Entry List For Oratorical Contest By Local Schools
Senior and junior high schools from Morgan County and nearby districts submit entries for The Birmingham News oratorical contest. Deadlines set January 31 for submissions. February 13 for final selection. State finals at Birmingham-Southern College with scholarships, prizes, and travel expenses paid.
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Birmingham News
Decatur Senior
Ryan High
Joppa
Cotaco High Choollamille
Morgan County Hish
Hartselle
Union Hill
Somerville
Austinville
Decatur
Falkville
Eva
Danville
Ryan
Cotaco
Morgan County
News-Age-Herald
Birmingham-Southern Garage
Birmingham-Southern
Odd dress purchase tied to Detroit murder case
In Detroit on January 7 a 21 year old widow, Mrs Henry Mach, seeks a black dress for her husband’s funeral at an East Side department store. Police arrest Reece Lawson, 47, ex-convict, for the killing. Lawson faces trial as spectators watch the arraignment with Mrs Mach and saleswoman Mrs Dixie Lawson present.
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Detroit
East Side
Henry Mach
Reece Lawson
Lawson
Recorder’s Court
Mach
Dixie E. Lawson
Teachers Hear Davis At Morgan County Meeting
W L Davis director of the Florence State Teachers College children's school will be guest speaker for Morgan County Teachers Association at Hartselle high school auditorium Friday at 1 30 PM S M Dollar chairs the welfare program and Davis will address teacher welfare issues and assist lower elementary teachers with reading instruction concerns before group meetings adjournment on time urged.
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W. L. Davis
Florence State Teachers’ College
Morgan County Teachers’ Association
Hartselle
Ajd
Unclear Recovery Plan Schedule Mentioned In Early Reports
Early notes indicate no long range operation before April with indications the program may start next month and last two months. Chairman Eaton of the Foreign Affairs Committee notes hearings likely to begin with Secretary of State as first witness, while Truman endorses the four year 17 billion recovery cost.
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Eaton N. J
House Foreign Af Committee
Truman
Russia
Middle East
Congress
Europe
China
United States
Germany
Austria
Japan
Korea
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
George
Georgia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr. Truman
Brotherhood of Man
Umnan
Alaska
Hawaii
GOP Continued From Page One On Cutting Propose
The fragment notes a GOP line about proposed cuts and suggests the press knows that corporations do not vote. It hints at election strategy and media perception without detailing specific names or dates.
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Cutting
Daily Records Transfer Notices and Assignments
Daily records list transfers of estates and property including F. Hargitt to Covey for 750 dollars, P. Hendrix to Robert H. Map, SS Martin to C. Braswell, C. Motherway to Howard, Loyd C. Hays to Pepper, and J. D. Crow to Shelton trustee with Neal 280 dollars.
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F. Hargitt
P. Hendrix
Robert H. Mapp
Martin
C. E. Braswell
C. Motherway
Howard
Loyd C. Hays
Pepper
J. D. Crow
Shelton
Neal
Markets Decature Grains And Nashville Livestock Report
Markets show No 1 soft wheat at 3.05, ear white corn 2.36, shell white corn 2.45, yellow corn 2.25, shell yellow 2.35, Milo 3.75, barley 1.78, oats 1.30. Nashville cattle demand steady to strong with varied grades. calves 200 steady. hogs 800 head higher in price. sheep about steady. notable prices listed for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, veal calves, and sows across categories.
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Decature
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market prices and demand
Poultry buyers report demand holding for higher prices in North Georgia. Weights varied from 21 to 23 pounds with some over 3 pounds in a few lots. Fryers traded FOB farm for pickup Tuesday and Wednesday at about 36.5 to 37 cents per pound.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Butter and Eggs Prices Mixed in Chicago Market
Butter unsettled with receipts 582 477 and prices down one to two cents per pound. AA grade 93, A 92, B 90, C 89. Eggs steady with receipts 19 408 and prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Cotton futures swing on Marshall export prospects
Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans showed mixed moves as traders weighed Marshall prospects and broader demand. Prices swung from early weakness to gains on Britain seeking more U S cotton for February March. late trading saw varied results with March at 34.92, May 34.90 and July 34.02 per bale.
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New York
Great Britain
New Orleans
Markets at a Glance: Steady Stocks and Varied Commodities
New York stocks show little reaction amid net retail notes. Cotton trades irregular as New Orleans sells. Chicago wheat remains firm with better domestic flour business. Corn firm with stronger cash demand. Hogs active and prices up 75 cents to $1 with cash market around $41.00 top.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Food strike planned in Essen Ruhr region protest
German officials said a 50 000 strong strike and demonstration were set for Essen to protest food shortages blamed on farmers failing to meet quotas amid summer drought. Brief protests occurred in Remscheid and other Ruhr towns as unions seek "distress area" status. Ruhr miners and utility workers to abstain. British authorities promised relief efforts.
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Germany
Bri
Essen
Remscheid
Mattmann
Ruhr
Fishing Party Tossed Into the Sea Off Stuart Florida
A private fishing boat capsized in heavy seas off Stuart Florida causing ten people to fall into the water. Nine were rescued within two hours and one additional man was recovered with his name not immediately learned. The group, including nine New Yorkers, had arrived in the Florida keys for a sailfishing trip.
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Stuart. Fla
Here
Leorn
Florida _keye
Stuart
Williams Rites Set for Thursday in City Cemetery
Funeral services for James Henry Williams will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the residence 122 Seventh Avenue W. Rev Otis Kirby will conduct the service. Interment will be in City Cemetery Brown's Funeral directing. Body to be removed from W s Funeral Company to the cemetery.
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James Henry Williams
Seventh Avenue W
Otis Kirby
City Cemetery
Brown
Wheat speculators rise sharply on Chicago market list
Washington reports the Agriculture Department released a list showing 5,357 wheat traders, up 27 percent over three days in September. The total compared with 1,240 speculators earlier, as prices tumbled, while new names added include private citizens on the long or short sides. FBI probes expand to other public figures and Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham amid senate hearings led by Senator Ferguson with Harold Stassen invited to testify.
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Chicago
Agriculture Department
Ferguson
R.mich
FBI
Wallace H. Graham
White House
Senate Appropriations
Graham
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Administration
Wank
Communist Leaders Slip Out as Cominform Conference Talk Begins
In Milan on January 7, top communist figures from Italy and guests from Russia and cominform nations quietly left the Italian communist congress as speculation grew a cominform meeting was starting. Palmiro Togliatti, then the party boss, departed, followed by Soviet delegates Pavel Judin and Vagan Gregorian and aides. Major leaders from Britain France Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Romania Hungary left after.
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Milan
Italy
Russia
Palmiro Togliatti
Pavel Judin
Vagan Gregorian
Thorez
Coast Airlines Plane Crashes in Marshland. 15 Die
A Coast Airlines charter flight crash near Sqrennab airport left 15 dead. Officials say the plane pancaked into marshland, broke up, and may have burned after impact. Chief pilot Alvino Antonioli reportedly was at the controls as rescue crews faced thick marsh terrain reaching the wreckage.
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Coastal Airlines
Line
Alvino
Antonioli
CAA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Coast Guard
Sqrennab
Dice players flee across state line
Missouri police witnessed a dice game near the Missouri Kansas line as players crossed into Kansas to avoid arrest. Kansas City Kansas authorities, who had previously found games on the Missouri side, reported the same during separate checks.
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Kansas
City
Missouri
Gene Pond
Will Johns
Kansas City
Kas
Henry V. Johnson
Texas girl named Maid of Cotton chosen in 1948
Matilda-Lou Nail of Fort Worth Texas is selected as the 1948 Maid of Cotton over 21 finalists. She will tour about 30 cities including Paris and Manchester England advancing cotton industry goodwill.
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Memphis
Tenn
Matilda-Lou_ Nail
Fort Worth
Miss Nail
Paris
Manchester
England
Texas
Truman outlines foreign aid plan and domestic goals
President Truman delivers radio speech outlining European recovery aid figures, global cooperation aims, and a broad domestic program. He cites inflation dangers, calls for tax reforms after relief efforts, and supports civil rights expansion, Alaska and Hawaii statehood, and housing plans.
New York Seaboard Faces Acute Fuel Oil Shortage
Mayor William O Dwyer urged the U S Maritime Commission to add 20 tankers to ease a fuel oil shortage threatening the Northern Atlantic coast. Boston and Philadelphia reported emergencies while New Hampshire and Massachusetts leaders called for uninterrupted freight flow to avert hardship.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
William O'Dwyer
U. S
Newapolian
Boston
Philadelphia
Charles M. Dale
New Hampshire
AFL
Dale
Massachusetts
Robert F. Bradford
Maritime Commission
Congress
O’dwyer
Commission
Grass fire damages none on Sherman Street
A grass fire in the 500 block of Sherman Street was controlled by city firefighters at 3 15 P M Tuesday with no damage reported.
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Sherman Street
Republicans Attack Truman Message as Political Plot
GOP leaders criticized President Truman's congressional address as political demagoguery while Democrats praised the message. House figures called the cost of living tax plan political, and Wallace’s third party bid loomed in the background.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Congress
Halleck
Ind
House
Wallace Wallace
Wallace
Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means Committee
House Democratics
Rayburn
Texas
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Ronnie le Tease
Tion
Land suit before Morgan county court this afternoon
A case tigue a pi property was heard in Morgan county court with J D Whitten suing Effie Cook for the land Judge W H Long presiding Jurors Aubrey O Blankenship Bill Bradley Lem E Brown Theo Burrell Alfred J Garnett Jackson A Hale Horace Levin Clarence P Lowbar Rufus S Murphree Asa B Smith Emmett Williams and Thomas W Willingham serving A verdict for C V Mizell et al in a bank suit and H D Bynum awarded $70 damages in his case against E C Nix W R Moebes lost against Lonnie Lamon Namie Brown received $60 plus interest in her suit against Guyer Brown Rose K Hirsch vs Ewell K Gregg company dismissed Witness James Mitchell unable to attend set for next Tuesday Cases Flossie Self vs Clayton Blankenship Raymond Derrick vs Jd Derrick vs J H Hembree E F Watkins vs W W Turney and B F Chenault vs E J Ward et al continued Criminal jury cases to be heard for two weeks beginning Monday
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Morgan County
J. D. Whitten
Effie Cook
W. H. Long
Aubrey O. Blankenship
Bill Bradley
Lem E. Brown
Theo Burrell
Alfred J. Garnett
Jackson A. Hale
Horace Levin
Clarence P. Lowbar
Rufus S. Murphree
Asa B. Smith
Emmett Williams
Thomas
Guyer Brown
Rose
K. Hirsch
Ewell K. Gregg Company
James_Mitchell
W. R. Nelson
Flossie Self
Clayton Blankenship
Raymond Derrick
Jd. Derrick
Barter Players to Tour Across All States
Jaycees plan a traffic safety program with cooperation from civic groups. Fred Papenburg will lead the safety session with two Atlanta representatives and Decatur officials as guests. Attendance prize won by Bill Baldwin. Barter company members include Carroll McComas Owen Phillips Herbert Nelson Judith Jeffrey Marion Wilson James Reese Virginia Mattis. Barter players will perform top comedies and dramas in all forty eight states.
Occupation officials to pool manpower for postwar zones
General Clay and General Robertson discussed combining U S and British occupation staffs after noon talks. Officials say staffing will be pooled to save manpower with one position being eliminated as bipartite administration continues.
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Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
U. S
Germany
Ballot Debates Highlight Constitutional Session Amendment
The state constitution amendment would let the legislature convene for a 10 day special session on a two thirds vote of both houses, with only two sessions allowed every four years. Governors call sessions, and opponents cited it as hogtie politics while proponents said it would save funds. Local amendments on county taxes and schools drew scattered leads in election returns.
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House
Senate
Stum
Gorrocks
J. Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Folsom
DeKalb County
Marshall County
Bomb Kills Arabs in Jerusalem as Tensions Rise
In Jerusalem a bomb in the Jaffa Gate area kills 10 Arabs and injures others after Jews disguised as policemen arrive by armored car. A second bomb kills an Arab policeman and a Jew. a fleeing attacker is shot. The day brings further violence amid the Palestine partition dispute.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Issa Bandak
Bethlehem
Sheik Jarrah
Ramat Gan
United Nations
Holy Land
Forum to continue in Alabama after election
Folsom's Forum will be continued indefinitely though the campaign is over. Managing Editor Lee White said the weekly is now one of the state's top weeklies by circulation and that the governor will keep writing editorials as before. White would not release circulation figures yet.
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Montgomery
Ala
Folsom
James E. Folsom
Lee White
White
Party Funds Reported In Washington For 1947
Democratic headquarters report 315367 in the war chest for the presidential campaign while Republicans tally 28575 over expenses for 1947. Democrats show 141488 in banks, 656903 received, 727791 paid, with 22346 in unpaid bills and 85000 in loans receivable. Republicans report 733849 in contributions and 705274 in payments.
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Washington
Jan
House
Congress
Republican National Committee
H. S. Berg
Woodward
Ala
Dad Is Held in Death of Son in Alabama
William J. Houlton, 37, a Mont railroad fireman, waived preliminary hearing on charges of poisoning his four year old son in October. He posted a $10,000 bond and awaits grand jury action. The child’s body was exhumed after an autopsy found arsenic evidence. The mother, Annie Fay Houston, testified for the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
William J. Houlton
Mont
St . Waynes Ingrety
Recorder’s Court
Houlton
John B. Scott
G. A. Mosley
Houston
C. L. Kesler
Lyndale
Lewis Mille
Annie Fay Houston
Meyers Granted Bail With Conditions In Dual Indictments
New York defendant Meyers released on bond after one indictment. $1,000 of the bond redirected to the second indictment per District Attorney Morris Fay. Judge Pine ordered fingerprinting and photographing. Witness Lamarre tied to Meyers as a supposed Dayton plant head set to testify in the government case against the retired New York General.
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New York
George Morris Fay
Meyers
Pine
Lamarre
Senate War Investigating Committee
Dayton Aircraft
Rev Layman to Preach at Flint Baptist Church
The Flint Baptist church invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m and a preaching service at 11 a m led by Rev Horace Layman. Training Union meets at 6 p m with 7 p m sermon on Dying To Live. Midweek prayer and Bible study Thursday at 7 p m on Grace in Regeneration Repentance and Faith. Attendance rising. Sunday school 104 last week, 52 in Training Union.
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Flint Baptist Church
Horace Layman
The
Baptist Training Union
Training Union
Alabama grid schedule lists 1947 opponents and dates
Tuscaloosa Alabama January 7 Eight games on Alabama football schedule announced by Athletic Director Frank Thomas Southeast Conference foes Florida and Mississippi State not on 1947 slate Kentucky off since 1921. The schedule includes Tulane Vanderbilt Duquesne Tennessee Mississippi State Georgia Alabama Mississippi Southern Georgia Tech LSU Florida with homecoming on November 27 in Tuscaloosa.
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Ala
Southeastern Gon
University of Alabama
Frank Thomas
Florida
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Tulane
New Orleans
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Duquesne University
Tennessee
Knoxville
Starkville
Miss
Georgia
Birmingham
Mississippi Southern
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Louisiana State
Baton Rouge
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