Meat supply forecast boosts American consumption in 1952
R C Pollock head of the National Livestock and Meat Board told directors at their annual meeting that total meat production in 1952 should reach about 2211/2 billion pounds. Per capita consumption could rise to 140 pounds, up two pounds from 1951, with pork down about four percent and beef up seven percent lamb up 12 percent and veal up six percent. More than 350 industry representatives from 36 states attended the two day meeting in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Pollock
National Livestock and Meat Board
Pollock
Hicago
Central Baptist Bible School Commencement Tonight
Central Baptist Church holds its closing service for a 10 day vacation Bible school this evening at 7 30 The school has averaged over 220 attendees with nearly 300 enrolled Mrs C S Whitmire directs the program Rev Mack Douglas from Nashville helped plan the work and recruit faculty The public is invited to attend the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
C. S. Whitmire
Mack Douglas
Nashville
Doomed Girl Enjoys Party in Chance Maryland
Donna Daft a soon to be nine year old with brain cancer enjoyed a party yesterday in Chance Maryland as doctors warned the illness is near end of life. About 50 townspeople attended while her mother Mrs Thomas Daft comforted her during pain episodes. The family was told last Christmas she might live six more months.
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Chance, Md
Donna Daft
Chance
Thomas Daft
Dafts
Donna
Community notices from Walhermosa and Decatur area
A local gathering at the Walhermosa church featured a large covered dish supper with visitors from Texas Pontotoc Mississippi and Decatur. A large fish fry at Mrs E K Chunn's included several Chunn families and relatives from Texas and Decatur. Allen Glenn joins Camp Westmoreland staff for the summer. Reverend Robert Glenn and Ralph visited Dave Hill in Athens who now oversees operations at Athens Electric. Carolyn Chunn returns from Montpelier to join the summer, after serving as Chi Rho camp counselor near Birmingham. Eula Marion returns from Nashville and Thompson Station with Mr and Mrs Yeager. LeCroy and Simpson families visit from Pontotoc and Oak Ridge while Chunn and Russell attend leadership training in Hartselle. Melvin Williams appointed permanent postmaster, starting June 1. Atkinson returns to Georgia for a family visit with O Ds Atkinson and daughter Leon Thomas and Mr Thomas in Decatur.
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W. H. Barnes
Texas
Boyd LeCroy
Pontotoc
Miss
Ottie Chunn
Pauline
Dorothy Chunn
Cora Draper
Allen Draper
Ora Lee Holder
Alicia Weaver
Decatur
E. K. Chunn
Chunn
Allen Glenn
Camp Westmoreland
Robert Glenn
Ralph
Dave Hill
Athens
Hill
Athens Electric
Carolyn Chunn
Montevallo
Camp Winnataska
Birmingham
Eula Marion
H. T. Marion
Nashville
Dewey Yeager
Thompson Station
Tenn
Yeager
Grady Simpson
Oak Ridge
Lacey’s Spring
Leon Chunn
J. M. Chunn
Tom Russell
Hartselle
Melvin Williams
In Atkinson
Georgia
O. Ds.Atkinson
Leon Thomas
Thomas
Decatur, Ga
Fragmented Bits of Wit and Worldly Quips Across The Page
A collage of quips and jokes spans politics, romance, and daily life. Anecdotes reference William Jennings Bryan, prenatal influence, diamond rings, and modern girls. Humorous exchanges cover misadventures, patriotism, and a barber shop style dialogue with priests and mothers.
Price Margin Leads In June 3 Runoff Results
Official canvass certified by the Secretary of State shows Judge Annie Lola Price leading George C. Johnson 97,005 to 73,979 in the Court of Appeals race. In the Fourth District delegate contest Tom Blake Howle received 7,233 votes to Ira L. Armstrong’s 6,513.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Secretary of State
Annie Lola Price
Court of Appeals
Language barriers in UN Korea aid units prompt translations
In Korea the UN army faces language gaps as the 65th Puerto Rican Regiment supports Greek troops. No Puerto Ricans spoke Greek and no Greeks spoke Spanish or English. A Korean boy who spoke English aided the Puerto Rican unit while a Greek-speaking Korean boy helped the Greek unit, relaying messages in English and Spanish then into Greek.
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U. S
Korea
United Nations Army
65Th
65Th Regiment
Mrs Bartee Injures Ankle In Fall On Trinity Mountain
Mrs C Bartee suffered a broken ankle after slipping on a rock while at the Bartee cabin on Trinity mountain. She was taken to Decatur for treatment and is resting well at home this morning, according to Mr Bartee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bartee
Trinity Mountain
Bartee
Decatur
Newsman Killed in Plane Collision Over Japan
Lt Hildreth L Payne 28 an Associated Press reporter from Charlotte North Carolina recalled to active duty was killed Saturday in a mid air collision over Japan. He was en route to find the ship bringing his wife and two children to Japan when his F51 Mustang and a Corsair collided about 50 miles north of Ft Fuji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hildreth L. Payne
Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Japan
Payne
Ft. Fuji
Flag Day Observance to Display Old Glory in Decatur
The Stephens chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution asks Decatur businesses and homes to display the flag tomorrow on the 175th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes as the official U.S. flag. The article notes the flag’s design history and symbolism from its 1777 congressional approval to 48 stars.
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Decatur
Stephens
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Betsy Ross
Washington
Francis Hopkinson
Vermont
Kentucky
Continental Congress
Young Republic
Singer Emma Eames Dies at 84 in New York Home
Emma Eames, renowned opera prima donna, dies at age 84 in her New York residence. Her career on and off stage during opera’s golden age is marked by notable performances and influence.
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New York
Emma Eames
Pulpit Committee Seeks Report Before Two Weeks
Dr. Clifton J. Allen will preach at Central Baptist Church in two services 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Sunday The pulpit committee aims to present a favorable report within two weeks for church action Baptismal services and the Lord's Supper will be observed Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton J. Allen
Central Baptist Church
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George LaBoon
Retail Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
LaBoon
Central Baptist Bible School
J. H. Smith
A&s
Appliance Co
E. Moulton ST
Fairview
Greenwood Park
Floyd Elkins
Walhermosa
Morgan County
Goidel’s
Steave
Moose Home
E. Moulton
Junius
William Jennings Bryan
Oakland
Cal
Tribune
Kennedy Motor Co
Second Avenue
Decatur, Ala
Singer
Humphrey Bogart
Katharine “*Hepbury
Princess
Commodore
Westinghouse
Jack Jakovac
Mgr
Lee and
Line St
America
Pontiac
Fisher
First Ave. E
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