Peace Plate ideas to aid conservation at dinner tables
The Citizens Food Committee releases Peace Plate ideas through The Daily starting Wednesday. Miss Katherine Fisher of the Good Housekeeping Institute prepared practical economical Peace Plate recipes to promote healthy meals while supporting the conservation program. The plan includes marketing and preparation hints with economists and nutritionists, aiming to keep Americans healthy while sharing with Europe.
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Citizens Food Committee
Decatur
Katherine Fisher
Good Housekeeping Institute
Omer
America
United States
Europe
Citizen's Food Committee
Markets Decator Grains and Nashville Livestock Report
Grain prices listed for No 1 soft wheat and various corn and barley types with oats and milo. Nashville Tennessee livestock figures show cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep trading as steady to higher with specific price ranges for steers cows bulls hogs and lambs.
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Sdecator
Nashville
Ténn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New York Cotton Rises On Covering And Mill Buying
New York cotton futures rallied earlier but then fell back on profit taking. Traders awaited Washington on foreign aid and price controls as spot markets remained firm and producers held cotton for tax reasons. Prices late in the day showed Dec around 35.78, Mar 35.69, May 35.44.
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New York
Corton
Commission House
Washington
Butter and egg market report from Chicago
Butter firm receipts over two days reach 422,840 pounds with prices up one to two cents per pound and high quality scores. Egg receipts total 22,209 with prices up six cents per dozen, U S extras and standards classifications listed, current receipts and dirties noted.
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Chicago
U. S
Fryer Market Holds Steady Amid Limited Sales In Atlanta
In Atlanta on Monday morning the fryer market remains steady with a firm undertone. Prices for small fryers of 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 pounds ranged 30 to 31 cents FOB farm, with offerings ample but not excessive and average weights trending lighter.
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Atlanta
Lost Black Cocker Spaniel Skippy Seeks Return Reward
An 8 month old black cocker spaniel named Skippy is missing and wearing vaccination tag 71504. Call Murray King at 1476-R with any information. A reward is offered.
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Skippy
Murray King
R. Reward
Suspect Held in Robberies Across Four States
A 22-year-old man Clyde Lee Harris and a woman were arrested near Pass Christian Mississippi in a case tying him to robberies and car thefts in at least four Southern states. Items found include $950 cash war bonds $2525 in bonds and stocks and weapons from a Franklinton Louisiana burglary.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi
Commissioner of Public Safety
C. R. Bradley
Bradley
Clyde Lee
Harris
Pass Christian
Harrison County
Georgia Supply Company
Franklinton
Atrolmen
Indiana
Bay St. Louis
Glenn E. Hawkins Builders
Bullard Bee Co, Inc
Lycome
Bent Cone
Wallace H. Hawkins Jr
Georgia
Bullard Company
Meadows Addresses Rotary on Good Government in Morgan County
Wallace H. Meadows, Morgan county revenue and control board member and Decatur Rotary member, spoke at Hotel Lyons on good government. He urged redistributing licenses to Morgan county, citing a $31,000 revenue gain, and noted the June 1948 final payment on a $260,000 road bond as Morgan County’s first bond retirement.
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Wallace H. Meadows
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur Rotary Club
Hotel Lyons
Hafford R.leeman
Huntsville
Ben Adair
Paul Means
H. Goidel
John Wood
Edmondeith
Rotary Choral Group
Reid Sherard
Oak Street
Meadows
County Commissioners Association of Alabama
Ways and Means Committee
House Branch
Alabama Legislature
Morgan County
Additin
Rites Held Tuesday for Mrs Ellner
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Ellner 84 will be held Tuesday at 3 PM at St Pauls Lutheran church. The cortege leaves 1206 Fourth Avenue S at 230 PM burial is in city cemetery Brown's directing she died this morning at 125 AM at home. She is survived by two daughters Louise Elmer Sneed and Theresa Elmer Pirtle both of Decatur two sons William A of Decatur and C Andrew of Nashville eight grandchildren one great grandchild and other relatives pallbearers William Elsner Andrew Ellsner Ray L Elsner Lethal Smith Tom Simpson and Walter Mittwede.
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Elizabeth Ellner
St. Paul's Luthern Church
Fourth Avenue S
City Cemetery
Brown
Elmer
Louise Elmer Sneed
Theresa Elmer Pirtle
Decatur
William A
C. Andrew
Nashville
William Elsner
Andrew Ellsner
Ray L. Elsner
Lethal Smith
Tom Simpson
Walter Mittwede
Mrs Johnson Claimed by Death in Hartselle Funeral
Final rites for Mrs Sally E Johnson 88 will be held Tuesday at 2 30 PM from Mt Tabor church with Rev M G Fields and Rev Holmes officiating Interment will be in the adjacent cemetery Peck s directing She died at her son J P Hartselle s home Sunday at 7 PM Survived by five daughters four sons 56 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren Pallbearers Velvert Johnson Hubbart Johnson Robert Maples Mack Johnson Clebert Johnson Levon Whisenant
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Sally E. Johnson
Mt. Tabor
M. G. Fields
Rev. Holmes
Peck
Johnson
J. P
Hartseller
Lee Maples
Somerville
Tellie Whisenant
Union Grove
Nora Lawson
Westerville
Lois McGee
Bell Foreman
Decatur
Guy
Cullman
Emmett
Edgar
Vinemont
J. P. Hartselle
Velvert Johnson
Hubbart Johnson
Robert Maples
Mack Johnson
Clebert Johnson
Levon Whisenant
Arkansas Accepts Dixie Bowl Invite to Face William and Mary
Coach John Barnhill announced the University of Arkansas football team voted to play in the Dixie Bowl in Birmingham on New Year’s Day. The Razorbacks will meet William and Mary, pending Southwest Conference approval after Texas and TCU already secured bowl bids.
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Fayetteville
Ark
John Barnhill
University of Arkansas
Birmingham
Ala
William and Mary
Barnhill
Southwest Conference
Texas
Texas Christian
Hud son Motor Car Co strike halts Detroit production
Hudson Motor Car Co announced that 21 welders strike halted auto production and left 12,000 workers idle in Detroit. A spokesman said the welders demand pay raises in violation of the contract signed last May defining wage scales.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
City Workers in Italy Vote Strike
Rome workers approve a nationwide municipal strike after failed pay and organizing demands. In Lucca Tuscany workers vote against striking, while the left campaigns to unseat Premier De Gasperi's government following a quiet day since the left's exclusion last May.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
National Federation
Lucca
Tuscany
Capannori
Italiy
de Gasperi
Services Set at Oakland Chapel Dedication Planned
Oakland Presbyterian chapel in South Limestone county will host a series of services beginning Sunday evening December 7 led by the pastor of Bryson Memorial church Huntsville. The program will culminate with a formal dedication on Sunday December 14 expected to be attended by prominent Presbyterian leaders.
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Oakland Presbyterian Chapel
Limestone County
Bryson Memorial Church
Huntsville
Principals Meet at Cotaco School
The Morgan County High School Principals Association will meet at Cotaco school Wednesday night at 6 30. L E Wooten principal of Cotaco will host and preside. Topics include busi ness matters and improving administrative procedures. Cotaco home economics group will prepare and serve dinner.
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Morgan County High School Principals Association
Cotaco
L. E.wooten
Plea to reopen hearing on Southern Natural gas expansion
Southern Natural Gas Co. asks the Federal Power Commission to reopen a hearing on its plan to extend lines to Chattanooga and Knoxville Tennessee. The company seeks to raise capacity to 384 500 000 cubic feet daily and run a pipeline from Calhoun Georgia through Chattanooga to Knoxville with an estimated 5 million dollar cost and potential large bill savings for residents.
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Washington
Southern Natural Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Peti
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Natural
George A. Liddell
Essee Natura As Co
Takelvite
Perry County
Knoxville
H. D. McHenry
Commission
East Tennessee
Liddell
McHenry
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Co
Mississippi
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Atlanta
Calhoun
W. L. Brunner
Senate weighs interim aid for Europe amid budget fights
Senate leaders eyed a vote on a $597 million European aid bill for France Italy and Austria after amid amendments from Sen Kem. House and Senate debates split over reducing or restoring the aid while investigations into past foreign-aid spending continue. Domestic talks centered on inflation controls and price measures as Republicans push for budget scrutiny and party reform signals.
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House
Senate
France
Italy
Austria
Kem
R.-Mo
Senate-House Economic Committee
Interior Department
Truman
Europe
Aiken
R.-Vt
Local Births Registrations and Community Updates
Mr and Mrs Cathern Smith of Hartselle announce a son born this morning at Baughs. Mr and Mrs Raymond Campbell of Somerville 1 welcomed a son born Saturday at Decatur General. Hyman Wohl recovers after surgery at Vanderbilt hospital Nashville. He expected home on Danville Road late this week. Seven more registrations at courthouse bring 28 day total to 149. Kiwanis directors hold joint session at Lyons Hotel for 1948 organizational meeting with Past district governor Kenneth Thomas. Business Women's circle to meet at Miss Mary Louise Garrett home. Presbyterian leaders attend Synod meeting in Birmingham. Alabama Presbyterians seek 250000 to bolster student work incl 100000 for a University of Alabama campus center.
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Hyman Wohl
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Danville Road
Board of Registrars
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Lyons Hotel
Kiwanis
Kenneth Thomas
W. W. Glass
Decatur
W. B. Whitfield
Huntsville
Synod of Alabama
First Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Alabama
University of Alabama
Four powers probe German peace plan amid zonal barriers
The four foreign ministers debated how to remove partition barriers in Germany and discussed governing roles for the occupying powers. They achieved only minor accords on session order and including Pakistan and Hindu India in shaping the German peace treaty.
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Germany
Pakistan
India
Dallas Textile Workers Set Strike Over Unresolved Contract
The Dallas mills local of the Textile Workers Union of America announced a strike starting today after a mass meeting vote. Edmund F. Ryan said the contract failed to include a checkoff provision and removal of union liability for unauthorized strikes. Over 800 workers participated, with more than 20 to 1 voting in favor. The next contract would have taken effect today.
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Huntsville
Ala
Dallas Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Edmund F. Ryan
Dallas
Ryan
William N Vaughn Dies at Home at 74 in Danville
William N Vaughn 74 died at his Danville home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 30 PM at Piney Grove Church Lawrence County with Rev Isaac Eady officiating. Burial follows in Cave Springs Cemetery. Survived by his widow. Pallbearers listed: Toxie Hogan Dewey Hogan Loyal Hogan Zemon Crow Royal Holladay Marlin Hogan.
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William N Vaughn
Piney Grove Church
Lawrence County
Isaac Eady
Cave Springs
Peck
Danville 2
Toxie Hogan
Dewey Hogan
Loyal Hogan
Zemon Crow
Royal Holladay
Marlin Hogan
Mine Kills Child In Germany As Teens Play With Shell
An explosion in Giessen, Upper Hesse, killed 11 year old Doroles Sparti and injured three other children while they played with a German anti aircraft shell. The victims include Franklin Sparti and two Spillers, all linked to U S Army families.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Doroles Sparti
Joseph F. Sparti
Brooklyn
N. Y
U. S. Army
Giessen
Upper Hesse
Glen T. Spiller
Cecil H. Spiller
Bankston
Ala
Charles Spiller
Joseph Sparti
Hawkes Pushes Anti Lynching Bill Into 1948 GOP Program
Senator Hawkes of New Jersey reports his anti lynching bill will be included in the 1948 Republican legislative program. The measure sets fines up to 5000 dollars and up to five years imprisonment for officials who fail to make diligent efforts to prevent a lynching.
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Hawkes
R.-N.j
Auxiliary for Food Drive at Morgan County Post 15
The American Legion Auxiliary of Morgan County Post 15 supports President Tru mans food conservation program through the Morgan County Committee led by Jimmy Bloodworth. At Friday’s meeting a large gifts table for veterans’ gifts shop at Tuscaloosa Veterans hospital December 12 was gathered and plans were made to send Christmas gifts to a French girl aided monthly with food and clothing.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Morgan County
Truman
Morgan County Committee
Jimmy Bloodworth
Veterans
Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital
Lucy Byars
Mary
Louise Roberts
Legion Home
Wm Rodgers
Bob Wells
Breck Reeves
H Rehberg
Marguerite Clark
Ruby Jones
Truman asks Congress to extend Maritime Commission powers
President Truman urged Congress to extend through June 30, 1949 the authority of the Maritime Commission to operate sell and charter government owned ships built in the last war. He warned the extension is needed to prevent a breakdown in vital shipping services.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maritime Commission
Meyers Case Ties to Wartime Air Contracts and Alleged Payoffs
The wartime purchasing officer for the air forces allegedly netted about $150,000 from Meyers Aviation Electric in Dayton, while Meyers denies wrongdoing and cites personal reasons. Attorney General Clark signals perjury tax evasion and war fraud charges. Meyers has been stripped of decorations and pension as inquiries continue. Congress is expanding probes into Hughes contracts and Vultee aircraft funding amid closed-door sessions and anticipated actions.
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Meyers’ Aviation Electric Company
Dayton
Meyers
Lamarre
O9s Berings
Clark
Senate
Howard Hughes
House
Bender
Ohio
Cleveland
Consolidated Vultee
San Diego
Navy
Torpedo Bomber Crashes Into Washington Bridge
A Navy torpedo bomber crashed into a busy Washington bridge during rush hour. The Navy identified Lt. S. T. Bitting as the probable pilot. The aircraft nearly cleared the span before a wing struck and the plane slid across, halting traffic on the Anacostia River bridge near its confluence with the Potomac.
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Washington
Dev
Navy
S.T. Bitting
Anacostia River
Potomac
Stassen Urges Quick Action on Aid to Europe
Harold Stassen urged rapid congressional approval of emergency aid to Europe and called for decisive action. He spoke at a civic club luncheon and prepared remarks urged no delay while also opposing continued shipments of machine tools to the Soviet Union unless Moscow cooperates in rebuilding Europe. Ellis Arnall introduced Stassen and praised his vigor as a force within the Republican Party.
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Atlanta
Harold Stassen
Congress
Europe
Civic Club
Americas
Stassen
Soviet
Russia
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
America
Emory University
French industry and rails resume as strikes widen
The textile sector and railways in the area reopen after days of disruption while police clash with protesters nationwide. The assembly voted to call up 300000 reservists amid strikes by railway workers and miners, with saboteurs injuring a passenger and grenades fired at communist HQ.
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Coing
de Soir
Toulouse
Herault
Garonne
Paris
Strasbourg
Lyon
Bour
Ex Union Leader Returns to Work at Chrysler De Soto
Richard T. Leonard former vice president of the CIO United Auto Workers returns to factory duty at Chrysler De Soto division after 11 years away. Classified as a $1.42 per hour spot welder, he is to report at 7 A M Tuesday. His $56.80 weekly wage contrasts with the UAW CIO salary around $135 weekly.
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Detroit
Richard T. Leonard
CIO
United Auto Workers
de Soto
Chrysler Corp
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