Senators Press Brannan On Long Range Farm Policy
Farm-minded senators pressed Secretary Brannan for details on long range policy in a closed session. They questioned approval of flexible price supports and continuation of wartime price pegs, plus a nationwide storage system funded by the government for an ever normal granary. Aiken urged Brannan testify publicly amid broad interest.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Jan
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Administration
Truman
New Congress
Aiken
R. Vt
Farm Committee
Senate
Thomas
Tragedy Deepens for Edwards Family in Alabama After Fire Loss
Bobby Edwards, meant for August, is laid to rest after a three hour pool search. The Edwardses, displaced by a Ocala Arkansas fire that wiped out their belongings, traveled to Alabama for work and burial. Funeral set for Tuesday 2:30 pm at Etna church with Rev George Helms officiating. Drinkard's Brown Service of Hartselle guiding. Surviving are parents two brothers Jerry Ray and Jacky Edwards three sisters Frances Martha Louise and Betty Sue Edwards.
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Bobby
Edwards
Ocala
Ark
Alabama
Etna Church
George Helms
Drinkard
Brown
Hartselle
Jerry Ray
Jacky Edwards
Frances
Martha Louise
Betty Sue Edwards
International Tensions and Election Reflections Across Asia and Europe
Reports from Prague Greece and Jakarta outline police actions and rebel clashes while Czechoslovakia Slovaks and Indonesian talks shape a new peace narrative. Japanese elections push Yoshida toward a parliamentary majority as communists gain seats in a shifting regional balance of power.
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Tialian
Russia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Greece
I Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Auburn Student Spencer Hicks Injured in Jeep Crash
Spencer Hicks of Auburn, an Auburn University student, remains in unchanged condition after a Jeep accident Saturday night. His parents are at his bedside as the Gregg County office recalls RS Hicks in the report from this morning.
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Hick
Gregg Co
RS. Hicks
Spencer Hicks
Auburn
Spencer
Market Steady Amid Moderate Steel Stock Buying
On January 24 New York trading showed mixed price moves with steel shares guiding a steady market. Winners included U S Steel Youngstown Sheet & Tube National Steel Southern Railway Great Northern Anaconda Copper American Woolen American Tobacco Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Studebaker and Deere while General Motors Santa Fe Kennecott Allied Chemical Schenley International Harvester Gulf Oil Douglas Aircraft Radio Corp and Bethlehem Steel lagged after early gains. Curb market saw gains in American Gas & Electric Pancoastal Oil Niagara Hudson Power Kaiser-Frazer Electric Bond & Share and Barium Steel which declared a 10 percent stock dividend. Bond market activity was moderate and U S government issues were unchanged.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
National Steel
Southern Railway
Great Northern
Anaconda Coppers
American Woolen
American Tobacco
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Strudebaker
Deere
General Motors
Santa Fe
Kennecott
Allied Chemical
Schenley Industries
International Harvester
Gulf Oil
Douglas Aircraft
Radio Corp
Bethlehem Steel
American Gas & Electric
Pancoastal Oil
Niagara Hudson Power
Kaiser- Frazer
Electric Bond & Share
Barium Steel
U. S
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville Tenn January 24 cattle generally slow with light weight steers and heifers steady to weak. Calves 150 mostly 27 to 35 dollars with some at 35. Hogs active with goods and choice barrows and gilts 21 dollars. sows 16.50 to 17.00. Sheep 75 steady with lambs 20 to 23 dollars and ewes about 9 dollars.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Poultry Prices Mixed in North Georgia Market
USDA report from Atlanta shows North Georgia live poultry market unsettled with prices mostly steady to one cent lower. Demand moderate but insufficient to clear stocks. large fryers favored for Army orders at lower ranges. Farm prices for fryers and broilers: New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses 25-28 to 28-49 cents, Barred Rock Crosses 24-26 to 25-26 cents, top prices in limited cases where processors buy only from own growers.
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Atlanta
iPi
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Cotton futures steady in quiet trading at New York
OTTO N NEW YORK Jan 24 Cot ton futures were steady today in quiet trading. Short covering was noted as the market paused with limited activity and waiting for clearer price signals.
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OTTON
New York
Local notices and illnesses fill Decatur area
Community names and events include Wilson Orr Jr illness at parents’ home, T H Hamilton relapse in Birmingham, Donald Johns mumps, Luther Patrick Civitan speaker, Moulton Heights PTA meeting, hospital admissions at Decatur General and Hamill Clinic, new births at 216 Jackson St and Somerville, and market notes on cotton prices with shifts up to 20 cents.
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T. H. Hamilton
Johnston
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Mr. Hamilton
Brown's
Jury pool set for Axis Sally trial in Washington
A DC federal case prepares for a lengthy trial with 110 jurors summoned plus two alternates. Chief defense counsel Laughlin expects a two month plus duration while Prosecutor Kelley refrains from predicting witnesses or length. Hans Von Richter named as a German radio official witness in the treason cases of Chandler and Best.
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District of Columbia
James J. Laughlin
Washington
Laughlin
John M. Kelley Jr
Germany
Hans von Richter
von Richter
Boston
Douglas Chandler
Robert Henry Best
Chandler
Best
Winter Cold Grips Nation With Snow and Freezing Rain
Across the Far West and Pacific Northwest, snow flurries and hail hit towns near Los Angeles while heavy mountain snow required tire chains. Seattle may see a record 15 above as cold spreads to the Midwest and Northeast with freezing rain and fog. The Southeast stays warm in the sixties from Texas to the Atlantic.
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California
Pasadena
Altadena
Glendale
Wilmington
Los Angeles
Pacific
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kansas
Baltimore
New England
Texas
Atlantic
Discharges Reported From Decatur and Hamil Clinic
A list notes Betty Carl Hendon of Ferry Street was discharged from the Decatur facility and another patient from Hamil clinic on Sunday.
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Betty Carl Hendon
Ferry St
Hamil Clinic
Increasing Egg Production by Extending Daylight in Poultry House
The method proposes placing sights in the poultry house to lengthen hens' perceived day. This lighting approach aims to boost egg output by extending productive hours for laying.
Athens Man To Deliver Talk At Abilene Christian College
Charles Chumley of Athens will speak at the thirty second annual lectureship of Abilene Christian College in Abilene Texas. The event runs Sunday through Thursday Feb 20 24 with speakers from Holland South Africa and others recently in the British Isles Japan and Mexico. A special collection for foreign students will be taken Wednesday evening. Principal speaker is A C Pullins president of David Lipscomb College.
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Charles Chumley
Athens
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
Texas
Church of Christ In
British Isles
Japan
Mexico
ACC
A. C. Pullins
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
AAC
McKinzie
Civil rights plank debated as filibuster fight looms
Humphrey backs expanding civil rights goals in the 1948 platform while Morse urges decisive action to end the filibuster. Ives cites lack of unity as doom for civil rights legislation, and Southern leaders plot to block final votes. Morse urges all-night sessions if needed to settle the issue.
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Humphrey
New York
Ives
Morse
Senate
Russell
Georgia
Stennis
Mississippi
Barkley
Truman Presses Repeal of 1948 Tariff Act
President Truman urged Congress to repeal the 1948 Republican tariff act and revive reciprocal trade rules, warning curbs threaten world trade negotiations and economic recovery. Senate Republicans debate filibuster limits as labor and wage bills move through committees and hearings.
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Congress
Senate
Hayden
D-Aziz
Senate Rules Committee
80Th Congress
Joughton
House,ways and Means
House
Federal Tariff Commission
Commission
Senate Anchonse
Senate Agriculture Comittee
Culture Brannan
Louis Key to Receive Award in Alabama Guernsey Dairy Show
Louis Key a 17 year old Decatur high school senior was to receive a loving cup at a Birmingham meet of the Alabama Guernsey Cattle Club for his grand champion Guernsey at the Tennessee Valley dairy show in Decatur on September 17. He was one of five state youths honored with loving cups and plans were announced to boost dairy interest among Alabama youth.
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Louis Key
Decatur
Alabama Guernsey
Caroline Ivey
Porterville
Joe W. Brock
Vernon
Donald Dunn
Wadley
Daisy
Louise Wilburn
Marion
S. Ross Smith
Alabama Guernsey Cattle Club
Alabama
Louis
North Alabama
Carlton Key
Nebraska
W. C. Key
Credit curbs hit sales as buyers feel the brake
The Federal Reserve Board’s credit restrictions slow consumer purchases, especially appliances and autos. Dealers blame the policy for shrinking pockets while board spokesmen argue supply met demand before curbs began last fall. Some ask for easier terms to keep sales moving amid inflation fears.
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Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Four Injured In Sunday County Auto Crashes
Two Sunday morning crashes left four people in hospital in Morgan County. W C Bradley 42 of Somerville and his wife were hurt when their 1947 Dodge collided with a Joe Wheeler Truck on Highway 33 three miles east of Hartselle. Property damage was listed at 300 dollars. The second crash near Decatur involved John Washington Rogers 26 of 1119 Third Avenue South and others with Rogers suffering minor cuts while Mary Pettey and Ora Mae Garrison were reported with injuries including a broken pelvis. Officers J D Vinson and H G Ashmore investigated.
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Morgan County
State Highway Patrol
W. C. Bradley
Somerville
Charles Bradley
Bradley
Joe Wheeler
W. B. Little
Highway Patrol
Chester Evens
Hariselle
Decatur
John Washington Rogers
Third Avenue S
Enn
Mary Pettey
Ora Mae Garrison
Third Avenue
Ray Thornton
Fourth Avenue
Rogers
J. D. Vinson
H. G. Ashmore
Safety Contest Is Announced for Pedestrian Protection
About 1500 cities in 48 states are expected to enter the tenth annual A A A national pedestrian protection contest. Mrs Marie Tucker of the Kama Motorists Association said reports covering 1948 and due by March 15 will be analyzed for judging in late April. She cited 1947 as showing 1500 fewer pedestrian deaths than 1946 and 3000 fewer than 1940, underscoring the program’s safety dividends. The A A A will provide detailed analyses to help cities compare against prior years and other populations with recommendations for improvement.
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Marie Tucker
Kama Motorists Association
Americ Automobile Association
Tucker
A. A.A. National
Washington
A.A.A
Mobile Imports Rise Further in November
Mobile Alabama saw an upturn in imports in November with a total value of $2,781,28?, led by 946 623 stems of bananas valued at $702 948 from six nations Panama Mexico Honduras Guatemala Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. Veneers and related goods from 36 countries reached $33 940 while China shipped firecrackers and woods worth $16 416 as Malcolm H Laws notes the trend signals renewed production for world markets.
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Mobile
Ala
U. S. Department of Commerce
Panama
Mexico
Honduras
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
China
Malcolm H. Laws
Mobile District
Department
May Face Conspiracy or Bribery Charge for Congressional Services
A report outlines potential charges ranging from general conspiracy to a congressional member accepting money for services to private individuals and firms. The material cites the statute on acceptance of payments by a member of Congress and highlights ongoing legal scrutiny surrounding the conduct.
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Congress
Glass Dealers Meet Tuesday Evening at Lyons Hotel
Pittsburg Plate Glass company dealers will gather at the Lyons Hotel Tuesday at 6 30 p m. to discuss sales and advertising plans and color dynamics. R S Bohannon general district manager Birmingham and Gene Stewart paint department sales manager are expected to attend.
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Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Lyons
R. S. Bohannon
Birmingham
Gene Stewart
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