Negro Citizens Form Band Support Group in Decatur
Negro citizens of Decatur organize to equip a school band for next year. The Band Mothers Club is renamed the Citizens Band Club, aiming to enroll 1,000 members this summer and seeking donations from civic groups and churches by the first Sunday in July. Appointed contacts include church and temple members across King’s Memorial ME First Methodist CME St James etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Band Mothers Club
Citizen’s Band Club
King’s Memorial ME Church
D. R. McLin
Odell L. Sheffield
First Methodist
Nathaniel Vinson
Harriet Freeman
CME
Alice Allen
Willie M. Garth
St. James Presbyterian
Howard Ratliff
Macedonia Presbyterian
Almeta Davis
Eula M. Bridges
W. L
Truman Warns Congress in Last-Ditch Inflation Fight
President Truman urged Congress to preserve economic controls saying a relaxed posture invites disaster. He warned bills weakening price rollback authority threaten inflation efforts and noted the defense production act expires June 30. He sent a letter to Vice President Barkley and Speaker Rayburn with a report from the advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol_hill
Senate
House Banking Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
Senate Banking Committee
Barkley
Rayburn
National Advisory Board
House Banking and Currency Committees
Decatur Kiwanis Helped Band With 400 Donation
Emma Kate Gray leads the club in gratitude to the Decatur Kiwanis for a $400 donation to the band. Contingent efforts aim to raise funds to match the gift as inflation and wartime defense issues press the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Emma Kate Gray
Docket Includes Appeals from Decatur Recorder Court
Wednesday docket lists five appeals from Decatur recorder court decisions. Names include Olen L. Mc Bride appealing driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Other defendants cited: Cecil Seals for malicious destruction of property O F Whisenant for disposing of mortgaged property Mack Horton for trespassing after warning Louis Junior Orr for assault with a weapon and Charlie L Pettey for making a false statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Seals
O. F. Whisenant
Mack Horton
Louis
Junior) Orr
Charlie L. Pettey
Recorder’s Court
Decatur
Olen L. McBride
Jimmie H. Willingham
Woodrow Speakman
D.W.L
Margaret Sandifer
Marie Bailey
Curtis Taylor
Booker T. Garrett
John Paul Jones
Coleman Morrow
Vera Hendrix Payne Simmons
Joe Barber
James Wright
Phillip (Shorty) Cornhill
Sterling S. Sledge
Dave McCulloch
James Rogers
Gus Russell
George Payne
Oscar McLin
Lula Bailey
May Toney White
Floyd Benson
Frank Moore
Henry E. Petty
Perry Smith
Ben Henry Barker
Richard Ellison
Willie Kingston
James L. Couch
Sue Pointer
Jessie Mae Stewart
Ethel Turner
Douglas Orr
Peerly
Robert Buford
Mrs. Jennie W. Palmer Funeral Arrangements Set
Mrs Jennie W Palmer 66 of 103 Sixth Avenue West will be laid to rest Monday at 2 30 P M in Brown's Chapel with Rev John Bosiner officiating Burial is in City Cemetery Brown's directing Pallbearers named including Raymond Steenson Robert E Smith Donald G Holmes Woodrow Lambert Al Adams and James Garnett She died Saturday at 3 20 P M at the home of her niece Mrs Dorothy Lambert following a three month stay Survivors include a daughter Miss Marjorie Palmer a sister Mrs Cecilia Perkins three brothers Alfred J Walker F H Walker and H E Palmer She was previously a Birmingham resident and attended the Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie W. Palmer
Sixth Avenue West
Brown's Chapel
Palmer
Dorothy Lambert
Marjorie Palmer
Fort Jay
N. Y
Cecilia Perkins
Little Rock
Ark
Alfred J. Walker
Hoboken
N. J
F. H. Walker
Shawnee
Okla
H. E. Palmer
Decatur
Episcopal Church
Birmingham
John Bosiner
City Cemetery
Brown
Raymond Steenson
Robert E. Smith
Donald G. Holmes
Woodrow Lambert
al Adams
James Garnett
Senate weighs three day work week plan amid tax rise impact
The Senate moved to a three day per week schedule after the July 4 recess, aiming to cut three weeks from the session and save about 105000 dollars. A House clash halted progress with Speaker Roberts Brown referring the proposal to rules. Lt. Governor James B. Allen backs the plan noting lower costs for taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Roberts Brown
Rules Committee
James B. Allen
Washington's First Call for Army Recruits Enlistments
When General George Washington issued his initial call for troops, enlistments were set for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Population Aged Over Forty Five Grows Since 1900
In 1900 the nation counted 13.5 million people aged over 45. today that figure stands at 42.5 million, reflecting a substantial rise in the older population over the past century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Carolina plans $75 million school plan for equal facilities
A three-judge court rejected a state constitution challenge to the 14th Amendment but found Clarendon No. 22 schools unequal. It ordered trustees to equalize facilities and report in six months. South Carolina prepares a $75 million construction program funded by a 3 percent sales tax starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Supreme Court
America
Plantiffs
Clarendon School District No. 22
Clarendon
South Carolina
Bank auditors elect officers in Gulf Conference
The Tri State Gulf Conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers announced the officers for the coming year. E. H. Mac Adam is president from Pensacola Florida, C. A. Brown is vice president from Mobile, and Walter J. Smith serves as secretary from Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers Today
E. H. MacAdam
First Bank and Trust Co
Pensacola, Fla
C. A. Brown
Merchants National Bank
Walter J. Smith
First National Bank
Mobile Jaycees plan nationwide Christmas orphan drive
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce members prepare a nationwide Christmas project endorsed by Lee Price national president. About 2,000 Jaycee chapters are urged to participate with cash gifts for orphans, shopping tours, and foster parents. Jimmy Durante is named as a foster father with more celebrities to be announced. Lincoln Memorial cost noted at 2 940 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Lee Price
Mobile Club
Jimmy Durante
United States Delivers First Billion Bushel Wheat Crop
The 1944 wheat harvest marks the nation’s first billion bushels, reflecting postwar agricultural expansion. Farmers, storage facilities, and markets respond to record yields and higher demand as production scales up nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Market Street
Lor
Union Grove
Edward Brown
Sanders Olds
Church of God In Christ
William Morrow
Mary Jackson
Spiritualist Church
Lizzie Moseley
Helen Holifield
St. Stephens
Lula McLin
Eunice Ballentine
West Town Baptist
Frank Davis
Rev. Hubbard
Jesus Only
Julia Anne Lewis
Jehovah’s Witness
Burt Moseley
Bessie McGinnis
Korea
Methodist
Danville Methodist Church
Beth Kirkley
Easley
S. C
L. L. McCulloch
Ruth Gayer
Columbus
Danville
Moulton
McKendree
Isom'’s
Gleem
Baltimore
Wyker’s
Benk St
Mrs. Palmer
U. S
Bank ST
FHA Loans
Endlam Blvd
Oak Park
Kye
Chenault Agency
Realtors
Grant ST
BELK
Lynn
Sherbet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!