Elks Lodge Special Meeting and Local Notices
A notice lists a special Elks meeting at eight o'clock and a Rising Sun Lodge funeral service for E W Laxson at 2 30 Thursday. Other items include visits, church services, a training union meeting, a film showing, a picnic, vacation notes, a building permit, revival assistance, army service updates, hospital admissions, a birth, and arrests in Morgan County with plans for the Joe Wheeler Electric annual meeting August 22 23 at the new agriculture coliseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Sun Lodge No
A. F
A. M
E. W. Laxson
Charles Rice
Montgomery
Floyd Anderson
Joe Wheeler
New Agriculture Coliseum
Germany Rule Plan Stalled By Amendment
Washington reports a fresh snag in the 5.65 billion foreign aid bill as Senate amendments loom. The State Department opposes shifting Germany governance from the Army to its bureau and the measure may bar Army funds transfer. Two key Senate amendments would buy 1.8 billion of surplus crops and free 50 million for a Spain loan. Administration battles over arms for Europe also loom as lawmakers question the draft. Army Maj. Gen. Lyman Lemitzer and State Dept. Lloyd V. Berkner testified to lawmakers seeking answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
State Department
Germany
Army
U. S
Spain
Congress
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lyman Lemitzer
Lloyd V. Berkner
Negro woman charged with ice pick attack on husband
Dorothy Matthews, identified as Negro, was arrested after allegedly stabbing her husband Robert Matthews with an ice pick at Major Carter’s home at 107 Popular Street. Police reported drinking. officers Price and Webb responded at 12 34 this morning. Matthews was not admitted to hospital and was not well enough for police court. Police Chief J B Whitmire commented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Matthews
Robert Matthews
Major Carter
Price and
Webb
Matthews
J. B. Whitmire
Lawmakers Probe Influence in Army Uniform Contracts
A House Armed Services subcommittee examining contract influence shifts focus to Army uniform production. The hearing follows reports of improper influence in government procurement and names Stanley J. Cum. Germany referenced on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Armed Services
Stanley J. Cum
Germany
Skidmore Named New County Engineer in Morgan County
R. W. Skidmore of Birmingham will be employed by Morgan County as county engineer pending state approval. He is set to begin August 15, and his final appointment will help secure government participation in the Hartselle Priceville road project. A contract must be signed by October 1 to avoid losing funding. the post has been vacant since T. J. Arledge resigned in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Skidmore
Birmingham
Morgan County
I. B. Rutledge
Sira L. Howell
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Skidmore
Hartselle
Priceville
T. J. Arledge
Grand Larceny Charged to Man in Morgan Jail
Marvin Frederick, 24, is jailed in Morgan today on grand larceny charges. Sheriff C. B. Humphrey arrested him for taking a pistol and check protector valued at $200 from Olin McBride. the warrant was sworn yesterday before County Judge W. H. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
C. B. Humphrey
Marvin Frederick
Morgan
Frederick
Olin McBride
W. H. Long
Thief Robs Aga Khan Party in Riviera Jewel Heist
In Cannes on August 3 14 four shabby men with tommy guns robbed the Aga Khan and Begum while en route to Deauville. They seized three large bags and a 25 carat diamond valued at 25,000,000 francs. The Begum offered 5,000,000 francs for identifying the bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
Aga Khan
Begum
Riviera
Deauville
Aly
Rita Hayworth
Call Issued For Polio Nurses by U S Foundation
An emergency call for polio nurses has been issued by the National Polio Foundation through the Red Cross. Nurses are needed in Little Rock Chicago Springfield Ill and Centralia Il. Applications at local Red Cross headquarters. Two months service minimum. Travel paid. Salaries range 250 to 275 for supervisors. Employed by the National Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation Polio Foundation
The
Red Cross
Little Rock
Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Centralia
Alvis G. Briscoe
Morgan Red Cross
Briscoe
National Foundation
Unemployment Up For July With Record Employed Total
Census Bureau figures show July unemployment at 4,095,000 while employed reach 59,720,000, the highest since 1949. Labor force rose by 417,000 as more people sought work. only a quarter found jobs. Nonfarm payrolls rose to 50,073,000 though farm employment fell. Nationwide estimates exclude location data and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Anennate Biath Nol
Cam
Morgan County Sets School Opening Date For Fall
Morgan county schools will open Aug. 22 led by county superintendent H. R. Leeman. A three day pre school conference Aug. 16-18 at Morgan High School in Hartselle will precede the term with six education consultants assisting. Children must be six by Oct 1 to enroll. Typhoid and smallpox shots and birth certificates are required. fall closures for cotton picking will be set by transportation areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
H. R. Leeman
Morgan Board of Education
Leeman
Morgan High
Hartselle
State Education Department
University of Alabama and
Peabody College
Slave Labor Charge in UN Under Cold War Dispute
Britain accuses the Soviet Union of maintaining 10 million slave laborers in a mass production slavery system. Russia calls the charge a cover for its own labor troubles. The United States proposes a UN commission to probe force labor globally, focusing on large scale or widespread practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
Russia
United Nations Economic and Social Council
United States
U. N
U. S
Corley Smith
Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
R.S. FS. R
Moscow
House Meeting On Funds Bill In Alabama Legislature
In Montgomery on August 3, lawmakers met as a committee of the whole to sharpen a general appropriations bill. Rep. Wallace Gibson warned against inflationary amendments that could trigger proration, noting past over-appropriation and a 10 percent trim to fit anticipated revenue. The bill is fixed with no surplus for raises, but new revenue could raise the bill. The session outlined item by item review and future floor amendments. The Senate finance panel meanwhile killed a local election funding bill, citing costs of at least 150000 per election year. See HOUSE on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
House
Wallace Gibson
Jefferson County
Jefferson
House’ Ways and Means
Rep
W. L
Doc) Martin
Greene
Gibson
James V. Jordan
See House
Light Damage In Three Crashes Reported In Decatur
Police report three separate accidents in Decatur within two and a half hours on Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were noted. Vehicles involved include a 1940 Plymouth driven by Melvin Fletcher, a 1949 Chevrolet owned by Decatur Transit driven by T C Walden, a 1949 Chevrolet driven by Willie Burt, a 1949 Dodge truck driven by Ray McCurry, a White Way milk truck driven by Carrel Camp, and a TV A pickup driven by Leonard Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Self and Jacobs
Melvin Fletcher
Belle Mina
Decatur Transit
T. C. Walden
First Avenue
Moulton Street
Willie T. Burt
Ray McCurry
McCartney Street
Wilson Avenue
Weatherly and
Standridge
Taylor and Smith
Line Street
White Way
Carrel S. Camp
Leonard B. Keller
New Charges for Brookside Police Chief Elmer Brock
Brookside Police Chief Elmer Brock faces a new assault and battery charge after an indictment in a mob violence probe. He had been jailed on a warrant, posted bond, and was among 17 indicted last month for cross burnings in the Brookside area near a mining community in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Brookside
Elmer Brock
Brock
Frank B. Woodruff
Adamsville
Mam Brock
Wages Seen as Levelling Off in Textile Industry
Boston August 3 AFL Textile Leader Anthony Valente told 600 delegates that wages have levelled off nationwide and won't rise or fall. He warned Northern mills must modernize to compete with the South and predicted unionization will close the labor gap within a decade. He cited 200000 textile workers unemployed and urged broader unemployment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
AFL
Anthony Valente
United Textile Workers
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
South
Valente
Typhoid Case Sparks Inoculation Effort in Washington County
A first typhoid fever case in Washington County, Alabama, prompted many residents to seek inoculation at health offices in Chatom and Jackson. Officials credited improved sanitation and a county inoculation program with reducing cases, while Mobile reported no cases this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatom
Ala
Alabama
St. Stephens
Jackson
Washington County
Mobile
Legal Maneuvers in Morris Behalf Await Release
Alabama is re arresting William Hugh Morris in Birmingham as new legal maneuvers unfold for his release. Morris, 44, held on contempt after refusing to hand over KKK membership rolls to a grand jury probing hooded mob violence. Bailes ordered indefinite jail until records are produced, though Morris claims the documents were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hugh Morris
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Birmingham
Grand Jury
Liberty
Ala
Wiliam Hugh Morris
Morris
George Lewis Bailes
Battery Charges Dropped Against Two Men in Sumiton Case
Clarke Stallworth, a Birmingham Post reporter, had accused Roscoe Fowler and Glen Godfrey of assault in Sumiton. Judge P E Day said the assault and battery charges were not pressed by agreement of the attorneys and the solicitor's office. Fowler and Godfrey had been arrested and released on $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Ala
PE Day
Birmingham Post
Solicitor’s Office
Clarke Stallworth
Post
Judge Day
Sumiton
Roscoe Fowler
Glen Godfrey
Fowler
Stallworth
Ku Klux
Cash Income of Farmers in Dixie Still Shows Increase
The cash income of Southern farmers rose in the first five months of 1949, led by the South Atlantic region up nine percent from the previous year. In the South central region income edged up one percent, while other U.S. regions saw declines. regional totals and state breakdowns show Georgia and Florida among contributors to gains in crop and livestock receipts. Industry figures cover January through May and compare current totals with 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Atlanta
C. Parker Persons
U.S Department of Commerce
South Atlantic
South Central
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Premier Asks Neighbors to Quit Russians
Premier Tito of Yugoslavia urged Balkan nations to quit the Moscow led cominform in Skopje promising aid to Bulgaria Albania to join revolt. He warned this was his most defiant speech and outlined broad aims to control Macedonia amid Greece Bulgaria and Yugoslavia tensions. Indonesian republicans and Dutch issued ceasefire orders to form the United States of Indonesia. American chiefs of staff met British Danish Norwegian commanders in London to seek prompt large scale military unity as Gen MacArthur announced a related note in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marshal Tito
Slavia
Balkan
Skoplje
Yugoslav Macedonia
Tito
Bulgaria
Albania
Yugoslavia
Communist International Information Bureau
Kremlin
Recem Puertes
Macedonia
Greece
Indonesia
United States of Indonesia
The
Hague
London
C.N. Bradley
Army
Hoy
Vandenberg Air
Adm
Lous E. Denfield
Navy
Paris
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Base loan rate for 1949 cotton outlined in North Alabama
T E Williams announces the Commodity Credit Corporation base loan rate based on 90 percent parity for 1949 cotton. North Alabama counties Limestone Morgan Madison Lawrence Lauderdale Cullman Colbert show middling 15 16s rates of 29.00 29.70 29.70 29.60 29.50 29.70 29.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley
Commodity Credit Corporation
T. E. Williams
Alabama Bankers Association
Limestone County Bank
Athens
North Alabama
Limestone
Morgan
Madison
Lawrence
Lauderdale
Cullman
Colbert
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