Rent Decontrol Spreads as States Vary Rules Readjusting Law
Nationwide survey shows local decontrol actions vary from minor gains to double digit increases. Nebraska proceeds with statewide decontrol by November, while Texas and Florida weigh measures. Some towns report sharp hikes but others stick with ceilings. governors review requests with several vetoes and hearings ongoing.
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Associated Press
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Tenn
Amarillo
Tex
McAlester
CIA
Nebraska
Tighe Woods
Americus
Decon
Globe-News
Citizens’ Board
Florida
Texas
Iowa
Tennessee
North Carolina
Oklahoma
New England
Pacific Northwest
Ocean View
Market slide hits 15 month low on sluggish volume
Wall Street reports a sharp market downturn with prices at a 15 month low as many issues set new yearly or longer lows. Turnover neared 700000 shares with U S Steel and several bigs like General Motors and Chrysler among the laggards while most aircraft issues including Douglas, United, and Lockheed showed relative strength.
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Mug Cresses
U.S. Steel
Youngstown
Sheet & Tube
General Motors
Chryster
U. S Rubber
Montgomery
Ward
Lesrs Roebuck
Deere
Schenles
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
American Smelling
Dow Chemical
Union
John Manville
American Woolen
Southern Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Nashville cattle market reports limited demand and pricing
In Nashville Tennessee on June 3 the cattle market showed tight supply with steers and heifers testing trade. Slaughter steers and heifers remained active and mostly higher, cows and bulls mixed with increases early but closing strong to higher. Hogs, calves, and sheep followed varied shifts with overall steady to higher tendencies compared to the prior week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State
Departments of Agriculture
Grain Market Summary From Chicago Briefly Mixed
Wheat recovers from a morning dip to modest gains with active trading on the Chicago board. July wheat ends up to 1.87 3 4. corn and oats post gains while rye rises. soybeans slip slightly before a small uptick. lard falls to around 11.20 per hundred pounds as July contracts settle.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Cotton futures slide then rise on hedging and trade buying
New York June cotton futures drifted lower as hedging losses to 50 cents a bale pressured prices, later rebounding on trade buying and short covering. Some switch from July to October 1949 delivery amid weak export demand. CCC loan repossessions reached 90,916 bales for week ended May 26, government stocks 4,140,183 bales. Atlanta notes improved mill spot buying. Memphis reports light demand for old crop with some interest in new crop.
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N.Y
New York
Atlanta
Memphis
Markets at a Glance June 3 New York and Chicago items
NEW YORK market at a 15 month low with stocks lower and bonds mixed as selected issues recover. cotton quiet amid liquidation and hedging. CHICAGO wheat steady with cash wheat price advance, corn steady as cash receipts remain small, oats higher with corn. hogs unevenly steady to 50 cents lower, top $222. cattle mostly steady, top $28.25.
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New York
Chicago
Magnet Used To Remove Open Pin From Baby
In Birmingham Alabama on June 3 doctors used a small magnet to extract an open safety pin from the stomach of 9 month old Gary Mitchell. The baby was reported in good condition after the procedure performed overnight.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gary Mitchell
Governor Approves Decontrol in Three Tennessee Cities
The governor approves decontrol in Knoxville Clinton and Huntingdon with Memphis exempted. The state legislature has signaled broad support for decontrol measures across the state, reflecting a shift in regulatory policy.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Clinton
Huntingdon
Memphis
Radio stations win right to editorialize on public issues
Washington June 3 U S radio outlets have won an eight year battle to express their own opinions on public issues. The Federal Communications Commission announced a policy change allowing radio and television stations to speak out in their own name for a political party or in any controversy, as long as opposing views are still aired.
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Jack Adams
Washington
U. S
Federal Communications Commission
Dan Crane to sail on naval training cruise from Norfolk
Dan Crane a Auburn student leaving today for Norfolk Va sails Sunday on a naval training cruise to European ports. Local notes mention Junior Board of Stewards at Ninth Street Methodist Church meeting Sunday at 1 30 p m. and various local visits and sports chatter.
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Dan Crane
Auburn
Norfolk
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Scouts Erica Meeting and Camp Westmoreland Plans
The meeting opened with the Scout Oath led by Jerry Craik and the assistant Scout master spoke about camping at Westmoreland this year. Patrols discussed next week's programs and finalized this week's activities before games and the Scoutmaster's benediction.
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Jerry Craik
Camp Westmoreland
Lie Continues in Court Over Truth of Prosecution Question
The defense asked if the answer was true or false and the witness replied it was false. Hiss and his wife Priscilla sat nearby and shared a faint smile as the judge recessed court until Monday. Earlier Chambers testified he had been loyal to the community before he broke with it.
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Hiss
Priscilla
Chambers
Magnet Removes Open Pin From Child's Stomach
The boy, son of Mr and Mrs 8 D Lal of Fayette, swallowed a safety pin Monday. His parents took him to a Birmingham hospital where X rays showed the pin in his stomach. Doctors inserted a magnet through his mouth and pulled the pin out safely.
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Fayette
Birmingham
Gloucester County School Board Pays Fines In Contempt Case
In Richmond on June 3 the Gloucester county school board paid 1000 dollars in fines for contempt of an anti discrimination injunction. Judge Hutcheson had ordered 250 dollars fines on J Walter Kenney Stanley T Gray Wallace Fletcher and Otis Hogge, with payment due in 30 days. The action shifts the liability to county taxpayers as part of ongoing efforts to equalize white and negro schools following prior litigation.
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Gloucester County School Board
Federal District Court
Sterling Hutcheson
J. Walter Kenney
Stanley T. Gray
Wallace Fletcher
Otis Hogge
P. W. Smith
State Literary Fund
Gloucester County Training School
Gloucester
Berlin Four-Power Talks Open as Rail Strike Persists
Four power representatives meet in Berlin for the first time since the Soviet walkout to discuss the rail workers strike. Workers voted to continue the walkout after rejecting a 60 percent payment in old German marks.
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Pser
Defendants Face First and Fifth Amendment Claims
The remarks discuss potential defendants invoking the first and fifth amendments. The speaker notes he would bow his head in shame and could not raise it in decent society if required to reveal who the informants are, warning he would become a stool pigeon if he disclosed the information.
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Gates
Informa
Clause in Pact To Be Opposed
BLUEFIELD W Va June 3 Southern coal operators plan to urge John L Lewis to drop the able and willing work clause from future contracts The clause has been in UMW contracts since the war and Lewis used it to justify walkouts by 400000 soft coal diggers Negotiations open with eight miners and eight operators behind closed doors Moody to press to tighten pension and welfare fund eligibility while Lewis seeks higher royalty on coal to fund benefits The dispute centers on conditions miners deem unsafe and the right to refuse work until able and willing
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W. Va
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
North
Moody
TVA accounting reforms urged by General Accounting Office
The General Accounting Office urged TVA to adjust investments and repayments to keep government funds aligned with asset value. Recommendations cover including interest in plant cost, amortizing land rights costs over 100 years, strengthening budgeting, supervising records by the TVA comptroller, and recording chemical research and development costs.
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General Accounting Office
TV_ itself
TVA
TVA Chief Testifies on 49 Million Appropriation Request
TVA Chairman Gordon R. Clapp told a senate appropriations subcommittee that the TVA seeks 49,359,150 dollars already approved by the house, with no restoral of a 7,049,850 dollar cut. He warned the agency may seek additional funds in a deficiency bill if New Johnsonville steam plant costs exceed expectations. TVA had asked 16,500,000 to continue the project after an initial 2,500,000 in the first deficiency bill, hoping costs will fall as anticipated.
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TVA
Gordon R. Clapp
Senate Appropriations
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Decatur Negro Seniors Stage Playlet Tonight
Decatur's Negro seniors will present their senior class night playlet at 8:00 PM in the high school gym. The central theme is American Youth Today with public invitation extended by principal C L Sheffield as commencement season draws focus to schools nationwide.
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Decatur Negro High School
United States
C. L. Sheffield
Negro Saved From Chair in Mississippi Case
Willie McGee, a 34-year-old Black man convicted of raping a Laurel white woman in 1945, escaped the electric chair briefly after a stay was granted five hours before execution. The stay was signed by acting Chief Justice William D. Roberts as McGee’s attorneys filed a perfected appeal to the U S Supreme Court, which had previously denied a stay. He was held in Hinds County jail and entertained with a large meal before the stay, expressing faith in God, while authorities moved him to Laurel for the procedure.
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Miss
Willie McGee
Supreme Court
William D. Roberts
U. S.supreme
Steve Brogan
McGee
Jones County
Laurel
Hinds County
U. S. Supreme Court
Joint Governor faces reapportionment and spending bills
Senate debate centers on legislative reapportionment to ensure local self government with counties gaining senators. Bills target governor spending, introduce budgeting controls, cap the emergency fund, and reorganize the liquor board with a three member panel and fixed salaries.
Capitol Hill: Senate, House Face Compromise Moves
Capitol Hill sees continued need for compromise as both houses adjourn until Monday. The atomic energy probe into AEC chief Lilienthal advances with calls for public hearings after a missing atomic bottle incident. The North Atlantic treaty faces hurdles over presidential war powers, while farm storage and displaced persons bills clear House and head to the Senate. The deficiency bill includes White House renovation funds, and a wheat pact gains Senate committee approval. Johnson touts high speed planes as wind tunnel funding passes.
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Iowa
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Prison escape attempt at Wheeling facility foiled for one man
Prison officials say 15th cell was sawed or jimmied open during a coordinated escape plan. Six cells had bars cut with a homemade drill saw while nine others were pried from inside after others fled. Otto Neff, 38, of Ohio County, already serving life for kidnaping a Wheeling officer, marks his third escape. Officials note the preparations may have been ongoing and that cuts were hidden with black soap.
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Otto Neff
Ohio County
Wheeling
Cab Stopled for Gas as Trial Recounts Shooting Night
The state rebuttal places Cullman cab 156 stopping for gas just before 7 30 p m on the night of the shooting. Mrs Jimmy Wesley could not identify the passengers. Sheriff Shelley Hyatt testified the Wesley station sits on the Holly Pond road near the rock crusher scene of the fatal shooting.
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Jimmy Wesley
Alabama announces 1949 football ticket sales plan
The University of Alabama today announced alumni sales for 1949 football tickets will run from July 1 to July 18. Any remaining tickets after July 1 will be offered to the public beginning July 14.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Order Issued Against WMSL Station in Decatur Alabama
The National Labor Relations Board ordered radio station WMSL Decatur Alabama to stop alleged unfair labor practices. It required reinstatement and back pay for Asa Duncan and back pay for Robert Dunnavant, and dismissed a charge against Manuel Matus. The board also ordered recognition of Local 1,564 IBEW as bargaining agent for four announcers and technicians, though the local did not exist at the time. The ruling followed a September 1948 hearing based on a March 1947 union election.
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National Labor Relations Board Today
WMSL
Decatur
Ala
Asa Duncan
Robert Dunnavant
Manuel Matus
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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John H. Eadie
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Electrical Workers Union
No Comment At Local WMSL Offices
At the local WMSL offices there was no comment today and all inquiries were referred to the station counsel in Washington for the defers.
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WMSL
Washington
Warrant Delayed In Birmingham Zoning Case
Birmingham officials delay serving a warrant on Rev Milton Curry Jr a negro minister who moved into a white zoned area. City Commissioner James Morgan plans a citizen meeting to seek a solution while Curry remains housed with his belongings inside the North Smithfield property near a city created white versus black buffer zone.
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Ala
James W. Morgan
H. EF. Hagood
Milton Curry Jr
Morgan
Rev. Curry
Curry
F E. B. Deyampert
Deyampert
North
Smithfield
Westside
City Commission
Death and Giannini Family Ties in Early California
The text notes that an unnamed man identified with a boyish companion, claiming he never wanted to be a millionaire. It traces Virginia Giannini from Genoa to California as a farmer in San Jose area. A. P. lost his father at seven, then his mother remarried Lorenzo Scatena, a commission merchant.
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Italy
California
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A. P
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Auburn to open 1949 football ticket sales to alumni
Auburn will begin selling 1949 football tickets to alumni on July 15. Orders received before July 15 are considered received on that date. Applications for tickets to the Auburn Alabama game will not be accepted after July 15.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Construction Foreman Credits Scalf's Relief Medicine
J. E. Summerville of Anniston Alabama says three years of gas pressure pains and fatigue ended after taking Scalf's Indian River Medicine. He reports restored appetite, weight gain, strength, and relief from misery. Scalf's available at drug stores with money back offer. Listeners advised to hear Scarf's Harmoneers Quartet on WVOK at 12 30 PM weekdays.
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J. E. Summerville
W. 18Th Street
Anniston
Ala
Scalf
Scarf
WVOK
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