Building One Reason For Tobin Forecast
The Federal Reserve Board foresees further moderate rises in construction work, backing Secretary Tobin’s view that employment could rise by about 1,000,000 this year. The board notes 2,000,000 workers were employed in contract construction at mid year and credits housing activity, lower interest rates, mortgage funds, smaller homes, and improved design quality as factors.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Tobin
White House
Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Reserve Board Bulletin
Rankin and Hankin Civic Leader Roles in Decatur
Rankin holds multiple Scouting and Rotary roles including local council executive board two years and district leader two years. awarded the Silver Beaver in 1948. Hankin, born April 28, 1909 in Knoxville, moved to Decatur 22 years ago and studied at the University of Tennessee.
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Morgan District
Decatur
BSA
Rankin
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Library Board
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Association of Insurance Agents
Alabama
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Hankin
University_of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Accident near Sixth Avenue and Fifth Street South
Police report slight damage and no injuries from a collision at 10:30 P M Monday involving a Decatur Transit bus driven by William D Pitman and a 1941 Buick sedan driven by Bobby Boutwell. Standridge and Hyde investigated.
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Sixth Avenue
Fifth Street South
Decatur
William .D. Pitman
Bobby Boutwell
Fourth Avenue South
Standridge
Hyde
Markets Rally Across Sectors on Aug Market Day
New York stocks rose fractionally led by Nickel Plate Southern Railway and Standard Oil NJ as market recovery continued. Cotton futures slipped under liquidation while Chicago wheat and hog lines showed mixed to firm results and Nashville cattle prices ranged with steadier steer and heifer values amid broad livestock activity.
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New York
Smast‘ly
Southern Railway
Santa Fe
Standard Oil NJ
Richfield
Barnsdall Oil
U.S. Gypsum
du Pont
American & Foreign Power
Union Pacific
Gulf Oil
Paramount Told
Certain Teed
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
U.S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Vultee
Emerson Radio & Phonograph
American Bosch
Equitable
Office, Building
International Paper
Commission House
Chicago
Iowa
Holland
Memphis
South Plains
Texas
Poultry market steady with good demand in North Georgia
The USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady with good demand and barely ample supplies. Fryers under 3 pounds are scarce and dressing plants pay growers 27 to 28.5 cents per pound fob farm, with Tuesday readings corrected from 27 to 28.4 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
Georgia
F.o.b
Soybeans Lead Grain Market Uptick Amid Strong Prices
Chicago Aug 17 Advancing soybeans lifted the grain market with higher vegetable oil prices fueling gains. Wheat finished slightly lower to modestly higher while corn oats rye and soybeans posted solid advances along with a jump in lard futures. September futures quoted for each commodity reflect the broader rally.
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Chicago
Negroes Plan Blast Protest in Birmingham Zone Dispute
A mass meeting is plannned tonight to discuss the dynamiting of five Negro homes amid a racial zoning dispute in Birmingham. Governors and NAACP leaders condemn terrorism as officials push a compromise to rezone additional acres while some maintain strict white occupancy zones. Public hearing set for Sept. 6.
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Birmingham
James E. Folsom
Arthur Shores
Shores
City Commission
North Smithfield
National Association For Advancement —Or
Colored— People
NAACP
James W. Morgan
Morgan
Margaret Mitchell Dies In Atlanta Crash Funeral Plans Announced
Private funeral services will be held tomorrow at Spring Hill Atlanta. Ep iscopalian Dean Raimun do Ovies will officiate. Burial in Oakland Cemetery. Donations to Grady Hospital urged. Hugh D Gravitt, 28, held without bond on murder charge. Gravitt had 22 prior traffic violations and was driving off duty. Margaret Mitchell widow of John R Marsh, 43, died from massive brain injuries. Condolences from Gable Leigh and others poured in. Flags at half staff.
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Spring Hill
Atlanta
Raimundo de Ovies
Ecard
Oakland Cemetery
Grady
Hugh D. Gravitt
Miss Mitchell
Herbert Jenkins
Gravitt
John R. Marsh
Marsh
Frank Wilson
Rhett Butler
Scarlett O'Hara
Gable
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Leigh
State Capitol
Chief Jenkins
Jack Savage
M. M. Coppenger
Fulton Junta
Fulton
Jenkins
Grand
Milk Bottled Outside City Banned By Commissioners
Mobile city commissioners ban milk bottled outside Mobile county. The ordinance takes immediate effect and halts about 500 gallons daily flowing into Mobile from Baldwin county and Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Mobile
Mobile County
Oatin
Baldwin County
Biloxi
Biss
Docks seize territory under new law in labor clash
The ILWU seeks an injunction in federal court against the dock seizure law and claims 3 million dollars in damages from the territory and seven firms. The government tests unloading with its own 40 man crew aboard the Matson freighter Hawaiian Merchant as CIO workers strike in support. Two ships sail with CIO engineers defying orders, while Matson plans to call stevedores for the Hawaiian Refiner amid picket lines.
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Towse
ILWU
Matson Line
CIO
Union
Isthmian Line
Honolulu
William H.allen
Gulf Coast
Matson
San Francisco
Hawaiian
Senate panel backs pinball bill amid slow session
A Senate Municipalities Committee approved a bill legalizing pinball machines in Alabama, though passage this session requires near unanimous consent. The Finance and Taxation panel sent out a House approved $10,000 Fort Morgan restoration bill without recommendation.
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Senate Committee
House
Senate
Senate Municipalities Committee
Alabama
State Revenue Department
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Fort Morgan
Baldwin County
Family and friends gather in Leoma Tenn for Decatur visit
Last evening a group of relatives and friends from Leoma Tennessee met joining Mrs. Stephenson. Attendees included Mrs Clara Frederick Elton Stephenson Mrs Oveda Hammond and others from Akron Grady Stephenson Madera Osa Stephenson Mrs Violet Cope Mrs Vola Morris Mrs Bessie Rochester Carnal Stephenson Miss Essie Stephenson Miss Eula Stephenson and Mrs Eudell New.
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Stephenson
Clara Frederick
Elton Stephenson
Oveda Hammond
Decatur
Jewel Kempson
Ona Rector
Dewey Stephenson
Akron
Grady Stephenson
Madera
Calif
Osa Stephenson
Violet Cope
Vola Morris
Bessie Rochester
Carnal Stephenson
Essie Stephenson
Eula Stephenson
Eudell New
Leoma
Tenn
Yugoslav Denies Russian Allegations at Europe Conference
Quotations from a Yugoslav soldier deny Russian claims of abandoning Greek guerrillas. In Strasbourg Britain’s Churchill and Morrison led speakers at the Council of Europe session. Morrison urged long range European unity rather than immediate goals.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Winston Churchill
Britain
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
London
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
France
Morrison
Europe
Senate votes down Truman plan to create Cabinet Department of Welfare
The Senate rejected President Truman's reorganization plan No. 1 to establish a Cabinet Department of Welfare by a 60 to 32 vote. Alabama Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman supported disapproval.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Department of Welfare
Alabama
Lister Hill
John J. Sparkman
Klan Leader Reheld After Contempt Ruling In Alabama
The Ku Klux Klan chief Morris remained jailed after a circuit hearing where the judge overruled a motion to strike the petition. Morris had been jailed 31 days since his original sentence for failing to produce Klan membership records. He was sent back to jail on August 2 for not purging contempt and his bond was forfeited. The state says no new contempt charges have been filed and the state Supreme Court previously refused review.
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Hardin
Joel B. Brown
Ku Klux Klan
Morris
George Lewis Bailes
Birmingham
State Supreme Court
Bailes
Jefferson County
Supreme Court
Tragic Ogallala Crash Claims Six Lives
At Ogallala Nebraska six people died when a car collided with Union Pacific's Overland Limited at a crossing. Victims include Ascension Jiminez and his wife, their daughter in law, and three Jiminez children. A three month old girl survived unharmed.
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Oma Coons
Geraldine Isom
J. D. Clark
Margie Cochran
Roy Hugh Cox
C. C. Clark
Cox
Ogallala
Neb
Union Pacific
Overland Limited
Ascension Jiminez
Ogallala Farmer
Jiminez
Annie
TVA to gain 140000 kw after 1952 contract expiration
By 1952 all firm power contracts with connecting private utilities expire and only day to day interchange contracts remain in effect. TVA will gain 140000 kw within its system as a result. Late in July a new 154 kw line between Great Falls and Nashville was placed in service to replace a 110 kw line, strengthening East West interconnection.
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TVA
Great Falls
Nashville
Three Building Permits Issued This Week at City Hall
City Clerk reports three construction permits granted this week. T W Bridges receives a $2000 six room one family cement block dwelling permit. Hubert Lynch gets a $3500 six room bath frame dwelling in 1400 block Ninth Ave East. Guy Matthews authorized for a $300 garage at 603 Sixth Ave West. Alcatraz note follows.
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T. W. Bridges
Hubert Lynch
Ninth Avenue East
Guy Matthews
Sixth Avenue
Jackson Rites Slated Today
Services for Mrs. Linda Jackson were to be held today at 3 p.m. at Center church with Rev. Grady Parker conducting the rites. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Jackson, 69, died at her residence in Moulton 3 Tuesday morning. Surviving are three sons and five daughters, eighteen grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers included Charles Jackson, Guy Jackson, Emmett Osborn, Oscar Feltman, Guy Dutton, and Wesley Burnett.
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Linda Jackson
Center Church
Grady Parker
Peck
Jackson
Moulton
Coy
Cullman
Hobert
Burnett
Ethel
Dutton
Lola Bates
Grace Kelsoe
Danville
Della Higgins
Searles
Ala
Cora Burnett
Charles Jackson
Guy Jackson
Emmett Osborn
Oscar Feltman
Guy Dutton
Wesley Burnett
House Debates Truman Aid Bill Amid Amendments
The House set aside the session for debate with voting to start tomorrow as critics threaten amendments aimed at reducing or restricting the aid program. The measure funds Atlantic pact nations and Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines with cash and contract authority. The bill preserves presidential flexibility to terminate the program or block funding with a concurrent resolution.
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Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Sam Rayburn
Kee
D-Wva
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Congress
Diver Barton dives Deep, reports eerie luminous life off Santa Cruz
Barton descends in a Benthoscope to 4500 feet off Santa Cruz, noting strange lighted fish and jellyfish and a clear deep sea. He halts at 4500 feet after 55 minutes, cites light failures for deeper photography, then surfaces and vows to pause further dives for a time.
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Dr. Beebe
Barton
Bermuda
Island of
Santa Cruz
Santa Barbara
Calif
Life Insurance Death Benefits Fall in 1949 Half-Year
The Institute of Life Insurance reports life insurance death benefit payments to Alabama families totaled 837000 in the first six months of 1949. This compares with 38762000 in the same period of 1948 and 4919000 in the first half of 1947.
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New York
Alabama
Institute of Life Insurance
Sam Green Recalls Old Fayette Street School Photo
Sam Green of Trinity 1 greets friends in Decatur and previews an old time picture, about fifty years old, to appear in The Daily soon. Mrs. W A Sullivan of Sullivan's Studio, Decatur, attends the 58th annual Photographers Association of America convention at the Stevens hotel in Chicago from August 15 to 19.
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Sam Green
Trinity 1
Decatur
W. A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Grant St
The
Photographers’ Association of America
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Ill
Senate Battles Over Budget Bill Delay and Amendments
Senate leaders led by Dolph County and Guy Hardwick of Houston opposed the committee substitute arguing deep department cuts would cripple operations. The session delayed six hours as lawmakers debated amending the house bill rather than starting anew. Noncontroversial measures passed include raising the Attorney General salary to 7500 and allowing the assistant revenue commissioner to act when the revenue commissioner is away. The conference committee approved a provision for absentee voting in person with servicemen exempted if ballots are marked in the presence of their commanding officer. Two bills were killed in the house a constitutional tax amendment and a companion sliding-scale bill failing to reach required majorities.
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Dolph County
Guy Hardwick
Houston
Franklin County
Senate
House
Basham Chapel Revival Series Opens Sunday
Basham Chapel starts a revival series this Sunday with Rev. C. M. Smith preaching at 11:00 A M and Rev. S R Towns at 7 30 P M. Services continue daily with 10 30 A M and 7 30 P M sessions. The public is invited to attend all services.
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Basham Chapel
C. M. Smith
S. R. Towns
Navy to Move 220 Seamen by Massive Airlift
Pensacola August 17 navy outlines mass transport plan using two giant aircraft. Caroline Mars the largest seaplane and Constitution the navy’s biggest land plane will carry 220 seaman aviators from the West coast to Pensacola next Monday.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
West Coast
With Father at Side Five Year Old Faces Operation
Five year old Janice Medders of Anniston Alabama travels to Memorial Hospital New York for exploratory surgery on a suspected leg muscle cancer. Her father Marcus Medders stayed with her until illness forced him home then returned to Newark with books dolls and toys. A private plane funded the first flight despite a crash on takeoff.
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New York
Janice Medders
Anniston
Ala
Memorial Hospital
Marcus A. Medders
Janice
McCarthy Urges Perjury Indictment in Molasses Case
Senate investigators heard testimony about former government favor chats involving Harold Ross of Allied Molasses and Maragon who denied taking payments to aid the Perth Amboy firm. Polland admitted paying Maragon $1,000, prompting McCarthy to seek Justice Department action. The case traces back to a 1946 suspension lift and involves Vaughan, Brannan era officials, and Agriculture officials who pursued aid with no result.
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Hathorn
Vaughan
Allied Molasses Company
Harold M. Ross
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Maragon
Ross
Milton R. Polland
Milwaukee Insurance Mean
Allied Company
McCarthy
Polland
Senate
Francis D. Flanagan
Justice Department
Hiss
Flanagan
Allied Morases Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
New Jersey Company
Harold W. Ross
Allied Molasses
Agriculture Department
Wesley McCune
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
McCune
Georgia-born princess seeks 1300 dollars from Italy over castle
Princess Eugenia Ruspoli, daughter of a Confederate Army colonel, says squatters displaced her 85 room castle at Nemi near Rome. She told reporters on the Vulcania that 70 Italian families occupied the postwar property.
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LOSES
New York
Eugenia Ruspoli
Vulcania
Nemi
Rome
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Sally
Fearres Syndicate, Inc
Waldrights
Docks
Yanks
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