Jobs Getting Harder to Find in Alabama as Year Opens
The state industrial relations director reports mixed signals in Alabama’s job market. More people were employed than in any peacetime January, wages rise in some sectors, yet jobs are harder to find and job hoppers are being passed over as employers emphasize prior work records. Layoffs occur in shipyards and textiles with shorter weeks in some areas. engineers chemists and accountants remain in demand. On Jan 1, 612000 Alabamians were employed, 44,374 applied for jobs, and unemployment veteran numbers shifted from 13,816 to 8,500 with readjustment allowances down.
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Montgomery
Phere
Alabama
Fleetwood Darnley
Berlin crisis deepens as trenching tightens zone control
Reported notes from Berlin describe a call for a strong stand against Soviet pressure and hints of a separate East German government after Bonn's constitutional moves. Russian and German police tighten inspections, limiting overland flows while small numbers of vehicles still pass with consent papers. The piece notes U.S. road safety fatalities averaging about 100000 annually.
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Bonn
Alexander Kotikov
Berlin
Wall Street Advances on Sharp Weekly Market Rise
The market gained the sharpest weekly total since October with about 1.4 billion added in market value on the New York Exchange. After a weak start the week saw broad participation and the Associated Press index held at 65.9 as 291 advancers vs 230 decliners amid a 370 million share volume.
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William D. Horgan
New York
New York Exchange
Associated Press
Soybean selling drives sharp Board of Trade losses
Heavy selling hit Chicago soybeans with broad weakness across grains and hogs. Wheat May contracts fell to about 2.23, corn May around 1.46, oats May near 0.765, rye May about 1.67, and soybeans March around 2.49 while lard January dipped to 15.50.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Cotton futures fall as general selling widens losses
General selling drove cotton futures sharply lower in late trading with deferred contracts hardest hit. Prices closed 35 cents to 1.20 a bale down from the previous close as weakness in grains and fats oils weighed on the market and trade buying subsided.
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New York
Wanted Advertiser Draws Flood of Applicants
The Athens Daily Review ran a bold front-page appeal titled Wanted: One Advertiser after placing an ad offering a rent free house to any taker. The mystery advertiser failed to provide contact details yet the paper was swamped with responses and secured a new advertiser who arrived quickly.
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Athens
Tex
Athens Daily Review
H. M. Kemp
Review
Bottle message travels from Whitby to Denmark
Richard Day aged 12 tossed a bottle into the sea at Whitby in October. Finn Nielson aged 16 found the bottle near his home in Hjorring Denmark and sent a reply message back in January.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
England
Richard Day
Finn Nielson
Hjorring
Denmark
What is Sciatica and its treatment by adjustments
Sciatica is inflammation of the sciatic nerve causing pain in the hip region that can be dull or sharp, with possible paralysis if severe. Relief may come from adjustments to correct misaligned vertebrae, which reduce nerve pressure and inflammation. early treatment speeds recovery and may prevent permanent damage.
Falkville church to study rural life program
Falkville Methodist church board plans a weekly study using The Church, And The Rural Community. Rev. Woodfin K. Grove leads discussions each Wednesday at 7 pm from January 12 through February in the church social hall, linking national rural life conference findings to local needs.
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Board of Education
Falkville
Woodfin K. Grove
National Methodist Rural Life Conference
Lincoln
Nebraska
America
Falk
Ville Churen
Classified Ad Meet Opens in Nashville with Managers
Fourteen states will be represented as the Southern Classified Advertising Managers Association opens a three day session in Nashville Tennessee. T Frank James Jr of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat will speak as first vice president of the national association. An election of officers and directors will conclude the meeting Tuesday afternoon. Attendees come from Alabama North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Mississippi and Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Classified Advertising Managers Association
T. Frank James Jr
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
James
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Reds attack north flank as Suchow siege grows
Chinese forces push southward near Suchow and Pengpu as the encircled government garrison north of the Hwai faces heavy assaults. Reports say the Reds claim over 30 000 enemy losses and accuse gas use while dissension and halted fighting surface around Tientsin amid surrender talks and city council appeals.
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Page One
Hwai
Suchow
Pengpu
Nanking
Associated Press
San Francisco
Tientsin
Peiping
Spencer Moosa
Government spending plans exceed expected revenues
President Truman proposes large new programs totaling over 15 billion dollars annually, including public works housing and education. Officials acknowledge not all can be adopted in one year and warn against overpromising that could endanger the economy and federal finances.
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Lawrence Seaway
Halleck
United States
Georgia Legislators Face Big Question Over Finance Issues
Georgia lawmakers face six major bills shaping taxes budgets voting rules highway governance county units and home rule. Key figures include Gov. Herman Talmadge and Rep. Charles Gowen with debates over new taxes voting lists registration and local control reforms.
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Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Battey
Talmadge
Highway Board
Highway Department
Congress
Charles Gowen
Brunswick
Gowen
German Editor Finds U S Hatred of Nazis Dying
Frankfurt dispatch reports Heinrich Kierzek of Fuldner Volkszeitung found Americans no longer hate Germans since Nazism fell. He cites high taxes funding Western European rebuilding, questions U S military governance in Germany, and notes pride in German origins among many Americans, while observing racial tensions in the South.
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Frankfurt
United States
Germany
Heinrich Kierzek
Fuldner Volkszeitung
Kierzek
America
Europe
U. S
Fulda
Himsel
Hospital transfers and local notices in Morgan County
A local column records hospital moves and births including Mrs. C T Long moved by Mutual Service ambulance from Decatur 3 to Hartselie hospital, Mrs James Perry convalescing at 1812 Avenue, and Addison Poole admitted to Decatur General. Other items note Miss Frankie McAnally ill at Decatur General and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Frank Roberts Jr at Hamil clinic. The piece also mentions Jules Sparkman’s eye treatment, a Morgan County Singing Convention attendance, and a rumor about Guntersville dam being false.
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C. T. Long
Decatur
Hartselie Hospital
Mutual Service
James Perry
1812 Avenue
Decatur General Hospital
Frankie McAnally
Somerville 2
Frank Roberts Jr
Hamil Clinic
Morgan County
Jules
Sparkman
Austinville
West End Hospital
Birmingham
Hartselle
Floods Crest Across Mississippi Towns Deluge Missouri River
In Columbus Mississippi two rivers receded from near crest levels that forced about 3000 people from flooded homes. Emergency crews reinforced levees around Greenwood while Yazoo river forecasts warn of a 39 foot crest next Tuesday. Red Cross sheltered about 45 families at Greenwood air base as surrounding areas reported losses to livestock lands and homes. No fatalities reported though rail and highway disruptions persisted.
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Columbus
Miss
U. S. Weather Bureau
W. R. Stevens
New Orleans
Parchman
Greenwood
Yazoo
Allen D. Safford
Red Cross
Greenwood Air Base
Tombigbee
Luxapalila
Frisco Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Artesia
Tupelo
Frisco
GM and O
Riverside High School Comedy It Happened To Sweeney
Riverside dramatics class directed by Miss Mary Louise Garrett performed a one act comedy It Happened To Sweeney during assembly. Cast included Miss Watkins Mary Charles Delmore Alma Harvey Robert Sweeney and others. Students also viewed The Fight For Independence film about the signing of the Declaration. Exams begin January 18.
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Marian Chandler
Riverside High School
Mary Louise Garrett
Sweeney
Miss Watkins
Mary Charles Delmore
Miss Perkins
Alberta Harvey
Robert Sweeney
Thomas Bolding
Humphrey Cass
Oakley Rogers
Hymie Simpkins
Tommy _ Fitzpatrick
Marcelle Denning
Irma Black
Winter Storm Strands Motorists Around Rapid City
Snow and cold halted plow operations as plows battled huge drifts near Rapid City South Carolina on Saturday and rescued seven stranded motorists. Train service neared normal while highways remained uncleared and Nebraska saw up to 40 inches of snow. Forecasters expected the new storm to be less intense than the prior week.
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Rapid City
S. C
Nebraska
Farmers Need Government Help Says Union Leader
In Shrewsbury England on January 8 J K Knowles NFU general secretary told a speech that British farmers can reach 150 percent of prewar output in 1952 if they receive more government aid. He urged new capital investment more labor and larger allocations of animal feedstuffs.
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Shrewsbury
England
J. K. Knowles
National Farmers Union
Malaya Moves Toward Its Own Navy in Singapore Plan
Malaya plans a naval force with a bill to establish it to be presented to the Singapore Legislative Council. Enlistment in the new force will be open to British subjects and is part of a broader move toward regional naval defense.
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Malaya
Singapore
Singapore Legislative Council
Fuller rites held for Haleyville resident
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at First Baptist Church Haleyville with burial in Haleyville cemetery. Survived by widow and three sons L C Fuller Jr Joe and Richard a student at Auburn.
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Fuller
First Baptist Church
Haleyville
L. C. Fuller Jr
Joe Fuller
Richard Fuller
Auburn
Singapore to Back Malaya Navy Plan Says Governor
Text fragment notes the federation and Singapore seeking funds for a naval force. The governor will determine the force size with Singapore and Malaya citizens.
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Federation
Malaya
Singapore
Egypt agrees to talk truce with Zionist leaders
Egypt confirms it will negotiate a Palestine armistice with Israel marking a shift from 1939 policy against direct talks. The move comes after UN mediator announcements and includes Egyptian rebukes of some Arab allies. Abdal Rahman Azzam Pasha cites hesitation of Arab nations as fighting continues in Palestine.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Palestine
Foreign Office
New York
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Britain seeks Security Council meeting over plane incident
Shone interrupted his weekend to draft the protest to Israel at his New York office. London instructed immediate action as Britain claims Israeli forces shot down five planes over the Egyptian front. A Jewish spokesman in Tel Aviv said at least four were downed. Bunche told a reporter he had received no official report.
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Security Council
Shone
New York
Israel
Foreign Office
London
Lel Aviv
Bunche
Lake Success
James M. Long
Tel Aviv
United Nations
Air Ministry
Trans-Jordan
Aqaba
Red Sea
Abdullah
Britain
Middle East
Rafa
Israel Says Jewish Air Force Downs Four British Planes
Israeli military spokesman reports that Jewish air force and anti aircraft downed at least four British planes near the Rafa border as cease fire nears. One RAF pilot captured, fate of others unknown. Egyptian aircraft also counted among those downed. Britain accuses Israel of unprovoked attack and warns pilots to treat Israeli aircraft as hostile.
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RAF
Egypt
Timothy John Meelhan
No. 208
United Nations
Palestine
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Alro
U. N
Negev
Rafa
Scott Rites Sunday For Former Highway Director Scott
Former State Highway Director George Scott aged 72 to be buried in Montgomery after funeral services scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Memory Chapel. Scott served twenty years with the Highway Department and died Friday in Clearwater Florida after a brief illness.
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Scott
Montgomery
Ala
George—Gaston Scott
Highway Department
Clearwater
Fla
Village smithy of Crichton dies in Mobile area
Frank A. Cazalas longtime Crichton blacksmith who ran a shop for three decades died today in Mobile. As the suburb grew he shifted to public service with Mobile County, working 18 years in the road department before retirement.
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Mobile
Ala
Crichton
Frank A. Cazalas
Road Department
Vessel Stranded on Shoal Near Mobile Bay
Wind and choppy seas hindered attempts to move the vessel from a shoal near the mouth of Mobile bay where it has been stuck since Wednesday.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
New Sanatorium Contract Aims For May Groundbreaking
The Daily reports plans to construct a tuberculosis sanatorium funded by federal and state governments and 12 North Alabama counties. A 90 acre site across Highway from the current county hospital will host a scalable building. Norman Harris represents Region 1 tuberculosis sanatorium trustees.
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North Alabama
Persent County Sanatorium
Norman Harris
Board of Trustees of
Region 1 Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Orer
Board of Truste Id Coma
Morgan County National Bank assets and liabilities report 1949
Morgan County National Bank in Alabama's year end 1948 report lists total assets of 8 969 700 62 and total deposits of 8 596 784 55. It shows cash and government securities, loans, bank premises, and other assets with detailed figures and notes. J W Darrah, cashier, swore to the statements on January 7, 1949.
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Federal Reserve Bank
United States
State OF Alabama
County OF Morgan
J. W. Darrah
Chas. H. L.A. Neill
W. Strother
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