Mixed Reactions To Ceiling Price Postings In Stores
A spot survey in three test cities Fargo Jacksonville and Fresno finds grocers divided over restored ceiling price postings while the public remains largely apathetic. Some store operators say the system works and others argue it increases costs and undermines free enterprise as customers largely ignore the charts.
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Associated Press
Office of Price Stabilization
Fargo
N. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Fresno
Calif
Fargo Grocers
Aaron C. Crews
W. E.law
Florida
A. and P. Food
Fresno County Grocers Association
Funeral service for Robert Johnson held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Robert Johnson's body is taken to Mutual Service funeral home. Survived by wife Obie C Johnson and numerous children including Opal and Shirley. Parents Mr and Mrs John W Johnson of Hillsboro and seven brothers. Services set for 2 PM Sunday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with interment at nearby cemetery.
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Mutual Service Funeral Home
Mutual
Obie C. Johnson
Opal E
Shirley A
Edward V
Army
Jimmy E
Seldon R
Fred W
Samuel H
Hillsboro
Daniel Johnson
Birmingham
Clarice Johnson
Thomas Johnson
JW. Johnson
James Johnson
Alford Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Moulton Road
Amusements Listings Show Multiple Film Screenings
The notice lists showings at several theaters including Princess Jack and the Beanstalk with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Lady From Texas with Howard Duff, The Wild North, Riders From Tucson, Raging Tide, Is Kind of Woman, Frenchie, Cyclone Fury and more with various stars and showtimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Farmers See Little Difference Between Ike and Stevenson on Price Supports
Washington reports that Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson echoed each other on farm price supports. Both appeared to back the current law setting minimum parity at 90 percent for major crops for the next two years. The Brannan plan drew opposition from Stevenson, who called it obsolete, while Eisenhower hinted at maintaining existing supports. A potential divergence could arise in handling perishables with Stevenson backing a workable method, and Eisenhower favoring local voluntary programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E.stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Illinois
Minocqua
Wis
Congress
Truman
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Birth announced for Joseph Michael Lupo in August
Mr and Mrs Joe Lupo formerly Nell Dawson announce the birth of their son Joseph Michael on August 13 Mrs Lupo has moved to the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Cagle in Moulton Heights Mrs John M Smith of Somerville left for Dalton Georgia to visit Mr and Mrs O B Rogers and family Eight people appeared in recorder's court this morning on seven charges including driving without license dis orderly conduct drunken driving vagrancy blocking a driveway running a red light and reverse parking Miss Shirley Ann Wright returned home from a visit with her aunt Miss Mable Thompson in Nashville Bill Couch returned home from a short visit in Florida
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Joe Lupo
Nell Dawson
Joseph Michael
Lupo
Herbert Cagle
Moulton Heights
John M. Smith
Somerville
Dalton
Georgia
O. B. Rogers
Recorder’s’ Court
Shirley Ann Wright
Mable Thompson
Nashville
Three Mishaps In Lawrence
Three accidents ended a long stretch without incidents in Lawrence county with three wrecks reported yesterday and this morning. A 1948 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Mary Lewis Bradford collided with a farm tractor on Alabama 20 near Town Creek, causing $75 damage to the car. A 1949 Ford driven by Lamon W. Hill struck a wagon east of Wren, injuring a mule and causing about $185 damage to the car. A truck loaded with crates of chickens crashed on Alabama 101 near Town Creek, scattering crates and injuring the driver, who was treated and dismissed.
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Lawrence County
Roy Thomas
Alabama
Town Creek
Mary Lewis Bradford
Decatur
Neal Mason
Thomas
Lamon W. Hill
Wren
Hill
D. C. Kelso
Danville 2
Alabama 101
Decatur General Hospital
James Carden
Cullman 5
Carden
Wilburn Craft
Mrs Fawn Boyd Succumbs at 66 in Athens
Mrs. Fawn Boyd 66 of Athens 2 died at home at 7 40 this morning after a heart attack two weeks ago. Funeral services are set for 2 30 tomorrow afternoon at Lenisville Methodist church with interment in the adjoining cemetery Mutual Service of Decatur directing. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Church of Christ and lifelong Limestone county resident. Survived by husband David M Boyd four daughters J G Collins Jasper Thomas Wilborn Mildred Boyd Beatrice Boyd all of Athens a son Orin G Boyd Athens 2 three brothers Jim Brooks Oklahoma Ben Brooks Walter Brooks Athens four grandchildren and other relatives.
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Fawn Boyd
Athens
Lenisvillée
Coast Guard Meet Slated Saturday at Madison County Harbor
Decatur Coast Guard Auxiliary members join Guntersville flotilla and Madison County boat owners Saturday night at Hobbs Island harbor. The floating clubhouse will host the meeting after its upstream trip. Auxiliary has 15 members led by Commander Gerald Neher.
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Decatur Coast Guard Auxiliary
Guntersville
Madison County
Coast Guard
Hobbs ‘Island
Decatur Auxiliary
Gerald Neher
40 Residents In Moulton Heights Get City Water
At least 40 residents of Moulton Heights were connected to the city water system after extension work was finished this week. Water Department officials said meters were installed yesterday to begin service in the area.
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Moulton Heights
City Water
Water Department
Mrs Maybell Clemons Dies Of Heart Attack
Mrs Maybell Clemons died from a heart attack at her home 1111 Fifth Avenue E at 6 P M yesterday Final rites will be at Grant Street Church of Christ at 2 P M tomorrow with Charles Brewer officiating interment in Rose Lawn cemetery Mutual directing Survivors include husband James Clemons three sons James Mike and Marlon Clemons two daughters Marguerite and Marlene Clemons five brothers Tru man Gordon Frank Garland and Herbert Cheatham and five sisters Lucy Zella Marie Louise and Sara all of Morgan county She was a member of the South Decatur Church of Christ and a longtime resident of Decatur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybell Clemons
Fifth Avenue
Grant Street Church of Christ
Charles Brewer
Roselawn
James Clemons
James
Mike
Marlon Clemons
Marguerite Clemons
Marlene Clemons
Decatur
Truman Cheatham
Gordon Cheatham
Frank Cheatham
Garland Cheatham
Herbert Cheatham
Lucy Cheatham
Zella Cheatham
Marie Moore
Louise Welbourn
Sara Osborne
Morgan County
Clemons
Alabama hay program update under public law 875
The Daily reports on public law 875 aid for Alabama hay and pasture, with PMA chair W B Crowley hoping for good news Friday. Regional routing delays in Atlanta slow Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee cases. Washington officials say Alabama paperwork is ready and processing quickly.
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the Daily
W. B. Crowley
P.M.A
Alabama
Alabama Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Atlanta
Kentucky
Tennessee
Raymond Foley
Joseph H. Dupuy
Frank Stewart
Persons
Washington
The
Daily This
Pete F. Seward
Seward
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
Massachusetts
Lions Club to Sponsor Week of Safety Drive
The Lions Club board approved a six week safety drive sponsored by the Decatur Automobile Dealers Association starting September 1 at the City Electric Department. Lions will oversee promotion for the week of November 10 to 16. Police Chief Whitmire is temporarily removed from the safety committee as he will serve as a judge in the program.
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Lions Club Board of Directors
Decatur Automobile Dealers Association
City Electric Department
Lions
William Burks
J. B. Whitmire
E L Lassetter Taken By Death
Edward Lee Lassetter 71 died at Cullman hospital at 1 40 am Funeral services set for 4 pm tomorrow at First Christian church Cullman Rev O G Gilbert to officiate Burial in city cemetery Mass Service directing Survivors include wife Pearl Lassetter and granddaughter Ann Lassetter Pallbearers from church and postal staff arrive at Mass Service funeral homes prior to services
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Edward Lee Lassetter
Cullman Hospital
First Christian Church
Cullman
O. G. Gilbert
City Cemetery
Mass
Carrollton
Lassetter
Cullman Post Office
Cullman Civil Service Board
Pearl Lassetter
Ann Lassetter
Fredericksburg
G. W. Ponder, Sr
Buell Cobb
First ~ Christian Church
Elbert Powell
Woodrow Carter
Gorman Knight
Walter Martin
Water Safety Work Success at Hartselle Pool
Red Cross instructor Elaine Wilson led two water safety classes at Hartselle Municipal Pool, praised as a success by Morgan County Red Cross chair George Porter. Senior graduates: Joy Broom through Altha Blaylock. juniors: Rebecca Quattlebaum through Libby Plemons. Certificates and insignia await. Porter commends Wilson who recently moved from Boston and joined Red Cross and Girl Scouts. Britain notes: car fenders are wings or mud guards.
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Hartselle
Elaine Wilson
Red Cross
George Porter
Morgan County
The
Joy Broom
Dora Clark
Dee Dee Morgan
Betty June Douthitt
Martha Williams
Ann Wheat
Eleanor Chenault
Betty Hazel Hamilton
Altha Blaylock
Two Fires Destroy Homes in Decatur
Two separate fires in Decatur yesterday caused heavy damage to residences. One house near the water pumping station was unoccupied. the Water Department owned the property and the cause was undetermined. The second blaze on East Moulton Street began around 11 50 p m and confined to a room and attic. a defective refrigerator was suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williams
City Water Department
Decatur
City
Floyd Elkins
William
Elkins
East Moulton Street
Market Report Decatur Summary
Decatur markets show cotton middling at 38.75 cents with strict low 36.75, No 2 mile at $3.10, No 2 wheat new crop $195, No 2 oats new crop 80 cents, No 2 yellow ear corn $1.83, and hogs priced at 21.25 in Decatur.
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Decatur
Decatur High School Senior Class 1952 Surplus Used
Decatur High School seniors voted to buy a record player for the school with a plaque reading To Decatur High School from the Senior Class of 1952. The remaining funds, about 200 dollars, were given to a reunion committee for 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
W. H. Jenkins
Lorene Pickens
Paddy Loosier
Washington
Nixon attack remark cited during Mundt controversy
A history of remarks in which Nixon identified as the author of an attack on a great American and Monroney counters Mundt’s remarks. The debate centers on responsibility and silence regarding Eisenhower and Marshall with character references and patriotism invoked in the dispute.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Gen. Marshall
Monroney
Gen. Mundt
Indiana Plant Plans Large Coal Burn for Steam Plant
A steam electric power plant in Southeastern Indiana will burn 800000 tons of coal annually and produce 1860000 pounds of steam per hour using two boilers.
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Indiana
Funeral services for William G. Baker
William G. Baker 42 district superintendent for Liberty National Life Insurance died of a heart attack this morning at Ellis-Meyer hospital. Funeral services will be held with a Brown chapel cortege leaving Decatur at 1 PM for Phil Campbell and Shady Grove church services at 3 PM. Interment in nearby cemetery. Survivors include widow Pauline and three daughters Myrna Key, Sharon Faye, and Sheila Pauline. six brothers and four sisters.
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William G. Baker
Decatur
Liberty National Life Insurance Company
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Brown's
Phil Campbell
Shady Grove Church
C. R. Sherill
Brown
Brown Service Division
Pauline Baker
Myrna Key Baker
Sharon Faye Baker
Sheila Pauline Baker
Aaron McDaniel
Clyde Tucker
Lamar Thornton
Tallassee
Ross Washington
Sylacauga
W. D
Carlton Baker
H. M
Russell Kefauver Ticket Proposed for President
Sparkman Senator Richard B Russell and Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver are backed as a presidential ticket, seeking support from party leaders and voters across the nation for the 1956 race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Russell
Tennessee
Sen
Estes Kefauver
GOP readers gather after Boise speech across six states
A leader delivered a Boise Idaho speech on Wednesday before flying to Kansas City for a GOP session with readers from North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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Boise
Idaho
Kansas City
GOP
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Athens of Decatur Directing Survivors Listed
Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs William Newton one brother William L Newton one grandmother Mrs Mary E Newton all of Athens and a grandfather Neal Beck Athens 8.
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Decatur
William Newton
William L. Newton
Mary E. Newton
Athens 7
Neal Beck
Athens
Decatur Woman Mrs Rogers Speaks to DAV Chapter
Mrs T B Rogers of Decatur a World War I nurse disabled in the war spoke briefly to the local Disabled American Veterans chapter at their meeting last night in the American Legion home. The discussion covered community benefits of the DAV program and Mrs Rogers and her husband Reed Rogers Sr were guests.
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T. B. Rogers
Decatur
Disabled American Veterans
American Legion
Smither Jr. Named to Institute of Accountants
John F. Smither Jr. of 706 14th Avenue SE Decatur is elected a member of the American Institute of Accountants. He is a partner in Bell Smither & Martin, graduate of the University of Alabama, and a member of the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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John F. Smither Jr
14Th Avenue
Decatur
American Institute of Accountants
National Professional Society
Cpas
Bell, Smither& Martin
Smither
University of Alabama
Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants
Court Docket Clears in Morgan County on Final Day
Morgan County court ends with a light docket as actions proceed. Cases include assault and battery verdicts and fines, liquor law violations, resisting arrest, obscene language, and several alias capias writs ordered issued. Two cases of attempted carnal knowledge moved to juvenile court.
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Morgan County Court
Carrie Willie Bailey
Capias
Car Alias Capias
Caroline Stovall Taylor
Willie Polk Petit Larceny
Alias Capias
Ike Johnson
Bennett Roberts
Edd Simpson
George Dyson
Stevenson Criticizes Eisenhower Ahead of Western Tour
Adlai Stevenson denounced Eisenhower as a me-too candidate at a news conference. He outlined an eastern start for his campaign with a Sept 5 Denver speech, then visits Montana Wyoming the Pacific Northwest California and the Southwest. He plans to campaign in the South with details still to be worked out.
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Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
Montana
Wyoming
Pacific Northwest
California
Southwest
South
Red jets damaged rise in August amid fighting
United Nations infantry repelled a 16 man Chinese assault on Bunker Hill in the west. On the central front U N soldiers beat back a Red probing platoon in a 40 minute battle near Capital Hill as the new claims reached 28 damaged Red jets for August, with 26 shot down and two possibly destroyed.
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U. N
Bunker Hill
Capital Hill
Woman testifies about survival during attempted store robbery
She says she lived in prayer while in the car outside Mayberry's store as Benefield robbed the victim. She denied any involvement in the shooting and claimed she hoped they would be caught before anyone was killed.
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Mayberry
Benefield
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