Naval Hero Tells Story Of Jungle Survival
Hugh Barr Miller, Navy veteran nicknamed the one man army, spoke to Decatur Civitan members and guests about his 43 days behind Japanese lines after his destroyer was sunk. He described living on coconuts and jungle fruit until rescue by a Navy plane and urged employers to hire veterans amid Alabama’s high veteran unemployment.
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Pacific
Decatur Civitan Club
Hugh Barr Miller
Miller
John A. Caddell
Decatur
University of Alabama
Veterans Unemployment Service
Alabama
Civitan
Decatur Civic Clubs
Marvin Rankin
Kiwanis
Stanley Wyatt
Rotary
Tom Edgill
Lions
James Rankin
Decatur Senior Chamber of Commerce
Calvin Petty
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Flake Farley
Collier Wade
Charles Ed Howell
Ben Wintering
Paul
Hire A Veteran Month Declared In Decatur
A city proclamation designates the last three weeks of August and first week of September as Hire A Veteran month. It urges employers to list job openings with the United States Employment Service and to cooperate with Post No. 15 American Legion and the local USES office to aid veterans in securing suitable employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Post No. 15
American Legion
Decatur
United States Employment Service Office
Used Car Ceiling Slashed Eight Percent Since 1945 End
Morgan area price control board announced a cumulative eight percent cut in ceilings for used cars. Two four percent reductions occur automatically every six months due to depreciation. The first took effect January 1 and the second with price control renewal. All deliveries after July 25 must meet below OPA ceilings regardless of prior agreements or deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Area Price Control Board
Banker's Death Shocks Atlanta Trust Leader
Robert Strickland president of the Trust Company of Georgia died at his Atlanta home after an operation in New York weeks earlier. He had been confined since the surgery.
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Atlanta
Robert Strickland
The
Trust Company of Georgia
New York
Market gains persist in selective industrials and rails
New York prices rose in selective industrials utilities and rails amid scattered losses and midday hesitancy. About 900000 shares changed hands as brokers cited cheerful business prospects strong dividends and earnings and hopes for a broader revival before technical factors pause the advance. Rail bonds also firmed.
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New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report August 8
Cattle receipts light in Nashville with steady tone from Wednesday close. Beef cows and bulls mixed, calves up to 20, vealers 17.50 to 20, hogs steady with top barrows and gilts 23.25, sheep 18 to 20 for spring lambs and 6 to 14 for ewes.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton futures surge on government crop forecast
In New York the cotton futures market hit the daily price limit after a government forecast showing 1946 production at 9,290,000 bales, up slightly from last year. Open highs and closes reflect volatility as traders hedge and profit take, with futures ending higher across contracts.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Veterans in Athens Split Over Power Struggle in Tennessee
The Daily Post-Athenian reports ex servicemen pressuring governance after an armed seizure of power. A mass meeting was set and canceled amid faction clashes with civic groups over removing incumbents and naming replacements. Mayor Walker resists resignation. two aldermen unaccounted after Thursday night events. An editorial cites bipartisan political obstruction in the cleanup effort.
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Athens
Tenn
Daily Post-Athenian Today
Paul Walker
John Peck
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans
American Legion
Mrs Grace Bradley Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Grace Barbour Bradley, a Baltimore native, died at her Birmingham home after a long illness. She is survived by a son, Henry B. Bradley of Dupo Illinois, and five daughters Mrs Porter H. Vickery of Selma, Mrs Robert F. Hunter of Tulsa, Miss Carrie B. Bradley, Mrs C C Middleton, and Miss Delmar Bradley, all of Birmingham.
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Bradley
Birmingham
Grace Barbour Bradley
Baltimore
Henry B. Bradley
Dupo
Ill
Porter H. Vickery Selma
Robert F. Hunter
Tulsa
Okla
Carrie B. Bradley
C. C. Middleton
Delmar Bradley
Terminal pay bill signed by President Truman
President Truman signed into law an appropriation for enlisted men’s terminal leave pay totaling 2.431 billion dollars. The measure, pending another terminal leave bill, would cover about 15 million past and present service members for furlough time due, with payments in cash or bonds and estates of deceased veterans eligible for cash.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Charge irks Farm Union amid communist gospel claim
H L Mitchell president of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union now named National Farm Labor Union asked U S Attorney General Tom Clark to probe the group after a magazine accused it of preaching communist gospel. Mitchell said the union has 27 000 members across six states and invited the editor Walter Davenport to investigate.
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Memphis
Tenn
H. L Mitchell
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
National Farm Labor Union
U. S
Tom Clark
Mitchell
Gelliers
South
Walter Davenport
mid-South
Fall Garden Advice From Morgan County Agent
E. F. Lipscomb, Morgan county Negro home demonstration agent, urges farmers to finish planting fall gardens this month. He lists tasks: remove weeds, apply manure, till soil, fertilize rows, adjust seed depth, and thin plants. Recommended crops include beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, and onions with notes on soil and fertilizer for successful yields.
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E. F. Lipscomb
Morgan County
Heirens Confessed Killer Details Razor Discovery
Sheriff Mulcahy disclosed that a razor blade was found in one of four books brought to the county jail by the confessed triple slayer. He said Heirens, under constant guard, uses an electric razor and has asked for a straight edged blade several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne
Michael Mulcahy
Mulcahy
Heirens
Police Confession Ties Forged Checks to Madison Case
Police report states Stinson was located at the bus station around 1:15. In his confession he admitted the Madison check was for 17 dollars but could not recall amounts of checks from Pulaski and Fayetteville. Whitmie-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinson
Madison
Fayetteville
Whitmie
Christian Rally Planned at Trinity School Next Sunday
A Christian rally is planned at the Trinity school building on August 11 at 2:30 PM to discuss building a Baptist church there. Rev. Paul Roberts will deliver the afternoon message. Dennis Hendon, pastor of Trinity Baptist, heads a finance and building committee including Prof. Cox as chairman, Ferguson, White, Adcock and Neville.
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Trinity School
Trinity
Paul Roberts
Dennis Hendon
Baptist Church
Prof
Cox
Ferguson
White
Adcock
Neville
Decatur youths host carnival to aid polio fund
About 200 people attended a three day carnival at 212 East Cain Street to raise money for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. A rainout cancelled Tuesday but the event featured a spook house and acts such as a wild boy from Borneo and a legless dog. Donations totaling 52 dollars in coins were sent to New York along with prizes donated by local businesses.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Decatur
East Cain Street
Borneo
Hairneess
Joe Crain
Ann Hamrick
Betty Reeder Banks
Bootie Mae Banks
Mary Ann Russell
Joann Livingston Charles Taylor
Joe Allen Price
Jerry Murdock
Mary Battle King
Carlisle Berry
Shumake’s Furniture Company
Loyd's Drug Store
Green and Stein Furniture Store
Economy
Auto Store
Goidel’s Drug Store
Woolworth’s
Penney'’s
Alabama Drug Store
Crow
Crow Hardware
City Park Greenhouse
Sam, Frank and Moore Hardware Store
Nelson's Jewelry Store
Wilson Studio
Vote Shakeup Seen as Blow to Dixie in Rules Panel
Washington dispatch reports key members of the House Rules Committee view Rep. Slaughter's defeat in Missouri as a gain for the administration. Republicans Michener and Sabath say Slaughter's exit weakens Southern influence, potentially advancing a higher minimum wage bill and a permanent FEPC.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Rep
Slaughter
D-Mo
Michener
Michigan
Truman
Missouri
Sabath
D-Ill
James J. Belaney
Dixie
Howard Smith
D-Va
Senate
Carter Glass
Smith
House
GOP
Michene
Rules Committee
Shirt shortage hits federal court in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a laundryman Mock Yong Fong faced arraignment on a possession of opfort charge. Magistrate John C. Morlock released the bail to 1,000 dollars after noting the defendant could raise that sum, joking that his shirts were in Fong’s care and needed to be retrieved.
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Philadelphia
John C. Morlock
U. S
Mock Yong Fong
Thomas J. Curtin
Mock
Merlock
UN Considers Six New Bids For UN Membership
The United Nations membership committee opened closed meetings to review the sixth set of bids for admission. Afghanistan leads the list as a buffer between India and the Soviet Union, followed by Transjordan, with Ireland Portugal Iceland and Sweden also leaning toward approval. Siam faces a Sino-French frontier dispute over Mekong territories as controversy grows.
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New York
United Nations
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Kingdom of Afghanistan
India
Soviet Union
Khyber Pass
Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
Afghanistan
Kingdom of
Transjordan
Palestine
U. N
Syria
Lebanon
Ireland
Portugal
Iceland
Sweden
Siam
France
IndoChina Frontier
Mekong
Merger Plan Tuscumbia Sheffield Board Unanimous
The Florence Times reports the Sheffield and Tuscumbia boards of commerce voted for consolidation. Citizens study precedents set by Albany Decatur merger. a second committee meeting is set for Thursday at the Tuscumbia Chamber of Commerce to gather facts and assess civic legal governmental impacts.
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Florence Times
Sheffield Board of Commerce
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
the Times
Decatur
Albany
Committee For
Sheffield and
Government approves first mining foremen contract
Washington Aug 8 The government awards John S. Lewis the opening round to unionize foremen in four Jones and Laughlin Steel mines in Western Pennsylvania. The pact, approved by President Truman and the wage board, adds 1.85 a day for foremen plus gains already given to production workers under the Krug Lewis agreement.
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Washington
John S. Lewis
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Four Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Adm
Ben Morell
Lewis
Interior
J. A. Krug
National Labor Relations Board
Alabama Daily Accident Report Highlights Yearly Totals
State Highway Patrol prepared figures for the Associated Press show Alabama non urban accident activity. Year to date and year ago comparisons list accidents injuries fatalities and estimated property damage across the period.
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State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Florence visitors and local court actions noted
Florence rent director J E Holmes visited Decatur to see E R Carter. Florence attorney. Eloise Riethmaier underwent an appendectomy at Hamill clinic. J T Davis had surgery at Hamill clinic. Luther Clemons admitted to Hamill clinic. E W Beasley of Florence and Paul Pickins of Danville visited Decatur on business. Fifth Avenue East road work to begin Monday. City Court heard three cases Wednesday with fines for resisting arrest license driving reckless drunkenness and intoxication. Mary Lou Chism of Memphis visited Mr and Mrs M L Britain.
Cult wedding in New Day signals Divine marriage vows
CULT figure CULT left Montreal last April and wed in a ceremony at the Circle Mission church cult HQ. The New Day published the wedding speech by the bride and Father Divine's remarks during the banquet, stressing unity, virtue, and the divine mission to overturn hatred.
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Montreal
Hersband
New Day
Divine Cult
WAC Captain Is Formally Accused
WAC Captain Kathleen B. Nash Durant faces charges of larceny embezzlement conspiracy and absence without leave in the Kronberg castle jewel theft. Maj David F. Watson and Col Jack W. Durant will be tried later. The jewel haul may appear at trial set for around Aug 17 in Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U S.army
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash
Durant
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
State to hold exams for top highway patrol, safety division heads
In Montgomery Alabama the state personnel department announced competitive examinations to name permanent heads of the state highway patrol and the enforcement division of the public safety department. The date and details await announcement and selection procedures.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
Public Safety Department
State Personnel Department
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Decatur Tanner Danville Areas
The record shows marriages licenses issued for Jack Thomason and Betty Jean Gasaway of Decatur, William Campbell and Elsie Mae Cornelious of Tanner 1, and Raymond Ray Smith of Hartselle and Low B. McMillan of Danville.
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Jack Thomason
Decatur
Betty Jean Gasaway
William Campbell
Tanner
Elsie Mae Cornelious
Raymond Ray Smith
Hartseller
Low B. McMillan
Danville
Rules committee approves invites for five nations to join sessions
The rules committee approved proposals to invite Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland to sit in on plenary and committee sessions. The five former enemy states are expected to begin participation Saturday. A four power panel failed to agree on Italy Yugoslavia frontiers or Trieste statute, with four proposals to be sent to the peace conference and then to the Big Four for consideration.
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Ters
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Yugoslavia
Trieste
United Nations Security Council
U. N. General Assembly
Pirie Named Plant Director At Rock Wool Factory
Ed Pirie formerly of Decatur and now active in war work at Jeffersonville Indiana becomes director and general superintendent of a new rock wool plant. Built from surplus war materials the facility will employ 60 to 100 workers and targets a large Southern market for insulation products. Local friends in Decatur wish him success.
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Ed Pirie
Decatur
Jeffersonville
Ind
New Albany Tribune
Mr. Pirie
OPA Raises Ceilings on Fresh Cherries and Canned Veggies
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration removed price controls on fresh red sour cherries and raised ceilings on canned peas corn tomatoes and tomato products by one to two cents. Offsetting subsidies were eliminated accounting for the price changes. Additional ceiling removals covered window washing exterior cleaning and floor cleaning services and water softening and janitorial contracts.
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Washington
OPA
Invention of the Spencer Repeating Rifle
The first successful magazine repeating rifle was invented by American C Spencer in 1860. It saw limited use during the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Spencer
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2Nd Ave
Hudson
Charge Irks Farm Union
Christian Rally
BY Clair Johnson
Alabama's Daily Accident Report
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J. E. Holmes
Florence
E. R. Carter
Eloise Riethmaier
Hamil Clinic
J. T. Davis
Luther Clemons
E. W. Beasley
Business Today
Paul Pickins
Fifth Avenue
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Joe Elliot
Mary Lou Chism
Memphis, Tenn
Mrs. M. L. Britain
Hallmark
City Park
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston
PIRIE
Lyons Electric Company
Tim Lyons
Dillehay’s
Grant
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Green and Stein’s
Ning Sale
FELT
Green & Stein
Easy Credit
WMSL
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Green¢ Stein Furniture CO
Bank St
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