Soviet Rejects US Trade Concern in Sweden Talks
Moscow reports Tass says Soviet government rejects Washington’s note on Sweden Sweden said to reject US conditions and no decision yet on second note. US suggests a clause to allow later changes per GAT WTO framework and long term bilateral credits.
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Rembert James
Moscow
Russia
Rusagency
United Tes
Tass
Sweden
W.W. S
United States
Washington
Stockholm
U. S
International Trade Organization
Ameri
Iran
Export-Imrt Bank
American Star
Political report on electoral reform and party influence
Gossett argues plan could crack the Solid South by shifting Electoral College votes while warning a constitutional amendment requires two thirds of both houses and three quarters of state legislatures. He notes some fear CIO influence would counterbalance gains in industrial areas.
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Gossett
Xaw
CIO
Senate
Decatur Labor Day Events Highlight Local Parade and Music
The Decatur labor celebration featured a welcome address by the mayor and remarks thanking visiting groups from Sheffield Athens Cullman and others. Music came from the Alabama Playboys band of Cullman the quartet and the Huntsville Five. A parade down Second Ave Lee Street and Bank Street preceded a park picnic with workers and families participating.
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H.R. Summer
Decatur
Sheffield
Athens
Cullman
Alabama Playboys
Huntsville 5
Decaf
Second Ave
Lee Street
Bank Street
Sharp stock market selloff hits New York trading
One of the sharpest declines in years struck the market with heavy offerings in loading steels motors rails and industrials falling 1 to 14 points and hitting new lows since last fall. Volume swelled then faded with pivotals at cycle lows and the industrial average breached the spring low.
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New York
Public Commission House
Markets at a Glance from New York and Chicago
New York stocks show weak trading with heavy selling on leaders while bonds stay easy and rails remain oversupplied. Cotton drifts lower amid broad selling. Chicago wheat holds steady with light trade, corn weak on cash-market influence, oats firm due to high demand. Hogs range steady to $3.00 under Friday, top $16.25. cattle move $1.6 down to $1.50 up in erratic dealings, peak near $20.50 with a $20.25 ceiling.
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New York
Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Fall On Liquidation Pressure
Cotton futures extended losses after early steadiness as commission house selling and hedge pressure dominated. Mill buying briefly supported prices, while traders anticipated a larger September government forecast. basis quotes show futures finishing 35 to 110 cents lower per bale.
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New York
Commission House
Nashville Livestock Auction Report Quieted Cattle Receipts
At Nashville livestock sale Sept VP ari oral state on agri ture cattle 400 head mostly cutter and common cows steady to 50 lower on several lots. Top 1031 lb steer at 19.00, medium and good steers and heifers 15.00 17.25, calves scarce, hogs active but sharply lower, barrows gilts down, sows 15.95 ceiling, sheep light with no sales.
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Nas LE
Nashville
Ari Oral
Red Bay Plane Crash Claims One Life Injuries Reported
R B Hendricks 26 of Tupelo Miss killed in a Sunday crash near Red Bay Ala. Two passengers, Eugene Garrett in serious condition at Russellville hospital with head injuries and Doris Kelton treated for a fractured wrist and minor hurts. Eyewitnesses say engine trouble preceded the crash on a short flight from a Red Bay air field.
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Red Bay
Ala
R. B
Dick) Hendricks
Tupelo
Miss
Here
Eugene Garrett
Russellville
Doris Kelton
Truman resumes duties with Paris peace talks update
President Truman returns from vacation and holds a 9:30 A M telephone conference with Secretary Byrnes in Paris. White House secretary Ross says Byrnes provided a periodic briefing on events at the Paris peace conference.
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Washington
Truman
Byrnes
Paris
White House
Charles G. Ross
Veterans of Foreign Wars seeks international tribunal for Yugoslav shootdown
The resolutions committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars drafts a demand to try Yugoslav shooters of American airmen before an international tribunal. James M. Hayes Jr., 28, of Winston Salem North Carolina, heads the committee and expects unanimous convention support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Resolutions Committee
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James _M. Hayes Jr
Winston Salem
N. C
Army recruiters moved to county office in local post
Five Army recruiters from Barksdale Field Louisiana transfer to the county courthouse recruiting office. Veterans are urged to enlist before October 5 to access GI Bill benefits including college education on the job training adjustment allowance and loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Barksdale Field
Andrew L. Anderson
William D. Gilbert
Ernest J. Grimm
Elton P. Mitchell
R. L. Murray
John Wild
Walter Ward
Robert Bartholomew
Ben
Army Air Corps
City to fund Church Street resurfacing with state aid
The state Highway Department will furnish equipment and labor for Church Street resurfacing while Decatur provides materials at an estimated 5458.16. For Bank Le Street the city pays 5666.40 as it is not a state highway. Work starts soon. most council members supported Church Bank improvements this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Church Street
Decatur
Bank-Lee Street
Russell Speake
Church and Lee Bank Street
Rutledge Thomas
Speake
Seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Thomas
Ayor
Hugh W. Terrry
Grady Kirby
Floyd Elkins
Decatur Moving Picture Machine Operators
Motion Picture Machine Operators Association
Ninth Avenue West
Memorial Drive Church
16Th Avenue
Seventh and
Eighth Street
Fred Hunt
16Th Avenue Atmat Street
Skilston Street
John Rainey
R. D. Compton
Nehru pledges 10 year plan as unrest grips Bombay
In Bombay unrest erupts amid Hindu Muslim tension after the Muslim League declines to join the new government. Shops are looted, assaults and stabbings occur, police shoot a man, and meat shortages paralyze tram and bus service. Nehru vows to govern for Indians in a 10 year program. Gandhi says Congress cannot ally with Britain against Muslims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohandas K. Gandhi
New Delhi
Congress Party
Britain
Harrison Hill Returns to Decatur After Labor Day Trip
H Harrison Hill returns to Decatur after a Labor Day weekend visit in Birmingham and Florence. In Birmingham he stayed with Mrs. L A Hayes and Miss Hazel Sternberg of Washington DC who is recovering from foot surgery in Washington. They attended boat races in Florence then traveled back via the Birmingham Memphis highway, with Miss Sternberg planning two extra days in Birmingham before flying back to Washington.
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H. Harrison Hill
Decatur
Birmingham
Florence
L. A. Hayes
Hazel Sternberg
Washington, D. C
Miss Sternberg
South
Washington
Mr. Hill
Birmingham- Memphis
Coosa River Dragged for Bodies of Three Victims
In Alabama on Labor Day a drag operation near Williams Trap sought the bodies of three Talladega residents who drowned during a picnic. Victims were Billy Randall and his wife, both 19, and Kenneth Col quit, about 21, last seen in a skiff downstream.
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Talladega
Ala
Coosa
Williams Trap
John W. Robins
Billy Randall
Kenneth Colquitt
Kyser Leonard
Pravda accuses U S of stripping Japan on V J Day
Pravda denounces the United States for stripping Japan of industrial equipment gold diamonds and large shipments of strategic war materials while pledging Japan as a watchdog under American rule. The piece marks Russia's VJ Day observance and omits any Allied acknowledgments.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States Today
Japan
Fat Bart
Russia
Stalin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
United States
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Far East
Manchuria
Army draftee Brown, 19, from Danville area
Frank Martin, a vocational agriculture teacher, wrote Senator Hill that Brown could have been deferred for school but chose to enlist. He noted Brown’s good school and Army records prior to his arrest in Japan, and that Brown aged 19 volunteered to serve.
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Danville
Frank Martin
Senator Hill
Brown
Martin
Japan
Air University Dedicated at Maxwell Field
The U S Army Air Forces opened its new Air University at Maxwell Field Montgomery with a global ceremony led by Gen Carl Spaatz and Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh P Lloyd Also present were Major Gen Muir S Fairchild and other high ranking officers from two nations in the unprecedented career training program for air force personnel.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Army Air Forces
AAF
New
Air University
Maxwell Field
Carl Spaatz
RAF
Hugh P. Lloyd
Royal Air Force
Spaatz
Muir S. Fairchild
University
Fighting Flare in Mukden Area Again
Chinese press dispatches report large scale fighting flaring in Mukden Manchuria as pro government Peiping newspaper Social Welfare foresees a possible assault on communist held Harbin. In Tientsin the Catholic Social Welfare says Gen Lin Piao called an urgent military conference at Harbin with communists preparing to defend the city.
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Peiping
Mukden
Manchuria
Social Welfare
Harbin
Tientsin
Lin- Piao
Heirens Found Sane by Three Psychiatrists
Chicago reports three psychiatrists told the state's attorney that 17 year old William Heirens the triple slayer shows no psychosis and can cooperate with defense counsel.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Boost Given VFW Drive Boosts Local Post Membership
About 125 veterans attended a rally at the armory for the local VFW post as it kicks off a membership drive. Members spoke pledging vigorous efforts while Commander Charles Harvey reported substantial gains since the campaign began. Wallace Meadows of Decatur also spoke.
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The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Armory
Charles Harvey
Wallace Meadows
Decatur
Witnesses Describe Altercation Leading to Bowen Killing
Court testimony details that Nighton and Carden attacked Bowen with a stick and an ax during an altercation. Bowen reportedly had a knife or weapon uncertainly, while witnesses deny seeing dice, money, or homebrew at the scene. Jeff Smith and George Nighton were named as witnesses to the killing.
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Thurman South
Young
Thurman
Carden
Bowen
Thurmar
Nighton
Jeff Smith
George Nighton
Elmer Nighton
May reelection bid prompts inquiry into Garsson munitions ties
May of Kentucky faced possible pressure to address his links to the Garsson munitions group amid a Senate war investigation. Aides warned a report on his health was forthcoming after May failed to appear while ill last month.
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May
Washington
Rep
D-Ky
Garsson Munitions Combine
Senate War Investigating Committee
Presfanciaias Ky
Senate
Plot Revealed On Ant-Hitler Resistance Attempts
U S Army reports disclose that German anti Hitler resistance agents tried to establish secret contacts with the United States Britain and Russia as early as 1941 in hopes of bringing about an early end to World War II.
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Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Germany
United States
Britain
Russia
Panama Assembly Seeks Immediate Return of Wartime Bases
Panama City debate ends with unanimous resolution by the Panama assembly calling for the immediate return of all wartime defense bases granted to American forces in Panama. The motion drew sharp comments accusing the United States of wielding a big stick during wartime alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
United States
City Court Collected 4968 Dollars in August
Chief J B Whitmire’s August report to Decatur City Council shows city court revenue of 4968 and 216 cases handled. The breakdown includes 88 drunks and 46 disorderly conducts among others, with five cases sent to the county and one to the Alabama state Highway Patrol. The police investigated 225 cases that month and eight Decatur officers aided Athens Police Department in quelling a race riot on August 10.
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Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Columbia
Tenn
Athens Police Department
Community News Briefs From Iplimale Area
Mrs. Catherine Rorex was admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Local residents travel and visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Sims Mr. Nelson and Miss Merle Nelson from trips to the Smoky Mountains. A birth announced for George Melton. Hillsview Church of God to hold 7 30 singing. The Business and Professional Women's club will host a dinner at Lyons Hotel. Families plan moves to Nashville and Birmingham with several residents visiting or returning from trips.
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O. O. Sims
J. T. Nelson
Merle Nelson
The
Smoky Mountains
Hillsview Church of God
Business and Professional Women's Club
Lyons Hotel
Italy Delays Naval Treaty Actions Amid French Amendment
The French proposal kept naval limits but shifted surplus ships Cesare Italia and Vitorio Veneto to the US Russia Britain and France within three months. Italy could not build battleships, and postwar minesweeping allowed Italy 2500 extra officers. Yugoslav delegate Bebler attacked Italian claims on Trieste and opposed the French line calling it an arbitrary frontier that weakens defense against Yugoslavia.
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Cesare
Italia
Vitorio Veneto
United Sates
Russia
Britain
France
Italy
Ales Bebler
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Ivanoe Bonomi
Bebler
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Bonomi
Foreign Ministers Council
Yugoslavia
Arsenal sale of surplus goods set for Huntsville site
The War Assets Administration announced a site sale at the Huntsville Alabama arsenal starting Thursday September 19 offering about 2 00 000 dollars worth of surplus war goods. Items include kitchen utensils knives plates restaurantware office furniture tools clothing brassieres paints and more. Priority dates are listed for federal agencies veterans RFC small business state and municipal governments and the general public on later dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
War Assets Administration Today
Huntsville
Ala
Arsenal
Wornan Waa
RFC
Dr Thompson Leads Singing At Central Methodist Meeting
Dr Fagin Thompson of Cullman leads the singing at Central Methodist church during a week long meeting and conducts a choir music class attended by about 50. Mrs Oscar Napps plays organ, pianos by Clio Levin H Peurifoy and E G Hamilton. Rev G M Davenport preaches on Methodism And Its Contribution To The World. Public invited.
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Fagin-Thompson
Cullman
Central Methodist Church
Oscar Napps
Clio Levin
E. G. Hamilton
Thompson
G. M. Davenport
Nations Day marks holiday across Soviet Union debated by UN
Manuilsky foregoes further comment as UN debate on Greek plebiscite continues. He had filed charges accusing Greece and British troops of threats to Balkans peace and minority persecutions. The Security Council did not invite him or Greek rep Dendramis to sit at the table, with Britain and the Netherlands calling for more evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
Manuilsky
Russia
Security Council
George II
Johnny Mack to Play Here at Veterans Benefit Dance
Nationally known singer Chris Hadley headlines a benefited night with Johnny Mack and orchestra at the Decatur Post 4190 VFW armory. The event runs from 9 PM to after midnight with Beverly Miller Dolly Drake and Buddy Young performing. Commander Charles Harvey issues a cordial public invitation to attend.
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Chris Hadley
Johnny Mack
The
Armory
Decatur Post
Beverly Miller
Dolly Drake
Buddy Young
VFW
Charles Harvey Iss
Mack
King George Return Amid Greece Naval Tense Skirmish
The Worker claims the labor government in London murdered the king as George prepares to end five years of exile. The admiralty announces a British battle fleet will accompany a U S naval force into Greek waters around September 18. The carrier Franklin D Roosevelt will deploy 123 planes to Athens while the British fleet steers closer to the Danube area, heightening diplomatic strains.
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London
George
Admiralty
U. S
Greece
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Athens
Dardanelles
Flowers of colored tiles adorn Lima Franciscan cloister
Richly colored tile flowers remain vibrant after 300 years on the cloister walls of the Franciscan monastery in Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Eight NYC Hotels Allowed to Hire Musicians Amid Strike
Eight New York City hotels were authorized to continue furnishing music to patrons while James C. Petrillo, head of the AFM, moved to extend the strike to 50 hotels in other cities within the next few days. Richard McCann, president of Local 802, said the hotels agreed to honor any settlement with the main struck hotels and to make it retroactive to Sept 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
AFL American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Richard McCann
Klan Meeting Hears Dracon In East Tennessee
Druel Green of Atlanta Grand Dragon spoke to East Tennessee Klansmen at Meteor Springs near Knoxville detailing aims of the Klan. He said about 1,200 attended the all day gathering with additional initiations in Maryville. Police investigated a fiery cross burned on a river barge during the Maryville initiation event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee
Uel Green
Atlanta
KKK
Grand Dragon
Green
Tennessee River
Maryville
Yugoslav Note May Ease U S Soviet Tensions
Officials said a Tito note could ease U S Russian strains by offering an apology for incidents costing five American lives and assurances incidents would not recur The note follows two Yugoslav plane crashes after being fired on by Yugoslav fighters amid weather and off course conditions and is seen as influencing views on any looming showdown with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
State Department
Byrnes
Dean Cheson
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Green Foresees Atom Energy Use
Tulsa Oklahoma September 3 William Green head of the American Federation of Labor urged in a Labor Day address that atom energy will be applied to ease human labor and predicted the 40 hour week would end soon with a transition to a 30 hour week at a Tulsa rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklahoma
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Tulsa State Fairgrounds
Miss America Pageant Opens in Atlantic City 1946
The 25th Miss America pageant opens in Atlantic City New Jersey with 48 contestants from 37 states and 11 keys competing for the title America of 1946 and $25 000 in scholarships.
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Atlantic City
N. J
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