Bendix Races Renewed At Los Angeles Airport
About two dozen war planes departed from the metropolitan airport for the Bendix trophy race to Ireland. David E. Husted led in a Navy Corsair after a 10 28 A.M. start followed by Harold S Johnson in a P 38 at noon. Jacqueline Cochran piloted a green P 51 as one of the late departures amid favorable weather with storms in Ohio and forecasts suggesting a fast race.
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van Nuys
Calif
Ireland
David E. Husted
Miafla
Thomas Call
Los Angeles
Harold S Johnson
Louisville
Cleveland
Ohio
Jacqueline Cochran
Miss Cochran
Daily Records Bond Transfers and Marital Licenses Noted
A stream of entries lists transfers of funds between individuals and companies with amounts ranging from $5 to $22,000. It also notes marriage licenses issued for Arvil Chester Walker Christine Eva Glenn Herman Stephenson and Libbie Hyacinth Harrison in Decatur Austinville Mt Hope and Town Creek.
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Arvil Chester Walker
Decatur
Christine Eva Glenn
Austinville
Herman Stephenson
Death by own action verdict in Paper case
Coroner Humes Laughlin ruled death of Miss Sara Virginia Paper about 30 a death by own action. Her body was found yesterday at the family residence with a window shade cord around her neck and tied to a door knob, the cord pulled taut over a cot. Miss Paper worked in a doctor's office and was daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Papot. Her parents are visiting California. Papot supervised Huntsville electric system substation.
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Auntsville
Humes Laughlin
Sara Virginia
Laughlin
George. W. ‘Papot
Papot
Huntsville
President Truman Returns from Bermuda Voyage Aboard Williamsburg
President Truman completes an eight day Bermuda vacation and sails for Washington aboard the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg. The ship is expected to dock in the capital at 5 PM Eastern Yard Time.
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President Truman
Bermuda
Washington
Williamsburg
Capital
New Waters
Berte Eo
Wall Street Ends Mixed After Late Rally Fails
Markets in New York slip to another October low as late short covering offers brief support. Heavy volume around 1.2 million shares with rails and industrials leading declines. bonds soften and hogs drop from $2 to $3 while cattle hold mixed at top $30.25.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures rise on textile export prospects and Brazil embargo
New York reports show cotton futures climbing amid a 2 1/2 percent textile price increase next month and Brazil’s embargo on cotton fibers and textiles. Mill buying dominates with limited hedge offerings, sending contracts to new highs as the market closes up about 1.15 to 1.165 a bale.
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New York
Brazil
Hollaway Infant Dies in Austinville Hospital
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hollaway of Austinville died at Baugh's infirmary this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Mutual Service.
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William D. Hollaway
Austinville
Baugh's Infirmary
Seree
IRS Notices Target Tip Based Incomes
The Bureau of Internal Revenue sent notices to individuals who rely on tips for income, seeking to adjust for gratuities received over the past three years.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Production Figures Given
Washington reports Civilian Production Administration figures for August showing April to June shirts total 65 million with 25 million dress shirts and rest sports shirts. June suits up 34 percent above 1941, July shoe output 39.1 million pairs, hides shortage may curb shoe makers, hosiery 168 million pairs, July steel ingots 6.6 million tons, July lumber 3.15 billion board feet, rail-car shortages hampering shipments, July textile weekly average 177.9 million yards vs June 182.5 million, and prewar 1940-41 rates noted.
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Washington
John D
OPA Sets New Meat Price Ceilings and Enforcement Drive
The office will apply maximum price schedules to distributors on September 5 and to retailers on September 9. Retail ceilings raise pork by about 2.5 to 3 cents per pound and beef cuts by 5.5 to 6 cents from June 30 levels. Irving Gruber leads a 77 agent push to curb black market meat operations and keep prices within reach of the public.
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OPA
Irving Gruber
Gruber
Wage scale for textiles raised to 70 cents an hour
The Wage Stabilization Board increased the minimum pay in the textile industry from 65 to 70 cents per hour in a ruling affecting about 72,000 workers on 54 plants in the South and New England. The decision guides 400 to 500 pending regional wage cases in Atlanta and Boston, with potential for collective or separate rulings.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Southern
New England
Atlanta
Boston
Jeff Smith Plans Series of Saturday Speeches
Madison county circuit solicitor and congress candidate Jeff Smith announced a Saturday schedule of talks at multiple towns including Hartselle Decatur Moulton Courtland Owens Creek Leighton and Rogersville with times from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A Saturday night speech is set for Athens at 8 p.m. sponsored by the Limestone county Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Jeff Smith
Madison County
Congress
Hartselle
Decatur
Moulton
Courtland
Own Creek
Leighton
Rogersville
Smith
Athens
Limestone County Veterans of Foreign Wars
Japan Occupation Readies for Final Military Phase
MacArthur announced a 450000 strong occupation force but current officials expect no immediate drop below 138000. Key tasks remain defining reparations and drafting Japan economic plans under military supervision. Delays due to Allied indecision and Soviet involvement complicate transfer to civilian control.
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MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo
Russia
Alabama ABC delays miniature bottle refill ban decision
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board postponed action on banning refilling miniature liquor bottles in licensed venues. Chairman E C Ray noted federal plans to permit manufacture of miniatures and that John E Toomey would travel to Washington September 9 to learn more.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
E. C. Ray
John E. Toomey
Mobile
Washington
ABC
Ray
Swift
FE. W Gunn
Decatur Area Busy With Visitors and Hospital Moves
Friday morning sightings report visitors to Decatur from Tanner Hartselle and Somerville. Several residents move between homes and Decatur General hospital and Baughs infirmary. A youth’s church program was postponed with a new date to be announced.
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Rowe Sanderson
Tanner 1
Decatur
William H. Taylor
Hartselle
Cr. G. Bynum
Decatur 3
Cyrus M. Lemmond
Somerville
The
First Methodist Church
Lackey
Priama
J. M. Garrison
Decatur General Hospit
Almon Seeks Audience Before Final Presidential Recommendation
T C Almon asks the President for a meeting after the Military Justice Section reviews a case and before a recommendation is drafted. He states he will enter the interview as a friend of a citizen, not a legal attorney, and requests the record of trial receipt date and a convenient interview date.
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T. C. Almon
Slender Eurasian Beauty Convicted in Batavia Treasure Case
Carla Wolff a slender Eurasian was sentenced to eight months for concealing 500000 worth of Nakamura treasure for her Japanese partner. The loot stolen during the Dutch East Indies occupation resurfaced after surrender. Trials continue Monday with Renee Ulrich awaiting Dutch court action.
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Batavia
Java
Carla Wolff
Nakamura
Dutch East Indies
Capt
Carla
Tra
Renee Ulrich
Two Men Injured When Car Crashes on Joe Wheeler Highway
Two North Alabama men were injured late Thursday when their car left the Joe Wheeler highway four miles from Decatur and crashed in a ditch. Horace Nash of Mooresville sustained minor cuts while Raymond Smith of Decatur suffered a head gash and facial injuries after being pinned under the vehicle. Both were taken by Brown's ambulance to Decatur General Hospital.
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North Alabama
Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Horace Nash
Mooresville
Raymond Smith
Nash
Smith
Brown
Decatur General Hospital
UN Security Council Debate On Allied Troop Presence
The discussion centers on the locations and numbers of Allied forces in UN member states as of August 1. Cadogan of Britain objects, linking the issue to Ukraine and a complaint against Greece and military bases.
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U. N
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
Great Britain
Council
Ukraine
Sheriff Details Slaying Probe And Forensic Finds
Sheriff Corum reported a fruitless search for two unidentified men linked to Jeffreys case. Blood and hair matches were found on Harris truck and the highway where Jeffreys body lay, a jack handle was found nearby, and a paper sack showed blood. Harris faces first degree murder charge. no preliminary hearing set. Autopsy team included Inspector Thornton Hale Jones Edgeman and Special Investigator Sanderson.
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Corum
Jeffreys
Harris
Jeffreys’ Brothers
Thornton
Hale
Jones
Edgeman
Cecil Sanderson
Huntsville
Pettus Seeks Solicitor’s Post in Athens Vacancy
Lawrence county attorney Tom Pettus, based in Moulton, is reported as an applicant for the unexpired Solicitor George Johnson term in Athens. Johnson resigned to focus on a congressional campaign. Pettus is a World War II Marine veteran who fought in Okinawa. The governor will appoint to fill the vacancy before January.
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Tom Pettus
Lawrence County
George Johnson
Athens
Congress
Pettus
Moulton
Okinawa
Johnson
US Gemignen
Sparks
Six price panel members named at Morgan meeting
Six new price panel members were introduced at the Morgan area price control board meeting held at 7 30 Thursday night. They are Tom Harvey S H Malone Jr Bayne Vaughan A M Armour C G Parker and R C Halbrooks Carl Hendon presided with B W Hogan and H H Higdon present.
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Price Panel
Morgan Area Price Control Board
Tom Harvey
S. H. Malone, Jr
Bayne Vaughan
A. M. Armour
C. G. Parker
R. C. Halbrooks
Carl Hendon
B. W. Hogan
H. H. Higdon
Plan Approved for Additions at Alabama Medical Center
Roy Kracke announced the Alabama Medical Center medical school building committee approved adding two floors to the five story out patient clinic at an estimated cost of about 150000 dollars. The authorization came at a committee meeting attended by Loonie Noojin from Gadsden Dr W D Patuscaloosa and A L Belchamps Mo.
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Birmingham
Roy Kracke
Alabama Medical Center
Medical School
Loonie Noojin
Gadsden
W. D. Pa
Tuscaloosa
A. L. Belchamps
Hereford Named Morgan County Cancer Society Commander
Miss Rachel Hereford, county home demonstration agent, was named Morgan County commander of the American Cancer Society field army. Mrs. W P Baugh announced the appointment, and Hereford will lead the April cancer control educational campaign. She has served in home demonstration work for a year and resigned prior to her marriage to Charles C Oden of Hartselle.
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Rachel Hereford
Morgan County
Field Army American Cancer Society
W. P. Baugh
Cancer Control
Miss Hereford
Charles C.oden
Hartselle
Sharpshooter Reenlists in Birmingham After Stellar Score
J Lehner, a former Dolomite and Alabama coal miner, scored 209 of 210 with a Browning automatic rifle in the Army. He reenlisted here yesterday for another hitch in khaki.
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Birmingham
J. Lehner
Ala
Baby abandoned infant cared for as mother sought
A three to four week old baby girl was found abandoned in a basement in Jasper Alabama and is receiving care at People's hospital while authorities search for the mother. The incident was reported August 30 and involves local police and the hospital.
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Jasper
Ala
People’s Hospital
Here
Pleasant Hill Auction To Aid School Fundraiser
The Pleasant Hill Parent-Teachers Association plans an auction to raise funds for the Pleasant Hill school and supper. Among the sought items are sugar soap nylons shells coffee and overalls.
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Pleasant Hill
Parent-Teachers Association
Equipment Needed to Fight Forest Fires Warned
Montgomery August 30. Chief J M Stauffer of the state conservation department forestry division warns that unless equipment now on order is delivered promptly, the state will be handicapped in fighting forest fires during the dry dangerous months.
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Montgomery
J. M. Stauffer
State Conservation Department
Division
Orestry
Greek claims ignite heated UN conference clash
Molotov accuses Greece of stirring nationalism ahead of a September plebiscite on the return of the King, triggering an explosive floor dispute as Yugoslavia and Britain clash over Greece’s bid to press claims against Albania and other neighbors. Byrnes and Alexander defend Greece’s right to present its case despite mixed views.
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Greece
Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moisha Pijade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Alexander
V. Alexander
Ernest Bevin
Pijade
Andrei Vishinsky
Byrnes
Cities push PCA routes from Knoxville to the Southeast
Fifty cities urged approval of examiners recommendations for PCA route extensions. Public counsel proposed additional trunk lines from Memphis to Savannah and Atlanta to Charleston, with Delta service Meridian to Savannah. Augusta officials pressed for direct PCA and Eastern access and highlighted the city as a tourist and golf tournament center.
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Mobile
Washington
Knoxville
Carolinas
Southern Airways
Memphis
Jacksonville
Jackson
Miss
Savannah
Atlanta
Charleston
Boston
Detroit
New York
Augusta
McClure
PAC backs Jim Smith in eighth district race
Jim Smith of Tuscumbia has the support of a PAC in the race for the Democratic nomination for congress in the eighth district. Smith is an attorney and former state senator, with endorsements from organized labor in the Muscle Shoals area as decided by the Tri-Cities Central Labor Union in Sheffield.
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Jim Smith
Tuscumbia
PAC
Congress
Florence Times
Smith
State Senate
OPA
Decatur
the Times
Muscle Shoals
Tri
Woman Taken to Polio Ward at Jefferson Hospital
Mrs. Geraldine Breckenridge, 28, of 423 Sherman Street, was admitted to the polio ward of Jefferson Hospital in Birmingham this morning. Her condition was reported good. She had been ill about a week. Ten other polio patients are being treated at the Birmingham hospital.
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Geraldine Breckenridge
Sherman Street
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham
Birmingham Hospital
Strike ends Great Lakes tie up narrows to seven firms
The CIO National Maritime Union ends its Great Lakes strike except against seven firms operating 21 vessels. NMU says strike-bound ships will be held as of noon today, while the seven firms show no move toward settlement.
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Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
NMU
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