Congress May Revisit Cotton Acreage Controls
Memphis dispatch reports farmers from 20 cotton states pressed for changes to the new acreage controls. Ralph Trigg says a secret session produced complaints alleging unfair allotments that favor smaller growers over those with large growing records. The plan is to present the bulk of grievances to Rep. Harold D. Cooley in Washington.
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Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Washington
Ralph S. Trisg
Harold D. Cooley
Trigg
Meeting Called To Review Cotton Quota Hardship Adjustments
Washington December 8 A meeting of the house agriculture committee cotton sub committee will discuss possible hardship adjustments under the 21 000 000 acre cotton quota Farmers in hard hit areas want adjustments without changing the national quota The session will not include hearings and will include Department of Agriculture officials Rep Pace of Georgia urged the review The originally planned Memphis session was postponed to Washington due to PMA information delays
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Pace
D-Ga
Memphis
Department
Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
New Acreage Controls Meet Cotton Grower Opposition
Cotton farmers voice discontent as new acreage allotments under secretary Brannan impose a 21 million acre national cap, 23 percent cut from 1949. Critics argue allotments based on county total cropland ignore individual past cotton history, favoring large planters.
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Charles F. Brannan
Trigg
PMA
Supreme Court Decisions From Alabama Dated Dec 8
The Alabama Supreme Court announced several decisions. Ex parte state ex rel. Attorney General reversed and remanded. City of Montgomery v Montgomery City Lines affirmed. Ex parte Will Shade mandamus petitions dismissed. Rule nisi denied. Conchetta Valenzuela et al v Elanor B. Sellers overruled on appeal.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Brown
Justice
State
Seaborn Jarrell
Court of Appeals
Livingston
Justice City of
Conchetta Valenzuela, Et al
Elanor B. Sellers
East German premier Grotewohl stricken by serious illness
Berlin reported Otto Grotewohl, prime minister of the Soviet backed East German government, has fallen seriously ill with a nervous breakdown. Rostov notes a fashion among Chinese nationalist leaders as a fashionable disease.
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Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Minor Leagues Vote to Repeal Bonus Rule
In Baltimore on December 8, a closed executive session of the National Association of Minor Leagues reported that 45 of 58 leagues voted to repeal the controversial bonus rule. The decision follows a lengthy debate over regulation and league opportunities.
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Baltimore
Atlanta USDA reports weak Georgia live poultry market
North Georgia live poultry market weak with fair demand and heavy supplies. Prices paid f o b farm Wednesday afternoon and this morning show broilers and fryers all weights 24 1/2 to 28 cents, mostly 25 to 25 1/2 cents, with plants paying top rates to their own growers. Various farm commodities quoted: cotton middling 29.00, corn 1.20, wheat 2.10, milk grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred, cattle tops 1550, and eggs 0.80 per dozen cap.
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Atlanta
USDA
Georgia
F.o.b
Eldorado Shipments to Russia Through U S Firm
Trade routed via a U S firm to Eldorado sought export to Russia for war purposes. May 11 export permit granted. license anticipated for shipment to Russia. Shipment went to a Russian official at Great Falls Army Air Base on May 22. payment deposited in a New York bank. Howe stated documents were in order and treated as normal.
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U. S
Russia
Eldorado
Great Falls
Mont. Air Force Base
Probers On New Trials Of Wartime Atomic Shipments
Washington December 8 wartime atomic material probes focus on shipments four and five to Russia with suspected 500 pounds of uranium compound and possible 1000 grams of heavy water. The House unAmerican activities committee probes Moore Hoopes Groves and Wallace claims, while confirming only three 1943 shipments and hinting at a 1944 500 pound compound shipment.
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Washington
House
Russia
Reds
unAmerican Activities Committee
William C. Moore
James P. Hoopes
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Capitol Hill
Moore
Hooper
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Wallace Groves
Two Convicts Escape Camp Cullman Road Crew
Two inmates escaped Camp Cullman road crew at about 8 30 am authorities said. Convicts Franky Hollified 31 Birmingham serving 20 years for rape and Bill Hard 28 Scottsboro sentenced to 30 years for second degree murder were not chained at the time. C W Hayes and three others witnessed the escape as state and county police joined the manhunt. Details were not available.
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Oney
Church Stewards Vote to Quit the Federal Council
Talladega Alabama December 8 The Talladega First Methodist church stewards voted to withdraw from the Federal Council of Churches of Christ over its stand on racial segregation. The board repudiates the Council and says it does not reflect this church. It memorializes North Alabama Conference leaders to end any link with the council and conference. The action centers on the Council brief in Herman Sweatt’s U S Supreme Court case challenging admission to the University of Texas.
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Talladega
Ala
Talladega First Methodist Church
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Tom Abernethy
Talladega Daily Home
Two Enlisted Here In the Marine Corps
Ronald Max Gurley, 18, Huntsville, enlisted December 1 for three years and was sent to Parris Island for basic training. James I. Shipp, Athens, enlisted December 2 for three years with nine months National Guard experience and was sent to Parris Island.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Courthouse
Baker
Ronald Max Gurley
Huntsville
Parris Island
S. C
James I. Shipp
Athens
Shipp
National Guard
Funeral Held Today for Year Old Child
Funeral services for Willard Gwendolin Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Buel Johnson of Lacon Ala will be held this afternoon at 2 PM at Powels Chapel in South Morgan County Rev S A Morgan will conduct the rites Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery Peck directing The child died at home Lacon on Wednesday at 9 AM Surviving are the parents two sisters Julia and Dorothy and a brother Cecil
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Willard Gwendolin Johnson
Buel
Johnson
Lacon
Ala
Powel’s Chapel
Morgan County
S. A. Morgan
Peck
Julia
Dorothy
Cecil
Hogan family notes from Morgan County Pleasant View
Mary Hogan visits her son Wesley Hogan while Dathan Hogan visits in Arkansas. Sgt. Vermont Hogan of New Mexico spent a week with relatives. Brenda and Ronald Hogan prepare to return to camp with their father on Wednesday. Coy Turrentine family returns from Birmingham. Eliza Tucker visited relatives. W D Hogan and Brice Hogan with son left for Detroit Michigan.
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Mary Hogan
Wesley Hogan
Dathan Hogan
Arkansas
Vermont Hogan
New Mexico
Brenda
Ronald Hogan
Coy Turrentine
Birmingham
Eliza Tucker
W D. Hogan
Brice Hogan
Detroit
Michigan
Counsel Tavenner cites Hoopes memo on May 1 1943 officials cite Moore control
Frank S. Tavenner, counsel, notes Hoopes wrote to Moore on May 1 1943. Officials say Moore led the Russian section of the lend lease chemicals division. Hoopes says Moore now is manufacturing. The memo states Hoopes was told Groves and Maj. Gen. Wesson reversed prior disapproval of the 1000 pound shipment. the committee seeks who notified them.
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Frank S. Tavenner
Hoopes
Moore
Lend Lease Chemicals Division
Sanek Media
Ang Ood
Jury Trial Testimony in Falkville Bank Robbery Case
The session covered juror qualification and witness testimony from Mrs. Margaret Newman and others. Tune admitted heavy drinking during the week of Oct. 3 and related details of the plan, travel, and actions leading to the Falkville bank robbery with Fowler and King.
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A. M
Margaret Newman
Falkville
R. S. WicKnight
Garland Nuby
FBI
A. M. Smith Jr
Tune
Fowler
Church Street
Detroit
Defendsant
Earl Fowler
Bank Street
Hartselle
Decatur
Falkville Bank
King
East Falkville Pike
Oden Ridge
A. M. Smith
Humphrey
R. A. Troupe
Smith
Anne
Cage Official Plans Talked at Morgan County Meeting
Organizing of Morgan county basketball officials will be discussed at a meeting of Morgan principals coaches and officials next Thursday night. The 7 p.m. gathering at Morgan County High Hartselle is announced by Oscar Napps secretary of the principals association. Officials must be registered with the state athletic association. All officials coaches and principals are invited.
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Morgan County
Morgan
Morgan County High
Hartselle
Oscar Napps
The
Principals Association
Napps
State Athletic Association
Klan internal strife cited in witness testimony in Alabama
The witness described being forced out of the Adamsville Klan by Carradine and the klo kane committee after questions about talking in Sumiton. He said two men Roscoe Fowler and Glenn Godfrey warned him to leave town and he later attended KKK meetings with them. He had a federal sentence for violating the Mafia act, which he denied was the motive for banishment.
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Anniston
Ala
Carradine
Klokane
Sumiton
Wheer
Key
Roscoe Fowler
Glenn Godfrey
Adamsville Klan
KKK
Federal
Jim Gibson
Klan
Gibson
West Jefferson
Ter
Coal miners’ union shifts to limited week strategy
Lewis and United Mine Workers move to a limited work week after old contracts expired in July. Mines operate Monday to Wednesday with maintenance restricted, while wage and welfare royalty rise 15 cents to 35 cents per ton and 95 cents daily to a $15 wage. Negotiations in New York show little progress as industry-wide talks gain focus. Whitney Warner Jr. signals industry-wide contract approach after talks with John Owens.
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Mittee
Lewis
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
UMW
Pennsylvania
New York
Whitney Warner Jr
Warner Collieries Co
Cleveland
John Owens
Union
Owen
Trial details recount Falkville bank robbery case
The defense contends the suspect Tune was insane at the time and intoxicated, while witnesses describe an armed bank robbery with $14,033 taken. Falkville Postmaster Patter son questions alcohol use, and Nuby testifies about pursuing the bandit car near East Falkville Pike. Jury panel includes local farmers and workers from Decatur, Hartselle, Somerville, and Moulton Heights.
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Falkville
Patterson
Tune
McKnight
Nuby
Oden Ridge
Nix
John D. Crow Jr
Eva
Farmer
Murray .Dodd
Decatur Real Estate
Oscar Y. Duggar
Decatur
Euclid Johnson
Hartselle
Fount Johnson
Somerville
Irvin V. Jolly
Moulton Heights
Everett C. Lemmond
William Alton Luker
Lacey's Spring
Tom P.sandlin
Lovett S. McAbee
James L. Standridge
Decatur Telephone
Herman Vest
AMA votes $25 annual dues to fight socialized medicine
Washington December 8 The American Medical Association voted a 25 dollar per year compulsory dues for members. The fund will finance the AMA campaign against socialized medicine and support other AMA activities.
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Washington
The
American Medical Association Today
AMA
Business man dies in Montgomery after long illness
Marcus H. Solomon aged 73 a prominent business figure in Alabama and Georgia died in Montgomery yesterday following a prolonged illness. He was widely known in regional commerce and associated with multiple firms across both states. The death notice memorializes his contributions to local industry and the business community.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marcus H. Solomon
Alabama
Georgia
Principals Discuss TB Prevention at Morgan County Meeting
Morgan County principals gathered at Falkville High School for a dinner meeting. Mrs Mason of the Morgan County Tuberculosis Association urged public education on TB prevention while President Randolph Ryan chaired a business session. County superintendent H R Leeman spoke on the lunchroom program as the group planned basketball officials rules standardization at Morgan County High School.
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Jack Masop
Morgan Tuberculosis Association
Morgan County
Falkville High School
Oscar Napps
Morgan County Tuberculosis Association
Mason
Strike Halts Oak Ridge Work Over Unions
About 3,000 Maxon Construction Co. workers in Oak Ridge walked off the job in protest against non union labor. AFL affiliates organized the walkout, affecting two plants and other projects. Oman Construction Co. pipeline work and union status were cited, with no NLRB action due to no formal complaint.
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Duces
Maxon Construction Co
Dayton
Oak Ridge
AFL
Knoxville Building Trades Council
Oman Construction Co
Nashville
NLRB
James A. Mackel
Atlanta
No Room and Where is He subject at Central Methodist
Dr W Nelson Guthrie will preach at Central Methodist church on Sunday at 10 50 A M on the subject No Room and at 7 30 P M on Where is He A number of community notices follow including hospital admissions and discharges, church and school events, police activity, weather data, and local business visits.
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W. Nelson Guthrie
Central Methodist Church
Westside Presbyterian Church
Victor G. Dawe
County eligibility for federal funds not mandatory to pass funds
Alabama Attorney General Albert Carmichael ruled that a county may apply for federal funds for dual construction but is not required to appropriate or turn over any funds to the county hospital association. The opinion was requested by Marion County revenue chairman G. S. Davis.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Carmichael
County Hospital Association
Carmichael
G. S. Davis
Marion County Board of Revenue
Excavation Totals for UN Headquarters in New York
About 220000 cubic yards of dirt and 80000 cubic yards of rock were removed in the digging for the United Nations headquarters site in New York.
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United Nations
New York
Holiday Meet Is Held by PTA
The Massey Parent-Teacher Association held its Christmas meeting on Friday December 3 at the schoolhouse. Families brought basket lunches and enjoyed a large supper. A program by students featured pantomimes and carols, a Christmas pageant, and readings. Gifts were displayed for pupils and staff, new members joined, and the meeting adjourned to January.
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Massey Parent-Teacher Association
M. D. Dobbs
Gilchrist
Brenes Reeder
Jesus
Legg Promoted to Alabama Railway Express Superintendent
James C. Legg is named superintendent of the Alabama division of Railway Express Agency with headquarters in Birmingham. He succeeds A B Carter in Georgia, comes from Atlanta, and has previously led the Missouri division in St Louis and organized in Atlanta. Legg resides in Homewood, Alabama. The Alabama division covers 392 local offices and handles seafood, gladioli, and hamsters by rail and air.
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James C. Legg
Alabama Division
Railway Express Agency
North 19Th Street
Birmingham
Atlanta
S. F. Pitcher
T. D. Brooks
Railway Express Office
Alabama
A. B. Carter
Georgia
Legg
Jasper
Ala
Matlanta
Missouri
St. Louis
Homewood
United States
Methodist Bishop Sees Menace to American Liberty
Buck Hill Falls Pa December 8 A Methodist bishop says the Roman Catholic church and communism threaten American liberty. G Bromley Oxnam faults religious liberty as practiced by the Catholic church and civil liberty under communism. He warns Protestants must confront these threats to prevent loss of freedom. He urges readiness to suffer and die for convictions.
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Buck Hill Falls
G. Bromley Oxnam
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Church
Communist Party
Oxnam
New York Area
Church
Board of Missions
Flora Lemmon Hosts Party Near Somerville
Flora Lemmon entertained with a party Saturday night December 3 at the home of Mr and Mrs Marvin Lemmond near Somerville. The guests included Eugene Jett Jean Lemmond Theo Lemmond Betty Lawrence Billy Wright Sarah Shadrix Bill Pike Eva Lee Breeding Hascard Ward Opal Breeding Lawrence Houser Sue Ransom Wesley Mc Gh ee Mary Ann Crowe Vaughn Gilchrist Betty Zane Grantland Ralph Blankenship Helen Plemons Billy Joe Wiley Maxene Hale Paul Byrd Jean Blankenship Frank Byrd Melba Jean Lipsey Burskin Speegles Hibterard Gene Slevins Charles P Charles Ransom Gilbert Dunaway Billy Joe Dunnaway West Blanken ship Edwin Champion Roy Fowler Melvin Brown Charles Brown James Sasser Marshall Williams Pete Arnett Johnny McCutcheon Paul Johnson Leslie Powell Evan Freeze Siza Hollman Calvin Houser Hough Lewis Thompson Marshall Woods Bill Woods Cohen Maxwell and many others. All reported a good time.
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Flora Lemmond
Marvin Lemmond
Somerville
Eugene Jett
Jean Lemmond
Theo Lemmond
Betty Lawrence
Billy Wright
Sarah Shadrix
Bill Pike
Eva Lee
Hascard Ward
Opal Breeding
Lawrence Houser
Sue Ransom
Wesley McGhee
Mary Ann Crowe
Vaughn Gilchrist
Betty Zane Grantland
Ralp Blankenship
Helen Plemons
Billy
Gulf district Rhodes scholars named from Alabama
Two Alabama students Herman H. Hamilton Jr. of Montgomery and Ronald F. Howell of Birmingham have been chosen for Gulf states Rhodes selection. They will compete with ten other candidates from the district in New Orleans on Saturday, with four to be chosen.
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Ala
Montgomery
Birmingham
Herman H. Hamilton Jr. Montgomery
Ronald F. Howell
Gulf States
New Orleans
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