Brisse's Courage Inspires on and Off the Field
A mixed Washington style column highlights courage from Lou Brisse, pitcher of the Philadelphia Athletics, who pitches with a shattered leg after wartime service in Italy. It also notes boat races at Wheeler Lake Yacht Club, Byrnes' critique of Soviet Russia, and progress on St John's Episcopal church in Decatur with a $7,500 gift and three fourths funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Brisse
Philadelphia Athletics
Brisse
Italy
Wheeler. Lake
Yacht Club
Decatur
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Jackson Street
Second Avenue
Lelia Seaton- Edmundson
St. John’s
Decatur Election Promises High Voter Turnout
Citizens urged to vote on September 20 for mayor and city council to guide Decatur for four years. The piece emphasizes turnout, noting 3 000 ballots expected and urging all residents to participate, highlighting the importance of the upcoming Sept 26 officers and the duty of Americans to cast a ballot.
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Decatur
Wallace tour stirs Southern reaction with placard plea
Henry Wallace's Deep South swing sparked quick reactions as Birmingham pickets carried a sign reading Please Segregate Your self From Us. The slogan underscored strong segregation sentiments facing the presidential candidate during his rapid tour.
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Wallace
Birmingham
Henry Agard Wallace
Alabama State Fair Needs Year Round Publicity
Mitcham representing the Alabama State fair urged this paper that the state fair, like the Republicans in presidential years, should employ a full time representative. He argued the fair grounds belong to Alabama, not just Birmingham, and require ongoing visibility to gain statewide popularity.
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Bill. Mitcham
Alabama State Fair
Republican Party
Alabama
Birmingham
Wallace Third Party Awakens Old Political Roars
The piece reflects on Henry Wallace and Rex Tugwell amid a Wallace third party. Tugwell expresses unease at internal splits and communist influence, while former allies like Paul Douglas and William M. Murphy oppose Wallace stooges. It portrays Wallace as the Esau of American political life.
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Rex Tugwell
Henry Wallace
Tugwell
Cochairman
Wallace
Wallace Third Party
Third
Philadelphia
Doris Fleeson
Paul Douglas
Senate
Illinois
William M. Murphy
Congress
New York
Esau
Taft to join foreign relations committee if Dewey wins
Senator Robert Taft aims for a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the next Congress. He would sacrifice chairmanships to gain the post and plans to push large scale foreign spending, potentially clashing with Dewey and advisers Dulles and Van den Berg. Taft prefers influence over a floor leadership role.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Robert S. Allen
Robert Taft
Dewey High Command
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur-Capper
Kans
Sen
Walace-White
Taft
Labor and Education Committee
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Arthur Vandenberg
Congress
Vandenberg
Senate
Senate G. O. P
Kenneth Wherry
Nebr
Belgian diplomat urged to wear ornate attire at Omaha reunion
Baron Silvercrays, a dapper Belgian envoy invited to the 35th Infantry Division reunion in Omaha, is advised to bring all his fancy gear. He questions the instruction as locals are said to have many jack-rab bits but few Belgian horses.
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Baron Silvercrays
35Th Infantry Division
Yeunion
Omaha
Belore
Truman faces two friends and a hard red decision
President Truman stalls on a two faced choice as Interior officials draft reservations for Alaska under the Alaskan fair chase treaty. Northern fishing interests oppose the plan while White House allies press for quick action in New Mexico where Indian votes loom large. Housing strain hits the Greco Roman Archives, urging a new building to store the growing federal files.
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Truman
Sineken Nfine
Presimni
Interior
Department
Alaska
Federal Council of Churches
Young
Warren “Magnuson
White House
New Mexico
Clinton Anderson
Senate
Pat Hurley
Anderson
Hurley
Krug
National Archives
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Rogge and Curran Named in Anti Communist Scrutiny
New York column alleges George Sokolsky argues O John Rogge opposes communism while running for local office with a party linked to communist influence. It also questions Joe Curran and Mike Quill for union ties and anti communism politics amid wartime controversies and loyalty fears.
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New York
George Sokolsky
O. John Rogge
Greenhorn
Rogge
Communist Party
Sokolsky
John Rogge
Roosevelt
Cirran
National Maritime Union
Harry —Bridges
Henry Wallace
Curran
White House
Britain
France
Hiter
Joe Curran
Mike Quill
Transort Workers’ Union
C. Combatant Untis Nazi
Office and Professional Workers’ Union
Lewis Merrill
Quill
Mr. Merrill
Mr. Quill
Berlin
Merrill
Storage structure nears full capacity as archives swell
The facility with 1,000,000 cubic feet of storage is rapidly filling its final 150,000 feet. Meanwhile national archives are accumulating at about 250,000 cubic feet per year as permanent government records require preservation.
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National Archives
Rayburn in high demand as campaigner across nation
The veteran Democratic leader Sam Rayburn of Texas is in heavy demand as a campaigner with the Democratic National Committee receiving more requests than any other House member. The piece notes other political figures and ongoing wartime debates including army demotion controversy and Chou Kai-shek era policies, while hinting at legal actions in the Chambers-Hiss case.
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Shorts
Sam Rayburn
Tex
House
Maryland
29Th Infantry Division
Army
Charles H. Gerhardt
Leon Henderyson
OPA
Democratic Action
VU. S
China
Chiang Kai
Justicement
Chambers-Hiss
Education as ladder to knowledge and crime reconstruction
A young policeman faces an examination with a scenario of a woman reporting a kiss by a stranger and his plan to reconstruct the scene. The dialogue moves to a surgeon asked to perform any operation, with a witty aside about women’s bridge parties and conversation.
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Decatur
Quips and quotes fill a quirky newspaper page
A collage of quaint lines and wry observations appears on a local page. A Detatur Woman shops for a dog trough with the inscription For the Dog while remarking her husband never drinks water. Robert Louis Stevenson is cited with a cheeky ancestry remark.
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Communists Seize City Hall
In Berlin the Soviet backed communists stormed the city hall triggering a split in city governance. As blocks form two rival assemblies may operate in the Russian and Western sectors amid growing Cold War tensions.
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James Marlow
Washington
ABC
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Nail
Socialist Unity Party
Money Thoughts Among Sober Sitters
A reflective note contrasts three types of sitters: those content with wealth, those anxious about lacking funds, and those who merely sit without aim.
The Catch In It The Curse Of Not Drinking
A local baseball fan arrives at the field to joke about bricks for a pavilion. The club secretary explains that half bricks would not build a pavilion, while the fan wonders if they are for a pavilion.
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Leo J. Burke
Odds and Ends of Wit and Idle Talk
A string of brief quips and anecdotes satire on poverty work policy and mistaken identities. It features a prison visitor joke about coinage income an asylum inmate recalling presidents and a courtroom exchange about pleading guilty with dialect humor. The piece closes with a reflection on courtesy and perception in friendship.
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South
Fair Grounds
St. Louis Post Dispatch
the Daily
Franklin van Zelm
Pegler
Hitler
Stalin
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Pon
State Department
Port Office of Strategic Services
Mr. Davis
Africa
Charlie Chaplin
Henry
William
Gailmor
Normandie
Westbrook
Junius
Robert ~Louis Stevenson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Brownee
Clements Drug Stores
East Moulton St
Sixth Avenue East
Transactions
Morgan Jr. National Bank
Decatur, Alabama
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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