Reds Push On Uneasy Canton in China War Report
Chiang Kai-Shek said Chinas wartime capital Chungking will be center for the fight against aggression as communist forces press on Canton, enveloping nearby counties to threaten the Canton-Hankow railway. Observers expect nationalist retreat if the maneuver succeeds while Western diplomats discuss Southeast Asia anti-Communist blocs and European economic unity amid Marshall Plan debates.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
Canton
Chiang
Chiennan
Lungnan
Tingnan
Canton-Hankow
Washington
Dean Acheson
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Southeast Asia
Bevin
Pacific
United States
Elpidio Quirino
London
European Consultative Assembly
Europe
Finland
Florida Hurricanes Move as Weather Sees No Land Threat
The tropical disturbance remains erratic under a blocking high, veering west to west-northwest. Navy hurricane hunters track a shifting path toward the northern Bahamas in the next day, while Harry’s hurricane travels eastward, threatening no land. Cape Hatteras felt its edges with 67 to 115 mile winds as the system nears Turks Island and Turks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Harry
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Florida
Hatteras
Turks Island
President says no purge of non Truman Democrats
President Attorney General says he plans no purge of non Truman Democrats and does not intend to enter any primary fights in any states. He adds the party intends to elect more members next year who will check the program, naming several figures from Alabama Louisiana South Carolina and North Carolina for bolt movements.
Markets Hold Narrow Gains on Mixed Dividend News
Wall Street opened steady with small gains as Packard rose on dividend news and Anaconda Copper dipped after its 50 cent payout. Higher movers included Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodrich Montgomery Ward Caterpillar Western Union and several others.
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New York
Packard
Anaconda Cooper
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
Caterpillar Tractor
Western Union
American Telephone
Dow Chemical
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
American Tobacco
Santa Fe
Nickel Plate R. R
Standard Oil (Nj
Barnsdall Oil
Anderson-Prichard Oil
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Update
Markets at a glance show small gains in stocks despite a slow advance. Bond activity mixed with some rail issues in supply. Cotton quiet amid liquidation and hedging. Chicago wheat mixed with slight price moves. Corn steady as cash receipts stay light. Oats ease with fractional losses. Hogs unevenly strong to 50 cents lower, top $21.50.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Aug 25 NASHVILLE
Federal state agriculture report shows cattle mostly steady with good clearance. Medium 500-750 lb steers and heifers 20.00-21.00, some 22.00. common 17.50-20.00. beef cows 14.00-15.00. bulls 16.50-18.00. stockers 16.00-20.00. calves mostly 24.00-28.00 for milk fed. hogs 500 head salable with 20.50 for 190-250 lb barrows. 160-185 lb hogs 19.00-19.25. sows 14.50-16.50. sheep 150 head, good 20.00-21.00, common 16.00-19.00. aged ewes 7.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Poultry Market Steady in North Georgia Demand Fair
North Georgia poultry market steady with prices unchanged. Demand remains fair for live poultry. supply ample on small sizes and clearing well in most sections. Prices paid FOB farm for broilers and fryers picked up Wednesday afternoon and this morning ranged 27 to 28 1 2 cents, mostly 28 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Grains edge lower on Chicago Board prices
Chicago closing grain session shows mixed small moves with wheat 1-8 lower to 1-4 higher around 2.01 3-8 a bushel. Corn steady to 7-8 higher near 1.24 3-8-1-4. Oats down 1-4 to 1-2, rye off 1-4 to 3-4, soybeans down 2 3-4 to 4 cents, November 2.42-2.41 1-2, lard off 20-30 cents per hundred pounds to 12.40 for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Cotton futures ease on slow New York market
New York cotton futures slipped in slow trading as investors weighed scattered liquidation and hedging against steady mill buying for August September shipments. Prices closed largely unchanged to down about 55 cents a bale with mixed opening quotes across the crop months and a midweek spot rate around 31.77 cents.
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N. Y
New York
Pole Sitter Plans 100 Day Fast atop 30 Foot Pole
In Birmingham Alabama Percy Coplon 53 aims to climb a 30 foot steel pole Sept 1 and live without food for 100 days drinking two gallons of water daily. He will live in a six by six foot house welded to the pole to prevent wind, claiming the stunt is for science after a 1913 car crash death scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Percy Coplon
Coplon
Polio Warning For Tourists From AAA Manager
Mrs Marie Tucker AAA manager warns vacationers to avoid polio risk areas and follows doctors advice on early symptoms fever headaches and vomiting. Tips include cleanliness avoiding crowds not tiring children and ensuring water safety while hoping epidemics do not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Tucker
AAA
Dixie Frolics at Ardmore High Auditorium Next Friday
Ardmore high school auditorium hosts Dixie Frolics next Friday night August 26 at 8. The event features local talent including a womanless wedding, baby contest, singing and dancing for a fun evening worth your money. The Limestone County PTA council met August 16 at the school with Mrs. Charles Leopard presiding and revived Ardmore PTA. Officers elected for the coming year are Mrs Laws Park president, Mrs Syphus Lewter vice president, Mrs Austin Whitt secretary, A C Austin treasurer, and Mrs John Reynolds parliamentarian. Lunch followed in the cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore High School
Limestone County Pta
Charles Leopard
PTA
Ardmore
Laws Park
Syphus Lewter
Austin Whitt
A. C. Austin
John Reynolds
Local Notices Highlight Community Visits and Travels
Cleveland Whitt and children visited in Cullman. Huntsville surgery. Wesley Parker at home and recovering well. Families from Cleveland, Detroit, Nashville, Franklin, Pulaski, and Huntsville gathered for meetings, visits, and church events. A Lafayette pastor appointment and regional travels mark the week’s community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Whitt
Cullman
W. Ece
Wesley Parker
Huntsville Hospital
Charlie Burns
Kelly's Creek
Marie Russ
Old Hickory
Charlie Richardson
Ira Ferguson
Garrett Whitt
Charles Gattis
Cleveland
Tenn
A. C. Austin Jr
Ann
Thoran Jones
Homer Boggs
J. T. Brown
Nashville
Howard Marshall and Sons
Detroit
Michigan
D. Boggs
Postman built mausoleum for wife in Greenwood cemetery
Acklin, whose wife Mrs. Acklin died May 15, 1948 at age 52, had a red brick mausoleum built while her body lay in a temporary vault. He closed and reopened the casket for visitors, including a Tennessee couple, and said he might install a telephone in the tomb. Neighbors say visitors from nearby taverns arrive nightly, though last night only two intoxicated men were seen and were subdued and sentimental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acklin
Tennessee
Greenwood Cemetery
Governor Nomination Signals Third District Shuffle
A near-term gubernatorial nomination is expected from a third district candidate as Lee county legislator resists the administration this session. The Ways and Means panel blocked Folsom’s $59 million annual tax plan while several state boards see turnover including liquor control, pardon parole, school, personnel and governor appointments. Senate debate continues on the 67 Senator bill with prospects to reconsider Tuesday’s vote to override and to align with the education bill and reapportionment agenda.
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Lee County
Ways and
Folsom
Senate
William P. Screws
Montgomery
Knox McRae
Decatur
Jap Bryant
Bessemer
State Liquor Control Board
Glen Vinson
Sylacauga
Pardon-Parole Board
Rankin Fite
Marion County
John Snodgrass
Jackson
Roy Nolin
Charlie Bishop
Cullman
J. C. Inter
House
Guy Hardwick
Houston County
Robin Swift
Escambia
David A. Patton
Limestone
Lewis Decree Will Continue Three-Day Week For Miners
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia a new round of contract talks between the United Mine Workers and coal operators concluded with plans to resume mid September. Unless changed miners east of the Mississippi will keep the Monday Tuesday Wednesday work week decreed by UMW Chief John L. Lewis. The shortened schedule has been in place since soft coal contracts expired June 30. North and West operators and UMA officials adjourned after two days promising further talks September 15.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Mississippi
UMW
John L. Lewis
UMA
Sunday School Lake Outing by Johnson Chapel Class
The Johnson Chapel Sunday school class enjoyed a Hatfield Lake picnic with skating swimming and a late supper. Participants included Clifford Puckett Hendelene Rogers Clara Brown Mr and Mrs Gurney Segars Bobby Puckett Malcolm Kirby Wayne Curtiss Ruby Kirby Richard Jackson Charles Maples Edwina McAbee and teacher Mrs Robert McAbee.
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Young Peoples
Johnson Chapel
Hatfield Lake
Clifford Puckett
Hendelene Rogers
Clara Brown
Gurney Segars
Bobby Puckett
Malcolm Kirby
Wayne Curtiss
Ruby Kirby
Richard Jackson
Charles Maples
Edwina McAbee
Robert McAbee
Whitt and Garrett Reach Family Tairs in Kentucky
In Kentucky last week, Rett Whitt and T. A. Garrett met their brother from Chicago.
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Rett Whitt. T. A
Garrett T
Kentucky
Chicago
Three Convicts Recaptured In Mississippi Manhunt
In Batesville Mississippi three of five escapees from Parchman prison farm were recaptured near town while two fugitives, William McLaughton and A B Burgess, remained at large. The trio caught were Noahson Walters Thomas Lane and Richard Emory. Over 200 people aided the search aided by an airplane and highway patrol.
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Batesville
Miss
Delta
Thomas E. Lane
Houston
Richard G. Emory
Toronto
Ark
Marvin Wiggins
Parchman
William E. McLaughton
Onamia
Minn
A. B. Burgess
Lifer
McLaughton
Tallahatchie River
Here
Burgess
Greenville
Maragon inquiry probes perfume case and Vaughan ties
Senate investigators press Maragon over alleged improper access to the White House and a 1945 perfume oils case disguised as champagne. They seek details on gifts to Vaughan and other officials, and question his links with Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan and former Army aides.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Maragon
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Clyde L. Husson
Europe
Paris
Hoey
D-Nc
White House
Huey
Washington
Senate
Wisconsin
J. Multon Polland
Milwaukee
New Jersey
Joe F. Major
War Assets Administration
Trans-America Traders Inc
Albert Verley Co
Chicago
Air Transport Command
Verley
Mundt
R-Sd
Werley Company
Vaughan
Antarctic Icebergs Grow Very Large in the Southern Ocean
Readable text notes that Antarctic icebergs can be over half a mile thick and commonly extend a mile or more. A few bergs have been measured at about 20 miles in length, illustrating their vast size in the Southern Ocean.
Local notices and social briefs from Decatur area
Mrs. Max Grubbs of Somerville welcomed a girl born yesterday at Baugh-Wiley clinic. Several local figures attended events in Birmingham for games and graduation. City building permits issued for additions at 1427 Fifth Avenue East and 1203 Third Avenue East. Admits to Decatur General Hospital include Master Mervyn Michael and Mrs. Sol Magill. Local residents reported at hospitals in Hartselle, Athens, Lacey Springs, and Hillsboro. Bank manager Bill Clark recovering from a heart attack at Falkville Medical Center. Clergy and churches hosted events with Rev. Tom Collins, Pryor Chapel sing, and Dr. Perry James speaking at First Methodist. Otis E. Kirby and family plan vacation in Florida. Police report seven defendants set for recorder’s court on gaming, drunkenness, and traffic charges. Wolverine Tube Division marked its first anniversary with employee celebrations. Local officials and business leaders visiting, including John B. Turner and Don W. Blend. Westminster Presbyterian Church to host Rev. Wallace Willoughby. Weather: 86 degrees at noon, today’s high 86, low 65, no rainfall in past 24 hours.
House Beats Down Civil Rights Phase In Housing Bill
The House struck down a civil rights amendment in a housing bill and approved a substitute removing race references. The measure provides about 3.75 billion dollars in mortgage insurance for modest income homebuilders and 300 million dollars in direct housing loans to veterans.
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Washington
House
Chamber
Spencer
D Ky
Banking Committee
Ton
Negro Killed by Train Near Birmingham Home
Py Wille Williams, a Black man, was struck and killed by a train near his Northside Birmingham residence last night. The incident occurred around late evening, and authorities are investigating the death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wille Williams
Northside
Danville WSCS Holds Called Meeting at Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Danville Methodist Church met in a called session Monday afternoon. President Mrs. Arthur Lee presided, with devotional guidance by Mrs. Guy Smith and hymn singing. A long business session followed with reports, zone three updates from Gandy's Cove, and a new member welcomed.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Danville
Robert Owen
Nathan Anders
Youth Talk at Kiwanis Discusses Youth Needs
Rev Dan O Reilly of St Ann s Catholic Church spoke at the Kiwanis noon meeting at Hotel Lyons on youth needs today. Delegates to the state convention in Birmingham in September were elected: Jimmy Williams Charlie Winston and Redus Collier with Marvin Rankin Walter Clapton and Harry Wyatt as alternates. He urged home church and school as the three main influences on youth and praised youth organizations while warning against sinister cinema and comics. He quoted J Edgar Hoover on weak families and urged return to family prayer as a shield against crime.
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Dan O'Reilly
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Jimmy Williams
Birmingham
Charlie Winston
Redus Collier
Marvin Rankin
Walter Clapton
Harry Wyatt
Kenneth Burnett
O. E. Burton
R. W. Orr
Decatur
Mr. Givens
Virginia
Carlisle Davis
Huntsville
Carl Schwachow
Robert Evans
O'Reilly
Boys and Girls Work Committee
Harold Michelson
God
Girl Scouts
Rev. O'Reilly
Stratton
J. Edgar Hover
FBI
Fires Make Headway Across North America in Wetting Turns
Rain and easing winds aid firefighters as fires burn across Western United States New England and Canada. One California death and four injuries reported as Stanislaus National Forest fire charred 7 100 acres. Payette blaze grows to 24 000 acres with 125 extra crews. Black Hills outlook improves. backfires save Tilford. Ontario reports all fires under control. Quebec sees relief after cool damp night. About 1 600 workers fight a 6 500 acre North San Diego blaze. two major outbreaks yesterday partly contained.
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Associated Press
North American
United States
New England
Canada
California
Harry T. Meyer
Stanislaus National Forest
Tilford
South Dakota
Maine
Albert D. Nutting
Flagstaff-Dead River
Yellowstone Park
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Quebec
Lotbiniere
San Diego
Red Cross Offers Help With Dividend Applications
The American Red Cross announced that National Service Life Insurance dividend application blanks will be available at Red Cross headquarters. Veterans needing assistance in filling the forms may obtain help at the Red Cross office after August 29. Alvis Briscoe, Morgan County chapter chairman, urges prompt applications.
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National Service
Located Cross
Alvis Briscoe
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Briscoe
All Day Singing at Gilliam Springs Set
The annual all day singing will be held Sunday at Gilliam Springs church one mile north of Arab. The Happy Goodman Family of Mayfield Kentucky will be to Saturday night for a free will concert they will also attend the singing Sunday. Everyone was invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilliam Springs Church
Arab
Happy Goodman
Mayfield
Kentucky
Sales Tax Bill Ready for Governor in Alabama
A bill to levy a percent sales tax in Colbert county has passed both House and Senate and has gone to Governor James E. Folsom. The governor has until Friday to act and has not yet signed the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Colbert County
James E. Folsom
Paul Coburn
House
Senate
Folsom
River Cruise to Begin at Four
All set for the Merchant's Fun Day cruise on the Lake Queen at 4 P M today. The event filled all 136 reservations. Chamber of Commerce secretary Bill Sims notes late-comers were turned away. Committee chairman H H Higdon and game chairman D E Fredrick promise a four hour program with organ music by Dr T Stratton Jones, dancing, food, and fellowship on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Higdon
Merchants’ Committee
D. E. Fredrick
T. Stratton Jones
Higdon
Worth Testimony Looms as Memo Ties Air Force Bomber
Worth, a special assistant to Undersecretary Dan Kimball, faced questioning as he acknowledged an error about authorship of a memo. He was suspended from his $8,500 salary amid a frictioned hearing by the House Armed Services Committee, as Vinson highlighted a memo that implied high government office concerns and touched on the Air Force’s B-36 bomber program.
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House
Worth
Kimball
Vinson
Joseph B. Keenan
Navy
Dan Kimball
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
D-Ga
For Sale 1936 Buick Fore to sell
Fore seeks buyer for a 1936 Buick in good condition. Contact phone 2965 J for details and viewing appointment.
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Buick
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