Bitter fight over Brannan plan splits farmers and Congress
Washington reports a sharp clash between Secretary of Agriculture Brannan and major farm groups led by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange over the Brannan plan. The dispute concerns future farm programs, price supports, and who speaks for farmers, with the National Farmers' Union backing Brannan and the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives set to decide at its January convention. The outcome could shape future farm legislation as Congress weighs both high farm returns and low food prices against full market returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Farmers’ Union
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Federation
Truman
Twelve Hundred Cans Collected At Princess Theatre Matinee
In Decatur a matinee at the Princess theatre collected twelve hundred cans of food for the needy. Floyd Smith says the stockpile will be shared by the Elks Salvation Army VFW and Jaycees for Christmas gifts under Salvation Army and Department of Public Welfare supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Princess Theatre
Floyd Smith
Elks
Salvation Army
VFW
Jaycees
Department of Public Welfare
Smith
Markets in Decatur Farm Prices Report
Decatur markets show cotton at middling 29.00 cents, cottonseed per ton 40 dollars, broilers 23.00 delivered, hens heavy 2 cents light 16 cents, hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen, hogsights 14.00 to 14.50, cattle tops 15.50, canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50, good bulls 16.00 to 17.00, corn ear white 1.20, ear yellow 1.15, wheat 2.10, oats 1.00, milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Poultry market in Atlanta barely steady before Christmas
North Georgia live poultry market shows prices mostly unchanged to one cent lower as liberal supplies meet fair to slow demand due to plants closing for Christmas. Prices paid FOB farm Tuesday afternoon range with broilers and fryers across weights. highest prices observed when pilots bought directly from growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalanta
USDA
North George
Fields Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Minnie Fields age 53 will be held at Fairview Baptist church Thursday at 11 a.m. The rites will be led by Rev. Cowell Keenum Rev. B. Carol Carter of Rome Ga and Rev E N Chandler. Burial will be in City cemetery Brown directing. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Frances Kennedy and Mrs Robert Watson and two sons Walter L Fields and William D Fields of Decatur. Also surviving are brothers W S Coker Rockport Texas and Arthur Hopson Birmingham and two grandchildren. Pallbearers are A L Burns W G Breeding Sherrill Tapscott Marvin Terry G C Cook and C C Whitman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Fields
Fairview Baptist Church
Mrs Agnes Vaughan Called Home
Final rites for 76 year old Agnes V Vaughan of Moulton will be held at the Moulton church Thursday at 2. Burial will follow in Roselawn cemetery Decatur. She died about 11 A M Tuesday at her home. Services by Rev G M Bynum. Surviving are four daughters and three sons: Mrs Fred Yates Finley Ohio Mrs Russell Little Paducah Ky Mrs Vada Moses Moulton Mrs Charles Aston Ft Worth Texas Claude Vaughan Ft Worth Garmon Vaughan of Moulton Porter Vaughan of Decatur. Also 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes V Vaughan
Moulton
Vaughan
G. M. Bynum
Roselawn
Decatur
Brown
Fred Yates
Finley
Ohio
Russell Little
Paducan
Vada Moses
Charles Aston
Ft. Worth
Texas
Claude Vaughan
Garmon Vaughan
Porter Vaughan
Forest Chapel Plans Christmas Program
The public is invited to Forest Chapel's Christmas program on Friday night December 23. A feature will be The Christmas Story portrayed with a flannelgraph by Miss Mazel Mc Millan Temple College student from Chattanooga. Santa is also expected to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Chapel
Mazel McMillan
Temple College
Chattanooga
Measles Reported Across Town by Health Officer
County health officer Dr. L. R. Murphree notes several measles cases scattered through town. He urges keeping children close to home and avoiding crowds. Family doctors can administer shots to the youngest children.
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L. R. Murphree
White Convict Held In Attack
WRENS Ga Dec 21 A 14 year old girl was attacked and beaten near here Sheriff James Hubbard says he has charged Pete Coleman 30 a life term white convict with attempted rape He would face murder if the girl dies Coleman already sentenced to life for the 1947 slaying of Bertha Mehrtens known as the Good Samaritan in Savannah The assault occurred Monday on the way to school and another man Ed Carroll found the girl later and she was hospitalized critically injured
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Wrens, Ga
James Hubbard
Hubbard
Pete Coleman
Bertha Mehrtens
Good Samaritan
Savannah
Dorothy Carswell
Ed Carroll
Loulisville
J. W’ Pilcher
Coleman
Louisville
Matthews
Crippled Girl Killed by Car in Uriah
In Monroeville Alabama two Black men were questioned after a hit and run killed 14 year old Vivian Murphy as she walked to a Christmas play rehearsal on Uriah main street. The girl had polio and had just regained some use of a leg after an operation. Her companions leapt clear as the speeding car struck. The suspects were held for investigation and awaited identification by authorities.
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Monroeville
Ala
Vivian Murphy
Uriah
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Bay Minette
Pete Kennedy
Vivian
Jaycee events and Christmas drive announced for Decatur
Decatur Jaycees announce the county fair opening under Jaycee sponsorship in 1950 and the Civic Drama Festival starting early next month. A community Christmas tree at Evans Metal Awning collects gifts for Salvation Army distribution city and county wide. Gifts welcome from all, not just Jaycees. Nominations open for Decatur's outstanding young man award to be presented Jan 21.
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Jaycee
Patton
Evans Metal Awning Company
Salvation Army
Jaycees
J. C
Decatur
LeDuke
Five Injured in Fayette Gas Explosion at Fowler Home
In Fayette Alabama last night a gas explosion at Fletcher W Fowler home injured five people including Fowler his son in law James Williams and three others Mrs Fowler and their small son Billy 18 months were burned and bruised all treated at a local hospital. Coroner Tom Veazey said members of the family smelled escaping gas and Fowler and James Williams investigated in the basement then a match was struck. The blast ripped walls and heavily damaged the two story brick house. Firemen battled the blaze. Fowler is a Fayette businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Ala
Fletcher W. Fowler
Tom Veazey
Fowler
James
Billy
Williams
Hunter Facing Jail For Threat
A Mobile hunter Cecil Farmer must post a $500 peace bond or return to jail after the state court of appeals upheld a 12 month jail sentence for threatening game warden A. E. Nall. The incident followed a hunting violation on November 19 and included multiple threats and remarks about shooting the warden.
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Montgomery
Cecil Farmer
State Court of Appeals
Farmer
A. E. Nall
Nall
Mobile County Inferior Criminal Court
New Trial Plea Set For Hearing In Damage Suit
A plea for a new trial in the I. P. Terry damage case against John H. Nelms is set for January 9 before Cir cuit Judge Newton B. Powell. The 37 count petition claims the verdict was legally wrong and cites errors in jury charges.
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I. P. Terry
John H. Nelms
Newton B. Powell
D.A. Patton
S. A. Lynne
Nelms
Morgan Circuit
John A.caddell
Robert Cheatham
Gentry Terry Terry
Norman W. Harris
Flint Hill
Terry
Cheatham
Way Crash On The B Line Near Falkville
Highway Patrol reports a three vehicle crash on US 31 about 5 20 p m Tuesday one and one fifth miles north of Falkville. No injuries with approximately 275 dollars property damage. Vehicles include a 1949 Dodge trailer truck driven by Leonard McDonald of Decatur a 1942 Dodge pickup driven by Daren Roaferd Braswell of Falkville and a 1936 Ford coach driven by Harvey L Johnson of Cullman.
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Highway Patrol
Falkville
Leonard McDonald
Decatur
Daren Roaferd Braswell
Harvey L. Johnson
Cullman
McDonald
Braswell
Ford
L. S. Bryant
Eaerul Jones
Johnson
Gadsden Fans to Decide Diamond Future by Dec 31
Gadsden Alabama December 21 fans will choose by year end whether to keep a Class B Southeastern League baseball club in the city next season.
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Gadsden
Diamond
Ala
Lad Admits He Shot Mother
Five year old Joe Langston confessed to detectives that he fired the pistol and killed his mother Helen Langston after a quarrel between his older brothers. A paraffin test supported the admission, and Joe recalled the scene saying I saw a bird in the room and my Pussy cat was there too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Joe Langston
Joe
Frances Kearns
Steve Packer
District Attorney's Office
Helen Langston
William
Jonn
John
Little Joe
Decisions By Appeals Court In Alabama
The Alabama court of appeals announced rehearing outcomes with numerous affirmations and dismissals across Barbour, Mobile, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Monroe, Pike, and Lamar circuit courts. Many cases involve defendants named Huffstutter Edge Hodge Banks Sanford Correll Dotson Senn Brown Jemison Clayton Jones Holloway Burkett and others.
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Montgomery
Alabama Court of Appeals
J. Terry Huffstutter
C. E. Edge
Barbour
Bricken
Cecil Farmer
State
Mobile
Berry W. Hodge
City of Birmingham
Jefferson Circuit
Girden Banks
Tuscaloosa
Morris Ramsey
Lucille Latham
Alias
Sam J. Sanford
Robert Louis Correll
Jefferson
Jefferson Circuit Court
Carr
Charlie Dotson
Monroe
Atchie Senn
Pike
William Ashcraft
James Loody
Theodis Davis
Vester Clark
Lamar
Harwood
James Brown
Bob Jemison
Lewis Clayton
Mattie Lou Jones
Robert Holloway
Fred Dewey Burkett
Two Are Accused of Making False Registrar Claim
A Birmingham couple faces perjury charges for allegedly giving false statements to the Jefferson county board of registrars while registering to vote. Herman Leon Freeman and Mary Lucille Freeman were arrested on warrants and released on $300 bonds each. Indictments allege Freeman claimed he left Alabama in 1929 and returned in 1947, and Mrs. Freeman falsely claimed she left in 1934 and returned in 1947. Freeman said a group urged him to register and fake a shorter residency.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Board of Registrars
Herman Leon Freeman
Mary Lucille Freeman
Freeman
Alabama
Ships Collide At Entrance Of New York Harbor
Two ships collided at the entrance to New York harbor last night and pulled away under their own power. The tanker Atlantic Voyager and freighter Exemplar lay at anchor today awaiting checks for damage. The Coast Guard reported a smashed hole in the Atlantic Voyager. No passengers aboard and minor injuries to one crew member.
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New York
New York Harbor
Atlantic Voyager
Coast Guard
Merry Christmas Threats Hit UAW Leaders in Detroit
Evelyn Varnell family struggles with heart disease and rationed relief as Salvation Army provides medicine and clothes while welfare lists Christmas baskets. Police link a Christmas Eve weapon threat to the Reuther brothers attacks, calling it a deliberate attempt to blow up the union headquarters with explosive sticks found by two employees and described by Inspector Krug as a deadly act.
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Evelyn
UAW
Victor Reuther
Reuthers
Joseph A. Krug
Police Special Investigation Squad
Union
Special Investigation
Detroit
Krug
Supreme Court case looms over segregation in education
The piece notes potential deluge of lawsuits if Texas loses, with Daniel predicting entry suits against negroes in white schools nationwide. It cites Southern officials urging separate facilities be viewed as legal if substantially equal, framing Sweat v. McCullah as a pivotal post Civil War issue and warning abortion of segregation could bring calamity to Southern education.
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Washington
Texas
Daniel
Georgia
Principe
Harry McCullan
North Carolina
South
McCullan
Cook
Winter cold air shifts east with mixed precipitation
A broad weather pattern moves cold air from the West to the East with clear skies in the sub-zero belt and rains across the Great Lakes region to the central plains. Light snow touches Montana, Iowa, and New Mexico while the Pacific Northwest sees light rain as the winter season begins at 1 24 p m EST yesterday.
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Great Lakes
Central Plains States
Montana
Iowa
New Mexico
Pacific Northwest
Burglaries lead to lengthy sentences and assorted arrests
Fowler and Bass received 18 months and two years for burglary. Sheriff Humphrey reported seven arrests by deputies yesterday including four for public drunkenness and charges of vagrancy reckless driving and issuing a worthless check. One person was booked on peace proceedings.
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Bass
Humphrey
United Nations Trusteeship Council imposes month recess
The U N trusteeship council at Lake Suétess closes for a month during the Christmas recess. Its last act requests Israel to transfer its government offices back to Tel Aviv, after Israel moved its offices to Jerusalem in defiance of a UN decision to internationalize the Holy City.
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Lake Suétess
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Israel
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
U. N
Holy City
President to Speak on Human Freedoms in Arlington
Minan returns from Florida to deliver a formal address at 3 PM EST in Arlington National Cemetery. He will elaborate his stance on human freedom while accepting an electric paragon donated by AMVETS in memory of those who died in the last war.
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Minan
Florida
Tory
Arlington National
Amvets
Birth announcements and hospital admissions in Decatur area
Mr and Mrs Noah Pounders announce the birth of a daughter at Decatur General hospital. Mr and Mrs John B Wilson are parents of a son born today at Hamil Clinic hospital. Baby Patsy Cottingham is a Hillsboro girl admitted to Decatur General hospital. Various births and discharges recorded at Decatur General and Hamil Clinic hospitals with local residents named. Noon temperature 63 degrees reported by TVA sub station. max 68. 8 am reading 53. No rainfall in past 24 hours.
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Noah Pounders
Chestnut Street
Decatur General Hospital
John B. Wilson
Canal Street
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Patsy Cottingham
Foster Cottingham
Hillsboro
Larry Dean Earp
Louis Earp
Third Avenue South
Hubert M. Craig
Trinity
TVA
Harris Praise From Decatur Firemen After Dual Blazes
Firemen earned praise from R. T. Harris president of Southeastern Metals Co as two fires in Decatur were contained yesterday. The first occurred at 2 20 P M in the buffing room of plant one at 1025 Second Avenue East, traced to wiring with no losses reported. A trash blaze behind the plant at 6 45 P.M also caused no losses.
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Decatur
Southeastern Metals Co
Southeastern Metals
Second Avenue East
R. T. Harris
Crocodile Believed To Have Swallowed Bottle at the Zoo
At Cincinnati Zoo Marc the 600 pound Nile crocodile draws notice after officials fear he swallowed a bottle tossed into his pool two weeks ago. Superintendent Charles White recalls the missing bottle and the vet Dr Carl A Plueger says the object could kill him if it obstructs his intestinal tract, though a full life is possible if it remains harmless in the stomach.
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Cincinnati
Marc
Cincinnati Zoo
Charles White
White
Carl A. Plueger
Zoo
Weevil Fight Plan Suggested
Ewing of Waco Texas tells Birmingham audience that cooperative community action outperforms small-area poisoning for boll weevil control. Conference notes $70 million in cotton lint and seed destroyed by insects in 1949 and highlights two promising chemicals, compound 497 and heptablot, warranting further tests.
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Birmingham
Ala
Texas
E. P. Ewing
Waco
Tex
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Ewing
National Cotton Council
Jackson
Miss
Christmas Program Pushed By Decatur Legion
Decatur American Legion Post No 15 will collect toys and gifts for needy European children from December 26 to 31 at Bailey's on Bank Street and Office Equipment on Second Avenue. Each local child is urged to donate at least one present. items are forwarded to national Legion HQ for Europe shipments arranged at no cost by CARE.
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Decatur
American Legion Post
Jimmy Bloodworth
Welfare and Service Committee
Bailey's
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Bloodworth
Legion Post
National Legion
Europe
International Relief Agency
C.A.R.E
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Princess
Mrs. Vaughan
E. Moulton St
James B. Allen
Senate
Etowah County
Allen
Etowah
St. Clair
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Philippine
Okinawa
Murphy
Edna Louise Jackson
Pattie Loosier
Eleanor Chenault
Jean Guse
Dupuy Twins
Athens
Hunter
Lad
Appeals
Harbor
Gecatur
Diart
Drumale
Homer Foote
Hartselle 3
Sally B. Rose
West Moulton Street
G. L. Ford
Sherman Street
Hamil
Clinic
Robert Glenn Maner
Decatur 3
Arthur White
Hartselle
G. M. Wallace
Country Club Road
Harris
F. E. Bates
Bank St
Johnston St
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