Equal Facility Ruling May Be Expensive Edict
Atlanta report discusses how the Supreme Court decisions on separate but equal education expose Southern states to costly obligations. It notes Gaines Sweatt and McLaurin as key tests, and warns only four Deep South states remain largely untroubled by the rulings to date.
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Atlanta
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
High Court
Lloyd Gaines
University of Missouri
Gaines
Missouri
Texas
Herman Marion Sweatt
Sweatt
University of Texas Law School
South
Texas Law School
Oklahoma
G. W. McLaurin
McLaurin
Markets Report From Decatur Shows Mixed Grain and Live Poultry Prices
Farm markets in Decatur list cotton middling at 39 percent, strict low 3732. New crop yellow corn ear 1.49, shelled 1.55. Broilers 25 cents delivered, hens heavy 18 cents. Hatching eggs 80 cents a dozen. White corn shelled 2.00, white ear 1.94. No. 2 new wheat and oats prices noted, oats at 71 cents. Corn basis 15.2 percent moisture.
Wall Street Week Sees Uncertain Next Move After Rally
The market faces a cautious week after a rebound from the Korean war era. Chrysler's $3 dividend on Friday boosted prices and helped lift the Dow averages, with major issues like Murray Corp and Sharon Steel posting gains and a generally buoyant week despite a Friday uptick.
Markets At A Glance Wheat Steady Corn Higher
Market notes show wheat steady, corn slightly up on poor crop reports, oats easing with profit taking. Hogs and cattle trade largely steady as buyers and sellers assess current demand and supply dynamics.
Grain Market Mixed as Prices Move on Board of Trade
Chicago on September 2 reports a mostly steady grain market with minor shifts. Wheat ranges 1 4 lower to 1 2 higher. corn up 14 5 8 cents. oats flat to 1 2 lower. rye down 14 5 8. soybeans up 14 3 8 with November at 2.46 3 4 to 2.47 per bushel. September corn at 1.54 3 8 1 4. September oats at 7 1 8. September rye at 1.37 1 2. September soybeans at 2.46 3 4 to 2.47. September wheat at 2.24 5 8 1 2. Overall, little movement on the board.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
McClellan Views Spark White House Dissent
The text notes the White House and State Department distancing themselves from McClellan's views after his remarks. It also mentions military manpower calls and lawmakers debating increased armed services funds and possible draft law revisions amid a forthcoming congressional session.
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Air Force
Orvil Anderson
Air War College
Maxwell Field
Ala
White House
State Department
McClellan
Congress
Armed Services
Marines Break Through Front Near Yongsan In Korean War Drive
Allied forces push west from Yongsan and northwest from the coast as Marines and the 25th Division widen the advance against a redeployed North Korean defense. Air and artillery support hammer Red positions, with Patton tanks entering combat near Kigye. Casualties mount on both sides as the United Nations lines push toward Pusan amid heavy fighting along a 120 mile perimeter.
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Naktong
Associated Press
Don Huth
Yongsan
Kigye
Waegwan
U. S
Stan Swinton
25Th Division
Nam
Swinton
25Th
Haman
Naktong River
Pusan
MacArthur
Tokyo
Leif Erickson
Air Force mum on claim of five A bomb nests
In Washington on September 2, the Air Force avoided confirming a report that Russia has five atom bomb nests. Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson was suspended over remarks about destroying such nests in a week. President Truman denounced aggressive or preventive war as policy. South Korean forces and U S troops advanced north of Pohang and Taegu, with gains along the front.
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Washington
Air Force
Russia
United States
Orvil A. Anderson
Air War College
Montgomery
Ala
Anderson
Truman
Patch
Pohang
Taegu
United Nations air power sets two world rec ords in Korea
U N air forces smashed two operational records during ground support near Korea. A new high of 717 sorties was flown by U S fifth air force U S Navy Marine air arms and Royal Australian air force with 449 in close support for American and South Korean troops. Half of sorties were by U S fifth and RAAF aircraft while Navy and Marine planes flew the rest under Air Force control. American fighters joined early today for more ground support strikes as the Far East Air Force reports a maximum effort to back up U N forces.
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Tokyo
United Nations Air Power
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.S. Navy
Marine Air Arms
Royal Australian Air Force
U. S. Fifth
RAAF
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Far East Air Force
U. N
Allied Airpower and Ground Forces Break Reds at Yongsan
American B 29s dropped 200 tons of explosives in a concentrated war attack. US warships shelled infantry targets as 25th Division troops reported Reds broke and ran, leaving weapons and dead. Bem Price noted forces reestablished lines despite a split division and infiltrators on ridges north of Yongsan.
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Stan Swinton
Haman
25Th Division
Swinton
Bem Price
Correspor Price
Yongsan
Abnormal Rainfall Falls in Mobile Area
Mobile reports normal rainfall for September at .35 inches plus heavy showers. Downtown Mobile saw 5.35 inches in 16 hours, part of a day with numerous auto accidents, none serious. Citronelle suffered five injuries in a wreck blamed on blinding rain.
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Citronelle
Ala
Highway Patrol
Initiation Rites At Lake Park Rally For 5000 Knights
In Anniston Alabama on September 2 a three state rally drew about 100 robed Klansmen and 2000 spectators at Oxford Lake Park for naturalization rites for 13 initiates led by Imperial Wizard Samuel Roper. A Georgia man rumored to be Jack Dempsey attended among visitors from five states.
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Anniston
Ala
Oxford Lake Park
Samuel Wooper
Associated Klans of
Georgia
United States
Alvin Horn
Talladega
South Carolina
Nevada
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Roper
Alabama
Atomic kick opens mid- South fair in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee the 10 day mid- South fair and livestock begins September 21 with an Oak Ridge atomic energy show exhibit. An atomic kick and a manganese barrier demonstration will illustrate the power of atomic energy at the fairfront gateway.
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Memphis
Tenn
Air Force Chief Defends Warless Defense Posture
The state and White House repudiated a speech by Secretary Matthews as talks focus on preventing war. General Anderson’s suspension advances a fact finding process with no court of inquiry planned. Matthews offered to resign previously but was urged to stay. Anderson faces possible retirement after 33 years service including WWI England duty.
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State Department
Air Force
Anderson
Matthews
Truman
White House
U.S. Air Force
England
Yanks Advance Past Yongsan in Korea Fight
U S Second Division troops push through Yongsan Korea on September 2 seizing high ground amid heavy combat. Reports detail tanks bazooka teams and infantry driving Reds from town while rescuing refugees and consolidating positions. Lt James V Young learns he is awarded a degree from Alpine State College for Army service.
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U. S
Yongsan
Korea
Pfes
Kenneth Luker
Comanche
Tex
Jack Achillo
Seattle
Wash
Leslie Morris
Greenfield
Kans
Robert E. Meyers
Greencastle
F. Reid
Bozeman
Mont
Reid
Cpl
Vernon Johnson
Alma Center
Wis
Johnson
Edward Parker
Long Beach
Calif
James V. Young
Alpine
State College of
Texas Star Wins First Blue Ribbon at Shelbyville
Texas Star, a bay mare owned by John A. Campbell of South Miami Florida, captured the fine harness stake at the Tennessee walking horse national celebration in Shelbyville Tennessee. The horse finished first in a three horse field as rains held off and about 12 000 spectators filled the grounds. Second place went to Miss DeLane owned by Mr and Mrs E C Johnston of Longview Texas and third to Sweet Lorraine owned by the Shelby Pine Stables.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Texas Star
John A. Campbell
South Miami
Fla
Miss DeLane
E. C. Johnston
Longview
Texas
Sweet Lorraine
Shelby Pine Stables
Four year old falls nine stories in New York apartment
Four year old Karan Weiler plunged from her ninth floor bedroom while playing with another child. A policeman found her in a grassy rear plot of the Stuyvesant Town development. Bellevue hospital said she suffered severe multiple injuries.
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New York
Karan Weiler
Stuyvesant Town
Bellevue Hospital
Ex Senator Ed H. Moore Dies at 79 in Oklahoma
Ed H. Moore, 79, once a Missouri plowboy who became Oklahoma U.S. senator, died at his Tulsa home after a heart attack. A Democrat who split with the New Deal in 1942 he later ran on the Republican ticket and retired from the Senate in 1948.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ed H. Moore
Missouri
United States
Oklahoma
New Deal
Moore
Senate
City Halls Set for Seventh Street Paving Hearing
City Council will hold final hearing on Seventh Street Locust Street and Fourteenth Avenue paving at 7 PM in city hall. August permits totaled 86950. Labor Day closings noted. in-city trades and local notices reported.
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Locust Street
Fourteenth Avenue
City Hall
T. H. Fitzpatrick
Gordon Drive
Harry B. Raley
Park Circle
New Tax Levy To Begin Oct 1
Washington reports a two week delay in enacting the $4.508 billion war tax bill will not stop plans to start higher tax deductions on October 1. Rep. Mills notes the bill may not reach the White House before September 15 and conference action could push final action to mid September. Chairman George predicts a new tax push of 7 to 10 billion dollars by January.
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Washington
Treasury
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Senate
Mills
Conference Committee
George
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Folsom Attacks Successor Over Rate Increases in Alabama
Governor James E. Folsom, in Birmingham, criticized Gov. Nominate Gordon Persons and linked rate hikes to political timing. He cited a 15.4 percent telephone increase and urged government control of oversized private utilities, urging action as regulators admit limited oversight. The speech accompanied the dedication of the First Avenue traffic viaduct named for James M. Jones Jr.
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Birmingham
Ala
James E. Folsom
Gordon Persons
Alabama
Folsom
First Avenue
James M. Jones Jr
Persons
Alabama Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commissioners
American Telephone and Telegn Company
Idaho Football Schedule Adds Three Opponents in 1950
The University of Idaho announces three new 1950 football foes Texas Western Boston University and Arizona State of Tempe.
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University of Idaho W
Texas Western
Boston U
Arizona State of
Decatur Birth Announced as Local Visitors Report
A birth is announced for Mr and Mrs John W Slaton of 1211 Seventh Avenue East a son born Saturday at Decatur General hospital. Local visitors include L T Sharp Somerville D S Pepper Danville Richard A Driver Hartselle and Guy F Roberts Danville with traffic law and assault incidents noted.
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Linda Gail Duke
J. M. South
Eighth Street East
Decatur General Hospital
John W. Slaton
Seventh Avenue East
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Wheeler Area
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Murphy, N.C
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Prospect
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Columbus, Ga
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J. E. Terry
Bee Line Highway South
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David Livingston
Ninth Street South
Joe Barthelemy
Greenwood
J. C. Kimes
Mrs. Kimes
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