Cotton quotas tied to 1949 plantings dropped by House panel
The House agriculture committee voted to exclude 1949 cotton plantings from calculating future production quotas. The resolution also treats farms with no cotton in 1947 or 1948 as having 1948 planted acreage equal to their 1942 allotment. The panel plans further hearings on base years and allocation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
D._N.C
Pace
D. Ga
Negro Teacher Witness Today in Jury System Challenge
In New York on January 28, defense lawyers called a Negro teacher from the Jefferson School for Social Studies a witness in their challenge to the federal jury selection. The teacher, former Virginia State College and Howard University educator, said he studied Black life and served as educational director for the Communist Party in Maryland and D C. A defense attorney threatened to call every qualified Black Harlem resident as a witness if needed to prove bias in the jury system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Itke thahottrFe
Jefferson School For Social Studies
Wilkerson
America
Virginia State College
Howard University
Washington
Communist Party
Maryland
District of Columbia
Harlem
Florida Moves to Outlaw Ku Klux Klan in 1949
Governor Fuller Warren announced plans for the 1949 Florida Legislature to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan and other terrorist organizations. He condemned last night’s hooded parade in Tallahassee as a disgusting spectacle and pledged to prevent such mobs from terrorizing minority groups in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Fuller Warren
Ku Klux Klan
Florida
Warren
Klan
Politeness to Cow Causes Milker Draw in Contest
MOBILE Alabama January 28 A dairyman S M Adick Reese of Birmingham and A D Burke Auburn dairy consultant settled a feud in a milking contest on Royal Street during the Alabama Dairy Products Association convention. Three judges observed cows milked from pickup trucks. Burke won on a coin toss after Reese chose the smaller milk cow. Both agreed to another match next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Auburn
Royal Street
2Dairyman
S.M
Adick-Reese
Birmingham
Battle House
Alabama Dairy Products Association
Burke
Reese
Home Demonstration Expansion is Urged
Mrs T S Holloway president of the Alabama Council of Home Demonstration Clubs told the winter session at Auburn that farm women form the state's strength and urged expanding the program to reach more farms. The council includes 43000 members with many not in local clubs as 50 officers and agents from across the state attended the May session for a general business meeting and committee action today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
San
Alabama Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
T.S. Holloway
Falcour- Red
Waldermosa
Paul Thomas
America
Hammond Russell
Cotaco
Nashville market report shows mixed cattle and hog prices
At Nashville on January 22 cattle mostly steady to higher for heavy steers and good cows, with fats and bulls weaker. Calves and stockers varied, vealers 28 to 34 dollars, hog receipts light with barrows and gilts 21 to 25 dollars, sows 16 to 16.5, lambs 21 to 24 dollars, ewes 9 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
State
Departments of Agriculture
Poultry Prices Fall as Demand Maintains Run on Farms
North Georgia live poultry market reports Barred Rock crosses 22½ to 25 cents, New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses 23½ to 27 cents, mostly 25 cents, with most dressing plants buying from regular growers only. Prices FOB farm Thursday and Friday reflect adequate demand to clear stocks in most areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
T—Leawer
New Hampshire
Cotton futures slip as scale down buying offsets selling
New York cotton futures fell on scattered liquidation and hedging amid weak covering. The CCC said 139,441 bales entered loan for the week ended January 20, lifting season entries to 4,306,691 bales. Late quotes showed March 32.72, May 32.47 and July 31.48 per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C.C.C
Marth
Fire Rips Subway Shaft During Demolition Panic at 9 AM
A subway shaft undergoing demolition in a station at Atlantic Avenue and State Streets caught fire as grease built up over years. The sudden blaze forced passengers on the platform into a panic while emergency exits were used and the superstructure filled with smoke and flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Avenue
State Streets
Valentine Party Planned By DAV Auxiliary Here
Temporary officers were elected at the inaugural meeting of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary. A Valentine party is planned for February 11. Officers include Commander Mrs Paul Thompson and Senior Vice Commander Mrs M L Kingsmore. Temporary chairs named for membership entertainment and secretary-treasurer. Permanent officers to be elected at February meeting with district and department officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled American Veterans’ Auxiliary
Thufsday
Paul Thompson
M. L. Kingsmore
Ingold V. Timberlake
B. T. Hine
T. H. Craig
C. F. Hayes
Jaycee Board Schedules Monday Evening Meeting
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at the office of Julian Bibb Jr, veterans' service officer, courthouse with all committee chairmen present. The next regular Jaycee gathering is Feb 1 at 7 p.m. at Why Not cafe with the publicity committee in charge of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Julian Bibb Jr
Veterans’ Service
Jaycee
Why Not
Truck Driver Killed in Birmingham Bus Collision
A Black truck driver identified as Hall died when his panel truck skidded into a Greyhound bus on an Hasterde Street in Birmingham. The bus occupants were not injured. Police report details the fatal crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Greyhound
Hasterde-street
Tha
Officers Named For Hospital Council Of North Alabama
Officers for the Hospital Council of North Alabama were elected at the annual meeting at the Cornelian Court hotel. New officers: Miss Gertrude Pratt president. Charles H. San Mio vice president. Miss Mattie Levin secretary treasurer. The group discussed standardizing per diem costs and heard annual reports since the council’s 1948 formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Council of
North Alabama
Cornelian Court Hotel
Gertrude Pratt
Huntsville Hospital
Charles H. San- Mio
FSF Ger Plates
BOC L
Mattie Levin
Tese
American Hospital Association
Clyde Foust
Colbert County Hospital
Foust
Mayme Smith
Sheffield
R.C. Barnes
Thelma Crockett
Frank Peerson
Florence
Mabel Bishop
Russellville
Levin
Sanderson
Huntsville
Decatur General Hospital
Nashville Ends Long Negro Councilman Absence
The Nashville Banner backs a plan to elect Negro councilmen for predominantly Negro districts in Nashville. The city has had no Black council members since Reconstruction. The editorial argues qualified Black candidates deserve representation like other citizens and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Banner
States Rights Democratic
Rice scientists clock sound at 31000 mph in near absolute zero
Rice Institute researchers led by Charles Francis Squire measured sound traveling at 31 000 miles per hour using radar clocks at three degrees above absolute zero. The team included three graduate assistants and demonstrated a method to time ultra fast sound at extremely low temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Rice Institute
Isharles Francis Squire
Maryland
Squire
Patrol cars costs questioned by highway director
Montgomery Alabama January 28 Highway Patrol Director Jake Mitchell answered criticism that patrol cars were washed and greased too often. He said the cost averaged two dollars a month per car and that most expense came from cars doing the most traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Highway Patrol
Jake Mitchell
Gettysburg National Military Park Features
The Gettysburg National Military Park contains 26 miles of paved avenues 800 statues and monuments and 1 700 tablets and markers highlighting its historic layout and commemorative elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg”Pa.National Military Park
Governor Fires State Jobs Aide Crew After McCarty Links
Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner ordered the dismissal of state job appointees tied to Rep. J. D. McCarty amid a dispute over alleged impersonation and a Detroit incident. McCarty denied impersonating the governor and called Turner's actions revenge. No key employees are in the discharged group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
J. D.mccarty
Porter
McCarty
Detroit
Mich
Friends of
Turner
Banker's Wife Seeks Divorce in Alabama Suit
Mrs. Sylvania F. Steiner, wife of Birmingham banker Leo K. Steiner, files for divorce on adultery and cruelty grounds. She alleges he registered under an assumed name and committed adultery at a Birmingham hotel on January 5, with other unnamed women. She seeks alimony and custody of their 19 year old daughter while noting his $300 monthly disability and ownership of valuable property including a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Sylvania F
Steiner
Chancery Court
Steiner Brothers
Sheffield Mayor Proposes 99 Year Weather Swap
Sheffield Alabama mayor Paul Saywell expresses pleasure at balmy conditions and proposes a long term weather exchange with Southern California. He suggests a conference to negotiate a 99 year contract, offering travel and lodging perks to a select 10 percent of movie colony, resort, and fruit grower members. The weatherman warns of a low of 26 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Ala
Paul Saywell
California
Los Angeles
Poll Tax Deadline Reminder Issued by Morgan County Official
February 1 set as the last day to pay poll taxes, with Alvis Briscoe Morgan County tax collector announcing that after Tuesday tax books close and no receipts for 1948 will be issued. He noted about 3800 owed last year, about 3140 total, and urged timely payment though registration can follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Febus
Alvis Briscoe
Morgan County
Ccnipis
thiavans_totel
Compa
Rheumatic diseases disable about a million Americans
An estimate suggests roughly one million Americans are permanently disabled by rheumatic diseases. The figure underscores the impact of chronic inflammatory conditions on national health and disability rates.
Bishop's Youth Fund Growing in Alabama Diocese
Early returns show pledges totaling 45200 toward a 260000 campaign for the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. The Rt. Rev. C. C. J. Carpenter announced the figures with 19 church committees contributing and Montgomery urging strong support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop's Youth Fund
Episcopal Diocese of Alabama
Rt. Rev
C. C. J. Carpenter
Alabama
Warren F. Dent
Montgomery
Dent
Trinity Church
Florence
Church of the Advent
Tuskegee
St. John's Church
St Paul's Church
Spring Hill
All Saints Church
Birmingham
St. Mark's Church
Prattville
Bishop’s
University of Alabama
Alabama College For Women
Tuskegee Institute
Camp McDowell
Alabam Polytechnic Institute
Death Claims John D. Self
John D. Self age 60 died at Decatur General Hospital after a two week illness. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Carl Roberts Saturday at 2 pm at Southside Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery. Survived by wife Lottie, four children, five grandchildren, four brothers and three sisters plus step relatives. Active pallbearers include his nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Roberts
John D. Self
Southside Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Mutual Service
Self
Fifth Avenue W
Decatur General Hospital
Courtland Air Base
Himfsville Arsenal
Lottie Seif
Decatur
Harold
Athens
Wilford
Patuxent River
K. D. Lewter
Sheffield
Edgar
Kinnett
Milford
Yuba City
Califs
Timothy
Joe Oak
Calif
Charles
Manila
Edda Gibson
Gadsden
Arminda Wood
Jasper
Minnie Aaron
Detroit
Clarinda Baker
Joseph Self
Live Oak
Floyd Blizzard Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Floyd Blizzard 63 will be held Saturday at p.m. at the Church of Christ in Hartselle with Arthur L. Butler minister conducting. Peck Funeral Co. of Hartselle will direct the arrangements and burial will be in Lindsey cemetery. Survivors include his wife two daughters sister and three brothers and one granddaughter. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Blizzard
Geerinesis
Church of Christ
Hartselle
Arthur L. Butler
Peck Funeral Co
Hartsele
Blizzard
Lindsey
Hartselle Merchant
Hamil Clinic
Stennis Drafts Plan to Ease Filibuster Deadlock
Senator Stennis proposes a resolution to permit the senate to contridate on any issue by a 90 percent vote, effectively requiring 86.4 ballots to shut off debate. The plan aims to avert a show-down over filibuster rules and may be introduced before anti filibuster hearings conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Western ranges face mass livestock losses from drought
A survey reports at least 2,500,000 cattle and 2,800,000 sheep stranded and starving across the Western ranges. Early indications suggest a staggering economic impact on the cattle and producing industry, though federal experts have not yet estimated total losses due to incomplete ground data.
Looney Family Moves to Decatur Address
F W Looney Danville and family relocate to 1516 Fourth Avenue South Decatur to establish their new home. John Howard Johnson aged 7, son of Mrs Sadie G Johnson, is critically ill at his grandparents home, with intestinal flu. Sheriff B Humphrey reports mortgaged property, one peace proceeding, one for non support, one for reckless driving, and three for public drunkenness. Dr Charles H Stevens who speaks nightly at Central Baptist church returns Saturday at 7:30 p.m to discuss Israel prospects. Bible conference continues through Sunday with Stevens in the pulpit at 11: a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Looney
Danville 1
Fourth Avenue South
Decatur
John Howard Johnson
Sadie G. Johnson
Sol Johnson
Eleventh Avenue W
Humphrey
Charles H. Stevens
Central Baptist Church
Israel
Stevens
Il A.m
Court case snapshot from 1947 retrial and manslaughter plea
Hembree involved in an auto-tractor crash that killed Lovett Orr. Rufus Draper pled guilty to first degree manslaughter, seven year sentence with probation hearing set for Feb 21. Draper previously faced first degree murder, later convicted of second degree murder before supreme court reversal and retrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hembree
Lovett Orr
Rufus Draper
Draper
Supreme Court
W. V. Waling
Junior M. Saas
Cise Jie Gant Menaias Ae
Scandinavia opens talks on defense alliance in Oslo
Foreign ministers of Sweden Norway and Denmark meet in Oslo to resume a Scandinavian defense alliance bid. Norway pushes for alliance and Western military aid led by the United States while Sweden seeks neutrality and avoids ties to a North Atlantic alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Oslo
United States
Bill to Reform Spelling Seeks Shorter Route
London report outlines Dr. Mont Follick plan to create a committee to overhaul spelling in schools. He argues current spellings waste drudgery time and could be learned faster with a simplified system. The Labor MP asserts three year olds could read the reform text and that traditional spelling wastes years of schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
el Komiti
Skws
Mont Follick
Labor
Follick
Folik
Three Babies Found Buried in Vacant Lot Near Crichton
In Crichton suburb, MOBILE, Ala, jan 28 two premature infants and one still born were found buried in separate shallow graves in a vacant lot. Bodies were wrapped in newspaper and pillowcases and placed in cardboard boxes. Two graves were freshly dug and one appeared four or five days old. Police investigation begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Crichton
Claude Bush
Henry Wilson
Alabama Forms Committee for French Train Visit
Governor Folsom appoints Alabama committee to handle details for the French Thank You train visit. Birmingham Jaycee Dick Morris chairs with members from Frisco, The Esquire Club, Clarke County, Mobile civic groups, and city officials. Box cars carrying Alabama gifts are to arrive in New York early February as part of a nationwide program. The American Railroads association extends free privileges similar to the Friendship Train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
America
Edward L. Bomar
Birmingham
Decature
Coma Garrett, Jr
Clarke County
Grove Hill
H. M. Gaustad
Mobile Civic Round Table
Mobile
W. Cooper Green
City Commission
William S. Perry
Departmenta
Ion
Camden
New York
District of Columbia
Territory of
Hawaii
Association of American Railroads
C. T. Kelley
Chamber of Commerce
Labor untary program to divide scarce items among businesses
Senate hearings reopen on rent control and housing laws as part of the President's anti inflation push. Debate rules seek 87 votes to gag filibusters. Farm leaders press for a rigid price peg for crops, clashing with the Farm Bureau's call for flexibility. President Truman condemns evictions over rent controls. court action promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Banking Committee
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Stennis
Congressional Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congressional Farm
Federation
Thomas
D-Okla
Truman
Tighe Woods
Tulsa
Oklo
House
Mildred E. Gillars
James E. Webb
Webb
Budget Bureau
Russia
Deeds Recorded in Daily Records List
Daily transfers show P Norman Berry to B D Mitchell for 1000 dollars Bertha Sharp Breeding to Warren Brenner to Lawson Lynn BD D Cagle to James Norton Jr 15000 dollars G G Carroll to W A Plunket 525 dollars Rose Collier J Campton to L L Bates James Norton Jr to Bessie Mae Pickens 9000 dollars Roselawn Cemetery Co to Donald H Thomas 75 dollars W C Watts to G G Carroll 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Watts
G. G. Carrol
Mrs Hodges Dies. Funeral Planned at Central Baptist
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hodges 91 of Decatur died Thursday evening after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 PM at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Roberts officiating. Interment will be at the city cemetery with pallbearers named from her circle of friends. Her home at 527 Grant St. will be open today after 3 PM for calling. She was a native of Kentucky and widow of John W. Hodges, survived by two sons Johnnie N. Hodges and Carl F. Hodges, two daughters Willie and Nina Hodges, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Mary
Elizabeth Hodges
Decatur
Paul Roberts
City
Earl Glenn E. Dillon
Asa Iesay Berry
John Henry Suther
Episcopalian Convention Approves Rural Suffragan Bishop
The 118th Episcopal convention of Alabama authorized a suffragan bishop mainly for rural missions. The April 20 1949 election is to be followed by consecration by June 1949 with about 13000 for expenses. New officers named include Chancellor William Baldwin Registrar William Spence Historiographer Algernon Blair Treasurer William Rose and Insurance Chairman Raymond Wheeler. The two day gathering adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Diocese of
Alabama
C.C.J. Carpenter
Department of Finance
Executive Council
Carpenter
William Baldwin
William
Spence
Algernon Blair
Montgomery
William Alfred Rose
Raymond P. Wheeler
Mobile
GM Workers Face Pay Adjustments As Prices Shift
Labor analysts note rising prices and index-linked pay steps under GM contracts. A drop in the index could trigger a two cent hourly wage reduction or a three cent cut if the next index falls to 170.3. Some unions shift focus to benefits like vacation and retirement plans amid wage concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Cate
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Lewis Blizzard
Corvin Templeton
Previtt Lane
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