Cotton crop forecast shows 14.735 million bales this year
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1952 crop at 14,735,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, below last year’s 15,130,000 and the 10-year average. Carryover around 2.4 million bales, with domestic use and exports projected at 13.3 to 14.6 million. Georgia and Alabama figures listed for yield and production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Census Bureau
Georgia
Alabama
DAV Chapter Moves to Corner of Railroad and Cherry
The Disabled American Veterans chapter announces a new home at Railroad and Cherry Streets. Commander Butler P. A. Hine says a six month option will be taken on the building. Members met at the proposed site last night and unanimously approved it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapter 11 of the
Disabled American Veterans
Railroad and
Cherry Street
Butler P. A. Hine
Hine
Congress split grows as cost of living tops agenda
O Mahoney predicts a rise in living costs but doubts a three month spike will move mid campaign action. Monroney warns a 2 to 3 percent monthly increase could force congressional action. He blasts OPS cuts, saying local staffs have been wrecked leaving skeletons to enforce controls nationwide.
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O'Mahoney
Congress
Amusements listings for several area theaters
The notice lists showtimes and film titles at multiple venues including Princess Lex Barker in Tarzan's Savage Fury and ROXY Warpath with Edmond O Brien and co stars. Also SINGIN IN THE RAIN at SUNSET Athens Cave Of Outlaws STRAND Detective Story RANCH Samson And Delilah and MARS Three Guys Named Mike with various start times.
Probes Testing Promoted Posts in Chicago Post Office
U S Attorney Otto Kerner Jr says the office studies a report claiming at least 38 Chicago post office supervisors paid large sums for promotions. Report, by postal inspectors, notes promotions cost about 500 dollars each. Investigation follows a prior grand jury indictment of Frederick P. Wall, secretary to Rep. William L. Dawson, on influence-for-job charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W.U. S
Otto Kerner Jr
Kerner
Hig
Frederick P. Wall
William L. Dawson
Chicago Democrat
Wall
Tennessee Next Senate Campaign Sets Bitter Tone
In Tennessee the senatorial race drew Republican Hobart Atkins in Knoxville and Clement's strong GOP finish. Governor contest results show Clement leading with 232,304 votes, Browning 196,624, and Allen 49,962 from 2,159 precincts as Democrats claim the statewide picture remains unsettled. Democratic incumbents won easily in congressional contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Hobart Atkins
Knoxville
Clement
Browning
Clifford Allen Jr
Nashville
Crump
Estes Kefauver
McKellar
Appropriations Committee
Washington
Senate
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gore
TVA
R. Beecher Witt
Madisonville
National Committee
Carroll Reece
Johnson City
Howard Baker
Huntsville
Birmingham Boy Survives 75-Foot Drain Pipe Dare
Frank Pope an 11 year old from Birmingham was swept through a 75 foot drainage pipe after swimming a rain flooded ditch. He surfaced 60 feet from the mouth with a skinned nose and swallowed dirty water but was pulled to safety by bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Frank Pope
Frank
Hamby Infant Joyce Ann Hamby to be Buried Saturday
Final rites for Joyce Ann Hamby three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elbert Hamby Hillsboro will be held Saturday at 3 PM at Old Liberty church Interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Brown directing Joyce Ann died at her home early this morning She is survived by her parents one sister Wanda Lee Hamby and grandparents Mr and Mrs Mance Hamby Moulton and Mrs Annie Terry Hillsboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Ann Hamby
Elbert Hamby
Hillsboro
Old Liberty Church
Brown
Joyce Ann
Wanda Lee Hamby
Mance Hamby
Moulton
Annie Terry
Underwear Mill To Reopen In Mississippi Labor Standoff
The B V D Co underwear plant in Pascagoula plans to reopen Monday on a limited basis despite an AFL dispute with the International Garment Workers of America. The shutdown followed clashes over union representation and alleged picket violence. Jackson County officials mediate for about 400 workers. An NLRB hearing on unfair labor practices is set for August 19, with potential union elections afterward.
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Pascagoula
Miss
B. V. D.co
Demitri Nicholas
AFL
International Garment Workers of America
NLRB
Disaster areas, price hikes, and weather report from Atlanta
President Truman designated Tennessee and Kentucky as disaster areas with three million dollars in emergency funds. Georgia’s Senator Talmadge urged more aid as eight additional states and 44 Missouri counties were named disaster loan areas. An Atlanta store advertised a farmers emergency credit service. The dry weather may have saved the 1952 wheat crop from rust while showers fell across Virginia to the Gulf and northern plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk Control Board
Atlanta
Truman
Tennessee
Kentucky
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Maine
Missouri
Atlantic States
Virginia
Gulf States
Great Plains
Rockies
Emergency Aid Assurance Under Public Law 875
The governor states state and local agencies will spend reasonable amounts of their own funds for the emergency while Alabama lacks sufficient funds. The federal emergency aid law requires a state assurance to use reasonable expenditures, and the current efforts are framed as such.
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Alabama
Local Births and Admissions Reported Nearby
Notices list births at Decatur General and Baugh-Wiley clinics with names and addresses. Admissions include Hartselle and Union Grove residents to clinics and hospitals, with several dismissals noted from Decatur General and Baugh-Wiley clinics yesterday and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Wagnon
Decatur General Hospital
J. E. Briscoey
Somerville
Lonnie E. Ikner
Ninth Street
S.E
Willie Roy Smith
Cullman
J. A. Gomes
Hartselle
Patrick Hobson and Son
16Th Avenue
W. B. Huggins
Chattanooga
Jack West
Union Grove
Robert Wray
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Greater Traffic Toll In State Yesterday Than A Year Ago
Yesterday twenty one accidents occurred with seventeen injuries four deaths and twelve thousand nine hundred thirty five dollars’ property damage. One fatality was a delayed death from an August incident. A year ago eighteen accidents produced four injuries one death and eleven thousand three hundred five dollars in property damage.
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Montgomery
State Highway Patrol
Empire Cotton First Bale Ginned in Decatur
The first bale of cotton reported in Decatur was empire variety, not DPL 15 as earlier listed in yesterday's Daily. The correction notes the misidentification of the bale’s variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Decatur
Empire Variety
1904 State Department advice favors American usage
The report notes that Secretary of State John Hay advised diplomatic and consular officers to use the term American rather than United States in official communications. This guidance aimed to standardize language across correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fee
John Hay
Red-Held Sny Escapes From Czechoslovak Prison
A 25 year old American, John Hvasta of Hillside New Jersey, jailed for espionage in Czechoslovakia, has escaped from prison Jan 2. Czech authorities do not know his whereabouts as the United States presses for his release and that of AP correspondent William N Oatis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Czechoslovakia
State Department
John Hvasta
Hillside
N. J
Department
Hvasta
United States
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Adcock Rites Set Tomorrow
Final rites for Mrs Beulah Mae Adcock aged 56 will be held Saturday at 4 PM from the Central Methodist church. Rev T J Chitwood will conduct with interment in City cemetery Brown in charge. Survivors include four daughters two sons and other relatives. Pallbearers named: Julian Hardy Candler Cain Newt Powell Welch Dinsmore Guy Jones.
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Beulah Mae Adcock
Fourth Avenue
Central Methodist Church
T. J. Chitwood
City Cemetery
Brown
Adcock
M. J. Flynn
Decatur
M. P. Wilson
Tampa
Fla
R. F. Ricks
Tuscumbia
J. H.hallitt
Winterhaven
B. J. Adcock
Childersburg
J. M. Adcock
Atlanta
P. F. Phillips
St. Louis
Mason Bolton
Toledo
Ruth Tonielli
W. F
J. F. Phillips
Sheffield
J. R
T. M. Phillips
Julian Hardy
Candler Cain
Newt Powell
Welch Dinsmore
Guy Jones
Lll Workman Shoots Self At Florence
Florence near Shoals Creek reports 42 year old Carl Bernard Grosheim a construction worker and ill man shot himself in a back room of his home with a shotgun. His wife in the yard heard the shot and found him dead. The coroner notes he had been off work for a week and told his son he would probably never return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
W. R. Chisholm
Carl Bernard Grosheim
Shoals Creek
Grosheim
Cisholm
Bodies of 309 Korean War Dead Arriving on Sepulpa Victory
The Sepulpa Victory is to bring home 309 American servicemen who died in Korea. Among the dead are three from North Alabama area: Sgt. Thomas C. Hendrix of Hartselle, Pfc. Anthony P. Alvis of Garden City, and Pfc. Oscar B. Parker of Killen. The ship is expected to reach the San Francisco Port of Embarkation around August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sepulpa Victory
Korea
North Alabama
Thomas C. Hendrix
Flora B. Siviey
Hartselle
Anthony P. Alvis
Eddie L. Alvis
Garden City
Oscar B. Parker
Thomas E. Parker
Killen
San Francisco
N Y R Strike Called Off by Rail Unions
Chiefs of three unions the Engineers Firemen and Conductors cancelled a strike planned for Monday on New York Central lines east of Buffalo. They accepted the Railway Mediation Board plea to postpone and told negotiators to defer actions pending government mediation. They said mediation under the act has failed before but workers must bear the burden for the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York Central
Buffalo
New York
Rites Tomorrow For J. L. Deemer
Funeral services for John L. Deemer 37 of 608 West Market Street Athens will be held Saturday at 2 PM from the First Baptist Church Athens with interment in Athens City Cemetery McConnell in charge. Deemer operated a welding and repair shop in Athens died Thursday evening after an extended illness Survivors include wife Louise a daughter Franklin Deemer five sisters and two brothers. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named with Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge involvement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Deemer
West Market Street
Athens
First Baptist Church
L. W. Hart
E. L. Smothers
Athens City
McConnell
Deemer
Louise Deemer
Bobbie Deemason
Franklin Deemer
Market Street
G. C. Pruett
Hartselle
S. C. Gullet
Anderson
B.D. Hilton
Harrisburg
Ark
Roy Allred
Otis Cook
D. D. Deemer
Birmingham
Clyde Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Maxie Blalock
Eddie Ward
Price Black
J. W. Rudder
Marvin Black
Charlie King
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Miss Alabama finals set after semi final judging
Birmingham voters watched twelve contestants advance to the Miss Alabama finals after semi final judging. Five were eliminated, with another state group to compete next Thursday. The August 18 finals will crown Miss Alabama and her alternate. Read names include Rita Luyden Cullman Frances Richardson Birmingham Peggy Ann Sharpton Barbara Hicks Gadsden Barbara Carlisle Gwenn Harmon Joann Gray Ethel Tatum Janette Bell Catherine Dean Julia Bruce Pat Bowers Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Rita Luyden
Eight Memphis Carriers Named Contest Winners
Eight Daily carriers were headed to Memphis today as winners of a recent contest. They were joined by H. M. Layman and Harold Wallace from the circulation department. The carriers are Allen Bowers Billy Densmore Jerry Garnett Bobby Murphy James Moses Billy Joe Brazelton Johnny Hinkle and Don Cantrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
H. M. Layman
Harold Wallace
Allen Bowers
Billy Densmore
Jerry Garnett
Bobby Murphy
James Moses
Billy Joe Brazelton
Johnny Hinkle
Don Cantrell
Pioneer Aviator Dies In Crash Near Mount Braly
A light airplane crashed and burned near Mount Braly southeast of Seattle, killing the pilot E. W. Cleveland of Cleveland Ohio and two women passengers. Cleveland, 62, nicknamed Pop, had logged over 10,000 flying hours in 41 years as a pioneer aviator.
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Seattle
Mount Braly
Here
E. W. Cleveland
Cleveland
Cotton and grain prices with Decatur hog rate
Middling cotton 40.00 cents and strict low 38.50. No 2 mile 3.10 dollars. No 2 wheat new crop 1.95 dollars. No 2 oats new crop 0.80. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs priced in Decatur at 21.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Senate leadership prospects amid party shifts in 80th Congress
The piece outlines potential Senate leadership paths if Republicans or Democrats gain control. Bridges would remain GOP leader and possibly become president pro tempore with a government limousine and chauffeur. Democratic options include George, Hayden, Russell, Byrd, McCarran, and O Mahoney, while Republicans might elevate Taft Tobey or Wiley to similar roles and perks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
McKellar
Senate
Sen
Walter F. George
Georgia
Sens. Hayden
Richard B. Russell
Harry F. Byrd
West Germany Debt Deal Aims to Ease Postwar Strain
Agreement dates of the debts will be extended up to three years to help West Germany. The United States Britain and France are expected to agree on scaling down postwar relief loans. Sources call the private debt pact a milestone restoring West Germany credit and independence. It signals a return of private capital and investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
West ‘Germany
Big Steel Mill Still Not Signed
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp factions idle for 68 days with new talks in recess. Allegheny Ludlum remains the only large producer not operating while interim agreements cover six of the industry’s largest firms. USW continues to press terms with Crucible and Republic Steel as Inland Steel and Bethlehem sign full contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Alleghany Ludlum Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
Allegheny Ludlum
Crucible Steel Co. of America
New York
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Inland Steel
Bethlehem
Athens Woman Hod Group Head Named President
Miss Clodessa Norton of Athens was named president of the Alabama Home Demonstration Agents Association here yesterday. She succeeds Mrs. Maude Woodfin of Montgomery. Norton has been home agent in Limestone County for three years. New officers include Miss Betty Watson, Miss Olna P. Wright, Miss Betty Hamilton. directors are Miss Geneva Marshall, Miss Mary Thompson, Mrs. Mary Ellen Haynes, and Miss Kirtis Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Clodessa Norton
Athens
Alabama Home Demonstration Agents Association
Maude Woodfin
Montgomery
Norton
Guntersville
Limestone County
Betty Watson
Talladega
Olna P. Wright
Butler
Betty Hamilton
Dadeville
Geneva Marshall
Centre
Mary Thompson
Tuskegee
Mary Ellen Haynes
Marion
Kirtis Martin
Centreville
Stevenson kicks off campaign with Labor Day speech plans
Ike Adlai Stevenson prepares for a Labor Day rally in Detroit then a Southern swing to win Dixie votes. The Illinois governor opens the state fair with Vice President Barkley, while officials weigh a new Democratic national chair. McKeldin accuses Stevenson over Alger Hiss stance as attack lines heat up. A plumbing ad at 641-J ends the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Detroit
Barkley
Frank E. McKinney
John Bailey
Connecticut
Jim Doyle
Wisconsin
John M. McCormick
Massachusetts
House
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Stevenson
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
McKeldin
Alger Hiss
Sparkman
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Peabody
Decatur High School
Peabody College
Tenn
W. D. Armstrong
Centerville
Troy M. Bonner
Covington
Walter M. Jackson
Frederick D. Gregory
Hot Springs
John Hillenbrand
Agnes M. Ford
M.j.burton
Tahlequah
Okla
Ray S. McPherson
Atlanta, Ga
DAV
Lex Barker
Dorothy Hart
Roxy — Warpath
Edmond O’ Brien
Dean Jagger
Forrest Tucker
Harry Carey, Jr
Gene Kelley
Donald O’connor
Debbie Reynolds
Strand
Kirk Douglas
Eleanor Parker
William Bendix
Samson and Delilah
Hedy Lamarr
Victor Mature
Mars
Falkville
Mike
Esther Williams
Ee Skelton
Howard Keel
Hamby
Anaes
Yilemale
H. H. Ayers
Austinville
Leon Nix
Third Avenue
James Atchley
Decatur 2
James Dunlap
Ninth Avenue S
J. W. Wigginton
D. C. Ledbetter
Imagard Brown
East Acres
Hubert Pugkett
Fifth Avenue
S.W
Joe Keenum
Tanner
Ed Grubbs
Seventh Street
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Kenneth Bradley
Sny
J. L. Deemer
Miss Ala
Blue Springs
Smith Ledbetter
Northside Baptist Church
Blue Springs Baptist Church
Lyndon Montgomery
Ledbette
Big Steel Mill
Ike
C. H. Oden
Maurice Jackson
Protective Life Insurance Company
2Nd Ave
Hagerty
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