Railroad Bill Draws Fire From Birmingham Union
H. E. Gilbert, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, told more than 500 members at the Southern union meeting that sections of a railroad aid bill could strip states of power to regulate rates and service. He warned the Interstate Commerce Commission would intrude on state rights over train abandonments and intrastate fares while urging campaigns to attract passengers as a solution. The convention continued through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of
Southern Union
Gore
Smathers
Interstate Commission
ICC
Tornado damages Wis for multiple injuries and evacuations
Residents recount a terrifying Wisconsin twister that destroyed a home and left forty hospitalized or treated after a night of wreckage. Dozens sought shelter as emergency crews ferried blood supplies and treated scores of injured across Menomonie and Chippewa Falls. The storm, part of two tornadoes across north central Minnesota, ravaged farms and toppled trees while officials reported minimal time to danger and rapid medical response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menomonie Memorial Hospital
St. Joseph's
Chippewa Falls
Minnesota
Markets Report From Decatur Dairy and Grain Prices
cotton middling at 34.50 per hundredweight and Decatur items list grain and livestock values. Milk products dairy points and ton prices, timber and pulpwood rates, poultry prices, corn and wheat quotes, cattle and hogs price ranges, and sheep figures shown for commercial trading.
Rail rally nudges market with mixed late gains
New York stocks ended with a mixed pattern as a rally lifted rails after a subdued session. Volume reached about 2.6 million shares, with rails posting fractional gains while steels chemicals and rubbers stayed down. major gainers included Santa Fe Baltimore & Ohio Illinois Central Union Pacific and Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rails
Santa Fe
Baltimore & Ohio
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Seaboard
Missouri - Kansas - Texas
Youngstown
Caterpillar
Goodrich
Allied Chemical
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Notable Climb and Drops in New York Stocks Amid Mixed Trading
The AP reports a volatile session on Wall Street with Lorillard and Lou & Nash showing gains while Am T & T and RCA fall. Major names like Dow, Du Pont, General Electric and U S Steel move in varied directions as investors weigh industry headlines and earnings signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lorillard
Lou & Nash
NY Central
Anac Co
Ohio Oil
Armour
Pac
Atchison
Pan Am W Air
Beth Sti
Pitt Plate G
Pullman
RCA
Coca Cola
Rohm & H
Safeway
Curtiss Wright
Sears
Dow
Simmons
du Pont
Sinclair Ss
East Air L
Socony
Ford Mtrs
Sou Co
U S Rubber
Johns Man
U S Steel
Warner B
Kennecott
West
An Tel
West Elec
Loew's
Woolworth
Markets At A Glance From New York AP
Stocks mixed while rails advance and bonds show mixed to improved yields. Cotton gains on active buying by trade and commission houses. Chicago market notes higher prices on short covering for corn and oats. Soybeans fall as vegetable oil weakness weighs on margins. Hog prices rise to a peak of 23.75 while slaughter steers in cattle ease to 28.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trade and Commission
Chicago
Grain futures steady as soybeans trade softer in Chicago
Chicago grain futures held a steady to firm range on the Board of Trade with rye showing the strongest demand and occasional gains. Soybeans weakened amid light cash receipts at terminals, hedge selling remained minimal, and short covering plus profit taking rose with rallies. Carrot grain receipts in Chicago listed wheat 1 car, corn 150, oats 7, barley 9, soybeans 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Prices rise at 10 30 am Thursday sale
Prices up to 10:30 am Thursday with 2 24 figures showing PE farms 100 per cent, 20 310 064 head, IO B plants 21 68 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I.o.b
Nashville cattle market review shows light demand
In Nashville buyers offered limited cattle classes with few offerings. Utility steers and heifers bring around 21.00, utility cows fetch 16.00 to 18.50, list notes more categories incomplete due to scarce quality stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
TV Turns To Jazz Music In TV Trend
New York AP reports television increasingly highlights jazz as it reflects contemporary culture and growing social acceptance. NBC paid tribute with Swing Into Spring featuring Benny Goodman Ella Fitzgerald and Harry James and Newport Jazz has boosted its popularity amid festival growth and album sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seven Lively Arts
The
Sound Jazz
Two Hold Up Men Rob Victim Near Morgan County
Victim Carithers was robbed of 8250 after a car stopped. He was forced out and shot at when he lunged for a pistol held by an assailant. The shooter’s aim drilled a hole in his left pants leg and powder burns. No trace of the car or suspects found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carithers
Carither
Wallace Meadows
Morgan County
The
Daily
W. H. Long
John
Indianapolis
Ind
Carthers
Market Report: Livestock Prices Steady to Mixed
Cutter bulls 16.00 to 20.50, medium feeder steers 24.00 to 25.00, calves and vealers 50, 27.00 to 29.00 for good and choice. Hogs 450 weight trading moderately, barrows and gilts steady, sows 17.50 to 18.80. Ewes steady at 4.50 to 7.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decaturian
U. S
U.S
Cotton futures rise as demand limits supply
New York AP reports cotton futures advance as trade and commission houses buy, easing earlier liquidation pressure. Weather across the Cotton Belt remains favorable. By late afternoon July at 36.16, October 36.49, and December 36.63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton New
York
Trade and Commission House Buying Found Offerings Limited
Man Returns From The Dead Marry Nun Gets Papal Blessing
In Italy, Rinaldo Matesini returns from the war and marries Alba Guidotti, who left a Benedictine convent after the Pope granted dispensation. The couple wed in Fabiano parish church with Holy See blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
Falciano
Alba Guidotti
Rinaldo Matesini
Rinaldo
Alba
Greece
Pius XII
Fabiano
Holy See
Sheriff Seeks Boys Who Tied Youth To Rails
In Norwalk California Sheriff deputies searched schools to locate two youths who bound 7 year old Michael R Evans to railroad tracks with a clothesline. The boy’s father Frank Evans freed him just before a train arrived as the assailants fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Calif
Sheriff's Deputies
Michael R. Evans
Michael
Robin Lee Denton
Calvin Denton
Frank Evans
Nations Accept Bid To Discuss Antarctica
The United States reports all 11 invited nations have accepted President Eisenhower’s plan to neutralize Antarctica. The Soviet Union confirmed by note, announced by Moscow radio, with Argentina Australia Belgium Chile France Japan New Zealand Norway South Africa United Kingdom and the United States among those taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Eisenhower
Antarctica
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Russia
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Chile
France
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
South Africa
United Kingdom
Mrs Annie Norton Dies In Athens
Mrs Annie Esther Norton 77 of Athens died Tuesday at 11 45 a m in Limestone Hospital Athens. Funeral Friday at 3 p m at Sardis Springs Baptist Church with the body in state 2 to 3 p m. Burial in Athens City Cemetery McConnell Service Funeral Home directing. Survivors include husband W P Norton five sons two daughters 23 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren two brothers two sisters with grandsons and nephews serving areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Annie Esther Norton
Athens- Limestone
Sardis Springs Baptist Church
Athens City Cemetery
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Eugene Steelman
Johnnie Crawford
W. P. Norton
Lawson A. Norton
Montgomery
William H
Elkmont
Carl M
Addison P
Ernest M. Norton
So Summerton Bailey Tenn
Katie Elizabeth Jacobs
Willard
George W. Brown
Willard C. Brown
Emma Gordon
Texas
Nannie Birdwell
Dallas
Tex
Pearl Kaufman
Mattie Bryant
McElroy Urges Military to Keep Fuss Within Family
Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy urged the military to settle disagreements within the executive department rather than before Congress. In a speech at the U S Military Academy for 570 cadets he endorsed changes in a congressional plan to reorganize defense structure to encourage congressional airing of disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Neil H. McElroy
Executive Department
Congress
McElroy
U. S. Military Academy
Local Folks Visit Kin and Friends Across Towns
Morgan County notes report multiple visits and family connections. Jaunters include Ozell McNutt relatives in Morgan and Rocky Ford, gatherings with Smallwood Vest Wallace families, and trips to Decatur Columbus Anniston and Tennessee. A heart attack illness for Joe McAbee and Rev. Jesse Rodgers visiting Shady Grove are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Taylor
Garry and
Gregory
Edward Smallwood
Raymond Vest
Decatur
Bevie West
Dwain Wallace
Kay
Ralph Johnson
Columbus
Georgia
Calvin McNutt
Anniston
Gaines McNutt
R. L
Ozelle
Billy George
Tennessee
E. C. George
Florence Smith
Alma
Rachel Collins
John Collins
Joe McAbee
Neel
Graham Continues West Coast Crusade in San Francisco
Evangelist Billy Graham preached on the mystery of the Holy Trinity before 9 000 in San Francisco Bay area. The Cow Palace crowd of 16 500 helped the crusade reach 18 265 for the total turnout. He urged that only love can conquer the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Billy Graham
San Francisco Bay Area
Cow Palace
Graham
Official confirmation Vasilevsky fired from defense post
Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky, once Soviet minister of war and deputy defense chief under Zhukov, was removed last year from the defense post. The dismissal details remain unclear and were found in The Political Dictionary via Radio Liberation. Vasilevsky, 63, is a noted war hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Vasilevsky
Georgi Zhukov
Vasilevsky
Zhukov
Radio Liberation
Soviet Union
Central Committee
Communist Party
Funeral services for Mrs Essie Jennings Hardage
The body of Mrs Essie Jennings Hardage 58 of San Francisco a former Decatur resident lies in state at Valhermosa Springs Christian Church Friday for one hour then funeral services at 1030 a.m. Burial will be in Valhermosa Springs cemetery with Brown of Decatur directing. Mrs Hardage died Monday in a San Francisco hospital after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Jennings Hardage
San Francisco
Decatur
Valhermosa Springs Christian Church
Valhermosa Springs
Brown
Hospital Admissions and Patients Listed in Decatur Area
A list of patients and admissions includes Baby Johnson Andrew Elliott at 112 Church St NE and Master Roger Dale Glaze at 502 Clark St SW. Other names include Miss Charlotte O Hara Edwards Union Grove and Mrs Joe Beams Decatur with multiple addresses in Decatur, Cullman, Tanner, and Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Johnson Andrew Elliott
Church St
Roger Dale Glaze
Clark St
David Allen Whitehead
9Th Ave
David Lamar Camp
Oak St
Cullman
Clyde Jackson Huggins
Edgewood Ave
Charlotte O'Hara Edwards
Union Grove
Ollie James McCollum
Leighton
Joe Beams
Decatur
Oscar W. McKay
Danville
George Buyske
Davis St
Leon Lindsey
Tanner
Sim Melton Price
5Th Ave
Albert Marion Norris
Hartselle
Construction of river bridge approaches advances in Montgomery
Blount Bros. Construction Co. moves crews to the river site for a new bridge parallel to Keller Memorial Bridge. Plans include a 300 foot channel dredge area, two dock sites, a warehouse, and temporary power and water line moves as state and municipal utilities work out service for nearby trade school and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon
Blount Bros. Construction Co
Montgomery
Keller Memorial Bridge
H. H. Brandt
Municipal’ Water Department
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
Municipal Utilities Board
Keller
Blount Bros
Keller Bridge
Clinic Notices Decline Several Dismissals Listed
Mrs. Clarence Perkins of 1610 Tower St SE and Barbara Tucker of 917 5th Ave SE are among dismissals. Also named are Mrs. Lucian Summerford of 901 11th Ct SE and Mrs. L. A. Sanders of 1209 20th, details incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Tucker
5Th Ave
Lucian Summerford
L1th Ct
L. A. Sanders
20Th Ave
Admissions at Bank Street Hospital
Mrs. T. C. Hill at 1500 Riverview. Mrs. Atley Howell at Decature. Mrs. Robert Scott and infant daughter at 1022 Grant St. SE. J. J. Saint at 1012 9th Ave. SE. Mrs. William Prince at 1604 1-2 Olive St. SE. Mrs. James F. Waugh at 2210 Willow Ave. SW. E. B. Watts at 1214 19th Ave. SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Hill
Riverview Ave
Atley Howell
Decature
Robert Scott
Grant St
J. J. Saint
9Th Ave
William Prince
Olive St
James F. Waugh
Willow Ave
E. B. Watts
19Th Ave
Election tallies for Alabama officials in Cullman County
Official returns show Governor Wallace leading Patterson 5 644 to 4 671 in Cullman County with Lieutenant Governor Skidmore 4 606 over Boutwell 4 673. Secretary Frink 5 080 ahead Mathews 3 906, Sheriff Alexander 4 974 over Waldrop 5 344.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Gist
McKay
Morgan County
Patterson
Wallace
Boutwell
Skidmore
Frink
Mathews
Democratic Executive Committee
McDonald
Davis
Hill
Terry
Board of Revenue
Collier
McCant
Cullman County
Guthrie
Morris
State Democratic Committee
John Petree, Jr
James Shotts
Edgar Vickery
Benjamin Wilson
Robert Blake
Robert
Bill Fite
Fred. Folsom
Fuller Kimbrell
John Miller
D. F. Mobley
Cliff Palmer
Board of Commission and Control
Dunkin
Jordan
Sheriff — Alexander
Waldrop
Athens Limestone Hospital Patient List
Dr Richard T Wood, Athens. Mrs Beverly Craig, Toney 2. Dorothy Wright, Athens. Kenneth Scoggins, Elkmont 1. Essie Darby, Athens 7. Mrs Gerald McGivney and infant daughter, Athens. Howard Collins, Athens 2. J C Miller, Athens. Calvin Powers, Toney 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Wood
Athens
Beverly Craig
Toney
Dorothy Wright
Kenneth Scoggins
Elkmont
Essie Darby
Gerald McGivney
Howard Collins
J. C. Miller
Calvin Powers
Farm setup costs limit graduates returning to farming
A Minnesota family economics bureau report shows the high investment required to establish a modern farm deters graduates from farming with only one in six agricultural college graduates returning to the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural College
Minnesota Family Economics Bureau
States vote counts add up in secretary of state race
The document shows 233 458 votes for the nominee and 236 749 for Rep. Pete Mathews of Tuscaloosa from 749 boxes. Frank Mizell Jr. seeks to chair the new Democratic executive committee with support from party elements in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Turman
National Party
Mizell
State Committee
South Alabama FFA Winners Named in State Contests
At Auburn AP reports South Alabama FFA members dominated state contests. Edward Bornholdt 16 Elbert won electrification. Joe Carpenter 16 Clio took farm mechanics first. Runners up included William Flemming Geneva Arthur Duckworth Palmetto James Porterfield Bakery Hill Jimmy Turner Glencoe Walter Powers Foley Billy Thompson Ider and Keith Salter Montevallo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
South Alabama
Future Farmers of America
Edward Bornholdt
Elbert
Joe Carpenter
Clio
William Flemming
Geneva
Arthur Duckworth
Palmetto
James W. Porterfield
Bakerhill
Jimmy Turner
Glencoe
Walter Powers
Foley
Billy Thompson
Ider
Keith Salter
Montevallo
De Gaulle Pledges Algerian Reform Without Independence
De Gaulle outlined constitutional reforms for Algeria promising equality in voting and future negotiations on its status. He offered amnesty to rebels and urged Moslems to accept a single voting list linked to France, while denying independence and avoiding clear representation rules. Rebellion by settlers and FLN opposition continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
de Gaulle
Algeria
National Assembly
Paris
Algiers
Assembly
Tunis
Algerian National Liberations Front
FLN
New York Times
Births at Decatur General Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Richards welcome a daughter at Decatur General on Chestnut Street. Mr and Mrs Donald Ham report a daughter at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Henry Russell Bolding announce a daughter at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Schrader announce a son at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Norman Stiles welcome a son at Pennylane. Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Leath announce a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richards
Chestnut St
Decatur General Hospital
Donald Ham
3Rd Ave
Decatur General Hos
Henry Russell Bolding
Pennylane
James Schrader
Kooken Ave
Norman Stiles
Nathaniel Leath
4Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Clinic
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Twister
O Te Man
Inaleon
B. J. Campbell
Allstates Cafe
Reysteres
Im- General Hospital
Wall Street
Chicago Grain
Eges
Mabel Chin
Annie Norton
Rocky Ford
Ozell McNutt
Thomas P. Whitney
Dana Es Diare
Yrlimale
Essie Eubanks
Harold McLemore
Memorial Dr
Louis C. Bell
Jackson St
Mattie Wood
James Barnes
Edgar S. Journey
Walnut St
James Edward Glenn
Mitchell Hubert Smith
7Th Ave
Albert Marion Marion
Trinity
Carol Ann Bernard
12Th St
Lucy Alston Jones
Stratford Rd
Martha Peak Jones
Bank Street Hospital
Athens-Limestone Hospital
S. Alabama
FFA
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