Negro Wins Court Edict in Alabama Discrimination Case
Alabama Supreme Court reverses lower court on dismissal of Ruby Jackson Gaines a Jefferson County teacher. The ruling sends the case back to federal court for further proceedings noting the board failed to answer the original writ and must justify reinstatement or dismissal with proper minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court Today
Jefferson County
Ruby Jackson Gaines
Jefferson
Mandamius
Supreme Court
Joel B. Brown
Bowron
Alabama
Justice Brown
John E. Bryan
Third Par
Boare
Circuit Court
Train collision near Wales cites slick track cause
A train incident near Wales about five miles north of Pulaski and twenty miles from the Alabama border involved a bird strike and a slide into an adjoining train due to the slick track.
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Wales
Pulaski
Alabama
Two Die in Rock Island Train Collision Near Little Rock
Two Rock Island trains collided head on near Little Rock injuring at least eight others. Engineer W L Martin 58 North Little Rock died in the cab and an unidentified black woman passenger perished. Grady Herr Little Rock sustained severe burns and his fireman G W May lost a leg. Fireman J C McDaniel suffered head lacerations as crews used saws to free victims from the wreckage near Riverdale Country Club golf course.
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Little Rock
Rock Island
W. L. Martin
North Little Rock
Martin
Grady Herr
G. W. May
Herr
J. C. McDaniel
Memphis
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Riverdale Country Club
County board to match funds for school expansion
The county board will match money dollar for dollar for school improvements. In six weeks funds may be available if the issue passes. Plans include adding four to six classrooms per building and upgrading existing facilities. Officials note prior improvements were limited to an auditorium at Morgan County High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Morgan County High
Ruth Thompson
J. H. Cain
Morcounty High School
Pneumonia Fatal to Tanner Child
Final rites are scheduled for Sander Lee Dugger, 18 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Zeno Dugger of Tanner. The child died Thursday at 2 05 AM after bronchial pneumonia following a several months illness. Surviving are the parents and grandmothers Mrs Arrie Gordon and Mrs Minnie Dugger. Interment will be in the chapel cemetery Howell directing. The cortege leaves the residence at 9 45 AM Friday from Johnsons chapel.
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Sander Lee Dugger
Zeno Dugger
Tanner
Johnson's Chapel
H. T
Howell
Arrie Gordon
Minnie Dugger
Discrimination charge denied by registrar official
Gus Thompson of the Jefferson County Board of Registrars rejected claims of voter registration discrimination in Birmingham on January 15. The denial emphasizes equal access to the registration process and upholds existing procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Aia
Gus Thompson
Memaw
Jefferson County Board Registrars
Markets Wall Street Rates Mixed After Tepid Session
In New York the stock market posted partial recoveries but many leading issues stayed weak as the day closed with a cautious tone. Turnover slipped to around 750 000 shares, bonds mixed, cotton down 10 to 35 cents per bale, Chicago grains rallied with wheat up 1 2 to 3 4 cents and corn and oats moving modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Chicago
Decatur and Chicago Commodity and Price Report
Decatur grain prices for soft wheat corn milo barley oats listed. Chicago butter gains with receipts 258,813 and average scores for grade AA to C. Eggs unsettled with varied prices across U S standards and receipts 16,842.
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Decatur
Chicago
U. S
Poultry market in North Georgia shows weak undertone
North Georgia live poultry market eases with an undertone. Prices held in a unchanged range but offerings were ample to meet moderate to slow demand. Processors bought cautiously given the slow dressed fryer demand. Prices paid FOB farm for fryers of all sizes averaged 38 to 39 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
New York Cotton Futures Suffer Mixed Session
Cotton futures opened weak with long liquidation and hedging near $1 per bale, then recovered much of the losses on light mill buying and small covers. Trading slowed due to weak textile demand and uncertain export prospects with late- afternoon quotes down 5 to 35 cents. March 35.69 May 35.68 July 34.59.
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New York
England
Nashville Livestock Market Prices Report
Federal State Departments of Agriculture tally Nashville cattle receipts as modest and near steady with cows and calves showing limited movement. Hogs and sheep also hold steady with varying weights and price ranges across categories.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Cold wave chills Montgomery and Miami as heating fears rise
At Montgomery Alabama the thermometer fell to 15 in the airport area and 20 in the city with the coldest winter reading. A gas shortage threatened as heavy demand stretched lines while plants cut back to conserve fuel. Palm Beach crops escaped frost due to winds though fear of wind decline and crop damage lingered. Public schools in Miami closed amid freezing conditions.
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Mongomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Gas Company
Montgomery
South Florida
Palm Beach
H. L. Speer
Miami
VFW Auxiliary to Install Officers Tonight
The VFW Auxiliary meets at 7:30 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars clubrooms on Second Avenue for officer installation directed by Mrs. Mary Stephenson of Huntsville district president. All officers urged to attend and prospective members urged to apply before charter membership closes.
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VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Second Avenue
Mary Stephenson
Huntsville
Auxil
Explosion damages tanker Ellis Hills at Todd Shipyards
A blast tore a 50 foot gash in the tanker Ellis Hills at Todd Shipyards drydock Hoboken New Jersey on January 15. No injuries reported among repair crews. cause of the explosion remains undetermined.
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Hoboken
N. J
Todd Shipyards
Trapped Woman Dies After Six Days Under Piano
Seattle January report says 69 year old Mrs Bertha r died after being trapped for six days with a foot wedged beneath a piano in her lonely home. Neighbors found her last Thursday but she could not speak to explain how the accident happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bertha R
Arnall Calls Alabama Self Starter Vote a Liberal Triumph
Former Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall called Alabama's self starter amendment defeat a triumph for liberal forces and said the people want Governor Folsom to lead progress. He noted Georgia's similar provision exists but cautioned that success depends on governor and legislature. Arnall spoke at Auburn and planned a Pensacola forum after touring Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Npt
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Alabama
Arnall
James E. Folsom
Capitol
Folsom
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Pensacola
Fla
Arabs Plan Occupation of Palestine Says Arab League
Cairo January 15 Assa Dagir chief of the Arab League press section reported the league recommends Arab nations occupy all Palestine with regular armies. Britain said it will terminate its mandate May 15 and evacuate by August 1. Assad said the plan is a recommendation not binding on individual states and warned against an international police force before British departure. The Arabs vow to fight partition and consider foreign guards only if needed to protect nationals.
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Cairo
Assaé Dag? Er
Arab League
League
Palestine
Britain
Assaf
Assad
United Nations
Holy Land
League Council
F C Pettey Called Home Funeral Rites Set
Last rites for Forrest O Pettey 53 will be at Central Baptist Church Friday at 3 p.m. Rev Carl Roberts and Rev J Bonkemeyer will officiate. Burial in city cemetery. Brown's directing. Died Wednesday at 5 pm after two weeks pneumonia treatment at Baugh and Wiley clinic. He was an L N employee 35 years, past 14 years in Louisville shops. Survived by widow Hilda, son Elliott L Pettey, Decatur. daughter in Decatur. father J H Pettey, Decatur. sister Mrs John B Lile, Memphis. brothers E H Pettey owner, R H Pettey Decatur, D E Pettey Greensboro N C. Active pallbearers named. Masons to handle graveside.
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Forrest O. Pettey
Central Baptist Church
Carl Roberts
J. Bonkemeyer
City Cemetery
Brown
Seventh Avenue W
Pettey
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
L&n
Louisville
Morgan County
Hilda Pettey
Decatur
Elliott L. Pettey
J.H. Pettey
John B. Lile
India warns UN of possible full scale war with Pakistan
India told the United Nations Security Council that a wider war with Pakistan could erupt unless the UN acts to halt Kashmir fighting. In opening remarks Foreign Minister Gopalaswami Ayyangar said a small war is already ongoing in the region.
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Lake Success
India
United Nations Security Council
Pakistan
U. N
Kashmir
Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Restrictive Pact On Homes At Stake
The Supreme Court hears final arguments in a 30 year fight over race covenants that bar non whites from white neighborhoods in Detroit St Louis and Washington. The case tests if such deeds are constitutional and court enforceable and involves the NAACP and the Justice Department pushing against these private restraints in housing.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Detroit
St. Louis
Justice Department
Philip B. Perlman
United States
States
District of Columbia
Rutledge
Reed
Jackson
U S Funds To State Bared
Federal grants totaling 16 493 342 for social security health education welfare and vocational rehabilitation were received by Alabama for the year ending June 30 1947. The sum excludes state and local funds used for these programs. Benefits were paid to 173 987 Alabamians in 1946 47 with 6 167 000 for old age relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Social Security Agency
Test Sought For Mother In Slaying Case
Solicitor Emmett Perry asked the county to fund a psychiatric examination of Mrs Dorothy Fitzhugh 22 of Vinesville to determine if mental disturbance occurred when she allegedly strangled her three year old son Johnny with a diaper The confession was signed after financial difficulties were cited.
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Birmingham
Emmett Perry
Dorothy Fitzhugh
Johnny
Perry
John Foster
State plants to receive bulk of 3 million pound rubber shipment
The Gadsden and Tuscaloosa plants are to get a large share of a 3,000,000-pound crude rubber cargo discharged at Alabama’s state docks by the freighter Talissee. The rubber from the Far East goes mainly to three tire firms including B F Goodrich in Tuscaloosa and Goodyear in Gadsden. The Department of Commerce notes over 7,000,000 pounds valued at $1,000,000 were shipped through Mobile during 1947.
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Mobile
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Alabama State Docks
Far East
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Hub caps stolen from parked car in Sherman Street garage
Police seek suspects after four hub caps and a clock were stolen from a Ford sedan belonging to B. C. Shelton on Sherman Street. The car was parked in a garage at the time of the theft.
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B. C. Shelton
Sherman Street
Shelton
Troxler Talks on Communism at Decatur Kiwanis Meeting
Rev. John Troxler of Westminster Presbyterian spoke at the Decatur Kiwanis Club at Hotel Lyons on the origin growth and aims of communism. He traced its beginnings a century ago and argued Lenin Stalin and modern leadership seek global control while destroying capitalism and the middle class.
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John Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
W. W. Glass
William B. Eyster
March of Dimes
Edwin Wyle
Bissell
William Sims
James L. Rankin
Huelma
Mueller
A. L. Johnson
Julian Bibb Jr
Morgan County Service
Kiwanis Club
Fred Hunt, Jr
Kiwanis
Mobile
Floyd Smith
Murphy
Harold Michelson
Rev
Troxler
Workers of the World
Nicoli Lenin
Lenin
Stalin
Loomis Appeal Weighs Before Georgia Supreme Court
Homer Loomis Sr of New York asks the Georgia supreme court to void the law used to convict his son Homer Loomis Jr, organizer of The Columbians, for usurping police power. The elder says the jury was swayed by empty words and the indictment was incredible. The state lawyer says constitutionality had not been ruled before. Loomis Jr, sentenced to four and a half years for leading a police style group targeting negroes in white areas.
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Atlanta
Homer Loomis
New York
Georgia Supreme Court
Georgia
Brown
Homer Loomis, Jr
Loomis
Walter Lecraw
Supreme Court
Train and Truck Hit at Crossing in Davenport
Dan Combee aged 46 of Davenport was killed when his truck collided with the Havana special southbound at a railroad crossing. The locomotive left the rails and about 1,000 feet of track were damaged. No train passengers or crew were hurt. Repairs took about four hours to restore rail service.
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Davenport
Fla
Dan Combee
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
Program Reorganized Washington
The fish and wildlife service announced a reorganization of its 10 state cooperative wildlife research programs and plans to re establish units in three more states. Dr Logan J Bennett who founded the Iowa unit in 1935 and the Pennsylvania unit three years later is placed in charge. Couch assistant director of wildlife research said he will be stationed at Washington.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Logan J. Bennett
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Couch
Jet fighters fly Miami to Washington in record test flight
The 336th squadron of the fourth fighter group completed a 970 mile nonstop flight from Miami to Andrews Field in two hours and 15 minutes. Lt. Col. Nathan H. Abbott led the mission described as a squadron test. The P-80 Shooting Stars previously visited Miami for an air show, with the May 1946 Maxwell Field jet flight noted as a milestone.
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Miami
Fla
Washington
Andrews Field
Air Force
Nathan H. Abbott
Burlington
Maxwell
Ruhr Strike Threatens as Union Leaders Weigh 24 Hour Protest
Berlin reports a potential general strike in the Ruhr as anti communist groups flag a 24 hour work stoppage to protest food shortages. Unofficial word says actions could hit Muelheim Duisburg and Dinslaken at 6 AM tomorrow amid mass unrest fears.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Berlin
Ruhr
Germany
Duesseldorf
Muehlheim
Duisburg
Dinslaken
Navy lays up battleships amid personnel shortage
The Navy decommissions the 45,000 ton New Jersey and Wisconsin due to a manpower shortage, leaving only the Iowa and Missouri active. New Jersey will be kept at Bayonne after decommissioning, Wisconsin at Norfolk, with crews of about 2,700 per ship and overall enlisted strength at 362,000, expected to fall to 320,000 by April.
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Washington
Navy
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Iowa
Pacific
Atlantic
Naval
New York
Bayonne
N. J
Norfolk
Ball Questions Infal libility of Yalta Big Three Advisor
Ball challenged the credibility of an international strategist who advised at Yalta Teheran and Potsdam claiming blunders contributed to current crises. He urged the State Department to back concrete projects to boost Europe’s coal steel food and transportation instead of relying on assurances. No State Department witnesses appeared before the Senate or House committees. The Senate recalled Royall for extra testimony on occupation policy and the Marshall plan. Defense Secretary Forrestal was listed for a House appearance.
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Ball
Yalta
Teheran
Potsdam
State Department
Europe
Senate Committee
Hcouse—Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Army
Royall
Germany
Forrestal
House Committee
Red Star Attacks U.S. Air Generals as War Mongers
Moscow January 15 The army newspaper Red Star denounces U S air force generals as war mongers in what observers say is a response to President Truman s air policy commission report. The commission urges rapid expansion of the air force with a target date of 1953 and calls for about 4.15 billion dollars this year and 5.45 billion next year.
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Moscow
Red Star
U. S.air Force
Truman
Air Policy Commission
U. S
Air Force
Birmingham Industrialist Proposes Assembly Line Homes
John Fontaine of Fontaine Truck Equipment Co bids $1,400,000 to buy the former Bechtel-McCone war facility in Birmingham as a site for an assembly line housing project aiming to produce 6,000 two-bedroom homes per year. If awarded, he would seek additional space for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
John Fontaine
Fontaine Truck Equipment Co
Fontaine
Community News Roundup Reports Local Police and Hospital Updates
City police arrested four people for public drunkenness and other infractions. Hospital admissions include Mrs. W J Craig and Mrs. J R Sims. a fire at Clarence Davis’s home caused only minor damage. Local church youth group plans a Saturday outing and prayer service. Building permits issued for a three room house at 826 W Lafayette Street. Several births announced at Decatur General hospital and Baugh and Wiley clinic.
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Henry Fletcher
W. Lafayette Street
Government officials push proposed price controls on key commodities
Harriman signals possible ceilings on textiles steel lumber and farm machinery while Krug pledges a 60 day freeze on coal fuel oil gasoline and other petroleum products if Congress grants authority The Interior study will decide if price cuts or longer controls follow and Maybank opposes Harriman plans as Truman urges rapid enactment of a broad anti inflation program with selective wage and price controls Republicans oppose any action in general
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Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Department
Congress
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Secretary of Interior
Krug
Interior Department
Banking Committee
Maybank
Mr. Truman
Conservation of Fuel to Be Urged
President Truman is expected to order strict fuel oil and gasoline conservation by all government agencies, per Max W. Ball head of Interior oil and gas division. He warned the shortage is more serious than a winter emergency and could last four to five years, voiced to state coordinators, officials and oil industry reps aiming to ease Eastern and Midwestern shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Max W. Ball
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Ball
Peace plea urged global strategy for world peace
The Federal Council Of Churches Of Christ In America called for a global strategy to achieve a warless world. Rev Walter W Van Kirk spoke at the Southeastern church convention in Atlanta urging churches in every country to unite for durable world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Walter W. van Kirk
Churches of Christ In America
Presbytery Meets Here in Huntsville
The Huntsville Presbytery holds a one day winter session at Westside Church with 22 North Alabama churches represented. Rev. Houston Peyton will preside and delegates to the Seattle national assembly will be chosen. Lunch served by Ladies Aid. Rev Hugh J. May to be installed at Willoughby Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Westside Presbyterian Church
North Alabama
Houston Peyton
Athens Lrst Presbyterian Church
National Assembly
Seattle
Wash
Hugh J. May
March of Dimes Campaign in Morgan County Climbs
The Morgan County chapter raises funds for infantile paralysis relief through a countywide drive. Over 100 collection boxes in businesses, mail and street solicitations, and events at motion picture houses promote the campaign led by chairmen and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
Franklin D. Velt
Gan County
Morgan County
National Foundation
William B. Eyster
American Legion Auxiliary
R. B. Freeman
Bertha Timberlake
VFW
C. A. Culver
Decatur Motion Picture Houses
Margaret
Margaret O'Brien
Princess and Roxy
Spinsters Club
Jacqueline Johnson
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Marguerite South
H. L. Ogle
Deeds and Transfers Listed in Daily Records
O. C hilders to Mrs W B Childers 1 dollar. Olen Phillips Livingston to Joe E Terry 1 dollar. J M Moore to J B Moore 1 dollar. J M Moore to W B Moore 1 dollar. George Roberts to Howard Eugene Johnson 175 dollars. Mae Sut Watterson et al to E B Hames 5750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Childers
W. B Childers
Oy Olen Phillips Livingston
Joe E. Terry
J. M. Moore
J.B. Moore
W. B. Moore
George Roberts
Howard Eugene Johnson
Mae Sut Watterson
E. B. Hames
Vatican May Extend War Time Abstinence Decree
A Vatican source said the wartime decree exempting Catholics from abstinence could be extended through 1948 due to war and postwar conditions. No official Vatican statement was expected from the Vicariate of Rome until nearer Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Boy Dies In Accidental Shot Near Pen City
Jerry Gwinn Robertson age 15 of St. Clair Springs was killed while four boys including his half brother Sam Overby age 15 shot at hickory nuts near his home. Sheriff Ira Davis said the shot came from a defective shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen City
Ala
Jerry Gwinn Robertson
St. Clair Springs
Ira Davis
Davis
Sam Overby
Robertson
Naval theory through the ages before the Civil War
A concise note on how global naval power was organized prior to the American Civil War, outlining the dominant ship designs, fleet composition, and strategic doctrines of major seafaring nations. It highlights wooden sailing fleets, line-of-battle tactics, and the transition toward steam and ironclad concepts emerging in the era.
Fr state donation to United States noted in report
A cryptic OCR fragment references France donating items to the United States. No clear names, dates, or specifics are legible, but the note indicates a bilateral aid or gift context between France and the United States.
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Arkansas
Wall Street
VFW Auxiliary
F. C. Pettey
HOME
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Democrat
Guess AW
Dasha
W. J. Craig
Fourth Avenue
Decatur General Hospital
Brown's
J. R. Sims
Seventh Street
Vna Howell
Moulton Heights Church
Smith Ledbetter
Moulton Heights
Woodall’s
Atl
First Presbyterian’ Church
Aoe
W. M. Owens
Fourth Avenue, S
Hamii Clinic
J.O. Phillips
Hamil Clinic
E. P. Perry
Hartselle
The
Highway Patrol
Clarence Davis
Seventh Avenue
Don Todd
E. LaFayette Street
Mrs. Price
Danville 2
Bill Griffin
E. Vine Street
John Hardin, Hartselle
Harry Nickens, Hartseller
PARTY
Presbytery
Rotary? Club
John Houston
James E. Peck
Ernie Holmes
H. R. Leeman
Mr. Eyster
Derstate
France
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