Cotton price level lower in week on profit taking and liquidation
New York price movement showed declines as futures on the New York cotton exchange closed lower for the week amid profit taking and liquidation by trade and commission houses. Uncertainty over export subsidies and slower domestic demand influenced the market, with rumors of subsidy cuts fading as prices widened against foreign cotton.
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New York
Trade and Commission House
New York Cotton Exchange
Refrom
Washington
Jews Resist Transshipment and Deportation at Haifa Harbor
In Haifa harbor Jews resisted a planned transshipment, shouting insults at troops and declaring the ships must not depart. Reports say immigrants refused boarding, with violence alleged, as thousands gathered outside barbed wire lines while British ships guarded Empire Rival and Empire Heywood. Hagana used radio broadcasts warning against risky actions.
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Haifa
S. S
Soldiers, Sailors and Co
Cay
Voice of Israel
Hagana
Empire Rival
Empire Heywood
Cyprus
Austria Proposal Passes. Iran Invited to Conference
The proposal approved by the conference allows Austria and Iran to speak in plenary and stay for debates but grants no voting rights. Vishinsky moved to invite Iran on the same footing as other United Nations members, with Iran given a platform to express views. Cohen and Dr. Quo Tai Shi supported the plan, noting Iran's wartime contributions.
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Vishinsky
Iran
United Nations
Cohen
Quo Tai-Shi
Canada
Austria
Detroit AFL officers accused in extortion conspiracy warrants
Detroit August 17 eighteen officers and business agents of the AFL teamsters union were accused of an extortion conspiracy and labor law violations in warrants announced by Circuit Judge George B Murphy who has acted as a one man grand jury in a labor racket inquiry. The warrants cover what may prove to be a series. The inquiry has run since June.
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Detroit
AFL Teamsters Union
George B. Murphy
W Murphy
Pollock Dies at 66 in Long Island Home
Channing Pollock author and dramatist died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Beareham Long Island summer home today. He was 66.
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Pollock
New York
Channing Pollock
Beareham
Long Island
City Receives Federal Funds for Gadsden Projects
The Federal Work Agency advanced $4,400 to Gadsden Alabama for planning a city hall addition and a new fire station.
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Washington
Federal Work Agency
Gadsden
Ala
Tornado Hits Mankato Tourist Camp Killing Five
A twister demolished a 22 cabin tourist camp on the outskirts of Mankato Minnesota. At least five people were killed and many injured in the early evening disaster. Rescue crews assisted by emergency services searched the wreckage for survivors. Local authorities began coordinating shelter and aid for affected residents. Businesses closed as investigators assessed the damage and weather officials tracked continuing storms.
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Mankato, Minn
Mankato
Markets falter on price controls and strikes in week
Stocks and bonds showed renewed softness as price controls and labor strife weighed on sentiment. Volume fell short of prior weeks with only one up day 930000 shares and overall indexes sagged, despite gains in motors oils and certain rails.
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New York
Great Lakes
O.P.A
Wall Street
Norfolk & Western
Union Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Rails
Texas Gulf
Associated Press
Valley adds to festivity with musical trio at Shriner gala
DeWitt Shaw, former Decatur Goodyear manager, conducted Alabama dance orchestra and played piano. Nikki Moody of Decatur led a dance band and performed a blues number as Miss Decatur 196? contestant. Juanita Keith, Miss Huntsville, sang Embraceable You and earned second place in the Miss Zamora pageant. All three were highlighted North Alabama attendees at Zamora temple gala.
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Shriners
North
Alabama
DeWitt Shaw
Decatur
Nikki Moody
Juanita Keith
Shaw
Goodyear
Alabama Dance Orchestra
Moody
Huntsville
Keith
Mr. Shaw
North Alabama
Zamora Temple
Toll toll from city clashes leaves many dead
Reports count over 100 dead and more than 1 000 injured as rioters and looters clash with police. Hindu and Muslim communities suffer heavy losses amid continued sporadic violence and difficult relief efforts. Ambulances and Red Cross teams struggle to operate amid hostile streets.
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Red Cross
Antimalaria Pellets Show Promise Against Mosquito Larvae
The U S Public Health Service developed DDT pellets to target malaria mosquitoes in streams. Senior researchers H A Johnson and J L Eason Jr led a Memphis Atlanta trial placing pellets in anopheles breeding streams. Treated areas showed a material reduction in larvae throughout the season.
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Frank E. Carey
Associated Press
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
H. A. Johnson
J. L. Eason Jr
The
Health Service
Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta
Wallace Boost Seems Likely For 1944 Ticket In Alabama
At the 1944 national convention the plan pushes Wallace for either President or Vice President. Folsom may seek federal funds for old age pensions and a shift toward broken south support. Observers note Wallace's lengthy talks with Hill and Sparkman as Alabama political activity shifts to Birmingham where Republicans plan a state convention to field candidates. Democrats overlook the GOP bid but watchful.
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Wallace
Folsom
Talmadge
Georgia
Alabama
Big Jim
Senator Hill
John Sparkman
John Bankhead
Senate
Hill
Sparkman
Birmingham
Republican State Committee
Claude O. Vardamann
GOP
Voters share in Decatur school tax decision opportunity
The piece explains that Decatur has long been charged for a mill tax no longer levied, causing a $9000 shortfall in state funds. It argues the November vote does not impose a tax but amends the constitution to grant Decatur and Cullman the same election rights as other districts, with a later ballot for Decatur and Cullman residents to decide on levying the school tax.
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Decatur
Montgomery
Decatur and
Cullman
Master road planned from Atlanta to New York
The Georgia state highway department announced aerial surveys will cover 1,200 miles of Georgia for a proposed master highway to connect Atlanta and New York. The plan envisions a futuristic, platina glass atomic auto mobile era.
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Atlanta
New York
Georgia State Highway Department
Georgia
Athens Rioting Incident Sparks Community Resolutions
In Athens Alabama a racial confrontation began with the arrest of Roy and Ben Massey after a fight with a Black man. A mob demanded the release, attacked the jail, and a staged tense scene prompted city officials and civic groups to denounce the violence and affirm that locals did not share the mob’s actions. Police, highway patrol, and local guards controlled the unrest.
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North
Alabama
Roy
Ben Mlassey
L. C. Horton
Ritz
Marison Street
Horton
Massey Brothers
Ritz Theater
Robert N. Cannon
J. B. Hargrove
Stroud Norton
Athens Square
R. H. Richardson Jr
Carlos Starkey
Richardson
Aubrey Horton
Athens
van. B. Gilbert
Alabama Highway Patrol
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Knox McRae
Mak Kennemer
Athens Company
State Guard
Athens to panel 18 man jury on race riot probe
An 18 man special jury will be impaneled Monday by Circuit Judge James Crow Jr. to investigate a race riot in Athens. Ten white men were arrested for unlawful assembly after Negroes were beaten. The jury comes from a pool of 36 farmers. 22 live in Athens. Hearings expected to run through Wednesday.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Limestone County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rotary, Lions and Progress
Zews
Athens
American Legion
VFW
Ala
James Crow Jr
John Kaufman
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenau Jr
Euse
Funeral services for Mrs Hamby Bartlett in East Morgan
Mrs Hamby D Bartlett 65 of Decatur died Saturday at her home 1006 North Avenue after a long illness. Funeral at Blue Springs church at 4 pm with Rev Adolphus Price and Rev Dewitt Prince officiating. Survived by husband W R Bartlett four daughters six sons two sisters seven grandsons 11 granddaughters. Pallbearers listed. burial in Blue Springs cemetery. Brown of Decatur directing.
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Hamby D. Bartlett
Decatur
Adolphus Price
Dewitt Prince
Blue Springs
Morgan County
Bartlett
North Avenue
W. R. Bartlett
Charles Maynard
Burt
N. Y
Pruitt Walker Jr
Beatrix Quinn
Wilbur Lemley
Somerville
Cecil Bartlett
Ernest Bartlett
Romancle
Benonia Bartlett
Birmingham
Otho Bartlett
Tuscaloosa
Jim Morrison
Phil Campbell
Waymon Clifton
Lineville
Marvin Terry
Leslie Compton
Tom Dungy
Sherrill Tapscott
Kyle Taylor
Charles Pettus
Brown
McCorvey urges tighter registration and amendment drive
McCorvey calls for a constitutional amendment to bar ownership thresholds for voting and proposes a $3500 campaign fund. He warns Alabama's Black Belt could elect only colored county officials if registration laws stay lax. He suggests contacting county committees and precinct officers and airing radio talks.
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McCorvey
Alabama
Black Belt
Roland R. Faulk
Geneva County
J. E. Sorrells
James A. Hare
Fourth District
Joseph H. James
Denny Plans Honeymoon Visits After Army Service
Denny arranges for his bride to avoid New York customs, planning to meet her in the United States after her arrival as a US citizen wife. He expects a brief New York visit before a Florida honeymoon, noting ceremony costs at about five dollars per minute. He served over three years overseas and was discharged in November 1945.
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New York
United States
Florida
Denny
Army
Riot Erupts in Town After Altercation Between Negroes and Massey Brothers
Judge Rosenau reported a drop in commerce while Ritz theater manager Cannon said attendance fell. State safety officials and extra police were deployed after a confrontation that led to a jail stand and a melee as a crowd demanded the Massey brothers’ release.
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Roy
Ben Massey
Massey
J. B. Hargrove
Frank Johnson
Masseys
Massey Brothers
Rosenau
Board weighs decontrol and price safeguards in peacetime
A three member board questioned business and trade reps on decontrol and its effects on living costs. Mead Bell and Thompson pressed for consumer protections arguing OPA ceilings harmed supply and prices. The panel will decide whether grains livestock dairy and cottonseed soybeans return to controls with possible subsidies.
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Mead
NRA
Thompson
Bell
OPA
Federal funds could rise for six states under social security act
Federal funds for public assistance in Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Florida and South Carolina may increase by about 10 million dollars annually due to social security amendments. Richard H. Lyle regional director said the extra funds target old age assistance aid to dependent children and aid to the needy blind. He noted larger sums hinge on state finances and program changes to maximize grants.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
South Carolina
Richard H. Lyle
Social Security Administration
Lyle
Woodward Case: Bus Route from Augusta to Winnsboro Denied
Woodward claimed the Augusta to Winnsboro bus driver handed him to police in Aiken and he was beaten with eye gouges. Aiken officials denied the story. the FBI said an investigation supported the account. The seven army provost marshal's office said MPs investigated and found it consistent, but the case was dropped after Woodward’s prior Army discharge. Shull said he was ordered to arrest Woodward for being disorderly.
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Woodward
Winnsboro
Augusta Ga
Aiken
FBI
Quarles
Columbia
Veterans Administration
Veterans Hospital
Seventh Army Provost Marshal's Office
Shull
Woodwrd
Army
Cattle Die From Arsenic Poisoning en Route to New Orleans
A cattle train traveling from Florida to New Orleans lost 114 steers to arsenic poisoning after animals were sprayed before shipment. Dr. Frank B. Ford, a veterinarian, confirmed arsenic as the cause and said the danger period has passed though a few more deaths may occur en route.
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New Orleans
Florida
Frank B. Ford
Ford
Reds Rally Past Cardinals 8 3 to Put Dodgers Behind
Cincinnati Reds surged for five runs in the first inning and held the lead 8 to 3 over the St Louis Cardinals. The victory tightens the Reds grip on second place as Brooklyn Dodgers hover two and a half games ahead after a rain delay.
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ST. Louis
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Redbirds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Local hospital notes and veterans discharge updates
Dismissals from Baugh's infirmary include Newton Smith Cullman 5 and Mrs Otha Billy Rogers with son 206 Ninth Avenue West. Elvis K Cagle Mount Hope 2 discharged from Navy after four months. Hansel G Black 2c discharged after 11 months in Pacific and Atlantic theatres. Veterans and civic updates cover church services and meetings at Westminster Presbyterian First Baptist Hotel Lyons VFW and community groups.
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Otha Billy Rogers and Son
Ninth Avenue West
Baugh’s Infirmary
Elvis K. Cagle
Mount Hope
Navy
Hansel G. Black
S .2-c
Fte
Pacific
Atlantic
Rumor of Extra Sugar Stamp is Busted
Birmingham district OPA officials announced there will be no more sugar rationing this year and that a third stamp will not be issued, quashing circulating rumors.
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Birmingham
Ala
OPA
Mrs Stevens Dies At Home In Decatur
Mrs Sella Stevens 61 of Decatur died Friday afternoon at her home 1215 Second Street West after a long illness. Funeral services at 2 PM today at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church led by Rev C Radford and Rev Cobb. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery with pallbearers Lamar Buck L E Vinson Gene Brown Dan Hurst Neal Cagle John Woodruff. Survived by husband R G Stevens five children two sisters and two brothers and nine grandchildren.
Veterans organize GI slate in Walker county election
About 800 veterans met at the Walker county courthouse and formed a veterans good government league vowing an all GI slate in the county election two years away. A 16 member committee will study county operations and the city council program as veterans criticized road upkeep and urged action.
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Fay B. Murphey
Murphey
Protem W. M. Ransom
la Fayette
la Fayette- Dalton
American Legion Auxiliary to Host Game Night for Fund Drive
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a Thursday 8 p.m. game night at the Legion Home on Bank Street to raise funds for the new Legion home donated by Mrs. W. B. Edmundson. Coordinators include Mrs. I V Timberlake and co-chairs Mrs. Frank Yancy and others. Tickets available at multiple local Legion locations and from Miss Ruby S. Jones. Public invitation extended.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Bank Street
Arkansas Polytechnic Institute Graduation Address Set
Graduation exercises at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn will be held Friday night August 23 in the school amphitheater. President L N Duncan announced the commencement address will be delivered by Dr Louie Newton of Atlanta, president of the Southern Baptist convention. A reception for graduates will follow at Dr Duncan’s home.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
L. N. Duncan
Louie Newton
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Cravat Named by French in Louis XIV Era
The term cravat originated from the scarf worn by Croatian soldiers and was adopted by the French during the reign of Louis XIV.
Andrew Johnson Apprenticed to Tailor as Youth
The 17th U S president Andrew Johnson began as an apprentice tailor in his boyhood, marking early steps from humble origins toward national leadership. The note reflects a common historical detail about his early life and career.
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Andrew Johnson
United States
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