St Johns Day Masonic Gathering in Florala Alabama
Masons from most states and Canada gathered in Florala Alabama for St John day festivities on Lake Jackson. Juanita Lee was crowned queen and Jack McDaniel king as J M Nipper led the ceremony. A Sparkman speech was read by John Horrie. Afternoon activities include motorboat racing water skiing a baseball game a sacred harp sing and a fireworks display.
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Ala
Canada
St. John’s
Sen. Sparkman
John Horrie
Sparkman
Lake Jackson
Markets Rise and Fall on Senate Veto Bill Fallout
Stocks moved in reaction to the Senate overriding a veto on labor legislation. Rails and industrials led a midday comeback but gains faded. Final hour trading saw fractional declines near the close as transfers topped 1.2 million shares. Cotton rose late, Chicago corn peaked then slipped, and wheat and oats moved modestly.
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New York
Senate
Chicago
Butter and Egg Prices and Receipts in Chicago
Butter receipts reach 1 142 555 with AA 64.75 and A 63.75 grades and car prices at 90 B 62.25. Eggs firm with receipts 20 745 and U S extras numbers 1 to 4. standards 1 and 2 quoted. Current receipts 41 and dirties 38 checks 37.5.
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Chicago
U. S
North Georgia Poultry Market Steady with Strong Demand
USDA reports a steady to firm North Georgia poultry market with demand solid and some areas note shortages. Bulk birds weigh 21 to 22 pounds with most chickens sold at 32 to 32 1 2 cents per pound on Monday and Tuesday, while processors pay a 1 to 2 cent premium for New Hampshire Reds against crosses.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire Reds
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 24
Cattle trade slow with near steady bids on light receipts. Cows mix 9.00 15.50, good bulls 16.00, calves 20.00 24.50, hogs steady with 120 135 lb at 20.50 and 180 240 lb 24.00, sheep steady with spring lambs 20.75 23.00 and lighter lambs around 14.75.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Decatur Grain Prices Today at Ala n Flour Mills
Decatur grain prices show No. 1 soft wheat at 2.27 a bushel, ear white corn 74 lbs at 2.24, ear yellow corn 74 lbs at 2.15, Milo 100 cwt at 3.20, barley and oats at 1.53 and .85 per bushel respectively. Prices supplied by Ala n Flour Mills in Decatur.
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Decatur
Alan Flour Mills
Corn Soars to New High on Chicago Grain Trade
Chicago July corn jumped to an all time high before profit taking as buyers and shorts traded for light supplies. Wheat finished lower by about 1 1 4 to 1 2, July oats were near unchanged. Prices cited include July corn at 1 98 1 2 to 3 4 and oats around 97 1 4 cents.
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Chicago
Aly
Markets at a Glance New York June 24
Markets at a glance show stocks weaker as profit-taking tempers gains while bonds mix. Rails advance on strength. cotton steady. corn declines about 50 cents with futures down 25 to 50 cents. weather improves and leads to lower quotes.
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New York
New York Cotton Futures Close Higher
New York cotton futures rose 5 to 65 cents from the prior close. Prices ranged from 28.71 to 37.74 as markets and data showed varied highs and lows amid a fluctuating trading session.
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New York
Cotfutures
Labor War Widens as Mines Idle and Union Threats Grow
nationwide stoppage looms as more than 50 pits idle in Alabama, Pennsylvania, with 31,000 workers affected. John L. Lewis silent amid strikes talk while AFL and CIO pledge to unseat congressional Taft Hartley supporters. Court challenges and political mobilization accelerate.
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Collisson
United Mine Workers
Lewis
House
Senate
Truman
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
AFL
CIO
San Francisco
Jacob Potofsky
New York
Cio-Political Action Committee
Green
John Green
CIO Marine
Robert H. Keyes
Foreman's Association of America
UN Faces Possible Russian Veto Over Global Police Force
United Nations members debate how to fund a proposed world police force with Russia demanding identical contributions in men planes and ships. Most delegates expect a Russian veto if a showdown vote occurs, sparking talks on bypassing the issue for now. Russia argues for a small force while others seek larger scale deployments.
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Russia
U. N
Council
Vinzant Rites Set For New Hope
Funeral services for Mollie Vinzant 71 were held at New Hope church with Rev Roscoe Wilhite presiding. Burial was at New Hope cemetery via Mutual Service. She is survived by three sisters Mrs W P Tennyson Mrs W C Crutcher and Mrs Frank Smith and two brothers C C and J W Vinzant.
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New Hope Church
Mollie Vinzant
Fifth Avenue South
Roscoe Wilhite
Mutual Service
New Hope Cemetery
W. P. Tennyson
W. C. Crutcher
Decatur
Frank Smith
Lacon
C. C
J. W. Vinzant
Lacon 1
Creel Chosen as President of Alabama Exchange Clubs
J P Creel of Sylacauga Alabama was elected president of the Alabama State Exchange Clubs to succeed Judge Lamar Field Annis ton. Cary Fuller of Montgomery was named vice president and William Irby of Sylacauga secretary treasurer. Other new officers named were named to
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Birmingham
J. P. Creel
Sylacauga
Ala
Alabama State Exchange Clubs
Lamar Field
Anniston
Cary Fuller
Montgomery
William Irby
Foremen Win Rights in Supreme Court Case Over Wagner Act
After a 12 year struggle, the Foreman's Association gains bargaining rights equal to production workers in a Supreme Court ruling linked to Packard. Meanwhile the FAA strikes 3,800 foremen at Ford enter the 35th day over contract terms.
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Ing
Foreman's Association
Supreme Court
Packard Motor Company
FAA
Ford Motor Company
Taft-Hartley Act Veto Fails Senate Override Vote
Senators backed the Taft-Hartley act over President Truman's veto with a 68 vote margin. Van Arkel quit as NLRB general counsel citing doubts about workability and fairness. Taft pressed that the law rebalances labor and management, while Barkley lamented in vain that the bill lacks thorough analysis.
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Congress
Gerhard P. van Arkel
NLRB
Senate
Truman
Sparkman
Ala
Lucas
D. IlhLy
Taft
Barkley
George
Families Flee Before Tenement Collapse in New York
A passerby warned 12 residents to flee a four story tenement after a rear wall crack widened. Police said James Day, a clerk, alerted occupants and led them out minutes before the building collapsed into timbers and brick rubble with a roar heard for blocks.
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New York
James Day
Board of Control Members Named
The Board of Control includes Lawrence Bissett Mobile Cham Bliss Keith Selma Frank Livingston Tuscaloosa J B McKinney Talladega Herman Turner Opelika and Clyde Ulmer Homewood.
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Board of Control
Lawrence Bissett
Mobile
Chambliss Keith
Selma
Frank Livingston
Tuscaloosa
J. B. McKinney
Talladega
Herman Turner
Opelika
Clyde Ulmer
Homewood
Births and hospital notices in Decatur area
Little Adrian Johnson underwent a tonsillectomy at Baughs infirmary Tuesday morning. Mr and Mrs John A Taylor announce the birth of a daughter Monday at Decatur General hospital. Little Wanda Faye Harding was discharged from Decatur General hospital today. Mrs W H Long was reported improved after an operation at Decatur General hospital. A S McKinney of the Birmingham Public Safety Enforcement division is now on duty at the Morgan county courthouse supervising 14 North Alabama counties. McKinney will be located in the Alcohol Tax Unit office.
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Little Adrian Johnson
Baugh’s Infirmary
John A. Taylor
Oak Street
Decatur General Hospital
Wanda Faye Harding
Ninth Street
A. S. McKinney
Department of Public Safety
Birmingham
Morgan County
North Alabama
McKinney
Alcohol Tax Unit
W. H. Long
Controversy Flows Over ABC Board and Auburn Nominee
State lawmakers debate the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board reform and a bid to replace Rep. Roberts Brown on Auburn’s board of trustees while Governor Folsom faces Senate resistance. A liquor referendum moves through temperance committee as Capitol observers watch for a showdown and possible retries.
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State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Hoekery
ABC Board
Henderson
ABC
House
Norman Harris
Morgan County
Harris
State Department
Annwa
Capitol
Senate
Rep
Roberts Brown
Lee County
Auburn
Brown
Temperance Committee
Net Finance and Taxation
Life sentence for slaying four neighbors
Sixteen year old Oliver Terpening Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to first degree murder in the flower-patch thrill slaying of four neighbor children in Lapeer Michigan. Circuit Judge George W Desjardins imposed the mandatory term after Terpening was found sane in a prior hearing.
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Lapeer, Mich
Oliver Terpening, Jr
George W. Desjardins
Albanian coastal batteries fire on Greek flagged boat
The ministry of public order said Albanian coastal batteries fired 10 rounds at a motorboat flying the Greek flag in the channel between Corfu and the Albanian coast. The vessel escaped damage and was within Greek territorial waters about 500 yards off Corfu.
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Athens
Ministry of Public Order
Corfu
China accuses Russia of aiding communists in Manchuria
Gen. Cheng Chung army chief of staff said Chinese Reds in Manchuria receive substantial outside help from Russian advisers. He cited 31 Russian advisers with Szepingkai forces and claimed Soviet ships move troops and supplies between Shantung and Manchuria as the United States weighs a 250 million loan request to China.
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Nanking
China
United States
Cheng Chung
Serted
Manchuria
Szepingkai
Manchurian
Chen
Shantung Peninsula
Government must aid statistics to balance labor and industry
The text argues that flexible systems to prompt action and accurate data on production demand and stocks are proper government functions. It lists three aims: collecting statistics, preventing depressions via sound fiscal and tax policies, and boosting productivity to raise living standards, warning against policies that hurt productivity.
Two Morgan County Men Enter Army Service
Two Morgan County men left Monday for Army induction at Fort Benning Georgia after enlisting at the local recruiting station. Harold Powell of Hartselle was accepted for unassigned enlistment in the ordnance branch for three years and Billie Neil Johnson of Danville was accepted for enlistment in the ordnance branch for three years in the Alaskan theater.
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Morgan County
Armed Forces
Fort Benning
U. S. Army
Harold Powell
James H. Powell
Hartseller
Ordnance Branch
Billie Neil Johnson
Ida Johnson
Danville
Ordnance Branc Alaskan
Marriages and Deeds Recorded in Daily Records
Marriages listed include Marvin West and Essie Hatfield both of Decatur and Isaac Rogers Jr. and Mildred McCulloch of Decatur. Deeds show Geo E Hicks to Mrs J H Kelley for 1027.75, Ras Puckett et al to Wm Berryhill 1250, J E Stone to Kyle Long 5750, Norton Weems to Wm Galloway Jr 500, and other transfers with 1, 200, 1500, 500, 1506 sums as listed. names reflect local property and family changes.
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Marvin West
Decatur
Essie Hatfield
Isaac Mitchell Rogers Jr
Mildred Lois McCulloch
Geo. E. Hicks
J. H. Kelley
Ruby Marie Holt
Wm. J. Berryhill
R. L. Hundley
Louise F. Hundley
Nora
Metcalf
Black
Wood
Earl E. Prince
Alvin Earl Prince
Ras. Puckett Et al
Mildred Rogers
Elmer Bussey
Buck Shadrix
T. J. Baldwin
J. E. Stone
Kyle Calvin Long
Norton Weems
Wm. J. Galloway Jr
Government ends controls on installment buying
Washington June 24. The house banking committee recommended Congress end wartime installment buying controls. The order required a one third down payment and 15 month payoff. with controls removed buyers would face terms offered by dealers. Leaders plan a five week session to push a stretch program before adjournment.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
House Committee
Ministers In Class At Alabama Methodist Conference
Ministers from across the state attend the pastor leadership school at Huntingdon College in Montgomery. Registration and organization dominated opening sessions while courses covered Contemporary religious thought, Jesus of History, Church and Rural Welfare, Public Speaking, and more led by professors from Oberlin Drew Duke and Southeastern jurisdictions. Dr George S Lackland spoke on science and religion.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Methodist Conference
Huntingdon College
The
Congo
Thomas S. Kepler
Graduate School of Theology
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
the Jesus of History
W. G. Chanter
Drew University School of Theology
Madison
N. J
the Church and Rural Welfare
J. W. Sells
Southeastern Jurisdictional Council
Atlanta
John J. Rudin
Duke University School of Religion
Durham
N. C
George S. Lackland
Indianola Methodist Church
Columbus
Final Rites for Aged Man Montgomery
Funeral services for George D. Montgomery, 80, who died Monday at his Moulton home, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the residence. Burial is in Montgomery cemetery. Highsmith of Moulton directs. He leaves a widow, six sons, two daughters, 28 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, a sister and a brother. He was a longtime Lawrence county resident and Wren Baptist Church member. family requests no flowers.
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George D. Montgomery
Moulton
Stan Dutton
Drewery Jarrett
Isaac Eddy
Montgomery
Highsmith
Ellis Montgomery
John W. Montgomery
Hartselle
Parker Montgomery
Everett Montgomery
Russell Montgomery
Wren Baptist Church
Kramer Cruises to Wimbledon Third Round
Top seeded Jack Kramer of Los Angeles advanced to the Wimbledon third round after a 6-2 6-2 6-2 win over Poland's Czeslaw Spychala. In women's singles, Britons Jean Bostock and Kay Stammers Menzies won their openings, while Dinny Pails beat Jan Staubo in the men's singles.
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Wimbledon
Jack Kramer
Los Angeles
Czeslaw Spychala
Poland
Jean Bostock
Kay Stammers Menzies
Britain
Dilbeck Services Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Molly Dilbeck 64 will be at Johnson's chapel Wednesday at 3 p.m. Rev. Floyd Parker to officiate with burial at the adjoining cemetery by Mutual Service. She is survived by husband, two sons Edgar and Elbert, a daughter Mrs M Bryant, three brothers, two sisters, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Johnson's Chapel
Molly Dilbeck
Fifth Avenue South
Floyd Parker
Mutual Service
Edgar T
Elbert Dilbeck
Decatur
M. Bryant
James
Cleveland
Sherman Cowart
R. E. Wauld
Turn Down Loan Plea From Chinese Organizations
Six Chinese political groups urged President Truman and the U S secretary of state to reject the Nationalist government loan request. They warned any aid would fuel civil war and the Chinese people would not recognize the debt.
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Hong Kong
Truman
Marshall
U. S. Congress
China
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