Morgan County March of Dimes Campaign Under Way
Plans shape for Morgan county drive with William B. presiding and early contributions reported. Citizens urged to donate via The Daily and Morgan County headquarters. funds stay local or support national reserve. Board members include Dr Frank L. Chenault and A T Hanson with decatur ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morcounty
William B
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alabama
Cooper Wells
Morgan County
Eyster
March of Dimes Campaign
First Federal Savings and Loan Office
Second Avenue
Decatur
Morgan
Nose
the National Foundation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank L. Chenault
A. T. Hanson
Murphree
Lovelady
Hartselle
Six More Men Sign In Army Enlistments Reported
Six more local men enlisted for three years at the recruiting station. Ryan W. Smith joins the Signal Corps. Kirby W. Hill enters the regular army for service in Europe. Roy R. Hornsby and Bobby R. Walton enlist in the air force. William W. Tatum joins coast artillery. James T. Nance enters engineers with Alaska assignment. Walton won a Montgomery trip in 1945 for a war bonds record. Hornsby formerly worked for the Hartselle Enquirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan W. Smith
Annie E. Smith
Tanner
Signal Corps
Kirby W. Hill
J. H. Hill
Ardmore
Roy Richard Hornsby
O. L. Hornsby
Tuscaloosa
Bobby R. Walton
Frank
Denials and Senators Clash Over Marshall Plan Details
Senators questioned the plan's scope with Vandenberg saying nothing is sacrosanct about figures. Hickenlooper warned of too much educated guessing on finances while Jarman opposed micromanagement thinking broad principles suffice. Vorys pressed for clear directives and Marshall defended a flexible executive approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
Hickenlooper
Iowa
House
Rep
Jarman
D-Ala
Vorys
Truman
Deyom
Taft References Meat Price Controls and Rationing
Taft indicates support for price control and rationing on meat to begin before spring. The Agriculture Department may plan rationing under a forthcoming bill by Flanders, while Anderson favors executive timing power. Secretary Harris testified that Truman will need living cost controls tied to the European recovery program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olessing
Flanders
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Congress
Harris
House Foreign Affairs Ee
Truman
Market grain prices from Decatur market report
Decatur grain prices list No 1 soft wheat 3.12 per bushel. Ear milling white corn 2.48. Shell white corn 2.58. Ear yellow corn 243. Shell yellow corn 2.53. Feed ear white corn 2.36. Shelled feed white corn 2.46. Milo 3.65. Barley 1.81. Oats 1.42 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Nashville Livestock Quiet. Steady Trade Across Cattle Hogs Sheep
Nashville market reports a steady trade with strong closing, limited good cattle, mixed grades of steers 20 to 26 dollars, heifers 15 to 23, cows 11.50 to 18.50, bulls up to 22. Calves mostly lower with good veal 26 to 32. Hogs generally 50 cents lower, barrows 28 top, sows 22.75, lambs 23 to 25, ewes 8 or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Mos
North Georgia live poultry market unsettled in Atlanta
USDA report from Atlanta notes a unsettled North Georgia market with some buyers out of the market. Demand less active than last week and supply ample. Growers holding for higher prices while large buyers stay away. Most birds weighed 4 to 4 1 2 pounds. Fryers sold FOB farm mostly 38 to 39 cents with some lots at 39 1 2 to 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Butter and eggs show mixed gains and declines in Chicago market
Butter receipts total 415,947 with prices rising 1 to 21.2 cents per pound and grade scores ranging from 80 to 82.5. Eggs are weak with receipts 24,779 and prices largely unchanged to two cents lower per dozen for various U S extra and standard grades.
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Chicago
Jan
U. S
New York Cotton Futures Slip Amid Slow Trading
Cotton futures eased in slow dealings in New York with uncertainty over Washington foreign aid and weak grains. Dec consumption estimate 755000 bales vs 760000 in Nov and 776000 last December. late prices 25 to 70 cents lower. March 35.84, May 35.81, July 34.64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
New Orleans
New Cotton Exchange Service
Greek Drive Underway Against Guerrillas on Mt Parnassus
Athens dispatch reports a Greek offensive against 800 guerrillas on Mt Parnassus 75 miles northwest of Athens. Commando units landed from destroyers and gunboats near Iratini, seizing heights guarding guerrilla passes as troops police and air force press inland. The American mission to aid Greece noted inflation controls and a $300 million Treasury grant while addressing War Minister Stratos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mt. Parnassus
Gulf of Corinth
Iratini
Dwight P. Griswold
George Stratos
Political maneuvering surrounds General's presidential bid
IEE notes continued discussion on the General's possible run. Politicians observe he has not altered his stance while the public presses for clarity. Some feel he avoids direct involvement, yet his indirect influence remains evident as moves toward a Presidential race proceed without explicit consent.
Negotiations Open for Large Bechtel-McCone Plant
Atlanta officials and Birmingham leaders began talks on the 15 000 000 Bechtel McCone modification center project. War assets administrator Frank L. McGinnis said Atlanta businessmen may bid while Birmingham mayor Cooper Green sought reclassification of the site to an airport to join negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
War Assets Administration
Birmingham
Frank L. McGinnis
Cooper Green
WAA
Marine Corps Recruiters to Visit Decatur in January
Major John L. OConnell announced a Marine recruiting party will interview men ages 17 to 29 in Decatur on January 14 to 17. The Marine Corps office will be in the local post office from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M and reenlistment rules for former Marines are outlined with several rank regain timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. O'Connell
Marine Corps
Alabama
Decatur
Oros Ares
Warden Denies Money Paid for Capone Convict Transfers
Warden Joseph Sanford of the Atlanta federal penitentiary told a House subcommittee he is amazed by claims fees were paid to move four ex Al Capone gangsters from Atlanta to Alcatraz. He denied knowledge of improper payments and said any money cited was for attorneys, not bribes. The four convicts Philip D Andrea Charles Gice Paul Ricca and Louis Campagna were paroled last August after serving about a third of their ten year sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Joseph Sanford
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Busbey
R.-Nl
al Capone
Alcatraz
Sanford
House
Philip D’andrea
Charles Gice
Paul Ricca
Louis Campagna
NAB Chief Calls Petrilloan Economic Pirate in Hearing
Justin Miller president of the National Association of Broadcasters labeled James C. Petrillo an economic pirate and symbol of bad union leadership for allegedly using monopoly power over recordings radio and television to block technological progress. He warned the industry is being harmed by the union’s ban on record making and the use of musicians in TV broadcasts. The hearing chair noted a Los Angeles investigation accusing Petrillo of monopolistic control across musical production and urged amendments to Taft Hartley and related laws to curb such practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justin Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
House Labor Committee Today
James C. Petrillo
Miller
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
NAB
Hartley
R- NJ
Los Angeles
Railroads seek higher intrastate passenger fares in Alabama
Railroad spokesmen in Montgomery cite higher operating costs and declining passenger revenue as grounds to request the Alabama Public Service Commission’s approval to raise intrastate passenger fares. Louisville statistician H. W. Davis notes loss history for leading lines aside from 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
H. W. Davis
Louisville
L and N
Ac Ae
Protestant group formed to challenge church state ties
New organization Protestants And Other Americans United For The Separation Of Church And State released a manifesto calling to end the envoy to the Vatican and to block public funds for parochial schools. Knights of Columbus leader Jon E. Swift predicted the group will fail under its own intolerance and questioned its patriotic stance. Signers include Princeton Theological Seminary president John R. MacKay Colgate Rochester divinity school president Edwin McNeill Poteat and Methodist bishop G Bromley Oxnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jon E. Swift
Knights of Columbus
Washington
Vatican
Swift
United States
John R. MacKay
Princeton.theological Seminary
Edwin McNeill Poteat
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
New York Area
Louie D. Newton
Southern Baptist Convention
Charles Clayton Morrison
The
Christian Century
Four youths indicted in Atlanta for automobile wrecking
Fulton county grand jury indicts Harold Ferst 17 Ed Evans 17 Leonard Haas 16 and Danny Payne 19 on 11 counts of malicious mischief tied to wrecking cars. Payne also charged with three counts of simple larceny along with Ulysses S Seal Jr 18. Larceny charges cover theft of fender skirts and hub caps. Maximum penalties listed are 12 months on public works or six months plus $1000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fulton County
Harold Ferst
Ed Evans
Leonard Haas
Danny Payne
Payne
Ulysses S. Seal Jr
Seal
Georgia
Jo Davis Passes in Los Angeles Prominent Decatur Connection
Word of the death comes from Los Angeles where Jo Davis a leading business figure and husband of Stella Lyons formerly of Decatur died Sunday night. He was brother in law to Mrs W K McNeill of Decatur after a period of ill health Interment will take place in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jo Davis
City
Stella Lyons
Decatur
Davis
W. K. McNeill
Florida town gold hunt flags sprawling dig near bank
In Green Cove Springs a 4 000 resident town split over 80 year old G B Mobleys plan to dig for rumored pirate gold. Mobley staged a 24 hour operation with crane and pumps backed by Dr H H Humphries, aiming to uncover chests said to lie beneath a sidewalk near the city office and across from the bank. Mayor Ed Bradley warned terms hinge on recovering enough gold to cover about 850 000 in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Cove Springs
Fla
G.B. Mobley
Mobley
H. H. Humphries
Jacksonville
J. T. Conway
Palatka
Ed Bradley
Freedom Train sighting guides Austinville seniors
The Austinville high school senior class spent a Nashville trip visiting the Freedom Train and attractions such as the Parthenon Centiniel park Tennessee State Prison and the Tennessee War Memorial building. James G. Goodwin served as chaperone with a long list of seniors on the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville High School
Nashville
Tenn
Parthenon
Centiniel Park
Tennessee State Prison
Tennessee War
James G. Goodwin
Barbara Jones
Elaine Millwood
Dennis Taylor
Mary
Williams
Bobbie Jean Mitchell
Ethelene Crow
Wimberly and three charged with murder in Norris store death
The wounded man says Norris shot him with a .38 Smith Wesson pistol. Wimberly confessed Friday night and county and state officials obtained confessions ten days after Norris's death. Moore Campbell and Wimberly cannot be charged with armed robbery as nothing was stolen. all three face murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberly
Norris
Humphrey
Moore
Campbell
Negroes Plan State Suits in Alabama After Oklahoma Case
Arthur D. Shores stated that admitting a negro girl to the University of Oklahoma would not halt plans for similar suits in Alabama. Negro students are preparing applications to the University of Alabama and Alabama Polytechnic Institute and would sue if denied. The move follows a Montgomery NAACP meeting last year and targets Alabama’s out-of-state attendance funds as discriminatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Arthur D. Shores
Negro Eek
U. Supreme Court
University of Oklahoma
Alabama
Shores
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
National
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Montgomery
Ala
Local Updates From Decatur Area News
Mrs George Puckett and infant were discharged from Hamil clinic. A Daily moved from A and Wiley clinic to his home on Oak Street. J W Heustess Montgomery board clerk was in Decatur today. Sheriff Humphrey said one person was arrested for public drunkenness and another for violating prohibition. City police reported no accidents in the last 24 hours. Robert R Banks is seriously ill at his home on Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A P. Daily
A and Wiley Clinic
Brown
Iene
J. W. Heustess
Board of Revenue
Montgomery
Decatur
C. B. Humphrey
Robert R .Banks
Oak Street
Graham profits and losses in commodity trading amid hearings
A statement shows Graham made 6165.26 in commodities but lost 11012.86 in stocks for a net 4847.61 loss. He says all wheat and oats trades closed by Oct 6 1947 except a small remaining wheat position closed by October end. He denies insider info and loyalty to brokers, noting he is a surgeon not a financier. Stassen questions timing of exit and asserts no market exit before inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Grahame
Stassen
White House
Grain Exchange
Harry Brisker
Kansas City
Washington
Brisker
Bache and Co
Bache and Company
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army Royals
Pauley
Army
Ferguson
Appropriations Committee
Navy
Navy Department
En M. Brisker
Reersham
Southeastern church convocation opens in Atlanta
More than 400 religious leaders from 12 states and eight Protestant denominations gathered in Atlanta for a three day Southeastern church convocation. The meeting, arranged by the Southeastern inter council office, is co sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches the International Council of Religious Education and the Home Missions Council of North America. The event marks the first such convocation in the South and will be observed by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America executive committee. The bi monthly committee meeting will be held in Atlanta and include reports from the department of international justice on the United Nations and the European recovery program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southeast
Southeastern Intercouncil
Federal Council of Churches
International Council of Religious Education
Home Missions Council of North America
South
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
New York
Department of International Justice
United Nations
Suit Planned to Free 199 Tons of Explosives for Palestine
New York ex importer Leon ard M. Weisman announced at a news conference that he plans to sue to release 199 tons of explosives seized in New York state and New Jersey. He says the material, purchased with Jewish Agency funds for Hagana forces, should be sent to Palestine after obtaining export licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard M. Weisman
New York State
New Jersey
Palestine
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Weisman
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Hagana
Asbury Park
N. J
Saugerties
N. Y
Seneca
Romulus
War Assets Administration
WAA
Army Barge Afloat in Distress Near Alaska Peninsula
Coast Guard reports a self propelled Army barge BSP1927 with unknown aboard sinking near the Alaska peninsula while en route to aid the Aleutian Mail which ran aground on Unimak Island. Cutter Clover diverted from rescuing the Aleutian Mail to assist the distressed barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Coast Guard
Alaska Peninsula
Clover
Secret Testimony Heard In Graham Inquiry Subpanel
A subcommittee spent hours hearing secret testimony from an unnamed witness who refused to reveal his name to reporters as part of the Graham inquiry. The witness testified during last night’s session after previously being linked to secret wheat futures tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Sakenieniinia
Fef
Graham Uiry
Uniden
Frigid Wave Spreads Across Midwest and South
A cold wave from Canada pushes temperatures to minus readings in the Midwest with Duluth and International Falls reaching 12 below. Minneapolis 1 below and North Dakota plus Denver report sub freezing lows as Oklahoma City and Fort Worth hover around 24 and 30. Rainfall noted from Virginia to Hartford while Los Angeles records a 50 degree low.
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Associated Press
Mid- West
Oklahoma
Texas
Canada
Minnesota
Duluth
International Falls
Minenapolis
North Dakota
Denver
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Seaboard
Gulf States
Virginia
Hartford
Conn
Los Angeles
Grant Given to Howard and Birmingham Southern College
The General Education Board approved a 300000 grant to Howard University and Birmingham Southern College conditional on raising 2200000 in a joint campaign. Each school would receive 1250000. Howard plans new campus buildings in Shades Valley and Birmingham Southern earmarks 500000 for building and 750000 for endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
General Education Board
Howard
Birmingham-Southern College
Tony
Harwell G. Davis
George. R. Stuart
Birmingham- Southern
Shades Valley
Birmingham-Southern
Death takes Mrs White in Danville area services
Funeral services for Mrs. E. T. White, 72, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Johnson's chapel with Rev. Sam Stabler presiding. Interment follows at the adjoining cemetery Peck's directing. Mrs. White died Monday at 4 p.m. at her home in Danville after a long illness. Surviving: husband, two daughters Mrs. C. A. Carpenter Eldorado Ark and Miss Nettie White Danville 3. three sons Alvie Martselle 2 Millard Danville 3 and Gurnie Decatur. three brothers C. M. Brown Richland Tex R. R. Brown Jr Martselle 2 and Farris Brown Stanford Tex. Nephews will be pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. White
Johnson's Chapel
Sam Stabler
Peck
Alvie
Martselle
Millard
Danville
Gurnie
Decatur
C. M. Brown
Richland
Tex
R. R. Brown
Farris Brown
Stanford
Marriages Recorded in Daily Records
Leverne Herman Williams of Decatur aged 25 wed Agnes Beulah Fria of Athens aged 18. Homer Leon Cochran 35 of Cullman married Claude Vesta Young of Cullman. Deeds show transfers including Zila Aldridge and Ella Aldridge to A H Nabord and Nabors, $1. Anna Laura Fusch to J J Her ring, $2500. Other transfers include C Napps to John, T Downs to W 1 White to Glen K Stewart and Royon Wyatt to Gell Mullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverne Herman Williams
Decatur
Agnes Beulah Fria
Athens
Homer Leon Cochran
Cullman
Claude Vesta Young
Zila Aldridge
A. H. Nabord
Ella Aldridge
A. H. Nabors
Anna Laura Fusch
J. J Herring
Cc. C. Napps
John
T. Downs
White
Glen K. Stewart
Royon Wyatt
Gell Mullins
Health Leaders Convene at State Public Health Conference
About 350 public health leaders from across the state attend the second session of their annual conference in the capital. J. C. Clarke and G. Sussell Wright of the State Health Department open with talks on malaria and typhus control. Several other doctors from Auburn, Alabama universities, and Birmingham are listed for talks on preventable diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. C. Clarke
G. Sussell Wright
State Health Department
Clarke
Wright
Pawh«Irvine
Auburn
W .H. Y. Smith
Neige Todhunter
University of Alabama
Thomas M. Boulware
Beach Chenoweth
Birmingham
Tom Haggenmaker dies after long illness at 82
Tom Haggenmaker, 82, a retired Limestone county farmer, died at his Athens home Tuesday morning after a five year illness. Last rites are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. from his residence with interment in Bottoms cemetery. He is survived by six sons Will Walter Otis Bruce Henry and Frank Haggenmaker all of Athens, along with three sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Haggenmaker
Limestone County
Athens 7
Bottoms Cemetery
Mutual Service
Will
Walter
Otis
Bruce
Henry
Frank Haggenmaker
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Marshal
Marshall
State Department
Taft
IEE
Czar
Santa Monica
Calif
Corp
Robert Stratmann
Fort Ord
Arthur Nossett
C. Head
Florida
Charles Sheldon
Tiny Animal
George Puckett
Hamil Clinic
Mrs. White
Capital
Tom Haggenmaker
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