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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1950

Page

3

Tydings Easy Winner in Maryland Nomination

Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland won re nomination for a fifth term after a relatively light campaign, countering charges of lax conduct in the communist in government probe. With 990 of 1492 precincts reporting, Tydings led Monaghan and Meyer by a wide margin as Wisconsin and Massachusetts voted next. In Wisconsin, Senator Wiley aimed to defeat Edward J. Finan for a third term as primary results shifted focus to party races across New England and beyond.

Alexander Wiley Wisconsin Millard Tydings Maryland Tydings Senate Armed Services Committee McCarthy State Department Hugh J. Monaghan II John A. Meyer Baltimore Monaghan Meyer Massachusetts Wiley Edward J. Finan Bristol Thomas E. Fairchild Daniel W. Heap Milwaukee William E. Sanderson Lvern Walter J. Ehler, Jr Leonard F. Schmitt Merrill Oscar Rennebohm Carl W. Thompson Stoughton Charle P. Greene House Paul A. Dever Adm Louis E. Denfeld Naval Operations Clarence A. Barnes Arthur W. Coleidge Edward M. Rowe Daniel Needham Frankland W. L. Miles Boston Rep. Martin Rep. McCormack

Doan's Pills Offer Relief For Kidney Ailments

As we age illness and exposure can slow kidney function causing backache headaches dizziness and night urges. Doan's Pills a mild diuretic used successfully for over 60 years claim to help flush waste from the kidneys and provide relief.

Dean Doan

Transmission line permit requested across Flint Creek Tennessee

Joe Wheeler Electric Cooperative seeks a 7200 volt overhead transmission line permit across Flint Creek near mile 5.5 upstream of Highway 67 bridge. The 456 foot main span will sit on 45 foot poles with at least 30 feet clearance at high water. Public comment due by September 25, 1950.

Joe Wheeler Electric Cooperative Corp Hartselle Alabama Department of the Army Flint Creek Tennessee River General Joe Wheeler Nashville Corps of Engineers U. S. Army U. S. Courthouse Tennessee Henry Walsh

Huey R Lee Jr. Denied Habeas Relief in Murder Conviction

Huey R Lee Jr. remains in Kilby prison serving a life sentence for his 1942 murder of his father, a former Barbour county probate judge. U.S. District Judge C B Kennamer rejected Lee's habeas corpus petition, finding state court remedies unexhausted.

Montgomery Ala Huey R Lee Jr Kilby U.S C. B. Kennamer Lee Barbour County

Mahoney, Lane in Unit Vote System Description

Mahoney leads in overall votes but Lane trails Mahoney. Maryland uses a unit system like the electoral college where candidates gain unit votes by winning a popular majority in each district. A majority threshold is 77 units.

Mahoney Lane Maryland

TVA Fertilizer Experiment Partners With Six Firms

TVA begins an experiment to lower fertilizer costs by distributing TVA made concentrates through six private firms Summers Fertilizer Baltimore Sylacauga Epting Leesville Knoxville Capital Pocahontas with contracts to keep unmixed stock, report handling costs, and collaborate with state agricultural colleges to promote sound use of high analysis fertilizers like 45 50 percent P205 and 33 percent ammonium nitrate.

TVA Wilson Dam Summers Fertilizer Company Baltimore Maryland Sylacauga Fertilizer Company, Inc Sylacauga Alabama Epting Distributing Company Leesville South Carolina Knoxville Fertilizer Company Knoxville Tennessee Capital Fertilizer Company Montgomery Pocahontas Fertilizer Company Pocahontas Iowa

Daily Crossword Across and Cryptoquote Puzzle

A combined page item lists a large crossword with clues across and down and a cryptoquote puzzle. It includes a substitution cipher example LONGFELLOW and a quotation clue with King Features Syndicate attribution.

Axydlbaaxr Longfellow

Fateful U N Meet Opens With High Stakes Debate

New York hosts the fifth United Nations general assembly opening led by Romulo. Delegates from 59 nations gather as Big Three ministers arrive and Russia seeks to seat Communist China, setting a pivotal early clash over national representation and collective security.

New York United Nations Fifth General Assembly U. N Carlos P. Romulo Philippines Flushing Meadow Dean Acheson Russia Andrei Vishinsky New York Harbor Vishinsky China Romulo United Nations Security Council

Governor Folsom urges new prison inquiry committee

Gov James E Folsom asked for a joint committee to investigate Alabama prisons. In a letter to House Speaker W M Beck he said he did not attach credence to a magazine article but requested the panel when the legislature reconvenes October 10 so the public may know the facts.

Montgomery Ala Alabama James E. Folsom Folsom W. M. Beck DeKalb County

Spokesmen Prepare Policy Speech Tour

Spokesmen who will take the rostrum for general policy speeches during the next few days are listed. The schedule hints at upcoming addresses by party representatives and policy briefings across multiple cities.

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