Further Cutbacks In Rent Controls Predicted By Woods
Washington August 19 Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods predicted further cutbacks in rent control with ceilings likely lifted in one third of areas. He said manpower cuts will limit work and areas to decontrol remain uncertain for a week. He noted border zones and small towns may see changes, while large cities and military sites stay regulated.
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Tighe Woods
Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Douglas
House-Senate
Budget Bureau
Wood
Market declines but some leaders rise on Aug 19
Wall Street closes with broad declines of about one point, led by steels motors rails and coppers down while mining shares resist and Richfield advances. Higher: McIntyre-Porcupine Dome Mines Standard Gas and Electric 4th preferred Philip Morris American Tobacco Coca Cola Goodyear and American Cyanamid. Cotton futures mixed as drought and farm policy weigh. Soybeans and other grains rise on technical breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richfield
Nickel Plate
Union, Pacific
Kennecott
American Smelting
U S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
General Motors
Studebaker
Sears Roebuck
Schenley Industries
Admiral Corp
Zenite
American Telephone
International — Nickel du Pont
General Electric
International Paper
Gulf Out
Barnsdall Oil
U. S. Gypsum
McIintyre-Porcupine
Dome Mines
Standard Gas and Electric
Philip Morris
American Tobacco
Coca-Cola
Goodyear
American Cyanamid
Market summary and commodity notes from New York and Chicago
In New York stocks drift lower as bonds stay mixed and cotton shows irregular liquidation and hedging. In Chicago wheat and corn ease, oats ease with other grains, soybeans firm at new highs with commission houses buying, hogs steady, top price 21.75, cattle steady to weak with top around 28.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
New York
Iowa
Izher
Spinks to Speak at Pell City as Klan Plans March
Spinks a Thomasville Baptist minister and former Mississippi gubernatorial candidate spoke at Tar rant and Northport and was set to address Pell City tonight. Klan robes were not worn at meetings. Plans call for robed men to park cars outside Pell City and march two abreast down the main street toward the county courthouse where Spinks expected to speak. no request had been made to use courthouse grounds. Morris disappointed as Alabama ruling blocks release. Morris may seek appeal to the U S Supreme Court with several avenues left.
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Pell City
Spinks
Thomasville
Ala
Mississippi
Tarrant
Northport
Talladega
R.F. Alverson
Alverson
Pel City
Morris
Birmingham
Hugh Locke
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Geo Lewis Bailes
Court tory scheme figure charged in lavish 1947 Atlanta case
Court records allege Roy Lee Farnsworth part of a city directory fraud. A partner serves five years. The suspect, using the alias Bijwae Hig, was arrested after posing as a rooming house keeper. The Riverside case details remain unclear.
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Youngs
Atlanta
Roy Lee Farnsworth
Bijwae Hig
Wile
Cattle Hogs And Sheep Prices Reported In Nashville Market
Nashville market report shows cattle trading weak overall with many grades down. medium and good baby beef and lightweight steers mostly steady to down. Hogs steady to weak with mixed weights and sows weak. calves and sheep also show broad softness, few high grades reported.
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Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Demopolis lock and dam on Warrior near approval
Washington reports progress on the $1,000,000 Demopolis Alabama lock and dam project on the Warrior river system. House Appropriations Chairman Cannon says conferees from the House and Senate are nearing agreement on the Army civil functions appropriations bill.
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Washington
Demopolis
Ala
Warrior River
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Alabama
Hearing Records Local Detention Before Removal to Atlanta
At today s hearing Youngs remained in county jail with $50 000 bond pending removal to Atlanta Judge Mullins ordered him confined until transport. U S Marshal Raymond Thomason said no definite time for the trip had been set.
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Youngs
Mullins -Hhe
States rights issue roils Democratic credentials talks
Boyle Capitol Hill observers expect rougher days as Truman supporters debate states rights challenges at a Wednesday meeting. Credentials fights loom over South Carolina disputes with Gov Thurmond and Sen Maybank amid calls to pledge backing for regular Democratic nominees.
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Capitol Hill
Boyle
Truman
Frank Hale
Indiana
Philadelphia
South Carolina
J.strom Thurmond
Maybank
D-Sc
Thurmond
National Committee
Anne Agrew
Columbia
J. Richard Allison
Mississippi Democrats divided over party control
Mississippi Democratic delegates and the state executive committee issued hard lines on alignment with the national party. J. B. Snider and Mrs. Hermes Gauthier were instructed to attend Washington without authority to back the national group’s presidential choice and to oppose civil rights legislation. Governor Fielding Wright promoted a special election to resolve Mississippi’s party split between states’ rights and Trumanite factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Democratic Executive Committee
Mississippi
J. B. Snider
Bay St. Louis
Hermes Gautier
Pascagoula
Washington
Democrats
Neshoba
Philadelphia
Miss
Fielding Wright
Democratic Party
Clarence Hood
Meridian
John Clark
DeKalb
Nati Sippls
Jackson
Snider
Gauthier
Mrs Williams Succumbs Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Williams, 70, will be conducted Friday at 5 p.m. at Mutual Chapel by Dr. G M Davenport. She died Thursday at 1:10 p.m. at her daughter’s home, after a yearlong illness. Interment will be in Durham, N C, with three daughters and five sons surviving.
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Fred Williams
Mutual
Mittwede
O. W. Long
Durham
N. C
Earl Rigg
South Carolina
M. F. Williams
Atlanta
Milton Williams
Louisiana
Douglas Williams
H. S. Williams
Virginia
James Williams
St. Louis
Mississippi Governor Signals Special Sessions for Party Unity
Governor Wright at a county fair speech called for two September and October special legislative sessions to resolve which democratic faction represents the party in Mississippi. He aims to address negro education and highway plans with a yet unset special election date.
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Hood
Clark
Mississippi
Wright
Official accuses Alabama Democratic leader of muzzling committee
DeWitt Carmichael of Anniston charges Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey with silencing state Democratic executive members over Martion T. Rushton’s pending resignation as national committeeman. Carmichael urged a full committee meeting and criticized McCorvey’s control by the states’ rights faction.
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Anniston
Ala
Gessner T. McCorvey
DeWitt Carmichael
McCorvey
Martion T. Rushton
Alabama
Rushton
States’ Righs
States Rights
Carmichael
National Committee
States’ Rights Party
State Committee
South Carolina Democrats Elect Maybank to National Committee
Pro Truman faction in South Carolina meets to elect Burnet R. Maybank as national committeeman after Ashton H. Williams withdrawal. Gov. Strom Thurmond resigns as national committeeman, amid party rifts tied to the states rights movement last year.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Ashton H. Williams
Democratic Party of
Yeulnglay
J. Strom Thur
Burglar Strikes Cullman Hardware Store
A hardware store in Cullman suffered a break-in with only pennies missing from the cash drawer. A pane of glass and a hardware cloth screen were breached to gain entry. The thefts occurred between 6:30 and 7:00 A M as shops opened. Sheriff Hyatt said investigators are reviewing whether the acts were connected.
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Farmers’ Hardware
S. D. Gentry
Gentry
Shelley Hyatt
House Divisions Narrow Western Europe Fund Cut
The House rejected amendments to channel reductions into unemployment areas. A failed Richards amendment to halve Western European funds drew 35 absentees and defections from Northern Democrats, undermining the administration’s bid. Western European funding remained effectively intact despite Democratic splits.
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Rep. Richards
D-Sc
Alabama Delegation Votes On Trimmed Arms Aid Bill
Washington roll call shows Alabama members voting for passage on a reduced arms aid bill with 238 yes and 122 no. Listed yes voters include Andrews Battle Boykin Elliott Grant Hobbs Jones Rains. ReGraffenreich not listed.
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Washington
House
Alabama
Andrews
Battle
Boykin
Elliott
Grant
Hobbs
Jones
Rains
ReGraffenreich
Battle Over Seating Delegates at National Democratic Meeting
The national committee will decide seating for rival factions after Williams refused to credential if Maybank replaced Thurmond. Maybank accepted the seat, while pro Truman leaders pressed for recognition of Anne Agnew and Allison to attend. The state committee backed Maybank, pending national approval.
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National Committee
McGrath
Williams
J. Richard Allison
Maybank
Thurmond
Maxie C. Collins
Suis
Anne Agnew
Allison
State Party
Agnew
Carter Sounds Dixie Defense
Pulitzer prize winning Mississippi editor Hodding Carter urged recognition of a resurging South with industrial gains at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. He criticized civil rights legislation and argued Dixie has begun industrialization and farm mechanization while noting New England’s industrial history.
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Brunswick
Mississippi
South
Hodding Carter
Greenville
Miss
Delta Democrat-Times
Bowdoin College
Carter
New England
Gov. Bowles
Connecticut
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Dixie
States Rights Party
Death of Dr. Green Tied to Klan Activities and Unmasking
The article recalls Dr. Green's leadership of the Ku Klux Klan in the Deep South, his unmasking order issued ten days before his death, and revocation of three Chattanooga area Klavern charters. It notes 22 beatings by masked bands, government labeling of the Klan as subversive, and Green’s claim that the oath protected the constitution while denying hate group status. Funeral plans were announced for 2:30 p.m. Saturday EST.
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South
Green
U. S
Tom Clark
Roosevelt
Selective Service Board
Dr. Green
Klan
Atlanta
Emory-at-Oxford
Eclectic Medical College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Samuel, Jr
Alfred
Virginia
North Carolina farmers use tractors less for planting
J C Ferguson of North Carolina State College told farmers 50,000 tractors are owned but only 30 to 40 percent are used for planting and cultivation. He urged more tractors in the field to boost efficiency beyond land preparation.
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J.__C. Ferguson
North Carolina Sta College
North Carolina
Ferguson
Rev William Compton to Speak at Berea Baptist Church
The Rev William Compton will preach Sunday at Berea Baptist Church in Lawrence County with services in the morning and evening. Alabama’s opportunity bond drive shows District 5 reaching 115.7 percent of quota, Morgan County leading at 139.6 percent. General Motors appoints Ewell K Gregg as community relations chairman for Decatur area. Miss Helen Johnson of The Daily departs Saturday for Chicago for vacation. Willis J F Graham returns from Dothan business trip as willow fly swarms return to Decatur lighting districts. John Wear returns from a Mississippi visit. Charles Hardwick of Danville greets friends in Decatur.
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William Compton
Berea Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Alabama
District 5
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone
Morgan Counties
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman
Limestone
General Motors
Detroit
Mich
Ewell K. Gregg
Decatur and Vicinity
Public Hearings Highlight Vaughan Maragon In Probers Probe
Testimony links Vaughan and Maragon to a Paris trip arranged by Verley insiders. Hoffman claims Maragon tried to salvage four perfume essence bottles disguised as champagne from the trip. Mundt presses for fuller cooperation as investigators seek ties to gifts and oil samples.
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Vaughan
Maragon
Harry Hoffman
Milwaukee
Verley
Hoffman
Emmett King
New York
Paris
Mundt
Aris
William P. Rogers
Rogers
David Bennett
White House
Independence
Eezers
Bennett
Give Away Radio Programs Hit by New Regulations
The government imposes strict new rules on radio and television giveaways. Broadcasters face loss of license for noncompliance, potentially ending most prize programs. The crackdown targets telephone call games requiring at home participation, listening, and solving puzzles or questions.
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Washington
Federal Communicationsing
Li Te Commission
Two Morgan youths qualify for Air Corps cadet training
Morgan county residents Sanford Wilson Berry and Donald H Watterson have qualified for Air Force aviation cadet training and await orders. Berry passed the physical and mental exams and plans to begin pre flight training next month while Watterson just returned from Maxwell Field after the three day test series. Five other Morgan County youths enlisted in the armed forces including Arthur T Stewart Jessie B Cook Artness K Hale Thomas Freesley Brown and Hubbard White with services ranging from air force to coast artillery.
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Morgan County
Air Force
Sanford Wilson Berry
Trinity
Donald H. Watterson
Sixth Avenue West
Berry
Watterson
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Judd Mason
Arthur T. Stewart
Eleventh Avenue West
Jessie B. Cook
Somerville
Armored Cavalry
Artness K. Hale
Corps of Engineers
Thomas FR EeSley Brown
Eighteenth Avenue East
Coast Artillery
Hubbard White
Alabama House Debates Big Money Bill and New Highway Plan
The Alabama House pressed a multi billion dollar budget bill while approving a plan for a four lane toll highway from the Tennessee line through Alabama to Florida. Rep James Adams forecast costs at 35 to 49 million dollars funded by vehicle tolls and gas taxes, with aims to boost truck shipping and citrus fruit movement to northern and southeastern markets. The chamber also advanced a nine member highway advisory board and considered salary increases for state employees up to 7500 a year.
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House
Tennessee Line
Alabama
Florida
James Adams
Jefferson
Ira
Thompson
Crenshaw
Adams
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Senate
Ira Thompson
Larry Dumas
Dumas
State Highway Department
Butler County
Earl McGowin
McGowin
Os Ky
Finance and Taxation Committee
Folsom
Alabama House Hails Margaret Mitchell Tribute
The Alabama House of Representatives paid tribute to Margaret Mitchell renowned author of Gone With The Wind. The resolution deplores her death and lauds her faithful dramatic portrayal of the South during its struggle for existence.
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Montgomery
Alabama House of Representatives
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
South
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Bronx County
Janet Fay
Wall Street
N. Y. Cotton
Congress
Nashville Livestock
Finus
Democratic Executive Committee
Carolina Plans Action
Berlin
Maxwell D. Taylor
Blue Hills
Georgia
Tennessee
Catur
Dias
Helen Johnson
The
Daily
J. F. Graham
Dothan
Decatur
John Wear
Charles Hardwick
Danville
Air Corps
Bill
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