GOP tax expert says Truman should forget tax hike
Senator Millikin of Colorado says there is no chance for a tax increase next year while predicting a strong possibility of excise tax cuts. He notes public support in Colorado for lowering excises and says the Senate Finance Committee has approved cuts to 1942 levels, potentially expanding the oleomargarine repeal to broader excise taxes. House leaders remain wary of broad tax cuts that would raise the deficit.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
Millikin
R-Colo
Congress
GOP
Senate
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Guth
Doughton
D-N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Carmichael Warns Against Grant of Tidelands to States
Alabama Attorney General Albert Carmichael charged Congress would betray duty if it cedes tidelands and their oil rights beneath the-margin sea to Texas California and Louisiana. He argued the federal government owns the subsoil, warns of enormous oil wealth concentrating power, and says states rights claims conceal the real issue while risking national defense and welfare.
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Montgomery
Ala
Congress
Alabama
Albert A. Carmichael
Carmichael
Walter Johnson
National Association of Attorneys General
Johnson
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Texas
California
Louisiana
United States
Market Prices for Cotton to Milk and Grains
Cotton middling 29.00, strict low 23.00. Cottonseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 22.00 delivered. Hens heavy 21c light 16c. Hatching eggs 80c per dozen. Hogs lights 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 1.25 ear yellow 1.20. Wheat 2.10. Oats 0.75. Milo 2.05. Milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Nashville Livestock Market Report Open Week Outlook
Nashville livestock report shows feeders and cattle steady to higher overall with cannner cows weaker late. Hogs gain early but settle to steady. sows weak, bulls scarce with small yearling run. Sheep insufficient to price. calves and weaners firm, market news office closed after open day.
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Nashville
New York Cotton Futures Rise On Year End Demand
New York December 30 Cotton futures held steady amid persistent buying and short covering before year end. The market hit season highs as commission houses trimmed profits. A leading spot firm moved to sell nearby March, while strength in spot cotton and textiles spurred futures buying. Late moon prices rose 5 to 55 cents per bale. March 30.80, May 30.64, July 30.04.
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N. Y
New York
Commission House
March
Market hours vary for holidays in New York
The New York stock and curb exchanges and all domestic securities markets will be open two hours on Saturday December 31 and closed Monday January 2. Domestic commodity markets will be closed both days. Livestock reports will be issued on Saturday December 31 but none on January 2 by the Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dept. of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market steady with ample supply
In Atlanta on December 30 with US DA reporting demand improving in most areas. Trucking demand for Friday remains good. Heavy fryers widespread, supplies ample. Prices paid FOB farm Thursday afternoon and this morning show broilers and fryers all weights 19 to 28 cents per pound, mostly 20 to 20 1 2. Highest prices appear where plants bought from own growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Mail Toad Collision Report Highlights Hospitalized Victims
A wagon between a car and truck blocked view leading to a collision. About $100 damage per vehicle was reported. Eight injured in two Thursday crashes, four still hospitalized. Henry J. Bracken, 45, Town Creek garage employee, slight improvement at Cal County hospital with head and arm injuries. W. D. Bender, 34, Girard, Penn., at Decatur General with fractured collarbone and multiple injuries. Edwin Joel Slaten, 17, Brooksville, and Gilbert Mobes, 18, Decatur, reporting slight improvement at Decatur General. Ten injured with a broken arm and other injuries in the Town Creek crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Henry J. Bracken
Town Creek Garage
Cal County Hospital
Sheffield
Decatur General Hosptal
W. D. Bender
Girard
Penn
Bender
Limestone County
Edwin Joel Slaten
Brooksville
Gilbert Mobes
Decatur 3
Decatur General Hospital
Ten
Town Creek
Fragmentary Yorker style note on a last-minute medical decision
A garbled excerpt describes a futile last-minute plea to avoid surgery. It mentions a bedside keepsake, a well-known radio figure, and a 10-year-old named Betty. The text appears as an incomplete letter or diary fragment with unclear context and several broken phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ew Yorker
H. Lord
Sve
Betty
Stapp Speaks To Civitans On Alabama Youth
Albert Stapp addressed the Decatur Civitan Club urging Alabama leaders to expand industrial and business opportunities for local youth. He argued graduates should find chances at home to use their education, noting the region’s educated young minds as a valuable export to retain. Floyd Sherrod introduced him. guests included Robert Allen Pat Sandlin Mayor H R Summer and P D Wilson.
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Decatur Civitans
Albert Stapp
Alabama
South
Stapp
Floyd Sherrod
Robert Allen
Pat Sandlin
H. R. Summer
P. D. Wilson
Labor Dispute Delays Work At Decatur School
A jurisdictional strike by Montgomery and Birmingham roofer unions halted work on a Decatur elementary school for about 90 minutes. Contractor F N Thompson said 50 workers, including bricklayers carpenters laborers and steel workers, refused to continue until the dispute was settled. Work resumed next day with no outside help.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
New
Decatur
F. N. Thompson
Thompson
December Sale Climbs as Stores Reach Holiday Peak
Washington reports December sales may set a 12th straight record depending on late-week offerings. Department store sales rose 14 percent from 1948 in the final shopping week, with four-week totals at par with 1948 after price declines. The gain reflects an extra shopping day and a Sunday Christmas, pushing 1949 year-to-date activity near last year’s level. Retail data suggest overall sales will show stronger gains than department stores, though compilation lags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Wreck Victims Suffer in Cold in Canadian Rail Crash
In sub-zero weather 95 miles southeast of Calgary two Canadian Pacific trains collided killing one man and injuring more than 40. A 23-year-old passenger Reid B Heffern died. Survivors described exposed, torn limbs amid dark wreckage, with heavy snow hindering rescue efforts and a wrecking train rushing to the scene.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Here
Jay Turner
Niagra Falls
Reid B. Heffern
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Doctor of air called act of mercy in murder case
Dr. Sander acknowledged giving a fatal air injection to Mrs Abbie Borretto at Hillsboro county hospital claiming it was mercy as she suffered from cancer. He said there was no malice and that the patient died within 10 minutes. The county arraigned him on murder charges.
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Craig
Dr. Sander
Sander
Two Railroads Sued for 200000 in Separate Actions
Mrs. Mildred Haynie filed a $100,000 suit yesterday against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for the estate of Doris Haynie killed in a truck train collision recently. The second suit for $100,000 was also filed in circuit court against another railroad for damages in a separate incident.
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Mildred Haynie
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Doris Haynie
Tax deadline looms for Morgan taxes in 1948 49
Morgan taxpayers were reminded of a 12 noon Saturday deadline to pay 1948 49 taxes without penalty. Tax collector Alvis Briscoe reports only 359000 of an expected 600000 in real and personal property taxes paid to date. Distributions show Decatur 100794.28 Morgan county 93824.26 and the state 52971.22 with additional allocations to schools and towns.
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Morgan
Alvis Briscoe
Briscoe
Decatur
Morgan County
Hartselle
Falkville
Austinville
Trinity
Board of Revenue and Control Office
Admiral Blandy to retire amid Navy personnel reshuffle
Admiral William H. P. Blandy, chief of the Atlantic Fleet, will retire February 1. He will be succeeded by Vice Admiral William Michieler, currently deputy CNO for personnel. The official notice cites no reason beyond Blandy’s stated partial disability.
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Burke
Atlantic Fleet
Deuty
Naval Operations
William Mchieler
Navy
Norfolk
Blandy
Sole Defendant Vanishes in Sudden Court Adjournment
Today's recorder's court session ended abruptly when the sole prisoner docketed for trial, charged with being intoxicated on a public street, disappeared before officers. Police Chief J B Whitmire said all preparations were made and the prisoner had not been rearrested by 10 AM.
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Recorder's Court
J. B Whitmire
Whitmire
Revival at Rural Grove Baptist Church Begins Sunday
A revival starts at Rural Grove Baptist Church this Sunday at two o'clock. Evening services will follow each day during the week at seven o'clock led by pastor V. Jasper Kelly. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Grove Baptist Church
V. Jasper Kelly
H. M. Watson
Church of the Nazarene
Switchman Sues Railroad Over Yard Hazard Injury
Leon W. Jones, a Louisville and Nashville railroad switchman, sues the company for negligence claiming a large ground hole in a yard caused his fall and permanent injuries after a collision involving a laden truck and a 59 car freight train derailed twenty cars.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Leon W. Jones
FEPC Debate Intensifies Over Fair Employment Act
Senator Ives of New York dismissed Southern fears that a federal fair employment practices act would wreck industry. He cited eight states with similar laws and noted New York’s law mostly settles disputes without court action. Senator Russell warned of a prolonged fight, fearing bureaucratic dictates on hiring and firing unless the bill is defeated.
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Washington
Ives
Russell
D-Ga
FEPC
New York
Fire Victims Helped Here in Decatur
Decatur shows generosity to the Spears family after their Christmas Day home was destroyed by fire. The Moose Lodge drives delivered about 230 in cash and 200 in merchandise certificates, plus clothing and beds. The lodge seeks a temporary home for the seven-member family as Jerry Spears, 6, recovers from pneumonia and measles in a Decatur hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Calvin Spears
Decatur Moose Lodge
Spears
Jerry
Gene Enterkin
Moose Sergeant
Entrekin
Legion seeks toy gifts for Europe relief drive
Local American Legion posts coordinate a Christmas toy drive with gifts collected from churches youth groups and civic organizations. Gifts should be sent to American Legion pier 38 South Philadelphia avoiding fragile items and electrical toys as they are hard to ship or use in war zones. Do not include war toys such as guns tanks or metal soldiers.
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American Legion
C.A.R.E
Pier
Philadelphia
Legion
Europe
Boy’s Finger Caught In Machinery At School Site
Bobby Darnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Darnell, is under physician care at home on Second Avenue after his left forefinger was severely injured Thursday when caught in a construction machine used for the new high school. It took time to extract the finger from the machine.
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Bobby Darnell
B. B. Darnell
Second Avenue
Bidault Wins Confidence Vote in French Assembly
Paris December 30 premier Georges Bidault won a confidence vote in the national assembly by an unofficial tally of 302 to 295. The measure aimed to raise the industrial production tax from 125 to 13.5 percent to fund the 1956 budget. communists and De Gaulle followers opposed it, seeking about 45 billion francs in additional revenue.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Quillen Faces Motions to Set Aside Morgan Verdicts
Two motions ask Morgan circuit court to set aside verdicts and judgments against Edgar Ross Quillen for two grand larceny counts totaling 3500 dollars in a fast money scheme. Quillen, sentenced to two years per count, faces hearings January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Ross Quillen
Morgan Circuit Court
Quillen
Newton B. Powell
Powell
Noble Russell
Decatur
Claude Pipes
Huntsville
W. B. Reece
Charles Black
Pitts Chapman
Chapman
Black
Reece
Lebanon, Tenn
C. BB. Humphrey
Morgan County
Pension cost shift fuels looming tax revenue loss
The pension stampede raises alarm in Washington as tax-exempt earnings flow into funds, threatening billions in lost revenue. Officials fear older workers may be passed over for jobs and note federal plans divide costs between workers and management, unlike private plans. Congress to expand social security benefits in next session aligned with payroll tax hikes.
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Washingon
Treasury
Labor Department
Congress
Roosevelt Truman economic report underlines free enterprise
Cabinet officials floated proposals favoring continued rent controls until June 30 and immediate expansion of federal old age security. They urged stable tax and program consistency to curb business fluctuations. Senator O Mahoney praised the report as a clear statement of the maximum employment act basis. Senator Russell welcomed the free enterprise emphasis but urged the President to reflect it in his messages.
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Cific
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate-House Economic Committee
Roosevelt
Truman
White House Economic Group
Joint Congressional Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Lineman Hurt Removing Holiday Lights In Decatur
Travis C. Callahan a 28 year old Decatur electric department lineman is recuperating at his home after fracturing both heels in a fall yesterday. He was on Moulton Street with city crews removing Christmas lights when a mobile swinging ladder broke and swung against a wire. Callahan a Navy veteran has one son and was taken home by Brown's ambulance.
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Travis C. Callahan
Decatur
Ninth Avenue East
Callahan
Moulton Street
Navy
Callahans
Brown's
Dwight L. Jones Jr. Dies After Car Overturns
Dwight L. Jones Jr., 24, manager of the electrical appliance section at a local department store, was killed when his car overturned last Saturday night. The fatal crash occurred during a night time incident leading to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bommy Lagella
Dee
Dwight L. Jones, Jr
Community notices and church activities wrap Decatur scene
The Decatur area reports church gatherings at the Nazarene home on Third Street West, baptisms at Lakeside, and sermon plans for Sunday. Local families announce hospital stays, travel, and visits, with fire department calls to Crooks Motor Company and Knights Grocery.
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Church of God
Eighth Street
Seventh Avenue South
Lakeside
Somerville Road
Decatur
Crooks Motor’Company
Knights’ Grocery Company
Treasury Plans Dividend Test Run For GI Life Policy
The Treasury will run a test next week to measure if checks can be issued at 200000 daily or 1 million weekly for the 2.8 billion GI life insurance dividend. VA emphasizes first checks won’t be mailed until mid January to avoid a rush of inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Veterans Administration
Roberts Rites Held Friday
Funeral services for Hiram Roberts age 76 were held Friday at his home 419 Moulton Street Dr Jesse Rod officiated Interment followed at city cemetery with Brown directing Roberts died Thursday at 5 A M in a Tuscaloosa hospital He retired after 40 years with the L and N Railroad He was a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner Surviving are his widow Thyrza a daughter Herbert Dailey of San Bernardino California a son Albert Roberts of Nashville two grandchildren Betty and Da Hulse two nieces Mrs J Weatherly and Mrs Mary Thomson Pallbearers were Carlisle Blackwell Carl Jones Roy Stree J T Nelson J F Smithers and W Strother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Roberts
Moulton Street
Jesse Rod
City
Cemeter Brown
Roberts
Tuscaloosa
Territorial Shifts Mentioned Near Gazi and Jerusalem
Fragmentary notes describe a small strip near Gazi held by Egypt and a small slice in Syrian hands, with Jordan occupying the old city of Jerusalem. The text implies contested control and shifting borders in the region.
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Gazi
Egypt
Jordan
Old City
Jerusalem
Navy to Back New Policies in Far East
Washington reports a stronger U S policy to curb communism in Asia with a beefed up fleet. The Boxer aircraft carrier and two destroyers were dispatched to strengthen the seventh task force based in the Philippines. A national policy blueprint for President Truman plans a Formosa mission and broader action lines against communism in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Far East
Navy
Boxer
Philippines
National Security Council
Kne
Truman
Formosa
Knowland
Asia
Racial tensions in Birmingham and Thanksgiving tornadoes
The report notes Klan activity in Birmingham with racial strife and dynamiting of Black homes, alongside Thanksgiving Day tornadoes across Tallapoosa Blount and DeKalb counties. It highlights Talladega's noted horror crime with two women slain and body disposal, and mentions Rep Frank Boykin's related editorials.
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Birmingham
Tallapoosa
Blount
DeKalb
Talladega
Frank Boykin
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