Alabama Legislature Skates on Special Sessions
Alabama lawmakers are trapped in a recurring special session cycle led by Gov. James E. Folsom. A reapportionment bill looms, but internal opposition and procedural hurdles threaten adjournment. Some representatives push for a mass abstention if emergencies don’t merit work, but quorum rules and potential arrests complicate any plan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Mobile
George Stone
Stone
Senate
Capitol
House
Beck
Comhouse
Gov Good Time To Buy Winter Coal
Birmingham Alabama August 5 4 I W Router of Alabama Mining Institute warns that buying coal now is prudent to avoid winter shortages. He notes small Alabama mines have closed due to competition from gas and oil and predicts limited domestic grades this winter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
I. W. Router
Alabama Mining Institute
Jess
Reuzer
Meeting Slated for Alabama Denomination
Annual state meeting of the God will be held for a Monday at camp. Rev. Maurice Ber national youth director will oversee. The denomination will perform mission stations in China, Africa and abroad.
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Birmingham
Ala
the of God
Maurice Bernational
Oma
Daben
China
Africa
Markets and prices for Decatur area farms
Cotton markets show Middling at 36 cents and strict low at 34 cents. Cottonseed priced at 45 dollars per ton. Broilers 25 cents delivered. Hens heavy at 18 cents. Hatching eggs at 80 cents per dozen. New crop yellow corn ear 1.39. shelled 1.45. White corn ear 1.94. shelled 2.00. No. 2 new wheat onion free 2.15. No. 2 new oats onion free 69 cents. Other grains priced with 13 percent moisture basis.
Wall Street Holds Line Amid Uncertainty With Record Profits
Wall Street closed the week near a six week high as stocks endured heavy uncertainty after U.S. Korea intervention. Corporations posted record second quarter profits and major issues in aircraft, airlines, autos and oils led gains. Notable moves included General Motors, U S Steel, Curtiss Wright, American Airlines, Boeing and Chrysler with mixed volume and steady optimism for a peacetime economy.
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United States
Korea
Associated Press
Curtiss-Wright
Lima-Hamilton
U. S. Steel
Sunray Oil
General Motors
Baldwin Locomotive
American Airlines
Willys-Overland
Socony-Vacuum
Pan-American Air
Continental Motors
Canadian Pacific
North American Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Standard Oil
N. J
Republic Aviation
Chrysler
Boeing
International Telephone
Waltham Watch
Tung Sol Lamp
Equity Corp
Fairchild Engine
Menasco Mfg
American Maracaibo
Grain futures rise on war news and export hopes in Chicago
In brisk trading at Chicago, grains edged higher led by wheat and the bread cereal group. Wheat futures closed up about 11 to 8-3/4 cents with September at around $2.24 to $2.25, corn 5 to 8-11 cents higher, oats mixed, rye up, soybeans up about 11 to 2-5/8 cents, and lard up 38 to 48 cents per 100 pounds for September delivery.
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Chicago
Japan
Markets at a Glance Wheat Firm and Exports Planned
Wheat firm with plan for larger exports to Japan. Corn firm with short covering. Oats steady with small price changes. Hogs nominally steady along with cattle.
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Japan
Dr Tubb Named Beta Club's Head
Dr J M Tubb of Jackson was elected president of the National Beta club at Atlanta. Dr Tubb presided in the absence of the elder president Dr James M Smith ofville Tennessee commissioner of education. Arkansas commissioner Dr A B Arkansas was chosen as new vice president. John W Harris of Presbyterian College South Carolina re elected secretary treasurer. Prof G T Baird of Blacksburg was named as another officer. Atlanta chosen as site for the next meeting in August 1951.
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Atlanta
J. M. Tubb
Jackson Wihakinson
National
Beta Club
Tubb
James M. Smith
Presbyterian Legeton
S.C
G. T. Baird
V. P. Vy
Blacksburg
Southeast Jersey sale tops at Greenfields Farm
In Rossville Georgia on August five the third annual Southeastern regional Jersey sale at Greenfields Farm featured five young bulls and 40 cows and heifers. The lot brought a total of 27385 with an overall average per animal. Bulls averaged 713 with the top animal a December 9 1949 calf consigned by Hill Jersey Farms. Har ry selling for 2100 to W J Forrester of Dothan Alabama.
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Rossville
Greenfields Farm
Hill Jersey
Harry
Dothan
Ala
Shrimp Ships Gather Gold Off Alabama Coast
About 200 shrimping vessels work at night 20 miles offshore near Bayou la Batre Alabama harvesting Brazilian type shrimp dubbed pink gold. The beds are beyond territorial waters and unregulated while crews on radios haul nets at night, icings and processing the catch for port after three nights.
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Bayou LA Batre
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
UN Security Council Faces Turbulent Week Over Korea
Malik leads council as he seeks to press North Korea and China to join talks, call for ceasefire and withdrawal, and he signals readiness to veto to enforce demands. Delegates note Soviet veto history but believe UN authority in Korea remains intact despite tensions.
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Malik
Korea
Council
Republic of Korea
Senate and House Vote Totals On Marshall Plan Amendments
Washington reports weekly roll calls on Marshall plan funding with Alabama senators listed. Amendments by Rem to cut funds were defeated, Hayden boosted 1950 51 funds were adopted, Wherry to bar exports to Russia failed, McCarran loan to Spain passed. Bridges Byrd cut nondefense items, Smith exempted ECA funding, Magnuson boosted Health Service funds. Hill opposed or supported per amendment. Sparkman largely for. House had no major roll calls.
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Spain
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D-Wash
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Horse Rider Tries Soda Shop Challenge in Bristow
Druggist R W Cahill faced a horse entering his drug store asking for a cherry phosphate. The rider, John Asher 50, was later arrested and charged with riding a horse into a drug store. He forfeited a 21 dollar bond.
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Bristow
Okla
R. W. Cahill
Cahill
John Asher
Methodist Church disowns Federation name in Johnson city area
Bishop Moore explains that the council of bishops disowned the Federation as an official church body and urges dropping the term Methodist from its title to reflect independence. He praises nine million members and twenty million supporters under the church banner while defending Christian citizenship amid internal doubt.
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Marvin A. Franklin
Jackson
Miss
Roy H. Short
Jacksonville
Paul N. Garber
Geneva
Europe
Moore
Council of Bishops
Federation
Methodist
America
Sleeping Man Survives Train Passage Near Lattimore
In Shelby North Carolina on August 5 an engineer reported spotting a sleeping man on the roadbed as a train approached. The locomotive and eight cars passed over the man before the crew stopped. The sleeper was unhurt and refused hospital care saying he would finish his sleep at home.
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Shelby
N. C
Seaboard Railway
Frank Billingsley
Lattimore
Southern Association Scoreline Contests Between Nashville and Birmingham
Reading shows a sports score fragment from a Southern Association match involving Nashville and Birmingham. Players listed include Atchley Emmerich Dant Palm Yachim Kiely Caldwell and Mathis reflecting lineup mentions and point totals. The snippet hints at a close contest with numerical tallies 101 210 003 8 14 3 and 205 101 00x 9 13 0.
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Nashville
Birmingham
Atchley
Emmerich
Dant
Palm
Yachim
Kiely
Caldwell
Mathis
Taylor Denies He Forgot Five Hundred Twenty Dollars
Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho counters reports he left five hundred twenty dollars at a Boise motor court stating the amount was exactly 520 dollars rather than about five thousand. Motel owner Mrs. C. H. Bancroft and daughter claim about 5,000 was found. they received a three dollar reward.
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Boise
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
C. H. Bancroft
Taylors
Jerry Bauer
Taylor
Bauer
Python suffocates victims by constricting breathing
A Python strangles its victims by coiling around the chest and constricting the chest and lungs. The victims cannot inhale as the serpents tighten their grip leading to fatal asphyxia.
Allied forces brace for simultaneous NK pushes near Taegu and Pusan
Allied and South Korean units report patrols keeping the enemy off balance while North Korea masss weapons for a possible main assault along the Naktong river. Central sectors near Waegwan face Red buildup as air forces hit tanks and supply lines.
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Naktong
Korea
Gener MacArthur
U.S
MacArthur
Sangju
Pusan
U. S
35Th
Leif Erickson
U. S. Army
Tokyo
Chinju
United Nations
Hyopchon
Eighth Army
Naktong River
Deas ates DIARS Glimpses About Your
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Athens Life: Hospital Admissions and Local Births Prompt Weekend Activity
Mrs Jervis Jones hosts guests with Sgt Jeffies overseas. Baby Gerald W Grubbs born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Grubbs. Mrs M B Huskey admitted to Hamil Clinic. Millard R McEntire and wife announce a son born at Decatur General. James Toend and Van Bowers noted arrivals. Jones from Orlando cures homesickness with cotton display. twin girls born to Van Bowers. two local patients discharged. Earlier, 15 people tried in recorder court on traffic, prohibition, licensing, misconduct, assault, and intoxication charges amid quiet Athens.
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Wayne Grubbs
Athens 5
Decatur General Hospital
Millard R. McEntire
Ninth Avenue East
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van Bowers
Church of Christ
Athens 1
Second Baby Is Little Cheaper for Royal Family
Elizabeth and Philip expect a second child of their own next weekend. The newborn will inherit Charles hand me downs and toys as the young prince grows. Court circles hint at a late week or early weekend arrival with Elizabeth, Charles, and the household preparing in advance.
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Red Patrols Cross River in Korea Front Action Near Taegu
Korean communist patrols crossed the Naktong river line southwest of Taegu. Two platoons reached the eastern river bank in boats near Chirhyon about 35 air miles southwest of Taegu, with parts of a 40 mile front also reported crossing. Maj. Gen. John …
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U. S
Korea
Naktong River
Taegu
Chirhyon
John
Autumn weather preview across regions cool in north
A national fall preview reports morning temperatures in the fifties from the upper Great Lakes to the middle Atlantic and New England. Specific lows include 43 in Phillipsburg Pennsylvania and 39 in Grand Marais Michigan, with Fresno California at a record 51. Warmth persists in the South Plains and Southern Rockies amid scattered showers in the Missouri River valley and lower Great Lakes.
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East German Trade Delegation Reaches Peiping to Negotiate Pact
The Soviet ADN reports an East German trade delegation arrived in Peiping to begin negotiations on a trade pact with China.
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Berlin
ADN
Peiping
China
Action Report From Front Near Taegu and Chirhyon
Army units backed by Corsair fighters engaged enemy forces along the east bank near Chirhyon and across the river. American mortars pounded Reds while 20 mm cannons and 500 pound bombs flushed troops from haystacks and woods as patrols watched from the river area. Northwest of Taegu the cavalry front remained quiet through the night.
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Chirhyon
Taegu
Sparkman Pushes Meats and Lumber Price Controls
Sparkman told a congressional committee he may seek an amendment to allow selective price controls on meat and lumber under a general program. He cited a BLS survey showing 2–3 percent retail food price rises to July 15 and warned urgent action to curb meat and lumber price spikes.
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Sparkman
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Bureau of Labor ’ Statistics
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Draft policy questions on college deferments and GI benefits
Two years in service with college deferment or a required commission option is discussed. The draft board may defer students to complete studies if it benefits national health or safety. Questions arise about government financing after service and extending GI benefits into reserves with bills pending in Congress.
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Army
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