Plans Made for Morgan County Farm Bureau Meeting
Plans for the Morgan County Farm Bureau meeting on Friday July 23 in Decatur were formed by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee led by Maynard Layman. The Bureau session at Riverside High School starts at 10 with key speakers to be announced, followed by a luncheon at 12 30.
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Morgan County Farm Bureau
Decatur
Agricultural Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Maynard Layman
Bureau
8S. R. Long
Falrville
Riverside High School
Chamber of Commerce
Committee for Economic Development Formed To Combat Postwar Unemployment
At a wartime gathering, Mr. Wolf outlined a plan by eight leading economists and eighteen businessmen to form the Committee For Economic Development. The non profit group aims to study plants, convert industries, and ensure postwar employment for war workers and returning soldiers to prevent hunger and decline. Local district chairs will survey prewar production and current output to plan absorption capacity and private sector job creation.
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Wolf
America
Committee
Ae Ece
Saintes
Tees
Mr. Wolf
Federal Reserve
Alabama
Shelton
Inseus
The
Markets Rally Then Waver as Stocks Turn and Grains Rise
Markets in New York rallied with grain futures jumping 1 to 2 cents a bushel led by oats near a 23 year peak. Rail and air shares traded at highs not seen since 1939 before profit taking cooled gains. Transfers around 1 million shares. Nashville livestock receipts light with prices firm for cattle and hogs and lambs showing mixed gains.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York July 1
Markets mixed with rails leading advances while bonds show narrow gains. Cotton firm on New Orleans buying and grain strength. Chicago wheat up on cash grain demand. rye closes higher. Hogs unevenly higher, top $13.95 with shipments curtailed. Cattle dull and weak, fed steer at $16.50.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Cotton futures rise on covering and demand in New York
Cotton futures advanced sharply as investors covered positions and bought through New Orleans brokers. Factors included congressional revolt against price curbs and grain market strength. Late values up 60 to 85 cents per bale. July 2066, Oct 2015, Dec 1996.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission
Maner Takes Morgan County School Post
Irwin J. Quinn leaves the office after four years as county superintendent. He passes duties to O. Maner who promises a progressive program and public support for the board. A teachers' raise is planned for the coming year with exact amounts to be set later. School opening dates will be announced after the next board meeting.
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Morgan County
Irwin J. Quinn
8. O. Maner
County Board of Education
Maner
Osborne Rites Await Soldier Son As Funeral Plans Form
Mrs. C B Osborne Sr died suddenly in Tampa Florida and funeral rites are being arranged awaiting arrival of her son in the United States Army. Survivors include her husband two sons C B Osborne Jr and Lieut Francis Osborne two brothers James F Davis Frank Davis Hartwell Davis two sisters Laura Davis and Kate Price. Born in Trinity community reared in Decatur she had many friends in Athens college. The bluefish is noted as a ferocious destructive fish for its size.
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C. B. Osborne Sr
Tampa
Fla
United States Army
C. B. Osborne Jr
Decatur
Francis Osborne
Army Air Forces
James F. Davis
Leighton
Frank Davis
Catur
Hartwell Davis
Laura Davis
Athens College
Kate Price
Flint
Osborne
Trinity
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Chicago July 1 prices show butter at steady levels with receipts 16 334 and eggs at unchanged rates. Exbes graded firsts to locals quoted around 40 3/4 with current prices at 38 and dirties 96.
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Chicago
Grain rally in Chicago on higher cash demand
Grain prices surged across wheat oats and rye after a broad active trading session in Chicago. Wheat rose to session highs and closed higher with July at 148 3 8, September 1 48 3 8, while oats and rye also gained amid loan rate rise and subsidy-law approval.
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Rye
Air Bombing Campaign Hits Sicily and Sardinia Fields
United States bombers and fighter bombers of the Northwest African air force struck Palermo and four Sicily air fields yesterday with minimal enemy resistance. RAF and American raids also hit Messina and the San Marco road, while Sardinian targets were attacked. Submarine pressure persists as London reports ships sunk or damaged in the Mediterranean.
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Nolan Norgaard
Arters
North Africa
United States
Northwest African Air Force
Alermo
Sicily
Italian High Command
Rome
Associated Press
Palermo
Cagliari
London Admralty
Mediterranean
Messina
San Marco
San Giovanni
Sicilian
Sciacca
Lawrence County Red Hill
Health of this community is fine at present. Misses Juanita and Wilma Royer of Meldrim Georgia are the expected guests of their grandparents Mr and Mrs J W McCaghren and Mrs E Royer. Farmers here are finishing laying by and crops are looking good considering the dry weather.
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Juanita
Wilma Royer
Meldrim
J. W. McCaghren
8. E. Royer
Clifford Owens
Plainview
Mose Owens
Infant Bettie Harriett Aldridge Buried in City Cemetery
Funeral services for infant Bettie Harriett Aldridge, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe C Aldridge of 212 Eighth Avenue West, were held at 4 pm Tuesday at the graveside with Rev G C Corley officiating. Interment followed in the city cemetery.
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Puneral
Bettie Harriett
Joe C. Aldridge
Eighth Avenue West
The
Benevolent Hospital
G. C. Corley
Kiwanis Urged to Sponsor Air Scout Troop for Decatur
Scout Executive Tom Reynolds urged the Decatur Kiwanis club to sponsor one of three Air Scout troops. He reported Valley Council growth from 1300 scouts and 250 cubs in 1942 to about 2000 today, citing leadership as the key shortage. Decatur United Charities contributes 2500 annually to the program. sponsorship was referred to the board.
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Tom Reynolds
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
The
Lyons
Jimmy Williams
Frank McKibben
Atlanta
Eugene Chenault
Willard J. Brown
Erskine Chenault
Decatur
Thomas F. Adams
St. Vincents Hospital
Birmingham
Reynold
Frank Chenault
Valley Council
Alabama
Decaturs United Charities
T. J. Cottingham
Loss of transport McCawley in Solomons action cited
The U S Navy reports the 7 712 ton transport McCawley formerly Santa Barbara was torpedoed by Japanese planes after disembarking troops and sunk by a submarine with all hands saved. Commander Robert Henry Rodgers 41 of Knoxville Tennessee was the ship s missing captain. The McCawley built in 1928 cost 1 314 223 and named for Marine Corps leader Colonel Charles G McCawley. Aircraft then bombed Vila Kolombangara and Munda in follow up attacks starting a large fire.
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McCalley
Grace Line
Santa Barbara
Solomons
Avenger
Dauntless
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Munda
Mitchell
Navy
Robert Henry Rodgers
Knoxville
Tenn
Staten Island
N. Y
McCawley
Charles Charles G. McCawley
Marine Corps
Equity Suit Heard in Morgan County
Granville Sivley sues Wesley Turney and Clara Lemon over possession of about 300 acres in East Morgan County. Judge J. H. Crow heard arguments this morning as W. H. Long represents the plaintiff and 8. A. Lynne the defendants. decision to be rendered later.
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Granville Sivley
Wesley Turney
Clara Lemon
J. H. Crow
W. H. Long
8. A. Lynne
Morgan County
Crow
Hartselle Man Hurt by Falling Timber at Warehouse
Ben F. Bean, an employee of Sir ley-Cook Cotton Co., in Hartselle, sustained painful head injuries when a timber piece fell on him at the warehouse platform. He was taken to Beneficent hospital by Peck ambulance, examined, and released after treatment.
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Ben F. Bean
Sirley-Cook Cotton Co
Hartselle
Benevolent Hospital
Peck
Corporal John W. Rogers Returns to Camp Edwards
Corporal John W. Rogers comes back to Camp Edwards Massachusetts after a furlough with his mother Mrs Belle Rogers Hartseller and relatives. Courthouse office staff hosted Mrs E B Pentecost with a handkerchief shower. Others visiting include Mrs Mildred Berring Pine Bluff Ark and Mr and Mrs W H McKee Little Rock Ark with Mrs O D Dobbs. Co T Long Danville 3 visited on business.
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John W. Rogers
Camp Edwards
Mass
Belle Rogers, Hartseller
W. H. McKee
Little Rock, Ark
Mildred Berring
Pine Bluff, Ark
O. D. Dobbs
Alabama Legislature Adjourns Amid Filibuster and Reforms
The legislature debated banking branch transfers within 50 miles and adjourned after a day of bills. A measure to embalm out-of-state bodies failed in the Senate, while sheriff fingerprinting and voter instruction funding cleared, with rabies vaccination fee raised and venereal disease containment authorized.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Alabama
Charles 8. Bentley
Coosa
Mobile
Joseph Sullivan
Vincent Kilborn
House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Public Safety Department
Allied leaders push to strike back at air threats in war talk
Speaker argues three enemy air attack avenues exist via subs with float planes, carriers, or long range bombers. He urges fighting the war from enemy territory to minimize home damage and stresses frontline air power as the ultimate defense against raids.
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Germany
United States
Seaker
Elks Degree Team Plans July 10 Boston Trip
Preparations are under way for the Decatur Elks lodge degree team to attend the national convention in Boston. The local team recently won Alabama honors at Cullman and will depart July 10 for the convention opening there.
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Decatur Elks Lodge
Boston
Alabama A
Cullman
Decatur
Allied Air Power Hits Rabaul and Nablan Islands In Pacific Offense
Allied forces report rapid progress with landings on Rendova and Salamaua while Seizure of Trobriand and Woodlark islands occurred without opposition. Kenney’s air arm bombed Rabaul airdromes as Darwin faced a Japanese raid. losses included six Spitfires and several bombers.
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Georgia
Japan
Munda
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Salamaua
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Dampier Strait
Nassau Bay
George C. Kenney
Trobriand
Woodlark Islands
Rendova Island
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Europe
Office of War Information
Darwin
Sapan
Pacific
Australia
Allied Air Powers Ramp Up Bombing in June Over Germany
The RAF dropped a record 13 500 tons in June from homeland bases, surpassing May by 1 000 tons with major strikes on the Ruhr including Dusseldorf on June 11. The U S Eighth Air Force conducted seven missions totaling about a dozen targets, boosting tonnage per raid and pressing Wilhelmshaven Cuxhaven raids. Allied losses remained negligible as Middle East bases supported 2 155 tons across 2 314 sorties, with coordinated strikes on Italy and Naples and La Spezia.
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RAF
Ruhr
Dusseldorf
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Wilhelmshaven-Cuxhaven
Hull
Middle East
Mediterranean
Middle East Air Command
la Spezia
Naples
Allied offensive threats hinge on New Guinea and Rabaul battle
Washington views a sweeping Allied drive toward Japan’s Southwest Pacific bastions as a potential key moment in the war. Gen Douglas MacArthur directs the campaign as forces land on Rendova and push toward New Guinea, New Georgia, and Rabaul, with Truk as a possible follow up.
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Washington
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Oten Tae
Stereeeet
Tokyo
Rendova
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Nassau Bay
New Georgia Islands
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
South
Truk Island
Munda
Shortland Island
Bouganville
Local Elks Lodge To Send Delegates To State Convention
Jack Moyer serves as co president of the state Elks clubs and Carter Dobbs will attend the convention as official delegate from the local lodge.
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Jack Moyer
State
Elks ‘Clubs
Carter Dobbs
Senate probes BEW clash as Byrd panel eyes agency overhaul
The Byrd committee moves toward an investigation into the Board of Economic Warfare amid a bitter clash between Vice President Wallace and Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones. Roosevelt aides pressed a two year CCC extension with a catch forbidding subsidies to roll back prices, forcing a hard choice for Roosevelt. James Byrnes convened peace talks at the White House as public statements escalated.
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Sey MacArthur
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
U. S
Wallace
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Board of Economic Warfare
BEW
Byrd Committee
Jones
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Iron and steel production slumps in wartime districts
About 1,750 of the 9,000 district captive mine workers were on the job, raising total state union miners to roughly 6,000 of 24,000. Alabama steel and iron plants operated at their lowest rates in over four years as output dropped and losses mounted.
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Iron Ae
Mann
Alabama
Autumn meanings and Allied war strategy in wartime discourse
The piece discusses differing views of autumn between nations, the Allied bombing offensive against Germany, and the potential for invasions in the Mediterranean. It cites Churchill on submarine warfare and predicts intensified air and naval pressure, signaling a likely invasion timeline including Sicily and Sardinia.
Morgan County debt and 1948 ad valorem tax figures report
A legislative act created the Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control reducing floating debt from 142000 to 88000. The debt will likely be paid in two years under a pay-as-you-go valuation approach. The 1948 ad valorem tax figures, including public utilities, are variably estimated and compiled in today’s report by Mr. Thomas.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
Thomas
Baron Grantley Co Respondent in Divorce Suit
In London on July 1 4 a divorce court awarded 2000 damages against Baron Grantley the 7th oldest member of the House of Lords cited as co respondent in a divorce action. A decree nisi was granted to Harry Sebastian Newman after his wife Marguerite amid adult friction with Grantley. Lord Grantley entered the House
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London
Baron Grantley
House of Lords
Nisi
Harry Sebastian Newman
Marguerite
Grantley
Lord Grantley
Steel production stays at high levels since Pearl Harbor
The record notes that steel production here has been at 100 percent for several months and has remained at or above 95 percent since Pearl Harbor indicating sustained wartime demand.
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Pearl Harbor
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