Penney Board Approves Two Weeks Pay for Associates
J C Penney directors authorize a special payment equal to two weeks pay for all full time associates employed through 1948, prorated for others, excluding management staff. Over 50,000 associates nationwide will receive the extra bonus, including 44 at the Decatur store. The payment is nonrecurring and separate from the Thrift and Profit Sharing Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Company
Penney
Harry Higdon
United States
Decatur
Rheem Plant To Be Closed In Birmingham
Rheem Manufacturing announces the Birmingham plant will close, ending operations after serving since 1942 and employing about 2,000 at peak. Current layoffs have begun as production shifts to Rheem plants in Houston, Baltimore, and Chicago due to freight, steel shortages, and organizational streamlining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Rheem Manufacturing Company
Rheem
Houston
Tex
Baltimore
Chicago
United States
Miss Horton Leads Morgan County Red Cross Nutrition Committee
Miss Horton of Morgan County High School in Hartselle heads a county Red Cross nutrition committee directing a lunchroom workers class set for January 8. Attending will be workers from Morgan County schools. other committee members include Mrs. Tom Russell Vald erosa Dobbs Massey Frances Norton and J Simmons. Co operation is led by County Superintendent H R Leeman and a preliminary meeting was held in Hartselle with Miss Martha Love of the Southern area American Red Cross conducting the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Low Horton
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Red Cross
Didone
Mor- County
Frank Kirby
Secretaarian County Red Cross
Morton
Tom Russell
Valdermosa
Dobbs
Massey
Frances Norton
Morgan County
J Simmons
H. R. Leeman
Kirby
Martha Love
Southeastern Area
American Red Cross
Resolution warns minority candidates cannot win presidency
The resolution argues it would be impossible for a minority candidate to become president. It cites Hayes in 1876 and Harrison in 1888 as examples and notes opposition from electors who fear loss of southern balance. Signers include Judge Leon McCord and Mayor John L. Goodwyn with several Montgomery lawmakers.
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Hayes
Harrison
Alabama
Truman
Folsom
Rushton
Leon McCord
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Goodwyn
Walter B. Jones
Eugene Carter
Silas D. Carter
Hubert Busby
Charles M. Pinkston
S. B. Sightler
Montgomery
Probers Grow More Specific on Aberdeen Secrets
Attorney General reveals information of great military significance secured from the Aberdeen proving ground. The panel notes the first inkling secrets spilled from that spot but declines to name individuals. The acting chairman says the person is a civilian, believed still with the government, and may be questioned later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Mo Jonge
Markets Hold Ground in Thin December Trading
New York December 15 traders saw a barely-moving session with few big swings. Most key issues were unchanged as fractional gains and losses balanced out. Active moves included Decca Records up about a point while Plymouth Oil rose early before fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Decca Records
Plymouth Oil
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
American Telephone
American Smelting
Dow Chemical
Owens- Illinois
Pennsylvania R. A
Standard Oil
Eastern Air Lines
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Caterp@ar Tractor
Lockheed
Westinghouse Electric
Eastman Kodak
U. S. Gypsum
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Great Northern Preferred
Texas Co
Twentieth Century-Fox
Cotton futures slip on heavy hedge selling in New York
In New York on December 15, cotton futures declined as hedge selling dominated trading. Spot cotton sales in the ten primary markets were nearly double last year's level, prompting producers to shed stock. Mill buying absorbed most offerings as hedgers covered against cotton to Germany. Prices dropped late afternoon with Dec at 32.20, March 32.22, and May 31.97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
Germany
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville Tennessee cattle and hog prices show moderate activity with session trends mixed. Steers and heifers under 700 pounds fetch 20.00 to 23.75, 670 pounds averages at 25.00, larger steers 800 to 1,000 pounds 20.00 to 24.50, cows 12.00 to 16.00 for cutters, bulls up to 22.25, vealers 28.00 to 34.00, hogs mostly 19.00 to 21.00 for various weights, lambs 20.00 to 23.00, and cull stock lower across categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia fryer market weak ahead of Christmas
USDA reports a weak North Georgia fryer market with prices mostly steady to one cent lower. Demand is moderate but buyers seek easily moved birds as supplies shrink. weights mainly under 4.5 pounds with few heavier birds available. Prices FOB farm show Reds and Crosses around 32 cents, Barred Rock Crosses 31-32 cents, heavy fowl 36-41 cents, and old roosters 20-25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
AMA urges new local tax options for municipalities
The American Municipal Association urged opening more local revenue sources for cities. Delegates, led by New Orleans mayor Morriën, noted an 18 percent rise in city costs last year and recommended state legislatures authorize payroll income, local sales, business volume, cigarette, tobacco, amusement, hotel, liquor, utility taxes, and service charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Municipal Association
AMA
de Lesseps Morri8én
New Orleans
Negro Pageant Plans Shaped at Decatur High School
The annual Christmas pageant organized by the PTA and the Decatur Negro High School music department takes place Wednesday December 15 at 7 30 p m at Cherry Street Elks Club. It features carols the Nativity story and a gift exchange with special community music including O Holy Night and White Christmas. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Decatur Negro High School
Cherry Street
Southern governors plan Washington bureau to tell South’s story
South plans a permanent Washington office via a Southern Foundation to counter federal civil rights proposals and misperceptions. Governors estimate progress in the region but cite a lack of information, with equal state funding and private gifts backing a new board to draft a budget and begin operations in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Washington
Dixie
South
Board of Governors
William Tuck
Virginia
Preston Lane
Maryland
Farm Bureau Studies 90 Percent Cotton Parity Plan
The American Farm Bureau Federation debated a compromise to endorse 90 percent parity price supports for cotton with mandatory production and marketing controls to curb surpluses. Members would vote on controls when supplies exceed 100 percent. approval sets supports at 90 percent, rejection keeps 60 to 90 percent under a new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Resolutions Committee
Fine Concert at Riverside High
An almost capacity crowd enjoyed the pre Christmas concert of the Decatur high school band and glee club at Riverside High School Tuesday night. Seventy five band students and fifty glee club members performed under director Carl Schwachow with a varied program. The glee club opened with The Star Spangled Banner and closed with The Birthday Of A King. Soloists Greta Green Jean Gregg and Kenneth Wells were featured. A quartet including Fred Schlosser Kenneth Wells Murry Yarbrough and Ray Morris performed Silent Night and Kentucky Babe. Curtain calls followed for the four. The band opened with Cyrus The Great and closed with Washington Grays. Christmas March and many family tunes pleased the audience. Both groups received repeated curtain calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Glee Club
Riverside High School
Bott
Carl Schwachow
A. King
Greta Green
Jean Gregg
Kenneth Wells
Fred Schlosser
Kennets
Wells
Murry Yarbrough
Ray Morris
Cyrus the Great
Washington Grays
Funeral Thursday For Victim of Fire
Funeral services will be held Thursday for Dorothy Jean Stanley a 16 month old child who died after a fire at the home of Annie Smith. The girl died shortly after arrival at Decatur General hospital following injuries from the blaze. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Sykes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jean Stanley
Negro
Courtland 2
Sykes
Decatur General Hospital
Annie Smith
Honor Rolls Listed Today
Honor rolls for the second report month at ccatur junior high school are listed. First and second honor rolls include numerous students across Junior I and Junior II, with many named individuals in each category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ccatur Junior High School
Billy Joe Doss
Floyd Sherrod
Ted Solomon
Helen Ann Winston
Ethel Ann Biles
James Dunlap
Eugene Glenn
Carolyn Drake
Louise Dungy
Jack Perkins
Charles Smith
Elizabeth Walton
Margaret Taylor
Cecil Timberlake
Alice Owen
Tommy Caddell
Bettye Joe Cox
Nettie Jean Brown
Dora Clarke
Eleanor Chenault
Quay Burns
James Anderson
Bettye Reeder Banks
Mary Battle King
Sandra Clements
Mary Catherine Strother
Carolyn Odom
Katherine Lee
Edith Hitt
Agnes Hill
Billie Ann Heflin
Horace
Kitchens
Yvonne Barrett
Naomi Bolding
Allison Bailey
Joe David Burns
Johnny Tatum
Rufus Underwood
Gloria Tucker
Ann Tuck
Nancy Waddell
Joe Allen Price
Herbert Sherrow
Jo Ann Pannier
Barbara Randolph
Margaret Sims
Jo Ann Livingston
Jo Ann Luker
Peggy Maples
Carolyn McMillan
Dan Nebrig
Ann Sivley
Margaret Smith
Patsy Stephenson
Faye Tucker
Beverly Nebrig
Jo Ann Parker
Leota O’brien
Tommy Hinds
O'Neal Eubanks
Betty Faye Halbrooks
Betty Ross Bailey
Ann Bethany
Marjorie Cain
Eloise Compton
Ronnie Lee
Paddy Loosier
Margaret Jane Michael
Odean Morrow
Louise Ann Murphree
Philip Seibert
Betty Jo Wear
Sarah Jane Wyatt
Letha Nan Parker
Mack Graham
Johnnie Hawkins
Dean Drake
Betty Jo Fuller
Sallye Bryan
Shirley Compton
Edna Louise Jackson
Willis Glen Lawrence
Doris June James
Allan Moody
Eviction Suit Is Prepared Against Alabama Senator
Senator Sparkman and former Rep. Ramspeck are named as defendants in eviction suits filed in municipal court alongside 25 Broadmoor residents. The Broadmoor Cooperative, which bought the building for $2,375,000 in October, seeks court orders allowing occupancy of units they purchased. A district court ruling last week held the plaintiffs are landlords under the rent control act and eligible to sue. The article notes the origin of the word hammock from Spanish hamaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Broadmoor
Broadmoor Cooperative Apartments, Inc
Edward A. Tamm
Air Guard May Be Federalized
Defense Secretary Forrestal said he recommended to President Truman the merger of Air National Guard units with the Air Forces reserve to strengthen national defenses. He noted no recommendation to consolidate National Guard with the army reserve and described plans for broader service unity and shifts of sea and land transport to the Navy. A new weapons analysis group will be created to rigorously evaluate current and future systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Air National Guard
Air Forces Reserve
Air Guard
Forresta
National Guard
Army Reserve
Army
Gordon Gray
Navy
Military High Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The
Research and Development Board
Trust Fund at Birmingham Southern College Becomes Available
A $300 000 trust set up in 1922 by M. Paul Phillips becomes available to Birmingham Southern College after the donor's wife died last month. Funds may be used for buildings or teacher salaries, per college president Dr. George R. Stuart. Phillips previously made substantial gifts to the Methodist college. the school library bears his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Southern College
M. Paul Phillips
Phillips
George R. Stuart
Methodist College
Food Survey Results From Birmingham Redux
Washington reports Birmingham households spent 37 percent of income on food last winter. The Agriculture Department found an average $6.61 per person weekly and $21.67 per family for food including at home and away from home. Key points cover income levels, diet adequacy, and postwar nutrition gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Agriculturepartment
Bureau of Home Nutrition and Economics
Turner Parole Held up Today
Atlanta December 15 The state pardon and parole board delayed action on a parole for Forrest Turner who escaped eight times from Georgia prisons. A Griffin Superior Court judge indicated an open indictment against Turner and Leon Fallon was pending since February 1939, keeping Turner’s parole in abeyance until the case is resolved. Turner, once a notorious inmate who studied dentistry and worked as a dental technician during wartime, had not been in trouble since 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
State Pardon and Parole Board
Forrest Turner
Edward Everett
Superior Court
Chester Byars
Griffin
Turner
Everett
Griffin Judicial Circuit
Leon Fallon
Pierce Harris
Tattnall State Prison
Bellwood Camp
Fulton County
Lee Seeks Hearing on Habeas Corpus for Father’s Slaying
Huey R. Lee Jr. seeks release from Kilby prison via habeas corpus claiming insanity at the time of his father’s murder in July 1942 and at his 1943 trial. Circuit court set a hearing for next Monday. Lee was sentenced to life in 1943 after escape and recapture. the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the conviction in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Huey R. Lee, Jr
Kilby
Lee
Eugene Carter
Young Lee
Barbour County
Tuscaloosa
Mississippi
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
U.S
Virgil James Rites Set Thursday for Noted Lawrence County Farmer
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday for Virgil James a well known Lawrence County farmer who died recently. The service details and burial arrangements follow in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil James
Lawrence County
Fire crews respond to run on 12th Avenue W
Multiple notices from Decatur General hospital report admissions including Irene Lyle Dennis Howell Harold Vandiver and Minnie Wells. Local events list prayer services movies and church activities at Central Methodist Friendly Bible Hour St Pauls Lutheran and First Methodist church. Community updates cover hospital moves birthdays and police activity with a Christmas program planning note.
Fight urged by Scott to draft party policy
Ott plans to present to the national committee a proposal for Republicans to meet and draft a party policy statement likely in January. Republican senators contacted reacted mostly favorable. Senator Vandenberg declined comment, having not been consulted on Scott's announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Ott
National Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
James Suffered Sudden Illness and Dies on Arrival
James was taken to Vecatur General Hospital by a Brown's ambulance and pronounced dead on arrival. Services set for 10 AM Thursday at the Methodist church in Hillsboro with Rev. Gregg officiating. Interment in Tingham Cemetery. Active pallbearers include Frank, Gilbert, and Ann Terry. Survivors include his wife and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Vecatur General Hospital
Brown
Methodist Church
Hillsboro
Gregg
Tingham
Frank, Gilbert
Ann Terry
Buddy Letsch
Carl Redding
Shackelford
Pageant at Central Methodist Church Sunday at 5
Central Methodist church hosts its annual Christmas pageant Christmas Comes From Everywhere directed by Mrs Haywood Reams. Two parts include a Nativity scene with Mary Ann Bagley and Billy Wright and an offering aimed at supporting Methodist orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Haywood Reams
Bruce Spencer
Bill Stone
Horace Levin
James Warren
Ray Kelley
John McBride
Ruth Graham
Oscar Napps
J. W. Lovelace
Lyle Woodard
Patricia Pitt
Barbara Napps
Madge LaBoone
Candler Cain
George Godwin
Don Lively
Jimmy O'Donnell
Floyd Sherrod
Drewne Handley Bolte
Earlelf
Central Church
Methodist Church
Draft Office Seeks Lewis O Neal Dutton 19
Selective Service officials in Decatur are tracing Lewis O Neal Dutton 19 who registered September 4 1948. Dutton is described as white with blue eyes red hair six feet tall 160 pounds and may be connected to L D Dutton P O Box 515 Belle Vista California. Mail sent to that box was returned unknown and unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Lewis O'Neal Dutton
Decatur
Hutchison, Courtland Highway
Dutton
L. D. Dutton
P. O
Belle Vista
Cal
Escape General Fu Faces Tightening Noose In Peiping
As Communist control widens over key rail routes in North China, Fu’s forces face potential stalemate. Peiping authorities mobilize theaters and housing to billet troops while utilities come under military control. U S Consul General Cabot says Marines aboard Bayfield head to Shanghai to protect nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North China
Peiping- Kalgan
Peiping-Tientsin
Peiping
Mukden
U. S
John Cabot
Shanghai
Bayfield
Tsingtao
China
Cabot
U.S. Life Insurance In Force Tops Seventeen Billion
At year end 1946 the total life insurance in force exceeded 17 billion dollars, reflecting growth across American policyholders and insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Life Insurance
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Miss Horton
Probers
Wall Street
South Plans Capital Office
Riverside High
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Senate Civil Service Committee
B-S College
Florence & Moore
Kingston, N. Y
Caim
Era
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12Th Avenue W
G. M. Davenport
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Irene Lyle
Sixth Avenue W
Baby ‘Thomas Downs
Decatur 3
J. M. Halbrooks
Hartseller
Wali
Harold Vandiver
Market Street
Dennis Howell
E. Vine
Minnie Wells
Fourth Avenue S
H. M. White
Grant Street
P. O Hoole
Tanner
Mutual Service
Oran Holmes
Vinemont 2
J. O. Waugh
Somerville 1
Barton E. Marsh
Madison 1
S. Towe
Madison
Business Today
M. Claburn
Hillsboro 1
Milton R. Hovis
Kenneth
Eglin Field
Fla
John C. Bell Jr
Ninth Avenue W
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Milton Wright
Roy’ Briscoe
Fred Turney
Somerville
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Louis King
Austinville
Detroit
Mich
Annie King
First Methodist Church
Clements Drug Stores
East Moviton St
Sixth Avenue East
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