River Misses Massive Rough Fish Harvest This Month
The Tennessee River likely sees a sharp drop in catch as June licensing data show 120 licenses issued by Morgan County probate judge for ex service members and 34 paid licenses. May rough fish totals from Wheeler Guntersville Wilson Pickwick lakes reach 208,900 pounds across catfish spoonbill drum buffalo carp with April at 205, _?__ pounds and March at 47,500 pounds. No June figures yet.
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Tennessee
Morgan County Probate Judge's Office
Wheeler
Guntersville
Wilson
Pickwick Lakes
Alabama Conservation Magazine
May
Jury Sessions Planned In Limestone Court Reform
A Limestone County circuit jury session will be held the week of August to hear trial cases while fresh. The act creates quarterly sessions to speed justice and avoid old delays. Church events, new tennis courts, a July wedding and local social events populate the town bulletin.
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G. C. Brewer
Memphis
Tennessee
Church of Christ Evangelist
West Market Street
Togram
Anna Gayle Nelson
Leslie M. Nelson
Sidney McDonald
Ohn M. McDonald
First Methodist Church
Month-Old Strike Persists in Mobile Trades Workers
Mobile July 2 The month old AFL building trades strike of 4000 workers continues with no settlement. The union offers to end the walkout for a 10.2 percent pay raise and later talks on other issues. Contractors have not acted on the proposal. their last offer was 12 1/2 cents per hour for journeymen and 6 1/2 cents for laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
AFL
Call for National Banks Statements by Comptroller
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business June. The directive asks banks to report assets liabilities and earnings as of the end of the period for central banking oversight.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
State rules payment to contractor declared illegal
The Alabama Attorney General ruled a $10,321 payment to McKee Construction Co. for excavating hard material illegal and akin to a state donation. Highway Director Ward McFarland had agreed to 70 cents per cubic yard for hard material, but Carmichael said the arrangement violated the contract terms and constitution.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
McKee Construction Co
Jackson
Ala
Albert A
Carmichael
Ward McFarland
McFarland
State Examiners of Public Accounts
Heighway Department
Montgomery Grand Jury
Highway Department
McKee
McKee $10,321 For 24,287 Cubic Yards of “Hard Material.’ McFarland
Train Fare Hearing Set in Alabama July 21
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a July 21 hearing in Montgomery Alabama on the Alabama Public Service Commission’s refusal to permit increases in interstate passenger train rates. Examiner Howard H presides as the ICC reviews a 11 railroad complaint about the denial of rate hikes following earlier authorizations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
ICC
Alabama Commission
Howard H
Federal Commission
New Test Oil Well To Be Drilled In Choctaw County
TUSCALOOSA Ala July 2 A new test well is planned in Choctaw county near Southeast Mississippi oil fields. State Geologist Walter B Jones says a permit was issued to Russell Maguire for the No 1 Pip Pen well located near the northwest corner of the Alabama part of section 27 T N R 5 W.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Choctaw County
Mississippi
Walter B. Jones
Russell Maguire
Choctaw
Alabama
Training Camp Dedication At Little River State Park
Dedication ceremonies at the forestry training camp near Little River state park will be led by Lt. Gov. J. C. Inter. The camp will house Auburn University forestry students and is funded by the conservation department with support from local landowners and forest products industries.
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Uriah
Ala
Little River State Park
J. C. Inter
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Conservation Department
Railroad argues ICC ruling favored intrastate fares
The railroad contends the ICC finding assumed uniform intrastate fares and the Alabama commission refusal to raise rates within the state discriminated against interstate commerce.
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ICC
Alabama Commission
Parasitic Male Attachments Found Across Insects and Fish
The report notes that in many insect and fish species the male forms a parasitic attachment to the female. This mating arrangement is highlighted as a common reproductive strategy across diverse taxa.
Hartselle Rotary Club Installs New Officers
The Hartselle Rotary Club held its regular luncheon at the Methodist church basement with President Edwin Price in charge. He reviewed the year’s work focusing on Youth Service Scouting Crippled Children’s work and Recreation Park support. President Broom assumed the gavel and named committees for 1948 49.
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Hartselle
Broom
Rotary
Edwin Price
M. H. Broom
Opal, Eaton
Hartselie Dental Clinic
E. R. Currier
Local social notes from Alabama visitors and moves
Rev and Mrs D C McNutt of Birmingham visited Rev and Mrs F L Aldridge. Mr and Mrs Joe M Butler and Barbara June stayed with Mr and Mrs L C Sanderson of Huntsville. M and Mrs Edgar Burts of Columbus Ga visited Rev and Mrs F L Aldridge. Mrs Jake Harvey is recovering well after surgery at Hamill's Clinic in Decatur. Miss Ruby Martin and Miss Jessie Mae Tolleson left for Plant City Florida where Miss Martin will take a new job and settle there.
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D. C. McNutt
Birmingham
F. L. Aldridge
Joe M. Butler
Barbara June
L. C. Sanderson
Huntsville
Edgar Burts
Columbus
F. L. Alddige
Jake Harvey
Hamil
Decatur
Ruby Martin
Jessie Mae Tolleson
Plant City
Fla
Martin
Benjamin Franklin’s 1724 Purse to England to Save His Money
Benjamin Franklin carried an asbestos purse to England in 1724 to prevent money from burning holes in his pockets, reflecting his early interest in frugality and practical humor.
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Benjamin Franklin
England
CULLMAN MISS JOHNSON BRIDE OF MR EMANUEL
Miss Julia Elizabeth Johnson wed Mr. Emanuel in a First Baptist Church ceremony at 8 pm on Thursday. The service featured double ring vows, organ music, and a reception in the church parlors attended by local families and relatives. The couple, with Johnson’s family ties to Rock Hill and Lancaster, plans to reside in Lancaster after a wedding trip to the New England states and Canada.
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Miss Johnson
Emanuel
First Baptist
Julia Elizabeth Johnson
A. Barnum Hawkes
James F. Burriss
Lancaster First Baptist Church
S. S. Chambers
Leon Craven
Thomas Peterson
Francis Hough
Thomas Cox
James Hunter
Lancaster
William Sexton
McBee
Gene Hough
Gaffney
Philip Emanuel
George Allen
Lynn Hartung
Birmingham
Emma Lee Hough
Charlotte
Edyth Long
Leesville
Wylene Dabney
Wallie Sanders
Allendale
Marion Talley
Margaret McCarty
Rock Hill
Lucius Wiley Johnson
Japan
Johnson
M. B. Brissie
Reese Funderburk
Virginia Ashe
Ann Cathern
Gertrude Cauthern
Jean Hardin
Ernestine Willis
Tom Edwards
Henrietta Gill
Bernice Hance
Myrtle Padgett
Columbia
Dames
Henry
Neely
Horace Davis
J.C. Talley
Frank Mee- Gee
Ben C. Hough
C. S. Cook
New England States
Canada
Chestnut Street
Rock Hill High School
Winthrop College
Lancaster City
Mr. Emanuel
Philip Hamilton Emanuel
Lancaster High School
Vanderbilt University
Austinville Baptist Plans Weekend Services
Austinville Baptist schedules Sunday events with Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by Porter Harris and choir director Paul Coffet. Sermon at 1 00 pm by the pastor and evening service at 7 30 pm follow Training Union at 6 30 led by Dal Kirkley. Midweek prayer 7 pm Wednesday and study of Revelation. Visitors welcome.
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Porter Harris
Paul Coffet
E. C. Hendon
Training Union
Dal Kirkley
Austinville Baptist Church
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