Alabama Bonds and the Big Interest Bill
Alabama pays about 1.83 million dollars yearly in interest on 45.8 million in outstanding bonds. Since Reconstruction, about 45 million dollars in interest has been paid, with carpetbag bonds still outstanding and maturing by 1956. The piece traces debt history from 126 years ago to major reforms under the Fletcher Budget Control Act to curb bond issuance and force pay‑as‑you‑go budgeting.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Mobile
Huntsville
George Smith Houston
B. M. Miller
Contempt risk looms as House panel eyes witness defiance
House committee chaired by Buchanan faces opposition from Republicans while Democrats back him on possible contempt actions against two witnesses who refused questions. Senate debates expanding Social Security to 10 million more people and pay as you go pension ideas. Taft signals support for excise tax cuts as House plans August adjournment and July 1 bill deadline.
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House
Buchanan
Senate
George
Finance Committee
Taft
House Pays
Richmond Negro Councilman Defeated in Re election
Oliver W. Hill the first black councilman since reconstruction in Richmond Virginia lost his bid for a second term. He was the sole casualty in a slate backed by the United Negro Association in a field of 23 candidates, missing re election by 46 votes.
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Richmond
Oliver W. Hill
Mnd
Oy Association
Decorator Offers Inside and Outside Refinish
An advertisement states 1301 Sixth Ave E offers interior and exterior redecorating with two coats for the purchaser. Contact 0. Wyatt by day or night at phone 121.
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Sixth Ave
Wyatt
Markets Farm Markets in Decatur
Cotton middling 34c, strict low 30c. Cottonseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 25c delivered. Hens heavy 18c. Hatching eggs 80c per dozen. Yellow corn ear 1.42. Yellow corn shelled 1.48. Corn basis 15 1⁄2 percent moisture. No. 2 new wheat onion free 2.00. No. 2 new oats onion free 0.75. Barley 1.05. Other grains basis 13 percent moisture.
Wall Street Slumps As Market Sags Through Day
A series of selling flurries kept the New York stock market in minus territory most of the day with only brief rally attempts. Losses reached around one point, while a few issues showed resilience such as Santa Fe Mathieson Chemical Hiram Walker and Republic Steel. Major declines hit General Motors Chrysler Studebaker U S Steel Bethlehem Steel U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Philco American Telephone American Smelting Allied Chemical Dow Chemical Du Pont General Electric International Paper Southern Railway Standard Oil New Jersey Texas Company and U S Gypsum.
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New York
Santa Fe
Mathieson Chemical
Hiram Walker
Republic Steel
Mathieson
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Philco
American Telephone
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical
du Pont
General Electric
International Paper
Southern Railway
Standard Oil
Texas Co
U.S. Gypsum
Grain prices dip across the board in Chicago trading
Grains fell early and failed to recover with Wheat down 3 4 1 4 cents, July at 2.10. Corn 1 4 1 2 lower, July 1.44 1 4 3 8. Oats 5 8 2 1 8 lower, July 80 7 8 5 8. Rye 3 3 4 4 1 4 lower, July 1.33 1 2. Soybeans 1 3 4 5 3 4 lower, July 3.04 3 03 1 2. Lard 20 to 25 cents lower, July 11.22.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York June 14
Stocks lower with nervous selling and rail bonds in supply. Cotton weak from selling. wheat easy on hedging pressure. corn steady to easy with large cash receipts. oats ease with corn. Hogs about 25 cents lower, top near 19.85. Cattle uneven 25 cents up or down, top 32.50.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures slide on liquidation fueled by government supply
New York June 14 cot ton futures weakened under liquidation pressure as government stock enters the free market. Selling rose with grains and securities declines and was mostly limited to mill selling. Late afternoon quotes show July 33.52, October 32.79, and December 32.77.
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Cotton
New York
North Georgia live poultry market steady with firm demand
In Atlanta on June 14 the North Georgia live poultry market remained steady to firm. Prices paid FOB farm Tuesday afternoon and this morning ranged 24 to 26 cents for broilers and fryers of all weights, mostly 24 1/2 to 25 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville livestock market report June 14 194? cattle hogs and sheep prices
Nashville Tenn June 14 cattle 250 slaughter steers heifers and cows active and steady to strong with higher cutter cows up 25 or more medium and good bulls 20.50 22.50 lower grades slow calves 200 weak to 1 lower good and choice weaners 25.00 28.00 hogs 800 active with gains to 25 higher good and choice 180 250 lb 20.00 20.25 sows 16.00 17.00 and 600 lb plus 15.50 sheep 1000 steady good and choice springers 27.00 28.50 most aged ewes 8.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Negro Pleads to Governor for Death Row Clemency
James Ball, a 29 year old condemned Negro from Calhoun County, tearfully pled with Governor James E. Folsom to commute his death sentence for the 1948 slaying of Oxford police chief Robert B. Sparks. Ball claimed he didn’t remember the circumstances of the arrest and killing. Sparks’ widow and two children urged the governor to allow the court sentence to be carried out. Ball was convicted of killing the officer during an attempted arrest on May 7, 1948. his conviction was upheld by the state supreme court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Calhoun County
James E. Folsom
James Ball
Oxford
Robert B. Sparks
Ball
Sparks
Folsom
Hey Ned Negro
Roderick Beddow
Birmingham
State Supreme Court
U.S
Cullman Folks Win Offices
A former paratrooper is the new commander of the Alabama department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. L. D. Owen of Minette is the new head, after serving with the 82nd Airborne Division. New officers named include T. D. McMinn Cullman senior vice commander Tom Smiley Birmingham junior vice commander T. H. Walker Montgomery quarter master James S. Giddens Troy judge advocate and H. F. Paddock Crane Hill surgeon. The next meeting site will be set by the department council.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
L. D
Dick) Owen
Y Minette
VFW Group
82Nd Airborne Division
W. D. Partlow, Jr
Tussuceee Caloosa
T. D. McMinn
Cullman
Tom Smiley
Birmingham
T.H. Walker
Montgomery
James S. Giddens
Troy
H. F. Paddock
Crane Hill
Department’s Council of Administration
Veterans Administration
Department
Joseph N. Langan
Ladies Auxiliary
Alabama
VFW
Louise Demmig
Effie W. Sawyer
East Gadsden
Adele Miller
Marjorie Brown
Rose Robinson
Bessemer
Mildred Morgan
Gadsden
Alice Estes
Damage Suits Before Court
Damages of 100 dollars and court costs were awarded to Jimmy Henry Willingham in his 2500 dollar suit against Everett B. Watts and others in Morgan circuit court. Trial began for Charles McDowell Terry and others against John Leslie Doss Jr and others over injuries from a pedestrian auto accident after a baseball game last summer. Willingham claims forced walking four miles in the rain by a highway patrolman. The Terry youth sustained a broken leg in the US 31 South accident last August. Attorneys are Eyster and Eyster for Watts and Doss. Sherman B. Powell represents Willingham and Terry.
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Jimmy Henry Willingham
Everett B. Watts
Morgan
Charles McDowell Terry
John Leslie Doss, Jr
Eloise Terry
Willingham
Watts
Terry
Doss
Eyster
Sherman B. Powell
Lawmakers Split Over Finance Plan and Pay As You Go Debate
Senator Butler denounces the current system as a crazy maze and pushes an alternative a pay as you go system to keep bankruptcy at bay. Millikin backs the pending bill saying it fixes faults and supports higher benefits while warning the dollar’s value halved without preservation.
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Cain
Senate
Butler
Finance Committee
Millikin
Three Crash Victims Laid To Rest In Alabama
Funeral services were held at 2 30 PM at Shiloh Church for Cecil Bavar 40 his wife Mitchalean and his mother Mrs H E Bavar of Clanton three victims of Mulberry Bridge wreck along the Blount Cullman county line Monday afternoon They were returning to Birmingham from a funeral in Hanceville Coroner Grady Moss said no charges would be filed in the accident H E Bavar was reported in critical condition at Cullman county hospital
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Mulberry Bridge
Shiloh Church
Clanton
Mulberry
Blount- Cullman
Birmingham
Hanceville
Cecil Bavar
Mitchalean
H. E. Bavar
Oxford Mayor Testifies in Ball Shooting Case
Supreme Court refused to review the case. Mayor Hemphill Whiteside of Oxford testified that he arrested Ball after Ball grabbed a pistol from another policeman and fired at him and Sparks. Sparks was shot four times.
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Supreme Court
Hemphill Whiteside
Oxford
Ball
Sparks
Pressure Saucepan Use Guide Mentions Trivet Placement
A brief tip explains placing the trivet or rack in the pressure saucepan before adding meat or vegetables. It notes soups and stews generally don t require the trivet or rack. The fragment mentions Boulder Cole draws its water from its own glacier.
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Boulder
Cole
Harvard Pigeons Demonstrate Clever Tricks in Pioneering Study
Harvard psychologist B F Skinner reports trained pigeons learning to play tunes on a piano and engage in table tennis using reward learning. Birds distinguish colors and lights and respond to timing cues, earning grain as prizes.
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Cambridge
Mass
B. F. Skinner
Harvard
Skinner
Facing Prison For Starving Children
In New York a Manhattan couple Guy and Mary Scielzo face up to 20 years after their three year old son Guy Jr died from starvation. The father was convicted of first degree manslaughter after a 90 minute jury deliberation. the mother pleaded guilty. Their daughter Vincenza survived after weight collapse and neglect charges also noted.
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New York
Guy
Mary Scielzo
Manhattan
Little Guy
Vincenza
Scielzo
Funeral for Mrs Ruby Irene Holder Held at City Cemetery
The body of Mrs Ruby Irene Holder 34 will remain at Mutual Service chapel until 1 30 p m Thursday. Funeral services led by Rev Smith Ledbetter will be at Northside Baptist Church at 2 30 p m. Interment at City Cemetery. Mrs Holder died at her home 415 West Church Street at 1205 a m after a five year illness. She leaves husband Wallace S Holder a daughter Margaret and parents Mr and Mrs William Hudson of Decatur plus seven brothers and four sisters.
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Ruby Irene Holder
Mutual Service Chapel
Northside Baptist Church
Smith Ledbetter
City Cemetery
Mutual
Margaret Holder
William Hudson
Decatur
Lawrence
John Hudson
Tennessee
Vernon
Ernest
Clarence
Charles
Willis Hudson
O. L. Newsom
Opal
Virginia Ann
Jessie Rose Hudson
Presbyterians Vote To Stay In FCCCA Amid Grievances
The Presbyterian Church U S voted 243 to 120 to remain in the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America but objected to centralization of power and lack of procedures before Congress committees. The assembly urged the National Council to safeguard church-state separation and to ensure representatives resist unwanted congressional appearances. The body adjourned its 90th meeting to June 7, 1951 in Orlando, Florida.
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Massanetta Springs
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
FCCCA
Congress
National Council
Orlando
Fla
Benjamin R. Lacy
Truman
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Cullman Youth Center Opens
Plans for the Cullman Youth Center launch on June 23 in the Klein building upstairs. Teenagers from Cullman county gain access to card games checkers ping pong and dancing with Mrs Lillian Giles as director. The center opens Tuesday and Friday seven to ten with future growth and musical entertainment from local groups. Around fifty youths attended the opening meeting sponsored by Youth Inc.
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Cullman
Klein
Cullman County
Lillian Giles
Millard Buchmann
Slim Lay
Blue River Valley Boys
Kleins. Youth Inc
States Rights Leader Seeks Pro Truman Split in Alabama
Former Gov Frank Dixon urged Alabama loyalists to resist Trumanism and back a split in the 1952 presidential electors. He warned the anti Truman faction would prevail only with strong precinct level organization and demanded a clean cut issue for voters. Dixon criticized mixing races and urged preserving state institutions and liberties.
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Dixon
Frank Dixon
Alabama
Supreme Court
States Rights Movement
State Committee
National Party
Truman
Union Wade Intervenes in Early Labor Dispute
Union Wade intervened in a labor dispute early Tuesday morning and an agreement was reached that day. Vinson indicated the council expects to learn workers' demands during the meeting as Athens power plant, powered by TVA, serves Athens and Limestone County.
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Wade
Vinson
Athens
TVA
Limestone County
Local births and hospital notices crowd Decatur page
Announcements report births at Baugh Wiley clinic and Decatur General hospital plus dismissals and discharges from Hamil Clinic and other facilities. Names include Atchley Somerville Murphree Zills Dendy Breeding Puckett Graves Adcock, with addresses. Building permit of 65000 dollars issued to Elton Reeves for Medical Arts building near Decatur General. Weather notes show TVA readings and no rainfall.
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Elton Reeves
Decatur General Hospital
Reeves
Erskine Chanault
Crowley Rites Held Thursday At Two
Funeral services for William Robert Crowley age 72 were set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cairo Methodist Church Limestone County Rev. Harold Benson to officiate Interment in Sandlin Cemetery Mutual Service directing Mr Crowley died at his home 419 Hargrove Street Athens at 5 a.m. after about a week of illness from a heart attack He is survived by son John C Crowley Athens daughters Mrs Otto Sides Arkansas and Mrs Henry Haggard Athens sister Mrs Ann Devers Memphis Tenn and five grandchildren.
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William Robert Crowley
Cairo Methodist Church
Limestone County
Harold Benson
Sandlin
Crowley
Hargrove Street
Athens
John C. Crowley
Otto Sides
Arkansas
Henry Haggard
Ann Devers
Memphis
Tenn
Triplets Born After Mother's Burial Reported In Good Condition
SHEFFIELD Ala June 14 The three newborn triplets two boys and a girl were reported in good condition today Their mother Jennie Belle Hollins 32 died Sunday She is survived by husband John B Hollins two daughters and two sons born Saturday night
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Sheffield
Ala
Jennie Belle Hollins
Polio Donts For Parents In Warm Weather
MontgomeryJune 14 The Alabama State Health Department urges precautions as polio season returns. Keep children with familiar playmates, limit strenuous activity, avoid sudden chills, maintain cleanliness, and watch for early illness signs such as headache sore throat fever or upset stomach to act quickly if symptoms arise.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Explosion at Pascagoula Shipyard Kills Welders
Investigators sought today to determine the cause of an explosion at a Pascagoula shipyard that killed 32 year old welder Jake Pharr and injured two others. Owner John Walker and inspector H W Wyatt suffered severe burns while a Marine inspecting officer from Mobile will lead the inquiry. The blasts occurred where barges and river boats are repaired as petroleum remained in the barge.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Jake Pharr
John Walker
H. W. Wyatt
Mobile
Ala
Exel Smith
F. B. Walker & Son Shipyard
Coast Guard
Pharr
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J. F. Atchley
Somerville
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
L. R. Murphree
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L. M. Breeding
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Division Marine Recruiting Office
Jess D. Puckett
Ninth Avenue East
James Breeding
T. J. Adcock
Decature
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Central Methodist Ootani
Ray Graves
Jackson Street
Hamil Clinic
John Milford
First Baptist Church
Austinville Baptist Church
Women of
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Fourth Avenue West
Lurline Cofield
R. B. Power
Sixth Avenue West
Bible School
Carolyn Bradford
Linda
Sue Woodard
Hugh Brindley, Jr
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Harry Lindstrom
John F. Davis
Owen Williams
Lester Holmes
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