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TALLADEGA, THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1948. $6.00 THE YEAR. 1 1 UDECbA DAILY Jnl I III II I II II II ll II II II III I II II I I II II I 1 LI I I.I fl 'it i ZJ UVJ Furious vA 1 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Alabamiaes r'; Naming Of Presided For Institute For Stalk Party Nanuse, Truman ttV Will Call Congress Into Special Session With Proclamation ill Sisrnoi Ffa Fcr ArrilyToFyit ailFb Bylfcigfciates 32-Man Delegation From Alabama Named By State Party Chairman By Associated Prsss Alabama Democrats are making plans to welcome any dissatisfied Southerners who want to come to Birmingham Saturday where a meeting will be held to map out a last-ditch fight against President Truman and the civil rights platform. Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi announced in Philadelphia after his group walked out last night that he would attend the rmingha-a meeting.

The vice chairman of the Mississippi delegation Walter Sellers said the Southerners would "name a states ifi' 1 Deaf, Blind May Coze At Meeting July 26 Nominating Committee Expect To Submit Nominee To Board Appointment of a president for the Alabama Institute for the deaf and Blind is "hoped for" at a called meet ing of the board of trustees to be held July 26 at 11 a. m. at the school for deaf here, J. Herbert Meighan, Gads-1 den mayor and board president, told The Home. At the meeting.

Mr. Meighan announced, the nominating committee composed of three Talladega coun-tians W. L. Raker, Craig Smith and Turner Jones will submit to the entire ooerd, "results of investigations' toward selection of a nominee fcr president. "During the past weeks the nominating cnirmittee has received applica tions of perstns, has reviewed them, and has interviewed and investigated applicants," Mr.

Meghan said. "At the July 26 meeting the committer is to submit to the entire board results of investigations." The institute has been without a president since the death of Dr. H. Dow ling Mav During the two- months period since hs death the board of trustees has been taking steps toward appointment of a new chief executive for the state may come'in the July 26 meeting. New White Way For TalkdegaWMBe Ready By Next Week Installation of the city's new' white- way system is expected to be com plete by early next week, E.

O. Hus sy, district manager for the Alabama Power said Thursday. Globes for the 42 6000-lumen lights atop 26-foot metal poles are to be in place Friday afternoon, Hussey said, and with installation of the overhead circuit and brackets the system will be complete. Just when the new whitewey lights will be turned on has not been announced by city officials. Total cost of equipment and, installation is estimated at $8,600, City Clerk AR.

Decatur said. set up alongside the old, the old sys-The new whiteway system has been em to be removed after installation of the new one is complete. Plans for removal of the old lights have not been announced. Downtown Talladega will be brighter at night after the new whiteway takes over. Light from the new globes is directed downward, while there is no concentration of light from the old 4000-lumen lamps.

Apparently the city is committed to use of overhead wiring despite the mo dern practive of placing cables under ground. Cottcn Crop Hopes Dampened By Steady Rains In County Hopes for a good Talladega County cotton crop this year have been dampened by recent continual rains. Coun ty Agent O. V. Hill reported Thursday.

Late planting had made cotton pros- i pects poor uness a warm 4Autumn comes, and now boll weevils are becoming increasingly in thi damp ttoudy weather. Saturating rains also are bad for cotton plants, as well as for corn, Mr. Hill said. A combination of lard and butter or fortified margarine makes an exceptionally flaky and flavorful pastry General Pershing Dead At 87; World War I Leader Succumbed To Ailment Early Today Former Chief Of Staff Will Be Buried Monday In Arlington Cemetery WASHINGTON Al' -The United States has lost one of its best-loved war heroes General "Blaclj Jack' Pershing who led our troops to victory in World War I. General Prshing died at the age of 87.

His death was announced by the Whitp House shortly nfter President Truman returned to Washington from the Philadelphia convention. The aged former chief of staif had been ill since 11938. He was stricken in February of that year with a form of rhi-timatinn wnich affected' his heart muscles. But though he cam close to dying at the time, General Pershing rallied with a f'ghting spirit that amazed' his physicans. In response to a personal wish, Gen eral Pershing will be buried Monday JitiBaUMiitefjh I'e so many of his battle comrades.

Befor the final ceremony, General Pershing's body will lie in staate at the capital building. His casket will be placed on a catafalque originally built for the retrains of George Washington. The body will lie in state in the capitol rotund on Sundry and on Monday morning until 1 p. m. EST.

The public will be permitted to the bier from three p.m. until 9 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a. m. until 1 p.

ru Monday. Riots, General Strike Sweep Over Italy; Togliatti Recoveing ROME (AP) At least six per sons have been killed and hundreds are in hospitals following yesterday's atempt to assassinate Italy's communits chief, Palmiro Togliatti. Disorders broke out yesterday in Rome and nearly all other major Italian cities after the shooting. Today the country is wrestling with a general strike. But according to government sources, a bacS-to-work movement is cracking the tie-up.

And there have been disorders in only, two Togliatti is recovering from the three bullet wounds inflicted by a Sicilian law student A bulletin an nounced he spent a quiet night and his general condition is improved over yesterday. The general strike has halted most of the country's trains. Volunteers are manning expresses out of NJaples, however, and Sicily's lines are said to be oepratingl In Rome, buses and taxi- cabs are, stopped. The governmea radio has been silenced and news rfaDer offices are closed down. In addition, electric power is due to be switched off and food stores are plan ning to close today in anticipation of more riots.

Only the bakers and dairy workers are exempt from the general strike, which was called for last mid night by communist and socialist mem- berg of the executive comnvttee the general confederation of labor. The Italian chamber of deputies scheduled to debate -today on an order of the day by Communist Firebrand Giaa-Cario Pajetta. In effect, he Is seking a motion of no confidence in the De Gasperi government Scene Is Dramatic As Southerners Stalk Out Of Convention; Boos And Cheers Echo Handy Ellis Tells Chair Alabamians Must Keep Their Pledge PHILADELPHIA (AP) Ala bama delegates who had refused to accept President Truman's so-calle( civil rights program kept their pledge to the state's voters Wednesday night as they stalked from the convention hall. The Alabamians were accompanied by the entire Mississippi delegation. Boos and cheers echoed through the vast, sweltering auditorium as 'the Southerners expressed their resent ment of the strong "civil rights" plaaV which had been adopted during the afternoon, Handy Ellis, chairman of the Ala bama delegation, announced the walkout move.

He said 13 of Alabama's 26 delegates were leaving and 23 of the 26 alternates, Mississippi's 30 delegates -with 22 Totes fcUiywe the-Alabama J- walkers. Sen. Eastland, of Mississippi, told reporters that "in all probability" the protesters will hold a convention in Birmingham. The purpose would be to name a Southern Democrat as a presidential candidate. Telling the convention "good-bye," Ellis said that Alabama electors were under pledge that they would never cast their votes for Harry S.

Truman. Ellis gained recognition on a point of personal privilege as Alabama was called on the evening's first roll call of states on nominations for presi dent. In measured terms he told the convention that Alabama cannot accent the policy of the party as expressed in adoption of a civil rights plan's such as was narrowly approved during the stormy- afternoon meeting. The Alabamians tried vainly to get the floor as soon as the rights plank was adopted. They intended to walk at that time.

Chairman Sam Rayburn of Texa deliberately ignored Eugene (Bull) Conner, delegate at large and Birmingham police commissioner, -who stood on a chair, waved the Alabama state flag and shouted himself hoarse in a demand for recognition. Rayburn jammed through a motion to recess, hoping to delay action until the temper of the Southerners cooled. The 11 Alabama electors were named last May 4. -All are pledged against casting votes for President Truman or any other nominee who runs on a civil rights platform. John Mandeville, of Mobile, secretary of the delegation, had an Alabama state flag ready to carry in the walkout.

Members of the walkout faction are Ellis, Connor, D. Hardy Riddle, Talladega; J. M. Bonner, Camden; Albert Stapp, Birmingham; John Moore, Mobile; Mandeville; E. C.

(Bud) Boswell, Geneva; Thomas H. Maxwell, Tus caloosa; J. K. (Jess) Edwards, Brighton; H. M.

Abercrombie, Birmingham; Graham, Talladega, and Tom C. King, Anniston. King said as the civil rights plank was adopted 'Democratic Party Resolved' "This, means' the Democratic Party la dissolved." Ex -Gov. Chauacey Sparks, one of the 13 remaining in the convention, wag one cf the speakers for the Alabama-backed states' rigkts plank In Continued oa page two 1 i Aiben Barkley Named Running Mate As Long Tempestuous Day Eends By Associated Press President Truman has come out fighting for the national political battle which will be decided in Nov ember. He has been chosen by delegates to the 30th democratic convention in Philadelphia to lead his party in the struggle.

And his running mate will be Senator Alben W. Barkley of Ken tucky. What may have been a cut and dripd nominating sessions was given a spark of life by the intra-party squabble over civil r'ghts or, if you prefer, states rights. 1 But the issue was never in doubt. And when the chips were counted, Mr.

Truman, was the victor on. the first ballot? with 947-and-one-haI votes. Senator Richard Russell -jf Georgia won 263 Southern-state ballots. An ex-governor of Indiana, Paul McNutt, polled one-half a vote. Twenty-three votes were not cast.

President Truman had arrived Philadelphia in the early evening io accept the nominat.on that was a certainty. Convention wrangling caused some delay. But with his daughter Margaret, and Mrs. Truman on the platform with h.m, the president accepted the democratic nomination in a fighting speech just before 2 a.m. The White House entourage then re-boarded the waiting presidential train.

And Mr. Truman was back in Washington at 5:10 a. m. From here on in poliljcal action is certain to follow at a rapid and spirited pace. Mr.

Truman indicated an all-ou struggle wnen. he announced in his Philadelphia acceptance speech that ne, woum cau a special session of Congress for July 26th. He is expected to issue to a formal proclamation within the next two days. Housing and prices will probably be two major issues for consideration and maybe civil 'rights. The president's hews secretary Charles Ross said today that Mr.

Truman plans a vigorous campaign which will carry him into most of the 4S states. But Ross did not say whether Truman would invade the South in an effort to heal party wounds. In Philadelphia, meanwhile, the democratic national committee is seeking to wind up the convention'! business. One of the remaining tasks is the selection of a democratic chairman also new national committeemen. It is widely expected that Senator J.

Howard McGrath of Rhode Island will be re-elected to the committer chairmanship. And as such, his job will be to try and knit together the rents within the democratic party. There is some question whether the Mississippi delegation which walked out last night will send representatives to the national committee session. It is not believed Mississippi will parti-c'pate But there is a possibility that the divided Alabama delegation will keep its representat'on on the national unit Lions no longer exift in South HARKIEX rights cand date of our own." Alabama party leaders already have named a 52 -man delegation to attend the states' rights conference. Half of Alabama's delegates walked out last night as scheduled.

Ex-Governor Dixon of Alabama said the delegations will meet at the Tutwiler Hotel. But he added, they might move to the ty auditorium "if the response is what we expect in view of the new developments." 1- im, ana, imrewainanaa.i civil rights plank, which has caused the split, declares: "The Democratic Party is responsible for the great civil rights gains made in recent years in eliminating unfair and illegal discrimination based on race, creed Or color. "The Democratic Party commits itself to continuing Hs efforts to eradicate all racial, religious and economic discrimination. "We again state bur belief that racial and religious minorities must have the right to live, the right to work, the right to vote, the full and equal protection of the laws, on a basis of equality with all citizens as guaranteed by the constitution. "We highly cbmmend President Harry Truman for his courageous stand on the issue of civil rights.

"We call upon the Congress to support our president guaranteeing these basic and fundamental American principles the right to full and equal political participation; the- right to equal topporiuni-ty of employment; the right of security of person, and the right of equal treatment in the service and defense of our nation." State Democratic Party Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey named a 32- man Alabama delegation to the conference. At a recent meeting in Jackson, Miss states rights Democrats agreed to hold the Birm.ngham conference if the national convention nominated President Truman or adopted a platform on civil rights objectionable to them. The 52-man delegation 'includes Alabama's 26 convention delegates, 11 presidential electors, state party national committeemen and comnut- teewoman, the officers of the state Democratic Executive Committee and other persons. "Until the Philadelphia convention is over it cannot be definitely deter-m'ned who will be nominated or that the program there adopted will be inconsistent with the pr nciples affirmed at Jackson," McCorvey sail "However, it now quite apparent that the action of the Philadelphia convention will be such that the Bir mingham meeting w'll be held." He sai he was naming the delega tion instead of calling the state com- MARRY Temporary Boost In Fares Allowed BIRMINGHAM (AP) A tem porary increase in bus and street car fares has 1 been granted the Birming ham Electric Company.

The raise, effective July. 23rd, boosts the present even-cent fare to a flat ten cental Judge Eugene Carter granted the increase after a hearing yesterday in Montgomery. Judge Carter said it is being given pending a final decision of the Alabama Supreme Court The Electric Company went to the courts after the Public Service Commission denied the request for a rate increase. Construction Begins em BIRMINGHAM (AP) Construction 'began today on municipal gas distribution systems in seven Ala bama towns and one in Georgia. The systems will be installed in sx towns in the Birmingham area in Jasper, and in Ga.

j'- The Southern Natural Gas Company said the systems will serve some 19,000 customers, and will cost almost VXSi Folsoa Use Of Fund Questioned i MONTGOMERY (AP) Governor Folsom's use of the temporary clerk hire fund is under question today by Ralph Eagerton, chief examiner of Public Accounts. i There is disagrement as to; whether there is a limit to the funi and Eagerton has asked the attorney general for a ruling. Folsom has been spending more than $5,000 a month from the fund and his use of it has been a subject of controversy for months. County Producing 75 P. C.

Of Peaches Here Despite frosts which blighted some Albertas in the Lincoln Talladega County is producing about threa-fourths of all peaches consumed in the county this Reason, County Agent O. V. HuVest mated Thursday. "The county has produced a normal crop this year," Mr. Hill said.

"Orchards Childersburg had an especially good yield." Talladega County peaches are ex pected to be on local markets through July, the agent said. Continued on page Hurt.