Senate subcommittee criticizes defense planners sleepy approach
The Johnson led panel urges a shakeup of the munitions board, targets Seista psychology in the Pentagon, and demands stronger central policy for postwar surplus disposals. It warns rubber stockpiling needs reform, cites government plant sales since Korea, and reports 80 000 extra tons of synthetic rubber production planned.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Munitions Board
Pentagon
Defense Department
Korea
Johnson
Akron
Ohio
Air Force
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Louisville
Kobuta
Harris pushes measures on reapportionment in session
Harris outlined measures to reshape membership in both legislative chambers during the recent special session and asked the court to rule on their constitutionality. If found invalid, the committee loses a potential reapportionment option. House Speaker Beck and Lt. Gov. Inter appointed six members each. several named senators and representatives are favored to pursue reapportionment.
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Harris
W. M. Beck
DeKalb County
J. C. Inter
Guy Hardwick
Houston
James Allen
Etowah
Noble Russell
Morgan
James Coleman, Jr
Greene
Preston Clayton
Barbour
George Quarles
Dallas
James Adams, Jr
Jefferson
J. J. Benford
Marshall
W. W. Garrett
Monroe
Pelham Merrill
Cleburne
E. L. Roberts
McGowin
Florida Storm Devastates Cedar Key and St. Petersburg Area
A destructive Florida storm devastated Cedar Key with nearly all 200 buildings damaged or destroyed and forty homes lost. In the St. Petersburg Clearwater area valuable beach property was damaged. The storm caused three deaths in Florida due to contact with fallen electrical lines.
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Cedar Key
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
Florida
North Georgia live poultry market steady in Decatur region
Farm market notes from Atlanta dated Sept 7 show steady live poultry prices in North Georgia. Cot ton and corn prices listed, with new crop yellow and white corn values, No 2 oats and wheat prices. Demand described as fair to good and supplies adequate.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Prices Steady to Higher On Wednesday
National market report from Nashville shows cattle steady to up with steers and heifers at 24.00 to 25.50, baby beef weights 24.00 to 27.50, cows 13.00 to 20.00, calves 22.00 to 33.00, hogs up 50 to 75 cents with barrows and gilts 20.00 to 24.00 and sows 19.00 to 20.00 for 100 head tally.
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Nashville
Tenn
Departments of Agriculture
Cotton Futures Rise On Trade Buying And Short Covering
New York price action shows futures moving higher on aggressive buying and short covering ahead of Friday’s government crop report. Some deliveries hit new season highs before profit taking and hedging trimmed gains. C C C sales from pooled stocks exceed 300000 bales as exporters note stronger overseas inquiry amid export restriction fears. Prices close up to 25 cents from the prior session with Oct 40.49, Dec 40.55 and Mar 40.64.
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New York
Japan
C.C.C
United States
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Today
Stocks firm with rails in demand. Treasuries resume decline while cotton rises on trade buying and short covering. Wheat in Chicago easy with mild hedging, corn easy as temps rise in the Midwest. Oats mixed with light trade. Hogs steady to 50 cents higher at a top of 24.00. Cattle uneven, fully steady to 50 cents lower.
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New York
U. S.treasury
Chicago
Market roundup: soybean and grain futures fall on board
Chicago soybeans opened down and stayed lower through the session. Wheat slipped about 2% to 4, corn eased around 1 cent, oats fluctuated, rye dipped, and lard dropped 15 to 25 cents per hundred pounds as September and November contracts showed lower prices.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Ships Built In Wartime Count Reaches Over Three Thousand
About 3,100 Liberty and Victory ships were constructed during the conflict, reflecting large wartime shipbuilding efforts.
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Liberty
Victory
Truman comments on subversive bill and Korea front
President Bushard (sic) discusses Mundt Nixon anti subversive bill modified by McCarran and the situation in Korea. He expects UN forces to retake ground lost recently and notes no material front change in 10 days. He defends Chapman and taft remarks and avoids commenting on the Russian plane shootdown.
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Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
United Nations
Korea
Statler
Marine Corps League
Schoeppel
R-Kans
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
Taft
Ohio
Truman
U.N
Funds Needed For Controls in Postwar Price Plan
Federal officials seek 40 million dollars to build a new agency for selective price controls by April 30 1951. W Stuart Symington of the National Security Resources Board outlined a seven point program of credits and priorities while noting no immediate move to broad price wage or rationing action. The plan envisions a staffed agency monitoring price developments across major industries and coordinating with big groups as President Truman may, with supervisory authority over the program and possible assignment of credit and real estate controls to the Federal Reserve Board.
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Washington
Congress
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Truman
Symington
Senate Appropriations Committee
James F. Byrnes
Federal Reserve Board
Appeal Maintains Temporary Restrain Order
A court upheld the request to preserve the case and keep the temporary restraining order in effect during the appeal process, ensuring continued protections pending further review.
French police round up 200 foreign reds in dawn sweep
Paris reports nearly 200 foreign communists rounded up by police at dawn including Russians, Czechs, Poles and others. Most will be expelled within 48 hours as authorities aim to curb fifth column activities. In Southwestern France 30 Spaniards were taken and Marseille questioned 2,000 people.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
France
Lister
Corsica
Russia
Metz
Marseille
Negro Leader Calls for Full Rights and Equal Opportunity
Dr. D. W. Jamison president of the National Baptist Convention U S A Inc told the annual meeting that the negro will not be satisfied with anything less than equal rights and equal opportunity. He thanked the Supreme Court for ending segregation in public transportation and urged fair trials for blacks especially in the South. He noted the convention sustains 4 000 000 members and he serves as vice president of the interracial Baptist World Alliance. He resides in Selma Alabama. Sessions run through Sunday.
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Philadelphia
D. W. Jamison
Jamison
National Baptist Convention, U. S. A. Inc
U. S. Supreme Court
South
Inter-Racial Baptist World Alliance
Selma
Ala
Fire erupts on top floor of Masonic Temple in Atlanta
Bulletin reports a six story Masonic Temple in downtown Atlanta catching fire in early afternoon. By 2 p.m. the top floor was ablaze and firefighters were unsure if anyone remained inside while workmen recently remodeled the Peachtree and Cain Streets corner building.
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Atlanta
Masonic Temple
Peachtree
Cain Streets
Father files suits over daughter's kidnapping in Greece
Athens Greek officials face a civil action by George Petracogeorgi father of Tassoula Petracogeorgi who was abducted in Crete. He named Archbishop Spyridon Maj Gen George Samuel Athens Police Chief Vranopoulos and Lt Col Manuel Sbokos among others alleging unlawful detention and seeking annulment amid a mounting family feud between Crete rival clans Constant ine Kephalo yannis and Petracogeorgi.
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Athens
Greece
Juliet
George Petracogeorgi
Spyridon
George Samuel
Vranopoulos
Manuel Sbokos
Petracogeorgi
Petracogeorg
Tassoula
Constantine
Col. Sbokos
Petracogreorgi
Samuel
Petraeogeorgi
Kephaloyannis
Crete
Battle Front Tide Shifts as U S Forces Strike
In the Southwest and West the 25th division reports more than 13,000 Red casualties in seven days as U S Marines and 2nd division infantry push back four Red divisions near the Naktong river west of Yongsan South of Taegu. Allied air power claims 41 enemy tanks hit and 24 gun emplacements damaged in one day of heavy air strikes.
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U. S. Marines
Naktong River
Yongsan
Taegu
U. S
Kumhwa
Price
Pohang
Tokyo
Kunsan
Korea
Mokpo
Chapman Faces Senate Smear Claims Over Alaska Statehood Fight
In a Senate committee room Chapman rebutted Schoeppel’s charges as vicious and false saying the allegations aim to block Alaska statehood. He denied any links to Feltus or subversive groups and traced his actions on loyalties and sponsors dating from 1945 to 1947.
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Oscar L. Chapman
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Republican
Kansas
Interior
Schoeppel
Senate
Washington
Chapman
Interior Department
Alaska
Soviet Russia
Near
Alaska Statehood Committee
Randolph Feltus
Feltus
Poland
Oscar Chapman
Gruening
Alaskan Committee
Formosa
William Gardner
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Truman
Barkley
National Council of
Truman Apology Divides Marines League Over Slap Incident
A split reaction followed President Truman’s handling of a marine corps incident. Democrats argued he showed humanity and tempered anger, while Marine veterans debated his status in the Corps. National commandant Clay Nixon read a presidential apology at the Marine Corps League convention, which ended with broad approval that the matter is closed.
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Truman
Congress
Clay Nixon
Marine Corps League
Organization of Marine Veterans
Nixon
William C. Harris
Savannah
Morgan court suit seeks payment from Howell's Refrigeration
The Starr Company filed suit in Morgan circuit court against Howell's Refrigeration Service for a 104.15 account. Calvin and Bloodworth represent the plaintiff. Meanwhile, Morgan activity notes include weather and arrests data from the past day.
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Morgan Circuit
Starr Company
Howell
Calvin and
Bloodworth
McDonald Clan Holds Reunion
The John Washington McDonald Memorial Association held its annual session on September 3 with members traveling from several states. The program included a family history tracing back to the eleventh century and a memorial for members who died in the past year. Guests included Rev W W Fredrick and family, Judy and Linda, and J W McManand.
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John Washington McDonald Memorial Association
W. E. Hardiman
Madison
McDonald Clan
W. W. Fredrick
Judy
Linda
J. W. McMahand
Dewey and Hanley Nominated By GOP Amid Tumult Today
In New York Albany on September 7, Governor Thomas E. Dewey was nominated for a third term by acclamation at the Republican state convention in Saratoga Springs. Hanley was nominated by tumultuous acclamation for the U. S. Senate, while Democrat Walter A. Lynch won the Rochester nomination on the first roll call over Oscar R. Ewing. Dewey’s renomination signals renewed GOP attacks on the Truman administration’s foreign policy.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Walter A. Lynch
Dewey
Saratoga Springs
Hanley
GOP
U. S. Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
Rochester
Lynch
Oscar R. Ewing
Daniel P. O’connell
Truman
Navy planes down Soviet bomber near Korea, officials say
Washington reports two U S Navy Corsair fighters from task force 77 shot down the Soviet twin engine bomber after it engaged UN forces near the carrier group. The Pentagon said no other Russian aircraft were involved and British ships were not part of the action.
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Washington
Navy
Korea
U.S
United Nations
State Department
U.N
Pentagon
Moscow
Reds' Secrecy Breached on Korean Front Plan
An intelligence officer relayed a prisoner account of convoy movements south at night with running lights, a North Korean second division in reserve, and a master plan for an all out attack on the Southwest front. The offensive began at dawn, but rapid Allied recovery halted the push toward Taegu and Yongchon.
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MacArthur
Waegwan
Taegu
Red 15Th
Yongchon
Decatur Community Chest faces growing number of appeals
An invitational letter outlines the Chest eight year history, noting that multiple campaigns drain funds and duplicate efforts. It lists supported groups including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Salvation Army Red Shield Club welfare department and Morgan sanatorium and cites W F Frazier leading the campaign.
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Decatur Community Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Red Shield Club
Welfare Department
Morgan
W. F. Frazier
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At War Board
Decatur Printing Co
Decatur
Nashville Livestock
N. Y. Cotton
America
AP News
By Jack Bell
Bulletin
Oscar Napps
Montgomery
C. B. Humphrey
Floyd Harris
Morgan County Red Cross Board of Directors
Highway Patrol
Decatur Police
Roddy
Carmen Taylor
Sixth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
J. W. Matthews
Prospect Drive
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