Dispute Over Surplus Crops Threatens Farm Bill
Washington August 13 a sharp dispute over how to dispose of about 2 billion dollars worth of farm commodities held by the government threatens the senate price support compromise bill. Senator Elmer Thomas argues for broader disposal powers and a new sales chief to move stocks while avoiding price depressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Sam
Thomas
Anderson
N.M
Congress
Department
After the surrender four years on Japanese conduct and secrecy
The piece recalls Japan’s cautious postwar attitudes after the Emperor's broadcast and the arrival of American forces. It notes hidden loot, secret papers, and trials hinting at undisclosed plans, while MacArthur’s reflections mark Sept. 2 rather than Aug. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
MacArthur
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Cedar Town yarn mill votes against union in election
The Cedar Town yarn mill rejected the union in a recent vote 188 to 34 with two voided ballots and challenges noted. The 32 hour week remains in place as efforts to improve business continue, while unemployment payments face a limited duration unless conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostrander
Goodyear Company
Akron
Ohio
Cedartown Yarn Mill
Circuit court to try forgery case Monday
The court opens at 9 a.m. with Judge H Crow Jr presiding. State will be represented by Circuit Solicitor George and County Solicitor Phil in the case of Jack charged with forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Jack
Mandames H. Crow, Jr
George
Phil
Confidence in American Business Buoys Market Week
Wall Street closes the week a touch higher amid fluctuating activity. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rises to 64.60, with Commonwealth & Southern at 5 in the lead and United Corp. at 3.87. Major issues including U S Steel, Du Pont, Radio Corp, and AT&T show varied gains and losses as dividend cuts and management changes weigh on sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Commonwealth & Southern
United Corp
U.S. Steel
du Pont
Radio Corp
Studebaker
Chrysler
American Air Lines
Admiral Corp
American Can
American Telephone and Telegraph
Bethlehem Steel
Celanese
Philco
U. S. Gypsum
U. S
Zenith Radio
Montgomery Ward
American Natural Gas
Brown Forman Distillers
United Light and Railways
Wheat and Corn Pushdown Deck Leads to Weaker Prices
In Chicago, wheat and corn markets show renewed weakness as corn declines drag down oats and cash prices. Hog and cattle quotes remain nominally steady amid the fall.
Grain Prices Decline on Board of Trade Prices
Selling from commission houses and local traders pushed Chicago grain futures lower. Corn dropped about 2 cents, wheat fell to around 2 cents down, oats and rye declined, soybeans slid, and lard edged down as September contracts moved lower across board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Vaughan's Senate Inquiry Update on Gifts to Mrs Truman
Vaughan from page one refutes claims about a freezer gift to Mrs Truman and explains the deep freezers were given as courtesy to friends. Senator McCarthy notes the comment while the inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Independence
Gross
Vaughan
Hoffman
Bennett
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Senators Debate Arms Plan And Funding Levels
Advocates push a plan to start the program while the machinery remains slow. Funds tied to European recovery and related programs have been cut below Congress set goals, delaying action until January. Senator George of Georgia doubts appropriations will support such a proposal and urges committees to trim authorization to about 700 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appereciensons
Ropean Recovery
Congress
George
D-Ga
Appropriations
Senate, Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Hoover commission reports $31,000 saving from research funds
The Hoover commission announced a savings of $31,000, out of $1,938,000 congressional appropriation allotted two years ago for its extensive government streamline study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Commission
Margaret Mitchell Partially Recovers After Accident
Atlanta Aug 13 Miss Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With The Wind regained consciousness and recognized friends after being struck by a speeding car driven by an off duty taxi driver. She showed signs of improvement, asked to remove a feeding tube, and received numerous well wishers including a message from President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
John Marsh
Mitchell
Truman
Ex Captain In Army Quizzed Held In Morgan Jail
Corssell Jackson an ex Army captain from Falkville is held in Morgan jail for investigation into an alleged attempt on a Falkville medical center nurse. He was arrested Saturday at 4 30 P M by Sheriff C B Humphrey and Deputy Garland Nub. Fourteen other arrests were made across Morgan Limestone Cullman and Lawrence counties for offenses including public drunkenness peace proceedings carrying a concealed weapon driving while intoxicated assault and battery reckless driving and vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corssell Jackson
Falkville
Morgan
C. B. Humphrey
Jackson
Humphrey
Garland Nub
Limestone
Cullman
Lawrence
Morgan County
Alabama Lungs To Aid in Texas
An emergency call for iron lungs drew Alabama cities including Decatur Florence and Talladega to assist a polio outbreak in San Antonio Texas. The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis loaned the equipment and an Air Force plane transported the devices from Pryor Field to the Texas city via Gadsden. Dr Frank Chenault noted the foundation would supply Decatur as needed in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
San Antonio
Texas
Air Force
National Foundation of
Frank Chenault
National Foundation
Pryor Field
Gadsden
Florence
Talladega
State Budget Fight Centers on Finalizing Appropriation Bill
Legislation faces a tight squeeze as the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee schedules Sunday and Monday sessions to shape the general appropriation bill. A Folsom veto threat looms while lawmakers seek to avoid proration by controlling allocations and tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
House
Senate
Finance and Tax Group
Four Accused of Rape Freed on Bail in Madison
In Huntsville Alabama four young men Bruce Luna Jr William R Glenn Henry Phillips were freed on $1500 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing and bound over to the grand jury. James Birdsong to appear in inferior court for hearing September 3. Prosecutor Jeff D Smith said the men allegedly gave beer to a girl of 18 to lower her resistance and rape her on a rural road near Huntsville. He added doctors say the girl had the mental capacity of a 12 year old and has been placed in an institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Jeff D. Smith
Bruce Luna
William R. Glenn
Henry Phillips
James Birdsong
Smith
Dynamite attack targets black residents amid housing tensions
A white assailant on a running board tossed dynamite at Rev. De Yampert and nearby Black residents in Mobile. One bomb cratered a lawn near Rev. Milton Curry, another shattered curbing. Police criticized Black residents for not alerting authorities as officials urge action and discuss zoning amid long running racial tensions over housing segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. de Vampert
Milton Curry
B. W. Henderson
Curry House
Henderson
Rev. de Yampert
Eugene Connor
Mobile
Floyd Eddins
Cooper Green
James W. Morgan
Commission
Morgan
Double Funeral for Stahls. Hobbs Burial at Mt Pisgah
A series of obituaries and funeral notices. The Stahls family will hold a double funeral at Leighton Baptist church with burial in Old Baptist cemetery. Rev. Walter Neal to lead. Survivors include a daughter and a grandson. Separate notices list Ellie Ferrell’s funeral at Mt Carmel Church of Christ and the Hobbs family burial at Mt Pisgah following a service at Mt Carmel.
Council Sets Work Program for Europe Unity Drive
The Council of Europe approves a nine point work program aimed at closer European unity and human rights. The assembly adds six points, excluding any military topics, and rejects a discussion of Irish partition despite De Valera’s push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasbourg
France
Council of Europe
Council
Committee of Ministers
Consultative Assembly
Europe
Ministers’ Committee
Winston Churchill
Assembly
Committee
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Democratic National Committee Credentials List Named
States members include William H. Talbot of New Orleans and Miss Mary Evelyn Dickerson of Oakdale. Mississippi picks J. B. Snider of Clarkdale and Mrs. Hermes Gautler of Pascagoula. Hood of Meridian and Mrs. John Clark of DeKalb are pro Truman candidates. McGrath opens re entry talks and credentials hearings. Frank M. McHale heads the credentials group with a diverse panel from several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Louisiana
William H. Talbot
New Orléans
Mary Evelyn Dickerson
Oakdale
Mississippi
J. B. Snider
Clarkdale
Hermes Gautler
Pascagoula
Clarence E. Hood
Meridian
John Clark
DeKalb
McGrath
National Committee
Frank M. McHale
Indiana
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
David G. Kelly
North Dakota
Sam Morris
Arizona
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Marguerite Pevion
Thompson
Colorado
Margaret M. O'Riordan
Massachusetts
Florence M. Lynch
Iowa
States' rights leaders hold closed parley in Mobile
Four states righters from Alabama South Carolina Mississippi and Louisiana met in Mobile on August 13 to discuss Democratic Party matters and McGrath's national committee action. Thurmond spoke of a militant socialistic trend and the group declined to comment on future statements or invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
National Committee
J. Howard McGrath
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Alabama State Bar Association
McGrath
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Frank Dixon
Horace Wilkinson
Eugene Connor
Birmingham
Gessner T. McCorvey
Democratic Executive Committee
Thurmond
Wilkinson
Democratic Party
Doctor on Hoover Trip Reports Mild Health Setback
Dr Stratford greeted the Hoover party at the station and announced after a brief pause that the attack was mild. He advised seeking further treatment, then allowed the party to continue toward New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadford
Hoover
Stratford
New York
Decatur Hamil Clinic Notices and Local Visitors
Local notes report hospital admissions and dismissals at Hamil Clinic in Decatur. Entries include Mrs. C K Taylor and Mrs Oline Dunn among dismissals, along with multiple visits and vacations for residents like Dennison Rice Arthur Parker and Russell Powell. Community events mention choirs, open air services, and a Civitan luncheon with Joe Starnes. garden and travel plans are noted for Decatur residents.
Marriage Cancels Work Register Surprise Ceremony in Atlanta
Reporter Rebecca Franklin and Ward Morehouse married today in a surprise ceremony. Morehouse flew to Atlanta and the couple went to Franklin's mother's home. Franklin informed The Journal president she would be absent from work to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Franklin
Atlanta Journal
Ward Morehouse
Morehouse
New York Sun
Atlanta
Rebecca
H. V. Franklin
Lawyers Clash Over Federal Power at Alabama Bar Meet
At the Alabama bar association session in Birmingham the floor erupted over federal control and a proposed treaty resolution. Gov. Thurmond urged resistance to centralization while criticizing the welfare state and loss of local sovereignty. McCorvey urged harsher penalties for capital crimes and spoke against false grounds in divorces. New officers include Francis Hare as president and Homer Maddox as junior bar president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Thurmond
Francis H. Hare
Birmingham
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
Hare
John A. Lusk
Gadsden
Rombert Ramsey
Dothan
Lawrence F. Gerald
Clanton
H. M. Cook
Proctor
Potomac
Thurmond
Washington
McCorvey
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Homer Maddox
Jasper
Tom Greaves, Jr
Moore Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services for W. D. Moore 74 will be at Ninth Street Methodist Church with Rev E W Corley officiating. Burial follows at the city cemetery with Brown’s directing. He died Thursday in a Birmingham hospital and is survived by his wife three sons two stepchildren two sisters and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Moore
Rising Sun Lodge
Ninth Street Methodist Church
E. W. Corley
City
Brown
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Birmingham
Daisy Moore
Eckman
Eugene
New York
Lewis
San Diego
Harry Wood
Washing
D. C
Carl Handley
Nashville
E. M. Reynolds
L. M. Riley
Chattanooga
St. Petersburg
Fla
Notable New York Bride Had Four Marriages and Child Each
Negro Friends recounts the bride as four times married with a child from each match. She is described as stunning and glamorous and long associated with the NAACP. White, linked to the groom, is noted for a 23 year NAACP tenure and a June 1 year leave from his executive post. Current Biography cites blue eyes blond hair and an anthropologist assessment of his race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associates
Caesar Cannon
Alf Askland
Charles Claudius Philippe
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
White
NAACP
Earnest A- Hooton
Harvard University
Bandits Seek Two After Gunpoint Car Handoff in Alabama
William Hugh Durden, 28, reports two young bandits forced him at gunpoint to drive from a traffic light in Ing ham to Gadsden where they robbed him of 160 dollars. One thief rode in front, the other behind, according to the Bessemer seed and shop operator who identified the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess R
Ala
Gadsden
William Hugh Durden
Ingham
Durden
Bessemer Seed
Red Cross Pledges 50000 for Ecuador Earthquake Aid
National American Red Cross allocates 50000 for medical and relief supplies for Ecuador quake victims. Local chapters and the national office will coordinate transfers to the Ecuadorian Red Cross Society. State and State Department advise on safe contact routes for U S citizens and inquiries while embassy offices handle nationalists. The Ecuadorian Embassy in Washington coordinates calls from Ecuadorian nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National American Red Cross
Red Cross
Ecuadorian Red Cross Society
ARC
O'Connor
Ecuador
State Department
U. S
U.S. Air Force
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Division of Protective Service
Department of State
Washington, D. C
Ecuadorian Red Cross
Alabama Gas Corp Seeks City Franchise For Gas Service
Alabama Gas Corp proposes immediate talks to secure a franchise or sell its property for gas distribution in your city. The letter notes plans to extend a transmission main from Tri Cities toward Decatur and Huntsville, but cites lack of gas sales contracts as delaying expansion. It highlights 19.3 miles of Decatur mains and argues natural gas conversion is cheaper than building anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Gas Company
Tri-Cities
Decatur
Huntsville
Easter
Alabama- Tennessee
Deccature
Alabama-Tennessee
Alabama-Tennessee Company
Service Sunday For Earl Cook
Funeral services for Earl Preston Cook 47 will be held Sunday at 4 p m at Hartselle Methodist church conducted by Rev J C Draper Rev Frank Smith Rev Frank Aldridge and Rev Billy Stephenson Interment will be in Hartselle City cemetery Peck diverting The prominent Hartselle merchant died Friday night at his home of a heart attack Surviving are the widow Mrs Kathryn Cook a daughter Bett Vaughan Cook a son Earl P Cook Jr his parents Mr and Mrs J T Cook and a sister Mrs E L Bumgardner Pleasant Hill La a brother A L Cook Vivian La Pallbearers named Erle Howell A D Sample Joe Duncan W P Dozier M H Broom and D W McNeill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Preston Cook
Hartselle Methodist Church
J. C. Draper
Frank Smith
Frank Aldridge
Billy Stephenson
Hartselle City
Peck
Hartselle
Earl Cook
Sivley-Cook Cotton Co
Cook
Alabama
Pleasant Hill
Kathryn Cook
Bett
Vaughan Cook
Earl P. Cook, Jr
J. T. Cook
E. L. Bumgardner
A. L. Cook
Vivian
Erle Howell
A. D. Sample
Joe Duncan
W. Pdozier
M. H. Broom
D. W. McNeill
Mass crackdown yields jail terms and fines in Birmingham case
In Birmingham nine individuals were punished after trials in a lower court with total penalties around $1,133. Sentences included 360 days in jail for some, 180 days for others, and fines ranging from 80 to 200 dollars, reflecting a broad crackdown on law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Er’s
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Army
Madison
Smithfield
Smithfield Federal Negro Housing Project
J. S. Vanderford
Atlee Hanks
Brooks
Ollie Ferrell
James D. Ferrell
Clements High School
McConnell
Power Hospital
Athens
Leighton Baptist Church
Walter Neal
Old Baptist
Browns
Tuscumbia
Lennie Mitchell
John Samuel Stahis
S. N. Sherman
Frank Holt
Sheffield
Tomella Letsinger Stahls
Edgar McGee
Ed Beasley
Blythsville
Ark
John Robinson
Memphis
O. W. Letsinger
Ben Letsinger
Leighton
W. H. Letsinger
Miss
Stahls
Bob Underwood
Emmette Scott
Cobby Streit
Gorman Mitchell
Millard Ga
Hobbs
Mt. Pisgah
Alton McMillan
Spry of
Benton Hobbs
Aweda
Dale
Dwight
Alvis Phillips
Charles Hobbs
Ellie Ferrell
Mt Carmel Church of Christ
Ed Holt
Everett Bullington
McConnell’s of Athens
J. D
Betty Ferrell
Edith Berrett
Dalton Brown
Pascatur
Girlimale
C. K. Taylor
Decatur 1
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Linda Sparkman
Sixth Avenue South
Hamil Clinic
Dennison Rice
Sparkman
W. T. Willoughby
Double Springs
Otto Reeder
M. T. Johnson
Danville
Pat Aday
Center Point
Tenn
Lawrenceburg
Arthur Parker
The
Daily
Florida
Russell Powell
Warm Springs, Ga
Winston Powell
Armour
Wheeler Dam
Gilbert Marks
Columbus, Ga
R. E. Whittaker
Mrs
A. M. Armour
Eighth Avenue West
Sixteenth Avenue. Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist
Seaman Woods
Vinemont 3
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Delano Park
Travis Loorey
Hartseller
J. M. Engle
Westminster Guild
Jack Howell
Fourth Avenue West
Billy Burns Burgess
Billy Smith
Wilsons Avenue
W. G. Smith
W.E Hockensmith
Billy
Oline Dunn
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Merritt Poole
Third Avenue South
Ashville
N.C
W. C. Rogers
R. G. Clemmons
Kyle Martin
Brazil
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Civitan
Lyons Hotel
Holmes A. Turner
State Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Limestone County
J. A. Roberts
Decature
Gradon Terry
Moulton
W. J. Simmons
Ala. Gas
Alabama Gas Corp
J. N. Greene
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