Duncan outlines cotton program at Decatur Rotary meeting
Joe Duncan, veteran cotton merchant and leader in national and state cotton groups, spoke at the Decatur Rotary Club at the Lyons Hotel. The club plans two parts: Cotton Week to showcase cotton merchandise and a cotton dress revue for Morgan County women and club girls. Duncan cited Morgan County cotton income near 10 million dollars, with cotton seed income around four million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Duncan
Atlantic States Cotton Council
National Cotton Council
Rotary Club
Lyons Hotel
Decatur Rotary Club
Mr. Duncan
Decatur
Ed Price
R. S. Hicks
Morgan
Morgan County
Klan Leader Arrested as Hoodlum Wave Looms
Morris Alabama's top Klansman was arrested during grand jury probes into a wave of night riding hoodlumism. Eighteen persons have been indicted or released on bond. Klansmen deny involvement in beatings threats and cross burnings while Attorney General Albert A Carmichael accuses them of hoodlumism and violence. Carmichael targets their political influence as he contemplates a gubernatorial bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Alabama
Carmichael
Birmingham
Citizens Committee
Czech official backs Moscow over church in communism choice
Antonin Zapotocky said yesterday that if forced to choose between Catholicism and communism the answer would be Moscow Stalin socialism. Czech communist leaders denounced the Vatican excommunication as a devilish means of sowing discord in communist nations. London ended a month long waterfront strike today amid new labor trouble threats in coal mines and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mier
Antonin Zapotocky
Moscow
Stalin
Vatican
London
Britain
Stork Busy Over Week End Here Six Babies Born
A weekend at Hamilton and Decatur hospitals produced six boys and two girls. New fathers welcomed sons and daughters to families of Harold Blackwell and Craig, Davidson, Aaron er, Sanderson, Floyd Terry, and others. The report notes a song for Mr and Mrs Harold Blackwell at 217 West Church and other family announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Harold Blackwell
West Church
W. J. Craig
Decatur
M. J. Davidson
Canal
Hamil
Aaroner
Fourth Avenue West
Leo
Neighbors Spot Fire At Canal Street Home
Neighbors at 904 Canal Street saw smoke from an overheated refrigerator motor and called the Decatur fire department. Firefighters arrived Sunday around 3 45 p m to extinguish a small interior blaze while Mr and Mrs I P Carlisle of 903 Canal Street reported the incident. The Buchanans were away. loss amount not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Fire Department
L. C. Buchanan
Canal Street
Pp. Carlisle
Canals
Buchanans
Samuel Lowery Taken by Death
Samuel D. Lowery 73 died at his home in Danville about 10 P M Saturday Funeral services were scheduled for 2 30 P M at Johnson Chapel with Rev Grady Morris officiating Interment will be in adjoining cemetery Peek directing Surviving are the widow Mrs Francis Lowery two daughters Mrs C E Poole Decatur and Mrs Floyd Linderman Detroit Mich two sons Pascal Lowery Ruleville Miss and Alfie Lowery Dumas Ark Pallbearers Edwin Puckett Kyle Johnson Robert Sandlin A L Singleton Willard Lake Omer Morris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D. Lowery
Danville
Johnson Chapel
Grady Morris
Peek
Francis Lowery
C. E. Poole
Decatur
Floyd
Linderman
Detroit
Mich
Pascal Lowery
Ruleville
Miss
Alfie Lowery
Dumas
Arkansas
Edwin Puckett
Kyle Johnson
Robert Sandlin
A. L. Singleton
Williard Lake
Omer Morris
Congress Debates Foreign Aid Bill and Education Clause
Senate resumes debate on a 5.723 billion foreign economic aid bill while McClellan defends an amendment to earmark 1.5 billion for buying surplus farm products. House considers a education aid compromise allowing 35 million in health funds for private and parochial schools. Ferguson drafts crime bill on five percenters. U N testimony about communist ties sparks counterclaims from Price and McCarran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Economic Cooperation Administration
House Commerce
Ferguson
D-Mich
Senate Judiciary
United Nations Secretariat
Byron Price
U. N
McCarran
D-Nev
America
Retirement benefits set for former congress staffer lapse
A former employee who left his job and joined a congressman’s office in December 1948 contributed 7.43 to the retirement system, making him eligible for a 17,500 dollar annual annuity or an option of 15,000 dollars with survivor benefits of 8,700 dollars. A late law changing retirement salary limits to 10,000 dollars does not apply to his period of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Demonstration of Sherwin-Williams boll weevil chemical near Huntsville
A second demonstration of a new chemical from Sherwin-Williams to fight boll weevil infestation will take place Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Warren Lockwell farm near Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwin-Williams
Warren Lockwell
Huntsville
England Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for A. R. England 81 who died Sunday afternoon at his home in Moulton were set for 2 p.m. today at Windsey Hall with Rev. Grady Parker and Rev. Willie Padridge officiating. Interment will be in Shiloh Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary L. England four daughters two sons a sister twenty grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed are Roscoe Borden Walter Borden Garvin Garrison Charles Bowling Lewis Oden and Emmett Osborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor A. R. England
Moulton
Grady Parker
Willie Padridge
Windsey Hall
Shiloh
Peck
Mary L. England
L. Z. Williams
Danville
Mildred Borden
R. C. Higgins
Maliie Culver
Decatur
Walter England
Mobile
Claude
Dalton
Millie- Hill
Shamrock
Texas
Roscoe Borden
Walter Borden
Garvin Garrison
Charles Bowling
Lewis Oden
Emmett Osborn
End to Hawaiian Strike Fails Amid Dry Dock Tensions
Honolulu reports no breakthrough as Governor Stainback calls a Special Session to seek power to seize docks and hire civil service longshoremen. CIO leader Lenny Schmidt offers a wage proposal rejected by employers. Hawaii stores 327000 tons of sugar valued at 38000000 in mills and even theater lobbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lolani Palace
Lenny Schmidt
CIO International Longshoremen's and
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Gospel Meeting to Open Sunday at Dancy Chapel
A gospel meeting will begin at Dancy's Chapel Church of Christ on Sunday July 31 with services at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. A noon dinner will be served on the grounds. Next week services will be at 10 30 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. Speaker will be Jack Cannon of Athens 1.
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Dancy’s Chapel
Church of Christ
Jack Cannon
Athens 1
Service Saturday For Cpl. Johnson
Funeral services for Cpl. William M. Johnson set for Saturday morning at 19 o'clock in Chapel Grove Tuscumbia. Johnson was killed in action March 4 1945 at age years. He was the son of Ida B Johnson and survived by his mother eight brothers five sisters and other relatives. Interment at cemetery six miles west of Falkville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Johnson
Chapel Grove
Tuscumbia
Cpl. Johnson
Ida B Johnson
Herring ‘Cemetery
Falkville
Soybean Product Markets Water Resistant Glue Concept
A new soybean based product is claimed to act as a glue that becomes waterproof when heated. The development suggests potential use in coatings and joins, offering a plant derived alternative to synthetic waterproof adhesives.
Markets Drift Higher In Summer Rally on Wall Street
New York July 25 A broad stock market advance continued in quiet volumes with many issues posting fractional to about one point gains. Turnover reached around 900000 shares as Studebaker rose over a point to a new year high on news of strengthened June quarter earnings. Commonwealth and Southern traded near a 1949 top before slipping, while leaders included Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Firestone Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Caterpillar United Aircraft and Dow components among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Horgan
New York
Studebaker
Commonwealth and
Southern
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Firestone
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Caterpillar
Tractor
United Aircraft
Standard Steel Spring
Universal Laboratories
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
American Smelting
General Electric
Dow Chemical
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
Radio Corp
International Paper
N.Y. Central
Southern Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Gulf Oil
Eastern Air Lines
Nashville cattle and hog market report with mixed steady prices
United States Department of Agriculture notes in Nashville Tennessee that cattle numbers around 1200 head show slow, uneven sales with an undertone lower. top medium and good steer and heifer prices range 23.00 to 24.75 per cwt, with heavier steers around 25.00. Canners and cutters mostly steady but few tested. Hog yard totals about 1100 head with steady to 25 cents higher, good to choice hogs 21.00 to 21.75, lighter weights 17.75 to 19.50. Sheep around 900 head, spring lambs 22.00 to 23.25. aged slaughter ewes around 7.00 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Georgia live poultry market shows steady demand and prices
Atlanta July 25 to 45 North reports steady market with very good demand in most sections. Supplies of small broilers and fryers are liberal, heavy fryers short of needs. Prices paid for broilers and fryers ranged 26 to 27 cents per pound across all weights.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Markets at a glance stock rally and mixed bonds
New York markets resume rally with higher stocks and mixed bonds. Wheat firm on mill buying in Chicago, corn firm with wheat, oats steady with active trade. Hog prices steady with losses to 25 cents, top near 22.35. Cattle mostly weak to 50 cents lower, top at 27.75.
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New York
Chicago
Grain Prices Rise on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain prices climbed on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat up at the open and gains led by mill buying. Soybeans advanced several cents thanks to active commission houses, while lard, corn, oats, and rye also edged higher as trading picked up. Wheat settled higher with a notable September price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
General Commission House
Almon Family Reunion Draws Sixty From North Alabama
Sixty persons from North Alabama attended the Almon family reunion at Holliday home “Holliday In The Pines” near Wheeler Dam on Sunday. The gathering included Judge T. C. Almon and numerous relatives from Decatur Town Creek Courtland Moulton Hillsboro Florence Nashville and Atlanta with a picnic lunch and swimming for children.
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North Alabama
Almon
Rufus Holliday
Robert Weatherford
Bobby
Malcolm Austell
Malcolm, Jr
Ashteen Fitzgerald
Tommy
Town Creek
Céra Lee
Will Lee
Billy
Sue
Mary Davis
Henry F. Almon
Milton
Charles
Gordon
Courtland
Misher Almon
Misher, Jr
Moulton
Tom Almon
Mary Elizabeth
Alice
Howard Glenn
Wasson
James
Billy Montgomery
Paul Horton
C Charles
Hillsboro
Lula
Novie Almon
Charles Almon
William Almon
Charles Nance
Florence
Lottie Ryder
Tuscumbia
Clopper Almon,Jr
Sheffield
Ann
Robert Moody
Nashville
Bama Stevens
Steve Clark
Steve
Jimmy
Atlanta
Collision at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street
Police report a Saturday 4 30 PM collision at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street in which Calvin Coolidge Roberson and Kyle Calvin Long were involved. Long’s car sustained slight damage, no injuries reported, officers Sanders and Hyde stated.
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Sixth Avenue
Grant Street
Calvin Coolidge Roberson
19Th Avenue East
Kyle Calvin
Long
Sanders and
Hyde
William B Dowell Sr Dies at 79 in Birmingham
Funeral services for William B Dowell Sr 79 head of Alabama tonnage tax division will be held today at Woodlawn Baptist Church at 3 pm. He died yesterday at his Birmingham residence after a two month illness. Dowell a North Carolina native attended Wake Forest College and came to Alabama in 1889. formerly with Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Company.
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Birmingham
William B. Dowell
Alabama
Woodlawn Baptist Church
North Carolina
Dowell
Wake Forest College
Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Company
Surrender expected in Cohen gangland shooting case
Los Angeles police expect the surrender today of Anthony Trombino, formerly of Kansas City Missouri, the third man Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz wants for questioning in the gangland shooting of gambler Mickey Cohen. Last week Biscailuz named Tony Brancato and Joseph E Messina as the two other suspects.
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Los Angeles
Eugene Biscailuz
Mickey Cohen
Anthony Trombino
Kansas City, Mo
Biscailuz
Tony Brancato
Kansas City
Joseph E. Messina
Grain futures move higher on bean and corn gains
Prices show gains across several grain futures with soybeans leading advances. September oats rise to 1.29 per bushel while rye slips slightly and soybeans jump about 45 to 6 cents higher to 2.49. Nearby wheat hovers around 11.50 to 11.52 per hundredweight as funds adjust.
Cotton futures wobble on demand and senate talks
New York July 25 Cotton futures were irregular in slow trading as market demand supported nearby deliveries and Washington debate hints at price support shifts. New Orleans bought late positions while exporters expect foreign buying to lag as crop movement grows. Futures settled with varied gains and losses across nearby contracts.
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New York
New Orleans
Washington
Senate
House
Truman Presses Broad Arms Aid Plan For Europe
President Truman urged prompt vigorous prosecution of Soviet expansion and unveiled a broad arms program. The plan would give the president wide flexibility to supply Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Norway Denmark Italy Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines with military equipment cash and training on a cash and carry basis. Western Europe would receive 938.45 million in arms and 155 million for build up with 300.58 million für other nations.
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State Department
Russia
Truman
United States
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Traffic Club To Visit Industries In Decatur
Top traffic men from Birmingham will tour Decatur industries on September 9. About 200 club members will ride a special train, with Chamber of Commerce officials guiding the visit. James Jordan of Cosby Hodges serves as club president, Miles Acipeo chairs the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Decatur Industries
W. D. Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham Traffic and Transportation Club
Decatur
James Jordan
Cosby-Hodges
Miles
Acipeo
Howell Rites Held Saturday
Funeral services for James Ernest Howell a 66 year old local painter and contractor were held Saturday at 2 30 PM at the Southside Baptist church with Rev Carl Roberts Rev L L Hern and Rev Neely Crawford officiating Interment followed in Johnsons Chapel Mutual Service directing Howell died Thursday at eight oclock after a heart attack Surviving are his wife a brother and sister J T Howell of Macon Ga and Mrs A T Beatty of Decatur and numerous nieces and nephews Pallbearers were W P Ford Joe Henderson Anthony McKee Fred Hitt Milton Clendon and Clay Callaham Members of the Churches Bible class and the Southside Baptist church were honorary pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ernest Howell
Southside Baptist Church
Carl Roberts
L. L. Hern
Neely Crawford
Johnson’s Chapel
Howell
J. T. Howell
Macon
A. T. Beatty
Decatur
W. P. Ford
Joe Henderson
Anthony McKee
Fred Hitt
Milton Clendon
Clay Callaham
Men's ‘Bible Class
Calendar moves in state House and Senate on bonds and reapportionment
Folsom exits House Ways and Means after long hold, Benford Martin measure on calendar with early House Transportation backing. A companion bond payment bill and the governor’s road bond plan advance, proposing a gasoline tax rise from six to seven cents to back bonds. Reapportionment backers expect to delay the 67 senator amendment, seeking a House approved substitute before a possible referendum. Senate debate hinges on committee action and potential Thursday consideration. An informal Senate poll shows 20 yes, 14 no, 1 undecided. 21 votes needed for constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
House
Ways and Means Committee
Benford-Martin
House Transpotation Committee
Ways and Means
Senate
Silar Cater
Montgomery
Constitutions Committee
Williams Dies of Heart Attack in Mississippi
John Sharp Williams Jr. 62, noted Mississippi business and agricultural leader, died today in a Jackson hospital after a heart attack. He was president of the former Mississippi Chemical Corporation, a multi million dollar project near Yazoo City, and had been active in civic and political affairs across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Jackson
Miss
John Sharp Williams, Jr
Mississippi
Mississippi Chemical Corporation
Yazoo City
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Sally
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Kimaki
PAGEL
England
Dancy Chapel
Wall Street
Nashville Livestock
Michele Clynch
Colleen
Dublin
Ireland
Buckingham Palace
Scott
R. J. Scott
Mexico
Plymout
Countries
Egypt
Skrapi
Department
Freak Chenault
Grant
Jane
Dillehay’s
Wile Ostiver’s
al Gant
NASH
McRae Motors
Lee St
Decetur
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