Rites Held For Crash Victims In Morgan County
Death toll from automobile accidents in Morgan County rises to two. Funeral services were held for Robert Louis Lemley 34 Union Grove and Roy Hollis Taylor 23 Somerville, both killed near Madison County. Lemley survived by wife three daughters and three sons. Taylor survived by wife and three daughters. Pallbearers and kin listed. services conducted at Mt. Olive and New Friendship Baptist churches with interments in local cemeteries.
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Morgan County
Robert Louis Seni
Union Grove
Madison County
Whitesburg Bridge
Roy Hollis Taylor
Somerville 1
Huntsville Hospital
Lemleyr
Huntlyville Hospital
Lemley
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Henry Branum
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Laughlin Service-of-Heunteville-in-charge
Gertrude Buckland
Hartford
Walter Don
Hubert Taylor
Somerville
Ruby Crow
Decature
Elizabeth Worley
Manila
Ark
Elnora Taylor
C. B
Jack Taylor
Allied shaky as Latrun explosions prompt UN control
Two explosions hit Latrun pumping station crippling Jerusalem water supply. UN observers seized the station as Arab forces held Latrun blocking access to Jerusalem. Bernadotte urged an end to fighting with disputed attribution between Jews and Arabs.
Judge Crow to Speak at Lawrence Jyg Hunters Association Meet
Judge James H. Crow Jr. will headline the Lawrence Jy Hunters Association annual meeting at Wheeler Dam this afternoon. The program includes a beach show horn blowing, officer elections, and a bar service around 5:30 to 6 p.m. Current president Marvin Bendall of Courtland has led the group this year.
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James H. Crow, Jr
Ual
Lawrence Jy. Hunters Association
Wheeler Dam
Marvin Bendall
Courtland
Cigarette Smoking In Nation Reaches Record Peak
Americans smoked 345 billion cigarettes in the year ended June 30, a new record. The figure equals about 121 packs per person, though the average for smokers is lower due to many non smokers.
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Washington
Markets Drift in Slow Trading Amid War-Tension Fears
On August 12 in New York, stock prices barely moved in the slowest market of the year. The day saw mostly fractional changes with few gains, as progress reports on Western powers and Moscow and Russian troop incidents failed to reassure nervous traders. Investors fear a distant war with Russia could trigger wartime controls and higher taxes.
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New York
Moscow
Wall Street
Russia
New York Cotton Futures End Higher on Virus News
Cotton futures in New York closed up 35 cents at 80 cents after Virus news influenced trading on Aug 12. Traders watched markets for supply and demand shifts as prices moved in a narrow range.
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New York
Markets at a Glance Aug 12 Report
New York markets show irregular stock activity with low turnover. Bonds mixed with rails slightly lower. Cotton irregular and trading slow. Chicago wheat steady while corn September rises on short covering and others hold. Quotations for oats firm as crop sizes seem smaller than expected.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Nashville Tenn August market report shows cattle steady to light on steers heifers cows with good bulls firm. calves vary with good veal 26 to 32 dollars and heavy calves around 25. hogs up to 75 higher for barrows and gilts over 190 pounds, sows up to 50 higher. sheep steady with good spring lambs 23.50 to 26.50 and aged ewes 7.50 to 9.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market steady at modest prices
Poultry market in Atlanta reports steady conditions with light weight chickens readily traded. Demand noted for heavy sizes but supply scarce. weights mostly 2.12 to 2.65 pounds. Prices at farm for fryers ranged from 23 to 34 cents, Barred Rock Crosses 31 to 33 cents, mostly 32 to 34.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
New Hampshire
Grain futures rise on Chicago Board trade amid August heat
September corn led gains as short covering and cash market strength pushed prices higher. Wheat rose on reports of renewed USDA activity while government offers of 265 000 hundredweights of whole wheat flour to Gulf ports supported the market.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Production and Marketing Administration
Gulf of Mexico
Prentice Cooper Goes to Mayo Clinic for Treatment
Prentice Cooper former Tennessee governor and ex U S ambassador to Peru left Shelbyville to enter Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota for treatment. He resigned his Lima post in May and has been ill since returning home last month. His parents Mr and Mrs W P Cooper accompanied him for an indefinite stay at the clinic.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
U.S
Peru
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Cooper
Lima
W. P. Cooper
Minnesota
Marion Banker Dewitt King Mason Dies at 66
Dewitt King Mason 66, president of Marion Bank and Trust Co., died today in a Selma hospital. A Marion native, he led the bank since its 1932 organization after earlier work at Marion Central Bank. He was a Marion Military Institute graduate.
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Marion
Ala
Dewitt King Mason
Marion Bank & Trust Co
Selma
Marion Central Bank
Marion Military Ince
Waves to Recruit Women Sailors in First Peacetime Boot Camp
Washington reports women sailors will receive the same recruit and training as men. Peake of Iowa named to head the first peacetime Waves boot camp at Great Lakes. Wave recruiting starts September 15 with Lt. Dougherty's first class of 160 on October 1, then 160 per six weeks. Goal is 4,500 enlisted by next June 30, including 1,000 new recruits and 2,300 reenlisted Waves. First Wave officers to be chosen from 1,200 applicants. Congress limits to 500 officers and 6,000 enlisted in two years.
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Washington
Ther Peake
PW Ster Loo
Iowa
Waves
Dougherty
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Santen
Regular Navy
Congress
States' rights rally in Houston backs Thurmond bid
Gov. Thurmond of South Carolina and Gov. Wright of Mississippi led a 8000 to 9000 strong States’ Rights rally at Sam Houston Coliseum as they announced their ticket to win Texas 23 electoral votes. They assailed Truman Dewey and Wallace and warned Beaufort Jester to leave power.
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Mississippi
States’ Rights
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New York
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Henry A. Wallace
America
Wright
Progressive Party
Dewey
Wallace
Russia
Alabama
Frank Dixon
Tobin
White House
Fielding L. Wright
National Democratic Party
Thurmond- Wright
Thurman
Tobin Named Labor Secretary After Massachusetts Run
President Truman announced Maurice J. Tobin as Secretary of Labor after Tobin left the Massachusetts governor race. Tobin, 47, twice defeated James M. Curley for Boston mayor and won Massachusetts governorship in 1944, surpassing the million vote mark. Democratic aides hope Tobin can mobilize labor votes in November.
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Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Massachusetts
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
New
Boston
Bay State
Roosevelt
Ae Heheves
Greenville committee urges special session to revise election laws
The Greenville County Democratic Executive Committee asked Governor Thurmond to convene a special legislative session to amend election laws to prevent disqualification or restraint of South Carolina electors voting for President and Vice President.
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Greenville
S. C
Greenville County
Democratic Executive Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Suspected spy ring figures in congressional hearing
The hearing confronts Charles Kramer and Abraham Silverman, with Kramer refusing to confirm party ties or recognition of Miss Bentley while Silverman, a Harvard and Stanford graduate, denies espionage links. A habeas writ targets Russian schoolteacher Mrs Kosenkina, whose return to Russia is sought by Soviet officials. The State Department stays hands off as Lomakin ignores the writ.
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Communist Party
Kramer
Miss Bentley
Abraham George Silverman
Silverman
South Carolina Delegates Back Thurmond Wright Ticket
The state executive committee of South Carolina directs eight Democratic electors to vote for Gov. Thurmond for President and Gov. Fielding Wright of Mississippi for Vice President, aligning with the States' Rights Democrats ticket.
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South Carolina
State Executive Committee
Gov. Thurmond
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
House Panel Delays Highway Report Until Next Week
Montgomery Aug 12 The House Speaker W M Beck chairing the highway department inquiry says the report will be released next Wednesday after adjournment. Sources say it may defend the department amid grand jury criticisms and consider financial structure changes. Director Ward McFarland warns of potential loss of federal matching funds.
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Montgomery
W. M. Beck
State Highway Department
Beck
Highway Department
James E. Folsom
Ward McFarland
U S Will Help In Shipbuilding
The government will contribute over 20 million dollars toward building two large passenger ships by Bethlehem Shipyards for American Export Lines Inc. at Quincy Massachusetts as part of a 94 million dollar program to restore shipyard skills and ease a tanker and passenger ship shortage, a national defense measure aiding speed above commercial needs. President John Green of the Industrial Union CIO hailed the move as a potential lifesaver for American shipbuilding.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
American Export Lines Inc
Bethlehem Shipyards
Quincy
Mass
Congress
U.S
John Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
CIO
Marriages and Deeds Noted in Falkville Listings
Leonard Walker 27 of Falkville weds Betty Wilhite 18 also of Falkville. Deeds show William E. Edgeman transferring property to Roy L. Osborne for 2600 dollars. Walter W. Millican to Oscar L. Wooten for 3000 dollars. Walter Mathews to Gerald S. Reed for 3000 dollars.
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Leonard Walker
Falkville
Betty Wilhite
William E. Edgeman
Roy L. Osborne
Walter W. Millican
Oscar L. Wooten
Walter Mathews
Gerald S. Reed
Secret-pipeline probe draws government workers for questioning
An un American activities subcommittee questioned government employees tied to a supposed pipeline for secrets to Moscow. Mundt's subcommittee held a separate New York session as Samarin, a schoolteacher, told the FBI his story after Consul General Somakin announced Mrs Kosenkina's rescue. The embassy demanded Samarin's surrender. State Department stayed silent pending review of conflicting reports.
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Moscow
Mundt
New York
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
FBI
Somakin
Soviet Consul General Defies New York Court Writ
In New York on August 12 Soviet Consul General Yakov Lomakin defied a state supreme court writ to bring Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, a Russian school teacher, to court for questioning in a communist spy probe. Countess Tolstoy, president of the Tolstoy Foundation, attended and said Mrs. Kosenkina was not in the courtroom. Lomakin had earlier claimed he rescued the woman from a White Russian retreat at Valley Cottage, a claim Tolstoy dismissed as baloney.
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Air Forces
Harvard
Stanford
NRA
Railroad Retirement Board
Army Air Forces
Miss Bentley
New York
Supreme Court
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Jacob M. Lomakin
State Department
Lomakin
Mrs. Kosenkiffa
Russia
Kremlin
FBI
G-men
Red
Mundt
Moscow
Tey
Charles Kramer
George Silverman
Yakov M. Lomakin
Alexander Tolstoy
Tolstoy Foundation
Mrs. Kosenkina
Kosenkina
Valley Cottage
N. Y
Tolstoy
Community Notes Include Births Travels and Church Services
Dr W P Baugh leaves for New York for a week. Mrs Margaret Henderson plans a Orlando vacation. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Roland Guyse at Hamilton clinic this morning. Various locals visit Birmingham Decatur Louisville and Nashville. Enlistment for Paul Oden and gospel meetings noted. church speakers announced for Sunday services. James A Lankster recovers from a throat operation in Nashville.
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Margaret Henderson
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Orlando
Fila
Roland Guyse
Hamil Clinic
Paul L. Oden
H. A. Oden
Eva 1
Army
Decatur
Voice of America to broadcast in ten more languages
The State Department plans a major expansion of Voice of America with ten new languages by October 1, including Ukrainian as the first non Russian broadcast to the Soviet Union. Other languages are Arabic Persian Turkish Portuguese Danish Swedish Norwegian Finnish and Dutch, bringing total languages to 32.
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State Department
Voice of America
Soviet Union
Ukraine
German Workers Protest Cost of Living in Bizonia
About 20 000 German office and industrial workers gathered at a mass meeting in Frankfurt to protest rising living costs. The crowd overturned an American jeep and attacked an American soldier and his German driver who attempted to pass through. The soldier used a hammer to hold them back and was hit several times.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Folsom Says He Will Retire From Politics
Gov James E Folsom announces retirement from politics at end of current term to return to his Cullman Alabama insurance business A 39 year old governor he says he wants to avoid becoming a worn out politician He notes he was defeated in the primary for national convention delegate and remains at Fort Benning with the Alabama National Guard attendees He cites lack of publicity and comments on his personal life as reasons for stepping back
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Columbus
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Big Jim
Montgomery
Montgomery Examiner
Cullman
Examiner
Folsom
Miss Maggie Long Dead Former Decatur Resident Remembered
Final rites for Maggie May Long longtime Decatur resident and sister of County Judge W H Long will be held Friday at 4 p m from Judge Long s Austinville Flint road home. Rev W W Glass to officiate with Brown s Funeral Co directing interment in City cemetery She died at 545 am today in a Birmingham hospital after a short illness She had been in failing health since June She worked as a stenographer at Utopia Cleaners Birmingham Surviving are her brother Judge Long three nephews Henry Robert and Needham Long
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Maggie May Long
Decatur
W. H. Long
Judge Long
Austinville-Flint Road
W. W. Glass
City Cemetery
Brown
Miss Long
Birmingham
Utopia Cleaners
Brown's Funeral Company
Henry
Robert
Needham Long
Harris outlines South strategy and party shifts in 1930s politics
The speaker argues Republicans used race as a tool, credits 1936 as a turning point when Democrats began same tactics. He touts States Rights growth in the South and urges electoral independence from the two major parties to leverage regional power, naming electoral votes Alabama Mississippi South Carolina and Florida as potential GOP gains. An AP photographer faced a crowd incident as police intervened.
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Republican Party
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harris
Democratic Party
Democrat
Wallace
States Rights Party
Sgeeiod Pattae
Alabama
Ippi
South Carolina
Florida
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