Recreation facilities along TVA lakes top 27 million in 1950
TVA data show 1950 recreation facilities and lake frontage value at 27.5 million, up from 12.75 million in 1947. Private summer residences drive growth, with 1445 cabins valued at 6.75 million. boats total 16 115 and are worth 8.75 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Chain of Lakes
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
North Carolina
Kentucky Lake
Fontana Village
Fontana Lake
Lauderdale
Marshall
Graham
Campbell
Hamilton
Hardin
Mar
Ken
Markets Report from Decatur Farm Prices
Cotton middling 45.75c and strict low 43.70c. Cottonseed at 60.00 per ton. No 2 wheat new crop 2.33. No 2 oats 83c. No 2 Ear Yellow Corn 1.62. No 2 Ear White Corn 1.62. No 3 Ear White Corn 1.59. No 2 Mile 2.36. No 2 Barley 1.22. Corn basis 1542% moisture. Other grains basis 134% moisture.
North Alabama live poultry market reports steady to weak
Market steady to slightly weaker as supplies remain ample. Demand fair to good. Prices at North Alabama assembly points FOB farm broilers and fryers 29-31 cents, FOB plant broilers and fryers 30-32 cents, heavy hens 27-28, light hens 23-24, roosters 12-13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
Alabama
Irregular New York cotton futures as trade awaits demand
Cotton futures in New York showed uneven moves in slow trading as larger crop ideas spurred some selling. Hedging remained moderate and traders stayed on the sidelines amid crop uncertainty and weak textile demand. Census Bureau May consumption about 832,612 running bales, roughly 50,000 below expectations. Prices at late session ranged 0.65 lower to 0.15 higher from the prior close with July at 44.85, October 37.27 and December 37.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Census Bureau
Alabama debates sales tax and juror equality themes
The discussion touches on Women jurors and equality led by Associate Justice Annie Lola Price and the Alabama Women Lawyers Association. A proposed three percent state sales tax for education with a one percent tax on new and resale cars awaits final approval, set to take effect Oct. 1, 1951, amid opposition over exemptions and education funding. A rural telephone law amendment for REA co ops is also sent back to committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enthal
Annie Lola Price
Alabama Court of Appeals
Alabama Women Lawyers Association
Miss Price
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Senate
House
John Will Johnson, Jr
Chambers County
Miller Bonner
Wilcox
L. K. Andrews
Bullock
Johnson
Parsons
Bonner
U. S. Supreme Court
Shippers And Seamen Agree To Negotiate
New York June 20 Federal mediators summoned shippers and CIO seamen to negotiate for the first time in five days of tieups at Atlantic and Gulf ports. Mills said CIO National Maritime Union representatives agreed to join talks after shipping operators offered concessions in the wage hour dispute, raising hope for an early end to the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Clyde M. Mills
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO National Maritime Union
Pilots Ignore Board Order Halts United Air Flights
AFL pilots at United Air Lines defied the mediation board and continued a 900-strong walkout over wages and hours. The strike halted all commercial non military flights, grounding 132 planes and impacting 68 cities including Honolulu. The board ordered a return to work under the Railway Labor Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
United Air Lines
U. S. Mediation Board
AFL Air Line Pilots Association, International
UAL
Honolulu
Washington
David L. Behncke
Railway Labor Act
Air Forces strike Reds with heavy sorties and push in Korea
Fifth Air Force reports 67 000 sorties and 57 000 enemy casualties as ground fighting intensifies near Kansong Yanggu and Kumhwa. The Punchbowl area is abandoned and front lines show new Red defenses while U N patrols advance and report snipers and supply dumps in North Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Air Force
Kansong
Yanggu
East Central
Kumhwa-Kumséng
Red Triangle
U. N
Inje
Kumbhwa
Stars and Stripes
Army
Kumhwa
Iron Triangle
Leighton Child Swallows Pin and Undergoes Operation
A three year old Leighton girl Sandra Kay McCormick rests at Van derbilt hospital Nashville after removal of an open safety pin from her throat. Parents Sherman and Mrs McCormick rushed her to a Leighton physician then Colbert county hospital before transfer for surgery. The pin lodged at the throat stomach juncture and prevented swallowing though breathing was normal. Nashville specialist reports no complications from the removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Sandra Kay McCormick
Sherman McCormick
Colbert County
Church of Nazarene Finishes First Vacation Bible School
The Church of the Nazarene completed its first vacation Bible school with 57 enrollees. Held over one week, the program included Bible study memory work missionary study and class work for three hours daily under supervisor Reverend H. M. oistere and coordinators Mrs Edna and Mrs Elmer Story with intermediate supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Jimmy Richey
Elmer Story
H. M. Oistere
Edna
Commies Win Big In France And Italy Say James Marlow
The article notes Communist support remains strong in both France and Italy despite some seat losses in recent elections. It cites Marshall Plan aid totals and compares 1946, 1948 results, with France at about 5 million votes and Italy reaching roughly 6 million votes in two-thirds of the country counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
France
Italy
AR Ees Ie
Communist Party
Court hearing follows fatal strike clash at Berryton mill
Judge McClure dismisses eight of twenty five contempt charges tied to a strike across from a mill. Miss Nellie Tucker dies when a car is overturned by strikers during the confrontation. Twelve defendants face murder charges as funeral plans proceed and state troopers search for weapons. CIO Textile Workers Union continues to dispute terms with Berryton management after May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Mill
Rogers
Nellie Tucker
Miss Tucker
Reuben Lyons
Parolee Smith Re detained in Limestone Jail
Thomas Smith a 44 year old parolee was arrested for parole violation and placed in Limestone County Jail. Athens deputies officers and Giles county deputy sheriff assisted in the Monday arrest after threats toward neighbors and a prior murder conviction from August 1947 with a 17 year penitentiary sentence. He lay in his front yard with whiskey bottles nearby and a .22 rifle inside the house. He offered no resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom Administration
Thomas Smith
State Line
Athens
Wallace Coleman
Atlee Hanks
Foster Henderson
J. A. Corder
C. O. Nelson
J. D. Vinson
Roy Bradford
Ted Beasley
Giles County
Jeas ‘Chambers
Smith
Smith Hollow
Limestone County
Congress weighs largest tax bill yet in postwar era
The Ways and Means draft proposes a major tax raise totaling over 17 billion for a year, shifting 31.4 percent onto individuals and 57.9 percent for corporations. It includes a 12 percent defense levy, a 90 percent cap on wealthy incomes, and relief for some filers. Gasoline, cigarettes, whiskey, beer, and auto taxes would all rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
Intercoastal Service Is Being Resumed
The Isthmian Steamship Co resumes intercoastal service between Gulf coast ports and the Pacific coast. Ships sail from Gulf ports every 28 days with general cargo. The Clearwater Victory departs Mobile July 12, serving Houston New Orleans Mobile and Pacific coast ports Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Isthmian Steamship Co
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Gulf Ports
C. L. Rankin
Clearwater Victory
Houston
Tex
New Orleans
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Luckenbach Co., Inc
Gulf
Morgan County Still Raids Seize Large Operating Site
Sheriff John McCutcheon’s deputies raided Poorhouse Hollow Tuesday, destroying a two-still 3,000 gallon distillery as part of a larger Morgan County crackdown. They previously destroyed a five-still 6,600 gallon operation in April and seized a 2,000 gallon still, the largest encountered by the force. Two Lawrence County men arrested in April tied to the five-still site remain linked to the Hollow operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poorhouse Hollow
John McCutcheon
Bill Lindsey
Bert Ward
E. H. Flack
Wilbur Abercrombie
Morgan County
Hartselle
Lindsey
Morgan
Lawrence County
Hollow
Monroe J. Cooper
Ray Rooks
Jonas Grady Moody Jr
Moody
Morgan Railyard
Gambler Mickey Cohen Convicted on Tax Evasion
Los Angeles reports Mickey Cohen found guilty on four counts of federal income tax evasion. Prosecutors cited defrauding the government of over $156000 during 1946 to 1948. Cohen predicted the verdict saying the word is out to get him. He denied evasion and faces up to 20 years and $40000 in fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Kefauver Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Mississippi Democrats Probe Federal Jobs Sales
The article notes a Mississippi pro Truman group chaired by Clarerice E Hood Jr with Frank F Mize Curtis Rogers Forrest B Jackson and B C Beasley. Senators Stennis and Eastland accused in the Senate that federal jobs were being sold after Mississippi papers reported on the matter. The investigation followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Clarerice E. Hood, Jr
National Committee
Mississippi
Frank F. Mize
Curtis Rogers
Forrest B. Jackson
B. C. Beasley
Stennis
Eastland
Senate
Small Court Ledger of Personal Transfers
A sequence of short dated transfers lists numerous individuals and sums exchanged or owed. Notable entries include Clyfford D. Daniell paying Lucile Emens ten thousand five hundred dollars and several three hundred dollar or smaller transactions among Baber Crowe Roden and Lankster, with other names and amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Baber
William David Carrell
M. B. Crowe
Clyfford D. Daniell
Lucile Emens
Thomas B. Glasscock
J. H. Roden
O. P. Shelton
Oakley H. Garner
J. W. Wilson
Adelaide E. Hartman
Mary Ingram
James A. Lankster
Lois Minor Lankster
Lloyd McReath
Ernest Ray McReath
Mack H. Romine
Junior Hightower
M. L. Skidmore
L. E. Wooten
Mary E. Curry
Orville W. Tanner
Odelle Goree
James E. Stevens
Marriage Notices for Murphree Schlosser Kitchens
Bert Ronald Murphree aged 29 a teacher and minister of Valdosta Springs plans to marry Mamie Lee Miller aged 20 of Decatur. Fred Franklin Schlosser aged 17 a student of 507 11th Ave West will wed Sylvia Faye Kitchens aged 17 of Decatur 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ronald Murphree
Valdermosa Springs
Mamie Lee Miller
Decatur 1
Fred Franklin Schlosser
Lth Ave. West
Sylvia Faye Kitchens
Decatur 3
Marlow Weds Hazel Black in Alabama Ceremony
Bobby Marlow, star Alabama halfback, married Hazel Black of Jasper. The couple, in summer school at the University of Alabama, come from Troy and Marlow set a school record for ground gained last season. he will be a junior this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Bobby Marlow
University of Alabama
Hazel Black
Jasper
Marlow
Troy
Automobile Crash Behind Roberts Home Damages Studebaker
Reported in Danville today an auto collision occurred at 4 30 A M in an alley behind Tom Roberts residence at 410 12 5th Ave W. A 1942 International truck driven by J M Pierce backed into Roberts 1950 Studebaker causing heavy damage to the left side. Officers Sgt J T Broadrick and Officer Ernest Bowman investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Roberts
5Th. Ave. W
J. M. Pierce
8Th. Ave. W
Robert
Studebaker
Roberts
Pierce
J. T. Broadrick
Ernest Bowman
Church and Line Streets
A. C. Jones
Georgia
James Evans
13Th Ave. W
Sgt. Collier
Kennedy
Combat MenOns The Way Home Returns To San Francisco
The army announced transport Howard Woodford with 1384 returning combat veterans will dock at Fort Mason San Francisco at 10 AM PDT June 21. Officers to be processed at Fort Mason enlisted at Camp Stoneman then 30 day leave before reassignment. Alabama soldiers listed by name and address aboard.
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San Francisco
Army
Howard Woodford
Fort Mason
Camp Stoneman
Alabama
Robert L. Barnes
Talladega
Robert E. Bell
Eugene St. Plateau
Rayford W. Burkett
Box Georginia
Elmer Coleman
Morris St
Geneva
William B. Corley
Rt. 1
Empire
Herbert L. Darty
Pfe
Carbon Hill
William C. Daves
Hamilton Ave
Opelika
Thomas H. Davis
Clary
Phoenix City
Fred M. Davis
Prattville
Pascal O. Dunn
N. Eufaula
Eufaula
Morris H. Gibbs
Cherokee
Doyle T. Henson
Ave
Birmingham
Joseph F. Hicks
Banks St
Brighton
James V. Inman
Iowa
Florence
Ira L. Johnson
Somerville
John I. Kearley
Delivery
Monroeville
John E. Lock
Box
Eclectic
Stephens W. Nunnally
Lincoln
Paul D. Quails
Park Place
D. Lafayette Ratchford
Alpine
Raymond T. Smith
Centerville
Byron L. Smith
6Th Ave
Billy C. Stewart
E. High Tower St. Sylacauga
William R. Swiney
Parrish
Richard H. Turnipseed
Boyce St. Montgomery
George L. Tyler
Pfc
E. Bessemer
Luther J. Vann
Vanderbilt Dr
Huntsville
John E. Westbrook
Demopolis
Hubbard White
S. Houston St
Athens
William E. Woods
Rt. 2
Toney
Indicted Communists Arrests Detailed By McGrath Hoover
The McGrath Hoover statement lists indictments and five year sentences for John B Gates Carl Williamson Gus Hall Jacob Stachel Henry Winston and Irving Potash with Thompson jailed three years. It notes arrests include Israel Amter Marion Bachrach Isidore Begun Alexander Bittelman George Charney Elizabeth Flynn Betty Gannett Simon Gerson Jerone Arnold Johnson Claudia Jones Albert Lannon Jacob Mindel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Marion Maxwell Abt Bachrach
Isidore Begun
the Bronx
New York
Alexander Bittelman
Croton-on-Hudson
George Blake Charney
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Betty Gannett
Simon William Gerson
Brooklyn
Victor Jeremy Jerone
New
Britain warns Iran issues threaten oil field operations
Morrison says Persian government must maintain law and order to keep installations running and protect British nationals if not met. Britain’s sea land and air forces in the Middle East stand ready to assist 7,000 nm tons working in the Iranian oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Morrison
Britain
Middle East
City gears up for natural gas pipe project delays and cost
Pipe bids from five firms good for 90 to 120 days with one firm booked until March 1952. Project cost about 14,000 dollars, state to cover roughly half labor. Detour pipe stored for future second main and reserve line. First pipe deliveries planned for early August after May delay due to strike. City has about 600 gas customers and a 172,000 dollar contract signed with C. E. Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Highway Department
C. E. Adams
Birmingham
Birthday Party Held For Jo Ann Blankenship
A birthday party at Mrs. Blankenship home celebrated Jo Ann Blankenship sixth birthday. Attendees included Helen and Carolyn Way, Jimmy and Charles Segars, Teague family members, Waites family, Sandlin, Jackson, Harris, Har ris, McCaghren, Blanken ship, Johnson, Kelsoe, and the honoree. Everyone reported a nice time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Blankenship
Jo Ann Blankenship
Helen Way
Carolyn Way
Jimmy Segars
Charles Segars
Charles Teague
Faye Teague
Lulu Teague
Jimmy Waites
Johnny Waites
Richard Sandlin
Danny Jackson
Wilda Harris
Wanda Harris
Faye McCaghren
Hal Blankenship
Annie Laura Johnson
Bernice Kelsoe
Doris Jean Harris
Ruby Kelso
Jo Ann
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Church of Nazarene
Commies
Calmimiuhisi
Limestone
England
Gambler Cohen
Marlow IS
Married
Bobby Franklin
Danville 3
Hamil Clinic
Walter Jackson
Daytona Beach, Fla
Charles B. Martin
175Th Avenue West
Town Creek
John Speake
Gif High Street
Florida
Lakeland
Miami
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Neil Kirk
Moulton ST
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