Additions Set for Decatur Schools for 1951 52
As summer closes Decatur city schools will hire nearly the entire staff for the 1951 52 year. New teachers include Frances Screws Madge Newby Joann Harrison Frances Jones George Roe and Barbara Fuller with others filling science music and administrative roles. The three Negro schools report no resignations ensuring faculty retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Somerville Road
Frances Screws
Montevallo
Madge Newby
Miss Newby
Florence
Peabody
Limestone County
Joann Harrison
Decatur High School
Cullman
State-wide drought threatens crops and pastures in Alabama
The report notes the southern three-fourths of Alabama remained dry while North and central areas faced worsening conditions. South Alabama's truck crops and early corn for roasting ears risk disaster without rain within a week. Pasturelands in central Alabama were drying rapidly though not yet water‑short. Scottsboro and Huntsville residents faced warnings about water shortages.
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South Alabama
Alabama
Scottsboro
Huntsle
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Prices
Farm markets in Decatur show Middling cotton at 45.75 cents and strict low at 43.70. Cottonseed trades at 75.00 per ton. No 2 wheat new crop at 2.31, No 2 oats at 0.80, No 2 Ear Yellow Corn at 1.62, No 2 Ear White Corn 0.41 to 0.62, No 3 Ear White Corn 1.59, No 2 Mile 2.31. Corn basis 15 2 percent moisture. Other grains basis 13 14 percent moisture.
Wall Street Narrow Gain After Week of Small Volume
The market in New York rose slightly for a second week after a three week drop, driven by rail stocks but hampered by thin volume averaging just over a million shares daily. The Associated Press 60 stock average closed at 92.80, up 40 cents from last week and 3.40 above the year’s low.
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Wall Street
New York
Associated Press
Northern Pacific
International Telephone
General Motors
New York Central
National Power & Light
Barnum Steel
Markets At A Glance Chicago Wheat Peace Rumors
Wheat eases on peace rumors while corn and oats show weakness and optimistic crop prospects. Hogs and cattle hold roughly steady as traders assess quarterly signals and supply conditions.
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Chicago
Grains Drift Lower on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago traders saw a downward drift across grain futures on Saturday with corn and oats leading declines. Wheat and rye finished lower while soybeans posted mixed moves and lard also slipped, as July contracts cooled from higher levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Hamil Clinic Joins National Hospital Association
The Hamil Clinic affiliates with the American Hospital Association, the world’s oldest hospital group, joining with leading health leaders to advance education service and research for better patient care and fourfold mission. Citizens served by the hospital will be informed of this alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Hospital Association
Hamil Clinic
National Hospital Organization
Filibuster Tactics Shape Tax Bill Debate
Andrews and allies stall while opposition leans on him to block a sales tax measure. The governor's influence shifts votes, but Andrews may still delay the bill for days. Administrations expect passage, with at least 24 of 35 backing, as lawmakers face 24 remaining session days.
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Andrews
Bullock County
Senate
Russians Handed Back After Border Repatriation Mission
Soviet officials received three Russians including Sgt. Vasiliy Elistratov after a U S led convoy moved to the Enns river bridge on the Soviet border near Salzburg. Lt Gen Irwin stated the sergeant caused trouble and the group sought to provoke a scene.
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Hartel
Vasiliy Elistratov
Col. Smirnov
Vasiliy Pivorarov
Enns River
Salzburg
Leroy Irwin
Austria
Russia
Germany
Kremlin
U.S
Vienna
Official probes reveal misused funds across civil and criminal charges
State examiner report cites 144361.78 misappropriated over 3.5 years from Oct 1 1947. Of this total 138270.53 tied to civil charges while the remainder involves criminal cases. Johnson as revenue court chair faces full civil liability. board members share civil portions. probate judge and six others face criminal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue Court
Johnson
Iran Presses to Take Over British Oil in Abadan
Tehran reports a three man parliamentary panel heads to Abadan to oversee Iran’s bid to nationalize the Anglo Iranian Oil Company's refinery and oil production. Observers call the move a possible bluff as talks with AIOC executives continue amid a 40 day dispute over oil nationalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Abadan
Herbert Morrison
AIOC
London
Tehran Radio
Ahwaz
Khuzistan
GM Executive Tops 1950 Salary Parade
Charles E. Wilson of General Motors leads the 1950 SEC pay report with 626 300 dollars as GM president. Albert Bradley and Crawford H. Greenewalt follow in second and third place with 541 425 and 539 550 dollars respectively. Wages shown are gross before taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Wilson
Albert Bradley
Crawford H. Greenewalt
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Defense
General Electric
Price War Effects On Small Business To Be Checked
The Senate Small Business Committee will investigate how price wars hurt small manufacturers and retailers. Public hearings will follow as chairman Sparkman warns unchecked cuts may push stores toward bankruptcy and damage branded goods prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Small Business Committee
Sparkman
D-Ala
Pray For Peace In Four Day Bear Butte Ritual
Four Cheyenne Indians, half naked in buffalo hides, endure freezing nighttime temperatures atop Bear Butte in a four day prayer ritual for peace. The ceremony continues on the sacred mountain as winds sweep the area near Sturgis South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
S. D
Bear Butte
Ohio sheriff seeks Meyers after double shooting
Authorities in Ohio and Morgan county alerted to find Meyers former Diamond Alkali Co employee. Sheriff Cagle said Meyers, ill and treated in Decatur then visited Columbus, Ga with a sister before returning to Painesville and his wife two days before the shooting. Survived by five children and his mother, services likely in Ohio Sunday.
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Morgan County
Cagle
Meyers
Diamond Alkali Co
Alkali Company
Ohio
Cage
Columbus
Painesville
Decatur
Betty
Ben Jr
Robert
Carolyn
Wayne
Lou Meyers
Grace Narmore
Margaret Banks
Fairview
Evelyn Meyers
Acheson Defends U S Air Attacks in Korea and China Policy
Acheson opposed U S bombing into Rashin Korea arguing it risked wider war with the Soviet Union. He and Cain clashed over a hands off order on Rashin. Wedemeyer is set as next witness in the China inquiry as MacArthur blasts Marshall’s 1945-46 mission.
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U. S
Rashin
Korea
Acheson
Cain
Reds
Wedemeyer
Albert Wedemeyer
China
MacArthur
Far Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
Acerson
Marshall
New York
Chiang
Knowland
R-Calif
Capitol Hill
Senate
State Acheson
Truman
Congress
Frontline reports mixed gains as Chinese armies withdrawn
A high ranking commander called the military situation excellent amid front line inspections. AP reports Chinese 15th and 16th Armies withdrawn to Manchuria, estimated 15 000 to 20 000 men. Allied gains limited by Red fire with continued ops across Chorwon Kumhwa Imjin Yanggu Inje Kansong and the Hwachon lake area aided by Fifth Air Force sorties.
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Mander
Ninth Corps
Stan Carter
North Korea
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Humhwa
Kumhwa
Kumsong
U. N. Fifth Air Force
U. N
Imjin
Seoul
Old Republic
Hwachon Reservoir
Yanggu
Inje
Kansong
Parallel 38
Fifth Air Force
Chorwon-Kumhwa
Mobile Corporation Sells Cemetery to Montgomery Man
A Montgomery man, Foreman A. Rogers, buys Greenwood Cemetery the largest in Mobile area. Rogers, former owner of the Rogers Theater and other venues, becomes sole owner. The cemetery, organized in 1907, spans over 100 acres and was largely Mobile owned before the sale.
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Montgomery
Ala
Greenwood Cemetery
Mobile
Foreman A. Rogers
Rogers Theater
Auburn
Tuskegee
Sam Pharr
Smith and Cochran, Inc
Sulphur Supply Concentrated in Louisiana and Texas
Ninety percent of U S sulphur and half the world supply originate from deposits in Louisiana and Texas, highlighting the critical role of these states in global mineral production.
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U. S
Louisiana
Texas
Sailor Injured In Accident Is Killed By Second Car
A 20 year old sailor Seaman Robert Ray Smith of Buckhannon W V was injured in an auto accident near Lewes Delaware and later killed when a second car ran him over as he lay by the roadside on the way back to Fort Miles His two soldier companions Corporal Okey Hamrick and Corporal Charles Bishop assisted him after the crash and covered him with a blanket to keep him warm Johnson faced $500 bail after leaving the scene of the accident and claiming he did not see the injured man
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Lewes
Del
Robert Ray Smith
Buckhannon
W. Va
Ft. Miles
Okey Hamrick
Minerva
Ohio
Charles E. Bishop
Hillsdale
Mich
Smith
James
Johnson
Reed Receives Meritorious Service Ribbon in Japan
Capt William R Reed son of Mrs O L Reed 314 East Moulton Street earned the commendation ribbon with metal pendant for meritorious service with the signal corps in Japan Henry Long son of Judge and Mrs W H Long will return today to Knoxville to resume studies at the University of Tennessee Needham Long returns Monday to the University of Alabama after holiday with parents Four cases heard in recorder court two for disorderly conduct one for traffic law violation and one for assault and battery W R Stovall Moulton dismissed from Hamill clinic hospital Friday Mrs David Smith Decatur 3 admitted to Hamill clinic hospital Neamon Childers 1306 Ist Avenue West dismissed Friday from Hamill Clinic hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Reed
O. L. Reed
East Moulton Street
Signal Corps
Japan
Henry Long
W. H. Long
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Needham Long
University of Alabama
Recorders Court
Selma Youth Launches 1970 Gov Run Rumor
A 17 year old in Selma Alabama, John Pendergrass, plans to run for governor in 1970 with a self described Pendergrass machine. He has campaign cards printed and aims to plaster Alabama with literature while praising a South rise and state rights stance. The note ends with a non sequitur about rubber trees in Ceylon.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
Black Belt
John Pendergrass
Pendergrass
Parish High School
Pendergast
Kansas City
South
Rites Held For Mrs Ryan At Center Grove
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Center Grove Methodist Church for Mrs Fannie Ryan with Rev. Dewitt Prince officiating. Interment followed in the adjoining Peck cemetery, directed by Peck. She died Thursday morning at her daughter’s home and was survived by four daughters, five sons, six sisters and twenty six grandchildren. Mrs Ryan belonged to Center Grove Baptist church.
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Fannie Ryan
Center Grove Methodist Church
Dewitt Prince
Peck
Ryan
Milton Wright
Lillie Stewart
Joppa
Alma Chambers
Vernice Martin
Hammond
Ind
Wright
Floyd Ryan
Baileytown
Albert Ryan
Alabama City
Ernest Ryan
Baileyton
Leon Ryan
Troy Ryan
Hartselle
Ella Mardis
Falkville
Lula Foote
Sally Foote
el Mooney
Jasper
Ida Long
Diplomat Vanishes With MacLean After Alarming Clues
British foreign office officials disclosed cryptic cables from Paris and Rome tied to Donald D. MacLean and his associate Burgess as authorities weigh theories they may have fled East or split up. MacLean, head of the American department, and his wife Melinda Marling face a family upheaval as the case prompts public speculation about secret papers and Atlantic defense matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. MacLean
Foreign Office
MacLean
Melinda Marling
New York
Moscow
Hi Wife
Lady MaLean
Paris
Burgess
J. R. Bassett
Atm
Guy
Rome
William Ridsdale
Atlantic
Atlantic Alliance
Korea
Rain Increasers Aim To Boost Cloud Moisture
Residents agree more research is needed and results must be evaluated in time. They acknowledge rain cannot be forced and only nature can provide moisture. The idea is to persuade nature to release more rain, hence those in the business favor the term rain increasers.
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Frances Jones
Florala
George Roe
Roe
East Tennessee State College
Kansas State Teachers College
North Carolina
Virginia
Barbra Fuller
Miss Fuller
Colorado
New Hampshire
Evelyn McCulloch
Alma Bryan
Priceville
Doyle Taylor
W. T. Jordan
Eleamentary
Louise Gober
Neil Kirk
Moulton ,T
BY Rader Winget
G. M
Ben B. Meyers, Sr
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
China Lobby
State Department
Bridges
R-Nh
Mobile Corporation
Montgomery Man
Sailor
W. R. Stovall
Moulton
David Smith
Decatur 3
Neamon Childers
Avenue West
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Ceylon
Sciatica
Chiropractors
Kirk Chiropractic Clinic
E. Moulton St
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