New universe concept credits gravitation over catastrophe
Dr. Guy C. Omer Jr of the University of Oregon proposes an Einstein law based cosmology that explains the redshift and patchy structure of the cosmos as orderly not catastrophic. He places Earth in the Milky Way within a stable cluster and says clusters drift but do not explode. The theory hinges on matter distribution and long term destiny in space.
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Howard W. Blakeslef
Haven, Conn
American Astronomical Society
Guy C. Omer, Jr
University of Oregon
Earth
Milky Way
Omer
Dr. Omer
Space
Economic outlook 1949 may see lower prices and job shifts
Economists forecast a gentler economy in 1949 with price declines possible as rearmament and foreign spending fade. Labor costs stay high and some manufacturers may shut down, triggering job changes though large scale layoffs are not expected. Forecasters warn a downturn could come later, but not in 1949.
Tennessee Valley tax burden rises for seven states
A Tennessee Valley region report notes growing federal income tax share from seven states rising from 3.4 percent in 1933 to 6.3 percent in 1947 signaling increased costs borne by the valley area. The agency lists the region's value at 819.9 million dollars.
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Tennessee Valley
Seven Valley
North Georgia live poultry market steady despite tight fryer supply
Market notes from Atlanta on December 31 report a quiet morning with prices largely unchanged. Fryers under 4 pounds show limited absorption and 3 pound plus birds remain in demand, with New Hampshire Reds White Crosses and Barred Rock Crosses priced FOB farm from 29.28 to 30.32 per hundredweight.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Cotton futures hold steady on light holiday trading
New York Cotton Exchange reports steady futures with early gains erased by late selling from New Orleans and local sources. Loan entries reach 3,789,296 bales by December 23 as replacement demand appears amid slow pre holiday activity.
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N._Y
New York
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Reports Mixed Cattle and Hogs
Nashville Tenn December 31 cattle trade underwhelming with few sales and uneven demand. Steers 21.50 to 24.50. canner and cutter cows 13.00 to 16.50. bulls 25 to 50 higher. weights 500-700 generally 20.00 to 25.00, over 1000 lb up to 26.50 top. Calves steady with good and choice 29.00 to 36.00, hogs mostly 50 lower. barrows and gilts 21.50 top, weights around 240 lbs mostly 20.50 to 21.00, sows 17.50 and down. Sheep steady with good lambs 21.00 to 24.00 and ewes 8.00 to 9.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New Furnace Restores Warmth in Masonic Building
Offices in the Masonic building including the City Water department Citizens Industrial Bank Metropolitan Insurance Thornhill Insurance Agency Wyatt Insurance Agency Chenault Clinic and J D Bush Insurance faced a cold spell after a boiler burst last Tuesday. The new furnace installed by the Masonic lodge went into operation today warming the offices despite record cold.
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Masonic
Johnston Street
Masonic Building
Masonic Lodge
City Water Department
Citizens Industrial Bank
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Thornhill Insurance Agency
Wyatt Insurance Agency
Chenault Clinic
J. D. Bush, Insurance
Bible Instructor is Object of Search in Florida Woodlands
Tallahassee mobilizes large search for W Haygood Cates Jr a 24 year old ordained minister and Florida State University instructor missing since Wednesday after his car bogged down in a muddy area south of Tallahassee. Volunteers National Guards woodmen game wardens Boy Scouts Forest Rangers planes jeeps horses and wagons join the hunt. The six square mile area between Tallahassee and the Gulf is riddled with sink holes.
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Tallassee
Fda
Tallahassee
Florida State University
Boy Scouts
Forest Rangers
W. Haygood Cates
Gul
Railroads Win Partial Freight Rate Increase Across Regions
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted temporary freight rate increases averaging about 5 percent, far below the railroads' 13 percent demand. Eastern and Southern areas see up to 6 percent with tiered regional boosts, while overall rates rise to roughly $425 million yearly. Coastwise, inland waterways, and Railway Express Agency also receive aligned boosts.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Railway Express Agency
Chiang Kai-shek defends war policy and calls for peace talks
Chiang Kai-shek, in a year end address, laments reconstruction failures and argues patriots must defend constitutional sovereignty. He says communists violated peace agreements, urges public backing for national unity, and leaves open the possibility of negotiated peace if pressure yields terms from the communists.
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Chiang
Sun Yat Sen
China
Bing Crosby Tops Box Office Again in Films Poll
Hollywood December 31 Bing Crosby for the fifth straight year tops Motion Picture Herald poll of box office winners and top international draw by British exhibitors. Betty Grable runner up. Abbott and Costello third. list includes Cooper Hope Bogart Gable Grant Tracy Bergman. Cowboys also listed among top money makers.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Motion Picture Herald
Crosby
Betty Grable
Grageous Grable
Abbot and Costello
Gary Cooper
Bob Hope
Humphrey Bogart
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Billi Elliott
George “Gabby” Hayes
William Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd
Charles Starrett
Tim Holt
Johnny Mack Brown
Andy Devine
Mrs. Campbell Dies At The Sanatorium
Mrs. Robert Campbell, Athens 6, died early this morning at a Morgan County sanatorium. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown's.
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Robert Campbell
Athens
Morgan County
Brown's
Two Lynchings in 1949 Georgia Highlights
Georgia had the only two lynchings in 1948 per Tuskegee Institute and a near lynching counted as a border case in Georgia. The report notes mob threats in 19 cases nationwide, with Georgia victims including William H. Turner and Robert Mallard. The study lists other mob-related incidents across several states and dates.
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Georgia
Tuskegee
Ala
United States
Tuskegee Institute
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Virginia
F. D Patterson
William H. Turner
Meriwether County
Robert Mallard
Toombs County
Mallard
Amy
Eight Germans Saved by Clay in Late War Justice Review
Frankfurt dispatch reports Gen. Lucius D. Clay commuted death sentences of seven of fifteen German war criminals to life or lesser terms after reviews prompted by clergy appeals and new evidence. Others faced continued sentences or ten years, with executions halted on this round. trials were at Dachau and involved murder of Allied airmen and concentration camp abuses.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
U.S Supreme Court
Landsberg
Hitler
Clay
Dachau
General Clay
Franz Weiss
Johann Engelriederhammer
Josef Ehlen
August Viehl
Hans Schneider
Eugene Ziehmer
Hans Merbach
Rudolf Kansmeyer
Hans Eisele
Michael Heller
Albert Zeitrag
Wilhelm Grill
Willi Auerswad
Jacob Valentin Seiler
Wilhelm Jene Weiss
Engeniederhaimer
Ehlen
Viehl
Schneider
Ziehmer
Merbach
Heller
Zeitrag
Auerswad
Seiler
Kanschat
Kansmeyer
Sailors Fly Back From Georgia Christmas Charter Flights
The last of 55 sailors from Georgia and nearby states waited for good weather today to hop off for San Diego California and end their $140 Christmas charter flights. One plane bearing 27 sailors departed yesterday from the city airport and the second was prepared to leave at 11 am today with 28 passengers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
San Diego
Cal
Tapioca Flour From Cassava Root Described
Cassava root is the source of tapioca flour, a staple used across tropical regions. The note explains production from the root and its role in food preparation worldwide.
Death claims Preston Sharp
Preston Sharp 55 died this morning at 7 20 at his daughter Mrs Clifford Breeding's Somerville home. Last rites Saturday 2 PM at Center Springs church officiated by Revs Stas Mefford and R F McDonald with interment at the adjacent Peck cemetery. Survived by two daughters five brothers and four sisters with several grandchildren.
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Preston Sharp
Center Springs Church
Stas Mefford
R. F. McDonald
Peck
Clifford Breeding
Somerville 1
Breeding
Robert Turney
Curtis Orr
Hartselle
O. Bllen
Birmingham
Lillian Jurney
Decatur
Maimié Sharp
Somerville
O. T. Sharp
D. A. Sharp
W.-C. Sharp
A.-C.sharp
Hartseile
Luke Sharp
Louisville
Seville Sees Two One Minute Earthquakes
Two one minute tremors rattled Seville Alabama yesterday morning, with no damage reported. Weather officials cited tremors felt between 4 45 and 5 00 a m and the Dadeville observer confirmed the events while Dadeville Mayor T K Jones said he knew nothing about any quake in town.
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Montgomery
Seville
Ala
Weather Bureau
F. C. Pate
W. B. Fulton
Dadeville
T. K. Jones
Warehouse Fire Destroys Colonial Storage Warehouse in Miami
Fire swept a block long Colonial Storage warehouse in Miami causing damage estimated between 250000 and 500000 dollars. Flames shot hundreds of feet as about 5000 spectators watched while 12 units fought the blaze for hours. No casualties reported.
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Miami
Fla
Colonial Storage Company
Veteran SLAIN IN Americus Near Filling Station
Bonnie Devane 21 year old Marine veteran was shot to death at an all night filling station in Americus Ga about 3 45 this morning. Police without clues began a search for the killer as they investigated the killing near town center.
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Americus
B. E
Bonnie) Devane
Marine Corps
Devane
Oysters Prove Edible Year Round Including R Less Months
The note asserts oysters can be consumed safely year round, even during months labeled R less, challenging traditional seafood season limits. It emphasizes continuous availability and enjoyment of oysters across seasons.
Romans Use Oyster Shell Cure for Wounds
Fragmentary note describes a Roman practice using oyster shells to prepare a wound remedy. The text references a cure for wounds and situates the method within ancient healing traditions.
Jewish Army Advances Across Partition Lines into Arab Palestine
Israeli military spokesman said the Jewish army’s second Negev offensive crossed partition lines into Arab Palestine. He named captured places Bier and Asluj on the Beersheba frontier route to Auja near the Egyptian border. Reports of a wider push toward Egypt lacked confirmation.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
United Nations
Israel
U. N. Security Council
Paris
Beersheba
Rafa
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
U. N
Gaza
Bier
Asluj
Truman press conference touches on Bedell Smith and Soviet policy
President Truman faced reporters in the White House as Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith discussed his possible resignation to Russia. Secretary Symington and others weighed in on Smith's return and on whether Soviet leaders could be more friendly. Truman avoided clarifying a campaign remark about Malin and reiterated past statements on the Soviet politburo.
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Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
Air
Stuart Symington
Truman
White House
S Smith
Russia
Smith
Politburo
Litburo
Marshal Stalin
Joe” Malin
Kansas City
Weather impacts sweep across Northeast and South
Heavy rains caused a Washingtonian delay due to a Vermont landslide. In Manville New Jersey three hundred residents fled. Across the region 8000 telephone lines failed as storms disrupted service. Light snow fell in New York Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Colder air spread to the South with readings near freezing to 30 in Mobile and 50 in Miami.
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Somerset
Middlesex County
Manville
New Haven Railroad
Washingtonian
Montreal
Washington
Waterbury
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Westirginia
Gulf
Mobile
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Miami
Pellston
Mich
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Japan Restores Flag Rights and Election Call
General MacArthur announced Japan may fly the Rising Sun flag anywhere any time marking a return of national symbolism after surrender. He urged citizens to vote in the January 23 general elections and to pursue economic growth while preserving political freedom.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Decatur Community Notes Include Names and Local Occurrences
Rev J S Martin greets friends in Decatur while Rev Forget O Maschke prepares a New Year service at St Pauls. Births report a daughter for Mr and Mrs Lee Champion. Anita Gayle. Hospital updates list Mrs J G Jones, Mrs W L Evans, James Odom ill or admitted. Wheeler Lake Yacht Club to elect 1949 officers at new Decatur harbor clubhouse. Fennell Garnett improves at home. Martha Frances Garnett ill. LaRue Holly listed as surgical patient at Hamilton Clinic.
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Lee R. Champion
W. Market
Decatur General Hospital
Anita Gayle
Wheeler Lake
Decatur Harbor
Truman Dominates Last Days Of 80th Congress In Transition
President Truman crushed the Republican led 80th Congress with a sweeping campaign, as Democrats prepare to take over on Monday. House leaders plan to reorganize under Rayburn and McCormack while Taft Hartley faces scrutiny in the Senate. Truman signals major pushes on housing social security and tax reform with civil rights to follow.
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Truman
GOP
Congress
Hoover Commission
Executive Department
Things
Maryland
Senator McKellar
Tenessee
Senate
Barkley
Lucas
Illinois
Senator Myers
Pennsylvania
House
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
Martin
Rep. Arends
Taft
Ohio
Senator Lodge
Seven rescued flyers reach New York in rainstorm
Seven rescued airmen from the Greenland icecap arrived in New York with two rescuers after a flight from Goose Bay Labrador. Lt.-Col. Zmil Beaudry led the transport crew and was greeted by his wife Eva Beaudry at Westover Field Massachusetts after the eight hour journey.
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New York
Greenland
Zmil Beaudry
Pine
Goose Bay
Labrador
Beaudry
Eva Beaudry
Westover Field
Mass
Is Rdiay’ Airport
Ers
Laurence’ Kuter
Military Air Transport
Distribution of Taxes is Bared
Tax distribution lists released by Tax Collector Alvis Briscoe show total collections of 91 765 85. December 16 22 yielded 50 693 74 and December 23 27 41 072 11. Distributions include allocations to Alabama Morgan county school fund and Decatur city board of education along with cities such as Austinville Decatur Falkville Hartselle and Trinity and to Sim L Howell as Morgan board chair.
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Alvis Briscoe
State of Alabama
Morgan County
C. L. Allgood
Morgan County School Fund
J. T. McMullin
Decatur City
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
J. T. Mec Mullin
Decatur
City of
Falkville
Hartselle
Trinity
Sim L. Howell
Canadians in an Oklahoma poolroom tall tale sparks awards
The year’s batch of tall tales includes honorable mentions for John Hughes of Johnson City NL J F McKale Arizona and Edward S Krikac of Comstock Neb. Hughes recalls a war Marine surviving heat on a Pacific island while McKale jokes about supporting Harry’s win and Krikac narrates a cyclone narrowly averted when a mower kept working and split the storm in two.
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Oklahoma
John Hughes
Johnson City
J. F. McKale
University of Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Edward S. Krikac
Comstock
Neb
Hughes
Pacific
McKale
Harry
Erikac
Nebraska
Cab and Car Hit at Market and Line Streets
A Decatur Transit cab collided with a car at Market and Line Streets at 7 04 this morning. No injuries were reported. The taxi driven by Travis C Walden and car driver Noble P Woodall sustained $150 and $75 in damages respectively. Officers Landers and Hyche investigated.
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Decatur
Market and Line
Noble P. Woodall
Decatur 2
Travis C. Walden
Landers and
Hyche
Brother of Alabama Grid Captain-elect killed in Accident
Joe Cain, 13, of Eudora and brother of Alabama football captain-elect Cain, died in a hunting accident when a father's gun discharged. Gunshot wounds to the head were reported. Cain and their father were present at the time of the incident near Lake Village, Arkansas.
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Alabama
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