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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
2
At the Morgan County tax assessor’s office a celebration of a new plat book began as staff prepared the 1948 edition. The catalog will display all rural properties and acreage owned by each taxpayer once completed. The event drew interest from residents and students observing the process.
June 12 report shows pivotals giving up gains with steel motors rubbers and electrical equipment leading declines. Offerings not urgent, total transfers about 1 100,000 shares. bonds steady and commodities down. Wheat corn oats and cotton futures fall amid mixed closing figures. Decatur grain prices list soft wheat 2.40 ear white corn 2.08 ear yellow corn 2.04 mile 3.20 barley 1.55 oats .90.
Butter and eggs held steady in Chicago on June 12 with receipts of 42,005 dollars for butter and 20,208 dollars for eggs.
New York notes uneven trading with profit taking slowing a rally, bonds steady and rails in demand. Cotton mixed as mills buy and take profits, while Chicago shows late trading with profit taking in Teteomethy and prices steady to 50 cents lower, top at 24.60.
A late hour selling wave pushed grain prices lower in Chicago pit trading. Wheat finished 1 1-4 to 2 cents down with July at 2 14 1 2 3 4, corn down 3 to 5 1-4 with July at 1 86 1 2 86, and oats down 1 3 4 2 to 7 8 with July at 93 93 1 8.
Atlanta market reports a steady North Georgia poultry market with slow trading as the week’s buying concludes. Most birds weighed 21 to 22 3 4 pounds and chickens sold FOB farm Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning brought 32 to 33 cents per pound.
Cotton futures on June 12 slipped 25 cents to 1.20 a bale from the prior close as prices ranged from 28.74 to 36.20 with notable fluctuations across the session. Market data shows mixed highs and lows and a retreat in overall values.
Cattle 175 head mostly steady with top heavy steers around 22.00 per cwt and good top end heifers near 20.00. Calves 175 steady with good vealers 22.00 to 28.00. hogs 400 steady with barrows and gilts 180 to 240 and 245 to 300 around 22.50. sheep 1,500 with spring lambs 24.00 to 26.00 and aged sheep generally lower.
Miami Beach report notes the newly formed Communications Workers Of America appears determined to fight on its own without CIO or AFL for the near term as it enters a major organizational battle.
Edna Holland was elected president of the Business and Professional Women's club for 1947 48 at official installation at the Royal Dinner Club. New officers include Wanda Harris vice president Kathryn Thompson recording secretary Alma Schauber treasurer Flossie Chandler corresponding secretary Gussie Bell auditor Williams parliamentarian and Winifred Sentiff retiring president. Nina Wood welcomed into the organization and Holland announced committee chairs for the year across education finance health international relations legislation membership program coordination public affairs publications radio Pratt Memorial fund scrapbook Foster Child fund and house committee.
The Hungarian protest note demanded an Anglo American Russian commission to probe political conditions with urgency. Past requests on March 5 and 17 were rejected. Officials warned of possible U N action if a three power inquiry stalls. The State Department also condemned the arrest of Nicola Petkov in Bulgaria as arbitrary while signaling no immediate action.
At the union gather here a heated debate continued on whether to order a membership referendum on the question of shifting the CWA toward CIO affiliation. The decision could shape the proscribed future of the telephone labor movement.
Rev. Jesse Bonkemeyer of Kingston Tennessee will lead Westside Presbyterian Church with sermons June 15. The congregational vote was unanimous and Rev. John A. Troxler presided. The Bonkemeyers and their two children will reside in the church manse on Seventh Avenue West.
Montgomery Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones ruled that Alabama taxpayers cannot be forced to execute bonds guaranteeing lump sum tax payments on installments from inherited income. The mandamus suit by Ruth E. Martin and Nella Martin Ezell, executrices of Ben F. Martin's estate, challenged the Revenue Department's demand. Court records show Martin owned one fifth of promissory notes totaling 116000, payable in installments through February 1, 1955. The department argued for bonding the total due on the estate's notes.
The executive committee favors a proviso allowing county committees to adopt one of the plans for voter affidavits. McCorvey notes few counties would need it, asserts Mobile would be unaffected, and cites the burden on officials and skepticism about statewide registration mandates.
The Bulgarian communist government will be tried before its own people and by freedom loving nations outside Bulgaria, signaling a dramatic reckoning with the regime. The statement frames the accountability as both internal and international.
Gen. Pai Chung-hsi met with Chiang Kai-shek amid plans to personally address the Mongolian border dispute in Sinkiang. Beijing officials voiced alarm after a Mongolian raid with Soviet-marked aircraft, citing a broader regional crisis and a 48 hour ultimatum over eight captured Mongolian soldiers.
The Church of Christ reports strong early attendance at its South Decatur tent meeting held at 1617 Fifth Avenue South. Evangelist H F Short invites residents to attend tonight at 7 45 p m to hear Water Salvation and to compare teaching with the Bible.
President Truman recommends Congress pass a peacetime bill to continue installment buying controls on consumer credit. He warns of ending current regulations if Congress does not act, with the rules covering down payments and installment schedules for items like household goods and automobiles. Eccles presents the letter to the House Banking Committee asking for continued Federal Reserve oversight.
Doctors from the University of Georgia described a new synthetic drug asymatrine shown to relieve three ulcer types in 29 patients with complete relief, four partial relief, and seven none. Earlier reports noted two other ulcer treatments including a synthetic resin and a magnesium aluminum mucin powder mix.
The Alabama Future Farmers of America opened their 18th annual convention in Birmingham with about 600 members at a dance. State President Edie Thomaston of Coffee County is slated to address the gathering tomorrow night as officers will be elected. The association seeks leadership for a $10,000 fund.
A compact look at local happenings and points of interest within the community. Highlights include neighborhood events, school activities, and services serving residents.
Mrs Sadie Bethany moved from Vanderbilt hospital Nashville to her Hartselle home in a Browns ambulance Thursday. Sybil Gunn of Morgan county tax office takes vacation this week. Henry A Turner returns to Decatur after Veterans hospital treatment in Nashville. Reverend Balch to preach at 11 AM East End Methodist. Davenport to lead 4 PM service. Central Methodist choir meet at Mrs E G Hamiltons 515 Walnut St at 7:30 PM. Miss Maxine Kitchens of Athens 1 returns home after tonsillectomy at Hamil clinic. Mrs T H Wells dismissed from Hamil clinic to home 909 Wadsworth St. Don J Beauchamp dismissed from Hamil clinic after surgery. Mrs Ruth Deruelle admitted to Hamil clinic as medical patient. J M Terry Decatur 1 medical patient at Hamil clinic. Mrs Truett Rip Sewell and sons accompany by J A Abbott of Plant City Fla depart for Pittsburgh Pa to join Rip Sewell for remainder of season visiting C T Sewell and Carl Gibson along the way.
Debates on foreign broadcasting and racial employment discrimination unfold on Capitol Hill. FEPC chief Rabbi Wise urges passage of anti discrimination measures while CBS and NBC executives defend continued State Department language broadcasts. Sugar rationing ends prompting a GOP push to hold or drop wartime controls. UnAmerican activities watchers prepare for Henry Wallace appearance under the Southern Conference for Human Welfare amid questions of communist ties. End of year funding pressures prompt agency obligations and a State Department information program review begins.
The Grant Street Church of Christ in Decatur opens a revival this Sunday led by O S Lanham of Fayetteville Tennessee. The revival features song services directed by R D Rivers from New York and includes a vacation Bible school from 9:00 to 11:00 a m daily with an evening service at 7 45.
Labor disputes idled about 18 000 Detroit workers keeping Hudson Motor Car Co closed and slowing Ford clutch assemblies and Continental Motors aircraft engines. A Continental sitdown strike began yesterday affecting 1 200 employees. 600 Hudson salaried workers walked out. 15 000 UAW CIO production workers kept out by through a union dispute. Foremen's Association members also struck Ford.
Alabama extension service reports a heavy boll weevil infestation in cotton fields, with many stalks carrying more weevils than squares. Damp cool spring weather fed the outbreak, prompting county agents to run boll weevil poisoning demonstrations to teach farmers effective control.
The house devoted nearly two hours to TVA matters with Kefauver defending the current law and senators McKellar and Gore presenting concerns. Chairman Jensen urged restraint on empire like programs while supporting fertilizer efforts. The amortization plan would require 40 percent of net power receipts yearly for Treasury repayment and a fixed $348 million payment every decade.
A National Labor Relations Board hearing on unfair labor practices at the Dorsey trailer plant in Elba was moved to Dothan. Union attorney Thomas Adair said three witnesses feared testifying in Elba, prompting the transfer.
Radio network officials assisting the Voice Of America program were asked to testify today. Auto-Congress was urged by the automobile industry to repeal automobile excise taxes. A E Barit, chairman of the taxation committee of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, called the tax a cruel burden on more than 30 million motor vehicle operators.
A fifth district group met Governor Folsom to press for Davis and other Auburn nominee review amid a Senate clash over earlier substitutions. Newsmen were barred from the closed session. Senate postponements and a liquor referendum also dominated the day as higher education budget requests surged.
Doctors reported that 72 year old former Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a good night and his general condition is satisfactory after an operation for a hernia performed yesterday in London.
Edward C. Duncan, newly selected tri-county anti-TB worker for Morgan Madison Limestone counties, will be introduced at the North Alabama Tuberculosis Association meeting in Huntsville. He has a seven week training at NYC headquarters and holds degrees from Howard College and the University of New Mexico. He will reside in Athens with his wife and daughter.
President Truman spent a day as a tourist near Ottawa with his official party, planning a luncheon at Seigniory club and praising parliament. They depart by special train for Washington tonight to face a four billion dollar tax cut vote and labor curbs decision, with a veto deadline Monday.
Louis Thomson, arrested May 16 on a charge of rape, is in Morgan County jail awaiting grand jury action. He was released on a $2500 bond agreed by the state, county attorneys, and defense counsel S A Lynne.
Laurence Olivier, renowned British actor, was knighted in the King's birthday honors list. The ceremony follows prior lists where he was passed over amid reports he had been divorced.
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