Bethlehem Steel Head Rejects New Wage Increase
Bethlehem Steel President Homer told a Presidential fact finding board that his company cannot and will not agree to a fourth wage rise. He urged concessions to halt inflation and warned the industry faces a ruinous wage-price spiral. The board will issue nonbinding recommendations by August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel
Joe Hall
New York
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Homer
Truman
White House
CIO Steelworkers Union
Samuel I. Rosenman
Baard
Roosevelt
Bethlehem
Rosenman
David L Cole
Paterson_N.—4
John Morse
Carroll R. Daugherty
Morse
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
A. M. Beyers Co
Lukens Stel Co
Colorado Fue
Iron 0
Filibuster Ends as Education Bill Advances in Alabama House
The $18.593 million measure clears committee and tops today’s calendar after a Thursday agreement ending a filibuster. An education appropriation reports $58.428 million for 1949-50 and $60.362 million for 1950-51, with Tuskegee Institute restored to $225,000 after earlier cuts. Strong debate around Tuskegee’s funding, led by Rep. John Pinson and Sen. Bob Lowe, pits state colleges against the Tuskegee grant and broader funding priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegeee
A. and M. College
Huntsville
Alabama College
Montgomery
Tuskegee Grant
John Pinson
Sumter County
Bob Lowe
Madison
Lowe
Tuskegee
Ala
Sareealien Tes Henderson
Wicox
Srant
Alabama
Pri
Emmett Gilliam Claimed by Death
Obituary notes Emmett Gilliam age 50 died in Montgomery County. Survived by brothers Everett Gilliam of Montgomery and Roy L Gilliam, with mutual society connections listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Gilliam
Charlies
Everett Gilliam
Montgomery
Roy L. Gilliam
Markets End Slump With Mild Uptick On Wall Street
A mild recovery lifts the market from a brief slide with prices edging higher. Trading volume rises to about 850000 shares as utilities and major industrials gain. Du Pont climbs after a 65 cent dividend pledge and several manufacturers advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rader Winget
New York
American Power & Light
Standard Gas & Electric
U.S. Steel
du Pont
General Motors
Chrysler
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Caterpillar Tractor
Schenley Industries
Allied Chemical
American Can
Westinghouse
American Woolen
United Fruit
Paramount
Old
Markets At A Glance Mixed Signals Across Sectors
Markets at a glance show higher stocks on mild demand, mixed bond activity with selective corporate strength, and quiet cotton as liquidation and hedging weigh. Cattle and hogs vary, while Atlanta reports poultry market steady to firm with good demand and price resistance in dressed fryers. Cotton futures drift lower on slow trade amid hedge selling expectations.
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New York
Chicago
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia Hive
July cotton consumption outlook dims as mills cut output
The New York cotton exchange service estimates July cotton consumption at 460000 bales, down from June and last July due to plant vacations and mill curtailment. Traders expect a rebound as textile sales improve. Futures settled lower with nearby contracts off about 45 to 85 cents per bale. Spot middling was 32.19 dollars. Nashville cattle market steady for top grades while lower belts ease with lighter demand.
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New York Cotton Exchange Service
Promising new malaria drugs emerge from Seagoville trial
A U S Public Health officer reports three promising malarial control drugs from a three year experiment near Dallas at Seagoville. The study involved female mosquitoes and 251 military prisoners, yielding civ roquine chlorguanide and pentaquine as hopeful treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.S
Dilmale Glimpses Your About Community
Fragmentary OCR notes reference community events and local surroundings. The readable segments hint at neighborhood highlights and civic notices impacting residents.
Local notices and community events from a Alabama paper
A Morgan jail placement for a driving while intoxicated charge is reported. Central Methodist Church hosts a Friday Finley Island hayride at 6 30 P M with picnics. Circuit Judge James H Crow Jr elected president of the Alabama circuit judges association in Mobile. No rainfall reported in 24 hours as Monday reached 88 degrees. Kirby chapel revival draws large attendance with Bob Cousar preaching. Memorial Drive Methodist MYF runs Methodist Youth Week through Friday with Dr. Lambuth Archibald as speaker. A Tree Of Gods Planting film shown after Wednesday prayer service at Central Methodist. American Legion Post 121 Falkville and township members clean cemetery on Aug 11. Ladies Auxiliary serves refreshments.
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James H. Crow, Jr
Alabama
Circuit Judges’ Association
Association
Mobile
Kirby Chapel
Bob’ Cousar
First Presbyterian Church
MYF
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Lambuth Archibald
Huntsville
Central Methodist Church
American Legion
Falkville
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Margaret Mitchell and the Life After Gone with the Wind
The notes reveal Mitchell as she wrestled with fame after the 1939 Atlanta premiere. She and her husband kept a quiet home life despite endless letters and business entanglements from translations and overseas sales. John Marsh aided her, secretaries were hired, and postwar readers sent support while Mitchell contemplated future novels.
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Rhett
Butler
Vivian Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Wich
John Marsh
Senate probes Waitt ties to government contracts
Army F. Gay testified that Waitt was personally interested in a Connecticut company securing government work. The inquiry seeks improper influence in contract awards. Gay said Waitt and Vaughan at the White House were involved. Mundt accused a plot to undermine other officers. A Mayflower lobby altercation involved Rogers and Clark. Clark expressed goodwill toward Vaughan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Gay
Waitt
Connecticut
Gay
Chemical Corps Engineering and Research Division
Senate
Vaughan
White House
Senator Mundt
RSD
Mayflower Hotel
William P. Rogers
Senate Investigating Committee
Charles Patrick Clark
Clark
Rogers
Harry Vaughan
City council actions and personnel changes noted
The council accepted Joe H. Calvin’s resignation as city recorder and appointed James Bloodworth. It approved monthly bills over 12,000 and authorized 3,248.10 in interest for a school bond refunding. A stoker repair bill was discussed. a new unit would cost 850. An arms dry cleaning ID proposal was denied. West Decatur was rezoned to Class A. Fourth Street drainage hearing continued.
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Joe H. Calvin
James Bloodworth
Euel Garrison
T. A. Culver
League of Municipalities
West Decatur
Fourth Street
Two Air Force enlisted men killed in Indiana crash
In Columbus Indiana two Air Force enlisted men stationed at Atterbury air base died in a head on collision between a light Army weapons carrier and a semi truck loaded with lumber. The wreck occurred south of Christian curve on US Highway 31 near Edinburg twelve miles north of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Air Force
Atterbury Air Base
Reynolds Metals Offers Four Cent Hour Wage Increase
Reynolds Metals in Little Rock offered a four cent an hour raise to 1600 striking Arkansas workers as talks with CIO United Steelworkers resume in Benton after a two week walkout.
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Little Rock
Ark
Reynolds Metals Company
Arkansas
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Benton, Ark
City Council Sets Hearing Date for West Gordon Drive Paving
City Engineer Carol Smith to perform a preliminary survey. Sept 19 set for final hearing. Meeting adjourned to Wednesday at 2 pm. Council to meet at City Attorney John Caddell's office with J. A. Greene to discuss the natural gas problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Smith
West Gordon Drive
John Caddell
J. A. Greene
Chemical Could Turn Black Skin White Says NAACP Leader
New York reports Walter White, head of the NAACP, says a chemical may end the color line by turning dark skin white. He cites Look Magazine predictions that a safe form could be on sale within two to ten years. White notes current dangers and discusses social implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Look Magazine
White
Poppy Cannon
Mademoiselle Magazine
Associated Press
Nou
Segregation Bill Clears First Hurdle in Alabama Senate
In Montgomery on August 16 the Alabama Senate reported a segregation bill out of the municipalities committee. The measure by Sen. C. J. Owen would bar blacks and whites from mixed residential areas, punishable by a $1000 fine or up to 12 months in jail. A companion bill was introduced in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Senate
C. J. Owen
Marshall County
Committee On Municipalities
House of Representatives
Birmingham City
Civil Air Patrol Members Sworn In Tonight At Pryor Field
Athens Decatur Civil Air Patrol members will be sworn in at 7 tonight during an evening meeting at Pryor Field. Col Donovan of the Alabama CAP head and Lt Rogers will conduct ceremonies. The local CAP flight may receive one of three planes for the Alabama wing for about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens-Decatur
Civil Air Patrol
Ealar
Pryor Field
Col. Donovan
Birmingham
Alabama
Rogers
Air Force
CAP
Baptism and Execution in China Roundup
In a Nationalist held region of China General Li Chi Pin reported a group of Communist suspects learned Catholic doctrine and sought baptism. One man requested baptism and was executed at sunrise after the ceremony, a priest recounts the moment with grim irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
China
Li Chi Pin
USSR to Publish About Nine Million Textbooks in 1949
Moscow reports that the USSR will publish about 9,000,000 textbooks in 1949, 4,000,000 more than last year. Many texts are revised to criticize revolutionary bourgeois theories and to highlight the role of Russian and Soviet scientists in world science and technics, with broader use of production innovators' experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ussr
Grain futures slip as September wheat leads declines
Chicago trading reports weakness in wheat mainly in the September delivery. Wheat finished 1 1 8 to 2 cents lower. September at 1.98 3 4 to 1 8 45 8. Corn rose 1 8 to 1 2 lower. September 1.19 3 8 14. Oats fell 1 4 to 5 8. September 64 7 8. Rye down 3 to 5 cents. September 1.41. Soybeans drop 1 1 4 to 2. November 2.36 1 4 38. Lard down 10 to 15 cents. September 12.27 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Rural Electrification Authority approves loan to Little Ocmulgee Electric
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a $36,005 loan to the Little Ocmulgee Electric Membership Corporation of Alamo. Local cattlemen and farmers observe the coyote as a helper in keeping rabbits squirrels prairie dogs and other grazing pests away from grass and grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Little Ocmulgee Electric, Membership Corp
Alamo
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Joint Chiefs
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Omar Bradley
Hoyt Vandenberg
Northolt
London
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George Wickenden
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Alice Ramstetter
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