Changchung Still Tense Amid Military Occupation
Changchung, once Japanese-ruled, shows signs of normal life with functioning utilities and streetcars while barbed wire fences off many zones. Russian, Japanese, and Chinese forces mingle in the restored city as 40 miles away rival armies gather, yet a fragile peace holds around conference tables with an American representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roderick
Hal Boyle
Changchung
Japan
Manchukuo
Greater East Asia
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat-Sen
Northeast China Command
Peiping Executive
Manchuria
Japanese Railway Administration
Mrs Will Broadway III Ill in Athens Community
Mrs Will Broadway III, long time Athens resident, is seriously ill at her home in Eufavia 4 after a heart attack Saturday night and a light stroke of paralysis. Her sister-in-law Mrs Robert Broadway of Ardmyre 2 and her brother J D Goforth are at the bedside. She is the sister of P C Goforth of Decatur.
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Wil Broadway
Athens 1
Eufavia
Robert Broadway
Ardmyre
Athens
Ten Men Enlist in Armed Forces from Decatur Office
Ten men enlisted through the Decatur recruiting office. Glenn Floyd Culp John Lester Hale and Virgil McDowell of Huntsville joined the Air Forces for three years. James M Huckaba Aubrey Marshall T D King Demas Garrie and Robert Lee Cobb of Huntsville joined Army for 18 months. James Ford Hopkins of Huntsville enlisted in the military police for three years and Edward Pounders joined the medical corps for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Decatur
Glenn
Floyd Culp
John Lester Hale
Virgil McDowell
Huntsville
Air Forces
James M. Huckaba
Aubrey Marshall
T. D King
Demas Garrie
Robert Lee Cobb
James Ford Hopkins
Military Police
Edward Pounders
Medical Corps
War Department defends union handling over dismissals
Parks said PyreePeon declined to meet the protesters to avoid prejudging the appeal. Mason cited wartime and postwar records showing no anti union bias at 1,500 Army installations and only a few dozen dismissals under the statute. He added the FBI was not involved and the five were discharged after compelling evidence was gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
PyreePeon
Mason
War Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McKel lar explains stay in capital amid poll tax bill
Senator McKel lar said the anti poll tax and permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission bills could be brought up in the Senate at any time. He thinks he may not return to Tennessee before the Aug 1 primary where he seeks another term. He noted the bills are on the Senate calendar and could be called up with majority leader Barkley’s consent. If the Senate adjourns or recesses, McKel lar would still have duties as presiding officer in Washington to sign bills passed near the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKellar
Senate
Tennessee
Barkley
D-Ky
Six Polio Cases At Jefferson Hospital In Alabama
Six poliomyelitis patients are under treatment at Jefferson hospital after three new cases were admitted. The group includes a 16 year old, a seven year old, a four year old, two county residents, and an 18 month old girl from Northport. Alabama reports 133 cases this year through last Saturday and three deaths since January. Lauderdale County reports 80 cases since May 21 as the state sees an outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson Hospital
Jefferson
Northport
Montgomery
Alabama
Lauderdale
Miss Clio Lovin Reports on Club Meeting
Miss Clio Lovin gave a report on the Business and Professional Women’s club convention held in Cleveland this year at the Woodall’s club meeting. Miss Winifred Sentiff, new president, presided at the July meeting. Canned goods for the emergency food relief campaign were collected. Lois Gray, a new member, attended for the first time and the club voted in Blanche S Walters. Guests were Corrine Griffin and Kirk Patrick. Next meeting will be held in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clio Lovin
Cleveland
Woodall
Winifred Sentiff
Lois Gray
Blanche S. Walters
Corrine Griffin
Kirkpatrick
103000 Veterans in Training Program
In five Southeastern states more than 103000 veterans receive educational benefits under the G. L. Bill of Rights as of June 30. The total includes 95301 on the job or other education benefits and 7957 disabled veterans in vocational rehabilitation training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
G. L
John M. Slaton Jr
Adper Pana
National Parks Count by Region in the United States
The record notes 27 national parks in the continental United States 8 in Alaska and Hawaii. It lists regional totals and highlights the distribution of national parks across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental
Alaska
Hawal
Stock markets end week with overall decline and slow trading
Markets in New York closed lower as trading remained slow amid price control worries, labor tensions and weak production. Transfers ran to about 600000 shares with few strong spots, while some modest gains appeared near the close and investors awaited the long weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Markets At A Glance In New York And Chicago
Markets at a glance show stocks lower on light selling in New York while bonds stay steady on U. S. government debt. Cotton climbs to a 23 year high on active buying as Chicago grain markets move with corn down five cents and heavy cash grain offerings. Hogs and cattle slide with hogs 25 to 50 cents lower and cattle 50 cents to a dollar down. top cattle price reaches 24.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Chicago
Cotton futures rally on possible price controls and crop fears
New York July cotton futures jumped as much as 4 to 5 dollars a bale before late profit taking trimmed gains. December 1947 delivery posted a limit gain of 5 dollars. Prices settled higher with Oct near 36.37 and Dec at 36.52 amid private crop reports and belt concerns.
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New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report July Cattle Hog Sheep
Federal State Departments of Agriculture report shows demand narrow and market slow with cattle down to 25 lower and receipts heavy. Steers and heifers mostly 13.00 to 15.50 with week gains for better grades, calves 18.00 to 20.50, hogs 19.50 to 18.50 for sows, sheep steady with springers 19.50 to 21.00 and lambs up about 50 range. overall week compared mostly higher for some classes but mixed for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Talmadge Election Now Is Conceded
Atlanta July 19 Carmichael concedes the gubernatorial nomination to Eugene Talmadge in a 2 20 P M statement He says he is grateful to have the largest popular vote ever cast for a Georgia governor race and he'll return to private law practice while urging supporters to keep working for the state's best interests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jn Vv
Carmichael
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Death Claims D A Wallace, Limestone County Pastor
Deward Arigile Wallace, 44, farmer and Baptist preacher of Athens two, died Thursday night at home. Survived by wife Velma, son David A Wallace, daughter Hazel Irene, brothers William Wallace of Decatur and S K Wallace of Moulton, and four sisters of Moulton. Funeral arrangements announced later by Mutual Services.
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Deward Arigile Wallace
Limestone County
Athens
Velma Wallace
David A. Wallace
Hazel Irene Wallace
William Wallace
Decatur
S. K. Wallace
Moulton
A. W. Austin
A. J. Posey
Gorman Vaughn
Betty Wallace
Mutual Services
Wedding of Hood and Carl Mac O Rear Draws Attention
A wedding in the community featured Miss Hood and Carl Mac O rear recently discharged from the U S Army. Visits from Pvt and Mrs Junior Lawrence and Mr and Mrs Clio Skinner are noted. A 20 day singing school is planned for the summer with time and place to be announced. Farmers finish crops after rain delays and a Baptist revival begins on the fourth Sunday with all night meeting Saturday. Rev Commer Walls conducts revival next week. attendance invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hood
Carl Mac O’rear
Junior Lawrence
West Point
Clio Skinner
Fay Lee
Cullman
William White
Sandra Gail
Decatur
The
Baptist Church
Commer Walls
Local Clergy Lead Morgan County Service Weekend
Rev. O. K. Morgan conducted the regular monthly service on Saturday and Sunday with Rev. Hudson assisting. Frances Holmes arrived from Bladon Springs to visit grandparents and relatives. Curtis Shelton of Decatur spent the weekend with Ed Owens and family. Rev. M. J. May and son Eugene visited the Holmeses. May will preach at Shady Grove church Sunday at eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K. Morgan
Hudson
Frances Holmes
Bladon Springs
F. S. Holmes
Curtis Shelton
Decatur
Ed Owens
M. J. May
Eugene
Neill
Here
Shady Grove Church
Auburn Grid Star III Of Pneumonia
Zack Jenkins Auburn pre war halfback was taken to the infirmary with pneumonia. The 1942 sophomore had been playing fullback in summer drills after a back injury. From West Point Georgia Jenkins was a top punter and starred in a key upset over Georgia. Coach Voyles doubts he can play this fall. two years of SEC eligibility remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Zack Jenkins
Auburn Tigers
Jenkins
West Point
Georgia
Carl Voyles
Fatally Injured Piedmont Farmer Dragged by Runaway Mule
Joseph Dothard an 85 year old farmer in Piedmont Alabama was fatally injured when he was entangled in a rope and dragged 100 yards by a runaway mule. He was known as Uncle Joe and came to the United States from Ireland over sixty years ago and had farmed for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Ala
Joseph Dothard
Yesteday
Joe
Ireland
Polio Case Reported in Mobile County Infant Case Led to No Deaths
Mobile county records ninth poliomyelitis case of the year and third this month. Seven month old Julia Ann Jefferies, daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Jefferies of Mobile, is the patient. Health officer Dr O L Chason notes no polio deaths in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Mobile
Mobile County
O. L. Chason
Julia Ann Jefferies
R. B. Jefferies
Mobile
Local Community News Highlights From Decatur
Miss Clio Levin returns from Troy with two children to Baptist Children's Home. Births noted at Baugh infirmary. Fines for disorderly conduct and drunkenness recorded. Cloudburst in Leighton causes flash flood delaying church dinner. Legion Auxiliary handles foreign emergency relief at Penney’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clio Levin
Troy
Baptist Children’s Home
Leighton
Netherlands man heads committee for UN atomic energy panel
Prof. H. A. Kramers of the University of Leyden was elected chairman of a 12 nation scientific and technical committee of the UN atomic energy commission A Russian member was to be appointed with Andrei A Gromyko attending in the interim The other members include representatives from Australia Brazil Canada China France Mexico Poland and the United Kingdom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. A. Kramers
Netherlands
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Kramers
University of Leyden
United States
Richard C. Tolmah
California Institute of Technology
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Australia
G. H. Briggs
Brazil
Alvaro Alberto
Canada
George C. Lawrence
China
H. R. Wei
E T
Mohamed Bey Khalifa
Rance
Pierre Auger
Mexico
Luis Padilla Nervo
Security Council
Poland
Ksawery Pruszynski
United Kingdom
Sir George Paget Thompson
Traffic Jams Sermon Topic At Central Methodist Church
Rev G M Davenport of Central Methodist Church selects Traffic Jams as Sunday evening topic for business people in Decatur. Additional sermons include Bubbles for Masons Eastern Star and Odd Fellows on July 28 On Tiptoe for Labor Unions on August 4 and veterans groups on August 11. The church has installed two large exhaust fans for cooling and invites members of each group to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Davenport
Masons
Eastern Star
Odd Fellows
American Legionnaires
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Labor Seeks Parley Over Prices and Wages
CIO leaders propose a labor management government conference to set new pay scales and stabilize the economy as living costs rise. The plan calls for nationwide buyers strikes and wage protections while urging Congress to pass effective price control and a stabilized economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Truman
Philip Murray
Uctions
AFL
William Green
Detroit
Green
Congress
OPA
Murray
Cjjoo
Nation Presses Price Control Debate Amid War Costs
CIO reports living costs up 40 percent in two months and 25 percent in two weeks. Truman seeks a one year delay on a multi million dollar passenger ship contract to conserve funds as price controls loom. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a 3 percent weekly rise in wholesale prices but a small drop in the basic commodity index, while Congress hones a counterproposal on OPA rules with Taft Tobey and Radcliffe guiding talks. The Senate revival bill would keep many foods under ceilings, with debate over restating controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Truman
Congress
Maritime Commission
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Senate
Taft, Tobey
R-N. H
Radcliffe
D.-Md
Senator Swift seeks more potash and nitrate fertilizer for Alabama farmers
Senator Swift of Alabama urged the Agriculture Department to increase supplies of potash and nitrate fertilizers for Alabama farmers who are described as in dire need. He said the fertilizers are especially required for winter and cover crops and that nitrogen could aid some main crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Washington
D-Ala
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Inverse Order Of Importance Soft Jobs Come First
A humorous collection of quips and exchanges from a vintage scene. Snippets include lines about faith, honor, love, and social remarks, with characters debating manners, work, and sleep talking. The piece teases social norms and workplace etiquette in a light, theatrical voice.
A Fly Screen And Other Quick Observations In A Small Town
A collection of jokes and quips including a Decatur banker visiting a Decatur doctor who calls him lazy in plain English. An advertisement offers 12 quart galvanized pails for 50 cents each. Witty lines touch on food prices, a boot and loggin eating explorer, and domestic humor about a wife inheriting money. A clean plate motto closes the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Aging Texan Dies. 316 Descendants Remember Him
Jasper Cullin Darrett, a Houston area resident believed between 112 and 121, was buried after living in a small truck garden until about a year ago. He recalled being eight during the 1833 meteor shower, claiming a long life and many descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Jasper Cullin Darrett
Morgan County Singing Convention Names Officers and Leaders
Grady Parker named president with J. K. Haynes as vice president and Homer Shoemaker secretary at the Morgan county singing convention held at Hart selle tabernacle. The meeting adjourned after outlining morning and afternoon leaders and musical groups, with plans to reconvene the second Saturday and Sunday in October at Center Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Parker
Morgan County
Hartselle
Claud Chambers
W. L. Carrol
Lawrence County
Jack Morgan
Leon Beck
Fred Morgan
J. F. Herring
B. C. Pittman
Huntsville Melody Girls
Frank Robinson
Elbert Bell
Leonard Wallace
W. T. Willoughby
Homer Shoemaker
Ed Hogan
Homer Price
E. A. Hipp
Melvin Hardin
M. Kyle
Asie Smith
Birmingham
Jimmie Hutchinson
Jim Brown
Clyde Key
Richard Wallace
Jeff Clark
One Self
Milton Griggs
J. A. Bradford
W. R. Wallace
J. I. Nunn
Thomas Hood
Huntsville
Imogene Johnson
Coleman Turney
Mat Chenault
Everett Stockton
Joe Wright
Fred Summerford
Arthur Lee
Cullman
Gilbert Shelton
Floyd King
Mr. Parker
R. H. Burgess
Ray Griggs
Herman Windsor
Claude Chambers
Johnny Blankenship
Couch
Decatur
Griggs
Homes Land
Homer Smith
Center Springs
Lawmaker Links Jobs to Wartime Munitions Group
The report details how Congressman and others connected with a wartime munitions combine allegedly used influence to place Barkley’s son in a job. It names Murray Garsson and Dickstein, former Rep. Dickstein now a New York judge, in the investigation and notes ongoing efforts to compel Chairman May to testify with counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Dickstein
D-N. Y
Washington
Minigons Combine
Lake Placid
N. Y
New York State
Supreme Court
House Immigration Committee
Marriage Licenses Granted for Lott and Hone
Jessie Howard Lott of Decatur 2 and Vera Averine Hone of Athens 4 were issued marriage licenses. The pair are listed in the official records with residence details and dates of filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Howard Lott
Decatur
Vera Averine Hone
Athens
Rites Held Today for Mrs. L. W. Mize
Final rites were held at Good Oak for Mrs. Luther W. Mize 39 Cullman resident who died suddenly Wednesday at Cullman hospital. Services were conducted by Rev. Luther Hudson Dr. J. E. Marion and Rev. E. E. Neill with Moss of Cullman directing interment in Good Oak cemetery. She is survived by her husband one daughter Wanda her mother Mrs. Grace Harbison and several other relatives.
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Good Oak
Luther W. Mize
Cullman P
Cullman Hospital
Luther Hudson
J. E. Marion
E. E. Neill. Moss
Cullman
Wanda
Grace Harbison
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Eufavla
Dillehay’s
Grant
Abama
Big Jim
Folsom
Chauncey Sparks
Secretary of State
Sibyl Pool
Capitol
Florida
Miss Lovin
Wall Street
Talmadge
D. A. Wallace
Cullman County Jones Chapel
Eron White
Cedar Creek
Olie Holmes
William Long
Hamil Clinic
Riverview Avenue
Brown's Ambulance
Paul Brown
T. C. Milam
Fifth Avenue South
Baugh’s Infirmary
R. K. Woodard
East Moulton Street
David Davis
Lacon 1
E. T. Town
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Schoech
R. F. Miller
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Joe T. Robinson
Decatur 3
Iday
Onyer
Eeere
C. A. Grant
Saint Petersburg
Fla
Luther Clemmons
Decatur 2
Paul C. Davis
James F. Davis
Tri- Cities
Paul Harris
Decatur 1
Evelyn Etheridge
Ninth Avenue South
Baugh's Infirmary
Kenneth McCorkle
Twelfth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
Donald R. Bollier
Endlam Boulevard
American Legion Auxiliary
Ruby S. Jones
Foreign Emergency Relief Dime Board
Penney’s
Second Avenue
Sally
Harold
Agnes
Gerald
Hank
Republican Register
Aurora
Nebraska
Chance
Garsson
David
Combine
Army Air Forces
Murray Garsson
Jean Bates
Joseph Freeman
War Contracting Combine
McCormack
Freeman
Sabath
May
House Military Committee
James L.rankin Insurance
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