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Elector Candidates Split on Truman Vote in Alabama Primary
Alabama Democrats are urged to scrutinize presidential elector candidates ahead of the primary. Several contenders including Gessner T. McCorvey Tom Abernethy Norman Hariig and Horace Wilkinson say they will not vote for Truman. Voters are told to demand clear pledges on future presidential votes as politics shift this year.
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Tom Abernethy
Talladega
Norman Hariig
Dec¢atur
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
Mr. Truman
Alabama
Senate
Edward Tamm
Geman
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Tamm
Tom Clark
Tamin
District of Columbia
Sone
Ender the Dome
Folsom Named in Boswell Amendment Suit
In Mobile, ten Negro plaintiffs sue to strike down the Boswell Amendment as unconstitutional and seek 100000 dollars in damages for denial of registration under the 14th and 15th Amendments. Governor James E. Folsom appears among the defendants in the federal case.
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Mobile Board of Registrars
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Electors in Alabama face pivotal choice this year
The piece explains that Alabama electors, historically drafted by party leaders, will cast 11 votes on the second Tuesday in December. With Truman’s renomination and an anti-Southern platform, electors may reflect regional sentiment by supporting a candidate other than the national Democratic nominee. Voters must select electors who align with local goals.
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National Democratic Convention
Harry Truman
National Party
Solid South
Alabama
Mr. Truman
Secretary of State
Henry Wallace on Czechoslovakia and Isacson in Bronx
Henry Wallace says a pretense of strength as president could have averted the Czechoslovak coup while Leo Isacson’s Bronx victory pleases Russians. The piece notes Louisiana welcome to the Alabama fold and cites Jefferson County findings that some jurors lack prior conviction experience.
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Henry Wallace
Leo Isacson
Bronx
Isacson
Gadsden adopts city flying regulation with penalties
This week the Gadsden City Commission passed an ordinance to regulate flight over the city and at the airport. Violations carry up to 100 dollars or six months in jail for buzzing or low flying and drunken or narcotic flights. The piece notes Dothan’s decade old law requiring at least 1000 feet clearance and cites a similar ban on buzzing.
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City Commission
Gadsden
CAA
Dothan
Dulles Seeks Modest Aid to Restore Iraq Irrigation
Alien Welsh Dulles urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to fund a relatively modest sum to revive Iraq’s centuries old irrigation system. He linked reviving the irrigation to feeding Europe, joking that Iraq was once the Garden of Eden and cautioning against reviving it.
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Welsh Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Congress
Iraq
Garden of Eden
Dulles
Secret Saudi mission trains Arab air force in bid to secure oil deal
A covert group of 388 American officers heads to Saudi Arabia to train the Arab air force and re-equip abandoned U S shields. The mission, arranged with King Ibn Saud for a pipeline concession to Arabian American Oil, uses discreet routing from Washington New York and Miami in civilian clothes to avoid attention. The article also recalls Eduard Beneš and warns that cooperation with Russia is a two way street, amid Mississippi civil rights tensions and FBI promotion scrutiny.
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Greece
Legion Benese
Czechoslovakia
Wilson
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Russia
Henry Wallace
South must work within party says Georgia governor
In a Georgia proclamation Governor M. E. Thompson argues civil rights laws are unneeded for the South and urges staying in the Democratic Party. He cites state reforms like abolition of poll tax in 1945, anti-lynching progress, and FEPC opposition, urging Southern Democrats to press national leaders for influence while preserving local customs and institutions. He outlines four political paths and endorses returning a Democratic Congress to protect Southern interests.
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M. E. Thompson
Truman
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Harry Truman
Henry Wallace
They Say Before I Vote On Long Range Recovery Plan
Senator Harry P. Cain questions European nations plans to aid postwar recovery while Daniel D. Carmel cites Petrillo battle as a factor in national policy. remarks reflect wartime economic debate and labor influence.
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Harry P. Cain
Washington
Wallace Third Party Move and Media Ban Mentioned
Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs committee led a newsreel radio ban against Henry Wallace during his testimony on the Marshall Plan. Republicans largely supported Wallace’s publicity, while Democrats Kee and Richards urged tightening control of newsreels radio and television.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Henry Wallace
Wallace
John Kee
West Virginia
James Richards
South Carolina
Southern voters face clash over primary pledges
Readers in Alabama confront a moral dilemma as state law compels pledging to support Democratic nominees in general elections. The letters express protesting sentiment at Truman civil rights moves, with talk of bolting or split ballots and debates on upcoming election law overhaul. Several voices, including editors Brewton Standard Covington News and Talladega Daily Home, weigh in on party loyalty, civil rights, and regional consequences.
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Alabama
State Democratic Committee
South
Brewton Standard
Alabama electors urged to oppose Truman supporters
Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey of the Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee backs withholding votes from the national nominee if civil rights proposals become party platform. He insists Alabama electors should pledge not to vote for Truman or anyone endorsing similar theories of government.
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Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
National Party
President Truman
Harry S. Truman
Andalusia Art Exhibit to feature Alabama artists
An art exhibit will be held in Andalusia from March 11 to 16 featuring works by Alabama artists. The Museum Fine Arts in Montgomery will manage the collections and the show is sponsored by Mrs. Ed Reed Parnasus Club and other Andalusia civic clubs.
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Italy
Greece
Tate
Chase Goine Woodhouse
Warren's
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Alabama
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Montgomery
Ed Reed
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Deputized reporters praised Dothan camellias in show coverage
A Montgomery Advertiser piece defends a deputized reporter who judged the Dothan camellia show. The column notes the reporter’s praise of Dothan plants, contends Greenville was omitted, and hints the reporter seeks favor with camellia growers there. Frank Boswell criticizes hard narcotics enforcement and recalls a narcotics bill dispute involving Dr. Gill and Dr. Gill’s health officer stance.
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Dothan
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Greenville
Mellia Judge
Reéville
Frank Boswell
W. T. Maynor
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D. G. Gill
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