Steel Workers Open Drive For Fourth Round Wage Hike
In Pittsburgh on June 15 the CIO United Steelworkers union begins its push for a fourth wage increase in contract talks with U S Steel Corp affecting about 175,000 employees across six subsidiaries. The talks occur amid slackening demand and production, with broader industry implications as other major producers like Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp prepare to bargain. A potential strike looms if no agreement by July 16, while pensions and insurance remain contested, though pensions are not on the current contract topics. Substantial idling and plant shutdowns accompany declining capacity from about 102 percent in March to under 90 percent, with Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp reporting multiple blast furnaces and open hearths shut at its Carnegie, Pennsylvania works, among similar moves elsewhere. Negotiating entities include Carnegie Illinois, American Steel and Wire, National Tube, Columbia Steel, Geneva Steel, and Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO - United Steelworkers ' Union
U.S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Carnegie Ilinois Steel Corp
Carnegie, Pa
U. S. Steel-union
Carnegie - Illinois
American Steel and Wire Co
National Tube Co
Columbia Steel
Geneva Steel and Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Cotton acreage debate spurs call for marketing limits
Randolph asserts a stable program if supplies stay under 1068 percent of normal while producers reduce acreage. Anderson notes controls will appear in 1950 under either formula. Carryover of about eight million bales eyed as large crops and old stocks persist. Farm Bureau backs no minimum allotment below 22.5 million acres, while Randolph cites a lower floor of 10 million bales after domestic use and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Senator Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Farm Bureau
Agriculture Departments
Publisher Named On Seafood Group
MONTGOMERY Ala June 15 Weekly Newspaper Publisher James H Faulkner of Bay Minette has been appointed the third member of a group to represent Alabama on the gulf states marine fisheries compact He was named by Gov James E Folsom Seafood compact is designed to coordinate seafood research iron out problems of the states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico Director Bert E Thomas represents the Alabama Department of Conservation and Rep Thomas A Johnston of Mobile the legislature
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James H. Faulkner
Bay Minette
Alabama
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact
James E. Folsom
Gulf of Mexico
Bert E. Thomas
Alabama Department of Conservation
Thomas A. Johnston
Mobile
Carver Park Named In Mobile
Mobile city officials unanimously adopted a resolution naming a new park after the late George Washington Carver a renowned Negro scientist. The measure was introduced by Mayor Ernest O. Megginson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carver
Mobile
George Washington Carver
Ernest O. Megginson
Markets Seen Uptick After Monthlong Slide
The New York stock market rose on June 15 amid the largest gain in over a month as leading shares advanced about two points in a broad rally. Major gainers included U S Steel and General Motors with others like Chrysler Studebaker and Dow components also rising. Georgia-Pacific Plywood and Lumber fell after word directors skipped the dividend flue for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S Steel
Youngstown
Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Atlantic
Nickel Plate
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Richfield Oil
U. S.rubber
Goodyear
Anaconda Copper
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
American Smelting
Boeing, Schenler
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Dow Chemical
du Pont
U.S Gypsum
American Woolen
International Paper
Grayson-Robinson
Georgia-Pacific
Grain futures rise on Chicago board with multiple gains
Wheat led the advance with a 1 1/2 to 2 5/8 cent jump, closing near 1.97 for July. Corn grew 3/8 to 1 1/4 cents, oats up about 3/4 to 1 1/8. Soybeans climbed about 2 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents, July at 2.37. Lard gained 3 to 10 cents per hundred pounds, July at 11.27 to 11.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Markets at a Glance New York June Rally Across Stocks
Markets at a Glance reportsNew York stocks gain led by steels and motors, bonds higher on rail demand, cotton up on short covering. Chicago wheat firm with weaker Oklahoma yields, corn steady with wheat strength, oats trades light. Hog market steady near 21.25 top, cattle steady to 1.00 lower to 28.50 top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Oklahoma
New York Cotton Prices Rally on July Futures
New York cotton futures firm as short covering pushed July contracts to a season high near 32.98 cents per pound. Trading showed heavy offerings around that level limiting gains, with demand driven by uncertain new crop outlook and relief that prices stay below projected loan levels. A shift from July to October 1949 futures occurred, with a trade house bidding over 10 000 bales. Futures closed about 15 cents to 10b a bale higher than the prior close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Slower Demand
June 15 Nashville market receipts light after heavy rains. Cattle prices generally lower with many off 50 or more, feeds and yearlings uneven but mostly steady. Hogs active and steady to strong with top quotes around 20.25 for 175 to 240 lb barrows and gilts. sows 15.50-16.50. Sheep light, good and choice springers about 24.00, common 18.00-18.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia Poultry Market Report Steady Demand
Atlanta Ga June 15 in USDA reports movement good in most sections with stocks adequate to demand Barred Rock Crosses selling at the same level as prior market activity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta. Ga
USDA
North Georgia
Trials weave rumors of spies and officials across headlines
The report covers Frank Oppenheimer's HUAC appearance as a former communist and non-communist oaths filed by union officers. It details FBI documents connected to Condon Hoover, Hiss and Chambers in a larger espionage trial, with Green testifying about Marxist beliefs and the breadth of defendants slated to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Oppenheimer
House un-American Activities Committee
House
Justice Department
Communist Party
Coplon—Palmer
Condons
Ickes
Hollywood
Frederic March
FBI
Hoovers
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Washington
United Nations
Bulgaria
Hoover
Iykes
Russia
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Grand Jury
Chambers
Green
John Gates
Communist Daily Worker
Marx
Lénin
West Berlin rail strike and global labor unrest
Berlin West sector railway workers continue a 26 day strike over pay in West marks and recognition of an anti communist union by Soviet management. In Paris a million civil servants staged a 24 hour warning strike affecting mail and telecoms. Burma Karen rebels form a cabinet governing a self declared Karen state amid regional tensions. China says Communist southward push slowed by floods in Hengyang area killing thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Moscow
Pravda
Paris
Germany
Tals
Burma
Karen Radio
Rangoon
Mandalay
Canton
Hengyang
Hunan
China
Farm prices for broilers and fryers noted in New Hampshire
Prices paid for farm broilers and fryers picked up Tuesday and this morning ranged from 25 to 28 cents per pound, mostly 26 and 26 1 2 cents. The figures reflect market activity in New Hampshire with weights all categories reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newampshire
Negro Accuses Three Officers In Beating Case
Memphis June 15 A federal jury weighs charges against three Tennessee law men accused of beating prisoner John Wesley Scott and denying him constitutional rights after he was recaptured following a jail breakout. Scott testified he lost his left eye from the beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tennessee
John Wesley Scott
Charles Forbes
Tipton County
Robert Gift
Covington
Here
Vernon W. Pickins
George C. Watkins
Ripley
16Th Judicial Circuit
Scott
Marion Boyd
Aubrey Deveral
Jesse Sanders
Jim T. Scott
Nashville
Non-Jury Sessions At Cullman Circuit Court
Eighteen cases were docketed for the summer non jury session of the Cullman circuit court Monday and Tuesday Judge James H Crow Jr presided. Results show Handley guilty of assault and battery fined. Sherrills pleaded guilty to assault and battery and fined five dollars each. Crouse guilty of assault and battery fined twenty five dollars and appealed. Eady charge of selling mortgaged property not pressed with second count continued. Lay driving while intoxicated continued to July 13. other cases include trespassing sanitation code violation drunkenness and selling mortgaged property. Pleas guilty: Childers D W A probation two years Puckett reckless driving fined twenty five dollars. Other guilty pleas: Barlett operating a gaming device fined two hundred fifty dollars Headrick violation of prohibition law fined fifty dollars. Doss worthless check not pressed. Melton guilty mising license plates fined ten. Stewart appeal dismissed. Heatherly bad check forfeited. Boots Williams sanitation violation continued to June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman Circuit
James H. Crow Jr
Glenn Reid
Milton Bobby Handley
Frank
Prudy Sherrill
Floyd Crouse
Crouse
A. C. Eady
James Ted Lay
Earnest Galin
T. Y. Steele
Hanceville
Vernie Allred
J.H. Brock
Cullman County
M.L. Stewart
M. R. Heatherly
Boots William
Morgan County Drives Woodall Bridge and Roads Plan
Morgan County approves a highway pact with the State Highway Department to construct the Woodall bridge across East Flint Creek between Hartselle and Danville and to grade and pave parts of the Decatur Arab road project. The county will pay $5,000 per mile upon proof engineers estimate 2 is paid for each project. The measure passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Decatur
Morgan- Lawrence County
Trinity
Woodall
Morgan County
Hardin
Legislature ends day with spending curbs and bills stalled
Five absentee ballot bills move to a sub committee after a six six tie in the house rules. A bill to make convict possession of a deadly weapon in prison a felony passes the house judiciary committee. A fight over placing the Conservation Department under a board ends without action due to quorum issues. Senate finance backs restrictions on the governors contingent fund while critics call for tighter oversight. The publicity department faces criticism over campaign propaganda issues, and calls to abolish it surface but not acted on. Ten spending bills pass as lawmakers push to curb spending while constitutional amendments falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Privilege and Election Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House Conservation Committee
State Conservation Department
Tom Johnston
Mobile
George Stone
James G. Adams
Jefferson
House
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Robert Swift
Escambia
O. H. Finney
Executive Office
State Publicity Department
R. J. Lowe
Madison
Ralph Hammond
Lowe
Publicity Department
Revenue Department
Aeronautics Department
Bruce Wilcox
Wilcox County
Rules Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Rep. Boggs
D-La
New York
Congress
Senate Armed Services
Europe
Revenue and Control Board Chairman Certifies 1949 Measure
Sim L Howell, chairman of the Morgan County Alabama Board of Revenue and Control, certifies that the foregoing is a recertified gene astonue a control held on June 13, 1949. See Sim L Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I.sim L.howell
Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan County
Alabama
Sim L. Howell
Temples Served as Banks in Ancient Egypt and Babylon
Ancient Egypt and Babylon housed temples that functioned as financial hubs. Priests stored grain and valuables, issued loans, and serviced deposits, blending religious and economic roles within temple complexes, shaping early financial governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient
Egypt
Babylon
State Beaches To Be Opened
Gulf Shores Alabama plans open coastal beaches as 11 mile pavement connects to Fort Morgan. Governor Folsom will cut a ribbon July 4 at Gulf State Park, with a motorcade to Fort Morgan. The area draws 12,000 to 16,000 visitors each weekend, offering surf, fishing, and weekend stays. A landing field for flying fishermen at Fort Morgan is being cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Shores
Ala
Alabama
Gulf Beaches
Alabama Point
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Alabama “Riviera
James E. Folsom
Gulf State Park
Conservation Department
Plan enlooper attacks Hanford costs and AEC mismanagement
Iowa Senator Plan enlooper charges the AEC mishandled Hanford plant construction amid rising costs from 6.3 million to as much as 25 million. AEC defends urgency for national security and safety, while Senate and House debate labor and housing bills and judicial barrier measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enlooper
R-Iowa
AEC
Hanford
Wash
Hickenlooper
David E. Lilienthal
Iowa
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Rain falls sporadically in upper Egypt
In parts of upper Egypt rain comes only about once in every five years, a rare climatic event that affects farming and water planning in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Egypt
Charles A Wells to Deliver Series Of Talks Here
Charles A Wells world traveller artist and journalist brings his Conferences On Christ And World Need to Decatur speaking nightly June 19 to 24 at First Methodist Church. He draws a color cartoon while he lectures on topics from learning in time to must we fight Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Wells
Decatur
First Methodist
Otis Kirby
Wells
America
Russia
Asia
Latin America
Europe
Engineers 4 Office Work Shortfalls And Road Survey Summary
A 1948-1949 progress report documents an engineer team completing a Priceville Road survey, relocation, alignment, right of way plans, grade benches, and cross sections. Labor and material costs through May 1949 total $611.98, with state partition pending. Signed by Thomas J. Arledge, engineer, for J. B. Rutledge and H. D. Burnum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priceville Road
State Highway Department
Instrumentman
Thomas J. Arledge
J. B. Rutledge
B.C.A
H. D. Burnum
Obsession Ends in Shooting at Hotel Beloved Baseball Star
Ruth Ann Steinhamen shot Eddie Waitkus at close range after sending a note to him via a bell boy. She telephoned the hotel operator, spoke with house detective Edward Purdy, and then attempted suicide afterReloading the rifle. Steinhamen, six feet tall with brown eyes, told reporters she acted from built up tension and admiration that began when she first watched Waitkus in a 1946 game before his Cubs to Phillies trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waitkus
Edward Purdy
House
Warren
Wisl
Ruth Ann Burns
Cubs
Phillies
Freedom's price cited as threat by masked assailant
Mountain Judge Townsend told the civic club that Americans bought and kept their freedom at a price almost unimaginable. He warned that this freedom is daily threatened by a man under a hood and a sheet. The accused convened behind closed doors while absent and then punished the victim with brutal beatings and in some cases death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Civic Club
Practice of drawing and quartering not abolished until 1870
The sentence notes that the historic punishment of drawing and quartering prisoners after execution remained in practice until its abolition in 1870, indicating a late reform in criminal punishment.
Scouts Lower Age Limits Across BSA Programs
The Boy Scouts of America will lower entrance ages effective Sept 1. Cub Scouts may join at eight, Boy Scouts at eleven, and Explorers at fourteen, after a three year study. Senior Scouting becomes Exploring with expanded land, sea, and air activities and new explorer ships or squadrons for seamanship or aviation units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Arthur A. Schuck
Schuck
Goodyear Faces AFL CIO Labor Dispute Over Plant Closures
The AFL and CIO charge Goodyear with lockouts and unfair labor practices at the Rockmart and Decatur mills, while the company cites the general textile industry slump. Goodyear denies the charges and points to broader economic conditions driving the shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
AFL
Goodyear
Rockmart
Decatur
Kesavan
Exemption Bill Proposed For Disabled Dependents
Washington June 15 A proposed bill by Rep DeGraffenreid would grant totally disabled dependents an extra $600 exemption for income tax purposes. The exemption would not apply if an additional allowance has already been granted for any other reason under the revenue acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. DeGraffenreid
D. Ala
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On Seafood Group
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Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Crow
Lucas of
Ilinois
Taft
Ohio
Eddie
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Wington
Intermediate
Southern Railway System
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