Judge Weighs His Decision In Morgan County Court
Judge W. H. Long held open two cases as Morgan County court entered its second week. James Martin Thomas faced petit larceny and conspiracy charges, both not pressed. W. T. Puckett was found guilty of vagrancy and appealed. Hilard Yarbrough pled guilty to prohibition violations and paid fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Long
Morgan County Court
B. Frank Chenault
Long
James Martin
Slim) Thomas
W. T. Puckett
Mary Hartselle
Port
Albert? Wright
Hubert Buckelew
Ralph Charlie Dutton
Grand
Deportation of Bride Looming From Mobile to Holland
An attractive Dutch bride who married a Birmingham fireman in Columbus, Mississippi faces deportation as her visa expires next Monday. Immigration officials say marriage to an American does not grant residency and she may be sent back to Holland under the quota system. She previously sought entry as a foreign student but her credentials did not meet requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Birmingham
Holland
Wilhelmina É “Edelman
Tuscaloosa
United States
Columbus
Miss
James Michael
University of Alabama
Memphis Plant Idled by Strike
A Firestone Tire and Rubber plant in Memphis Tennessee is idle with about 4000 workers off strike. Union Local 186 CIO says no further negotiations are expected today over local issues in the Memphis contract linked to the June master contract. The dispute centers on piece work pay and grievance settlement policy. Plant relations manager says the issue is whether certain contract items can be negotiated locally or must follow the master contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America
CIO
Herbert E. Williams
Clifford Reynolds Sr
Governor's Mansion To Get Face Lifting
Governor James E. Folsom plans a exterior facelift costing 6000 dollars while interior work waits for furnace issues. Capitol Buildings Commission approved the outlay with Walter M. Peacock recommending the expense, aiming to have the mansion ready for state functions this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Capitol
Capitol Buildings
Walter M. Peacock
Peacock
Folsom
Decatur Lions Award Wheat With Luggage
Sam Wheat, chairman of the Decatur Lions club horse show, received two pieces of cowhide luggage this week as a token of appreciation for his work. The items include a two-suiter and a companion bag. The presentation coincided with the Shrines convention in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wheat
Decatur Lions Club
Markets Wall Street Quiet Amid Mild Demand and Low Volume
Modest demand nudged prices higher across the market in a slow session marked by thin volume about 500000 shares. Heat and vacations kept traders away while specific news moved only select issues and brokers did not foresee a lasting advance. Berlin A again cited as the market’s top concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Horgan
New York
Berlin A
North Georgia live poultry market steady with quiet Friday trading
In Atlanta on August 27 US Department of Agriculture reports North Georgia live poultry prices steady and market quiet. Frightened by demand and clear weekly supplies, weights run 21 to 22 3 4 pounds with fryers priced FOB farm. Eggs and crosses listed with minor price ranges from 32 to 34 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Roundup Adapts Prices
Nashville Tenn August 27 Federal State Departments of Agriculture cattle and hogs sold on early rounds with mixed changes from last week. Beef steers 26.00 to 30.00, cows 18.00 to 23.00, bulls 20.00 to 24.00. Calves 18.00 to 30.00 with veal 26.00 to 30.00. Hogs 160-240 lb 26.50 to 29.50, sows 25.00 to 26.00. Sheep 13.00 to 25.00 with lambs 22.00 to 25.00. Overall tone: prices generally steady to lower versus prior week.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
The market notes show higher stocks on light demand in New York, with quiet bonds and selective rail gains. Cotton dull with scattered hedging. Chicago wheat mixed with small moves, corn weak from Iowa rain, oats steady. Hog prices steady to 25 cents lower, top 30.75, cattle steady to weak, top 41.35.
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New York
Chicago
Iowa
Cotton futures close lower amid price dips
New York futures for cotton end with declines from prior close across the board. Activity shows Oct Dec and May contracts slipping from 30.84 to 30.60 and 30.89 to 30.79 respectively with nearby sessions down about 0.70 to 0.92 points. Middling spot stands at 31.66, with off-notch readings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton
New York
Grain futures mixed as receipts and bookings rise in Chicago
Cash wheat followed futures today with a steady basis as receipts reach 23 cars. Corn gains four to nine cents with bookings at 25 000 bushels and shipping sales at 10 000 bushels while receipts total 65 cars. Oats ease up to 12 cents with steady basis and 80 000 bushels shipped and 27 cars received. Soybeans show three car receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robber Sentenced in Atlanta Bank Heist
Robert Elton Carver of Rome received a 10 year term in Atlanta federal prison after pleading guilty to robbing the Adairsville bank of 3715 on July 29. He fled in a taxicab and was captured near Cartersville by state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Robert Elton Carver
Rome
Robert L. Russell
Carver
Adairsville
Beabe
Cartersville
Progressive Party seeks permit for Wallace rally in Birmingham
The Progressive Party asked Jefferson County for a permit to host Presidential candidate Henry Wallace in an unsegregated rally on September 1. The request was reviewed by the county commission which heard attorney Maurice Bishop argue the gathering might violate city segregation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Jefferson County Commission
Maurice Bishop
Racial Ancestry Estimate Sparks Debate
The article discusses estimates that fewer than 20 percent of American Negroes are of pure African descent, prompting discussion on racial identity and ancestry research implications.
District Meet Convenes Here
Plans are underway for a district meeting of the Business and Women’s club on Sept 25 to 22. At a recent regular meeting hosted by Miss Clio Levin and Mrs. J F Levin, more than 25 members voted to hold the gathering in Decatur and discussed welcoming visitors. Guests included Miss Marty Clyde Garner of the Birmingham club and Mrs. Lucy Hartselle. New members named were Mrs. Pattie D. Brown Miss Elizabeth Ann Thompson Mrs. Guinnie White Miss Mary Williams and Miss Mary Huffaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and
Iee Women's Club
Decatur
Clio Levin
J. F. Levin
Woodall's
Marty Clyde Garner
Birmingham Club
Lucy Hartselle
Carrie Alexander
Corinne Griffin
Lou Allen Williams
Pattie D. Brown
Elizabeth Ann Thompson
Guinnie White
Mary Williams
Mary Huffaker
Odd Auction Tale Of Two Buyers For Run Down Home
An antique dealer placed a $40 deposit on a house five miles off a paved road. The sale involved two conspicuously eager men, described as important, in a curious deal highlighted by the News-Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Post
Probers Eye Handwriting in Hiss Chambers Link
The House committee hired a handwriting expert to assess alleged ties between Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers over a Maryland farm near Westminster. It seeks to confirm if Hiss down paid for the property and if Chambers later lived there, amid rival stories and Budenz sworn statements. The probe also questions signature evidence on a 1936 Ford title and links to other alleged underground figures.
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Washington
House
American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker
Chambers
Westminster
Hiss
Maryland
Rep
Nixon
Calif
Hiss-Chambers
Louis Budenz
Nate
Rosen
William Rosen
McDowell
William Rosens
Budenz
Fordham University
Lee Pressman
Nathan Witt
John Abt
Edwin Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Change of Name for Pryor Memorial Chapel Noted
A special service at Pryor Memorial Presbyterian chapel in South Limestone county marks its rename from Oakland Presbyterian chapel. The session of First Presbyterian authorized the change on June 13 to honor Schuyler Harris Pryor, an Air Force instructor who died in World War II, with Major W O Riley praising Pryor’s exemplary character and wartime service. The public was invited.
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Pryor Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Limestone County
Oakland Presbyterian Chapel
First Presbyterian Church
Pryor Memorial
Presbyterian Chapel
Schuyler Harris Pryor
Decatur High School
W. O. Riley
Southern Aviation Training School
Schuyler Pryor
Girl Told She Will Not Walk
Dorothy Kilmer a 20 year old hat check girl was told she would never walk again after a July accident that left a bullet in her spine. In a hospital room doctors prepared to move her to another facility and asked how she would cope if she remained unable to walk. She replied calmly that she would be happy and get along, trusting God spared her life for a purpose.
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Washington
Dorothy Kilmer
Peg Ggger
Miss Kilmer
Dorothy
Doroth
Committee to Resume Inquiry on Espionage September 7
The committee said no more public hearings until September 7 when it will restart its inquiry into alleged espionage. A subcommittee will privately question J Peters next week. Peters has a deportation hearing in New York Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
J. Peters
Peters
New York
Group Studies Radio Rights in Atheist Time Case
A congressional committee in Washington set a public hearing for next Tuesday to examine radio rights of individuals denying God. The inquiry focuses on a 1946 FCC stance about atheist demands for time to reply to religious broadcasts and whether stations risk losing licenses by airing religious services while excluding atheist voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harness
R-Ind
Mittee
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Robert Harold Scott
Palo Alto
Calif
KWQ
San Jose
KPO
KFRC
San Francisco
Scott
Storm Strengthening as Whizzer Hurricane Attacks Mainland Paths
The storm described as a real whizzer grows in intensity while remaining days from land. Norton says movement is unpredictable and it could turn any direction or change in size. Shipping warns of danger with the John Howland breaking down 250 miles east of Brunswick but later repairing and proceeding to New Orleans. Winds near 100 mph at the center with hurricane force within 50 miles and gale winds up to 125 miles out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
John Howland
Brunswick
Coast Guard
New Orleans
South Atlantic
Polio Epidemic Spreads in Bavarian Towns
FRANKFURT Germany Aug 27 Frankfurt Rundschau reports a infantile paralysis epidemic spreading in Bavaria with Hof near the Czech border worst hit showing 90 cases many children aged 3 to 12. Five deaths recorded Hof closed to occupation troops and public gatherings. Other affected towns include Regensburg Straubing Landshut and Schweinfurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Straubing
Landshut
Schweinfurt
Conference Held At The Trade School For Veterans Training
Twenty veterans training coordinators from Morgan and Madison counties met at Decatur trade school Thursday night. They discussed methods and procedures to improve on the job training for veterans. The event was conducted by H. C. Elliott and M. J. Flynn, assistants in state trade education and veterans training supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Madison Counties
Decatur
H. C. Elliott
M. J. Flynn
Rabies Treatments Sent to Florence
Fourteen rabies treatments have been issued to persons in Florence in recent days. C. C. Johnson of the Decatur branch laboratory said the head from a dog turned in by Florence veterinarian G. D. Ingram showed rabies. Other heads from David Livingston and J. H. Jacobs tested positive. a head brought by Harry Shinglebars tested negative.
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Florence
C. C. Johnson
Decatur
G. D. Ingram
David Livingston
Ninth Avenue E
J. H. Jacobs
Moulton
Harry Shinglebars
Hartselle Boy Earns Eagle Scout Honor in Jurisdiction Ceremony
Jackie Summerford of Troop 30 Hartselle received the Eagle Scout badge at Morgan district Boy Scout court of honor held in the courthouse. Seventeen other awards were announced by Robert McRight who becomes Southeast Alabama Council Scout executive, with Ned Frazier as advancement committee chair. The ceremony also recognized Star and Second class awards along with twenty seven scouts from nine troops earning 113 merit badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Summerford
Hartselle
Morgan District
Jackie
Robert McRight
Southeast Alabama Council
Tennessee Valley Field
Ned Frazier
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scout Advancement Committee
Cecil Timberlake
Decatur
Mack Graham
Joe Allen Price
Rufus Underwood
Curtis Johns
Billy Don Weaver
Wayne Summerford
Walter Bolin
Allen Counts
Jerry Craig
Jimmy Ford
Jimmy Gassoway
Otto Nebrig
Frank Namie, Jr
Ray Norris
Highway department under fire over examiner conduct
Eagerton testified that the highway committee charged him with making statements about the grand jury process and alleged payoffs. He defended the examination and presented subpoenas and affidavits from officials denying intimidation. The panel and Lt. Gov. Inzer questioned the committee, noting the independent agency’s role and past scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagerton
Highway Committee
We¢Re
Montgomery County Grand Jury
J. P. McKee
Jackson
Alan
Grand Jury
Washington County
McKee
Montgomery
Witnesess
Highway Investigating Committee
Examiners Department
Examiners Committee
Clarence Inzer
Gadsden
Examiners’ Group
Paroled Convict Faces Deportation in Mobile
Jacques Anne Allard a Canadian seaman paroled from Kilby prison after an armed robbery in Mobile in 1946 faces deportation. He used a fake pistol to rob Constantine’s restaurant cashier of 229.92 dollars. Immigration officials say he violated entry permit terms and will be taken into custody for deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Jacques Anne Allard
Kilby
Allard
Constantine
Mobile Immigration Office
Rmit
No and Mine Continues From Page One
Mrs S M Wilhite moved from Hartselle to her daughter’s home 119 Eighth Avenue W in a Mutual Service ambulance this morning. A truck left the Courtland highway near Decatur Thursday afternoon causing damage. no injuries were reported and no wreck report filed. Dorothy Carter recovered from a week of illness at 318 Eighth Avenue W. Decatur school board to meet tonight at Walter Jackson’s office in the junior high. Firemen quelled a grass fire on Tenth Avenue East. Melba Jean Langford and her mother returned from a West Coast vacation. A fried chicken supper at Austinville Church of God lawn aims to raise funds for furnaces. Agricultural Center ground breaking in Montgomery invites sent by board chair Haygood Patterson and director Tom C Reid. site on Wetumpka highway west of Kilby prison. Jim Ledbetter of Savannah, Tennessee visiting Decatur for a week. Rev Joe Strother of Johnson City to fill Central Baptist church pulpit Sunday morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Wilhite
Hartselle
Guy Jones
Eighth Avenue W
Decatur
Courtland Highway
Highway Patrol
Montgomery
Agricultural Center Board
Haygood Paterson
Tom C. Reid
Wetumpka Highway
Kilby Prison
Resignation Demanded of Dr Raymond Paty as Chancellor
The Atlanta Journal reports Sandy Beaver of Gainesville renewed calls for Dr Raymond R Paty to resign as chancellor of the University System of Georgia after his arrest for driving under the influence. Beaver wrote to regents urging investigation into the incident as a seven member committee prepares statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
The
Atlanta Journal
Sandy Beaver
Gainesville
Raymond R. Paty
University System of Georgia
Journal
Beaver
Board of Regents
Paty
Roy Emmet
Cedartown
World tensions and political shifts in early Cold War note
The report highlights a Moscow radio greeting to a Wroclaw meeting tied to Presidential Candidate Henry Wallace. It also notes Greece's drive against communist rebels near the Yugoslav frontier, Japan considering banning communists from office, and a Korean conflict update with a discovered communist cell at the 24th corps in Seoul and new U S command changes. Don Juan's talks with France aboard the dictator's yacht are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Radio
Wroclaw
Henry Wallace
Palestine
Greece
Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
U. S. Army
Seoul
Korea
John B. Coulter
John R. Hedge
U. S
Don Juan
France
French
Lands Offered For Various Uses In Huntsville Area
Four parcels are offered for home sites industrial agricultural or civic use with sales proceeds directed to heirs Robert J Lowe M B Spragins William E Spragins R L Spragins and Mrs Susie S Watts of Huntsville and Mrs Marjorie Beard Tweedy of Courtland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Lowe
M. B. Spragins
William E. Spragins
R. L. Spragins
Susie S. Watts
Huntsville
Marjorie Beard Tweedy
Courtland
Job Instruction Training Offered Here by Education Units
Seventeen owners, managers and supervisors from Decatur and Hartselle will take a job instruction training course next week in the courthouse annex. Five evening sessions, 7:30 to 9:30 P M, led by Miss Elva Dietz, itinerant instructor of distributive education, state Department of Education and University of Alabama, in cooperation with the trade and industrial education division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Hartselle
Elva Dietz
State Department of Education
University of Alabama
Trade and Ind
Catur
FCC Plans New Lottery Rules Across Radio Programs
The FCC stated it will proceed with anti lottery rules targeting radio programs whose draw is the giveaways. It argued it has board authority to regulate station conduct and rejected the need for DOJ action despite act changes. A September 10 deadline was set to file opposition statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Justice Department
Commission
FCC
Sparkman Nominated by Truman for Senate
President Truman nominates Alabama’s junior senator John Sparkman for the United States Senate. Sparkman’s nomination signals a continuation of legislative leadership as the nation faces postwar issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sparkman
Alabama
United States Senate
GOP to Make Communists in Government a Campaign Issue
In Keyser West Virginia Senator Revercomb launches a major attack on what he calls the administration failure to root communists from federal service. He says it is not un-American to protect America and targets President Truman and congressional inquiries. Dewey and Dulles are tied into the storyline with Europe briefings and a World Council of Churches assembly involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Revercomb
W.va
Keyser
W. Va
America
Truman
Congressionals
Congress
Matthew M. Neely
AFL
Senate
House
FBI
Justice Department
Thomas E. DeWey
Russia
Dewey
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Amsterdam
World Council of Churches
States Rights Party Aims to Reclaim Southern Political Power
Thurmond denounces federal civil rights moves as a conspiracy to undermine national unity and empower a few city leaders. He frames the States Rights Party as the only decentralist option with three goals to curb Washington power, rally Americans against constitutional erosion, and restore the South’s political voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Rights Party
Democratic National Convention
Thurmond
Washington
Cullman Principal to Leave for Auburn Post
O B Hodges longtime Cullman County High School principal resigns to become city elementary and high schools chief in Auburn. R D Blakeley named successor. Hodges family plans to move to Auburn after Mary Eva Hodges and parents relocate. Hodges previously led West Point school for seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Ala
O. B. Hodges
Cullman County
Ocea
Auburn
R. D. Blakeley
Georgia
Reform
Hodges
Cullman County High School
West Point
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Probers
Communist Party
John
Dawn Woodard
Judy
Chattanooga
Portland
Ore
Greenville, & C
Eagle Scout
Glcatur
Narte
Dorothy Carter
Decatur School Board
Walter Jackson
Tenth Avenue E
Melba Jean Langford
Andrew Smith
W. Moulton
Austinville
Jim Ledbetter
Savannah, Tenn
Joe Strother
Johnson City
Central Baptist Church
Berlin
GOP
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