Congress Likely to Shelf UMT Legislation This Year
President Truman gave secondary backing to universal military training and urged prompt action earlier, but White House signals show no push this year. Johnson proposed immediate UMT, with presidential start authority, yet Congress may delay until next year amid Korea and other defense priorities. The plan would split training into six months paid training followed by elective courses, with a three member presidentially named commission supervising and a 10 to 25 member advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Defense Department
Truman
White House
Defense
Johnson
UMIT
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
Gurney
R-S.d
Vinson
D-Ga
House Committee
Tydings
Senate Committee
Korea
Nation vows to boost atomic stockpiles and Oak Ridge output
A national security statement urges aggressive expansion of atomic stockpiles and an immediate push to increase uranium production at Oak Ridge plants, emphasizing urgency in maintaining superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Dikes and other reclamation projects protect millions of acres
A note on dikes and reclamation efforts safeguarding vast coastal lands. Details on scope, agencies involved, and regional impact are discussed, highlighting civil engineering and environmental considerations shaping protection for millions of acres.
For Sale Baby bassinet and house wish ad
For sale a nearly new bassinet. family of six seeks 5 or 6 room unfurnished house in good neighborhood. Address shows 1001 Cano Street and contact prove 1635 W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Badssinette
Markets report from Decatur with price listings
Decatur market bulletin shows cotton middling at 36c and 34c strict low, cottonseed per ton 45.00, broilers 25c delivered, hens heavy 18c, hatching eggs 80c per dozen. New crop corn prices: ear 1.39 and shelled 1.45 for yellow, ear 1.94 and shelled 2.00 for white. Corn basis 16% moisture. No 2 new wheat onion free 2.24. No. 2 new oats onion free 6c. Other grains basis 13% moisture.
Wall Street Gains Broad Market Lead on Aug 17
In New York today the stock market surged with favored shares rising above $2. Demand for rail issues sparked the advance, spreading to steels, motors, rubbers, chemicals, oils, coppers, and radio television stocks. Prices firmed for U S Steel Wheeling Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodrich Sears Douglas Aircraft Philco Motorola Worthington Pump American Sugar Gillette Lehigh Valley Santa Fe and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
Wheeling Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodrich
North Georgia live poultry market steady with weak dressed poultry demand
Atlanta August 17 report shows the North Georgia live poultry market steady while many dressing plants idle from weak demand for dressed poultry and a shortage of heavy fryers. Supplies cleared in most sections to very light sizes with farm FOB prices for broilers and fryers at 28 to 30 cents, mostly 28 to 28.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report Passes Through Aug 17
Nashville Tenn August 17 cattle 150 slow about steady on small receipts few slaughter steers and heifers. Calves 100 steady good and choice vealers 29.00-32.00 common and medium 22.00-28.00 culls 21.00 down. Hogs 400 uneven barrows and gilts 25-50 higher early then steady to 25 higher later sales. Good and choice 180-250 lbs 23.25-23.50 early, 23.00-23.25 later. 265-295 lbs 22.25-22.50. 140-170 lbs 21.00-21.50. sows 17.25-19.50 mostly 18.00-19.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Markets At A Glance Stocks Rise Amid Leaders Up Sharply
Market update shows stocks higher led by leaders, bonds advancing on expanding trading and improved rails. Cotton remains firm with active demand as trading picks up.
Chicago Market Report Steady Wheat and Mixed Cattle Trade
Chicago market notes show wheat steady with small scale mill buying. Corn gains from hot weather aiding growth. oats firm with corn. Hogs active, mostly 25 cents higher, top at 24.35. Cattle uneven, firm to 25 cents lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain Prices Endorse Mixed Milling Day in Chicago
A flurry of mill buying gave slight support to wheat before prices fell back at the close. Wheat rose to around 2.25 a bushel for September, corn eased to about 1.52 and oats around 0.76, rye near 1.36, soybeans down to 2.41, and lard slipped to 14.37 per hundred pounds as the market weakened late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Rocket Used To Knock Out Tanks in Korea
Tokyo August 17 American airmen are using a new 6 12 inch rocket to knock out Russian made tanks in Korea. General MacArthur's headquarters said the anti-tank weapon went into service in record time. S Vandenberg ordered quick production four weeks ago after pilots said 5 inchers were not adequate. It was used in action in Korea less than a month later. The new rocket has a longer head than the 5 inch and hits harder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Korea
MacArthur
S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Packed Porches Signal Racial Tension Over New Griffin Home
Neighbors crowded porches across from 7224 as Leander Griffin and wife, both Negroes, moved into a two story brick building bought for 11 000 from a white seller. Police details of 60 and wary owners sparked fears after fire attempts and threats linked to housing turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Griffin
C. A. Winslow
Griffin
Roscoe Johnson
St. Lawrence
Chester Carey
Florida Hurricane Tracks Westward Toward Bahamian Waters
The hurricane intensified from 100 to 140 mph within four hours as it drifted westward toward the Northern Bahamas. Forecaster Cecil Gentry warned ships to avoid the storm and noted winds of hurricane force up to 75 mph and gale winds reaching 125 miles from the center. The system formed near Puerto Rico, moved north, stalled east of Miami, then shifted west at a slow pace with Navy and Air Force planes tracking its movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Cecil Gentry
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Center
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
Navy
Air Force
Negro Veterans Line Up To Place Names As Voters
About 50 negroes, some bearing signs like ballots will stop ballots, lined up to register at the county courthouse in Montgomery Alabama. The group identified as Amvets post No 16, all negro, aims to boost registration with at least 135 members applying. The county registrar says about 50 negroes filed applications yesterday as the post protests the fatal shooting of 25 year old Hilliard Brooks by a white policeman, asserting the bullets will stop bullets refers to broader tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Amvets Post No
Frank Nunnelee
County Board of Registrars
Hilliard Brooks
Brooks
County to Lease Island Strip for Recreation Plan
Okaloosa county commissioners drafted a 99 year lease granting a one mile Santa Rosa island strip to a Fort Walton businessman for recreation development. County Clerk Cecil Anchors refused to sign. Sheriff Ferrin Campbell, a state legislature nominee, said he would oppose it as illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestview
Fla
Okaloosa
Treasure ships near eighty located by Nat Geo claim
National Geographic Society estimates about seventy old treasure ships have been roughly located. The group says about half of the submerged treasure remains undiscovered, outlining the scope and challenges of underwater search and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Ghost of Road Hollow Roams Clinton County Tonight
Reporter Pete Stevenson and photographer Jim Patterson from The Lock Haven Express investigate the headless Frenchman legend near Kettle Creek in Road Hollow. They witness a flickering figure, hear a moan, and note gas drilling as locals claim the ghost seeks his head while others offer natural explanations. A woodsman shows a golf ball sized silver piece amid tales of Indian silver treasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Haven
Road Hollow
Kettle Creek
Clinton County
Pete Stevenson
Jim Patterson
Hy Cramner
Hammersley Fork
Valley
Harry Walters
Stevenson
Patterson
Athens Unit To Be Processed For Federal Service
National Guardsmen from Athens will arrive in Decatur this afternoon for processing to transition to federal service. Col. O V Blankenship said the Athens group will fill out required forms with help from a Decatur personnel team. Decatur companies have already been processed and examined, and Hartselle men will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Decatur
Col
O. V. Blankenship
Blankenship
Hartselle
Libby Reynolds Plans to Send Ashes of Son From Mt Whitney
Libby Holman Reynolds plans to return east as the ashes of her 17-year-old son Christopher Reynolds are sent for interment in Stamford Connecticut. Christopher and Steven Wasserman also 17 were climbers who perished on Mt Whitney after starting their ascent on August 6 and a search began on August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Pine
Calif
Libby ‘Holman Reynolds
Christopher
Mt. Whitney
Los Angeles
Steven Wasserman
Eddie Blake
Reynolds
Stamford
Conn
Young Wasserman
Philadelphia
All-Day Singing At Penn School Slated
The annual all day sings at Penn school will convene at 10 30 AM. D R Jarrett will be the song leader. Dinner will be served on the ground. The public was invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn School
D. R. Jarrett
William Mason of Somerville Dies at Home
William Mason of Somerville 1 died today at 11 A.M. at the home of his son Buford Mason in Somerville 1. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mason
Somerville
Buford Mason
Peck
Tax rates set for 1950 corporate income
The committee approved special corporation tax rates for 1950. For the full year, the tax is 23 percent on the first 25 000 dollars of income and 42 percent on all income over 25 000 dollars.
Compromise Put Forward on anti-Communist Bill in Senate
Senate Republicans Mundt and Ferguson propose dropping their rider to the home front mobilization bill in exchange for a Democratic pledge to bring the curb the communists measure up later for separate action. Maybank notes Lucas must return before decision. Democrats wary of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mundt
R-S. D
Ferguson
R-Mich
Maybank
D-S. C
Mundt-Ferguson
Lucas
Dill
Illinois
Senate Democrats
Truman
Mundt and
Republican Policy Committee
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Steel strike rocks Birmingham area with 31,000 workers idle
About 17,000 steelworkers affected as 4,000 TCI ore miners walkout over job reclassification and 4,000 coal miners quit in a separate dispute. Pickets appear at mills. management calls walks illegal. CIO district director Murray to send James Thimmel to assess. Pullman-Standard progress reported with offers and reduced demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.C.I
Murray R. E. Farr
United Steel Workers (Cio
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
James Thimmel
Birmingham
Farr
Thimmel
Steelworkers Union
United Mine Workers of America
Ind
Thomas N. Crawford
UMW
TCI
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Bessemer
Pullman- Standard
Mailbox mixup brings fire trucks and fear to town
Mrs Faktor, recent German Jewish refugee, pulled a fire alarm lever by a city box while attempting to mail a letter. Fire Chief R L Lampley said the box triggered a swift response from three pumpers and two ladder trucks near a public school as the frightened pair fled. She returned with her daughter to explain in broken English that the act was a misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Sam. Faktor
Lampley
Strike Peace Hopes Higher In Auto Labor Talks
Mediators report encouraging progress toward settling three auto industry labor disputes including the Packard strike where 8,000 CIO United Auto Workers walked out. Separately, a five day token strike plan was proposed by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen affecting three terminals. In Detroit, Hudson Motor Car Co. and Federal Mogul settled, with a three cent raise for 16,000 workers and a two year deal with a $1.70 hourly minimum and $100 monthly pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Packard Motor Car Company
CIO
United Auto
Packard
Brotherhood of Railroad
Truman
Kentucky
Indiana
Louisville
Minnesota Transfer Railroad
St. Paul
River Terminal Railroad
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Federal Mogul Corp
Local notices and hospital news roundup
Several residents are admitted or discharged from Decatur General and Hamil Clinic hospitals including Mrs. L M Bishop and Wanda Ferguson. Births are announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. R E Venable and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Terry. Trial dates are set for three individuals on traffic offense charges. A correction notes R H Powers was the bus line owner, not R B Powers. Chaplain Rev J M Holland will speak on Divine Healing at Central Methodist Church. Charles Scales Jr recovers from an automobile accident and can work briefly. new typeface adoption by The Daily is praised by John H McMath and J R Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Scales Jr
Mr. Scales
Nashville
Marines and Army Melded Assault Push in Korean Front
U.S. Marines and the 24th Infantry Division launched a counterattack from the Naktong river line toward Red forces at Changnyong. Marines stormed up a steep slope near Changnyong, 23 miles southwest of Taegu, while the Army dug in on the northern flank facing renewed river-crossing pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Changyong
Naktong
Marine Army
Changnyong
Taegu
Don Whitehead
Jack MacBeth
MacBeth
Third Army Given Medical Reserve Quota To Fill By Sept 10
Atlanta Aug 1 Third army headquarters has been given a quota of medical service reserve officers to fill. The number to be called into active service was not announced. Those called must be available for duty by Sept 10 with all to be on duty on or before Oct 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Third Army
Civitan Club Luncheon Features Telephone Courtesy Film
The Civitan club held its weekly luncheon at Lyons hotel on Wednesday. Guests watched a movie titled Telephone Courtesy owned and distributed by the Telephone Company. Dr. Eugene Chenault led the program and Os car Sherrod, Gus Faust, Roland A. Allen, Bill Walling, L. J. Waller, Avery Taylor attended as guests. Joe Elliott scheduled a Dix Co football committee meeting for Friday at 7 P. M. The softball team will play Rotarians in two games next Monday night. The club marks its tenth anniversary with a August 25 dinner at 7 P. M. at the Country Club replacing the regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Lyons Hotel
Civitans
Eugene Chenault
Joe Elliott
Dix Co
Rotarians
Oscar Sherrod
Gus Faust
Roland A. Allen
Bill Walling
L. J. Waller
Avery Taylor
Southern Bell Teléphone and Telegraph Company
British sailors die in Yangtze clash in 1949 naval action
Shore Black Swan and Amethyst engage communist forces on the Yangtze River. Forty-three British sailors were killed and over eighty wounded as Concord faced Chinese fire after being attacked near islands south of Hong Kong. A naval spokesman could not answer questions about Concords distance from Chinese territory. The Red guns struck Puntin and Lingting as Concord moved, following prior attacks on Steel Rover Hangsan and Pleansaty ville. Chinese Reds warn foreign ships and planes not to infringe on Chinese territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Swan
Yangtze River
Concord
Taitami
Puntin
Lingting
Hong Kong
Steel Rover
Hangsan
Pleansatyville
Deserter Says Reds Cannot Win in Korea War
A veteran Red lieutenant who defected to U.S. forces says North Koreans cannot win. He confirms elite Sixth Division losses around Chinju, including 50 percent casualties in the 13th and 15th regiments and 80 percent in the 14th, with four leading tanks destroyed. He notes artillery and self-propelled pieces were largely wiped out and describes surrender after three days in hiding following a retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Chinju
United Nations
Russians Aid North Korean Fighters Reported in Korea
Three North Korean prisoners of war describe each regiment with a Soviet adviser. They were captured near the American front line and report low morale, food shortages, and fear driven by their leaders. The men say most friends are dead as casualties rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Korea
North Korea
Ceramic mosaic tiles arrive in American homes long ago
Ceramic mosaic tiles, the small units used widely today for bathroom floors, were first manufactured in the United States about a half century ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Donald Sanders
Wall Street
Mayor's Committee On Human Relations
Florida
Libby
Son
GOP
By Marvin Arrowsmith
Guilemale
L. M. Bishop
Ninth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
R. E. Venable
Fifth Avenue West
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Larry Patton
W. M. Patton
Fifth Avenue South
Adolph Ashwander
Falkville
Hamil Clinic
E. P. Childs
Somerville Road
Recorder’s Court
Wanda G. Ferguson
Herbert Ferguson
East Moulton Street
Ed Namie
Twelfth Avenue West
Billy Joe Terry
Seventh Avenue East
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
the Daily
Moulton
R. B. Powers
R. H. Powers
J. M. Holland
Carraway Methodist Hospital
Central Methodist Church
W. Nelson Guthrie
John H. McMath
J. R. Daniels
Daily
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!