. Sidney Peebles of Hillsboro was at Hamill Clinic Saturday, and Onnie Miller of Danville 2 was admitted Friday. Friends report Mrs. B C Dodd ill at son Murray Dodd’s home. The city fire department made its first run in 10 days to the 1000 block of Grant Street at 12 50 PM with no reported losses. Mrs Ruby Blizzard of 231 6th Avenue West is improving at Marine Hospital Memphis Tennessee where she is receiving treatment.
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Decatur General Hospital
Herman McClurry
Cordova
Ala
W. M.arbrough
Belle Mina
B. C. Dodd
Murray Dodd
West Moulton Street
Grant Street
Ruby Blizzard
6Th Avenue West
Marine Hospital
Memphis
Tennessee
Decatur
Annie Lee Fowler
Fourth Avenue East
Margaret T. Hudson
Ninth Avenue East
Johnston Street
Johnston
Culver
David Maddox
J. H. Lane
Paducah
East Berlin concerted march draws half million crowd
The article notes a large East West Berlin march with up to a half million joining at 9 am EST, lasting eight hours, while East German youth are urged to stay within lines. Adenauer accuses coercion by communism, and observers report limited East West clashes around Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz.
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Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
West Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Potsdamer Platz
Union Leader Orders Local 818 Officers Postponement
Union Washington, general president of the International Hod Carriers Build ing And Common Laborers Union of America, directs the local to man the job and comply with arbitration while pending decision. He also orders postponement of the officers election at Local 818 due to unauthorized activity and compliance with orders from Local 818 and the international.
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Washington
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
Wiren Mareschi
Oak Ridge
Morgan County men released from life terms questioned
Walker states second charge dropped in each case. If sentences served, six men would be freed June 3. William Benjamin of Falkville and James Hunter of Decatur were Morgan countians freed from life terms. Benjamin convicted Mobile November 1941 and Hunter Jefferson County May 1942. Virgil McGraw Aftab received 50 years in 1940 for rape in Cullman County.
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William Benjamin
Falkville
James Hunter
Decatur
Morgan
Benjamin
Mobile
Hunter
Jefferson County
Virgil McGraw
Aftab
Cullman County
Wadsworth Named Head of Alabama Bankers Association
D C Wadsworth of Gadsden was elected state association president by Alabama bankers. He also serves as president of the American National Bank of Gadsden. The 1951 convention will be in Birmingham. P S J Birmingham became first vice president and A Key Foster Birmingham second vice president. L Adams York was re elected secretary treasurer. Albert H Evans Butler received a $50 savings bond for outstanding group chairman of the year.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
D. C
Albert H. Evans
Butler
GM And CIO Sign Five Year Non-Reopenable Pact
General Motors signed a five year contract with the CIO International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers. The deal mirrors GM's pact with the CIO United Auto Workers and covers about 32 000 workers at Frigidaire Delco in Dayton Ohio Packard Electric Warren Ohio Delco Appliance Rochester New York and Delco Remy Battery New Brunswick New Jersey.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Frigidaire
Delco Products
Dayton
Packard Electric
Warren
Delco Appliance
Rochester
N. Y
Delco-Remy
New Brunswick
N. J
Hailstorm Strikes Pittsburgh Bank Area
Hailstones as large as marbles accompanied a thunderstorm in Pittsburgh. The weather bureau logged seven tenths of an inch rainfall. A brick from the First National Bank building at Fifth Avenue and Wood Street damaged several parked cars.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
First National Bank
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
Switchmen Union cancels June 1 strike against ten Western rails
Bulletin reports the switchmen's union has canceled its June 1 strike threat against ten Western railroads, as notified by the National Mediation Board.
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Washington
Switchmen’s Union
National Mediation Board
Fresh scallops offered and sold in various forms
Readable notice notes scallops may be purchased fresh or frozen. It references availability and pricing in a coastal market, noting delicacy and potential seasonal considerations for catching or sourcing.
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Bay Setliogn
Berry folded cream with biscuit or sponge cake
Instructions describe crushing some berries into whipped cream and folding into the mix between hot biscuits or sponge cake. Top with larger whole or halved berries and the remaining sweetened whipped cream.
Grade School Gang Held In California Robberies
Five youths from Long Beach and Compton, ages 15 to 17, were arrested on charges tied to a crime club that studied magazines and radio crimes. They are linked to the May 12 liquor store slaying of Dominic Calarco and a recent robbery, with statements about plans and calling cards used on victims.
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Long Beach
Calif
Thomas Charles Cook
Muriel “Pickles” Downs
Peggy Byrnes
Shirley Armitage
Larry Collins
Compton
Collins
Lorin Q. Martin
Miss Armitage
Martin
Dominic Calarco
Peggy
Tommy
Cook
Calarco
Calafto
Tennessee Coal Iron sells 2179 housing units to Galbreath
BIRMINGHAM May 27 The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co announces sale of 2179 housing units to John W. Galbreath & Co Columbus. Units lie at TCI mines Ishkooda Wenonah Acooda Dolonah Wylam Docena Edgewater and Bayview. Cost not disclosed. Monthly payments projected 15 to 20 dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
John W. Galbreath & Co
Columbus
Robert Gregg
Steel Company
United States Steel
Galbreath Company
T.C.I
Gregg
Ishkooda
Wenonah
Auscoda
Dolonah
Wylam
Docena
Edgewater
Bayview
Tragic Mobile Area Crash Vets Eight Hurt and Two Die
Eight people injured in a wreck with two victims trapped inside a demolished car until a wrecker arrived. Sandra Howard a nine year old Mobile girl died yesterday when a car plunged into a ditch and overturned near Mobile. Clarence Johnson seven from Daphne was struck and killed crossing a highway in Daphne.
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Sandra Howard
Mobile
Clarence Johnson
Daphne
Contractor’s Trial Delayed to Tuesday
The Birmingham police court trial of contractor John M. Harbert Jr. was postponed to Tuesday after four explosions hit his new office building. Harbert was arrested on charges of unpermitted plumbing work, reportedly admitting bringing Georgia plumbers due to a local strike. he is free on $100 bond.
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Birmingham
Ala
John M. Harbert
Harbert
A. P. Dulion
City Gas
Dulion
Georgia
John M. Harbert Jr
Death Claim of Infant Jimmy Wayne Barnes
Services for six months old Jimmy Wayne Barnes will be held at Austinville Baptist Church at 1 P M with Rev L Stover presiding. Burial follows at Roselawn under Mutual Service. Surviving are parents a brother George and three sisters Annie Josie and Shirley with maternal grandparents listed.
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Ayne
Austinville Baptist Church
L. Stover
Roselawn
George
Annie
Josie
Shirley
J. T
Issippi
J. A. Bennett
Sheffield
Regular Democrats Face Runoff Contests in Alabama District
Regular Democrats led by Jack M Bridges Neil O Davis W L Horn and G C Hughes won tight first runoffs but contests filed with state chairman Gessner T McCorvey threaten several hundred votes. Names include Prather Ray Hawkins Sam ford Rodgers with contests spanning nine counties in the district.
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Jack M. Bridges
Neil O. Davis
W. L. Horn
G. C. Hughes
O. C. Prather
Grover W. Ray
Glenn) Hawkins
Yetta G. Samford
J. J
Jack) Rodgers
Gessner T. McCorvey
State Democratic Committee
Russell County
Bullock
Barbour
Dale
Coffee
Henry
Houston
Geneva
Lee
Macon
McCorvey
Public gifts from Goodyear mill workers aid Decatur Proctor family
Donations from Goodyear Mill No 2 second shift raise $176.22 plus smaller contributions from twistter room weave shop precip and Decatur residents. Proctor thanks Goodyear employees Decatur police and fire departments while The Daily invites public gifts to support the tenant farmer family in need. Mrs Powell Hardy Yarborough and Mrs J E Yarborough initiated the appeal.
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Terry
Goodyear
Decatur
Proctor
Géddyear Mills
Decatur Police Department
Fire
Daily
The
Newton B. Powell
Julian Hardy
J. E Yarborough
Zola Clark
Department
Youman
Martha Park
Mr. Butler
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U. S. Senate
Associated Press
Koteleketely
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Harold S. Vance
P. C. Peterson
Mrs. Roper
Dor
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Hamil Clinic
Oliver Wade
Line Street
Sidney Peebles
Hillsboro
Onnie Miller
Danville 2
BTA
Sixteenth Avenue
Mrs. Wilson Taylor
Victor G. Dawe
Westside Presbyterian Church
Herman Holladay
Hartselle T
Ate General Hospital
John W. Sandlin
Ruby Sandlin
Luther E. Cagle
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Limestone
Lawrence County
Walker
Wadsworth
Association of Alabama Bankers
Jimmy Wayne Barnes
Charles Ed Howell
Southside Baptist Church
Morgan County Baptist Association
Howell
Oliver Allred
Corded Loftin
H. Willis
Tuscaloosa
States Rights
Sam Hobbs
Selma
Vernon L St. John
W. J
Bill) Terry
Clay County
Nolen
Kenneth A. Roberts
Anniston
Roberts
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