Alabama voters weigh future at May 4 balloting
Alabama voters prepare for the run off ballot to choose delegates for Philadelphia. The race centers on whether to oppose Truman and anti Southern platform planks and which candidates vow to fight or walk out if the national party shifts.
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Alabama
Philadelphia
Truman
National Party
Sof
J. M. Bonner
Gessner T. McCorvey
Hardy Riddle
Albert Stapp
South
Albert Carmichael
James E. Folsom
Joe Money
Messrs Carmichael
Folsom
Money
Messrs
Bonner
McCorvey
Riddie
Stapp
Lawmaker Pushes FDA Jurisdiction Amid Milling Industry Protest
Representative William Miller introduces a bill to restore the FDA’s oversight prompting protests led by E. W. Morrison of Morrison Milling Co. Morrison, before the Senate Commerce Committee, advocates a watered down measure requiring proof of willful intent or gross negligence for criminal charges. He cites seizures over tiny contaminant traces and questions rat droppings in food.
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Connecticut
William Miller
Food and Drug Administration
E. W. Morrison
Denton
Texas
Morrison Milling Company
Morrison
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Leslie Ford
Shawnee
Okla
Shawnee Milling Company
Charles McClave
Great Falls
Mont
Montana Flour Mills Inc
Brien McMahon
Decatur Leader D W Speake Remembered As Community Advocate
Obituary tribute to D W Speake senior partner of Speake Warren and Ratliff. The piece highlights his quiet leadership in Decatur, churchwork at the Methodist church, long service to town growth, and his reputation as a Christian gentleman and good friend despite health setbacks.
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D. Ww
Speake
Warren
Ratliff
Decatur
Methodist
jWebb
Government loses power to seize spoiled drugs and food
Washington round notes that the FDA lacks authority to confiscate deteriorated drugs and spoiled food after delivery. A ninth circuit decision in San Francisco allowed a copper mining firm to keep macaroni spoiled in its warehouses, and the Supreme Court refused review.
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Washington
Every and Drug Administration
Ninth Circuit Appeals Court
San Francisco
Phelps-Dodge Company
Colorado
Arizona
Phelps- Dodge
Supreme Court
Senatorial flour salesman obstruction stalls bill in committee
The flour lobby blocks a policy bill in committee led by Texas former flour salesman Senator Pappy O Danial and Oklahoma oilman Senator Ed Mooe, with both not seeking re election. Public concern rises over rotten food and drugs while past convictions surface for three flour lobbyists including E W Morrison Leslie Ford and McClare s Montana Flour Mills with fines up to 2500 dollars.
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O'Daniel
Texas
Senate
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
E. W. Morrison
Sherman
Leslie __Ford’s_ Shawnee Milling company
Oklahoma City
McClare
Montana Flour Mills
Cleveland
Ohio
Army plans officer promotion reform echoes British system
A sweeping Army plan modeled after the British rank system could set officers’ ranks by job type if adopted. A related Gallup poll shows broad support for federal education aid and higher taxes to fund it.
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Army
Gallup
Navy
Bill Knowland
California
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
George Finnegan
Ralph Flanders
Vermont
Ben Fairless
U.S. Steel
Flanders
Congress
Rise to Power in Communism Described by James Marlow
The Nation columnist James Marlow examines how a communist leader ascends to top ranks. He notes leaders usually become midlife figures after joining the party for idealistic, romantic, frustrated, or doctrinal reasons and emphasizes the long, deliberate climb to leadership.
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James Marlow Washington
Sips Theaali Naga
Truman Opens World Largest Irrigation Project in Washington
Senator Warren Magnuson announced during a White House call that the first water will flow in the Columbia basin project, covering 1 250 000 acres in Washington state. President Truman agreed, praising support for reclamation and noting the project will be ready when you arrive in June.
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New Columbia Basin
of Washington
Warren Magnuson
Washington
Senate
White House
Columbia Basin
Magnuson
Truman
Taft mimeograph row sparks senate flap over campaign priority
The dispute centers on Senator Taft demanding top priority for presidential campaign releases in the mimeograph room. Workers threaten to shift production toward Taft if his office keeps causing delays. A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee report surveys 506 communist leaders abroad detailing ages, roles, and long histories in the movement.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Truman
David Lilienthal
Glen Taylor
Henry Wallace
Jerry Spingarn
Charlie Wood
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Asia
The
Pacific
Aftermath of a Minor Injury
A medical note describes causalgia after minor injuries, detailing stages from burning pain to cold swollen joints and muscle wasting. It discusses older spinal nerve injections and a newer vein or muscle injection of tetraethylammonium chloride that may relieve pain with manageable side effects.
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Kine
Estate of John H Brooks Deceased Probate Court Notice
Letters of Administration granted May 21 1948 by Judge T C Almon Morgan County Probate Court. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legally allowed time or be barred. LeRoy McEntire Jr. May 24 31 June 7.
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John H. Brooks
T.C. Almon
Morgan County
LeRoy McEntire, Jr
England Discovers Regular Coin Milling Began 1662
The text notes that coin milling did not become a regular practice in England until the year 1662. This assigns a precise date to a development in minting technique within English monetary history.
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England
As Pegler Sees It on Civil Rights and Deep South Opposition
In a May dispatch Pegler condemns Truman civil rights proposals and Deep South states' rights foes as contemptuous of civil and human rights. He cites lynchings, mob violence, and alleged party complicity, arguing federal anti lynching measures ignore regional brutality while praising Southern resistance to prohibition and states rights claims.
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Washington
President Truman
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Ku Klux Klan
Holly McGuires
Roosevelt
Truman
South
Mr. Truman
Congress
Minnesota
C.I.O
Union
States’ Rights Democrats
Deep South
C.so
Detroit
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Kansas City
United States
Pendergast
Senate
White House
New Jersey
Illinois
South Carolina
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John Sparkman
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Overton
TVA
Sparkman
Public Works Group
House OF Representatives
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Syber W Pearson
Truman Columbia Basin
Anes
Gerrilla
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Enteres Syndicate. Inc
Gene Akern
Ket
FORD
Knox McRae
Pegler
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Uhaia Se
Loyd's Ous Store
Kennedy
Motor & Recapping CO
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Jefferson Davis
Morgan County National Bank State National Bank
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