Planes Used In Hopper Fight Over Wheat Crops
Denver dispatch reports a 30‑plane aerial task force will target a 1.5 million acre tract in Wyoming and Montana next week to spray grasshoppers. The USDA says the area is the worst nesting ground, with an operation of about 30 days to curb a growing migratory hoppers threat. The USDA, state and local authorities will share costs.
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Denver
Sheridan
Wyo
Ming
Montana
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Plains
Jim R. Dutton
USDA
Grasshopper Control Division
Grain
Wyoming
Canadian
Texas
Markets Wall Street by William D Horgan
New York June 9 The stock market moved along at slightly lower levels. Gains were recorded in U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Woolworth International Harvester National Distillers International Nickel Phelps Dodge Copper General Electric Union Carbide Radio Corp Standard Oil NJ and Twentieth Century Fox. Losses appeared in General Motors Chrysler U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck United Aircraft Western Union American Smelting Owens Illinois N Y Central Pennsylvania RR Baltimore and Ohio Gulf Oil and United Airlines.
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William D. Horgan
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Woolworth
International Harvester
National Distillers
International Nickel
Phelps Dodge Copper
General Electric
Union Carbide
Radio Corp. Standard Oil
Twentieth Century-Fox
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
United Aircraft
Western Union
American Smelting
Owens-Illinois
N. Y
Frictions Rise as Paris Talks Loom in Red Policy
Observers note a growing U S and Chinese Communist rift linked to the Mukden consulate standoff and Western treatment of U S staff. Britain seeks safe return of the Amethyst from the Yangtze as communists mine the river mouth. Greek and Yugoslav reports claim Grammos region falls to rebels amid mounting conflict.
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China
Russia
United States
Mukden
Red
U. S
Britain
Yangtze River
Athens
Grammos
Candy sales rise see grocers beat others in last year
Buyers Sectioners Association at Chicago was told that food stores became the number one retailers of candy last year. The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index declined one cent from a week ago to $5.73, compared with $7.11 a year ago. The index covers the total wholesale cost of a pound each of 31 general-use foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sectioners’ Association
Chicago
Dun and Bradstreet
Mrs. Heflin Dies At Lynchburg Va
Mrs Isabel White Heflin 67 widow of The Birmingham News vice president Thomas J Heflin died in a Lynchburg Virginia hospital Surviving are two daughters three sisters and a nephew a niece and other relatives Services will be held in Birmingham at a time to be announced
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Uniontown
Ala
Isabel White Heflin
Birmingham News
Lynchburg
Thomas J. Heflin
News
Weenona White Hanson
Victor H. Hanson
the News
Dinner At Church To Welcome New Members
On June 29 the board of stewards invites Cent ral church members to bring food for a 7:00 dinner. The Woman's Society of Christian Service will coordinate the meal to honor new members.
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Board of Stewards
Central Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Nashville Livestock Market Report Cordially Updates Prices
Nashville livestock report for June 9 shows cattle mostly slow and lower with limited supply. Good yearlings reach 26.00, cows 12.50 to 18.00, bulls 19.50 to 21.50, calves 24.00 to 26.00, hogs down 25 to 50 under 240 pounds, sows around 21.00 and 19.50 for 250 to 290 pounds, sheep active and steady with springers 27.00 to 29.00 and slaughter ewes around 21.00 to 25.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton futures firm on July covering before first notice day
Cotton futures firm as aggressive covering in nearby July ahead of first notice day June 24. A leading spot firm sold about 10,000 bales of nearby July, with July at 32.88 cents per pound, near the season's high. New crop deliveries advanced amid favorable private crop survey. acreage estimated up nearly 15 percent from last year.
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New York
Markets At A Glance Stocks And Commodities Drift
CHICAGO markets show mixed to firm signals across major items. Stocks led by narrow gains, bonds mixed with light demand, cotton firm on July covering, wheat mixed with milling and receipts, corn slightly lower on higher grain receipts, oats steady in quiet trade, hogs up about 25 cents with top around 21.75, cattle mostly weak to 50 cents lower, top near 28.00.
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Chicago
North Georgia live poultry market steady with good demand
Atlanta June 9 USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market about steady. Demand continued good and supplies adequate to liberal. Prices unchanged in most sections and unchanged to lower in other sections. Prices paid FOB farm for broilers and fryers picked.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Vacation Bible School Runs Strong At Central Methodist
The daily vacation Bible school at Central Methodist Church has drawn over 200 enrollments across five courses in the intermediate department. Mrs. Julia Levin Sharp presides as superintendent and the program will close Wednesday evening with commencement exercises in the church auditorium, inviting all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Julia Levin Sharp
Improvement of Bee Line Awaits Passage of Bill
Plans to improve U S 31 in Decatur hinge on a state bill on highway maintenance through municipalities. Mayor H R Summer said the current system requires city participation for improvements while federal funds are matched by the state and the city.
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U. S. 31
Decatur
H. R. Summer
Roca Awami
Weather Sees Range For Wednesday Afternoon Through Morning
Temperature readings show a range from 25 to 28 C on Wednesday afternoon and this morning, with most observations between 26 and 26.5 C. Report notes a narrow 1 to 2 C swing around mid day and early hours.
Grain Chicago Wheat and Grain Market Report
Moderate mill buying supported wheat on the Chicago board today with July contracts leading the gains. Wheat closed mixed with July at 4.93 7/8, other months softer. Oats and rye moved slightly, soybeans up, lard higher. July futures listed at 11.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Senate and House Action on Nomination and Bills
Senate committee quickly approves Gordon Gray for Army secretary and sends to the full chamber. House committee OKs a revised pay bill for military personnel costing about 100 million dollars. A poll tax repeal is shelved as a constitutional amendment is considered. Senate debate continues on labor reform amid coal strike pressure from John L. Lewis. Congress debates internal spending as two bills total 62.2 million dollars. Atomic Energy Committee resumes probe into secret papers on Vital materials amid alleged mismanagement by AEC chair Lilien.
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Gray
Senate
Gordon Gray
House ‘Committee
House
Truman
House Administration
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Congress
Ac Cohn
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Knowland
Calif
AEC
Hickenlooper
A- Lowa
David E. Lilien
Five Accused By Chambers Names Five in Government Documents Case
NEW YORK June 9 Whittaker Chambers named five men who he said supplied him with government documents during his time as a Soviet spy ring courier. The list includes Alger Hiss and William Ward Pigman Harry Dexter White Vincent Reno and Julian Wadleigh. Pigman testified before the grand jury that indicted Hiss and denied any dealings with Chambers or possession of unauthorized government information.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
William Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Vincent Reno
Julian Wadleigh
Chambers
Wadleigh
Hiss
State Department
Pigman
Appleton
Wis
U U. S. Bureau of Standards
Chamber
Denial by Pigman in Hiss case repeats claims
Dr William Ward Pigman an instructor at the University of Alabama dental college repeated his denial today in Birmingham Alabama of any contact with Whittaker Chambers or access to secret government documents He testified at the Alger Hiss perjury trial in New York stating his statements before the federal grand jury remain true and he has never met Chambers.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Ward Pigman
Whittaker Chambers
Pigman
University of Alabama Dental College
Chambers
New York
Alger Hiss
Federal Grand Jury
Labor leaders clash over Taft-Hartley repeal strategy
UMW chief Lewis and AFL CIO presidents clash in a bitter exchange over labor-law strategy. Murray and Green attack Lewis as a ruinous foe while Taft is invoked. Negotiations with Southern producers at Bluefield broke up unresolved. Lewis to begin talks with U S Steel mines in Philadelphia as his strike starts next Monday.
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Lewis
AFL
CIO
UMW
Senate
Murray
Green
Taft
Ohio
Bluefield
W. Va
Mames
U. S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Mother of Local Pastor Dies at East Lake Home
The 83-year-old mother of the First Methodist pastor, Mrs. L. S. Kirby, died at her East Lake Birmingham home early today. Final rites set for Friday at 2 30 p m at East Lake Methodist Church with interment in Hopewell Cemetery Ashville Alabama. Dr and Mrs Otis E Kirby will attend the funeral.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Pawley
William D. Pawley Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
U. S
Brazil
Elizabeth
Glenn Davis
West Point
California
Francis Taylor
Otis E. Kirby
L. S. Kirby
First Methodist Church
Contempt, subversives in U S closely watched by Congress
The Senate and House committees pressed ahead on communist activities and subversive alien entry while contemplating contempt charges for witnesses who refused to answer. Witnesses Neuwald Pirinsky and Nelson faced questioning as Hoffman urged ERP funds to avoid wrecking the European Recovery Plan.
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Hickenlooper
AEC
House
Senate
United States
Alfred A. Neuwald
George Pirinsky
Senate Judiciary
Steve Nelson
House un-American Activities Committee
House Committee
U. S
Nelson
un-American Activities Group
Hoffman
Senate Appropriations ‘Committee
Paul Hoffman
Local church leaders and community notes from Decatur area
Healing reports from Rev. E N Chandler at Decatur General after a serious operation. Sermons set by Rev. John A Troxler and Rev W W Glass for Sunday services. Dr Otis Kirb to preach at First Methodist evening service. Local family visits include Willard Russell party in Cuiman and Florence resident H D McElroy at R L Brasseale home. Fire department responded to grass fire at 11 15 A M near Ingalls ball park.
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E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Decatur General Hospital
Otis Kirb
First Methodist Church
Decatur Fire Department
Jackson
Alabama House and Senate Target Tax and Spending Reforms
Lawmakers pressed a broad tax and spending tightening push with bills to cap state expenses, restrict liquor profits, and regulate ABC board funds. Debates covered milk labeling, dairy bottle costs, and proposed new boards for the conservation department while constitutional amendments moved toward a voter referendum with literacy requirements.
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Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Milk Control Board
Agriculture Department
Aeronautics Department
ABC Board
ABC
William P. Screws
House Agriculture Committee
Dairies
Alabama
A. B. C. Board
Highway Department
Military
Conservation
General Fund
House Ways and Means
James E. Folsom
Death toll from tuberculosis in Alabama falls to record low
Alabama reports 1948 tuberculosis deaths at 1,003, the lowest in state history. The 1947 total was 1,123, and the five year average from 1943 to 1947 was 1,189 annually. In contrast, 1938 had 1,620 deaths and 1928 had 2,331.
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Alabama
State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Russians power recognition to run East German rail HQ
Some 14,000 Soviet controlled Reichsbahn employees have refused to work since May 21 over demands for Westmark wages union recognition and job security. The walkout targets railway direction in West Berlin outside the strike area and affects east German rail traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Berlin
Reichsbahin
First Presbyterian Vacation School Opens Monday
The daily vacation Bible school will begin Monday morning June 13 at First Presbyterian Church. It will include classes for beginners, primary and juniors directed by Robert Cousar, summer student assistant. Sessions run 9 to 11 30 a m each morning during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Cousar
Milledgeville state hospital leadership change criticized
The article notes a political endorsement of leadership efforts to improve conditions at Milledgeville state hospital and cites T. G. Peacock calling the board action preconceived. It records the ousting of doctors and the resulting controversy within the hospital administration.
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Milledgeville State Hospital
T. G. Peacock
Merchants Division To Lunch At Decatur Country Club
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce merchants division will hold a luncheon Friday from noon to 1 PM at Decatur Country Club. Higdon chairs the AECL. July outing plans are to be discussed. Reservations are being taken at Chamber offices.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Country Club
Higdon
Aecl
Chamber of Commerce
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Dot Croley
Henry Croley
Athens High School
Miss Croley
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Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
Washington
National Committee
Asa Carraway
Democratic National Committee
East Lake
Thial
Lilienthal
Louisiana
Phil Geraci
Frank Galle
New Orleans
Ecatur’s
Diarte
Glenn Bird
Huntsville
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. W. Glass
Willard Russell
Gail, Hartseller
Cuiman
Herbert Vangandt
Donald
Howard Russell
James Russell
H. D. McElroy
Florence
R. L. Brasseale
Hartselle
J. E. Sanders
Cullman
Gillman Sanders
Barbara Ann
Ingalls Ball Park
Tuscumbia
Toa
Daily
H. R Summer
V. E. Briscoe
Jack
Myrna Jean
Tlanta
Georgia
J. E. Briscoe
Somerville
M. J. Lott
Hillsboro
Norfolk
Virginia
Briscoe
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Allen
Etowah
State Supreme Court
House Conservation
Conservation Department
Emmett Wood
Washington County
Wood
James Adams
Jefferson
George Stone
Mobile
Wood- Adams
San Juan
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
First Presbyterian Vacation School
Merchants Division
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