Two Way Stretch Featured In News of Business Today
New York reports a mix of gains and cuts across industries with big corporations posting record sales and earnings while price reductions and layoffs appear in steel, autos, coal, and textiles. Government data show January incomes near December highs and inventories largely flat, signaling cautious business the economy shows mixed signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News of Business Today
New York
Business News Today
New England
Southern
Pennsylvania
Department of Commerce
Insylvania
Philco
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Birmingham
M. J. Lovell
National Association of Shirt and
Debated House Issues Tangle Over Postwar Policy
The piece outlines the main postwarHouse battles over rent control amendments by Rep. Paul Brown and GOP aims to shift power to the states. It notes Senate filibuster blocks and looming votes on labor reform replacing Taft Hartley, veterans benefits, and reciprocal trade act extensions, with Democratic hopes for progress despite Republican opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Paul Brown
D-Ga
Senate
George
Senate Fine Committee
Truman
Rgin
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Sante Rankin
D-Miss
Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Conviction
Nashville term reports the Tennessee supreme court upheld a traveling salesman Aboott sentence. Fort Smith Arkansas records indicate the conviction was affirmed and the defendant faces a ten year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tennessee Supreme Court
Toder
Aboott
Fort Smith
Ark
Bicycle rider dies in crash near Northport
Northport resident John Robert Nash, 17, was killed last night when his bicycle was struck by a vehicle near the area. The crash occurred in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa as the rider traveled along the road. Authorities are investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Als
John Robert
Nash
North‘port
Here
Market rally lifts stocks led by rails and steels in New York
Rail issues sparked a broad market rise as prices gained fractions to about 2 points. Advancers included Santa Fe Southern Pacific Union Pacific Nickel Plate U S Steel GM Chrysler Standard Oil Texaco GE US Gypsum IBM. Trading centered in Commonwealth and Southern and 10 000 to 15 000 share blocks, with a firmer curb market and gains for Cities Service Electric Bond and Share Fairchild McClanahan Oil while American Gas and Electric Creole Petroleum and United Light and Railways declined. Cotton futures fell on liquidation amid textile mill weakness and weak exports. Nearby March led losses, with late prices down 15 to 55 cents a bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Nickel Plate
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
General Motors
Chrysler
Standard Oil (Nj
Texas Co
General Electric
U.S. Gypsum
International Paper
Montgomery Ward
American Telephone and Telegraph
Anaconda
Commonwealth and Southern
Cities Service
Electric
Fairchild Engine
Nashville Livestock Market Report March 11
Nashville Tenn March 11 Cattle mostly steady to higher with demand broader for steers and bulls. Feeder and stocker activity active with prices 21.00 to 26.00 for medium to good weight cattle. calves 24.00 to 31.00. Hogs and sheep mostly steady, hogs 16.00 to 20.50 for various weights, lambs 22.00 to 32.00, overall steady to higher on lambs versus last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market mixed as prices edge up
In Atlanta on March 11 the North Georgia live poultry market showed a steady general zone with clear stocks. Dealers reported unsettled undertone and conflicting views on market conditions as bids were observed FOB farm with New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses ranging 26 1 2 to 28 1 2 cents and Barred Rocks 25 1 2 to 27 cents, mostly 26 1 2 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Barren Rock
Military Rites Planned for Pfc Earl J. Dempsey
Full military services for Pfc Earl J Dempsey son of Mr and Mrs Claud F Dempsey of Somerville will be held at Howell Chapel in Cullman County on March 16 at 7 PM Dempsey 25 was killed in action in Italy in 1944 The service is under Rev R Garrett Burial will be in the church cemetery with Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle and his family present including a sister Mrs Jewel Cobb and seven brothers J B of Qwen s Cross Roads SC Huntsville Willard of Decatur and Grady Carl Edward and James all of Somerville2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Dempsey
Claud F. Dempsey
Somerville 2
Howell’s Chane
Cullman County
Dempsey
Italy
R. Garrett
Church
Pecky Funera
Homn
Hartselle
Jewel Cobb
J. B
Qwen's Cross Roads
S. C
Huntsville
Willard
Decatur
Grady
Carl
Edward
James
Man Will Ride Winged Missile Technology Debuts
Chicago reports Eugene A. Maynor reveals plans for a rocket powered winged missile. The craft would reach 30 to 36 miles altitude, peak at 1,400 mph, then glide to a landing. Built of stainless steel, 30 feet long, 24 foot wingspan, carrying 6,000 pounds of fuel. Tests planned from a Lake Michigan barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Earth
Eugene A. Maynor
Maynor
Lake Michigan
Foseer
Wth
Navy
Army Ordnance
World Bama Polytechnic Institute
Train Robbery Tale Shapes Up In Courtroom
The piece describes a Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador express robbery with Ashton portrayed as a tempted youth. The caper arose from a dispute with a dining car steward over a drink and exploded into a spur of the moment hold up. The pair fled by bus to a pawnshop to procure clothing. Ramsdell drew a gun as police arrived but Lomax fired first. Ashton surrendered without resistance 15 hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Ashton
Ramsdell
Lomax
Bandit Pair Contrasting Fates Tied to Bold Train Robbery
Youngstown report details the West Virginia Ambassador train robbery staged by Lyman Ramsdell and George Ashton. Ramsdell, 23, from a wealthy trust fund background, flaunted wealth with an upscale life, while Ashton, 21, from a troubled upbringing lived in a Southside rooming house. Both were captured in Washington after the incident involving 140 passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
West Virginia
Washington
Lyman C
Skip” Ramsdell
Ramsdell
Skip
George L. Ashton
Miami
Fla
Jesse James
West Side
Randolph Macon Military Academy
Virginia
Youngstown Receiving Hospital
Ashton
Luman
Florida
Poland
Service Held Today For Mrs. Susie Luker
Funeral services were held today at Mt. Tabor church for Mrs. Susie Austin Luker who died Wednesday at her home. Rev. Otto Whitten officiated with burial in the new cemetery. she is survived by her husband John F. Luker five sons Paul Orville Ovid James Millard three daughters B B Pettit Frances Duncan Melvin Watson two sisters R L Beard W C Glass and a brother Hoke Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Tabor
Susie Austin Luker
Hartselle
Otto Whitten
Oew
Peck
John F. Luker
Paul
Orville
Ovid
James
Millard
B. B. Pettit
Expansion of Universal Concrete Pipe Plant Draws Officials
A large group of city county state and company officials toured the expanded Universal Concrete Pipe plant in Decatur and attended a banquet at the Royal Dinner Club. The plant now adds 50 000 dollars in capacity threefold output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Concrete Pipe Co
Vic Smith
Compa
Universal Concrete Pipe Company
Decatur
Royal Dinner Club
Ward MacFarland
H. G. McClusky
Highway Department
Montgomery
George Sims
Calie Whisenant Struck by Car in Cullman Incident
Calie Audine Whisenant nine was hit by a car on state highway 112 near Cullman and dragged 62 feet. Arab hospital reports she has a brain concussion earlier but now shows only a sprained hip and bruises. Vernon C. Oakes of Cullman said he was traveling west when Calie and her sister attempted to cross. a passing motorist took her to the Arab hospital and patrolman W E Richey noted she was unconscious about 10 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calie Audine
Whisenant
Calie
Owen Whisenant
Cullman
Vernon C. Oakes
Cake
Oakes
W. E. Richey
Jane
Richey
James McLemore
Cullman 7
Beloved man James R. McLemore obituary services
Funeral services for James R. McLemore 81 will be held Saturday at 10 AM at the Clemmons high school auditorium with Rev. L W Hart of Athens Baptist church officiating. Burial in Athens city cemetery. He died Wednesday after a five year illness. Surviving are two daughters Lena Dudley Detroit and Louis Elledge Tuscumbia, three sons Fred Athens Amos Oak Ridge Tenn and Carlos Detroit, two sisters Eva Bridges and Pauline Ezel Athens and a brother Alvis Athens, eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. McLemore
Clemmons High School
L. W. Hart
Athens’ Baptist Church
Athens City
Spry
McLemore
Limestone County
Athens
The
Baptist Church
Doctor Dawson Injured in Birmingham Traffic Collision
Dr. James R. Dawson of Uniontown was listed in fair condition at a Birmingham hospital after a traffic accident near Hamilton yesterday. An attending physician said he suffered a fractured collarbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Birmingham
James R. Dawson
Uniontown
Hamilton
Gas Tax Plan Backed by Alabama Officials
West Alabama leaders endorsed a proposed one cent increase in the Alabama gasoline tax with funds to be shared among 67 counties. The plan faced mixed support from larger counties as Probate Judge Chester Walker cautioned against new taxes while Judge Conna Garrett urged approval at a meeting in Dadeville. Additional area meetings were announced for Troy and Brewton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dadeville
Ala
Alabama Association of County Commissioners and Probate Judges
West Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Conna Garrett
Grove Hill
Association
Tuscumbia
Gadsden
Chester Walker
Garrett
Walker
Troy
Brewton
Mrs. Annie Crow Is Claimed by Death
Annie Odella Crow, 73, died at her Somerville residence. Funeral at New Primitive church led by Rev. S. E. Barry Sunday. Burial in church cemetery with Peck of Hartselle in charge. Survived by four daughters, four sons, 29 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, two sisters. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Odella Crow
Somerville
S. E. Barry
New Primitive Church
Pan
Peck
Hartselle
E. L. Turner
Danville
J. O' Turner
G. H. Curbow
C . Blankenship
Haynesville
Ohio
Three Birmingham Fires Burn Several Families
Three people were burned in Birmingham district fires with a Jasper girl badly burned when her clothes caught fire from an open grate. A baby’s cries saved two families in Ensley from injury. Axel Norman and family escaped as their home burned. a 6 year old boy also suffered severe burns from a grate fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Jasper
Velma Marcella Myers
T. N. Myers
Ensley
Robert Caffey
Axel Victor Norman
Norman
Victor Allen
Rebecca
Doris
Mobile
Henry Shine
Protestant Vatican Parley Discussed At Church Meet
A four day conference on Christian influences in international affairs considers an unprecedented Protestant Vatican conference on religious liberty. Delegates weighed plans amid debate over definitions while urging unity against religious oppression and Soviet pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Charles Mercer Cleveland
Department of International Justice and Good Will
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Cardinal Mindszenty
Ordass
Clergy family moves to East of Decatur on Valdermosa road
Rev J M Engle and family relocate to the Dancey farm east of Decatur on the Valdermosa Springs road. Engle plans to continue his role in the Old Age Pension movement. E L Thompson Jr to be moved home today from Hamil Clinic to 514 Johnston Street. Emerson McCullipth family and Peggy to spend weekend in Auburn and Montgomery with Viola Bloodworth joining them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Engle
Dancey Farm
Decatur
Valdermosa Springs Road
E. L. Thompson Jr
Brown
Hamil Clinic
Johnston Street
Emerson McCullipth
Peggy
Auburn
Montgomery
Viola Bloodworth
Financing Seen for Oak Ridge Natural Gas Pipeline Plan
Federal Power Commission heard testimony on financing East Tennessee Gas Co plans to ship natural gas to the Oak Ridge atomic plant in Tennessee. Francis Kernan of White, Weld and Co. said funding from New York financiers is available for a nearly 10 million dollar line from Mitchellville to Oak Ridge to meet about 60 million cubic feet daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
East Tennessee Gas Co
Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Francis Kernan
New York
White, Weld and Co
F. S. Moseley and Co
Mitchellville
Kernan
Gas Transmission Co
Fast
East Tennessee
Knoxville- Chattanooga
Chattanooga
Middle Tennessee
Lobeville
Sally Gillars returns to jail after verdict
Sally Gillars, seen beside her half sister Mrs Edna Mae Herrick of Conneaut Ohio, is taken to a courthouse lock-up then to a district jail after the verdict. She smokes nervously and tells reporters she would like those who judged her to risk their lives for Amelica as she did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Mae Herrick
Conneaut
Ohio
Amelica
Ann Tuck Wins Civitan Club Oratorical Contest
Ann Tuck, an eighth grade student, won the Decatur Civitan club oratorical contest at the junior high school. She will represent the school at the county contest later. Close second were Yvonne Barrett Kay Dement Paula Garnett Mary Battle King Jerry Murdock Phyllis Nungesser Margaret Sims and Rufus Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Tuck
Decatur Civitan Club
Yvonne Barrett
Kay Dement
Paula Garnett
Mary Battle King
Jerry Murdock
Phyllis Nungesser
Margaret Sims
Rufus Underwood
Bodies of Soldiers Are On Way Home
Notice from Brown's Funeral company states two more Decatur servicemen killed in World War II are being returned for burial. The soldiers are Sgt. Davis Edi Hodges and Sgt. Harry M. Pearce, sons of local residents. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's Funeral Company
Decatur
Davis Edi Hodges
Davis Hodges
Sherman Street
Harry M. Pearce
J. M. Pearce
Ave. West
Brown
Top-Seeded Teams Advance to Southern Conference Semis
Four top seeds reach the semifinals in USKEGEE Alabama as Florida A and M faces Tuskegee Institute and Morris Brown takes on Morehouse in a 4 team run to the finals. Fisk and South Carolina State had byes. South Carolina State beat Fisk 50 44 before losing to Tuskegee 65 47. Florida A and M edged Alabama State 43 42. Morris Brown beat Lane 57 52. Morehouse beat Fort Valley 60 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luskegee
Ala
Florida A and M
Luskegee Institute
Morris Brown
Morehouse
Fisk University
South Carolina State
South Carolina
Fisk
Tuskegee
Bklorid
Rattlers
Alabama State
Lane College
Fort Valley State College
Senate Cloture Vote on Barkley Russell Appeals Set Tomorrow
The Senate plans a 1 p.m. EST vote on whether to apply debate limits as a showdown nears. If Barkley is upheld two thirds of voters must approve, sparking possible changes to anti-lynching and anti-poll tax bills. Senator Vandenberg signals intent to speak before the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley
Russell
Senate
Leutenants
Mapeans
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Kentucky
Kemmitzer Rites Set for Saturday at Rose Lawn Cemetery
Graveside services will be held Saturday morning at 11 oclock at Rose Lawn Cemetery for Mrs Alyce A Kemmitzer 72 a former Decatur resident who died Wednesday in Tuscumbia Survivors include husband Charles J Kemmitzer Sr a daughter Mrs McHaney of Missouri and two sons Charles K
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Lawn Cemetery
Alyce A. Kemmitzer
Decatur
Tuscumbia
Charles J. Tzer
McHaney
Missouri
Charles K
Glee Club From Decatur Heads to Florence Fest
A 50 member Decatur high school glee club led by Carl Schwachow travels by bus to Florence State Teachers College for a district music festival. The day-long event precedes a broader festival at Tuscaloosa with bands and glee clubs from area schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Carl Schwachow
Florence State Teachers College
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Decatur High
Florence
Glee Club
Marriage Licenses Reported in Daily Records
Aaron Burch Singleton 23 Hart selle to Jewel Corrine Terry 18 Hillsboro 1 George Monroy Callahand 40 106 1-2 W Church St to Roberta Fisk Young 34 9 Elms Court Huntsville John Howard Lockhart 23 Hart selle to Mary Elizabeth Heflin 20 Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burch Singleton
Hartselle
Jewel Corrine Terry
Hillsboro
George
Monroy
Callahand
W. Church St
Roberta Fisk Young
Elms Court
Huntsville
John Howard Lockhart
Mary Elizabeth Heflin
Danville
Local Deed Transfers Involving Oakes and Garrett
A series of land transfers are recorded including deeds from J. P. Garrett to W. E. Masterson and from W. T. Oakes to James W. Oakes, Rada A. Oakes, and Eugene C. Oakes with amounts of 250 500 and 150 and 750 dollars. Additional transfer lists H. L. Puckett to W. E. Masterson for 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Harris
Earl Glenn
W. T. Oakes
James W. Oakes
Rada A. Oakes
Eugene C. Oakes
H. L. Puckett
W. E. Masterson
Garnett Competes In Huntsville For District Honors
Decatur senior Fennell Garnett, a three time oratory winner, travels to Huntsville to represent the district in the American Legion area oratorical contest after winning the local high school, Morgan County, and district titles. He is accompanied by W. R. Riley, the high school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fennell Garnett
Decatur
Huntsville
Garnett
Morgan County
W. R. Riley
Infant Dies Graveside Rites Set for Kirkpatrick's Son
An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick of 903 Beach Street will be buried at 2 PM in the city cemetery with graveside rites by Rev. Covell G. Keenum. Brown's handles arrangements. The child died shortly after 8 PM at Hamil Clinic hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covell G. Keenum
W. H. Kirkpatrick
Beach Street
Brown
Hamil Clinic
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Wall Street
Susie Luker
State Highway Department
McClusky
Sims
MacFarland
Annie Crow
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
West Va
James V. Forrestal
U. S
Soviet Russia
Russia
United Nations
un-American Activities Committees
Sally
Civitan Club
Deeds J. P. Garrett
Kemmitzer, Jr
Walter D. Kemmitzer
Army Air Corps
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