Growth of Tennessee Valley Cooperatives Hit Record Heights
The Tennessee Valley Cooperatives reported last year handling 2,054,000 dollars in commodities and saving 128,160 dollars. General manager E. P. Garrett told 160 members from 14 counties that total output rose across fertilizer seed feed and petroleum products, with record stockholder attendance and a new collective meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Cooperaives
E. P. Garrett
North
Alabama
Garrett
Tennessee Valley Coooperatives
TVC
G.L. Braly
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Belle Mina
Tennessee Valley Cooperatives
New
Experiment Station
Marvin J. Briggs
Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative
H. O. Pate
New Orleans Bank For Cooperatives
Ed. Morgan
John Owens
R. M. Reaves
Morgan
Directors Reelected to Board of Directors Names and Roles
Reelected directors include R. T. Kernachan Colbert county J. E. Hays Madison H B Whitaker Marshall D H McClellan Morgan G L Braly Limestone W C Burson Franklin and Owen Sewell Luderdale Braly remains president Kernachan vice president Garrett elected general manager and cocaine treasurer Ed Morgan named assistant manager
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Kernachan
Colbert County
J. E. Hays
Madison
H. B Whitaker
Marshall
D. H. McClellan
Morgan
G. L. Braly
Limestone
W.C. Burson
Franklin
Owen Sewell
Luderdale
Braly
Kernachan
Garrett
Ed Morgan
Negro Couple Becomes Guest Tenants in White Home
In New York, a negro couple moved into Stuyvesant Town as guests of a tenant, the first of their race in the large East Side development. The move follows a long legal fight over the right to exclude blacks, and the couple plans to stay through the summer while the Hendrixs’ five year old son remains with relatives. Rendered by the court of appeals ruling that Stuyvesant Town is private and may admit or exclude residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stuyvesant Town
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals
Jesse Kessler
Hardline
Hendrix
Raphael
Birmingham
Ala
Harlem
Dr Edward Wren Dies in Talladega
Dr Edward Bates Wren a 30 year practicing physician and former Talladega Cross Hospital chief of staff died at his residence early today in Talladega Alabama He was cited for distinguished service to the medical profession by TSB and served on the hospital staff for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Talladega
Ala
Edward Bates Wren
TSB
Talladega’s
Cross
Wall Street Slumps in Slow Trading Session
In New York on August 11 the market drifted lower in the slowest session in nearly two weeks. Many stocks fell fractions with a sprinkling of 1 to 2 point losses and a broad list of losers including Nickel Plate U S Gypsum U S Rubber Montgomery Ward American Woolen Santa Fe Southern Railway Texas Corporation Standard Oil Gulf NJ USS Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodyear Anaconda Copper International Nickel American Cyanamid Philip Morris Westinghouse American Tobacco Phileco Zenith Douglas Aircraft Caterpillar Tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S.gypsum
U. S
Montgomery Ward
American Woolen
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Texas
Coamn Standard Oi
USS Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyear
Anaconda Copper
International Nickel
Philip Morris
Westinghouse
American Tobacco
Phileco
Zenith Douglas Aircraft
Caterpillar Tractor
North Georgia live poultry market steadying prices
Atlanta Aug 12 USDA North Georgia live poultry market reports steady undertone with supplies cleared across sections. Most sales compared with prior commitments. demand remains good. Prices f o b farm for broilers and fryers picked up Thursday afternoon and Friday morning ranged 27 to 28 cents, mostly 27 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
Nashville Livestock Prices and Market Report
Nationally reported market summary for Nashville stockyards shows cattle supply light and steady to higher week over week with steer and heifer prices mostly 21.00 to 24.50 for medium grades and 23.50 for yearlings. Cows and bulls range 10.00 to 18.50 with vealers 25.00 to 27.00. hogs uneven with good weights around 22.00 to 22.25 and lambs 22.00 to 23.00 for spring varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
State Departments of Agriculture
New York cotton futures end mixed amid hedge selling
Cotton futures in New York closed with uneven trading as early losses near a dollar a bale gave way to small gains on mill purchases and short covering. Market mood remained cautious over pending farm bills with reports of strong spot demand in the Southeast and slack activity in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlanta
Southeastern Mills
Memphis
Markets at a Glance Prices Drift as Bonds and Hogs Falter
New York and Chicago market brief shows stocks drifting lower and mixed yields with profit taking in Cotton. Wheat in Chicago faces hedging pressure while Corn, Oats show mixed to final price moves. Hogs fall about 50 cents to 100 lower with top at 22.75, cattle steady to 50 cents lower with no high-grade loads available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Grain prices slip then rebound on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago trading saw a dull session with grains dipping in early trade before a late rally. Wheat closed about half a cent lower, corn down modestly, oats mixed, rye up, hogs higher while lard fell. A note mentions coyotes preying on sheep lambs and chickens as a context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Steel Wages Hike Opposed By JOE HALL
John M. Hancock testifies for the steel industry before a Presidential fact finding board. He warns that a wage rise for CIO United Steelworkers could trigger broad inflation and a nationwide pattern of further wage increases. He says higher steel wages would raise total labor costs by about 25 billion dollars and harm the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hall
New York
American Management Association
U. S
John M. Hancock
CIO
United Steelworkers
America
Hancock
Vatican Suspends Pass Restrictions After Soviet Backing
Vatican says it disliked passes carried by German truck drivers in the American zone but lifted the limits after higher Soviet officials endorsed the passes. US military government in Germany intervened in the West German elections campaign, criticizing candidates' speeches as anti Allied. Churchill pushes Council of Europe reforms while China reports 75 000 troops near Canton. MacArthur says he will not visit Washington to discuss Far East policy, noting his ideas are on file with the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
U.S
John J. McCloy
Winston - Churchill
Britain
Western Germany
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Council
Consultative Assembly
Churchill
Assembly
China
Karhsien
Canton
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Far East
Congress
Army Department
Farm Prices Split By Product In Postwar Market
The article notes farm commodities diverge from the general price level with some goods below parity for months due to oversupply. Grains potatoes dairy eggs cotton and oilseeds lag parity while meat animals fetch above parity due to tighter demand and shortages.
McBryde to take office as Cleburne County tax collector
E H McBryde of Heflin will assume duties as Cleburne County tax collector about 40 days early. Appointed by the Governor, his term begins Aug 20, succeeding Alf M Turner who recently resigned. He will complete Turner's term ending Sept 30 before starting the elected full term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
E. H. McBryde
Heflin
Cleburne County
Alf M. Turner
McBryde
Turner
Dog runs free as Ross fined in Birmingham court
William Ross paid ten dollars plus costs after his dog broke loose from its leash and ran at large, prompting action in the city rec order's court in Birmingham on August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
William Ross
Ross
Recorder's Court
Northport man named to hospital advisory council
Gov James F. Folsom names J Russell Anders of Northport War to the advisory council approving hospital policies. He replaces E W Norton of Clayton whose term expired. Swords once carried were of Spanish steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. Russell Anders
North‘port War
James F Folsom
E W. Norton
Clayton
Rev Fields Named Extension Work President in Decatur
Rev M G Fields elected president of the Howard College extension center in Decatur at a Tennessee Valley Baptist Institute board meeting. He has pastored Manchester Aldridge Cordova Eastside Jasper Summitt New Center Flint and serves as associate missionary for Morgan County. The extension center opens Tuesday September 6 at 7 00 pm in Central Baptist Church offering Old and New Testament music and homiletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Baptist Institute
Howard College
M. G. Fields
Decatur
Fields
North Alabama Baptist
Manchester
Aldridge
Cordova
Eastside
Jasper
Walker Association
Summitt
New Center
Flint
Morgan Association
Morgan County Baptist Association
Walker Junior College
Gilvert L. Guffin
Alabama
Flint Baptist Church
Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association
Howard College Extension Center
Central Baptist Church
Cora Field
Jackson St
Bethea Stedham
Sherman St
Ohio Brothers Held in Thefts
Two Ohio brothers Samuel Snerrit 35 and James Snerrit 34 were arrested in Alabama after confessing to burglaries in Alabama and Florida. They denied involvement by a third brother John Sherritt 34 and claimed to be from Columbus Ohio. They were found in a car with assorted items and charged in Montgomery with a bar and filling station burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talladega
Ala
Alabama
Florida
Earl Howell
Samuel
Lerey Snererit
James William Snerrit
John Ralph Sherritt
Columbus
O. Howell
Montgomery
Hacoda
Panama_City
Fla
Proponents Seek MacArthur Testimony on Far East Crisis
Supporters urge calling General Douglas MacArthur from Tokyo to testify on Far Eastern events. Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees planned an afternoon vote on whether to request his appearance after he said yesterday that staying at his post in Tokyo serves American interests amid critical developments in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Far Eastern
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
MacArthur
Tokyo
Far East
Break-In At the Mitchell Home Investigated Near Deer Springs
Sheriff C. B. Humphrey said Morgan and state authorities are investigating a break-in at Billy Mitchell's home near Deer Springs. The entry was found when the Mitchells returned from vacation. No loss yet determined though the house showed signs of search. State Investigator R. A. Troupe assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Mitchell
Deer Springs
C. B. Humphrey
Mitchells
R. A. Troupe
Bessemer Man Claudie Kendrick Dies At Sanatorium
A Bessemer man Claudie Lavon Kendrick aged 26 died Thursday night at the Morgan tuberculosis sanatorium. The body will be shipped this afternoon by Brown's to Bessemer where funeral arrangements will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Claudie Lavon Kendrick
Morgan Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Brown's
Senate panel approves Tom Clark for Supreme Court seat
The senate judiciary committee voted 9 to 2 to confirm Attorney General Tom Clark as associate justice. McCarran reported the action to the full senate but did not seek unanimous consent. Senators Donnell and Ferguson were named as dissenters. McCarran indicated no further action that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
D-R
Clark
McCarran
D-Nevw
Donnell
R-Mo
Ferguson
R-Mich
Idaho
O'Connor
D-Md
Graham
D-N.d
Wiley
R-Wis
Langer
R-N.d
Fugitive Held By Court Edict
Philadelphia judge denies release for Fletcher Mills a 23 year old Alabama fugitive awaiting habeas corpus appeal He faces return to Alabama for assault charges after being positively identified by a deputy Mills remains jailed pending appeal and a separate U S circuit case. Roy Terry stabbing incident in 1945 cited as reason for extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles L. Guerin
Alabama
Fletcher Mills
Council For Mills
Guerin
State Supreme Court
Mills
U. S Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Monroe Ward
Tuscaloosa County
Ward
FBI
Roy Terry
Tuscaloosa
Terry
Weary amendment on bonds and judge pay passes Senate
The Senate approved an amendment authorizing up to 2 million in bonds to fund a public hospital project with repayment from the general fund over ten years. Local authorities would match funds for a state grant. Bills also raise circuit judge pay to 7500 and circuit solicitor pay to 6000, plus per diem from 5 to 7 and mileage from 5 to 6 cents. The measure goes to the House to concur with a one cent mileage cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Certificates To Swimmers Given By The Red Cross
The Morgan Red Cross water safety committee awarded certificates of completion to fifteen beginners. Miss Betty Gunn conducted daily classes since August 1, listing names including Jerry Ange Carol Kimbrough Sammy Wright Shelton Vassar Charles Hurst Walter Blackwell Mary Ann Riley Vickie LeDuke Donald Church Patricia Ann Nelson Paula Robinson George Nix Harvey Morris Leslie Hayes and Tommy Patterson. Three adults earned intermediate certificates: Christine Carau Florence Compton and Helen Childs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Red Cross Water Safety Committee
Betty Gunn
Jerry Ange
Carol Kimbrough
Sammy Wright
Shelton Vassar
Charles Hurst
Walter Blackwell
Mary Ann Riley
Vickie LeDuke
Donald Church
Patricia Ann Nelson
Paula Robinson
George Nix
Harvey Morris
Leslie Hayes
Tommy Patterson
Christine Carau
Florence Compton
Helen Childs
Charles T. McMeans Named Educational And Choir Director
Charles T. McMeans a Tennessee Temple College student has been named education and choir director at Ridgeview Baptist Church in Chattanooga He is a native of Athens a graduate of Athens High School and attended business college in Decatur He married Dorothy Jean Wooten of Decatur and resides in Chattanooga McMeans served three years in the U S Air Force in the Pacific during World War II and has experience as choir director at Cherry Street Mission in Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. McMeans
Tennessee Temple College
Ridgeview Baptist Church
Chattanooga
Mr. McMeans
Athens
Austinville High School
Business College
Decatur
Dorothy Jean Wooten
McMeans
U. S. Air Force
Cherry Street Mission
Embezzler Sentenced In Maxwell Field Club Case
Grover W. Carroll of Montgomery pleaded guilty to embezzling 2581 dollars from the Maxwell Field Officers Club and was sentenced by U S District Judge C B Kennamer to two years in federal prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field Officers Club
Grover W. Carroll
U. S
C. B. Kennamer
Community notes and health updates from local area
Continued from PAGE ONE there will be no church services at Eighth Street Church of God Sunday. Noon temperature 92 degrees reported by T V A sub station. Thursday high 94 at 4 p m with no rainfall. J W Angilea Falkville ill in Nashville hospital. Larry Brazelton improving at Cripple Children's hospital Birmingham likely home for Christmas. James F Davis and James L Davis to meet at Davis Fennell Cemetery Trinity Mountain for annual clean up. helpers welcome. Billy Hine improved after operation at Nashville veterans hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Street
Church of God
Little Larry Brazelton
W.T. Brazelton
Cripple Children’s Hospital
Birmingham
James F. Davis
James L. Davis
Davis-Fennell Cemetery
Trinity Mountain
Billy Hine
Veterans’ Hospital
Nashville
Memorial For Author Miss Mitchell After Collision
The 43 year old novelist Margaret Mitchell was struck by a taxi on Peachtree Street while crossing toward the theater with her husband John R. Marsh. Gravett faced charges of drunken driving and speeding. Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind has sold millions and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh D. Gravett
Miss Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Peachtree
Peachtree Street
Marsh
Georgia Power Company
Mitchell
Atlanta Journal
W. D. Moore Called Home
Funeral services for W D Moore a retired L N engineer 76 will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Ninth Street Methodist Church Rev E W Corley to conduct burial in the city cemetery under Brown s direction He died at a Birmingham hospital Thursday about 2 30 p m His body will arrive Saturday about 10 a m and be taken to his home 1319 Sixth Avenue East until the services He was employed by the railroad for 50 years Surviving are his wife three sons Eckman Birmingham Eugene New York and Lewis San Diego two stepchildren Mrs Harry Wood Washington D C and Carl Handley Nashville two sisters Mrs E M Reynolds and Mrs I M Riley Chattanooga and St Petersburg Fla Pallbearers R D Bates Guy Jones John Butler Marvin Yarbrough S H Bradley and Robert Bradford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Moore
L&n
Ninth Street Methodist Church
E. W. Corley
Brown
Moore
Birmingham
Sixth Avenue East
R. D. Bates
Guy Jones
John Butler
Marvin Yarbrough
S. H. Bradley
Robert Bradford
Negro Church Dedication in Mt. Pleasant Hartselle
Mt. Pleasant Negro Methodist Episcopal Church, Hartselle, will hold its first service in the new building this Sunday at 11 30 a m after Sunday school. The dedicatory program includes Vake Teen gospel singers Miss Louise Bynum and Robert Ingram Jr with a goal to raise 1000 dollars to retire the mortgage. Deacon Joe Phillips leads opening prayer and Gullie McGregor speaks on Why We Lay The Cornerstone. Church officials include Rev R B Ingram Rev B H Allen Rev J A Hamlett and Leonard Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant Negro
Lucille White
W. A. Whetstone
Joe Phillips
Gullie McGregor
Ingram
B. H. Allen
J. A. Hamlett
Leonard Orr
Council meeting highlights in Morgan county
He spoke on the National Cotton Council program and its work in Morgan county. Guy Roberts of Hartselle presented Farm Bureau members with the key to the city in the mayor’s absence. Robinson thanked the Morgan county school board for facility use and called it the best attended and best arranged meeting ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cotton Council
Morgan County
Guy Roberts
Hartselle
Farm Bureau
Robinson
Father of Stricken Girl Called Home By Wife's Illness
New York August reports five year old Janice Medders of Alabama a cancer patient in Memorial Hospital. Her father M A Medders was summoned home to Anniston by telephone because his wife grew very ill in Alabama. He will fly back to New York later today while Janice undergoes preliminary tests with specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Janice Medders
Alabama
M. A. Medders
Anniston
Ala
Janice
New York City
Memorial Hospital
Birmingham
Atlanta
Committee hearings reveal names and records in chemical corps probe
Witnesses testify about Hunt records linking to Maj. Gen. Waitt and Maj. Gen. Feldman amid Army chemical center contracts. Miss Mildred Ortmeyer to identify files as lawmakers seek perspective on government contracts and insider access. Col John A. MacLaughlin to testify on a 4s proof clothing contract involving Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Ortmeyer
James V. Hunt
Miss Ortmeyer
Hunt
Alden H. Waitt
Army
Chemical Corps
Waitt
Herman Feldman
the Army
Gray
Feldman
John A. MacLaughlin
Army Chemical Center
Maryland
Amos Named Temporary Chairman of Operators Bargaining Team
Frank R. Amos vice president of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company was named temporary chairman of the operators bargaining team for Pennsylvania Ohio Northern West Virginia Indiana Illinois and the Far West. The operators represent about 300 million tons of annual production. Talks opened yesterday with no comments on progress or plans for today. Negotiations between the UMW and the Southern Coal Producers Association are underway at Bluefield West Virginia for about 97 million tons of soft coal yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Frank R. Amos
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Far West
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
SCPA
Cottonseed Crushing and Stocks Report for June
The Census Bureau reports June cottonseed crushed at 196,885 tons, down from May’s 261,911. June mill receipts totaled 15,170 tons versus 343,442 at end-May. June production and June stocks included cake and meal 85, tons produced and 88,354 tons on hand. hulls 47,592 tons produced and 109,859 on hand. linters 57,837 bales produced and 180,898 on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Linters
Freight Rates Will Go Higher Across Rail System
The Inter state Commerce Commission authorized a four percent general rate advance for railroads and warned further hikes may reduce demand. The ICC noted protests that higher charges could price carriers out of the market while citing postwar costs including a 40 hour week. The measure adds about 293 million dollars annually to freight bills and follows a total postwar rate rise of about 57 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Adams
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Secretary of Agriculture
Deeds and marriages listed in daily records
A compilation of deeds transferring property for numerous individuals with amounts ranging from 25 to 20 000 dollars and a list of marriage licenses for several couples including Hagler Sneed Elkins Sellers Hardiman Abercrombie Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn Henry Hagler
Johnston
Evelyn Sneed Elkins
Eighth Avenue West
Elkie Elmus Sellers
Falkville
Mary Christine Hardiman
Charles Joe Abercrombie
Betty Jean Price
Blountsville
Bashams WSCS Holds Meeting At The Church
The Basham Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service held its regular meeting August 8 at the church. The gathering opened with a hymn and prayer by Mrs. Toney Ratiff. Mrs. Hayette Lane led a devotional on The Comforter from John 14 15 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Basham Methodist Church
Toney Ratiff
Hayette Lane
Dawson Jones
Alta Martin
Kee Lane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tennessee Valley Cooperatives Report
Wall Street
Nashville Livestock
N. Y. Cotton
Vatican
Rev. Fields
Extension Work
Ohio Brothers
The
Red Cross
J. W. Angilea
Labor
Légion
Gwiw
Pegene
Hoey
Vaughan
Truman
White House
Marvin M. Eubanks
Karl Link
Hubert Lyfich
Varnon A. Thomas
Lillian P. Weaver
W. F. Key
H. B. Diemens
Amilo J. Babis
A. L. Vann
Edward H. Strozich
Herbert Chun
Marie Wray Bramlet
Decatur Realty Co
Will
Cleo Bennich
John K. Anders
L. R. Kinney
Elsie Oden
Thomas F. McDaniel
W. H. Smith
G. W. Nickerson
Harry Robason
L. M. Prince
Alma M. Price
M. L. Skidmore
Elmer A. Skidmore
R. L. Jones
A. T. Montgomery
Basham
WSCS
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