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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1946

Page

9

Labor Factions Press Truman in ILO Post Choice

AFL and CIO hold strategy sessions in Chicago and Washington to influence Truman’s selection for the ILO worker delegate. Each side claims superior representation, warning of possible open break as Montreal ILO nears. The White House faces a rotate-or-favor decision with politics at stake.

Norman Walker Washington AFL CIO Truman AFL Executive Council Chicago Political Action Committee International Labor Organi Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach ILO White House Mr. Truman Montreal

Print ing plants per population estimate in the United States

An estimate suggests one printing plant serves about 3,600 people in the United States. The figure reflects distribution of printing facilities relative to population size and may indicate industry concentration.

United States

Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Highlights

A newspaper page presents a full crossword with across and down clues, a cryptoquote puzzle, and a note about yesterday's quotation HAPPY THE MAN WHOSE WISH AND CARE A FEW PATERNAL ACRES BOUND POPE. The page also lists the King Features Syndicate distribution credit.

Pope King Features Syndicate, Inc

Alabama Farmers’ Wartime Production Praised Across State

Alabama's farms and farmers contributed heavily to the war effort. From 1940 to 1945 dairy cows, beef, pork, poultry, and eggs all rose, with milk output up 106 percent and cash income from livestock vastly higher. Cotton acreage fell but yields rose, and peanut oil production surged. Local economist John L. Liles lauds the state's war-era farming record and salutes farmers for enduring shortages and difficulties.

Auburn Ala Alabama John L. Liles API Extension Service Economic Review Cottton

License Granted to Marshall Keith Beer Wholesaler

Marshall Keith, a resident and former state Highway Patrol member, is granted a beer wholesaler license. The approval brings the total number of licensed beer wholesalers in the area to four.

Marshall Keith State Highway Patrol

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