Railroads Win Temporary 20 Percent Freight Hike
The ICC set aside an October ruling and authorized a temporary 20 percent increase in freight charges through June 30, raising annual railroad revenue by about 1.23 billion. The move, praised by the Association of American Railroads, aims to fund a long term adjustment after a detailed study. Tariff bureaus begin implementing five day notice changes to collect higher rates by Tuesday at latest.
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Diarticastinda
Accona Fawa
Raine
ICC
Association of American Railroads
William T. Fariey
Fariey
Markets Rise on Rails Led Advance in Stocks
Wall Street extended gains led by rails after an interim rate boost. Major favorites included Santa Fe Union Pacific New York Central Southern Pacific Great Northern Chesapeake and Ohio Atlantic Coast Line General Motors International Harvester American Telephone East ern Air Lines and others. Some stalls appeared with Western Union Douglas Aircraft Schenley and International Telephone among laggards. Bond activity showed rail bonds firming while a few others stayed steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Rails
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
General Motors
Goodrich
J. I. Case
International Harvester
American Telephone
Yountown Sheet
American Can
Philp Morris
Mission Corp
Eastern Air Lines
Loew's
General Electric
Western Union
Douglas Aircraft
Schenley
International Telephone
International Nickel
American Light
Cities Service
Consolidated Mining
Fansteel
Scovill Mfg
So- Qar
Grain price listing for Decatur markets
The report lists soft wheat at 3.05 dollars per bushel and milling white corn at 2.25. Shell white corn buyers see 2.35, bar yellow corn 2.20, shell yellow corn 2.30, bar and oats prices unclear with 1.70 and 1.22 per bushel respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Grains
Grain futures hold firm on Chicago Board with mixed closes
Chicago grain markets opened firm on December 31 with small price moves. Wheat ended 1 cent lower to 1 3 4 higher at May 2.95 3 4 2.96, corn mixed 2 7 8 lower to 7 8 higher at May 2.52 7 8 2.53, oats from 1 4 lower to 3 4 higher at May 1.19 to 1.19 18, and soybeans up 3 to 4 cents at March 4.04.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Ay
Poultry Market Report from Atlanta on Last Trading Day
Trading light due to holiday tomorrow but undertone firm. Fryers 2 1 2 2 3 4 lbs offered with diminishing volume yet ample for trade needs. Some local processors pay 1 2 cents more for reds than crosses. Prices paid FOB farm for fryers picked up Tue afternoon and this morning ranged 33 34 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
Butter and Egg Markets End Year With Mixed Receipts
Chicago reports show butter firm receipts of 452 639 pounds with prices mostly unchanged except 89 and 112 cents higher. Egg receipts reach 16 786 with current receipts a cent lower. prices inside 43 to 45 cents.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Declines After Year End Rally
Cotton futures eased in a shortened session ending at noon with year end liquidation. Early gains from mill purchases and commission house demand faded as profit taking and hedging rose, while near to distant month switches increased. Spot cotton and textile markets remained quiet with holiday closures noted.
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New York
Commission House
Howl
Arby
Nashville Livestock Market Receipts and Prices
Nashville cattle receipts light on December 31 as federal and state departments report a fairly active market. Cattle and heifers mainly 18.00 to 23.00 for common and medium, odd steers to 25.50, canners and cutters mostly 11.00 to 13.50, livestock bulls 17.00 to 19.00, vealers up one dollar to a new all time high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal
Publication of grain traders' names urged to end heartache
Anderson said he will recommend ending the publication of names of grain and other commodity traders. He cited a letter from a small town doctor who feared public stigma from name publication and noted that many innocent investors suffer heartache and financial loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soat Eee Agere
Anderson
White House
President Truman
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Congress
Goodyear and Union Agree on New Rockmart Contract
The Uni Textile Workers of America AFL announces a new Rockmart plant contract with Goodyear Tire and Rubber providing a 9 percent wage rise effective Nov. 10. The deal covers 1,500 workers with a minimum 87 cents per hour, about $4 extra weekly per worker, six holidays, double time pay for holidays and the seventh straight day, and a one year work load freeze. This is the UTWA third Rockmart agreement as talks continue for the Decatur Alabama plant renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Uni Textile Workers of Ameri
AFL
Godyear Tire and Rubber Company
Rockmart
UTWA
Goodyear
Gooedyear
Decatur
Ala
Funeral notices for Wooten and Jones published
Funeral services for Wooten are set for Wednesday at 2 0 P M from West Cullman Methodist Church with Rev M Manderson officiating and burial in Mt Zion cemetery. Surviving Wooten are widow Ethel Holmes Wooten son Luther and daughter Nella Faye. Last rites for Jones were held at Spring Hill with Rev J S Schultz. burial followed with mass service. Jones is survived by widow, two daughters, his parents, three sisters and six brothers.
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Wooten
West Cullman
Mass Service
Jones
Nashville Market Report Opens New Year With Mixed Livestock Pricing
Good and choice vealers 27.00 to 35.00, common and medium 16.00 to 26.00, calls 15.00 down. Hogs steady. top good and choice barrows and gilts 190 to 270 pounds up 28.00. Barrows and gilts 275 pounds and over 26.50, 160 to 185 pounds 26.25, 120 to 155 pounds 24.25, sows 23.75. Sheep steady. good and choice lambs 19.00 to 21.00, slaughter ewes 6.50 down. Nashville market open Thursday Jan 1 but office closed and no reports issued.
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Nashville
Markets At A Glance New York Stock and Bond Action
Markets at a glance show higher stocks led by rails in selective advance. Bonds steady with rails in heavy demand. Cotton easy from profit taking and hedging. Wheat steady with light trade. Oats mixed with light activity. Hog prices volatile with higher ranges. Cattle firm with higher prices, top at 41.00, a new record.
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New York
To & Nets
It is estimated that 50,000 Amer ican homes are broken every year by
The statement notes a high annual rate of break ins in American households. It highlights insecurity and the need for protective measures, referencing crime patterns and potential preventive actions.
Patrol Emphasizes Duties of Morgan County Safety Patrol
Sgt Grady H Bowles urged Morgan County youth to uphold safety patrol duties at a Tuesday Morgan County High School meeting in Hart selle. Public relations director stressed safety and school bus transport while County Supt H R Leeman outlined patrol responsibilities and a maximum bus speed of 30 mph.
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Grady H. Bowles
Hartselle
North
Alabama
Bowles
Morgan County School Safety Patrol
H. R. Leeman
Leeman
Morgan County Patrol
Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Convict Trio Still Sought After Alabama Breaks
In Speigner Alabama 15 white inmates escaped Draper prison in two linked breaks. Eight of the first group were recaptured, four of five in the second return were found, while three remain at large Ola Edmonds and G W Hendrix of Tuscaloosa and Eldridge Duke of Calhoun County among the fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speigner
Ala
Draper
Harold C. Todd
Ola Edmonds
G. W. Hendrix
Tuscaloosa
Eldridge Duke
Calhoun County
Nine Morgan County residents named for March of Dimes drive
Nine persons were appointed in Morgan county to aid the March of Dimes campaign for January 15 30 as said by county drive chairman William B Eyster Frank Yaney will assist with city collections in Decatur The appointees include Edwin Price and the Hartselle Rotary club Mrs Earnie Holmes Falkville G H McLellan Flint Garth Kimbrel Trinity Mrs Georgia Cade Lacey Springs John Knight Lacon Willard Clark Somerville Mrs Tom Russell Valdosa Springs The Daily Byster quoted Eyster noting contributions of 10 cents per person will help insure the health of future citizens and that infantile paralysis can strike without warning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
William B. Eyster
Frank Yaney
Eyster
Decatur
Edwin Price
Hartselle
Rotary Club
Earnie Holmes
Falkville
G. H. McClellan
Flint
Garth Kimbrel
Trinity
Georgia Cade
Lacey Springs
John Knight
Lacon
Willard Clark
Somerville
Tom Russell
Valdermosa Springs
Byster
Truman Seeks St Lawrence Seaway Push After TVA Note
President Truman answered questions on fuel oil plans and a possible St Lawrence Seaway push. He said Maj. Gen. Philip Fleming is drafting a fuel oil shortage plan and may send a message to Congress. He joked about finding the missing original anti inflation bill while reporters pressed about TVA and other valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Philip Fleming
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Battle to Seek Re election in Ninth District
Representative Laurie Battle announced he will run again in the Democratic primary next May. He completes the first year of his initial two year term after defeating Representative Luther Patrick for the Ninth District seat in June 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Birmingham
Laurie Battle
Battle
Luther Patrick
Molotov Criticizes London Conference on German Peace
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov described the London Big Four session as a failure to reach a German peace accord while asserting Soviet effort produced some progress. He accused Western powers of plans to shape Germany and cited alleged transfer of real power in Western zones to Americans.
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London
United States
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Germany
Europe
Wosch
Six Die In Bitter Palestine Clash War Toll Reaches 487
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv six people died in renewed Jew Arab violence tied to the UN partition decision. A British constable killed earlier by a bombing was counted among the day’s fatalities as both sides arm for a potential showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Tel- Aviv
Jerusal
Abdul Ader Husseini Bey
Grand Mufti
King Victor Emmanuel II Taken To Temporary Tomb In Egypt
In Alexandria Egypt the body of former King Victor Emmanuel II was placed in a temporary tomb in St Catherine's cathedral chapel. The exiled monarch died Sunday of double pneumonia after years serving under Mussolini. Umberto and Elena, his son and widow, led mourners arriving from Portugal.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Italy
Bulgaria
Russia
Vittorio
Emanuelé II I
St. Catherine’s
Benito Mussolini
House of Savoy
Umberto
Portugal
Elena
Parker Celebrates Eightieth Birthday at Christmas Dinner
A Christmas dinner at H. W. Parker's home marked his 80th birthday on December 3. Attendees included his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren such as Ellis Montgomery, Frank Parker, Jim Woodard, Noah Howard, Clifton Parker, Collins Montgomery, and others who wished him many more years of happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Parker
Ellis Montgomery
M. H
Ernest
Hollis
Frank Parker
Mildred
Shelby Jean
Jim Woodard
Sherman
Vernon
Nadene
Noah Howard
Clyde
Clifton Parker
Joel
Frieda
Collins Montgomery
Gene Ald
Mr. Parker
Luther E Lester to Be Buried Wednesday
Last rites for Luther Elmer Lester, 63, were set for 2 PM Wednesday at Union Hill church with Rev. Pitts. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery under Peck's direction. Lester, a farmer of Lacey's Spring, died Tuesday night after a long illness. Surviving are his daughter Mrs Myrtle England and two grandchildren William Luther preerd and Stella Opal England. Pallbearers were Ralph Hill Elbert Yancey Henry Napier John Henry Tucker Ellis Hill and Dewey Stedham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Elmer Lester
Union Hill Church
Pitts
Peck
Lester
Lacey
Myrtle England
William Luther Preerd
Stella’ Opal England
Ralph Hill
Elbert Yancey
Henry Nappier
John Henry Tucker
Ellis Hill
Dewey Stedham
Decatur Cotton Market and Local News Briefs
The Decatur cotton market at noon quoted middling cotton at 36.10 and strict low at 35.10. Judge R W Wirt plans to attend the Decatur Chamber of Commerce dinner. A watch night service at the Church of the Nazarene begins tonight at 7 30 replacing the regular Tuesday prayer service. The public is invited. Clyde Ennis and son Steve and others travel to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. Mrs R F Mitchell reports the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital. Willie T Shull’s family welcomes a daughter born today at Decatur General hospital. Mrs A T Terry remains a patient at Baugh and Wiley clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
R. W. Wirt
Southern Railway
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Judge Wirt
Washington
Church of the Nazarene
Clyde Ennis
Steve
Athens
Horace Moore
Larkin Sanderson
New Orleans
R. F. Mitchell
Lafayette Street
Decatur General Hospital
Willie T. Shull
Twelfth Avenue, W
Local Health and City Officials Report On Various Incidents
George Henderson of Madison 3 was dismissed from Baugh and Wiley clinic today. No accidents reported to iS W. E. Merriman of Moulton who was taken to Austinville by Mutual’s ambulance. Chief J. B. Whitmire says there have been no arrests since midday. Mayor H. R. Summer expected back from New York City at week’s end. Mrs. Summer improving after serious illness. Sherry Gayle Maner and Charles L. Merrell, badly burned Christmas Eve, are in fair condition at Decatur General hospital. Reverend Robert Maschke of St. Paul’s Lutheran to deliver a sermon on the first Sunday of the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Summer
New York City
Sherry Gayle Maner
Charles L. Merrell
Decatur General Hospital
Robert Maschke
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Monster Reported After Sinking Sea Creature Sighting
Grace-line ship S. S. Santa Clara radioed coast guard that it struck a sea monster off the North Carolina coast. The captain wrote the Associated Press story at request and the tale was broadcast to New York.
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S. S. Santa Clara
Grace-line
Associated Press
New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic
North Carolina
Falkville High Announces Who's Who of Sr II Class
Falkville High School lists the Sr II Who's Who selections at a class meeting. Named include Carolyn Aycock and Morris Couch as top honorees, with multiple categories awarded to students such as Jimmy Henderson Bobbie Faye Teague and Eddie Summerford in popularities, brains, looks, and traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville High School
Bobbie Faye Teague
Carolyn Aycock
Morris Couch
Beverly Walker
Buddy Garner
Jimmy Henderson
Mary Clovis McGlathery
Eddie Summerford
Sue Tomlin
Joe Bramlett
Waymon Gandy
Mattie Ruth Sams
Betty Thompson
Kathleen Meadows
Jimmie Henderson
Ernest Haddock
Estelle Anders
Leond Newton
Johnny Brown
Joe Bramlet
Louise Ward
Edward Townsend
Sara NeSmith
John Long
Funeral set for 4 H Norris in Decatur
Funeral services for 4 H Norris will be held Friday at 10 A M from the residence in Decatur with Emmett Byars conducting. Interment in City cemetery Brown's directing. Surviving are three nieces Mrs W L Eubanks Decatur Mrs R F Copeland Cullman Mrs Mattie Smith Wheeler one nephew T A Jester Arab. Pallbearers listed. Highway patrol and others continue investigation.
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Pusies Nuby
Kirkpatrick
Highway Patrol
H. Norris
Decatur
Emmett Byars
City Cemetery
Brown
W. L. Eubanks
R. F. Copeland
Cullman
Mattie Smith
Wheeler
T. A. Jester
J. C. Hughes
M. M. Kitchens
Ben Bates
Jewelee
Theo Hill
Jake Ledow
Ellen Turner Dies After Long Illness at 19
Ellen Marie Turner age 19 died Tuesday at 10 15 P M at 1310 Seventh Avenue East after a long illness Funeral arrangements to be announced by Mutual Service Surviving are her parents Mr and Mrs M J Turner four sisters Lillie Lucy Turner Mrs James Black and Mrs J B Bridges all of Decatur one brother Eldridge Turner San Francisco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Marie Turner
Seventh Avenue E
Mutual Service
M. J. Turner
Lillie
Lucy Turner
James Black
J. B. Bridges
Decatur
Eldridge Turner
San Francisco
Sea Monster Spotted Beside Santa Clara Aboard
On December 30 1947 the Grace Line steamer Santa Clara 118 miles east of Cape Lookout sighted a sea monster. Mates William Humphreys John Rigney and John Elgon watched a head about two and a half feet wide and a body about 35 feet long thrash in red stained waters as the creature surfaced near the bridge then faded astern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Santa Clara
Grace Line
Santa Clara
Cape Lookout
New York
Cartagena
Gulf Stream
William Humphreys
John Rigney
John Elgon
John Axelson
Atomic tests set for 1948 in 39000 square mile danger area
The United States warns ships planes and people to stay away from a 39000 square mile zone around the Marshall Islands as atomic weapons tests begin January 1948. The notice from the atomic energy commission says hazards exist throughout the calendar year and winds favor westward movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Eniwetok
State Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Atoll
Bikini
Marshall Islands
United Nations
Romanian ex king seeks 60 passports to leave new Romanian republic
The former monarch Mihai I and his mother Queen Helen asked for 60 passports to depart Romania as Parliament works to draft a constitution for the democratic republic proclaimed after his abdication. Mihai met Premier Petru Groza and hinted at a romance with Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Mihai I
Democratic
Mihai
Helen
Mt. Sinaia
Petru Groza
Groza
London
Switzerland
Democratic Republic
Sparkman Sees Wallace Entry Purging Left from Democrats
Senator Sparkman of Alabama predicts Henry Wallace's third party bid will stir democratic activity and purge leftist influence. He cites past reliance on outside groups and says Wallace's run could help regular Democrats regain control, noting ALP and Amalgamated Clothing Workers' potential shifts. Lucas of Illinois says Wallace strengthens Truman by isolating the left wing fringe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparkman
Ala
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
American Labor Party
New York
ALP
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Lucas
D.ill
Chicago
Truman
Sub-zero cold grips the Dakotas and Montana today
The Associated Press reports sub-zero temperatures with a 25 mph wind driving readings to 25 degrees below zero in Pembina North Dakota as the cold moves east. Mild conditions arrive in the New York New England area with melting snow and showers possible.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Montana
New York
New England
North Dakota
Pembina
N. Dak
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York City
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Ohio River Valley
Michigan
Minnesota
Dallas
Memphis
Jordan Ellis Win Position in Alabama Appointments
President Truman appoints Mortimer H. Jordan Jr. of Birmingham as Alabama collector of internal revenue and Frank B. Ellis of Central as U S Marshal for the middle district of Alabama. Both posts take effect tomorrow and require Senate confirmation. they succeed resignations by Harry J. Willingham and Walter Bragg Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Mortimer H. Jordan Jr
Birmingham
Alabama
Internal Revenue
Frank B. Ellis
Central
U. S. Marshal
Middle District
Senate
White House
Hill
D-Ala
Sparkman
Jordan
Harry J. Willingham
Florence
Ellis
Walter Bragg Smith
Montgomery
1948 Outlook by Industry Across Sectors
Production trends rise in textiles furniture chemicals and plastics while aviation sees passenger traffic up 10 percent from 1947. Non-Ferrous metals pulp and paper and lumber show solid supply and demand projections for spring through 1948. Distilling notes higher liquor consumption and stiffer competition.
Famed Negro Pianist Hazel Harrison To Play Here
Hazel Harrison renowned pianist will present a concert at the Negro Street Church on Sunday evening January 6. The Decatur Negro High School civic clubs and local citizens support the event with high praise from major newspapers. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1673 R or 1732 J. The program includes works by Bach Chopin Liszt Rachmaninoff and Medtner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Harrison
Negro Street
W. Vine
Ist
Decatur
Hig High School
Berlin
Germany
Post
Chicago Tribune
New York Times
The
Washington
D. C
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Weber Ganz
Christian
Chopin
Liszt
Schubert- St. Francis
Busoni-Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Valse
Jelebinsky
Medtner
Brotherhood Is World Aim in Address to Youth
Dr. G Baez Camargo of Mexico City told 10 000 young Methodists that world progress toward Christian brotherhood mirrors United Nations aims and that justice in communism is a secular form of the Christian passion. He urged a fair trial of the Christian pattern for brotherhood across all spheres of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Christian Brotherhood
G. Baez-Camargo
Mexico City
United Nations Organization
Gunmen Wreck Prison Break Sparks Snowbound Escape
Convicts seized guards during a bold break from a Colorado prison as a snowstorm blocked pursuit. Guard A C Clark, 53, was knocked unconscious. Capt Chet Yeo, 39, and rancher A M Smith, 52, were wounded. Police recaptured George Trujillo, 23, and Billy Frank New, 21, after a downtown shootout. John Klinger, 43, was killed fleeing Sixth and Burrage Streets. Four cars were stolen and later recovered near Canon City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Clark
Clark
Joe Gray
Bill Davis
Cecil McLean
Winston Williams
Canon City
Chet Yeo
A. M. Smith
George Trujillo
Billy Frank New
Denver
R . John Klinger
Sixth
Burrage Streets
Penitentiary
Local Names and Property Transfers Amid Postwar Records
The list records numerous Somerville residents and others exchanging deeds with sums ranging from 50 to 4 000 dollars. Names include Elbert Tudor, Ollie Houser, Glynn Irwin, Willis Brown, and Julia Mae W Griffith among others. A note recalls that over 200 ships were mined after World War II, causing damage in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Tudor
Somerville
Ollie Houser
Glynn Ralph Irwin
Willis Sue Brown
Arlie Hubert Graham
Decatur
Mary Loyce Ezell
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Wall Street
Seer
Kodins
Dling
Goodyear and
UNION
Luther E. Lester
Mary Kate Sanderson
Earl Burgreen
Thomas Powell
Madison
A. T. Terry
Moulton 2
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
George Henderson
Madison 3
Baugh and
Wiley Clinic
W. E. Merriman
Moulton
Austinville
Mutual
J. B. Whitmire
A. H. Norris
Ellen Turner
By J. Fordan
Deeds Elsie Make
Bass
William Robert Jones
Nellie Bell
W. J. Duncan Jr
J. L. Canterbury
R. L. Phillips
James T. Cooper
C. K.hood
Barbara
Grady
R. J. Dobbs
C. E. Smith
J. C. Fornesby
Ethel Webb
Julia Mae W. Griffith
J. ¢. Fornesby
R. E. Hardwick
Clarence H. Johnson
P. R
Lara Isley
Oscar Gerstman
Julius H. Livingston
E. Smith
J. M. Nelson
L. L. Bates
H. R. Rogers
T. B. Johnson
Ruth Emens. Sewell
Joe E. Terry
Elzie Cooper
Odie Stover
T. E. Thompson
Harold Johnson
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