Corrections Of 0 Years Task Of New Board
Huntsville report by Martha Witt Smith notes Madison county voter rolls cleaned up with 7 300 names purged and 1901 to 1948 records examined. Board and volunteers uncover duplicate registrations and unlocated records while shifting voters to conform to new precinct lines amid 6 500 transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Board of Registrars
John Smiths
Fimre
H. M. Rhett
Glenn C. Palley
Martha Witt Smith
Senate clash over draft reform and racial unit proposal
President Majority Leader Lucas aims to finish action on the draft measure this week and send it back to the house, which earlier passed a different extension. The Senate faces a major battle over a provision by Senator Russell that would require draftees to request service only in units of the same race, opposing Truman's desegregation directive but backed by a majority of the armed services committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
House
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Truman
Senat Armed Services Committee
Governor presses reapportionment amid special session
Governor urges immediate constitutional reform to grant Alabama counties a senator and cites Congress as model. Senate clashes return as Lowe questions Lambreth’s seat and Patton pushes anti gratuity bill. Reapportionment Bills and a proposed 67 senator frame overshadow adjournment bid and poll tax debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
Congress
Senate
R. J. Lowe
Madison County
Broughton Lambreth
Tallapoosa County
Lambreth
Lowe
Lamberth
J. C. Inter
State Pardon-Parole Board
David Patton
Limestone
Patton
House
Rankin Fite
Marion
WG. Hardwick
Houston
Rep
George Wallace
Barbour
Drownings in Tennessee River Boat Accident Report
Deputy Sheriff investigates two drowning deaths when a six person boat overturned on the North bank of the Tennessee River near Leeman's Ferry. Youngblood and Woodard died after immersion as the group searched for others. Coroner Morrison and state investigators described the scene and ongoing river searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Garland’ Nuby
Morgan
Joel Morrison
Youngblood
Woodard
Tennessee River
Morrison
Redstone Arsenal
Cecil Sanderson
Leeman’s Ferry
Clay Bridge
Sanderson
Mi Oohard
Youngbloods
Warren Hawkins, Jr
Leo Kirkland
Dot Hatfield
Suits Filed In Two Courts In Morgan County
Five suits were filed in Morgan circuit and Morgan county court. The State National Bank seeks 2532.94 plus interest and 400 attorney fees from T E Kimbrough Jr and Lamar M Speake in circuit court. John O Compton sues Conner Tankersly and Guy Dumas for 1500 damages over an auto collision near Falkville on U S 31. Dumas allegedly drove a cab owned by Tankersley. Norman W Harris represents the plaintiff. Ellie Blackwood seeks 175 on a C J Blackwood promissory note in county court. Merrill W Doss filed for Hartsel. In Judge W H Long's court Columbia Mill and Elevator asks 152 48 on a note due Loney C and Melvin L Helms. Doss also represents J B Hurst in a fifth suit for 125 24 owed by Emmett Roan. Hurst runs the Hurst Machine Works per the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Harrison Hill
Morgan Circuit
Morgan County
State National Bank
T. E. Kimbrough Jr
Lamar M
John O Compton
Conner Tankersley
Guy Dumas
Falkville
U. S. 31
Dumas
Tankersley
Norman W. Harris
Ellie Blackwood
C. J. Blackwood
Merrill W. Doss
Hartselle
W. H. Long
Columbia Mill and Elevator Company
Loney C
Melvin L. Helms
Doss
Calvin and Bloodworth
J. B. Hurst
Emmett Roan
Hurst
Hurst Machine Works
Insurance Men Go To School
Twenty seven managers and assistant managers of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co are attending an insurance training week in Decatur. The program covers selling strategies for industrial and ordinary life policies with instructors from Nashville. The course runs through Friday and marks Mutual Savings Life as a leading regional program in Alabama and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Decatur
Bank Street
Jimmy P. Byrne
The
Life & Casualty Isurance Co
Nashville
Ancel Smith
Byrne
Mutual Savings Life
South
Alabama
Georgia
Mutual
Melvin Hutson
Redus Collier
Dunne’s Insurance Reports
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Markets
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 shelled 3.48. Corn basis 15 percent moisture. No 2 new wheat onion free 2.00. No 2 new oats onion free 0.65. Other grains basis 13 to 14 percent moisture.
Wall Street mixed gains falter as market ebbs
June 19 report shows buying interest waned with an irregular session and weakness spreading late. Leaders in advance included General Motors and Republic Steel though gains trimmed. notable risers and fallers listed with several industrials and utilities affected. Poultry market in Atlanta steady with good demand and adequate supplies. farm prices for broilers and fryers quoted around 24 to 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eneral Motors
Republic Steel
Goodrich
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
Philco Radio
Radio Corp
American Telephone
Phelps Dodge
American Cyanamid
Eastman Kodak
International Paper
Chesapeake & Ohio
American Woolen
Barnsdall
Lehigh Portland Cement
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
DuPont
Dow Chemical
Kennecott
American Smelting
Southern Pacific
Nickel Plate
Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Grain futures mixed as wheat recovers near prior close
On the Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and oats rose while feed grains led gains earlier. Wheat finished mixed from 3-8 lower to 1-4 higher, July at 2.11 1/4 to 2.13 8. corn up 5-8 to 1 cent, July 1.43 7/8 to 1/2. oats up 7-8 to 11-4, July 79 1/4. rye steady to down 1/4, July 1.32 1/4. Lard slipped 2 to 8 cents, July 11.12-11.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Trading Report
Market briefing from New York and Chicago notes scattered results. Early gains faded in stocks as bonds edged lower and cotton declined on profit taking and liquidation. Wheat in Chicago held steady after brief losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Probing Death Of Kennemer In Athens Subdivision
Athens officers investigate the death of 45 year old John Champ Kennemer who burned while inside the Sim Lincoln home in Village View. He died soon after at Powers hospital after flames engulfed his clothing. Investigators include State Investigator R A Troupe County Solicitor Thomas G Steele and Sheriff Sandlin.
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Athens
John “Champ
Kennemer
Sim Lincoln
Village View
John Sandling
Lincoln
Powers Hospital
Haywood Hines
D. L. Rosenau
Sykes Funeral Home
Decatur
R. A. Troupe
Thomas G. Steele
Sandlin
DAV Open House In Russellville Next Saturday
The Disabled American Veterans in North Alabama will hold an open house on Saturday June 24 at the home of the state commander in Russellville. State commander Butler Hine state rehabilitation officer and two National Service Office representatives from Montgomery will attend. All disabled veterans are invited to drop in during the day.
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State Department of the Disabled American Veterans
Tee State
Russelville
DAV
Butler Hine
National Service Office of the Veterans Administration
Montgomery
North Alabama
Milk deliveries may resume after strikes across regions
About 650 milk strikers were expected to return to deliveries tomorrow amid an emergency plan supplying infants hospitals and public institutions. In Pittsburgh Mayor Lawrence urged an end to shadow boxing and delivery resumption. Separate strikes hit Lake Erie ports coal and ore shipments along with Bethlehem Steel in Johnstown threatening 16 000 jobs. Longshoremen seek 20 cent hourly raises at Toledo Huron Lorain and Fairport. New Yorks World Telegram and Sun did not publish for a sixth day amid a CIO guild walkout and large picket lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Lake Erie
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel Company
Johnstown
Toledo
Huron
Lorain
Fairport
New York
World-Telegram and Sun
CIO American Newspaper Guild
AFL
Trail Ridge Post Office Stands Atop Colorado Peak
The National Geographic Society notes the highest post office in the United States is located at Trail Ridge Colorado, perched at 11 797 feet above sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
U. S
Trail Ridge
Colo
Scouts Train For Jamboree At Camp Westmoreland
Scouts from Decatur with a few exceptions prepared for the National Jamboree at Valley Forge. Troop 3 members including Scoutmaster Marvin Yarbrough and leaders J P Sims Tracy Knight Truall Garnett Max Gordon and Floyd Sherrod organized four eight boy patrols led by Richard Penn Billy Don Weaver Curtis Herbert and Dan Collins. They pitched tents ate macaroni and meat balls slept well on camp beds and wrapped up with a morning drill service and a noon fried chicken meal before packing away high spirits and shaded rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
Camp Westmoreland
Decatur
Marvin Yarbrough
J. P. Sims
Tracy Knight
Truall Garnett
Max Gordon
Moulton
Floyd Sherrod
Richard Penn
Eagle Patrol
Billy Don Weaver
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Curtis Herbert
Wolf Patrol
Dan Collins
Cobra Patrol
Judge Powell Opens Docket for Early Criminal Trials
Circuit Judge Newton B Powell began the docket for two weeks of criminal juries with Willie Echols set to face trial on leaving the scene of an accident. Echols previously drew one year hard labor and a $500 fine for the Fall 1948 traffic death of Nella Maples. Dee Sheffield remains hospitalized for mental observation on a murder charge, while Crussell B Jackson and Rosie Lee Horton face assault with intent to murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton B. Powell
Willie Echols
Somerville Farmer
Echols
Nella June Maples
Dee Sheffield
Degatur Negro
Crussell B. Jackson
Rosie Lee Horton
Vienna informants see no definite promises on Hungarian pledges
MacArthur reports from Vienna that informants say Hungarian officials made no firm commitments. Indications suggest executives at the international telephone and telegraph company may be turned over to U S officials. Washington two senate committees met in secret to finalize the foreign arms aid program. The plan allocates 1 billion dollars for Western Europe and 222.5 million for arms aid to Asia and Mediterranean partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
U. S
Washington
Senate
Europe
Southeast Asia
Korea
Philippines
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Soviet United Nations spy case yields suspended sentence for Gubitchev
Robert Continued notes that Judith Coplon and Gubitchev faced espionage cases in New York. Gubitchev received a suspended sentence and was sent home, sparking speculation Vogeler could receive a similar outcome. If released, Vogeler might be escorted to the Austrian Hungarian border for return to Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet United Nations
Judith Coplon
New York
Gubitchev
Vogeler
Vienna
Court actions update from Morgan county docket
Noble Russell meets with the state legislature as court tradition delays cases of legislators. Nokomis Gillepsie pleads guilty to transporting illegal whiskey and seeks probation. Trials for Evie Moody Jonas Moody Jr and James Pepper reset to June 28. Ralph Slate, first appearance as county prosecutor, fills in for Phillip Shanks on active duty. Tuesday docket includes McCaghren Shel ton Curtis Wiggington Hyde Patterson Kirby Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Russell
Nokomis Gillepsie
Sherman Powell
Evie Moody
Jonas Grady Moody, Jr
James Pepper
Tom Pettus
Moulton
Ralph Slate
Hartselle
Slate
Phillip Shanks
Morgan County
James M. McCaghren
Jerre Shelton
Curtis
Wiggington
William Neal Hyde
Warren G. Patterson
James A. Kirby
Floyd Reeves
Mrs. McAfee Is Illness Victim and Pioneer Resident
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Mary Frances McAfee 83 a Logan pioneer who died Sunday at 1 50 am at her daughter’s home Mrs Noel Tidwell The Logan Methodist Church will host the service with Rev Parker and Rev Gilbert Speake presiding Interment follows at Shady Grove Cemetery She was born June 9 1867 and lived most of her life in Logan later moving to Cullman to live with a daughter Surviving are nine daughters two sons a brother and several grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances McAfee
Noel Tidwell
Logan Methodist Church
Parker
Gilbert Speake
Seventh Street Baptist Church
West Cullman
Shady Grove Cemetery
Logan
Cullman
Robert Matthews
Fanny Burch
Texas
Maggie Young
Ellie Tucker
Etta Kilgo
Selma
Rosa Kilgo
West Point
Tenn
Mertie Jones
Tulsa
Okla
Cora Kilgo
Asheville
N.C
Goldie Tidwell
R. M. Matthews
William Bryant McAfee
Decatur
Walter McAfee
Jim Martin
Food Merchants Set for Birmingham Convention and Show
Birmingham hosts its annual food merchants convention and show from next Wednesday to Friday with hundreds of Alabama dealers expected. Milton R. Durrett backs the event as a top attendance, Mobile delegation led by Edward J. Kahalley joins others from North Alabama, and national food industry figures will participate alongside entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Milton R. Durrett
Alabama Food Council
Alabama Merchants Association
Edward J. Kahalley
Mobile Independent Grocers Association
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
North Alabama
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Huntsville Times
Courtland
Walter Letson
Highway 20
W. L. Terry
Letson
Clarence Crow
Russellville
Nadine Bedias
Florence
Kat Stanfield
Ruth Crow
Terry
John Jones
Frank Ferry
Bain
SSS
America
A. L. Patterson
Wall Street
Judge Powell
Ford
MacArthur
Robert
Food Merchants
7Th Ave. East
John White Motors
First Avenue
Moulton Street
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