Marshall Goes To See Stalin After Bitter Big Four Session
In Washington AP dispatches report a tense Big Four session with Henry Wallace attacked the Greek Turkish aid plan prompting Senate Democrats to discuss a congressional rebuke. The Senate debates Truman aid funds while the House foreign affairs committee advances the Vandenberg amendment allowing UN review. Floor debate opens on major labor legislation.
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Gen. Marshall
Stalin
Congress
Wallace
House
Washington
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Policy Committee
Truman
Smith
R-Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vandenberg
United Nations
Rep. Eaton
Dancer Will Plead Self Defense In Yacht Shooting
Patricia Schmidt known as the exotic satira faces a homicide charge for the fatal shooting of Chicago attorney John Lester Mee aboard his yacht. Her Cuban attorney said a formal charge would be entered, with her claiming self defense after Mee allegedly beat her and threatened to kill her during an argument.
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Patricia Schmidt
Toledo
Ohio
Charles H. Jackson
River Forest
Havana
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Mee
Ee Dreke
NEA Telephoto
Francis L. McCarthy
Rene S. Castel Janos
Miss Schmidt
United Press
Lester Mee
John F. Arnold
Glencoe
Castellanos
Misze Schmidt
State PTA President Warns of Breakdowns in Alabama Schools
In Montgomery Mrs. M. Pratt Walker of Tuscaloosa, president of the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers, warned of a disastrous breakdown in public schools unless teacher salaries rise to a livable level. She spoke as the PTA board began final plans for its 29th convention.
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Walker
PTA
Hen From Graceville Produces Large Eggs At Farm
Chancy of Graceville route two reports a hen layed unusually large eggs. The farmer measured the egg as about five inches around and around the long way 7 inches and estimates the egg weighs 2 4 ounces. He plans to have the eggs tomorrow for sale.
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Chancy
Graceville
New Hampshire
Ates
Cheney
Rain Dampens Attendance at Dothan Fat Stock Show
More than a thousand residents braved heavy rain to witness the 11th annual Dothan fat stock show opening with showmanship. The weather cut expected crowds and cattle entries, with about 250 of the planned 400 head displayed in the Ramsey stock barn. Mack Murphy, 16, a Henry County 4H member, won first prize and a loving cup donated by Ramsey and Son.
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Victor Smith
Dothan
Ramsey
Warn
Mack Murphy
Henry County
Folsom Delivers Address At Fat Stock Show
Gov. James E. Folsom arrives before noon to speak at the Tri States Fat Stock Show as guests attend a Houston Hotel luncheon hosted by the Fat Stock Show Committee for the Chamber of Commerce. Legislators, stock show officials, cattle buyers and others attend with the Governor scheduled to address the crowd at 1 PM.
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Folsom
Tri-States
James E. Folsom
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Aberdeen Angus Show Highlights Barbour County Entries
Runnerup Val Hurst, 20, Future Farmers of America from Barbour County, and Houston took third with Bobby Hall, 15, of Ashford. Second prize $10, third $5. Judges were G C Passmore Edward T KeHey and Henry Cummings who explained decisions and offered tips. Gov James F E Folsom attended and spoke. Calves from Barbour Dale Coffee Geneva Henry and Hone ton counties arrived early as judging for grand and reserve champions began after the Governor's speech. Prof Milton P Jarnigan of the University of Georgia judged the event.
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Val Hurst
Barbour County
Houston
Bobby Hall
Ashford
G. C. Passmore
Edward T. KeHey
Henry Cummings
James FE. Folsom
Barbour
Dale
Coffee
Geneva
Henry
Honeton
Milton P. Jarnigan
University of Georgia
District Conference Of Methodists Sets Enterprise Meeting
The Dothan district conference of the Methodist Church will meet in Enterprise tomorrow at 9 30 a.m. at the First Methodist Church with about three hundred delegates from ninety four churches. Barbecue will be served and addresses will focus on the Children's Home Alabama Christian Advocate Christian education evangelism missions and rural work under the theme Stewardship. The Rev Paul A Duffey will preach the conference sermon and pastors will file reports while four men will be examined for license to tern to ne.
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Dothan
The
Methodist Church
Enterprise
First Methodist Church
W. O. Phillips
Alabama Christian Advocate
Paul A. Duffey
Dothan Fire Chief Invited to National Fire Prevention Conference
Chief R H Ryan of the Dothan Fire Department was invited by President Truman to attend the National Conference on Fire Prevention in Washington May 6 to 8. More than 2,000 firemen are expected. the event aims to curb fire losses.
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R. H. Ryan
Dothan Fire Department
Truman
Washington
Ryan
Lrst National Conference of Firemen
United States
Five Escape Injury As Lightning Strikes Home
Lightning struck Huey Stevens home at 1024 Headland Ave around 8 30 a m. The bolt hit the back porch, followed screen wire to electrical wiring and traveled to the kitchen sink. Four adults and a small child were inside. none injured.
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Huey Stevens
Headland Ave
R. H. Ryan
Ryan
Government Urges Public Pressure In Phone Strike
The government asks the public to pressure both sides to end the nine day national telephone strike by 5 p.m. Thursday. Secretary Schwellenbach proposes arbitration on six of ten demands while two days of talks could arbitrate the rest, a plan met with skepticism from union and company sources.
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Washington
ULPI
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Schnellenbach
Thurmday
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
Schwellenbach
City Commissioners Hold Routine Morning Session
City commissioners met Tuesday morning to handle routine business. Southern Airmotive Airport officials Charles Roberts and John Renfroe sought to rent Napier Field and Municipal Airport properties but no action was taken until suitable Napier Field buildings are identified. The board granted street grading and drainage sewer work for the Lynnwood Hodges subdivision and authorized Sheriff Walt Cameron to limit alley parking between the courthouse and county jail.
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Charles Roberts
John
Renfroe
Commissionera
Napier Field
T. J. Whailey
Lennie
Lennie Hodgesrequested That the City Grade Streets In the Tlynnwood-Hodges
Walt Cameron
Secret Of Southern Cooking Best Kept Secret
Hal Boyle argues that genuine Southern cooking lives in home kitchens not restaurants. He celebrates a skillet and oven craft that turns cornmeal wash puppies fried chicken and country ham into memorable dishes, praising hospitality and bourbon as elements of true Southern cuisine.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Bacoffier
Tare
Truman Would Put Embargo On Arms To Hostile Nations
President Truman urged Congress to expand neutrality law powers to embargo arms shipments to unfriendly nations. He argued the United States must align licensing with United Nations commitments and act decisively in changeable international crises.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
United Nations
Ments
Wallace Speaks Only As Private Citizen
White House states Henry Wallace is speaking as a private citizen in British speeches criticizing U S foreign policy. Veterans group leader Lewis Starr urged passport revocation to ease embarrassment for France and Great Britain amid Wallace's inflammatory statements.
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John L. Steele
Washington
Waite House
Henry Wallace
U. S
White House
Wallace
Truman
Charley G. Rossman
Ross Reahed
Rosa
Lewis EF. Starr
The
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Mr. Truman
Starr
France
England
Great Britain
Bombshell Flight Aims To Break Global Record Across Atlantic
Anchorage report says Milton Reynolds pilots the Bombshell toward the American mainland edging toward New York after Adak stop. Flight from Tokyo took 9 hours 1 minute to Adak with 58 hours 14 minutes elapsed since New York takeoff, needing 5 000 miles in 32 hours to beat Howard Hughes 1988 record.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Chicago
Milton Reynolds
Edimonton
Alberta
Adak
Aleutianas
Dothan
Reynoldo
New York
Howard Hughes
Communists fail to launch third party plan for 1960 election
U S Communists face a setback as Eugene Dennis graphs a third party strategy built around the Congress of Industrial Organizations with Negro allies. Key targets like Harold Ickes Henry Wallace and Claude Pepper declined to back the effort, preferring work within the Democratic party. Dennis faces possible contempt charges and jail. Page 21.
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Lyle C. Wilson Washington
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Henry A. Wallace
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes Nonce
Eugene Dennis
House of Representatives
Ite un-Ameriican Activities Committee
Dennis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ickes
Wallace
Pepper
Communist
Ickea
Democratic Party
Tokyo Telephone Call Held Real Emergency
Ft. Roy Wigden stationed in Tokyo telephoned his wife during a telephone strike. She said the call was an emergency in a way as he wanted her to take the washing machine to Japan to wash baby diapers, since there were no facilities there.
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Kansak City
Roy Wigden
Toyko
Japan
Marshall to Stalin on German disarmament clash
Secretary of State George C. Marshall met Stalin at the Kremlin after accusing the Soviet Union of blocking progress at the Moscow conference Marshall argued Molotov aimed to tack controversial issues onto the four power disarmament pact and urged focus on German disarmament while seeking a path to agreement with the United States on a draft treaty.
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R. H. Shackford
Moscow
George C. Maranall
Cane
Stalin
Kremlin
Soviet Union
W. Bedell Smith
Charleon Bohlen
Marshall
P. m. Dothan
Ernest Bevin
Georgean Bidault
Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
U. S
United States
Atlanta Mom Fights Cop and Judges Three Kids Case
ATLANTA UP. Mrs Powell fought a patrolman in a tavern brawl then faced charges for leaving her three of four children in a parked car while drinking wine. Magistrate Callaway placed her on probation after warning about neglect and urging better motherhood.
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Atlanta
Oia Powell
Hoh
Summerlin
Mrs. Powell
A. W. Callaway
Powell
Callaway
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Boyle
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