Week's Total Of New Polio Cases At Record High
The National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis reports 17,306 polio cases in 1949 so far, with 2,422 new cases in the last week the highest weekly total to date. Through last week the year compares with 9,743 cases in 1948, while 1916 had about 30,000 cases. Dr Hart E Van Riper issued the figures and outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
National Foundation For
Foundation
Hart E. van Riper
State total up Montgomery 1949 polio cases rise
Aug 26. Six new infantile paralysis cases were reported in Alabama last week. Four in Jefferson county and two in Montgomery county. Dr. D G Gill of the state Health Department said the 1949 total now stands at 134, compared with 95 in the same period last year.
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Montgomery
Jefferson County
Montgomery County
Alabama
D. G. Gill
State Health Department
Polio patterns warn peak may fall between mid August and September
Dr. Van Riper notes previous polio patterns show the peak could occur between mid August and mid September, with the epidemic’s midpoint not before the second week of September. Late peaks reduce new cases faster, while early peaks slow decline. This year’s polio totals rise weekly since spring, with 38 states reporting higher totals than 1948, and the National Foundation highlighting intensified, widespread need and improved medical facilities compared with history.
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van Riper
National Foundation
Payments Recorded in Daily Records Listings
The Daily Records show multiple transfers of values from various individuals and entities to recipients, including Earl D. Sims to Life and Casualty Insurance Co. for 4300, Decatur Land Co. to Thomas C. White for 1100, and other settlements ranging from 150 to 15000. Names include Erin C. Stephenson, Glenn Brown, Norman W. Harris as trustee, Ruth A. Woodruff, and Walter S. Burleson among several others, with diverse sums.
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Earl D. Sims
Life and Casualty Insurance Co
Decatur Land Co
Thomas C. White
Morris C. Black
Alta M. Hendrix
Edward V. Lamb
Louie Key
D. G. Bullard
Co. H. Oden
Clarence Thomas Clark
A. A. Powers
W. Graves Pettey
RFC
City of
Marion Read Maury
Ruth A. Woodruff
Ruth M. Butler
Lillie Flannigan
Earl Glenn
Charles B. Harvey
J. W. Johnson
James W. Russell
Mack McGinnis
Phil Fitzgerald
Edward Waits
Horace E. Nash
British Socialist Leader Attacks U S Critics at Council Debate
Will Nally, a British socialist, criticized American critics during a Council of Europe debate in Strasbourg on European social conditions. He warned against straining Britain’s social security base under threats from a few powerful Americans. Meanwhile British negotiators arrived in Washington for preliminary talks on the financial crisis with top officials to join soon.
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Will Nally
Assembly of the Council of Europe
Strasbourg
France
Britain
America
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John W Snyder
Dean Acheson
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
United States
Nashville Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Grain Prices
Nashville market notes cattle steady with strong fed steers and heifers, yearlings down. Calves, hogs and sheep show varied moves. top sausage bulls at 18.50 and spring lambs 20.00-22.50, sows 14.00-16.00, common stockers 16.00-20.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton futures ease on light liquidation and hedging
New York, Aug 26. Cotton futures fell amid light liquidation and hedging absorbed by scale down mill buying and short covering. Crop uncertainty, export doubts, and farm legislation limited activity with private surveys unfavorable for the Eastern and central belts. Atlanta reports steady mill demand for spot cotton across all grades for near shipments.
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New York
Atlanta
North Georgia live poultry market steady with mixed demand
USDA reports Atlanta August 26 live poultry market steady with prices uncharged. Supply of small sizes ample for fair demand while heavy sizes remain slightly short in some areas. Movement slower this week but stocks cleared well. Prices paid FOB farm for broilers and fryers averaged up, 27 to 28 1/2 cents, mostly 28 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Season tickets offered for six home games schedule
Officials announce six home games with all seats reserved at $1.00 each, taxes included. Buyers may pay $6 per six tickets to secure seats for the season and have tickets mailed. Requests accepted through Sept. 9 with seat assignments by order of receipt, Sections D or F preferred. Outside sales at First Federal on Thursdays and Fridays before games.
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First Federal Saving and Loan Association
Second Avenue
Anniston
Phillips
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Gadsden
Hartselle
Athens
Cullman
Huntsville
Florence
Truman Hints At Leaving White House in 1952
President Truman suggested he would not run in 1952 during an off the cuff talk and a news conference. Reporters pressed him for clarity but he offered no firm answer, saying he would respond when the time comes. Southern Democrats voiced anger over purge actions by the party committee. James Pendergast, WWI veteran and Kansas City Democratic leader, visited the White House and was welcomed by the President.
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Mr. Truman
White House
American Legion Auxiliary
Truman
Calvin Coolidge
National Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Columbia
S. C
Mrs Maples Will Be Buried Saturday
Mrs. Rachel Agnes Maples 73 died Thursday night at her Hartselle home. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 30 A M at McKendree church with pastors Stabler Groves Draper Smith Hatchett. Interment in adjacent Peck cemetery. Survived by husband Charles W Maples daughter Mrs Ernest Ray son Clyde Hartselle sister Mrs Ellen Bogle brother C S Gibson Falkville. Pallbearers Sam Anders Holliday Terry Aycock Terry Dobbs Marvin Pettit Marlin Bradley.
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Rachel Agnes Maples
Hartselle
McKendree Church
Sammy M. Stabler
W. K. Groves
J. C. Draper
Frank T. Smith
T. W. Hatchett
Peck
Charles W. Maples
Ernest Ray
Clyde Hartselle
Ellen Bogle
C. S. Gibson
Falkville
Sam Anders
Holliday
Terry Aycock
Terry Dobbs
Marvin Pettit
Marlin Bradley
Fiveash Rites Slated Saturday for Mrs. Nelms
Funeral rites for Mrs. Nelms are planned Saturday at a Jacksonville church. She is survived by husband William L., a son Donny, mother Mrs. Nelms, sister Mrs. W. M. Lee of Memphis, and brothers J. H. Nelms of Jacksonville and Hubert Nelms of Memphis. National Funeral Home of Memphis handles arrangements.
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Donny
Nelms
W. M. Lee
Memphis
J. H. Nelms
Jacksonville
Fla
Hubert Nelms
National Funeral Home
Community notes from Enon revival and local visits
Several from here attend the revival at Enon this week. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Callahan of Moulton visit Mrs. M. A. Owens. Mrs. J. T. Borden of Austinville guests of daughter Mrs. Bob McCaghren. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Owens of near Plain View spend time with Mrs. Mose Owens. A few from the community attend the revival at County Line Church of Christ. Robert Waldrop family and Miss Charlotte McCaghren of Decatur visit Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCaghren Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Borden of Austinville visit relatives. Mrs. Wesley Curtis and children of near Speake spend the week with her parents and attend the Enon revival.
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Enon
Emmett Callahan
Moulton
M. A. Owens
J. T. Borden
Austinville
Bob.McCaghren
McCaghren
Frank Owens
Near Plain View
Mose Owens
County Line Church of Christ
Robert Waldrop
Charlotte McCaghren
Decatur
J. W. McCaghren
Edward Borden
Wesley Curtis
Near Speake
John Sullivan
Cullman pair linked to van thefts and three store burglaries
Blankenship told Cullman officers that he and Griffin stole a motorcycle from Bush Brothers in Cullman on Aug 18 then rode to Pike County and abandoned it after gas ran out. They then took a car and returned north, while Griffin was injured in a crash and hospitalized in Birmingham. They admitted entering Bush Brothers and Moody and Smith stores, netting about $8 from Moody and Smith. Blankenship said a motorist gave him a ride to Morris after the accident.
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Cullman
Griffin
Bush Brothers
Pike County
Blankenship
Moody and Smith
Farmer’s Hardware
Birmingham
Jefferson
Joe Hilderbrand
Morris
Blankeyship
Cullman and
Senate House Clash Over Week Off Pay Standoff
Filibuster on a 67 senator bill continues as the Legislature battles recess terms. The House voted to adjourn until next Friday with pay for non session days, while the Senate set pay to one day worked. A conference committee was appointed to resolve the dispute. Brown, long active on the Auburn board, faces new appointments as leaders tied to education and administration across the session. The Governor’s office said another Auburn appointee would come later. The day included nominations to multiple state boards and a potential shift in the 67 senator bill and education funding debates. The House recess vote aimed to avert a gubernatorial veto on appropriations, with a substitute resolution passed 57 to 21.
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Senate
House
Brown
Folsom
Auburn
Hrown
Ways and
Roy Nolen, Jr
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Rankin Fite
Marion County
John Snodgrass
Jackson County
Broughton Lamberth
Tallapoosa
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
State Liquor Control Board
William P. Screws
Montomery
Nox McRae
Decatur
Jap Bryant
Bessemer
Board of Trustees For the Deaf and Blind School
E. Clifford
Talladega
State Board of Agriculture
Sen
Fuller Kimbrell
Fayette
State Personnel Board
C. L. Bishop
Cullman
Pardon-parole Board
Glen Vinson
Sylacauga
State
W. J
Crack) Hanna
Birmingham
31St Division
National Guard
Jackson
Ed Miller
Etowah
Snodgrass
Government moves target 32 critical job areas
Labor Department added 22 new areas mainly in New England and the midwest to its list of critical employment trouble spots bringing total to 32. Each area reports 12 percent or more of its labor supply unemployed as part of a broader effort to funnel government contracts construction and loan aid to hard hit communities.
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Labor Department
New England
midWest
Truman
Pettey Buys Ferry Street Cleaning Firm Building
Pettey has purchased the one story double brick building at 1029 Ferry Street, which housed the Pette cleaners. A. A. Powers sold the property. Pettey moved his business into the entire building in 1943 after expanding from a Lee Street site in 1942. The structure, built about 1939, will undergo remodeling costing around $2,000 in about 30 days.
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Pette Cleaners
Ferry Street
W. Pettey
A. A. Powers
Friday Farm Bureau picnic and county events noted
The Farm Bureau Organization held a picnic on church and school grounds with Wilhite from Cullman County recounting postwar mood. A county girl delivered a humorous monologue, a large dinner was served, and the annual singing took place at New Canaan church with many visitors from across the county and states including Lemons and family Decatur Chandler MacAnear An tioch Cagle Bagwell families from Tulsa Arab Florence. School opened at Union Hill with over 500 students and a 57 student first grade, teachers attended workshops in Hartselle and elsewhere. Principal McDaniel, Mrs Couch Cooper, Mrs Cudlip and Evlin Flack noted. Goodman family to sing Friday night.
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Farm Bureau
Wilhite
Cullman County
New Canaan
Union Hill
Lemons
Little Son
Decatur
Essie Chandler
J. P. MacAnear Decatur
Boyd MecAnally
Antioch
Bill Cagle
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Homer Bagwell
Rex
Arab
Lottie
Florence
Hartselle
E. C. McDaniel
North Carolina
Jo Couch Cooper
Jacksonville
Lola W. Cudlip
Columbia University
New York
Evlin Flack
Oscar Flack
James Brooks
Goodman
Union Hill High School
Fire department reports oil truck blaze in Decatur
The Decatur fire department reported a blaze at an oil truck in the 100 block of Washington street around 5 50 P M Thursday. The day’s noon temperature was 89 degrees per TVA sub station.
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Decatur Fire Department
Washington Street
TVA
Morgan County Community Notes From Lebanon Area
Mr and Mrs B M Goff and Max return from Hubbard and Toledo Ohio. Numerous visits across Morgan County include relatives in Cullman East Hartselle Birmingham and Louisville Ky. Friends and family welcome mobility of Buddy Knox and visitors from Decatur Blytheville and Tennessee.
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B. M. Goff
Max
Hubbard
Toledo
Ohio
Lou Annie Sandlin
Dave Thomson
John Henry Garnett
Falkville
Homer Boger
Salon Hughes
Mitchell
Lois Crane
Cullman County
Elmer Lee
Salem
Ratliff Barkley
Thery Knox
Merle Hopper
Cincinnati
Robert Wright
East Hartselle
Harry Wiley
Hillard Anders
Harry Shaneyfelt
Blytheville
Ark
Buddy Knox
Charles Crawford
Louisville
Horace Speegle
B. G. Hall
Tommy Riggs
Hartselle
Leslie Parker
Lessdale
Clayton Hicks
Lee Anders
Jeanette
Hubert Lee
Shirley
Hewlett
George Eaton
Billy
Harold Morris
Harolyn
Steven Nappier
Decatur
Renard Goff
Marcella Matkins
Maragon Inquiries Highlight White House Pentagon Ties
Memoranda read by Francis D Flanagan show John Grady and Col J E Engler detailing efforts to aid Austin Metal Products in a 68000 contract. Maragon acted as liaison between the White House and Johnsons office as Vaughan aids testifies next Tuesday. The President declined comment until Vaughan testifies.
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Grady
Francis D. Flanagan
Maragon
Flanagan
Col. J. E. Engler
Army Ordnance Department
Engler
Vaughan
Ordnance Department
Austin Metal Products Company
Detroit
Prosser
Ordnance Dept
Secretary of Defense
Maj. Prosser
John Maragon
Gen. Vaughan
Austin
Col. Renfrew
Johnson
Col.Engler
White House
Senate
Segregation Bill Is Defeated Again in Alabama Senate
In Montgomery on August 26 the Alabama Senate defeated a bill to bar negroes and whites from living in residential areas traditionally reserved for the opposite race. Sponsor Sen. C. J. Owens failed to obtain unanimous consent as Sen. Joe Langan objected. The bill faced a deadline to pass before adjournment. a companion in the House was already dead, leaving no time to move it through. Violators would face a $1000 fine, a year in jail, or both.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Senate
Sen
C. J. Owens
Marshall
Joe Langan
Mobile
Senate
House
Birmingham City
Rescue at Sea As Four Submarines Move North
A lieutenant and five Tusk crewmen died after being swept from the deck during a rescue of Cochino crew members as heavy seas hampered the operation. The Tusk with survivors heads to Hammerfast Norway for medical aid. The Cochino Toro and Corsair, under Admiral Connally, recently left New London for Arctic cold water drills, with Londonderry, Northern Ireland, visited en route.
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Hammerfast
Toro
Richard L. Connally
U. S
Arctic
New London
Conn
Norway
Murmansk
Greenland Sea
Londonderry
North Ireland
Thee
Roy S. Benson
Concord
N. H
Rafael G. Benitez
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Robert L. R. Worthington
Oakmont
Ernest L- Schwab Jr
Not sure of ground before shifting party lines
A speaker cautions against quickly joining another party after decades with the Democratic National Party. He urges securing electoral ground first and predicts politicians will not leave electoral votes undecided long.
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Democratic National Party
Birthday Dinner At The Bates Home
A birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Bates honoring Mrs Bates. A noon meal was enjoyed with guests including Mr and Mrs Carl Martin Luther Hall Miss Hilda Patterson Iberton Ohio Mr R G Hall Mr Junior Patterson Mrs Emma Bates and the honorees Mr and Mrs Jack Bates.
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Jack Bates
Bates
Carl Martin Luther Hall
Hilda Patterson
Iberton
Ohio
R. G. Hall
Junior Patterson
Emma Bates
Lake Queen River Cruise Delights Passengers At Decatur
A river cruise aboard the Lake Queen delighted passengers with shore sights and water sports. Captain Robertson won praise as Inez Bush lost about $10 when her purse fell overboard, prompting fellow travelers to replace the money. Passengers danced and relaxed, praising the trip and eager for another voyage.
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Robertson
Inez Bush
Decatur General
D. E. Fredrick
Decatur Harbor
Proposal to Probe State Milk Board is Turned Down Today
The Alabama House refused to take up a resolution proposing a legislative investigation of the state milk control board. Members voted 58 to 8 against st far, sending the measure to the rules committee. Rep. James Adams of Jefferson County offered the resolution after failing to advance a separate plan to curb the board’s regulatory powers.
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State Milk Board
Montgomery
Ala
House
State Milk Control Board
Jefferson County
James Adams
Senate Rushes to Clear 14 Billion War Funding Bills
Washington Aug 26 Senate leaders moved to finish funding for the war effort aiming to clear nearly 14.0 billion in defense appropriations including the big military bill after trimming House totals. Secretary Johnson cited cuts in Air Force plans while defense agencies began removing civilian staff and reserve officers. President Truman defended the economy move as White House ordered.
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Washington
War Armed Services
Senate
House
Interior Department
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
White House
Florida Keys Brace for Hurricane Ahead of Landfall
Florida Keys residents and summer visitors prepared as warnings extended along the East Coast from Vero Beach to Miami and inland toward Lake Okeechobee. Winds reached 75 mph in gusts with forecasts of higher speeds as emergency measures, evacuations, and storm shutters increased.
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Florida Keys
Key West
Key Largo
Gold Coast
Red Cross
Norton
Bahamas
Nassau
Miami
Florida
Vero Beach
Greater
Lake Okeechobee
Weather Bureau
South Florida
Veterans of For
Pan American Airways
Havana
Cuba
Miami Weather Bureau
Stethouras
Fernandina
Melbourne
Baby Dies At Hillsboro Cemetery Services
Graveside rites for Charles Franklin Chandler infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B Free Hillsbors are planned at Hillsboro Hill Cemetery at 3 PM. Minister Thompson will preside with Mutual Service directing. Surviving are two half brothers Freyd and Lloyd Tippa and a grandfather Hillis.
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Charles Franklin Chandler
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Mrs. Maples
William Cash
Zeeeere Loca
A. M
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghren
Pettey
Morgan County
Wallace David McVay, Jr
W. D. McVay
Third Avenue West
Hartselle Hospital
United States Navy
Decatur Kiwanis Club
City Electric Department
Decatur Automobile Dealers Association
C. E. McDonald
Railroad Street
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
E. M. Mahaffey
West Church Street
Roy Austin
Third Street
Recorders Court
R. L. Smith
King’s Memorial Episcopal Church
E. C. Bowman
Seventh Avenue West
E. E. Varnel
Lebanon
Maurice Knox
John
Cruise
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