Wartime Leave Benefit Plan Opens To Millions Of Veterans
The new act pays about 15 million veterans cash or five year bonds totaling 2.7 billion dollars for accumulated leave. Those on active duty face a 60 day cap, while those with 61 to 120 days will be reimbursed for excess. Discharged veterans receive cash or bonds for up to 120 days, with bonds issued in multiples of 25 dollars.
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Apa Army
Navy
Marineorps
Coast Guard
Army
Marines
Adjutant General of the Army
Goodfellow Boulevard
St. Louis
Missouri
Treasury
British stance on threats and Iran protest over troops
The foreign office spokesman said Britain would not be obliged to consult the United Nations Security Council if violent or sudden threats to British lives or property arise in Iran and would consider unilateral action. Iran protested Indian troop movements to Basra and asked for their removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Iran
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Gambling ship raid ends bid on Bunker Hill
Within 48 hours of gambling games starting on the converted minelayer Bunker Hill, officers arrested 78 pilots and 1 000 patrons aboard for violating Long Beach ordinances. Cornero and four associates surrendered to the sheriff on charges of conspiracy to gambling, keeping slot machines and card games, and related offenses. Bail was set at 2000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornero
Long Beach
Bunker Hill
Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse
Onchar
Seattle
Los Angeles
Charles
Cornero Ftoma
Car Recovered After Stolen in Birmingham
Clarke County Probate Judge Cona Garrett Jr praises two Birmingham police officers for recovering his 1946 car stolen on a downtown street. Officers Patrolman L. I. Jarvis and L. Bowden located the vehicle parked roadside on the Jasper highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Clarke County
Cona Garrett Jr
County Commissioners
Markets Mixed in New York as Week Ends on Cautious Note
Stocks showed irregular trading with dividend mood fading and long weekend ahead. Nashville livestock receipts light with cattle trade uneven but overall steady to weak. top weekly steer price around 21.00 with mixed beef and calf values and hogs firm near 23.75 for top barrows and gilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moss Side
Nashvile Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton futures rise on USDA forecast and export subsidy talk
New York reported higher cotton futures in active trading after the USDA forecast for the 1946 crop. Mill and outside buying boosted prices early, then profit taking paused the rise before prices moved up again. Late afternoon levels showed gains of 35 cents to 1.60 a bale, with nearby contracts at the 36 cent area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
Markets at a glance report uneven activity across sectors. In New York utilities show irregular quotes while bonds are mixed with selective rail demand. Cotton shows mill buying and profit taking. Chicago notes steady corn and oats with elevator buying. Hog prices rise, with hogs up 75 cents to 2 dollars and a top near 24 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Major Sample Sent Back to States From Hawaii
Maj. R. C. Sample of the dental corps has been transferred back to the United States from Hawaii. He and Mrs. Sample are expected to arrive in San Francisco before Aug. 20. They will visit his sister and brother in law in Wellington Kansas and Ponca City Oklahoma before going to their home. This will be his first furlough in six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Sample
Dental Corps
United States
Hawaii
Maj
A. C. Sample
Danville Road
Local Visitors and Revival Highlights in Morgan County
Mr and Mrs Floyd Sivley and daughter Jo Annn visited grandparents near Hartselle. Ottis Goree of Somerville toured relatives here. A revival continues at Center Springs church with Rev Akins of Decatur preaching. Hazel Black of Hartselle visits Iaa Dunaway. Warren McGee and family enjoy vacation with relatives. McGee works as a lineman for Decatur City Electric Co. Harry Jones family and Buna Winton of Somerville also visited relatives over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sivley
Jo Annn
MC. Sharp
Hartselle
Ottis Goree
Somerville
Center Springs Church
Rev. Akins
Decatur
Hazel Black
Iaa Dunaway
Warren McGee
McGee
Decatur City Electric Co
Harry Jones
Buna Winton
Murray River Made Navigable Across 500 Miles
The Murray River in Australia is rendered navigable for about 500 miles by a series of giant weirs. One structure spans 4576 feet and acts like a dam to back up water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray River
Australia
Paris peace conference foreshadows women and children relief plan
Mackenzie notes Allied talks in Paris while Geneva Red Cross plans war relief measures. Swiss MPs urge neutralized safe zones for all nationalities, creating humanitarian oases to protect mothers and children amid looming global conflict. In Geneva delegates fear a future war and press for humanity cures beyond the battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts JR
Paris
Red Cross
Geneva
League of Nations
Genevese
Humanity
Switzerland
Negro evangelist Father Divine weds second wife in Newark wedding
Philadelphia Aug 9 Father Divine, the self styled god, paraded his blonde 21 year old bride before photographers and followers as his second wife joined the cult leader. He claimed to wed in Washington last April 29 and asserted the marriage would carry democracy Americanism and Christianity to a new birth of freedom. The wedding party in Newark featured a neon sign proclaiming god's holy communion table.
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Philadelphia
Charity
Divine
Dnn
Rose Ritchings
Montreal
Canada
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Billiard Bald
Gunank
Georgia
God
Sweet Angel
Newark
Baby rescued from storm sewer near Prichard
A 20 month old boy named Carl Cole fell through a pavement hole into a six foot deep culvert during a rain flood. His mother lowered into the sewer 75 feet away with the help of neighbors. An ex GI neighbor revived him using artificial respiration. He recovered after hospital care in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prichard
Ala
Carl Cole
Ira Cole
John Raez
Mobile
Sheriff Faces Major Damage Suit in Alabama Case
Montgomery attorney Edward G. Branch seeks 30000 damages in Jefferson circuit court accusing Sheriff George A. Mosley of false arrest in Montgomery County Jail. Suit, also naming Continental Casualty Co., alleges Branch was jailed March 20 after a bogus warrant and abused by guards, breaching duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Edward G. Branch
Montgomery
George A. Mosley
Montgomery County
Jefferson
Ending
Continental Casualty Co
Branch
Cine Hl
Sree Deputes
Coal output hits new high despite car shortages
The Bureau of Mines reports record combined bituminous and anthracite output at 12,000,000 tons weekly since June 1, with total June 8 to July 20 at 81,180,000 tons. About 20,000 rail cars are seen as obsolete or in need of repairs, causing coal car shortages and mine closures in areas like Iowa.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
The
Coal Mines Administration
West Virginia
Kentucky
Solid Fuels Administration
Iowa
Army Recruiting Bus Tours Decatur Streets
A gray painted Decatur Transit bus with large black Army signs toured the city as part of a recruiting drive sponsored by the Army recruiting office and painted at Huntsville arsenal. Driver W H Berry noted nearly all passengers commented and several asked if they must join the Army to ride today.
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Army
Decatur Transit
U. S. Army
Army Recruiting Office
Decatur Transit Company
Huntsville Arsenal
W. H. Berry
Williams Explains His Atomic Insurance Sales Method
Red Williams, famed for his Atomic sales plan, returned from Cincinnati where he demonstrated the method before over 50 Commonwealth Life representatives. He said the meeting was enthusiastically received and plans another Atomic plan session are in the works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H—G
Red
Williams
Cincinnati
Ohio
Commonwealth Life Insurance Company
Decatur
Street Markers Re Located Await City Approval
Decatur street markers are being placed but not in final positions until approved by Joe Elliot street commissioner and Carl Smith city engineer. City Council President Rutledge Thomas said posts will not be paid for until their locations are approved. Some markers, like Vine Street and Alamine Street, are already set far from intersections drawing citizen complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Joe Elliot
Carl Smith
Rutledge Thomas
Thomas
Vine Street
Alamine Street
Site Found for State Liquor Store in Huntsville
The Huntsville Times reports a site on Gallatin Street has been found for a state liquor store in Huntsville. A lease is signed, construction is underway, and the store is due to open about ten days to two weeks after completion. Madison County previously voted for legal liquor sale two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Huntsville Times
Tong
Huntsville
Gallatin Street
Madison County
Marriage Licenses Issued for McGee and Cornell in Hartselle
Samuel Binford McGee and Imez Cornell of Hartselle were issued marriage licenses on March. The small legal notice lists both couples with their shared city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Binford McGee
Hartselle
Imez Cornell
New Pay Boost Denied in Industry
Washington reports that reconversion pay boosts were rejected for a major industry. Reconversion Director John R. Steelman ruled the case affects Pacific-Northwest lumber workers and signals the administration aims to keep wages in check for now. The only wage control left is federal approval before higher pay costs can be tied to price ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Steelman
Pacific - Northwest
OPA
Lon Chaney Fears Fade As Horror Stars Move On
Hollywood reports Lon Chaney Jr packing scares for a hospital role in My Favorite Brunette after eight years at Universal. He cites pay and long makeup hours as reasons for leaving, while noting fellow horror men age past 40. Chaney jokes he may be needed again when a goon is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Universal City
Lon
Ex Sheriff Mansfield Retires After County Power Shift
Ex Sheriff Pat Mansfield, linked to the Cantrell faction, says he is through with politics and will return to work as a railroad engineer. The McMinn county power change came as ex GIs and businessmen seized control after election night siege of the jail. Cantrell and his organization were ousted in the same vote, ending a decade of tight political control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Tenn
McMinn County
Pat Mansfield
East Tennessee
Mansfield
Chatsworth
Associated Press
Norman Bradley
Chattanooga
Paul Cantrell
Otto Kennedy
Peebles Narrowly Escape Auto Crash on Highway 31
Henderson resident Peebles narrowly escaped injury when his 1940 Chevrolet struck the Wheeler Lake bridge on highway 31 near Keller Memorial. Highway patrol reported the road blocked for about 30 minutes as a wrecking crew removed the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Peebles
Mooresville
Wheeler Lake
Keller Memorial
Bureau plans wide service for business inquiry
The Department of Commerce expands technical services with a 1.5 million appropriation to aid inventors and business firms. It will run an inventions and engineering division and a technical advisory division to obtain answers from government and private sources and sponsor non profit industrial research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren McNeill
James Marlow
Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Standards
Inventors’ Council
Office of War Mobilization
Sam Thompson
Secretary of Commerce
Henry Wallace
Thompson
Veterans Invited to Special Victory Day Service
Sunday night at 7:30 Rev G M Davenport will preach a Victory Day and Thanks giving Sermon at Central Methodist Church. The service on August 11 near V J Day will include music and a thanksgiving message. Veterans and their families are guests of honor and invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Repairs Planned for 8000-ton American Farmer
Officials said repairs on the 8,000-ton American Farmer would start immediately and the ship would likely sail to Plymouth or Southampton within two weeks for unloading her cargo of food for Britain. The vessel arrived under her own power after a collision last week off the British coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Eng
United States Lines
Plymouth
Southampton
Britain
Baptist Leader Preaches in Moscow During Soviet Visit
Dr. Louie D. Newton of Atlanta, president of the Southern Baptist convention, preached at the Moscow Baptist church. It was his third sermon in Moscow and seventh in the Soviet Union as part of a seven man American delegation invited by Soviet authorities and the Red Cross to study the use of $90 million in aid sent to the USSR by the American Relief Society over the past five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Moscow
Louie D. Newton
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Soviet Union
Russia
Russian Red Cross and
Red Crescent
American Society For Russian Reef
Rotary Will Play Hartselle Rotary
Decatur Rotary softball team seeks new fields tonight traveling to Hartselle to face Morgan County High School field at 7 30. Rotarians meet at Palace cafe at 6 30 for the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Hartselle
Morgan County High School
Decatur
Tragic Car Crash Claims Clyde Hanks in Atmore
Clyde Hanks 25 of Bratt Florida dies when car collides with a telephone pole in Atmore Alabama. Surviving are his wife parents a brother and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
Clyde Hanks
Bratt
Fla
Decatur Notes Include Births Visits and Local Orders
Local items report visits by Judge and Mrs Leybourne Lynne and Mr Skeggs Crawford in the Smokies. City officials plan attendance at a meeting and a building permit was issued for a $5000 fireproof room and bath frame house. Several births and hospital admissions are listed along with price control news and Legion activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeggs Crawford
Great Smokey Mountains
Judge
Leybourne Lynne
Sixth Avenue West
Odie T. Cavnar
Joe Pettey
Robert Perry
Wilson Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Miller’s WW2 Valor Recalls Jop Island Ordeal at Kiwanis
Hugh Barr Miller former Navy lieutenant and now Alabama Veterans Employment Service chief told Kiwanis members of surviving 43 days on a Pacific island and his later Navy Cross Purple Heart and Gold Star honors. He urged continued veteran hiring as 1106 Morgan County veterans were unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Barr Miller
Veterans’ Employment Service
Alabama
Kiwanis Club
Miller
Navy
Pacific
Civitan Club
Decatur
Morgan County
Million Dollar Band to Perform at Six Tide Games
The University of Alabama band, 90 members strong, will travel this fall to six Crimson Tide football games. The group will perform at Southwestern Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Vanderbilt, and Mississippi State venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Crimson Tide
Louisiana
Tennessee
Georgia
LSU
Vanderbilt
Mississippi State
Quake Devastates Dominican Republic Killing Fifty-Two
A sequence of strong quakes and deadly tidal waves in the Dominican Republic and nearby areas has killed 52 people and left many homeless. New tremors were recorded at 3 20 and 8 05 am as relief efforts expanded with Red Cross, army pickups, and government aid. Damage includes churches, bridges, and the presidential palace streets and towns reported disrupted communications and widespread cracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Atlantic
Matanzas
Puerto Rico
Samana
Red Cross
Haiti
Santiago
Trinidad
Rafael L. Trujillo Molina
Fordham University
Dominican Party
Department of Public Works
Santa Cerro
la Vega
Hofferbert Named Editor Succeeding Keith at Gadsden Times
Carl R. Hofferbert, longtime Times editor, will become editor of the Gadsden Times succeeding Walling Keith who resigns to head The Cleveland Daily Banner. Hofferbert, 25 years in journalism, will maintain his duties as managing editor and has prior work at The Florence Times and Columbus Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Payton Anderson
Gadsden Times
Carl R. Hofferbert
Walling Keith
Hofferbert
The
Times
Florence
Columbus, Ga
Keith
Cleveland, Tenn
Daily Banner
Alamama's Accident Roundup
State Highway Patrol prepared a roundup for the Associated Press detailing traffic incidents in non urban areas. The report lists 10 years old as a sample age and notes 11 accidents in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Polio Cases Rise in Alabama with 195 This Year
Montgomery reports fourteen new infantile paralysis cases last week raising Alabama total for the year to 195. The Health Department lists Mobile, Colbert, Jefferson, Limestone counties with multiple cases and one case each in DeKalb Greene Lauderdale Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Mobile
Colbert, Jefferson
Limestone
DeKalb
Greene
Lauderdale
Tuscaloosa
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R Sivley
Mackenzie
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Baby
Lon Chaney
BY Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Lon Pergeanis
Peter Lorre
Jack la Rue
Hoyt
Len
Ronald Colman
Marlene Dietncch
Kismet
Maria Montez
Santo Domingo
Perry Como
Bonita Granville
Broadway
Lucille Ball
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Ts Ivers
Barbara Stanwyck
van Heflin
Kirk Douglas
Secember
Woman In White
Guiding Light
Victor
Cole Porter
Dave Ross
Peebles
Bureau
Rotary
Hartselle Rotary
W. Strother
Detroit
M. C. Ethridge
Decatur 1
Vaughn Holland
Decatur 3
Joe Evans
Decatur 2
Raul Hardin
Lawrence County
Decature
William L. Green
Belle Mina
Decatur General Hospital
Paul Barlow
Wadsworth Street
Mary Mathews
Eighth Avenue East
Dewey Compton
Seventh Avenue West
Curtis F. Campbell
Athens 5
Paul Russell Beaver
Falkville 1
Robert Long
W. H. Long
Kay Wilder
W. K. Wilder
Grant Street
Jefferson Hospital
Morgan Area
Price Control Board
American Legion
Legion
Bank Street
Jack Whelan
H. B. Jenkins
Baugh’s Infirmary
Danville
Howell
Miller Tells Experiences
Alamama
James L.rankin Insurance
LDO Prome
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