Hamm Orders 60 Percent Tax Assessments In Alabama
Revenue Commissioner Philip Hamm ordered utilities to pay property taxes at 60 percent of assessments, up from 45 percent, aiming to boost state revenue by about 2 million dollars annually. Railroads and utilities may appeal before final assessments are set, with potential lawsuits anticipated to contest lower figures.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Philip J. Hamm
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Hamm
Folsom
Oak Ridge WSCS Holds Regular Meet at Church
The Oak Ridge Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the church Monday night with fourteen members present. Mrs. W. A. Thompson called the meeting to order and the group sang. Lucia Fay Cooper gave an inspiring devotional based on 2nd John 17. Mrs. Olen Cooper led in prayer and the mission study Newness of Life was presented. Mrs. Thompson presided over the business session. After more singing, Mrs. Dean West closed with prayer. The mystery box was received by Mrs. Olen Cooper, and refreshments were served by Mrs. James Sybert and Mrs. Edward Singleton during the social period.
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Oak Ridge Woman's Society of Christian Service
W. A. Thompson
Lucia Fay Cooper
Olen Cooper
Jesus
Dean West
James Sybert
Edward Singleton
Assessments and Decatur Area June Banking Report
A report by the University of Alabama bureau of business research notes Decatur banking activity in June. Debits fell 82 percent from May and year ago, while demand deposits rose 9.5 percent from May and 11.3 percent from June 1948. Savings deposits dipped 0.6 percent though rose 3.3 percent year over year.
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Decatur
Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
H. H. Chapman
Alabama
MacArthurs claim on Japan zaibatsu reshapes history
DeWitt Mackenzie notes Gen MacArthur’s move against Japan’s zaibatsu, the 11 powerful family groups shaping finance and industry since the 1600s. The column details their ties to politics, the military, and imperial rule, and how they financed invasions, profited, and restrained labor while guiding wartime and postwar ventures.
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James D. White
DeWitt Mackenzie
Gen. MacArthur
Zaibatsu
Japan
Mitsui
Mitsubishi
Asia
Navy
Amphibious wild pigs roam island to island in quest for food
Islands host wild pigs that swim between landmasses to forage and evade hunters. The semi aquatic animals traverse coastal channels as they move among nearby habitats seeking sustenance and safety.
Revival and new church building in Morgan County
The Ryan Missionary Baptist church opens a new building with nine classrooms as revival begins on Sunday August 7 with Dr John Milford of Huntsville delivering messages morning and evening. Rev Wear of Guntersville leads revival at Pleasant Grove Methodist church this week. Numerous local residents visit kin and travel between Cedar Cove Birmingham Houston New York Cherokee N C and Mississippi relations.
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Ryan Missionary Baptist Church
John Milford
Huntsville
L. D. Moore
Eugene Robinson
Cedar Cove
Jimmy Furgeson
San Diego
Calif
Birmingham
Elbert Holmes
Crawford Thompson
Tom Thompson
Hazel Styles
Hershell Latham
Hershell Thompson
Mississippi
Henry Briscoe
Lovell Brooks
Ryan
Quenton Wright
Cherokee
N. C
Schleswig Holstein ministers accused of living too well
Citizens in the western German state of Schleswig Holstein criticized ministers as the state parliament debated the issue. Governor Hermann Luede- led the discussions amid growing public scrutiny of official livings and state expenditures.
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Kiel
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Hermann Luede
Mann Rose Invites Deputies for Wine in Modest Apartment
Mann Rose announces a drinking occasion, inviting deputies who live modestly to share a bottle in his one-and-a-half-room flat. He notes two bottles suffice. The report adds a separate fact: the Great Barrier Reef runs along eastern Australia for over 1,200 miles.
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Mann
Barrier Reef
Eastern
Australia
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