Retail Sales Reveal Drop In Sixth District October
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reports October department store sales in the sixth district fell from the September peak, with inventories rising beyond normal levels. Total district loans rose five percent year over year and manufacturing activity shows mixed trends across steel, coal, textiles, and construction, while farm income for the first nine months of 1946 increased about seven percent.
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Atlanta
Dec
Federal Reserve District
Monthly
R Viet
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiania
Mississippi
Tennessee
Federal Reserve
British plan to rebuild Britain's cotton industry
Sir Stafford Cripps announced a five year plan to rebuild Britain's cotton industry. The government will pay 25 percent of re equipping costs with the rest financed by the industry. Mills would run two shifts to boost output and encourage mill groupings without compulsory measures.
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Manchester
England
Great Britain
Sir Stafford Ace
Board of Cripps
Cripps
Water issue prompts survey request in Clanton council meeting
Clanton council heard residents request action on standing water on property. City Engineer Carol Smith and street foreman Joe Elliot were ordered to survey the problem. A L Johnson of Alabama Flour Mill sought a lowered sewer pipe level to connect to a new copper plant, offering to share the extra cost of about 1444 dollars. The council accepted R E Duff’s bid for a vacant lot on Inton Avenue across from the high school. Russell Speake chaired in President Rutledge Thomas’s absence.
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Clanton
Carol Smith
Joe Elliot
City Street Department
A. L. Johnson
Alabama Flour Mill
Johnson
Smith
Council
R. E. Duff
Inton Avenue
Russell Speake
Rutledge Thomas
Merger costs and future projections cited by Clay
The report notes the United States agreeing to share total costs with Britain and adding about one annually to its bill for the present cost. Clay predicted costs would decline steadily during the three year period expected for the merger.
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Britain
Clay
Markets by Victor Eubank in New York
Down ward tendencies persisted in today’s stock market with early fractions eroded and a few gains late. The court ruling against John L. Lewis and the mining union did not move prices while light commitments reflected fears of extended fuel conflict.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Cigs
Aoanterae
John L. Lewis
Mining Union
New York Cotton Futures Rise After Early Weakness
Cotton futures recovered after an initial decline with gains of $0.55 to $1.30 a bale. Mill buying, textile orders, and short covering supported prices, with Dec at 30.70, Mar 30.25, and May 29.64 as values moved higher from the session lows.
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New York
Recreation Plan Studied for Alabama Development
The Alabama state planning board and agencies began a master plan study for developing recreation facilities. The effort involves TVA, National Park Service, U S Engineers, University of Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Alabama College to inventory existing resources and outline financing and expansion for a coordinated recreation system. Working papers are due by February 1 with a broad group of state and federal officials contributing.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Planning Board
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Park Service
U. S. Engineers
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
Alabama College
W. O. Dobbins Jr
Dobbins
James L. Segrest
H. D. Mosley
W. R. Brassell
W. R. Brassell, Senior Planning Technician; Miss Anne Porter
Planning Board
Rex Horne
Robert M. Howes
TVA
Ben C. Morgan
C. P. Clayton
Jackson
R. Sharman
Margaret McCall
Allen T. Edmunds
A. W. Umbach
APJ
General Strike Called Amid War-Era Labor Tensions
Mass deliveries of essentials like food milk and gasoline are organized while AFL unions prepare to pull members from ships in East Bay ports. Employers urge business as usual as unions condemn Sunday police action as high-handed. A general strike notice appears in Key System shops while the 24 hour holiday label circulates.
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AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
East Bay
United Employers, Inc
AFL Central Labor Council
Mother Confesses Attack On Baby In Missouri
SELADIA Mo Dec 3 7 A 22 year old mother testified her baby's crying drove her to strike the child’s head on the floor two or three times She waives preliminary hearing and is held in jail awaiting circuit court action on a second degree murder charge Her 13 month old daughter died Friday in a hospital I lost my head she said at a coroner s hearing
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Seladia
Barbara Middleton
Jury Recedes In Georgia Lynching Case Near Monroe
A federal grand jury probing a mass lynching of four African Americans near Monroe Georgia recessed until 9 A M tomorrow after FBI agents testified. The session continued in Athens following the December 3 hearing.
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Athens
Federal Grand
Monroe
FBI
Soviet Deputy Visits Madison Square Garden Rally Calls for Peace
Soviet Deputy premier V. Vishinsky addressed a Madison Square Garden rally praising peaceful cooperation with capitalist states and urging non aggression and trade. He accused U S critics of undermining relations and singled out William Randolph Hearst over a red fascism ad in The New York Herald Tribune.
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New York
Ance Miece
wJus
Copptry
W PW
Pemce- Ana
Madison Square Garden
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Vishin
U. S
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
New York Herald Tribune
Firecracker ban enforced in city court
A 19 year old boy was sentenced to 20 days hard labor by Mayor H R Summer after failing to pay a $10 fine for firing firecrackers in the city. He was warned after driving down Sixth Avenue and throwing a firecracker at a pedestrian. Police arrested him, and the mayor warned that selling firecrackers is prohibited within city limits and police jurisdiction. Parents can be held liable for aiding juvenile delinquency. A dealer was fined $10 for violating the explosive ordinance.
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H. R. Summer
Stty
Summers
Lce
Sixth Avenue
Kennedy
Carter
Summer
Wreck Causes Minor Damage to Two Cars at Intersection
A minor collision on Monday night at Sixth Avenue East and Prospect Drive caused slight damage to two cars. Harvey Farrish’s 1934 Ford coupe and Robert Holt’s 1933 Ford coupe collided when Holt entered Farrish’s path, Farrish’s car veering to the curb.
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Sixth Avenue
Prospect Drive
Harvey Farrish
Seventh Avenue
Robert Holt
Madison Street
Farrish
H. M. Turney
Luther Has
Wilson Avenue
Holt
Sandlin
Stanford
Tuskegee to Play Southern in First Yam Bowl
Tuskegee Institute of Alabama will meet Southern University of Baton Rouge in the inaugural Yam Bowl in Dallas on Christmas Day. The game is set for DalHi stadium at 2 PM, announced by Yam Bowl committee chair Fred Long. Southern owns the Southwest Negro title with five wins and one loss in conference play and eight wins, two losses, and one tie overall. Tuskegee has ten wins and one loss, with a 21-12 defeat to Florida A. and M. and a 97-9 loss to Arkansas A. M.
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Marshall
Tex
Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
Southwest Colored Conference
Southern University of Baton Rouge
Dallas
Dal-Hi Stadium
Fred Long
Southern
Arkansas A
Tennessee
Tuskegee
Florida A
Auburn Names Co-Captains Harold Lannon Hal Herring
Two Auburn sophomores have been named co-captains for the 1947 football team. Harold Lannon a 205 pound tackle from Lebanon Tennessee was a regular until injury and Hal Herring from Lanett Alabama was the starting quarterback most of the year. Lannon will seek a place on the Tiger baseball team next spring and Herring ran track in 1946.
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Auburn
Ala
Harold Lannon
Hal Herring
Lannon
Lebanon
Debt fund urged by Cannon to cap public debt
Washington December 3 Pacing comments from Rep. Cannon chairman of the house appropriations committee propose a federal law mandating a minimum yearly payment of 5 billion dollars toward reducing the national debt. He argued current funding fails to curb deficits and urged decisive action.
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Washington
Congress
Cannon
D., Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Coal Miners Strike Back at Government Injunction
In a dramatic court session UMW leader Lewis denounced a restraining order amid a coal strike that idled tens of thousands. The government argued sovereignty over mines while Lewis asserted constitutional rights and questioned government operation of the mines.
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Lewis
Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Welly Hopkins
Defense
United States
Goldsugh. E
Welly K. Hopkins
T. Alan Goldsborough
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Jones and Laughlin
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
Commerce, Treasury and Interior Departments
Krug
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Services Set for Mrs. W. C. Ryan in Hartselle
Mrs. W. C. Ryan aged 65 of Hartselle died at 1:45 in the infirmary. Funeral at Bethel church Wednesday morning conducted by Rev. Guy Pettey and Rev. Frank P. Smith, burial in Pleasant Grove with Peck Funeral Home directing. Surviving husband W. G. Ryan. daughters S. B. Lackey, C. F. Stephenson, D. Lang, T. C. Richards. sons Lester, Carlos, Ossie, Louis, Horace, Allen. sisters R. H. Ryan, S. J. Harrbson, W. M. Black. brother E. T. Hipp. Pallbearers named.
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W. C. Ryan
Hartselle
Rarseh's
Infirmary
Bethel Church
Guy Pettey
Frank P. Smith
Pleasant Grove
Peck Funeral Home
W. G. Ryan
S. B. Lackey
Coal strike crisis and courtroom clash over contempt
The article details 29 directors weighing removing Edward R. Burke as president over his remarks on talks with Lewis about wages. Rep Rankin cites Truman’s strong strike control stance. Sen elect McCarthy suggests drafting Lewis and miners. Judge Goldsborough plans to summon a court reporter to read a week-old UMW statement to determine contempt.
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Edward R. Burke
Lewis
Rep. Rankin
Miss
Truman
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
T. Alan Golsborough
UMW
Welly K. Hopkins
Fires Banked In More Furnaces Amid General Strike
Faced with a 13 day AFL UMW strike, fires were banked in more steel furnaces and 150,000 additional workers idled. Pittsburgh reports 23,000 coal walkout layoffs. railroads reduce production, with Southern, B&O, Norfolk and Western among lines laying off workers. Some plants resume or expand closures as fuel and gas shortages bite industry.
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AFL United Mine
Pennsylvania Employment Service
Southern Railway
Washington, D C
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk and Western
New York Central
Columbus
Ernest E. Norris
Southern
Illinois Central Railroad
Paducah
Youngstown
Ohio
Wheeling Steel Corp
Steubenville
National Tube Co
Lorain
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Mason-Dixon Line
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Alabama
Bessemer
Echenestady
N. Y
General Electric Corp
Doehler-Jarvis A So Ae
Batavia
Decatur School System Meeting and Local Updates
The Decatur school system will hold a monthly staff meeting at seven tonight at the junior high. The Decatur Board of Education meeting scheduled for Friday December 6 is postponed to Thursday December 12. Local residents Walter Jackson J W Clemons H B Penn Delma Compton and others are noted for various moves and duties.
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Decatur School System
Decatur Board of Education
Walter Jackson
Police Court Reports 223 Cases In November
City police court handled 223 cases in November per Chief J B Whitmire. Total fines and cash bonds forfeited reached 5959 dollars with 188 total investigations. Disordered conduct to gambling and liquor violations dominate the docket with numerous drunks and traffic related offenses.
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J. B. Whitmire
Decatur
Whitmire
Morgan County Court
Gardner Offered Great Britain Post
Washington reports friends of O Max Gardner say he has been offered the ambassador to Great Britain. The former North Carolina governor and current Undersecretary of the Treasury may have the appointment announced this afternoon.
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Washington
O. Max Gardner
Great Britain
Gardner
North Carolina
The
Treasury
University closes as heat runs scarce across states
The nation faced shutdowns due to no heat with University of Minnesota officials warning about coal shortages after Christmas. Brigham Young University planned to install oil burners and resume classes on Wednesday as Utah schools also weighed reopenings.
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W. T. Middlebrook
University of Minnesota
Ager
Utah
Brigham Yean University
Bilbo Faces Probe Over Voter Rights Allegations
A Senate inquiry broadened to probe official handling of potential Negro voters in seven counties amid testimony from about 30 witnesses. Claims include intimidation, registration obstacles, ballot challenges, and a campaign statement attributed to Bilbo about suppressing black votes. Bilbo attended but called the proceedings a flop as senators prepared to hear more officials.
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Allen
Daniel
Williams
Sen
Ellender
D.-La
Sen. Bridges
Minneapolis Teachers Accept Settlement and Salary Hikes
Minneapolis teachers approved a settlement ending a threatened strike. The deal includes a $150 cost of living bonus this month and a flat $600 raise for 1947 instructors, with salaries rising Jan 1 1948 to $2000-$4200 for bachelors, $2200-$4400 for masters, and $2400-$4600 for doctors, depending on degree. In St Paul, councilmen proposed charter changes to raise about $3.885 million yearly.
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Minneapolis
American Federation of Teachers, Afl
Charles E. Boyer
Willard E. Goslin
St. Paul
Frisco pressing for U N capital site choice
Mayor Roger Lapham arrived in New York and planned talks with U N delegations on locating a permanent world capital. A site sub committee recommended the Presidio in San Francisco and the Belmont Plateau Roxborough areas of Philadelphia as equal merit candidates for the UN home.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Roger Lapham
San Francisco
New York
United Nations
U. N
Presidio
Belmont Plateau
Roxborough
Philsemen
Couple Indicted in Death of Two Year Old in Easton
William Focht aged 55 and his wife Ada aged 46 were indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the death of their two year old son Edwin James. Northampton County grand jury ordered them held for trial December 11 after coroner Dr. D F Bachman testified they refused to call a doctor when Edwin fell into a can of boiling water last September.
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Easton
William Focht
Ada
Northampton County
D. F. Bachman
Edwin James
Robbers Wounded in Tel Aviv Shootout As Escape Fails
In Tel Aviv police and masked robbers exchanged fire after the bandits overpowered two Polish refugee committee messengers carrying relief money. Police said at least three were wounded: a policeman, a robber, and a bystander. The attackers escaped.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Barclay’s Bank
Hearing Opens on Estate of Birmingham Millionaire
An oral hearing in Birmingham before Judge E. M. Creel addressed final disposition of the late Birmingham millionaire Woodward's estate valued with property in Birmingham at 5,393,366. The will created an Alabama Education Foundation to fund a boys school, but board members called the plan impracticable and urged using income for college scholarships.
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Birmingham
Lea
E. M. Creel
Woodward
Alabama Education Foundation
Alabama
Thomas W. Martin
Alabama Power Co
Oscar Thurlow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karl Compton
MIT
Martin-Thurlow
Brown-Marx and Woodward
Metropolitan Hotel
Alabama Maid of Cotton Contest Seeks Applicants
The Decatur Daily announces a national Maid of Cotton contest with Alabama bidding to win the 1947 title. Alabama leaders tout the state as a top cotton producer and urge eligible girls to apply by December 20, with the winner to tour 35 cities in the United States and France beginning February 17 in Miami.
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Miami
United States
France
Decatur Daily
Alabama
James Rankin
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Marriages Listed From Decatur Area Couples
Daily records show marriages for Woodrow Howard Berry and Dottie Marie Sowers of Decatur. John Doyle Collins of Decatur wed Vernie Hannah of Hartselle. Abraham Brown of Decatur wed Lillie Mae Collins of Decatur. John Edward Betzold Jr of Cheltenham Pennsylvania wed Nathalia Dont hitt of Elkmont.
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Woodrow Howard Berry
Decatur
Dottie Marie Sowers
John Doyle Collins
Vernie Hannah
Hartselle
Abraham Brown
Lillie Mae Collins
John Edward Betzold Jr
Cheltenham
Nathalia Donthitt
Elkmont
Court halts further salary for Augusta safety chief
A court order delayed additional pay to John B. Kennedy, Commissioner of Public Safety in Augusta, after taxpayers accused him of ruling Augusta politics. Judge R. H. Humphrey issued the order shortly after Kennedy had received November salary.
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Augusta
Public Safety
John B. Kennedy
R. H. Humphrey
Middle Georgia
Kennedy
For Sale Items Offered by Roy Collier Jr
Listing by Roy Collier Jr at 623 4th Ave West selling an oil heater a table top water heater and a washing machine. Delivery promised within 10 days for new or used machines.
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Roy Collier Jr
4Th Ave
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