House Group Nears Extension of Old Age Coverage
Washington June 16 The House Ways and Means Committee may near a recommendation to blanket about 12,000,000 more workers under old age insurance. Tentative action aims to cover 6,000,000 self employed persons and 2,500,000 household workers plus various smaller groups while boosting benefits and raising the payroll tax next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. LE
Washington
House Ways and Means
Truman
House
Senate
Birmingham Robed-Gang Attacks Spark Police Response
A mob robed in violence struck near Birmingham, with a man flogged and a woman manhandled as officials rush more troopers and National Guard. Gov Folsom orders license-plate reports to hunt suspects, while the Federated Klan leader denies involvement. Local officers promise full action.
American Bilbo Club Similar to Columbians Inc Leaders Named
The document states that the American Bilbo club mirrors the Columbians, Inc in aims and membership, with leaders including Homer L. Loomis Sr and Jr Emory Burke Ira Jett Ralph Childers. Deponent alleges the new group is being run by foreign and subversive interests and identifies a kinship to Homer Loomis Jr via Betty Kights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bilbo Club
The
Columbians, Inc
Homer L. Loomis, Sr
Homer L. Loomis Jr
Emory Burke
Ira Jett
Ralph Childers
Déponent
Kight
Homer Loomis, Jr
Betty Kights
Mis
Deponent
Vacation Bible School Ends at Central Baptist Church
Graduation exercises closed a successful Vacation Bible School started June 6 at Central Baptist. Miss Evelyn Sivey led the program with 229 enrolled and an average attendance of 245. A noon picnic and final session in the hall followed illness in some faculty, closing two days early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist’ Church
Hela
Evelyn Sivey
Missy
Markets Slip After Slim Early Gains Fade
In New York on June 16 prices edged down after early gains failed to attract buyers. Several industrials and consumer firms retreated while U S Steel and National Steel rose. Atlanta reports a steady North Georgia live poultry market with good demand and ample supplies, barred rocks selling 25 to 28 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sante Fe Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Texas Co
American Telephone & Telegraph
Commonwealth Edison
Kennecott Cooper
Phelps Dodge
American Can
General Electric
Allied Chemical
Owens- Illinois
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears
Retbuck
J. J. Case
Higher Were
U. S. Steel
National Steel
Goodrich
Schenley Industries
National Distillers
Consolidated Natural Gas
International Nickel
Dupont
Phillip Morris
Nickel Plate
Eastern Airlines
Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Markets at a Glance New York Stocks Slip Early Gains
New York markets report stocks lower with early gains failing to hold. Bonds steady as rails improve. Cotton quiet with hedging and evening-up operations. Chicago wheat weak due to good harvesting weather. Corn easy with cash receipts increase. Oats easy with other grains. Hogs slow and 25 to 50 cents lower, top $21.00. Cattle unevenly steady to 50 cents lower, top $27.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Grain prices slide on Chicago Board trading day
Wheat fell more than 3 cents at times, soybeans, corn, oats and lard also declined in a generally weak market. Wheat closed 11-8-2 5-8 lower, July at 1.94 1-2-3-8. corn down 1-8 1 3-8 to 1.31-131 1-8. oats down 3-8-5-8. soybeans 1 to 1-1/2 lower at 2.26 1-4-1-2. lard unchanged to 7 cents lower at 11.20 for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Gay
Cotton futures ease on slow trading in New York
In New York on June 16 the cotton market eased as July futures drifted lower and traders rolled to later months. Nearby spot cotton remained quiet while speculative rallies faced profit taking and hedging pressure amid a subdued market tone.
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New York
Nashville Live Stock Market Report June 16 Update
Nashville livestock market showed slower but steady cattle activity with light weight steers and heifers at 21.50-22.00 and 17.00-20.00 for common to low medium. Yearlings around 25.50, cows 11.00-15.50, bulls 18.50-20.00, calves 22.00-24.00, hogs 18.00-25.00, sows 15.50-16.50, sheep 18.00-24.50 with most classes steady to lower and notable declines on late sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Yugoslavia and China News Briefs in Global Context
Paris continues on page one with a 000,000 worth of goods, Britain offering Tito manufactured products in exchange for timber grain and food as Western policy supports Tito against Soviet neighbors. Cominform pressure on Tito intensifies as he pursues his own brand of communism. State Department officials find evidence communists feel defensive in East-West Cold War. A Bucharest report says cominform calls to block Americanism a cardinal task. In China, Nationalists report counterattacks against Communists in Shensi with 23,000 nationalist casualties claimed near Lianyi. communists allegedly suffered 2,000. Nationalist figures are often inflated. Today marks the 61st birthday of monies and his wish is respected.
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Britain
Tito
Cominform
communist _ international information bureau
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
State Department
Washington
Europe
Bucharest
Romania
Shensi
Canton
Lian
China
Yangtze River
Trials weaves through Hiss Coplon and communists in New York
In New York, the perjury trial of Alger Hiss continues as testimonies emerge. Miss Coplon plans to testify with defense plans to question prosecutors. Separate hearings look at Gates, Green, and Browder era shifts in the American Communist Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Archibald Pamer
Hiss
U. S
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Illinois
Communist Party
New York
Washington
Gates
Coplon
Miss Coplon
Palmer
Raymond Pf Whearty
Valentine
A. Gubitchev
United Nations
FBI
Gubitchev
Whearty
Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Eunice A. Lncoln
Francis
Maryland
State Department
Miss Lincoln
Green
Ea Browder
Browder
Soviet Union
Girl Who Shot Star Called to Court in Chicago
Ruth Steinhagen, 19, a Chicago typist, is summoned to felony court on assault with intent to murder charges for shooting Philadelphia Phillies star Eddie Waitkus at Edgewater Beach hotel. Waitkus, struck near the heart by a .22 rifle, remains in guarded condition after surgery was delayed. He had visited psychiatrists and had a secret crush on Waitkus since 1947, with notes and calls preceding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Waitkus
Ilinois Masonic Hospital
Ruth Steinhagen
Edgewater Beach
John S. Bovie
Eddie
Ruth
Edith Steinhagen
Cubs
Phillies
Seamen hit in Chicago strike violence at Dryden Rubber
Seamen in Chicago two non striking rubber workers were knocked unconscious in violence at the Strike bound Dryden Rubber company. The strike was called by CIO United Rubber Cork and Linocum Workers. In Bluefield West Virginia Southern Coal operators continued negotiations with the United Mine Workers as the present agreement expires in two weeks. A Northern coal producer proposal to turn bargaining authority over to a single coordinator spurred plans for a Senate inquiry. Robertson resolution said some coal operators fear monopolistic control over miners. The inquiry will start Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dryden Rubber Company
CIO
United Rubber, Cork
Lincolcum
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern
United Mine Workers
Northern Coal
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Robertson D-Vai
Robertson
Asphalt From Lakes And Rock Outcrops
Asphalt occurs naturally in lakes and rock-like outcrops and is also produced during petroleum refining.
Education gains sought for Alabama Negro colleges
Mayor Meighan presented governor committee proposals to raise state funding for Alabama State College for Negroes and A and M College at Normal, aiming to develop them to university parity. Proposals include large annual appropriations and expanded programs in agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine, plus out‑of‑state aid increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
Ways and Means
Alabama State College
Montgomery
A. and
M. College
Normal
Alabama
Auburn
Minghane
Alabama A
Tuskegee Institute
Meighan
Megroes
Meharry College
Nashville
Southern Regional Council On Education
Senate Committee On Municipal Organization
Congress
Jefferson
Lawrence Dumas
House
Judiciary Committee
Stones Used as Cannon Balls in Early Artillery
In early artillery practice stones served as projectile ammo. This method reflected primitive munitions techniques before standardized iron or lead cannon balls, highlighting resources and tactics of early military engines.
Moon and Sun Distances Create Illusion of Size
The article explains that the sun appears larger than the moon despite being much bigger, due to the vast distance separating Earth from the sun and moon. It discusses how angular size is determined by physical size and distance, leading to the visual trick observed during celestial events.
Labor Amendments Signal Shifts in Unions and Management
Brannan proposes non-communist oaths and amendments to require good faith bargaining by unions and management, protect free speech in labor relations, and mandate annual financial reports. The moves aim to imitate Taft Hartley while seeking support for a GOP substitute preserving key TH provisions and injunctions. Headlines reflect committee activity as Hickenlooper questions uranium loss at Argonne, ERP funding battles ensue, and a military pay bill advances in the House, with Senate hearings to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House
Argonne Atomic Laboratory
Chicago
AEC
Paul Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
Hoffman
Europe
House
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lucas
National Defense
Uniformed Services
National Guard
Air National Guard
Rep
Price
Park
Judiciary
Decatur Area News Roundup In Brief
Mr and Mrs Oscar Koonce and children of Little Rock will visit relatives in Decatur. A daughter was born at Decatur General Hospital Wednesday night to Mr and Mrs C J Kullman. Admitted: Margaret Ann Kullman and Mrs W F Stone. Rev G M Davenport speaks at Central Methodist on Sunday with a later sermon titled David Promoted. John Sobodka of Decatur visits relatives in Tuscaloosa. Red Cross director announces swimming and life saving class details forthcoming. Rabies tests show one positive among five dogs, Courtland head confirmed. other samples from Decatur Florence and Sheffield. Sixteen cases slated in recorder's court. charges listed. Theft from Ralph Mooney’s truck reported. Morgan Board of Revenue and Control discusses hiring a county engineer. no action. MSgt John D Tolleson home on 30-day furlough from Maxwell Field. Vacation Bible school at Fairview Baptist Church begins tonight at 7:30.
Patricias Disappearance Probe Highlights Elopement Motive
Kathleen Babich, soon to be a mother, sobbed as the prosecutor pressed her on Patricia’s disappearance on February 10. The defendant Milton Babich, 19, former honor student, is charged with Patricia’s murder after the 16 year old’s body was found in the Milwaukee river on March 20. Kathleen testified about an alleged pregnancy and an elopement plan to Kalamazoo Michigan while Patricia mocked Kay, a pregnant mannequin. Babich admitted showing a .22 revolver to scare Patricia who then laughed, claiming the gun went off during a struggle, with a concrete block used to hide evidence.
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Kathleen
Patricia
Kay
Milton Babich
Milwaukee River
Milton
Kalamazoo
Mich
West Allis Central High School
Michigan
Babich
Meat and fruit prices ease hints and coffee climbs
Meat remains only slightly lower while peas rise due to lighter shipments and warm weather spurring demand for peaches and watermelons. Strawberries move earlier from Massachusetts and Michigan as shipments speed south. Grocers lift roasted coffee prices by a penny a pound amid higher green coffee costs. Brazilian officials forecast exportable coffee at least one million bags below last year as postwar surpluses dwindle. The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index nears this year's low by two cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Michigan
Dun & Bradstreet
Talented Belcher siblings visit parents for summer
Miss Lucile Belcher and Evel Belcher, daughter and son of Rev Olin Ray Belcher, stay with their Hartselle parents for the summer. Miss Belcher, a Hardin-Simmons alumna, majors in Bible with a music theory minor and works with the Baptist Sunday school board while planning further music study. Evel Belcher, an organ major at Texas Wesleyan College, begins his senior year in September after recent recitals and active accompaniment with church and college music groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Belcher
Evel Belcher
Olin Ray
Hartselle
Miss Belcher
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Texas
Baptist Sunfday School Board
Belcher
Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
American Guild of Organists
Gambrell Street Baptist Church
Forth Worth
Prosecution Concludes in Babich Accidental Death Claim
The five day prosecution case concludes with tying Patricia to Babich and dumping her body in the river, asserting details tied to the accidental death theory, while the defense argues for a different interpretation of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
Babich
Dr Rutledge To Head Group
Dr Archibald Rutledge poet laureate of South Carolina is president of a newly formed Southeastern Writers Conference. The organizational meeting drew representatives from 10 Southern states alongside the Alabama writers conclave at the University of Alabama. Edwin Lancaster of Auburn was named executive director with a slate of officers and secretaries from Alabama Tennessee and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Archibald Rutledge
South Carolina
Southeastern Writers Conference
University of Alabama
Edwin Lancaster
Auburn
Eleanor Bridges
Alabama
Zella Armstrong
Tennessee
Noel Houston
North Carolina
James Ramsey
Florida
Ollie Reeves
Georgia
August Dietz
Virginia
Kathleen Scott
Virginia Clare
Frances Durham
Earle Johnson
Florida citrus shipments forecast high despite varied freight shifts
The report projects strong movement for citrus fruits in Florida during 1948-49, second only to 1938-39, with May shipments totaling 94 226 cars. Rail carries 55 percent and trucks 45 percent, while the year’s total exceeds last year by about 23 082 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Local Crash Report Elements Incomplete
A garbled report from Decatur notes a collision involving Mrs Powell and Sgt J L Howell on Sherman Avenue North with a truck from Cross Plains Tennessee. Names and details are partially unreadable, but the incident appears to involve a driving collision and investigative officers Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Decatur
Ira
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E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan
James E. Folsom
Birmingham
Wall Street
Paris
Star
Tuskegee
Dumas
Pelham Merrill
Cleburne
Anniston
John M. Gallalee
Ralph B. Craughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Argee
Vernon Summerlin
Crenshaw County
House Transportation Committee
Howver
W. L
Martin Greene
J. J. Benford
Marshall
Isom
Kerr Scott
Folsom
Scott
Jim Folsom
Brannan
Oscar Koonce
Little Rock
Arkansas
Will
W. G. Patterson
West Moulton
Decatur General Hospital
Mar-garet Ann Kullman
C. J. Kullman
Johnston Stret
W. F. Stone
Morgan County Sanatorium
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
David
John Sobodka
John Lee
Jeanette Burch
Frank Kirby
Morgan Chapter
American Red Cross
DeCatur Branch
State Health Department
C. C. Johnson
Courtland
Decatur 3
Florence
Sheffield
Recorder’s Court
Joe H. Calvin
Sims
Ralph Mooney
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
T. J. Arledge
Sim Ll. Howell
John D. Tolleson
Maxwell Field
Fairview Baptist Church
Dr. Rutledge
Phosphate Rock Committee
Pulp and Paper Committee
Fai
Tates
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