Farm Housing Loan Program Draws 23 Morgan County Applications
County supervisor C T Cash of the Farmers Home Administration reports 23 farm housing loan applications filed in Morgan County under the new housing act. Key questions cover purposes, eligibility, terms, security, veteran preference, and local assistance through county farmer committees guiding approvals and loan amounts.
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C. T Cash
Farmers Home Administration
Morgan County
Alabama
Death Sentence for Claude Sims in 1930s Alabama
A 20 year old African American man, Claude B. Sims, faces the electric chair after being convicted of murdering John Harden, a 55 year old Victory Freight Lines watchman, in February. A circuit court jury fixed his punishment after about an hour of deliberation. Sims was arrested in Selma on November 2 and indicted by the grand jury based on officers’ evidence from a glass shard at the broken office machine.
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Birmingham
Ala
Claude B. Sims
Robert
J. Wheeler
John Harden
Victory Freight Lines
Harden
Freig
Seima
Grand Jury
Sims
Heaviest Rainfall Recorded At Baguio 1911
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a claim of the heaviest rainfall on record at Baguio in Luzon, Philippines, dated 1911. The readable text cites Baguio as the location and 1911 as the year of the record.
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Baguio
Luzon
Markets Brief: Cotton and livestock prices listed
Market items show Middling cotton at 29.00, strict dow 28.00, cottonseed at 40.00, broilers 26.00 delivered, hens heavy 0.24, light 0.20, hogs 14.00 to 14.50, cattle Tops 15.50, canners 8.50 to 13.50, bulls 16.00 to 17.00. Corn ear white 1.20, ear yellow 1.15, wheat 2.10, Milo 2.00, milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
NewYork Cotton Futures Steady on Demand Amid Referendum Hopes
New York cotton futures stayed firm as buyers and commissions encouraged by referendum plans to control the 1950 crop. Prices rose late in the session with Dec at 30.27, March 30.20, and May 30.00, after gaining up to 1 dollar per bale before profit taking and light hedging selling.
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New York
Trade
North Georgia live poultry market barely steady
Atlanta on December 15 reports the USDA North Georgia live poultry market as barely steady with an unsettled tone. Supplies are adequate to liberal and demand is fair to slow. Farm offerings include many small broiler flocks usually sold in one to two weeks. Prices f o b farm Wednesday afternoon and morning ranged 23 to 27 cents, mostly 23 to 24 cents for broilers and fryers of all weights.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
Christmas events fill Decatur church calendar
Ill local resident E N Watson and his family visit as Alabama students return home for holidays. Clergy from First Methodist and Central Methodist preach on Christmas themes. The White Christmas program and pageants feature across venues. Local painters union hosts banquet for tradesmen. Church schools plan pageants and children programs. Decatur delegates attend University of Alabama Alumni meeting in Birmingham. Sheriff reports a driving while intoxicated arrest last night.
Sioux City meat packing blast kills many and injures dozens
A chartered plane report said investigators work to determine the explosion cause. The disaster in Sioux City killed 15 men and a nurse, with 60 of 85 injured still hospitalized, 25 treated and dismissed, and others attended to at the scene or at home. The blast hit the meat packing area just before noon, stopping clocks at 11:33 A M in the office building that housed offices, processing and a cafe. A spokesman noted about 1 000 people were in the building. Brother L E Hurst of Decatur is named in connection to the incident.
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Sioux City
Hurst Service to Be Held on Friday
Funeral services for Francis Hurst 60 will be Friday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist church with Rev Charles Thorn officiating. Interment in Kimbrough cemetery near Russellville. Mutual Service directs funeral cortege leaving Mutual chapel about noon. Survived by widow Linnie and son James Luther Hurst serving in the USAF.
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Francis Hurst
First Baptist Church
Russellville
Charles Thorn
Kimbrough
Mutual
Hurst
Austinville
Linnie Hurst
James Luther Hurst
USAF
Special Gift Plan at Southside Baptist Christmas observance
Pastor Rev William J Johnson of Southside Baptist announces a Christmas plan titled My Christmas Gift to the Church and to Christ. Beginning Sunday December 18 through December 25 there will be Christmas music and carols, with a front auditorium gift box for church and Christ offerings. Envelopes support building fund Alabama Baptist Children's Home and current expenses. members may donate by visiting the church 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or during services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Johnson
Southside Baptist
Alabama Baptist Children’s Home
Jesus Christ the Son of God
Christ
IVC Iny Persons Attend Conference Meeting
Attendees listed by city include Kirk Howell Herbert Leigh Grady Elmore Buck Hughes Bob Warden Howard Chappell Herman Myers Jim Sparks John Harding Henry Paul Allen Hite Tilron Morrison Tom Braly Joe Grant Hayden Riley Monette Butler Furman Elmore George Keats Julian Newman D J Gambrell Sam Cain Roy Williams Shorty Ogle Bill Isbell W R Riley C M Brewster presiding. A correction to the All TWC team noted Clarence Tidwell Huntsville not Sheffield as first end. Next conference meeting set for March in Decatur.
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Kirk Howell
Herbert Leigh
Grady Elmore
Moultony
Buck’ Hughes
Bob Warden
Huntsville
Howard Chappell
Herman Myers
Jim Sparks
Tuscumbia
John C. Harding
Henry Paul
Hartselle
Allen Hite
Tilron Morrison
Cullman
Tom Braly
Joe Grant
Hayden Riley
Monette Butler
Florence
Furman Elmore
George Keats
Julian Newman
Sam Cain
Roy Williams
Russellville
Shorty, Ogle
Bill
Isbell
W. R. Riley
Decatur
C. M. Brewster
Sheffield
Blalock
Clarence Tidwell
Tidwell
Sted- Roy Freeman
Decisions By Supreme Court Reversals And Remands
Alabama Supreme Court releases decisions from Montgomery with multiple cases. Reversals and remands dominate, including ex rel. Attorney General actions, certiorari petitions, and appeals from circuit courts in Mobile Pike Jefferson Lauderdale Butler and other counties. Some affirmations also appear, outlining outcomes for Crum Tillman and others.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Brown
Justice
State
Arthur McKinnon
Court of Appeals
Dewey
A. McKee
Edward B. Rea, Jr
Louise W. Rea
Lauderdale
Foster
Joe Enzor
Pike County Board, of Education
Mary E. Faircloth
Pike Circuit
Ex Parte
Chares Russell
Ama. Gr. So. R.R
Charles Russell
Jay Prevatt
Eddie Tillman
Southeastern Ice Cor
Jefferson Circuit
Equity
Advent Offerings by Decatur Methodists Set
Decatur Methodist churches announce Advent programs and a shared offering for the Methodist Children's Home at Selma and other designated causes. Central, First, Memorial Drive, Ninth Street, and East End churches present pageants and candlelight services on December 18 to 24 with choirs, poetry, pantomime, and special collections.
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Decatur
Selma
North Alabama
Central Methodist Church
W. W. Wright
Methodist
Belgium
Ruth Graham
W. Nelson Guthrie
First Methodist Church
Murray King
Church Board of Education
P. D. Wilson
Memorial Drive
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Mahlon Yarbrough
E. W. Corley
E W. Corley
East End
Britain ends three day wildcat strike in nationalized power plants
Delegates said the trusteeship council faces a hopeless task as a three day wildcat strike ends today. About 2,700 workers at nationalized electric power plants return to work without wage gains while London’s lights come back on.
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Trusteeship Council
Britain
Diana Barrymore Injured After Fall in New York
Film and stage star Diana Barrymore suffered multiple injuries from a fall down a flight of stairs in her East 52nd Street duplex. She was hospitalized in Roosevelt Hospital and her physician Dr. Sterling Mueller said she was not admitted until yesterday after the Tuesday night incident.
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New, York
Diana Barrymore
Roosevelt ‘Hospital
Sterling “Mueller
Miss Barrymore
East 52Nd Street
Schoodie Point Center of Atlantic Rock in Maine
Schoodie Point, Maine, projects farther into the Atlantic than any other rock along the Eastern coast, marking it as a notable geographic feature in the region.
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Schoodie Point
Maine
Atlantic
Rev Ponder Rites At Ensley Highlands Friday
Funeral services for Rev. Guy F. Ponder of Birmingham will be at the Ensley Highlands Methodist church Friday at 10 A M. Interment in a Decatur city cemetery with Brown directing. The cortege is expected to arrive about 1 30 P M. He died in a Birmingham hospital Wednesday morning. Survived by widow Mrs Brownie E Ponder.
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Guy F. Ponder
Birmingham
Ensley Highlands Methodist Church
Decatur
Brown
Ponder
Brownie E. Ponder
Navy appoints Conolly as Annapolis superintendent
Washington reports Admiral Richard M. Conolly, then commander of East Atlantic forces, will become superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., early next year. He will succeed Rear Admiral James L. Holloway Jr., whose next assignment is not yet decided.
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Washington
Navy
Richard M. Conolly
East Atlantic
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Conolly
James L. Holloway Jr
Holloway
Lang on Trial for 1948 Haynie Slaying at Day's Gap
Testimony describes Lester Lang and associates in the Day's Gap three mile stretch on April 6 1948 as jurors hear accounts of Mrs Christine Haynie's movements from Bibb's store on Battleground road to a shortcut section. Witnesses include Lang's sister Beulah and Riley Haynie detailing sightings and the discovery of groceries, wounds and strangulation evidence, while doctors and deputies corroborate the death and incident timeline.
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Lang
Woods
Haynie
Clara Bibb
Battleground Highway
Vaudie
William Roy Lang
U. S. 31
Day's Gap Road
Lacon Mountain
James Lester
Christine Haynie
George Johnson
Philip Shanks
Russell W Lynne
Newton B. Powell
H. A. Dinsmore
Lester
Eli Edmondson
Inez
Bev T. Howell
Givenly
Howell
Leon Woods
Eli. Edmondson
Roy
Hartselle
Turley Field
Bibb
Riley Haynie
Lang Home
Beulah
Lang House
Riley
Langs
Edmondson
Mrs. Edmondson
Mrs. Haynie
Prewitt Rites Slated Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Kittie C. Prewitt 82 will be held at Brown's Chapel Friday at 10 am Rev Jesse Rogers to conduct the rites Interment in Bethel cemetery near Hartselle Brown directing She died of a heart attack Wednesday at her home 906 Oak Street Surviving two sisters Bettie Burleson Decatur and Ella Davis St Petersburg Fla seven nephews four nieces Pallbearers Loyd Dinsmore Carlisle Blackwell C C Johnson Bernard Benson John Lile Herbert Nehr
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Kittie C. Prewitt
Brown's Chapel
Jesse Rogers
Bethel Cemetery
Hartselle
Brown
Prewett
Oak Street
Bettie Burleson
Decatur
Ella Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Loyd Dinsmore
Carlisle Blackwell
C. C. Johnson
Bernard Benson
John Lile
Herbert Nehr
Robbins Convicted In-Traffic Death
In Alabama a court jury convicted 50 year old James Webster Robbins of manslaughter in the traffic death of Allen D. Boutwell. The sentence was set at five years in prison. Boutwell died April 17 near B in a collision. Robbins appealed after trial testimony that he had a couple of drinks but was not drunk or speeding. State witness Robert Patterson testified Robbins said he did not know if he was hurt, but added I’m drunk.
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Ee Eee Ala
James Webster Robbins
Allen D. Boutwell
Boutwell
Peal
Robert Patterson
Robbins
Southern Plea Trial Delayed
A U S district court hearing on the Public Service Commission bid to force two Southern Railway trains back in service was postponed to January 9 by Judge C B Kennamer. The delay allows time for a ruling on Southern’s request to discontinue the Birmingham to Columbus, Miss. trains once the coal strike order expired.
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Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Southern Railway
U. S. District Court
C. B. Kennamer
Richard T. Rives
Birmingham
Columbus
Miss
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Commission
Gordon Persons
Fayette
Railroad
Rives
Hospital amendments dominate Alabama election results
Unofficial returns from 1,302 boxes show clear county margins in favor of hospital bond and tax measures. Amendment No 1 would authorize 2 million in bonds with matching funds and federal Hill Burton aid, while No 3 and others float county tax and school tax provisions with varying support across counties.
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Agaamst
Lawrence County
Alabama
Etowah
Clay
Cullman
Marion County
Franklin County
Phenix City
St. Clair County
Courtland
Madison County
Huntsville
Voters favor cotton program in area totals at noon
Valley officials reported only three or four opponents to the control program. In Hartselle five boxes were opened with 132 votes cast by noon, most favoring the program. Falkville had 64 votes, Cullman West Point school box reported 51 ballots with 50 in support and one against.
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Hartselle
Falkville
Cullman County
West Point
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E. N. Watson
Ninth Street East
Marion Watson
Alabama Polytechnic, Institute
Auburn
Jimmy Watson
University of Alabama
T Buchanan
Ninth Street
North
Southside Baptist Church
J. L. Appling
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
C. H. Edwards
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Bertha Simms
John Martin
Eufaula
Jack Smiley
James
Murray Braswell
Danville Road
Jefferson County
Shorty Ogle
Candler Crim
Roy Freeman
Wesley Thompson
Bob Freeman
Fred Horn
Billy Levin
Marvin Taylor
Champion Raiders
M. E. Edwards
C. B. Humphrey
San Antonio
Texas
L. E. Hurst
Supreme Court
H. L. Gary
The
State National Bank
Gary
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
T. F. Adams
Shalimar
Maryland
Wolf den
Mary
Shellmar
Mosause
Elva May Dean
Jean Ann Crosco
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Roy Lang
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