Miners Begin Paid Vacation Amid Contract Deadlock
The nation's 480000 coal miners start a 10 day paid vacation after today's shift as John L. Lewis and northern western operators bargain for a new contract. Miners may return by July 6 per law and tradition, with $100 pay per man totaling about 48000000 yearly. Progress stalls in wage talks as talks resume in White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield amid production rate proposals and ongoing dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Herrold
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Northern and Western
United Mine Workers
The
Bluefield
Assocation
United Mines
Sex Fiend Hunted In Boy's Slaying
Lansing AP report says four year old Walter Eaton was found slain near the Michigan Capitol with throat cut. Police and state authorities hunt a sex fiend, examining skid row hangouts as offenders from Lansing are rounded up.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Walter Eaton
Leslie Eaton
Rttchoerhoad
Walter
Laning
Senate Still Talks
Alabama legislative action stalls as filibuster halts progress for a third day. House votes to override Gov. Folsom on school superintendent qualifications while a measure on premarital blood tests faces delay. Senate rejects a executive amendment on out of state marriages. House advances a resolution urging Truman to modify or rescind desegregation order.
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Truman
House
John Gillis
Clarke County
Senate
James E. Folsom
Six Columbiana Men Face Assault Trial In Mine Raid
In Columbiana Alabama six men faced assault with intent to murder charges connected to a June 13 raid by an armed mob on a small Cahaba Coal Mining Co mine. One man was charged with boycotting. an eighth was sought. Bonds set at 2500 for assault and 500 for boycotting. Trials likely next month.
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Columbiana
Luther Bozeman
Shelby County
W. W. Wallace
Paul O. Luck
Bezaman
Ed Finley
Marvel
Ala
Charlie Langford
Percy Tawley
Pea Ridge
Montevallo
Albert Wright
Helena
Dick Kirkpatrick
Johnny Gates
Russell Dodge
Boothton
United Mine Worker
John L. Lewis
UMW
Birmingham
The
Cahaba Coal Mining Co
Sunday Will Be Jewett Hall Day For State Baptists
MARION Alabama Baptists plan to raise 100000 for Judson College rebuilding Jewett Hall main building on campus destroyed by fire two years ago drive for the building program carries a 600600 goal Sunday observed by Southern Baptists as Christian Education Day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Alabama Baptists
Judson College
J. J. Riddle
Jewett Hall
Mainuilding
Southern Baptists
One Black Person Fatally Hurt In Cycle Mule Crash
Cor nelius Foster a 42 year old Seminole County Georgia Black man was killed instantly when a motorcycle collided with a mule nine miles south of Abbeville near Halesburg late yesterday. His cousin Richard Foster of Fort Gaines was injured with head wounds and reported in fair condition at a Ft. Gaines hospital. The crash occurred about 6 30 p m. Patrolman Earl Henley investigated and said the mule walking along the highway shoulder walked into the motorcycle path. Richard Foster could not provide details today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Cornelius Foster
Seminole County
Georgia
Richard Foster
Fort Gaines
Here
Halesburg
Actrol
Earl Henley
Ft. Gaines
Henley
Foster
Streamlining U S Government Piece By Piece
The piecewise plan to streamline the U S government is outlined by James Barlow Mannington from AP. Hoover headed commission outlines actions for Truman and Congress to reorganize agencies including State with more assistant secretaries to ease workload and unify armed services as debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hoover
Truman
State Department
Sreorganizat Ion
Thei
Acheson
Rok
Revolt Of South Housing Threat Despite Slashes
Democratic leaders forecast the House will pass a trimmed housing bill with a margin of about 40 to 30 votes. The debate raged as Republicans labeled the measure socialist and economically dangerous while Roosevelt Jr argued it fights socialism and communism. The bill envisions massive slum clearance, publicly owned housing, and farm housing aid with an estimated cost ranging widely from 7.5 billion to 20 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. le May
Washington
House
Rep. Priest
Tennessee
Priest
GOP
Wold
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Iowa Vet Arrested After Confessing Mutilation Slaying
Edward J. Beckwith, 27, of Morrison, admitted to his mother he killed and mutilated Irma Jean Stahlhut, 22, whose body was found in a tavern refrigerator. Beckwith was seized by a posse near Morrison and held on first degree murder charges, with Sheriff Meyer planning to file formal charges.
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Dwight McCormack Morrison
Grady County
Joan A. Meyer
Edward J
Buddy) Beckwith
Motison
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Harvey
Beckwith
Stahlut
Morrison
Merrer
Jesse Algood
Dea
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Meyer
Sheriff Meyer
E. M. Beckwith
No. 16
Rabid Fox Heads Reported by Regional Lab Officials
Two additional rabid fox heads were reported today by regional laboratory officials. Both animals were killed by farmers and brought in for examination. One was killed by F. M. Blount near Dothan route one after it reportedly attacked a dog owned by Loris Tipton. The dog is being treated. Blount of Nexton Alabama said he killed the second animal when it appeared at the edge of his yard acting suspicious. No other bite details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Blount
Dothan
Loris Tipton
Nexton
Ala
Blount
FBI Ordered Into Probe Of State Mob Violence
The FBI was ordered to investigate masked gang violence in the Birmingham area. The Justice Department asked the local FBI to probe the intimidation of a 42 year old grandmother and the raid on a white cafe by a masked mob. The incidents mark the start of a wave of mob violence in the area with nine others reported as floggings or intimidations. A congressional subcommittee announced it was ready to proceed with an investigation. The grandmother, Mrs Hugh McDonal, said she faced cross burning accusations she denied. In Brookside, hooded men ordered Steve Marsh Jar to quit serving Negroes at his cafe, tearing down back steps. Other incidents included cross burnings in Birmingham and Walker County and the kidnapping and flogging of B G Stovall. A cross burned on the lawn of Clarence B Wanson Jr, publisher of the Birmingham News. Turn To No 5 On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
FBI
Congress
Hugh McDonal
Steve Marsh- Jar
Brookside
Justice Department
B. G. Stovall
Walker County
Clarence B. Wanson, Jr
Birmingham News
Cotton Control Gets Group OK
A Senate agriculture subcommittee unanimously approved a bill giving the Secretary of Agriculture authority to proclaim a national cotton quota when oversupply threatens. The measure, backed by 28 cotton state Senators, requires two thirds of cotton growers to approve quotas and would allow action when supplies exceed normal by up to eight percent or when prices reach 90 percent of parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Anderson
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Service Insurance Policies Expiring Amid Five Year Terms
Veterans Affairs officer Sam J Parish warns that many national service life insurance policies at five year level term are expiring and require renewal or conversion before the current term ends. New coverage may require a medical exam and can be issued on term or permanent plans. Notices will go to policyholders about 60 days prior, with a second notice 36 days later. Initial applications may be sent by letter, followed by VA Form 9 1658. Policies issued before Jan 1 1946 were extended three years to total eight years. those issued after are five year terms. No dividends will be paid until next January.
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National Service
Sam J. Parish
Veterans Service Officer
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Parsi
Parish
Veterans Administration
Father and sons fail as heroes in railroad rescue
A Philadelphia father and his two sons tried to rescue a 12 year old boy by crawling under a moving train but ended up not heroes. Joseph Legucci 44 and Steven Legucci 24 faced trespassing charges and were held on bail of 806. The incident centered on their risky act near the railroad.
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Philadelphia
Owe
Joseph
Steven
Legucci
Paicemas
Washington Branch Faces Color Line Rift in AAUW
The Washington branch of the American Association of University Women seceded over admitting Negro women. The national body rejected the by law change blocking Black members by 2168 to 68, affirming that any credentialed woman may join. The issue prompted court action to dissolve an injunction against the Washington branch.
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Loyd Bulmar
Seattle
American Association of University Women
Washington, D. C
Washington
National Board
District of Columbia
Paul Evanshawy
Hazelton
Bmrrs
Evanshaw
Agnes Conrad
Wiregrass Counties Bides on 14 Road Projects Opened
Sixteen road work bids totaling about 500000 will be opened by the State Highway department, covering 14 projects across Wiregrass counties including Geneva Barbour Coffee and Henry. The Houston project spans 7.892 miles with base and single surface treatment on county roads from the Geneva County line to US 84 and toward Vicksburg and Rehobeth. Other projects include base and surface work on multiple roads near Geneva Black and the Florida line, removal of structures on roads from Texasville to Alabama 10 and from Abbeville toward Barbour county, and work on Elba to Kins.
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State Highway Department
Houston
Geneva County
U. S. Highway 84
Vicksburg
Tanner
Rehobeth
Geneva
Black
Florida State Line
Barbour
Texasville
Alabama
Henry
Abbeville
Barbour County
Fine Coffee
Elba
Kins
Greek Premier Sophoulis Dies At 88 In Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis, Greece's premier since 1947 and a key Liberal Party figure, died at his summer residence in Athens at 4:15 p.m. He had been ill for months after a heart attack and resignations in government, with his death marking an abrupt end to a half century of political involvement and a role in the Truman Doctrine era amid civil war pressures.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Sophoulis
Paul
Liberal Party
United States
Turkey
Polio Reports Rise 36 Percent Across Nation
The polio season has risen about 36 percent this year, with state by state totals showing higher cases than 1948 on January 31. If current trends continue, 1949 may near the 1916 peak of 30,000 cases. Better reporting and diagnosis contribute to the rise.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
No Fireworks Order In State On 4th Of July
Montgomery AP reports Alabama bans fireworks on Independence Day as Gov James A. Folsom signs a law prohibiting toy cap pistols and public displays approved by the state fire marshal.
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Montgomery
Alabama
James FE. Folsom
Coplen Screams Frame-Up' At U S Prosecution
Judith Coplen screamed new charges of frame up and entrapment at the close of government cross examination in her espionage trial in Washington She hinted a Russian engineer she loved may have helped frame her Also in New York Alger Hiss perjury trial neared a wrap as Matty denied the second count and said he last saw Whittaker Chambers in 1936 The Communist leaders trial resumed with Gilbert Greer describing a 1979 college class on the Russian Communist Party and the American revolution A defense attorney complained of a threat to punch him in the nose Coplon's tirade followed two and a half days of cross examination as she faced charges of stealing FBI secrets for Moscow
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Associated Press
Judith Copien
Washington
New York
Alger Hiss
Wiiman
State Department
Matty
Hiss
Gilbert Greer
Green
Chicago
Russia
Richard Gladste
San Francisco
Tric
Miss Coplon
Moon
FBI
Moscow
Waler A. Gubitchev
Esc
Women Recruiters Are Lions Guests at Meeting
Lt Laura Geyer of the Birmingham recruiting station and Corp Bey Starr from Montrery lectured at the Lions Club. They spoke on recruiting women for the Women's Air Force and benefits for girls over 12 entering WAF. President Greenberg and Lion Kennedy announced a picnic next Thursday with invites. Out-of-town visitors included Mr Tiknghath and Lamar Krnard.
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Laura Geyer
Air Force
Birmingham
Corp
Bey Starr
WAF
Montrery
Lions Club
Geyer
Lions
Starr
Nathan Greenberg
Lion Kennedy
Thrurséa
Mecer Tiknghath
Lamar Krnard
Lightning Struck Store Fractures Glass and Memory
A Geneva County lightning strike near Hartford shattered Mrs. Belmer Whitehead’s spectacles and severed a rubber hose at a gasoline pump causing a small fire while seven people, including Whitehead, were sheltering in his store. The bolt briefly caused Whitehead to forget his crutches during a race with six others. Residents recalled the thunderstorm as it drove away vehicles and bystanders to seek cover.
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George Whittington
Hartford
Geneva County
St Belmer Whitehead
Whitehead
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Memphis
Tenn
Ed Hatch
Bucks Truman
State Senate
A. L. Patterson
Russell County
Patterson
Folsom
State Baptists
U. S
Pnent
James Barlow Mannington
Iowa
Committee
Asso States
Cotton Control
Brannan
Cahgol
University Women
Polio
Inc
Scrool
Coplen
U.S
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