Airlines seek enlarged Southeast feeder air routes
The Civil Aeronautics Board will hear oral arguments on a proposal by two examiners to greatly expand air line service in 14 Southeastern states. The plan calls for a three year experimental feeder service and extensions by five major companies, with hearings set in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ross.T._Newmann
Curtis C. Henderson
Air Lines
Delta
Eastern Air Lines
CAB
Greensboro
N. C
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
West Virja
Tennessee
Virginia
North Rolina
South Carolin
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Maryland
Commonwealth Airort, Inc
Piedmont Aviation, Inc
Uthern Airways, Inc
State Airlines, Inc
Alabama towns enter rural gas service with bonds
Fairhope and Foley in Montgomery County issued bonds totaling 774000 to fund rural gas lines serving about 2200 customers. United Gas Pipeline will supply gas with taps three miles from Bay Minette. Shaffer notes it is the first rural gas venture by Alabama cities, following rural electric projects.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Rural Gas Service
John P. Shaffer
State Finance Department
Local Finance
Fairhope
Foley
United Gas Pipeline Company
Shaffer
Bay Minette
Yugoslav leader Tito criticizes Allied overflights but seeks restraint
Tito complains of thousands of Allied flights over Yugoslavia and calls it a deliberate flaunt of sovereignty. He says no foreign planes should be shot at, vows investigation of the first crash, and notes weather was clear when the second plane went down.
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Ment
Yugoslavia
Patterson
Tito
Hohenthal
Public Health Report Reveals Racial Disparity in Venereal Disease Rates
Dr. B F Austin announced test results from ten Alabama counties showing a venereal disease infection rate of 3.3 percent for whites and 27.4 percent for Negroes. The combined county rate reached 12.9 percent. Counties listed include Sumter, Macon, Russell, Houston, Dale, Jefferson, Morgan, Calhoun and Cleburne with more counties pending lab results.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. F. Austin
Austin
Sumter
Macon
Russell
Houston
Dale
Jefferson
Morgan
Calhoun
Cleburne
Lee
Talladega
Clay
Alabama Governor Hopeful Folsom Praises Arnall and Seeks Aid
Alabama governor hopeful Folsom and Georgia host Arnall discuss absentee ownership and regional finance. Folsom criticizes Alabama wealth lag and calls for stronger Southern financial leadership while Arnall urges faith in Southern institutions.
Malone long served seven years as judge and frontiersman of early Alabama politics
Malone led the Decature company in the Home Guard during World War I and twice ran for Congress in the eighth district, losing both races yet shown without rancor. He began in retail as an early Alabama auto dealer, later moving into politics and real estate.
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Decature Company
Malone
Alaama
Cotton prices slip as new crop prospects improve
Markets weekly report shows mid dling 15 16 inch cotton at 35.61 cents a pound in ten spot markets, up from last year, with sales at 64 400 bales and domestic mill buying rising slightly. Government loan rate and rayon fiber prices influence the market while supply remains 15 20 percent below last season. Weather remains warm and sunny, aiding boll weevil control across the belt.
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Weekly
Cotton Review
Washington
Agriculture Department
Weather Bureau
Grain futures rise on U S government program changes
Chicago grain markets firm as buyers push futures higher by about one cent after the government announced broad changes to its grain program including plans to export 400 million bushels. Corn gains 3 8 1 2 cents to 1 33 1 2 for January and oats up 3 81 1 8 to 74 5 8 1 2 for September. Barley not traded.
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Chicago
Welfare chief seeks 200 foster homes in Alabama
Montgomery Aug 24 Pre State Welfare Commissioner Laula Dunn said the welfare department needs normal family homes for about 200 dependent children including babies and toddlers. The department must provide board and medical care but cannot supply love affection and parental guidance. Homes are needed in nearly every Alabama municipality.
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Montgomery
Ala
Laula Dunn
Welfare Department
Alabama
Compensation Runs A Million Monthly
Unemployment compensation payments to non veterans in Alabama continue to average about one million dollars monthly. July expenditures totaled 1 022 022 dollars, slightly above June’s 996 887 figure. Payments come from a payroll tax funded state fund.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Frank R. Broadway
State Industrial Relations Department
Department
Lost sight but not enthusiasm boosts Florida library project
In Crestview Florida 94 year old Lucy Henry, despite blindness, maintains public service roots. Her two room home library serves thousands of children and adults annually and she plans further efforts including securing a site for a library and chapel with help from a Florida church.
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Crestview
Fra
Lucy Henry
Henry
Ted
Florida
President Truman Receives No Paris Peace Report
President Truman, on vacation in Hamilton Bermuda, spoke ten minutes with Secretary Byrnes via transatlantic radio but received no report on Paris Peace Conference developments. He walked two miles this morning and toured Bermuda sights. Treasury Secretary Snyder joined the party aboard the U S S Williams burg as they plan to return to Washington for Labor Day.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Truman
Byrnes
Charles G. Ross
Ross
George R. Henderson
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Washington
U. S. S. Williamsburg
Snyder
Quonset, R. I
Labor Day
May Abandon Plane Search Near Knoxville Tennessee
The Army Search and Rescue captain said the missing PT-17 biplane with two passengers would end its search Sunday morning if no definite clues emerged. Bad weather hampered today’s flights as crews from Tri-Cities Airport scoured the mountains northeast of Knoxville after the chartered flight vanished from Lincolnton, North Carolina to Morristown, Tennessee last Sunday.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Here
Army
A. E. Ray
Search
Lincolnton
N. C
Morristown
Tri-Cities
Upper East Tennessee
Price of Picking Is Driven Higher in Georgia Fields
In Eastman Georgia the cotton picking price rose from 2 to 3 dollars per hundred pounds as labor recruiters from the county agent’s office report bids among growers. Initial offers started at 2 dollars, climbed to 2.50 dollars, then reached 3 dollars before heavy rains lowered cotton grade and some farmers refused the top rate.
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Eastman, Ga
County Agnt
Biloxi Funds Veteran Service Center With One Mill Tax
Biloxi will finance a war veterans service center and may levy a one mill tax to raise about $7 500 annually for maintenance. The city plans facilities to aid and counsel returning servicemen following state legislature approval.
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Biloxi Miss
Biloxi
English Brides and Children on Bridgeport Arrival
The Army transport Bridgeport arrived with 59 English war brides and 61 children. The brides headed to 26 states and the District of Columbia. Davis Jr bride was Mrs. Sam from London en route to join her husband in Elberton with daughter Janet.
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New York
Bridgeport
States
District of
Columbiaa'Davis Jr
Sam
London
Elberton
Janet
Club Work Sets Meet in Athens District Federation
The Second District Federation of Woman's Clubs in Athens announced a safety prize for the district with the best report. Mrs. L. H. Houston led the meeting at Mrs. W. R. Hightower's home. Attendees from Moulton Woodville Cheroke Decatur Madison Athens totaled about 20. The district plans a Sept. 14 meeting in Cheroke and asks clubs to report attendance.
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Federation of Woman's Clubs
Athens
L. H. Houston
Earl Foster
S. R. Long
Falkville
Ina B. Farris
Athens College
Robert L. Butler
Woodville
Alabama
Moulton
Cheroke
Decatur
Madison
J. W. Rutland
Bums and Cards Set for Four Game NL Showdown
The Brooklyn Dodgers visit the St. Louis Cardinals for a four game series at Sportsman's Park starting with a doubleheader. An estimated 35 000 fans are expected despite showers with box seats sold out and scalpers asking up to 20 dollars. The Cards lead Dodgers 11 to 4 in head to head, but Brooklyn remains atop the league as the pennant race tightens with a full sweep needed for a clear edge.
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ST. Louis
Brooklyn
Cardinals
Sportsman’ Park
Brooks
Red Birds
High Prices Drive Baldwin County Poultry Reductions
Baldwin County farmers trim poultry flocks due to elevated feed costs. County Agent Frank C. Turner reports an approximate 15 percent drop in egg production from last year amid scarce fall pullets and high feed prices. He notes farms seek substitutes like soybeans and white Dutch clover but urge balanced animal protein feeds.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin County
Frank C. Turner
Turner
Crackers Shutout Nashville's Vols 3-0
Atlanta pitcher Charlie Mistos earned his second shutout of the night for his fifth win, as the Crackers defeated the Nashville Vols 3-0 before 3,283 fans. Mistos allowed four hits, two unearned, with Bob Bemish driving in a run via a fourth inning homer. Pete Mallory took the loss. Atlanta widened its lead to six games over idle Memphis.
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Atlanta
Charlie Mistos
Nashville Vols
Mistos
Crackers
Nashville
Bob Bemish
Pete Mallory
Memphis Chicks
Baldwin Ballots On A Stock Law
Baldwin county voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide on a proposed countywide stock law. Proponents say it will reduce highway accidents by keeping stock fenced. opponents argue open range should continue and cattlemen lack wire to fence herds. The last vote on the law was 1806 against.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin County
Local notes and police docket highlight Decatur area
Mrs Gontzad Strickland and family visits noted while Rankins plan Decatur arrival after Daytona Beach trip. City docket lists four cases 25 dollar fines for petty larceny and a 100 dollar bond for prohibition violation. Building permits total 900 dollars for Goodyear and Kirk additions. Fire crews respond to two calls on East Davis and Nana streets.
Limestone County rioting case heads to October term
Ten day report to jury recounts indictments and the arrest of six remaining defendants. Circuit Solicitor George C. Johnson requested a special term of court but Crow refused to avoid extra county expense. Johnson warned of mob rule and called the disturbance a disgrace to Limestone county, a town with over 150 years without race trouble.
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Limestone County
George C. Johnson
Crow
Johnson
Rites Planned for Lott Infant Nancy Gel Lott
Funeral services for Nancy Gel Lott infant daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Lott will be held at 10 oclock this morning at New Friendship church Somerville 1 The child died at 820 Jackson Street in Decatur at 11 45 oclock Friday night Surviving are the parents four brothers Paul Willard Franklin James two sisters Vivian Shirley and a grandmother Nancy Alvis Burial will be made in New Friendship cemetery Howell directing
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Nancy Gel Lott
A. L. Lott
Somerville
New Friendship Church
Jackson Street
Decatur
Paul Lott
Willard Lott
Franklin Lott
James Lott
Vivian Lott
Shirley Lott
Nancy Alvis
New Friendship Cemetery
Howell
West Decatur Gains New 1,000,000 Gallon Water Tank
West Decatur will receive improved water service once a new 1,000,000 gallon tank is finished on Fifth Avenue West. George Godwin of the city water department says the tank, nearly twice the capacity of the others, will stabilize pressure citywide and provide water storage for West Decatur, a area previously lacking reliable supply. The tank, 71 feet six inches in diameter and 143 feet tall, sits on five acres owned by the department and cost 81,000 dollars to build by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., with completion planned by November 1.
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Fifth Avenue West
West
Decatur
Sam Hobbs
West Decatur
Third Street
George Godwin
City Water Department
Godwin
inceAs
Water Department
Moulton Street
Market Street
Delano Park
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Chicago
Death takes Mrs Puckett 69 in Fairview
Mollie P Puckett 69 died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday afternoon at 820 North Avenue Fairview in good health before. Funeral cortege leaves home at 1 40 Sunday for Ninth Street Methodist church with services at 2 Rev O S Gamble. Burial at city cemetery. Survived by four sons G W Puckett Jr Ross Puckett Ernest Puckett of Decatur and Robert Puckett of Trinity plus a brother Walter Price Huntsville. Pallbearers listed.
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Mollie P. Puckett
North Avenue
Fairview
Puckett
Ninth Street Methodist Church
O. S. Gamble
City
Brown
G. W. Puckett Jr
Ross Puckett
Ernest Puckett
Decatur
Robert Puckett
Trinity
Walter Price
Huntsville
R. D. Compton
Leslie Compton
Guy Jones
John Butler
Roland Neill
Arthur Burleson
Decatur Bids Building Requires Donation and Land
Drive county plans call for a remaining 17000 dollars and five acres to be donated. The funds must be raised by August 27 as the Decatur delegation must appear before the state selection board on August 28 to present the bid.
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Page 1
Decatur
State Selection Board
Walking on Road Killed by Vehicle near Centerville
Olen S. Tutten a patient at the U S veterans hospital in Tuscaloosa died in a local infirmary from injuries suffered in a highway accident near Centerville. He was a Vernon Florida resident who had left the hospital on a pass and was struck by one of two cars meeting on the road where he walked.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Olen S. Tutten
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Centerville
Tutten
Vernon
Fla
Veterans Hospital
Farmer held in shooting amid Jackson racial unrest
In Mississippi a 60-year-old white farmer identified as MS. Sullivan was released on 1000 bond in a case tied to the shooting and wounding of four white officers and a black man during weekend trouble in Sullivan Hollow. District attorney Weathersby said 13 Negroes were jailed as material witnesses in Smith County outbreak. three more Negroes held in Hinds County jail.
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Jackson
Miss
Sullivan
Todd
Sullivan Hollow
Weathersby
Bon
Hinds County
Smith County
Craft Brothers
Johnny
Garfield
W. O
Craft
H. J. Sullivan
Glenn Hester
Fielding Wright
Wright
Johnny Craft
More Lakes More Fishing in Alabama
Montgomery officials call for contributed sites to develop artificial lakes. Conservation Director Ben Morgan says the state plans several lakes to expand fishing opportunities but has only 90,000 dollars for the first six to eight lakes and will select sites offering the best fishing.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Conservation Department
Ben Morgan
Thief Steals Tent From War Veteran in Birmingham
War veteran Roy Hill lost a 16 foot tent used for winter shelter after leaving it in a lot beside his mother’s north Birmingham home. He planned to modify it into a living space for his family but found the tent stolen during a trip to a mining camp for furniture.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roy Hill
Jim Hodge Dies at Home at 85 in Limestone County
Services held at Wesley's Chapel Limestone County for Jim Hodge 85 who died at his home on Man son 3 at 12:30 Friday afternoon after several weeks illness. Burial in Wesley Chapel cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Nancy Hodge and Cora Anderson of Madison and Cora Tippit of Huntsville.
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Jim Hodge
Manson
Hodge
Wesley’s Chapel
Limestone County
Wesley Chapel
Howell
Nancy Hodge
Cora Anderson
Madison 5
Cora Tippit
Huntsville
Blaze at Admiral Semmes Hotel in Mobile
Five fire companies fought a kitchen blaze at the Admiral Semmes hotel on Government Street in Mobile. Traffic was snarled for nearly an hour but firefighters quelled the fire with only slight damage and no injuries reported.
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Hotel Mobile
Ala
Admiral Semmes Hotel
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