Alabama population tops 3 million in early returns
Preliminary census counts for 56 of Alabama’s 67 counties suggest a total population above 3,000,000, up from 2,832,961 in 1940. Gains in urban areas contrast with losses in non industrial farming regions, with Jefferson Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties still awaiting official results.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
U. S. House
Mobile
Montgomery County
Lee
Russell
Calhoun
Anniston
Talladega
Etowah
Gadsden
Black Belt
Tri-Cities
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Huntsville
Bee Tee
Son County
Revere Ee
Houston
Phenix
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Markets
Cotton prices stand Middling 34c and low 30c. Cottonseed at 40.00 per ton. Broilers 25c delivered. Hens heavy 18c. Hatching eggs 80c per dozen. Yellow corn ear 1.42 and shelled 1.48. Corn basis 15 moisture. No 2 new wheat onion free 2.00. No 2 new oats onion free 0.65. Other grains basis 13 moisture.
Wall Street rally shifts market after week long decline
June 21 report from New York shows a broad stock advance with gains in steel auto radio television and merchandising issues. Notable movers include U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Sears Douglas Aircraft Du Pont and Gulf Oil. Also notes Georgia live poultry market steadiness and grain trends in Chicago with corn leading gains and hogs firm at top bids.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Goodrich
U. S. Rubber
Gimbel Bros
Associated Dry Goods
Sears Roebuck
Douglas
Wilson Honored for His 42 Years of Service
W. J. Wilson, principal of the negro high school for 42 years, was honored with W. W. Wilson Appreciation Day on June 1 and has retired from active duty. In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce he expressed gratitude and goodwill toward the community and prayed for continued blessings.
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W. J. Wilson
W.W. J. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Dreaded Screw Worm Is Killing Deer in Alabama
Alabama conservation officials request federal aid to fight the screw worm sweeping South Alabama. A Salt Springs area deer preserve reported 17 deer found dead in one acre, forcing action to stop the infestation as the mature fly lays eggs in animal skin.
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Jackson
Ala
U. S. Department of Terror
Department of Agriculre
Alabama
Game 1
Arney
Stanley
Fuerre
Joseph G. Han
Eye care warnings for factory workers emerge in ad text
Fragmentary ad warns workers about eye strain and overwork. Mentions a soothing remedy Babe-ene for burn itching and sores. Claims a four year money refund and urges purchase from Abell drug sores adv.
Nashville Livestock Market Report June update
Nashville Tennessee cattle buyers report scarce good steers and heifers with steady to strong cows and bulls. Calves, hogs, and sheep show varied demand with prices ranging from 13.00 to 28.50 for select lots amid broad ranges for common grades.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton Market Rally Amid Rain Delays
New York June 21 cotton futures rose on trade and commission house buying. Heavy rains in the central belt and Texas spurred demand as buyers anticipated increased weevil activity. Late afternoon quotes showed gains of 0.55 to 1.05 cents per bale with July at 33.44, October 33.84, and December 32.83.
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New York
Trade and Commission
Central Belt
Texas
Farm Price Support Fund Boost Approved by House
The House approved a bill adding 2 billion dollars to farm price supports and sent it to the Senate. The 234 to 82 roll call followed a compromise ending a deadlock over foreign imports. The credit boost targets the Agriculture Department's Credit Corporation for key crops including cotton, wheat, corn, rice, tobacco, peanuts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Ity Credit Corporation
Funeral Service for Zelia Garth Friday at Garner Memorial
Funeral service for Zelia Garth to be held Friday at Garner Memorial C. M. E. Church. The body will lie in state Thursday at the home of her son D. K. Garth, 501 Second Avenue North, Garner.
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Garth
Garin He
D. K
Garner Memorial C. M. E
Second Avenue North
Purity Of Food Will Be Probed
Rep. James J. Delaney of New York slated to head a Congressional investigation into food purity. The panel will study chemicals in production, processing, packaging, and the impact of pesticides and fertilizer synthetics on soil and human health. Delaney said he will accept the assignment.
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Washington
James J. Delaney
New York
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Delaney
Raging Floods Take 5 Lives Across Regions
The Associated Press reports floods across northwestern U S and western Canada threaten thousands of farm acres. Five deaths noted in British Columbia where Harrison and Fraser rivers breach dikes injure 40 homes. Idaho’s Kootenai river rises, dikes break near Bonners Ferry flood 600 acres. Washington state adds four fatalities as evacuations continue.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Harrison
Fraser
Harrison Mills
Vancouver
B. C
Acton Kilby
Canadian Pacific Railway
Idaho
Kootenai River
Bonners Ferry
Mission
Washington State
Senate Crime Committee to Probe Chicago Gambling Ring
The Senate Crime Investigating committee plans hearings on big time gambling and crime in Chicago and the Midwest. Virgil Petersen of the Chicago Crime Commission is slated as the first witness. The inquiry will include public and secret sessions in Chicago and Washington and may expand to Indiana and nearby areas.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Chicago
mid-West
Senate
Virgil Petersen
Chicago Crime Commission
Petersen
Indiana
Thieves Again Hit Local Service Station Near France
L B Osborne owner reports a fifth burglary at his service station over two years. Thieves smashed a side window and took about eight pennies from the cash drawer, with possible small additional losses. He found the store open this morning.
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France
L. B. Osborne
Osborne
City to rename Folsom Drive in Rockwood Street
Anniston city commissioners voted unanimously to rename Folsom Drive in Rockwood Street. The action occurred yesterday as part of street name changes approved by the commission.
Clearance For Trolley Sale In Atlanta Strike
The SEC cleared Georgia Power Co. to proceed with a proposed sale of the Atlanta transit system halted by a strike by Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America. The base price is 1,338,000 dollars and the sale awaits union ratification of the settlement offer.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Georgia Power Co
Atlanta
SEC
Division 732
Georgia Power
Georgia
Pork Supplies For Fall Indicated
The Agriculture department projected near record pork supplies for fall and winter with a seasonal price decline from summer peaks. It cited a 1950 spring pig crop of 60,079,000 head, up three percent from 58,426,000 last year, alongside larger beef slaughter forecasts for winter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Excise Tax Slashing Bill Set for House Vote
The $1.01 billion excise tax slash bill, deemed veto proof, heads to a House vote next Wednesday. Democrats expect passage with cuts on fur coats jewelry movies pocketbooks cosmetics travel tickets telephones and many other items. The Ways and Means committee approved a plan to shift the tax burden to corporations and raise about $4.2 billion less in revenue over five years.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Corporation
Intome Pa Nt
Federal Treasury
Record 1946 Strikes Hit U.S. Work Totals
In 1946 the United States saw a record level of strike idleness accounting for 1.43 percent of all time worked. The figure marked the highest strike-related idle time since records began, reflecting widespread labor unrest in the postwar period.
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United States
Tydings Replies FBI Found No Support for McCarthy Charge
Senator Tydings said the FBI found nothing to sustain Senator McCarthy’s claim that State Department loyalty files were tampered with and papers removed. He noted the finding came from Justice Department reports and FBI examination, as he heads a subcommittee probing communist influence in the department. Peurifoy testified to counter McCarthy’s accusation of a payoff deal in the Amerasia case.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
FBI
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Truman
Senate
Department
Justice Department
Maryland
Senate Foreign Relations
John E. Peurifoy
Peurifoy
Amerasia
Second Body Found In River After Boat Accident
The body of Cricket Youngblood, 25, a Lacey's Spring mussel fisherman, was recovered about 9 A M near Triana. His wife Addie survives, as does his parents Seah and Martha, with siblings Jim Elbert Ruben Lula Mae and Lois. Coroner H C Laughlin ruled accidental drowning and funeral services are planned at Lacey's Spring.
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Cricket Youngblood
Lacey
Triana
Youngblood
Leona Woodard George
Whitesburg Bridge
Lula Mae Sharp
Lois Brown
Gas War Ends as Price Rises Back to 30 Cents
Anniston Alabama residents pay 30 cents a gallon for regular gasoline and 32 cents for premium after a two week price war ends when Standard and others raise prices. FTC agents investigate the price war sparked by cuts and a Jacksonville inquiry continues.
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Anniston
Ala
Standard
Federal Trade Commission
Jacksonville
Best Crop Prospects Ever At Prison Farm
Atmore state prison farm reports its best crop prospects ever under Warden S. W. Hixon. Favorable weather boosts 6,000 acres in South Alabama for corn and cotton and other crops. prison cannery is processing truck crops for prison use and has packed 7,000 cases or 42,000 gallons of Irish potatoes.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State
S. W. Hixon
South Alabama
Better Outlook For Textiles
The United Textile Workers of America reports improved prospects for the textile industry at its eleventh biennial convention in New York. Despite unemployment, the UTWA notes gains in wages south and north, expanded paid holidays, new welfare funds and pensions, and contracts covering over 112,000 workers. Ewing and Connolly spoke on aging and safety programs for the sector. Pension plans include $100 a month in Goodyear Mills contracts at Rockmart Georgia and De catur Alabama.
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New York
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
UTWA
Arkansas
Executive Council
Federal Security
Oscar R. Ewing
William Connolly
Bureau of Labor Standards
U. S. Department of Labor
Ewing
Truman
Washington
Connolly
Security Administration
Goodyear Mills
Rockmart
Deceatur
Ala
Deaths in Attica and Auburn Obituaries Highlight Notables
Don Collins, 70, a controversial con man linked to bootlegging, died in Attica State Prison after seven terms. In Auburn Illinois Mrs. Delia A. Hudson, 92, a retired Presbyterian missionary and mother of four prominent educators, is noted for her family’s academic ties to Illinois and Ohio State and Northwestern universities.
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Attica
N. Y
Don Collins
Dapper International
Attica State Prison
Delia A. Hudson
Auburn
Ill
Delia .A. Hudson
Presbyterian
H. Gary
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Ellis Herndon
Ohio State University
N. Paul
G. Donald
Northwestern University
Mobile City Hospital Faces Red Ink Pressure
Mobile Alabama June 21 The city hospital ran $68027 over budget in the first half of the fiscal year due to rising charity patients. Commissioner Ernest Megginson urged the county to consider state takeover or a county tax to fund operations as indigent care increases.
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Mobile
Ala
Hospitaky
Ernest Megginson
Megginson
County Commission
Four Children Hurt as Smokehouse Collapses near Birmingham
Four children were injured when an old log smokehouse collapsed on them as they played nearby in Birmingham Alabama authorities said Patterson the father pulled logs off the children and a passing motorist rushed them to a local hospital Cynthia 15 and Sara Virginia six months were seriously hurt with Cynthia holding the baby in her lap Nancy 9 and Edna 5 sustained minor injuries Also referenced is a note about Hainan Island China in the report.
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Birmingham
Ala
Aes Patterson
Cynthia
Sara Virginia
Nancy
Edna
Co-Ops Touted as Key to Controlling Farm Prices
Cost conscious farmers in Auburn discuss cooperatives as a solution to rising farm commodity prices. A. W. Jones of Auburn Polytechnic Institute says co-ops can adjust markets, while H. F. Gibson urges better vocational agriculture guidance to improve production and marketing.
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Auburn
Ala
A. W. Jones
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Jones
H. F. Gibson
Tax changes push up payroll tax and pension benefits
The bill would extend a 1 percent payroll tax to 1956 and raise it to 3 percent by 1970 for both employer and employee. Taxable earnings would rise to 3600 dollars, increasing annual tax to 54 dollars and lifting the maximum pension to 80 dollars a month. A separate bid to raise the wage base to 4200 and top benefits to 87.50 failed 45 to 36.
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House
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
D-Pa
Decatur Eyes Natural Gas as Valley Plans Move Forward
The council hires Garner Pride as gas department manager to survey Decatur’s gas needs and estimate a $770,000 distribution plant. Goodwin designs the system while Huntsville and other Valley cities’ talks intensify. No contract with Alabama Tennessee until FPC files rate schedule. The line reaches Tuscumbia and the 1950 plant transfer preceded the potential natural gas era.
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Garner
Decatur
Goodwin
Huntsville
Alabama-Tennessee
FPC
Tuscumbia
Holmes faces first arson charge in house fire case
Morgan John R Holmes stands charged with arson for burning Susie Holmes home. Represented by Sherman Powell, he previously faced a mistrial on the same charge after a juror deadlock. In a separate action James A Kirby pled guilty to second degree burglary, linked to a February smokehouse burglary case with four others, with Kirby seeking probation.
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John R. Holmes
Sherman Powell
Holmes
Susie Holmes
James A. Kirby
Kirby
Law measures advance and stall in judiciary panel
A House Judiciary committee approved a home stead exemptions bill granting probate judges more leeway in distributing proceeds among widows and children who have sold homes. The committee also approved a bill making it a felony for a father to evade child support terms. Two other measures from Senator Rankin Fite of Marion, intended to affect both chambers, were held up by the committee.
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Hardwick
Rankin Fite
Marion
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Patent Office Origin Traced to 1790 Act Signed by Washington
The United States patent office was established under an act signed by George Washington on April 10 1790. This foundational measure created a formal system to grant patents and protect invention rights in early American government.
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United States Patent Office
George Washington
Governors sidestep endorsement of State Department stance
West Virginia June 21 governors conference sidestepped endorsing the State Department under Secretary Acheson. Resolutions committee drafted innocuous state problem items and avoided direct department support amid McCarthy era controversy. Republican leaders said they sought no side in the dispute while denying Communists taint claims.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
State Department
Acheson
Governors’ Conference
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
William Preston Lane
Fry
Maryland
Frank Carlson
Kansas
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Acheson
Bond sale below value claimed in state fund
In Montgomery on June 21 officials reported about $473000 in state bonds held by the state insurance fund sold for more than $25000 below appraised value. The bonds were bought by Watkins Morrow and Birmingham by Finance Knox McRae with Gov. James E. Folsom's approval. Sale proceeds were to be reinvested in U S Treasury bonds at 2.38 percent until maturity. A special report on the sale was requested by the legislature committee on public accounts and filed with members and the Governor.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Insurance Fund
Watkins, Morrow and
Com
Birmingham
Knox McRae
James E. Folsom
Examiners of Public Accounts
U. S. ‘Treasury
Legislature Committee On Public Accounts
Wife Beater May Be Wanted For Murder
Sheriff A B Abney of Chambers county seeks a man possibly connected to a 1948 killing in Five Points Alabama. James Driver, 26, already sentenced 180 days in jail for a wife beating conviction, is detained in Anniston as authorities coordinate with Calhoun county for a new inquiry into Jim M Vickers death.
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Anniston
Ala
A. B. Abney
Chambers County
Abney
Calhoun County
James Driver
Jim M. Vickers
Five Points
Vickers
Driver
Experiment Stations For Negroes Urged
Delegates at the Rural Life Conference closing session urged agricultural experiment stations for Negroes to boost teaching at land grant colleges and improve fact availability to Black farmers. The Tuskegee Institute event, with government officials and farm leaders of all races, discussed establishing stations on each campus.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Rural Life Conference
Tuskegee Institute
Doctor O F Gay Named Madison County Health Officer
The State Health Department announced the appointment of Dr. O F Gay as Madison county officer at Huntsville. A former DeKalb county health officer, Dr. Gay succeeds Dr. A M Shelamer who resigned recently.
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DR. Gay
Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
O. F. Gay
Madison
Huntsville
DeKalb County
A. M. Shelamer
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Hainan Island
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