General Motors Cuts Prices and Wages as Living Costs Fall
General Motors Corporation announces price cuts across GM passenger autos and Chevrolet trucks and reduces wages for 273000 production workers by two cents to a penny per hour, plus a flat $10 quarterly living allowance for 68,000 salaried employees. GM says savings reach about 39 to 40 million annually, with cuts passed to consumers. first wage reductions since the war.
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Ashington
General Tors Corporation
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
GMC Truck
Corookers
Sheriff Bowman narrowly survives dynamite attack in Sumter
SUSHNELL Fla UP Sheriff M H Bowman of Sumter says dynamite sticks were attached to his car wiring in an assassination attempt. The device failed to explode due to improper attachment as Bowman had earlier declined bolita gambling requests. Pasco County Sheriff and the FBI were asked to assist in the investigation.
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Sushnell
Fla
Sheri M. H. Bowman
Sumter
Bolita
Pasco County
F. L. Berger
Neilie
Bowman
Federal Bureau Investigation
Berts
City Voting Lists Prepared for Tuesday Primary
City of Dothan officials readied voting lists for Tuesday’s primary to nominate a commissioner. The consolidated ward lists, drawn from Smarthouse records, show qualified voters by ward and include state transfers and polling place details.
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Dothan
Policeman Kills Doctor In Fight in Birmingham
Dr. A C Fields a 48 year old physician with a revoked license was shot dead at his home by Police Officer B L Buchanan during a confrontation as officersAnswer to quiet a drunk. The coroner ruled justifiable homicide describing a deadly stairwell encounter with Fields holding a pistol and his infant grandchild.
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Birmingham
A. C. Fields
B. L. Buchanan
Joe Hilderbrand
Hilderbrand
EB. T. Fields
Gay
Buchanan
Fields
Dr Ralph B Draughon to be inaugurated May 12
Auburn AP formal inauguration of Ralph B Draughon as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute set for May 12. Board of Trustees named Dr John A Hannah of Michigan State College as principal speaker. Trustees also accepted a 74500 grant from the Civil Aeronautics Authority for an administration building and field improvements at the Auburn Opelika airport.
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Auburn
Ralph B. Draughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
John A. Hannah
Michigan State College
Association of Land Grant Colleges
Craughon
L. N. Duncan
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Auburn-Opelika Airport
Georgia Voters to Reregister Under New Law
Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge signed a voter re registration act requiring about 1.2 million voters to re register by 1950 and to meet new literacy qualifications. He also approved tax referendums, a building safety law, radio libel reform, a university building authority, and pre marital syphilis exams. Two bills were vetoed for constitutional concerns. Turn to No.3 On Page 2.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
General Assembly
U. S
Two Die In Dynamite Truck Explosion In Tallahassee
In Tallahassee a power company truck exploded near Crawfordville killing Marion C. Baker 19 and Joan Allen Jr 19. Both died of blast injuries at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Arran Fila 19, and others were injured while dynamite sticks detonated.
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Tallahasshe
Joan Allen, Jr
Arran
Fila
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Ala
Electric Company
Woman 95 Takes To Riding Horses She Also Skates
AMHERST Mass AP Mrs Lois Mitchell who will be 95 on April 26 has taken up horseback riding but says she does not see it as remarkable She has lately amazed friends with dancing bicycle riding mountain climbing and hiking The open air has cut down her activities but she still skates and enjoys outdoor life.
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Amherst
Mass
Lois Mitchell
Russian Troops Reported Advancing Toward Norway Frontier
Helsinki AP reports Russia moved additional troops near Norway's Arctic border last week, linked to Norway's stance on the North Atlantic Pact with the United States. The Finnish informant could not estimate numbers but placed forces near the 122 mile border from Murmansk, noting no similar moves toward Finland.
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Helsinki
Russia
Norway
Arctic
United States
Murmansk
Finland
Petsamo
Soviet Union
Moscow
Heavy Vote On Recreation Plan In Tuesday Election
Voters in Dothan are urged to support a proposed playground and swimming pool funded by a 25 cent monthly light bill increase. Jimmy Dees of the Inter-Club Civic Council stresses that a Yes vote must be cast to count, and outlines an educational campaign detailing financing and benefits for youth. The Baker Lot site has been ruled out, with others to be chosen.
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Dothan
Jimmyy Dees
Inter-Club Civic Council
Playground
Baker Lot
Inter-Club
Courage Committee
Labor Bill Hits Snag In Senate
Washington AP reports the Truman labor bill faced renewed delay as Senate labor committee chair Elbert Thomas D Utah moved to postpone further study until next Friday. He cited time to print hearings and said closed door work would begin by Monday. Senator Morse R Oregon criticized the move as Democratic steamrolling. Great Britain seeks 940 million recovery funds featured on page 2.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Dutah
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Morse
R - Ore
White House
Great Britain
Selden Chapin Questions Mindszenty Mental State
U.S. minister to Hungary Selden Chapin said there was no evident evidence Mindszenty was under the influence of drugs during his trial. He noted psychological pressure could affect a person and arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary after Hungary asked for his recall. His return to Hungary depends on the State Department.
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New York
Selden Chapin
U. S
Hungary
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Chapin
State Department
Republicans Placid About Truman Tour
President Truman signaled another nationwide effort to sell his legislative program, accusing Republicans of seeking to cripple labor unions and keep wages low. GOP leaders answered by challenging his standing with his Democratic Congress and defending the Taft Hartley labor law, with Taft and Bricker cautioning the president to gauge national sentiment before proceeding.
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Washington
Truman
Jefferson-Jackson
Capitol Hill
Brewster
Maine
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Senator Bricker
Headland Woman Finds Purse in Panama City
Mrs. Robert Howard of Headland Alabama found her coin purse last year in downtown Panama City Florida exactly where she lost it. A year later she spotted the purse near the same spot with its contents intact totaling eight dollars and five cents.
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Florida
Panama City, Frs
Robert Howard
Headland
Alt
Panama City
Will Public Opinion Permit Klan Revival in the South
The Eagle plans a series on the Ku Klux Klan's 1920s rise and fall. Osburn Zuber, Birmingham Post staff writer, explains how Klan terror, intimidation, and public backlash shaped history and why a modern comeback alarms many Americans. The first article appears on this page, noting memory gaps among younger readers and the need to inform them of past violence and influence.
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Ku Klux Klan
South
KKK
The
Eagle Today
Osburn Zuber
Birmingham Post
Eagle
James E. Mulls
Post
Zober
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser
Birmingham-News- Age-Herald
the Eagle
Kian
Dothan
Ex Marine Arrested Over $86,000 Bad Check Trail
FBI said James Earl Hudson 26 formerly of the Marine Corps 1939 to 1944 left a trail of bad checks totaling $86,000. He was arrested in Birmingham while planning a Mardi Gras trip with his 19 year old bride of two days. Hudson married in Georgia after six days knowing the woman as Middlesboro Kentucky resident. Bond set at $10,000.
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Birmingham
FBI
CIA
Slim
James Earl Hudson
Hudson
Brssemer
New Orleans
George King
Middlesboro
Dade County
King
Marine Corps
Kansas City
Four-County Search On In Burglary Drive
Panama City Fla four county search began for Clausta Waldrop brother of a youth arrested in a Northwest Florida burglary gang case. Carson Waldrop and others were earlier held for robbing a store near DeFuniak Springs and charged in Washington Bar Waon and Hones counties. Deputy Branning said authorities want to question Clausen Waldrop and other members of the alleged Zone. Carson Waldrop is being held in Washington County with Billy Jones and James Hooten of Panama City.
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Panama City
Fla.up
Clausta Waldrop
Florida
Carson Waldrop
DeFumiak Springs
Washington
Bar
Hones
Monroe Branning
Bay County
Clausen Waldrop
Washington County
Billy Jones
James Hooten
Seth
Anniston Post Office Official Dies At 55
Gordon B. Moor 55 longtime assistant postmaster of Anniston died yesterday from a heart attack. A Cullman County native Moor came to Anniston in 1927 as a clerk in the post office. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters. Services will be held today.
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Anniston (Ap
Gordon B. Moor
Cullman County
Moore
Anniston
Treason Charges Admitted By Both In Witness Chair
In Sofia two of 15 Protestant clergymen accused of treason spying for the United States and Great Britain pleaded guilty as they testified in District Court opening day of the mass trial. Nikola Naumov and Yanko Nikolov Ivanov admitted the charges and described alleged U.S. backing via the World Council of Churches. Naumov praised the Bulgarian state and said Christians and Communists are brothers who will end each other. He testified he delivered information since 1944 to a foreign intelligence service led by Americans in Bulgaria and named Rockefeller and Ford among financial backers.
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Sofia
United States
Great Britain
Nikola Naumov
Supreme Council of the United Hivangelical Churches of Bulgaria
Baptist Church Union Board
Yanko Nikolov Ivanov
Naumov
World Council of Churches
U. S
Ford
Connally And George Lead Filibuster of Senate Rules
Washington AP report says Senators Connally of Texas and George of Georgia may lead a Monday filibuster against changing Senate debate rules. Southern bloc leaders expect them to open the debate due to prestige, with Stein of Mississippi to follow. The item notes long-tenured service and a push to shield the government from changes affecting agricultural policy and other issues.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
George
Georgia
Senate
Stein
Mississippi
Maxern
Cotter
Tom Colton
Cezpress
Aloumer
Child decapitation tragedy during Bay rescue by Coast Guard
In San Francisco a father, Jack Newell, leaped fully clothed into San Francisco Bay to reach his son Martin Newell, three, from a fishing boat. The child slipped into the water and died. the Coast Guard rescued the father and retrieved the boy.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Martin Newell
Coast Guard
Jack Newell
el Cerrito
Martin
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Wallace
HOOD
By Jack Bell
Theragod
By Osborn Zuber
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Edward M. Korry
George May
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