Democrats Plan to Harvest FEPC Politics in Senate Battle
Washington December 19 The Democratic leadership forecasts political gain from a Senate showdown over a permanent FEPC to enforce anti discrimination in jobs. Taft opposes the bill proposing a voluntary federal FEPC. Southern Democrats vow to block action while Republicans flag the Wherry rule and debate limits as the clash centers on civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Robert ‘A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Bill Taft
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
House
House Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Taft-Hartley push blends with coal wage talks
President with Taft-Hartley influences presses for five day week in mining while Rep Hartley promotes the action. In Atlantic City he called himself a top sales figure for is-burner fuels. Western Pennsylvania coal supplies near critical as J Don Horner warns Truman. New miners contract raises daily pay to 15 dollars and boosts health fund by 13 cents. some operators face missed royalty payments and disputes linger with Bluefield leaders urging slow or nonpayment.
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Taft-Hartley
Fegg Hartley
Atlantic City
M.D
Hartley
Pittsburgh
J. Don Horner
Steel City
Retail Coal Merchants Association
Truman
Pennsylvania
Lewis
UMW
Health and Welfare Fund
Orente E. Tierney
Bluefield
W. Va
Market snapshot with varied farm prices and grain rates
Cotton middling about 29.00 and 28.00 strict low. Cottonseed per ton 4000. Broilers delivered 26.00. Hens heavy 24c light 20. Hatching eggs 80c per dozen. Hogs lights 14.00 to 14.50. Cattle tops 1550. canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50. good bulls 16.00 to 17.00. Corn ear white 1.20. ear yellow 18. Wheat 2.10. Oats 0.75. Mile 2.00. Milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Live poultry market report from North Georgia
Atlanta Georgia confirms weak North Georgia live poultry market with prices largely steady to one cent lower. Supplies adequate, trucking demand fair to good, dressing plant demand steady. Heavy fryers show availability in most sections. Farm f o b prices for broilers and fryers range 21 to 27 cents, mostly 22 to 22 1 2 cents, highest when plants buy directly from their own growers.
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Atlanta
Dee
USDA
Georgia
F.o.b
Nashville market summary cattle hogs and sheep prices
Nashville daily livestock report shows cattle and calves largely steady with slower demand. Steers 21.00 to 24.00, heifers 14.00 to 18.50, cows 11.00 to 16.50, bulls 14.50 to 18.00, calves 18.00 to 32.00, hogs higher with barrows 15.50 to 15.75, sows 12.00 to 12.50, lambs scarce 16.00 to 20.00, aged ewes around 7.00.
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Nashville
Tenn
of Agriculture
Cotton futures slip after early gains in New York
In New York, December cotton futures edged up briefly on mill and export buying but drifted lower as liquidation and light hedging appeared. Spot demand waned and textile activity remained quiet, with late afternoon prices down 10 to 30 cents per bale. March 30.54 May 30.33 July 29.73.
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N. Y
New York
Sheriff Faces New Trial Over Civil Rights Case
Atlanta December report says U S District Attorney Ellis Mundy will set a retrial for Walker County Sheriff John W. Lynch and nine others on civil rights charges after a Rome jury failed to reach a verdict following 48 hours of deliberations. Three deputies are among the defendants. Also, Stanley White, accused Klan secretary, faces contempt charges for refusing to testify before the Brand jury. Mundy signals possible further indictments from the same transaction.
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Atlanta
P—U. Ss
Ellis Mundy
Walker County
John W. Lynch
Rome
Lynch
Mundy
Stanley White
Frank Hoover
White
Brand
Political Foe of Governor Put on State's Payroll
In Montgomery on December 19, Senator T. F. Burpiside of DeKalb county was named assistant state director of negro education at $325 a month. A former Collinsville high school principal, he aligned with the senate economy bloc in 1949, voting for tighter state spending while helping write the education appropriation bill that set a record for school funding. Other legislators also joined the payroll, most likely allies of Gov. James E. Folsom.
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Montgomery
Ala
T. F. Burpiside
DeKalb County
Collinsville High School
Senate
Burnside
James E. Folsom
Speeding Driver Arrested After Darlington Road Block
Florence South Carolina December 19 police cruisers chased a speeding motorist who dodged a roadblock near Darlington riding on straight stretches. William J Gilbert 25 year old farmer was arrested on speeding and reckless driving charges with the claim I did not know anyone was chasing me.
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Florence
S. C
Darlington
William J Gilbert
Court upholds government on freight loss and arrests
The court refused to review an appeal from the California State Automobile Association regarding a U S Court of Appeals ruling in San Francisco. It also denied Mobley’s appeal after a Houston arrest and held the government not liable for a $3,520 freight bill for lumber from the Gunner sinking, noting freight due only upon delivery.
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California State Automobile Association
U. S. Tvourt of Appeals
San Francisco
James W. Mobley
Houston
Texas
Atcoa Steamship Company Inc
Woman Accused Of Butter Theft Denies Charges
An 88 year old Oakland woman, Mrs. Margaret Russell, is jailed on a butter theft charge. Police say she claimed payment but later admitted possible oversight. Trial set for police court tomorrow. Bail posted by her son Earl at $200.
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Oakland
Calif
Margaret Russell
Becker
Russell
Earl
Gazette Circulation Workers Join Little Rock Strike
Arkansas Gazette circulation workers who are American Newspaper Guild members joined the strike of over 20 editorial staffers. The paper published its Monday edition, but distribution in the Little Rock area was disrupted. The Guild says circulators joined after a strike vote following a dispute over contract provisions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
American ‘Newspaper Guild
CIO
Gazette
Guild
Cotton Growers Back Planting and Marketing Controls
Cotton growers voted overwhelmingly for rigid planting and marketing controls for next year despite allotment complaints. The vote was 89 percent in favor, with two thirds required. Sparkman noted many who objected to allotments supported the controls, and Anderson said the cotton control bill emerged from local, state and regional meetings of cotton farmers.
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Sparkman
Anderson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Georgia Williams Prompted to Leave Prison
Georgia Williams was urged to depart his imprisonment not by present treatment but by his numerous parole applications being denied, prompting action after extensive requests were rejected.
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Williams
Break-In Reported at Noah Culp Store Ardmore
Break in over the weekend at Noah Culp store Ardmore left a candy bar missing and a broken window. Entry was through a rear window and the burglary was discovered this morning by the owner. Bond set at 1000 for Walter P Adams and Billy Lee Smith on the robbery charge. Exonerated at hearing. Sheriff C B Humphrey reports four public drunkenness arrests in Valley area, plus one for prohibition violation and one for reckless driving. Lawrence county jail held one for public drunkenness. Limestone county reports one jailed for public drunkenness and one for driving while intoxicated. In Decatur, gambling charges and multiple traffic and drunkenness offenses noted.
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Noah Culp
Ardmore
C. B. Humphrey
Morgan County
George Bvars
Lawrence County
Shelley Hyatt
Cullman
Limestone County
Sandlin
Moulton
Athens
Decatur
Weevil Infestation Greater This Year Than ’42
The boll weevil, leader of pests harming cotton, appeared in record numbers in 1949, the heaviest since 1942. At a national insect control conference in Birmingham, experts cited mild winters and favorable weather as factors, discussed rising use of new insecticides like DDT and benzene hexachloride, and stressed the importance of effective control for lower cotton costs amid strong competition. The conference gathered about 209 industry and government representatives to map plans and assess a 1949 loss around $470 million.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
King Cotton
National Cotton Council of America
S. A. Rhower
Bureau of Entomology and
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cotton Belt
Rohner
Rohwer
Ralph B. Craughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Missouri
Ilinois
Kentucky
Local births and hospital admissions bless Decatur area
And MIM Olen Smith was admitted to Decatur General hospital Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lee announce the birth of a son at Baugh-Wiley clinic. Mr. and Mrs. Bean Lee announce another birth at Baugh-Wiley. Several residents, including Lt. Carl F. Arantz Jr and Lt. Don Whitmire, visit for holidays. A building permit is issued for a six room house at 623 Eighth Avenue West. Weather: noon 53, max 55, rainfall 3.2 inches since 8 A. M. Sunday.
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Olen Smith
Sixth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Carl F. Arantz, Jr
Air Tactical School
Tyndall Air Force Base
Panama City
Fla
Arantz
Carl F. Arantz
Oak Street
Decatur
TVA
U. S
Bean Lee
Sherman Street
William Stephen
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
James T. McMuhen
Eighth Avenue West
Baby Jesus statue taken from St Marys nativity scene
In Memphis on a December weekend a Nativity statue titled Baby Jesus was found missing from the outdoor scene at St. Marys Catholic church. Father Francis Habig noticed the theft early, and Joseph Perucci later found the damaged statue in his yard. A substitute figure was placed in the crib awaiting repair.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jesus
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Old Church
Francis Habig
Mary
Joseph
Joseph Perucci
Retrial Ordered in Brakeman Damage Suit
The Supreme Court ordered a retrial of Neroy Carter’s damages suit against the Atlanta and Saint Andrews Bay Railway. Carter, an injured brakeman, says he suffered back injuries in a freight car switching accident at Panama City Florida on February 2 1946.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Atlanta and
Saint Andrews
Census finds U S cotton use in November rises from prior year
The Census Bureau reports November cotton consumption of 771,833 bales of lint and 131,518 bales of linters, up from October levels and above November last year. Four months to Nov 30 show 2,871,526 bales of lint and 551,700 bales of linters. On hand totals include 1,455,149 bales of lint in consuming establishments and 10,516,430 bales in public storage and at compresses.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Warning on Cards From Montgomery Official
Col Bill Lyerly assistant director of the state Highway Patrol extends Yuletide wishes with a safety warning printed in red on his Christmas cards and envelopes urging recipients to drive safely as the holiday season begins.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bill Lyerly
Lyerly
State Highway Patrol
Driving License Failures Rise in Limestone and Morgan Counties
The state reports high failure rates as Limestone and Morgan counties conduct driving tests with many applicants lacking adequate knowledge of rules of the road. Of 58 Limestone applicants, 31 were dropped. in Morgan, 57 tested with 18 to 57? seven Limestone and 11 Morgan men needing retests. Six Morgan countians and one Limestone person failed. two in each county failed due to eye problems. A state drivers manual, available at the highway patrol office, license inspector, and most service stations, is urged to aid preparation.
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Limestone
Morgan Countiaes
Morgan County
H. L. Hester
State Department of Public Safety
State Highway Patrol
Russia and Bulgaria vote totals dominate regional news
Official returns show 99 percent in Sofia on Bulgaria’s single ticket front. Elsewhere, Red state support ranges 97 to 100 percent. Syria faces a coup within the army after General Hennawi’s ouster and execution of Husni Zayim. UN trusteeship council initiates Jerusalem statute talks as Israel and Jordan dispute internationalization. German court convicts Erich von Manstein of wartime atrocities.
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George VI
Bulgaria
Fatherland Front
Syria
Sami Hennawi
Husni Zayim
Hennawi
Hasem Bey Attasi
Cairo
Zayim
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
UN Assembly
Hamburg
Germany
Erich von Manstein
Former Net Champion Released From Jail After Finishing Term
William Tilden a 56 year old former world tennis champion was released in Los Angeles after serving 10 months and 17 days of a one year sentence for parole violation. He left the jail alone in rainy weather with no friends or relatives waiting.
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Los Angeles
William Tilden
Amnesty asked for conscientious objectors by 70 Americans
Philadelphia December 19. President Truman has been asked to grant Christmas amnesty to thousands of conscientious objectors. The central committee for conscientious objectors said yesterday that 70 eminent Americans had written to the President requesting amnesty for the objectors.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Central Committee For Conscientious Objectors
Soap Opera Origins in Daytime Radio
The term soap opera stems from daytime drama shows sponsored by soap brands, shaping a genre label that endures in broadcasting history. These serialized tales captivated audiences with ongoing plots broadcast as radio programs, reflecting sponsor influence on programming.
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Hartselle
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Ed Clark
Moulton Street
Joe Goodson
Greenville
Ned Shackelford
Johnston Street
Don Whitmire
US Navy
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Gloria
Sylvia Green
Alabama College
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John H. and
Mickey Green
Beth Perkin
API
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