What Will Russia Do When North Korea Loses War
AP Military Affairs Reporter Elton C. Fay reports Moscow faces a pivotal choice as North Korea's advance stalls. Russia must weigh risks of direct involvement against United States and UN forces, with timing potentially years away. Estimates suggest a vast Soviet army, advanced tanks, airpower, and a growing submarine fleet, but readiness for a broader war remains debated.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
United States
Miss Mary Elizabeth Nelson obituary in Alabama church service
Funeral services for Miss Mary Elizabeth Nelson aged 70 are set for Tuesday at 3 PM at West Berlin Methodist Church Cullman County with Rev. Virgil Sizemore officiating. Interment will follow at the adjoining cemetery Peck directing Survived by five sisters and six brothers with nephews serving as pallbearers.
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Mary Elizabeth Nelson
West Berlin Methodist Church
Cullman County
Virgil Sizemore
Peck
Miss Nelson
Cullman 9
L. L. Bates
Hartselle
West Berlin
R. E. Armstrong
Cullman
P. A. Raney
Crane Hill
Ala
R. R. Duff
Collinsville
Texas
L. D. Miller
Saxton, Pa
J. D. Nelson
Lubbock
Odell Nelson
Akron, CO
George and
E. G. Nelson
Steppeville, Ala
James Nelson
Hartseller
Charles Nelson
Cullman 2
Sugar Pine Trees Reach Great Heights and Widths
Sugar Pine trees are the largest pines, occasionally reaching 250 feet in height and 12 feet in diameter, noted for their impressive size.
Grenadier Guards Rise From 1685 Royal Bodyguard
The Grenadier Guards, ranked top regiment in the British Army, trace its origins to 1685 when it was raised as a bodyguard for Charles II.
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Grenadier Guards
Charles II
Ribbon-tailed bird profile exposes striking color and tail length
The ribbon-tailed bird of paradise is described as black with a bluish green top and throat and two-foot white tail feathers, highlighting its vivid plumage and distinctive tail.
Markets: Decatur Prices for Cotton and Crops
Farm markets report in Decatur shows cotton middling 36c, strict low 34c, cottonseed $45.00, broilers 25c delivered, heavy hens 18c, hatching eggs 80c per dot. New crop corn prices: ear 1.39, shelled 1.45. white corn ear 1.94, shelled 2.00. Corn basis 16 percent moisture. No 2 new wheat onion free 2.24, No 2 new oats onion free 0.69. Other grains basis 13 percent moisture.
Wall Street Dips From Morning Gains Amid Rocky Session
The New York stock market opened the day with early gains around $2 a share but later fell back with declines mostly under $1. Motors led the list with Du Pont briefly up over $2, while General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Woolworth International Harvester Admiral Zenith American Telephone Anaconda Copper Park Utah Mining Allied Chemical Dow Chemical Santa Fe Sinclair Oil U S Gypsum stayed positive for long stretches. Steels rails and aircrafts showed weakness as the market swung through a volatile session.
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New York
Motors
du Pont
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Woolworth
International Harvester
Admiral Corp
Zenith Radio
American Telephone
Anaconda Copper
Park Utah Mining
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical
Santa Fe
Sinclair Oil
U. S. Gypsum
North Georgia live poultry market prices eased slightly
Atlanta August 21 report from USDA indicates heavy fryers and broilers in the North Georgia market show trucking demand improving though supplies remain barely adequate for trade needs. Prices paid FOB farm ranged 28 to 30 cents with most at 28 to 29 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures uneven in slow trading on Aug 21
New York reports irregular cotton futures with scattered liquidation and hedging. Nearby October steady on mill covering orders as late afternoon prices range 65 cents lower to 30 cents higher than the prior close. October at 37.96, December 37.97, March 38.11.
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New York
Grains Dip as Soybeans Lead Retreat in Chicago Trade
Chicago prices eased after a session of little trend with soybeans leading the decline. New crop corn deliveries held firm while wheat fell about a quarter to a half, with September soybeans down about two percent and other grains sliding modestly.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York Stocks Rally
New York stock markets opened higher with gains led by motors shares. Cotton prices showed irregular movement as mills engaged in covering and hedging actions amid trading activity.
Live cattle and hogs steady to higher on light demand
Market notes show wheat steadyish with light demand, corn mixed and new crop steady on cool weather, oats easy with limited demand. Hogs range up to 25 cents higher at 24.85, cattle up to 1.00 with a top at 32.35.
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed as Cattle Steady Down
Nashville Tenn Aug 21 reports cattle totals around 1 800 with slow bidding and price declines 50 to 1.00. Medium to good yearlings 28.00, common 23.00 to 27.00, cows 11.00 to 17.25, stockers 23.00 to 27.50, calves 20 to 32, hogs 1 100 with barrows 23.75 to 25 and sows 18.00 to 18.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Departments of Agriculture
War Continues As Front News Narrowed By Radio Gaps
The war pressbacked by couriers and air cover, 30 correspondents at headquarters rejected the pool as unworkable. News from advanced HQs largely halted, the Army says facilities exist at Pusan but reporters refuse to leave front areas where events unfold. Bridging gaps between Taegu and Pusan grows difficult due to bad radio conditions linking Korea Japan and the United States.
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Pusan
Taegu
Korea
Japan
United States
Cullman Man Dorrough Rites Set for Tuesday at First Baptist
Funeral services for Charlie W. Dorrough 68 Cullman county merchant and manufacturer will be held Tuesday at 10 am from the First Baptist church in Cullman Rev Andrew Coltharp will officiate Interment will be in Cullman city cemetery Mass service directing Dorrough died in his sleep Friday night at East Point after a period of heart trouble He owned a general merchandise store in East Point and recently began aluminum lawn furniture manufacture Surviving are his widow Nell Collum Dorrough three daughters Mrs Ralph Grove Tulsa Okla Mrs John Gibson Cullman and Mrs Clyde Ward Cullman two brothers Henry Dorrough Cullman Sam Dorrough Andalusia a sister Mrs Leola Howell Birmingham and eight grandchildren Pallbearers are Hugh Brindley Galin Allen Aubrey Hankey Seldon Singleton Frank Jenkins and Dr Dwight Fuller Jr.
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Charlie W. Dorrough
Cullman County
First Baptist Church
Cullman
Andrew Coltharp
Cullman City Cemetery
East Point
Dorrough
Birmingham
Dorough
Senate backs defense finance plan amid reform fights
Senate and house move to spur defense production with loan guarantees while fighting anti inflation amendments. Administration leaders anticipate approval of a President friendly measure as senators weigh Mundt Ferguson and McCarran anti subversive options. Debate centers on separate anti communist action later this session.
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House
Senate
Truman
CIO
Mundt
Ferguson
Mich
McCarran
D-New
Court hears contested loyalties in Montgomery party case
Montgomery attorney Richard T. Rives said Johnston's testimony is very material and urged Judge Simmons delay ruling until his evidence is heard. Johnston signed an affidavit claiming receipt of the contest papers and bond for McCorvey, who was out of town. States rights challengers sought to set aside the restraining order and limit actions, while McCorvey’s subcommittee and loyalists clashed in court over filing timeliness and cash bond legality following the May 2 primary.
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Richard T. Rives
Montgomery
National Party
Johnston
Simmons
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
McCorvey
States
Treasury Aims Cheap Money for War Financing Sparked by Fed Plan
Treasury seeks to refund 13.5 billion dollars of securities with 13 month 11 4 per cent notes while the Federal Reserve Bank of New York raises discount rates to 13 4 per cent. The aim is to fund the Korean War while curbing inflation and keeping government interest costs down. Critics say the plans conflict and may raise bank lending rates.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve
Reserve Bank
The
Reserve
Kimbrell Pleads Guilty in Second Degree Burglary Case
Ed Mack reports William Percy Kimbrell pleaded guilty to a second degree burglary tied to last fall’s Yancy Hughes drug store robbery. Kimbrell requested probation and his sentence was deferred until Sept. 1. he remains free on bond.
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William Percy Kimbrell
Yancy Hughes
Kimbrell
Crime Committee Links Gang Profits To Legitimate Firms
A crime committee stated that rich crime syndicates plow profits into so called legitimate business. The gangsters racketeers in these enterprises often use intimidation and monopolization tactics that characterize their criminal activities.
Pumps in use to drain Holland swampland shift to steam and diesel
Most pumps used in Hol land to drain swampland are steam or diesel driven.
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Holland
Railroad walkouts threaten major lines and steel plants
Union leaders announced walkouts by conductors and trainmen on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern and the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroads, with broader steel and coal disruptions possible. President Truman could seize railroads or urge talks. a nationwide strike could imperil steel production as Republic and terminal facilities report layoffs and material shortages amid a 17 month dispute over pay and a 40 hour week for yard crews.
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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Chicago
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
Truman
President Truman
White House
Brotherhood of
Order of
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Louisville
Kentucky and
Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio, Southern
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota Railway Company
Minneapolis and
Elgin
Arrests In Valley Made A Big Weekend
At least 40 arrests were made this weekend by valley law enforcement. Twenty nine faced Decatur recorder's court for offenses including seven intoxication on a public street and seven prohibitions violations. Other charges covered traffic, gambling, disorderly conduct, and leaving the scene of an accident. Morgan county and Limestone officers reported several arrests, while Cullman Sheriff Hyatt said his forces made none.
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Decatur Recorder’s Court
J. B. Whitmire
VPL
Morgan County
Limestone
Shelley Hyatt
Cullman
Red Army advances halted near Taegu amid heavy losses
A South Korean spokesman claimed 2,450 Red casualties in recapturing a hill on the Northwest flank above Taegu. South Korean naval forces sank one Red troop ship and damaged another off the South coast. North Korean losses were described as terrific. Allies yielded in a two mile stretch north of Taegu, but Reds were stopped by flare-lit American artillery and night air strikes. Five Red tanks were destroyed. The threat to Taegu was said to be broken by close cooperation between planes and big guns.
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Tip
Pohang
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Haman
25Th Infantry
Masan
Pusan
Taegu
Kumhwa
Don Whitehead
U. S
27Th “Wolfhound
MacArthur
Kim Il Sung
Kim
South Coast
Whithead
Chinju
MacBeth
Kigye-Pohang
China
Yonghung Island
Inchon
Sepul
Jack MacBeth
Deep South Front
Battle Mountain recaptured as U S forces hold Korean frontline
In Korea near Haman, Aug 21, U S 25th Division repelled a Red assault on Battle Mountain after the 24th Regiment had earlier retaken the summit. American air power supported the defense as 25 Negro infantrymen fought a day-long defense and the Fifth Regimental Combat Team launched a southern attack toward Sobuksan.
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U.S
Korea
Battle Mountain
Haman
Chinju
Sobuksan
Discharge and Visits Noted in Local Briefs
Mrs. Charles Johnston of Belle Mina was discharged from Decatur General Hospital today. Winston Powell of Birmingham visited here over the weekend.
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Charles Johnston
Belle Mina
Decatur General Hospital
Winston Powell
Birmingham
Patterson Burned By High Voltage At Athens Farm
F C Patterson a popular Athens post office employee was removed to Vanderbilt Hospital on Friday for treatment of third degree burns after a pump removal accident Thursday near Athens. He was knocked 30 feet when a 2200 volt line touched the pump and wet mud intensified his injuries. Patterson and two other men were unconscious. the others escaped serious harm. Patterson recalls the moment he could not loosen the line before losing consciousness. Hundreds of friends remain concerned for his condition.
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F. C. Patterson
Athens Post Office
Vanderbilt Hospital
Paul Pepper
Athens
Patterson
Athens Votes On Six Month Parking Meter Trial
Monday marks the start of a six month parking meter experiment in Athens. After this period a city election will decide whether meters stay, return to free two hour parking, or remove restrictions entirely.
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Athens
Clean Up Week Proclaimed by Athens Mayor
Acting on a move sponsored by the Athens Lions Club Mayor Elmer L. Vinson proclaims August 21 to 26 as Clean Up Week urging residents to cut tall grass and weeds clean up and paint up as the city remains untidy under summer rains.
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Athens Lions Club
Elmer L. Vinson
Cleaning firms announce immediate price increase
An advertisement in a local newspaper by seven cleaning firms states that cleaning costs will rise at once due to higher prices for materials and supplies. The move reflects broad inflation pressures on service costs in the area.
First Open Boll Joe Woodfin Rates a Medal
Joe Woodfin, a cotton farmer, earns a medal for outstanding work. The event marks a notable recognition in agricultural achievement during the period referenced. Further details remain unclear in the fragment.
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Joe Woodfin
Famed Surgeon Held In Burma
Dr Gordon S Seagrave the famed American surgeon is jailed in Rangoon on suspicion of aiding Karen rebels but faces no charges yet A Burmese court will hear the case He was arrested at Namkham near the China Burma border and transported to Rangoon The embassy said he is in good health and receiving proper care
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon S. Seagrave
Seagrave
U. S
Joseph Stilwell
India
U. S. Army
Kachin
Naw Seng
Cooper warns of Soviet danger to Western Europe
Former Army Lt General Cooper declares a grave Soviet threat to Western Europe and outlines three essentials for defense. He urges urgent Atlantic unity, a unified military command, and robust US Britain participation to deter Russia, noting Europe’s limited manpower and the need for reinforcements in Germany.
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Europe
United States
European
Cooper
Russia
Soviet Union
State Department
Department
Washington
Atlantic
Western
Britain
Western Europe
Germany
Alabama Courier Announces Unusual Week Off For Staff
The Alabama Courier will suspend publication for the entire staff including the boss next week while subscribers still receive the paper. Regulations require weekly issue and mailing, so the paper will be printed Saturday night and mailed next Thursday as usual.
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Alabama Courier
Courier
Fireworks Light Queen's Birthday Night in Holland
Fireworks illuminate streets in Holland as residents celebrate the Queen's birthday night with public displays and festive gatherings. Local authorities urge safety and manage crowds amid celebrations.
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Holland
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Decatur
N. Y. Cotton
Board
Ed Mack
Buck Island
Valley
GoLimale
Athens News
Decatur Printing Co
PostoHice
Bank Street
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