Waitkus Talks After Shooting in Hospital Bed
Chicago June 17. Eddie Waitkus describes the shooting as like a bad dream while in hospital. He cites fan letters and jokes with reporters as he recuperates. Ruth Ann Steinhagen faces assault with intent to murder charges with mental examination ordered. Waitkus may miss rest of season. doctors unsure about return timing. The hearing for Steinhagen was postponed to await psychiatric evaluation.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Nationals
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Waitkus
Phillies
L. L. Braun
Chicago Cubs
Ahstar
Miss Steinhagen
Matthew D. Hartigan
William H. Haines
Cook County
Babich questioned over sexual relation with Kathleen
The defendant Babich showed irritation as Prosecutor questioned him about sexual relations with Kathleen sister to Patricia and Kay's pregnancy. He admitted acts occurred at the Birmingham home but refused to identify the room or couch location. He cited possible sleep deprivation affecting March 26 answers after returning from Kathleen’s elopement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babich
Patricia
Kathleen
Kay
Birmingham
McCauley
Davenport
First man made balloon rose in 1782
The historical note records that the first man made balloon is believed to have risen from the earth in the year 1782.
Market Drift In Slow Wall Street Session
New York June 17 The stock market wandered aimlessly in one of the slowest sessions in years with price changes mostly in minor fractions. Steady performers included Goodyear Goodrich National Distillers Consolidated Edison General Electric Eastman Kodak Penney Pennsylvania RR Southern Pacific Northern Pacific Union Pacific Baltimore & Ohio Gulf Oil while issues like Steel Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet General Motors U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft US Smelting American Can Westinghouse Johns Manville Santa Fe Atlantic Coast Line and Standard Oil NJ lagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Goodyear
Goodrich
National Distillers
Consolidated Edison
General Electric
Eastman - Kodak
Penney
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Gulf Oil
Ss. Steel
Bethlehem .Steel
Youngstown
Sheet
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
U.S. Smelting
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Amrican
Westinghouse Electric
Johns-Manville Santa Fe
Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Oil
Cotton futures steady amid limited liquidation and buying
New York June 17 steady trading as New Orleans and commission houses buy against minor liquidation and hedging. May cotton consumption 580,078 bales, CCC loan repositions 69,655 bales week ended June 9, total loan stock 3,975,525 bales. Futures closed 35 to 75 cents higher with July at 29.12 and May at 29.91. Middling spot 33.72 up 4.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission House
Washington
Census Bureau
CCC
Met
North Georgia live poultry market steady in price
Atlanta Georgia June 17 USDA reports the North Georgia live poultry market steady with prices at 25 to 28 cents f.o.b. farm for Thursday and Friday trade. Demand is moderate to good this morning and most sections show fairly clear stock with some carry over of Barred Rock Crosses in a few areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 17 1939
Federal-state agriculture reports light supplies with a weak decline across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle and calves largely lower or steady by grade with medium beef cows 16.00-37.50 and vealers 22.00-24.00. hogs 50-75 lower. spring lambs 2.00-3.00 lower. overall receipts about 1685-? across species.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York June 17
New York stock leaders drift in a narrow range while bonds show irregular activity and rail issues supply. Cotton steady with New Orleans and commission activity noted. wheat easy as harvesting operations expand. corn mixed with March firm and others lower. oats slightly lower despite cash grain strength. price ranges noted for pork and pine with steady to slightly lower trends and limited supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans & Commission
Chicago
Closing Grain Chicago Market Summary
June 17 grain contracts mostly declined on the board of trade after a choppy session. Wheat fell 7 to 8 cents with July at 193 5/8 to 11 2, corn slipped 1/4 to 1 3/8, July 130 3/4 to 7 8, oats steady to 1/2 lower, rye down 1/4 to 5/8, July 1.35, soybeans up 1 to 2 cents, July 82 1/8, and lard rose 7 to 15 cents per hundred pounds, July 11.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Swimmers in 14th Century Wore Cramps Rings
A historical note claims 14th century swimmers wore special cramps rings believed to ward off stomach cramps amid legends of odd medical practices from the period.
Vacation Pay Now Tidy Sum
A Textile Workers Union spokesman estimates vacation pay now reaches about 50 million dollars annually for roughly 1.25 million textile mill workers. The system offers one to two weeks with 2 to 4 percent of annual pay, averaging about 1.20 dollars an hour, with union and non union workers alike benefiting similarly across regions. The CIO union cites about 120 thousand Southern members, part of a broader 330 thousand regional total in New England and the Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Textile Workers Union of America
CWO
South
CIO
New England
Tota
Governors bloc fights over top of special order list
The administration bloc blocks a bill after a filibuster and forces the Senate to read the journal for hours. Senators Blake Howle and Broughton Lamberth object as the chamber again reads yesterday’s doings. House approves four more stenographers for the governor and adds one special investigator, amid political moves by Rankin Fite and Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fite
State Senate
Tom Blake Howle
Calhoun
Broughton Lamberth
Tallapoosa
House
Folsom
Rankin Fite
Marion County
C. B. Harvey
Blount
Senate Rules Clash Over Bill Writing Longhand Change
Objections under a senate rule require longhand drafting before a third reading. A Boutwell move seeks rule change, with a vote expected today. If no filibuster, economy bills proceed, touching spending limits and agency funds while a contingent fund cap is debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
John Graves
Lip Cancer More Common in Men Than Women
A 1949 syndicate article explains lip cancer as a mostly male disease that begins as a pimple like sore. It urges early biopsy if a lip sore does not heal in 3 4 weeks and notes the roles of leukoplakia keratosis and angular fissures. Treatment hinges on cancer type and extent, with surgery common and radiotherapy or X rays for high risk or elderly patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
German Editors Form AP Group Outside U S
German editors and publishers meeting in Frankfurt formed the first Associated Press editors and publishers organization outside the United States. About 63 editors attended as AP officials welcomed the move from Kent Cooper. The group aims to improve AP reporting and service for German newspapers and stations.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Associated Press
United States
Es Gallagher
Paris
AP Association
Friedric Wien
Relief Crisis Deepens Across Cities In 1940s Spread
Relief costs per family have risen sharply as rents and hospital prices climb. Cities face larger relief rolls, strained budgets, and calls for state or city sharing of costs. Migrant movements resurface in Colorado and Oklahoma while aid to dependent children grows faster than other programs. Local officials report slowdowns but no full crises across several states.
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Michigan
Colorado
Idaho
Dayton
Pel Association
Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati County
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Milwaukee County
New Jersey
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Maine
Oregon
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Ohio
Oklahoma
Missouri
Louisiana
Vatican conference hopes stalled progress in Paris talks
A Paris foreign ministers conference extends into a second week aiming to seal East West German trade and an Austrian peace treaty. Four ministers plan a Sunday secret session and a final open session Monday as progress remains blocked. An American subcommittee will not seek stays of death sentences for 16 German war crime defendants. Thirteen others remain eligible. In Seoul, President Rhee says U S troops may leave anytime, claiming South Korea can defend itself without further protection.
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Paris
Senate
Malmedy
Belgium
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
United States
Miners Clash as Steel Firms Stand Firm Over Pension Bargain
The United Steelworkers and U S Steel locked in a pension dispute as company VP claims contracts run to April 1950 and reopenable only on pay and benefits. Philip Murray counters that the company should bargain on pensions, signaling a nationwide steel industry-wide effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Steel
CIO
Philip Murray
Pensionis
U. S
Man Forced at Gunpoint Leads Police Through Suburbia
A man claimed he was coerced into driving through Homewood after being shown a gun by a suspect. He said the assailant demanded money, leaving behind $2,222 in cash, $74 in silver, and a $2,249.49 check before fleeing to the victim's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homewood
White
City
Hiss case and New York communist trials unfold in court
In Washington the Hiss case resumes as defense challenges a stenographic record misquoting Dent Place. Judge Kaufman denies dismissal and the trial resumes Monday. New York trials include Coplon denying charges and Green detailing 1945 party changes and Browder’s ouster as the Communist leadership faces espionage questions.
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UN American Activities Committee
Washington
Firsheim
House Committee
Chambers
Hiss
Dent Place
Balt Place
Samuel H
Kaufman
New York
United States
Federal
Coplon
Barnard College
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Gubitchev
Alon
Hlneis
Browder
Earl Browder
Green
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Gates
U.S Circuit Court
Jackson
Local hospital admissions and births reported
Multiple admissions and dismissals at Decatur General and Hamil Clinic hospitals are listed, including W M Burden and Mrs C T Swatseel. New births at Baugh Wiley clinic and entries on vacations, visits, and a reckless driving arrest are noted alongside a telegraph operators convention visit by Charles Layman in Tampa.
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Hamil Clinic Hospital
C. T. Swatseel
Fifth Avenue West
Harold McClanahan
Hartselle
Ed Garrett
Eighth Avenue West
Elizabeth Ann Parcus
Rogersville
J. C. Michael
L. P. Loosier
Third Avenue West
Rufus Pearson
Lafayette Street
van Murphry
Decatur 2
Hollis Jackson
Decatur
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Charles E. Layman
Flint
Louisville and Nashville
Tampa
Fla
Senator Pepper
Florida
Labor and Taft-Hartley shapes in Capitol Hill drama
The Virginian reports on Labor tightening retirement benefits rules alongside a potential $300 million yearly cost. Senate debates center on injunctions versus industry seizure during national emergencies, with administrations proposing a modified Wagner Act and amendments. House adjourns. Hoffman defends Europe recovery spending. Military pay debates loom as $300 million annual cost. reorganization bill advances with Truman likely to sign.
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Virginian
Senate
Taft
Ohio
D-Ill
Aiken
Lucas
House
Capitol Hill
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Europe
U. S
Robertson
D-Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Defense
Morse
Senate Appropriations
Army
Navy
Air Force
Civil Rights Commission
Prosperity Through Higher Yields and Processing Potential
The passage notes agricultural gains including hay and grazing yields above national averages, faster tree growth, and cotton productivity doubling since boll weevils. It highlights opportunities to process farm products locally to boost the regional economy and envisions doubling production per acre and expanding cultivated acres as demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Daily Records Deeds in Decatur Listings Various Transfers
Numerous property transfers recorded in Decatur Daily Records show payments from individuals and organizations to peers, churches, and firms. Amounts range from $1 to $9,000 with several $1,000-plus sums noted, including church and city transactions.
Marriage Licenses Reported in Local Area
James Edward Shaw 19 of Falkville to Lillian Mae Carr 16 of Falkville. Paul Alfred Westcott 36 of Gadsden to Sallie Mae Hames Hanson 40 of Gadsden. William Ray Freeze 21 of 1414 Fifth Avenue East Decatur to Elizabeth Grizzard 20. Herbert Monurse of Decatur to Mabel Spradlin of Decatur. William Clayton Smith 18 of Madison 3 to Wilma Geneva Woods 20 of Decatur. William Jack Pitts 26 of Decatur to Jerry Wallace 21 of Decatur 804 Canal.
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James Edward Shaw
Falkville
Lillian Mae Carr
Paul Alfred Westcott
Gadsden
Sallie Mae Hames Hanson
William Ray Freeze
Fifth Avenue
Decatur
Elizabeth Grizzard
Herbert Monursecatur
Mabel Spradlin
William Clayton Smith
Madison
Wilma Geneva Woods
William Jack Pitts
Jerry Wallace
Canal
School construction bids reveal contractor rankings
Sizemore noted contract alternates as bids emerge. J. A. Jones of Atlanta offered the second lowest bid for the high school at 1,068,900 while F. N. Thompson was third at 1,080,500. Sullivan Long Hagerty of Birmingham bid 269,000 for the elementary school as second lowest, with Chambers Lumber Co of Athens third at 269,166.
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Sizemore
J. A. Jones
Atlanta
F. N. Thompson
Sullivan, Long and Hagerty
Birmingham
Chambers Lumber Company
Athens
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Studebaker
Knox McRae
Bee. Ave
Wall Street
Journal
Jones
George Bliss Jones
Chauncey Sparks
Sparks
State Publicity Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Revenue Department
Ways and Means Committee
Col
Herman N. Bundesen
MLD
D. P
Eatures Syndicate. Inc
Vatican City
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
USW
Gilbert Green
Communist Party
Truman
Wadleigh
State Department
Oxford
Delmale
W. G. Burden
Vinemont
Decatur General Hospital
M. C. Sims
Danville
Ninth Street Methodist Church Vacation Bible School
W. M. Jackson
Washington, D. C
John W. Sandlin
Ruby Sandlin
Lee Deal
Kyle Kirby
Frank Richardson Jr
Max Frierson
Clarksdale
Miss
Morgan Sheriff's Office
AEC
M. L. French
Ethel Louise McDougal
Oseph M. Pierce
W. E. White
Eloda Thompson
W. T. Tillery
George A. Tomlinson
Gusta Huston
City of Decatur
H. R. Hood
Decatur Development Co
Marcus R. Scott
Decatur Homes, Inc
Jack aAe W.coke
J. M. Standridge
J. E.braswell
Ruby Bussey
Morgan County
City of
King’s Memorial Church
W. J. Duncan, Jr
William Schelbe
J. R. Mills
Mattie Mills
Charles Nix
Howard Nix
E. Pearl Nooth
J. L. Roberts
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
A. H. Lyle
W. O. Rice
Joe E. Terry
Linnie H. Mitchell
Bank St
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