Rites Held For Soldier Pfc Elbert L Peebles
Final rites for Pfc Elbert L Peebles 20 Priceville will be held today at 2 PM at his parents home Rev Hafford Sharp will conduct burial in Roselawn Brownsville. Surviving are his parents three sisters Peggy Mildred and Shirley five brothers Jim Fred Houston Preston and Charles Pallbearers listed. Peebles one of two soldiers killed when their vehicle hit a bridge Tuesday morning a third soldier Pfe Ira Louis Johnson Somerville received cuts and bruises Dead is Pfe Charles B Sullivan 2 San Antonio Texas The soldiers were returning from a Christmas furlough at their Decatur area homes Sullivan had been a guest of Peebles.
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Hafford Sharp Wal
Roselawn
Brown
Peggy
Mildred
Shirley Peebles
Jim
Fred Houston
Preston
Charles
Buster
Billy Byford
Robert Terry
B. H Jones
Samuel Prater
Joe
Peebles
Ira Louis Johnson
Somerville
Charles B. Sullivan
San Antonio
Tex
Kentucky
Decatur
Sullivan
Taft Urges Early Study of $100 Pensions for All
Social security officials say a $100 pension at age 65 would cost about $12 billion yearly, payable by taxes. Taft urges an immediate senate finance committee study while noting current pensions would rise modestly to $25 a month minimum and $126 for an aged couple. The move aligns with election-year platforms and expanding coverage, but inflation fears persist as unions press for broader pension gains while economists weigh long-term effects on prices and investment. The piece views pensions as a wage-structure byproduct, not direct spending, and considers the potential dampening or amplifying effects on the economy beyond 1950.
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Taft
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Thehouse
Social Security Administration
United States Steel
Flint Infant Naaman Cryer Dies of Pneumonia
Funeral rites were held at Morris chapel in Flint for Naaman E Cryer five months old son of Mr and Mrs L C Cryer The child died Wednesday afternoon after pneumonia in a Hartselle hospital Burial followed under Brown direction Surviving are the parents a sister Rose Elizabeth the grandparents Mr Mrs E K Stubbs Mr and H E Cryer and the great grandparents Mr and Mrs G Cynes
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Naaman E. Cryer
L. C. Cryer
Flint
Morris Chapel
Clarence Davis
Brown
Hartselle
Rose Elizabeth
E. K. Stubbs
H. E. Cryer
G. Cynes
Hiram S. Roberts Dies After Long Railroad Service
Hiram S. Roberts, retired foreman of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, died this month. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Thyriza Roberts, of 514 East.
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Hiram S. Roberts
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Thyriza Roberts
Belgium Congo Demographics and Fees Noted
The Belgian Congo shows a total fee approaching 1,000,000 and a white population around 50,000. The data point highlights economic scale and racial composition within the colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgian Congo
Local notes and church services in Decatur and area
A roundup of community updates includes hospital admissions and dismissals, visits among families in Decatur and nearby towns, church sermons and Stewardship Week plans, and readings on New Year themes. Also noted are returning servicemen, a hospital patient in Nashville, a student heading to Florence, and a Western Hemisphere population estimate.
Truman to deliver state of the union next Wednesday
President Truman will speak before a joint session of Congress around 12 30 p m EST with a 35 to 40 minute address. The White House said talks with the Big Four leaders set the timing and content with plans to send economic and budget messages on January 6 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
House
White House
Barkley
Lucas
Ross
Congress
Income Levy Average 9
Washington report shows federal income tax consumes nine percent of each family’s income, equal to spending on autos, furniture, and home appliances. About 76 percent covers other consumer expenditures. net saving fills the remaining share. Tax burden rises to 13 percent for top earners and falls to 1 percent for the bottom fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Consumer Finances
Reserve Board
Five Brandenburg deputies suspended by East German liberal party
Soviet civilians are cited as background as East Germany's liberal democratic party suspends five Brandenburg parliament deputies from party membership. The officials were accused by the communists of being reactionary and attacking Soviet culture amid rising tensions. France's Bidault government vows to stand on a balanced budget after 15 12 hours of debate, facing two confidence votes on tax measures to fund expenditures.
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East Germany
Liberal Democratic Party
Brandenburg
France
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Bidault
Mystery Object In Sky Chased By Four Pilots
A mysterious object moving southwest was sighted near Fayetteville and Hamlet with reports from Greenwood. Four pilots chased it for several minutes over Hamlet and Greenwood as residents described varying details of the object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky
Hamlet
N. C
Fayetteville
Greenwood
S. C
Transcript Read Of Testimony By Five Coal Miners
In Birmingham on December 20, five coal miners faced contempt charges as a U S grand jury transcript of their testimony was read in federal court. FBI agent Dudley Peeler testified that one defendant’s answers conflicted with prior statements and that Claude Bee Vernon, 45, claimed recognition of parade participants from photos but later said he did not recognize the men or the parade.
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Birmingham
U. S
FBI
Dudley Peeler
Peeler
Claude Bee Vernon
Vernon
Market Prices Report From Agricultural Exchange
Cotton values show Middling 2900 and strict low 2800. Cottonseed per ton 40 dollars. Broiler delivered 22 dollars. Hens heavy 21 cents and light 16 cents. Hatching Eggs 80 cents per dot. Hogs range 14 to 14.50 dollars. Canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50. Bulls 16.00 to 17.00. Corn ear white 1.20 and ear yellow 1.15. Wheat 2.10. Oats 0.75. Mil k Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred. Mile 2.00.
Nashville Livestock Market Report December 29
Cattle numbers about 100 with slow to steady demand due to light supply. Steers and heifers mostly 19.00 to 23.00, cows 10.50 to 16.50, bulls up to 17.50. Calves 26.00 to 31.00, hogs around 14.75 to 16.00 for various weights, sows 12.00 to 13.50. Sheep 16.00 to 21.00, lambs 21.00 to 22.00, ewes 3.00 to 7.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market slips amid liberal supplies
In Atlanta on December 29 the North Georgia live poultry market was barely steady to weak with liberal supplies. Demand improved in some areas while heavy fryers exceeded needs. Prices paid FOB farm for broilers and fryers ranged 19 to 28 cents, mostly 20 to 21, with best prices seen when dealers bought directly from their own growers.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Republicans to labor and me tooism in GOP
Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson backs a hard line stance against me tooism while endorsing moral and defense pledges. Senator Arthur Vandenberg calls for restoring the American system to safe foundations, urging solvency and individual freedom. Dewey criticizes past tactics and pledges a middle road, while Wherry pushes aggressive opposition to Democrats. Taft defends fiscal restraint and warns against expansive social welfare ties.
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Guy G. Gabrielson
Driscoll
Arthur Vandenberg
Rmich
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Portland
Ore
Albany
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
GOP
Great Britain
Femers
TVA Year in Review 1948 Highlights Powers Growth and Farm Reach
Congress reports 66 percent of area farms served by TVA versus 3 percent in 1933. Residential TVA power usage averaged 2 762 kWh at 1 54 per kWh, with national figures: 1 625 kWh and 2 98 per kWh. Municipal and cooperative distributions had nearly 71 million dollars in operating revenues. Net income about 14 million dollars, around 20 percent of total revenues. TVA began New Johnsonville steam plant development on Kentucky reservoir shore, initial 337 500 kW. Recreation investments on TVA lakes rose to 15 700 000 dollars, up nearly 3 000 000 from 1947. Fertilizer production totaled 158 700 tons triple super phosphate, 3 500 tons calcium metaphosphate, 15 200 tons fused tricalcium phosphate, 36 600 tons dicalcium phosphate, and 151 200 tons ammonium nitrate. A continuous vacuum crystallization process for ammonium nitrate was placed in operation and improved. About 400 visitors sought fertilizer research info at chemical plants. Three companies licensed royalty-free to use TVA processes for concentrated superphosphate and water-gas catalyst for ammonia. Nearly 1 200 new test demonstration farms were created under state extension services. About 7 400 farms used TVA fertilizer under partial payment plan. Thirty-seven new woodland management demonstrations brought total to 266 across 20 000 acres in 71 counties. Forest management demonstrations totaled 22 at year end, covering 187 000 acres. over 15 000 000 seedlings from TVA nurseries were planted on 13 900 acres. TVA employment fell from 15 233 to 13 174.
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TVA
Johnsonville
Kentucky
West
Tennessee
State Agricultural Extension Services
Holiday tolls spark Safety Council outrage over deadly celebrations
The Safety Council blasted the holiday death tolls as shameful and appalling after 580 lives were lost in the Christmas period and a projected 330 traffic fatalities were warned for New Year. The report compares tolls to the Texas City disaster and 1916 records, urging restraint and caution in bad weather.
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Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Texas City
Texas
Dearborn
Kromer Promoted to Factory Manager at Wolverine Tube
D. W. Blend announces the promotion of A. S. Kromer to factory manager of Wolverine Tube Division’s Decatur plant effective January 1. Since August 1948, he has served as production superintendent of the South’s only non-ferrous tube mill, a facility noted as one of the industry’s most modern. Kromer, a University of Detroit chemical engineer, has 15 years in Wolverine’s technical and production departments and is active in Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, and Westminster Presbyterian Church. He is married with two children, and the family recently moved to a new home on Somerville Road in December.
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A.S. Kromer
Wolverine Tube Division
Decatur
D. W. Blend
Mr. Kromer
Kramer
South
Calumet and
Hecla Consolidated Copper Company
University of Detroit
Wolverine Tube
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Somerville Road
Potato Tubers Carry Built-In Atomic Energy
Washington December 20 The Atomic Energy Commission reports experimental potato tubers with built-in atomic energy. Brookhaven laboratory scientists exposed tubers to X-ray doses to accelerate growth. Seeds from treated tubers showed higher sprouting probability and faster development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Brookhaven
N. Y
National Laboratory
Chain Letters Seek Contributions to Taft Campaign
Chain letters requesting a dollar or more to aid Senator Robert A. Taft's 1950 re election surfaced in St. Joseph Missouri. Some letters were mailed from New York and urged recipients to forward copies to ten friends. Contributions were to go to Ben E Tate treasurer Taft campaign fund 3204 Carew Tower Cincinnati.
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ST. Joseph
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Ben E Tate
Taft Campaign
Carew Tower
Cincinnati
Taft
Democrats forecast battles over statism and 1950 races
Democratic leaders express confidence in the party's future while warning against resting on past wins. James Byrnes warns against excessive government power as intra party compromises loom. Boyle and Barkley project modest Senate gains and House pickups in 1950, with national sentiment backing Fair Deal. Russell and Sparkman urge unity despite civil rights frictions.
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Crats
James F. Byrnes
Senate
House
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Harry S. Truman
Russel
Russell
Georgia
Atlanta
Sparkman
Alabama
Coal Miners Crisis Signals Possible Train Cut
ICC member J Monroe Johnson floated further cuts in passenger rail as a three day week plans unfold with January effective dates. Southern Coal Producers Association led a move to end the abbreviated mine week, with Lewis accused of pressuring illegal wage contracts and Taft Hartley bargaining failures cited. George H Love warned a coal crisis looms as cold weather worsens impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Group
NLRB
Taft-Hartley
Moody
Bitumus Coal Wage Conference
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Widow Killed in Birmingham Car Collision Details
Mrs J H McCulla a 70 year old widow died from injuries in a two car crash yesterday in Birmingham. A companion was injured in the same collision and listed in stable condition. The article notes the accident occurred in the vicinity of the city with responders completing the scene investigation.
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Birmingham
J. H. McCulla
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Elbert L. Peebles
Priceville
Nash- 7
Elbert Peebles
Building Trades
Raytown
Diar
Commome TV
Ed Garrett
Mooresville
Hamil Clinic
Garvis Ford
Sherman Street
Marguerite Weatherford
Jimmy
Bobby
East
Vine Street
Williston, Fla
Johnny McCraven
Mrs. Bunford Lawrence
Eva
Magnolia Lawrence
Noyd Ward
J. D. Means
Mrs
Archie Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Southside Baptist Church
John A. Troxler
BTA
P. D. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Lloyd Erskine Williams
Fort Jackson
Rufus Williams
Falkville 1
Sgt
Ben L. Roper
Ennis Roper
Montgomery
Bud Brown
W. Nelson Guthriel
Central Methodist Church
Christ
M. B. Thornton
Fourth Avenue West
Vanderbilt Hospital
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
God
L. C. Matthews
Hartseller
D. E. Hill
Macedonia Baptist Church
Hill
The
Baptist Seminary At
Louisville
Frank Neilson
Florence
Florence State Teachers College
Hemisphere
Flying Tigers
Hybla Valley
Soviet
Kromer
Wolverine
Chain Letters
Jane Arnold
Washington, D. C
Borm
Oeee
Ken
Boyle
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