Sericea plantings discussed at Cotaco meeting
Morgan county community leaders, farmers, and veterans gathered at Cotaco for the third sericea service meeting. Lley Thompson, Audeyns, and Herman Bailey were among winners planning acres for spring planting. Attendees signed cards indicating their intent to plant varying acreages. The program featured soil conservation slides, seed drawings, and remarks by L T Wagnon and Casto Jarvis. See COTACO on Page 2.
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Cotaco
Sericea
Morgan County
G. Cotaco
Nty
Tho Order
C. J. Teague
R. M. Chapman
The
Soil Conservation Service
Casto Jarvis
Carnation’ Company
Decatur
Mr. Cortner
Carnation Company
L. G. Delaney
Wagnon
L. T. Wagnon
B. G. Ryan
Lley Thompson
Audeyns
Herman Bailey
William W. Burgess
W. J Watkins
Norman Oden
James T. Scott
Hey Thompson
James H.watkins
Charley M. Dean Jr
Geo. C. Drinkard
Marcus Carver
Audie Collins
Jey Thompson
E. C. Lemmond
Clarence Dean
Earl Draper
Adrain E. Bowen
Cormal Jennings
Austin Jennings
W. J. Kin
Elgin M. Bowen
Esther
Decatur Weather Stays Mild With Steady Rise to Noon
The Decatur forecast stays comfortable with 60 degrees at 8 am rising by two degrees each hour to 68 by noon. The steady warming pattern continues from early morning readings to midday as conditions remain pleasant.
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Decatur
New York Taxicab Strike Set For Friday Morning
A city wide taxicab strike is tentatively planned for 4 30 a m Friday over union recognition. About 3300 night shift drivers and inside workers voted to strike with day shift workers to vote later today. The walkout would halt New York Citys 11414 taxicabs and affect independent owners.
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New York
United Construction Workers
John L. Tew
United Mine
Setaien
Hawkins Resigns as Scout Executive for Valley
Elmer L S Hawkins resigns as Scout executive of the Tennessee Valley Council effective May 1 to become Scout executive of the Sequoyah Council in Johnson City Tennessee. He led gains in units and membership, oversaw a negro camp and Westmoreland improvements, and will be replaced soon by an as yet unnamed successor.
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Elmer L. S. Hawkins
Tennessee Wales Council
Sequoyah Council
Johnson City
Tennessee
Hawkins
Tennessee Valley Council
Westmoreland
Germans Told Death For Malmedy War Crimes
Gen. Lucius D Clay confirmed the death sentences for two Malmedy defendants, Josef Diefenthal and Friedel Bode, for ordering and aiding the execution of unarmed American POWs near Malmedy during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Malmedy
Josef Diefenthal
Second
Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Friedel Bode
Panzer Pioneer Battalion
Belgium
Diefenthal
Bode
Clay
Tax Exemption For Oil Machinery Goes Before Judge Jones
Oil well machinery exemption from Alabama 2 percent use tax is reviewed in Montgomery during a hearing before Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones. The Carter Oil Company of Tulsa is involved in the case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
The
Carter Oil Company of
Tulsa
Price cutting gains speed across many lines in postwar era
Price reductions spread widely across Consumer goods in a postwar recession frame. Westinghouse slashed radios 20 to 50 percent, Kaiser-Frazer cut up to 333 dollars on cars, Ford possible price drops, and ice cream and batteries saw cuts. Board lowers stock margin requirements, signaling inflation relief and readjustment.
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Richard Fiske
New York
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Westinghouse Electric
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Willard Storage Battery Co
National Dairy Products Co
Philadelphia
Borden Co
Pioneer
Emil Schram
New York Stock Exchange
Home Oil Mill Fire Damages Seed House
Fire broke out in a seed house at Home Oil mill about 9 30 A M causing undisclosed damage. Fire Chief Floyd Elkins says the source is unknown and Decatur firefighters and a sprinkler system helped prevent a larger blaze. Company official Charles Scales said employees noticed the fire and that walls and machinery sustained damage with some equipment possibly ruined.
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Home Oil
Decatur Fire Department
Floyd Elkins
Charles Scales
Scales
Italy Readies to Join Atlantic Pact. Sforza Says Ready
Italy moves toward joining the Western alliance as Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza arrives in Washington. Nine to eleven foreign ministers prepare to sign the North Atlantic defense treaty on April 4 with a secret preparatory session planned. Bevin seeks American stance on a Mediterranean defense treaty linked to the pact. Rhodes hosts Israel and Trans-Jordan armistice talks amid delegations approving a draft.
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Associated Press
Italy
Carlo Sforza
U. S
State Department
Sforza
Washington
United States
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Mediterranean
Belgium
Paul-Henri Spaak
Holland
D. A. Stikker
Joseph Beck
Luxembourg
North Atlantic
Budget Bureau
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Rhodes
Coal Movement Resumes After Miners End Strike
Railroads rapidly reboarded coal cars as miners end two week stoppage under John L Lewis order. About 70,000 railroad workers idled during the walkout are returning to service as locomotives are attached to full coal loads and shipments resume nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Green
United Mine
Mississippi River
Lewis
Wintry Weather Hits Western States Coast to Rockies
Light snow blanketed the central Rockies Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas. Cheyenne Wyoming reported over two inches while Denver had over one inch. Temperatures near freezing in the snow belt dipped to six degrees above zero in Butte Montana as cold spread to the Pacific Northwest.
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Chicago
Rockies
Nebraska
Kansas
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Butte
Mont
Pacific Northwest
Audience Amazed by Controlled Light Demonstrations
A full house witnessed dramatic demonstrations of light control by the City Electric Department's House of Light. Demonstrations under Bob Humphreys and Cy Roth showed squeezing light from a tube, lighting a bulb with a match, and guiding sound via a light beam.
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Vic Bubbett
House of
City Electric Department
Fecenae
Cotten
Bob) Humphreys
Cy Roth
General Electric
En- Electric Eye
Oneonta Farmer Threatened by Masked Men in Court Case
Three men Reuben Todd John Todd and Tom Allison were charged with assault while masked after threatening Berry mountain farmer M L Thomason to stop testifying in a case about his daughter. Thomason said the trio with handkerchief masks kicked and struck him and one fired a pistol when his wife sought help. The solicitor said Thomason will testify April 4 in a case against Ernest Todd accused of attempting to move Thomason’s daughter out of Blount County for immoral purposes.
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Oneonta
Ala
M. L. Thomason
L. P. Waid
Reuben Todd
John Todd
Tom Allison
Waid
Thomason
Ernest Todd
Blount County
Decatur Forms Junior Service League To Boost City Civics
Decatur starts a Junior Service League to strengthen civic ambition. At Hotel Lyons an organizational meeting elected Mrs. Thomas J. Hendrix president and named officers. Charter members include Mrs. W. J. Duncan Jr. and Mrs. John Caddell. About 50 members are pledged to eight hours monthly volunteering.
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Decatur
Hotel Lyons
Thomas J. Hendrix
J. W. Wyker Jr
Robert T. Harris
William S. Kirby
M. E. Edwards
Decatur Junior Service League
Junior League of America
Salvation Army
Decatur General Hospital
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Veterans Administration
Morgan County Sanatorium
W. J. Duncan Jr
John Caddell
Skeggs Crawford
Barrett Shelton
Wilson Orr
C. Richard Parr
Alan Wallace
Lloyd L. Lively
John C. Bragg
Garner Pride
Death cuts short plan to teach ministers at large Houston church
Dr. Paul Quillian, head of the world's largest Methodist congregation, died of a heart ailment in Houston. His successor was announced as Dr. Kenneth Pope, appointed to lead First Methodist Church, effective June 15. Quillian had planned to teach theology at Southern University in Dallas. He was ordained in 1923 and had pursued ministry across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Houston
Texas
Paul Quillian
Illian
Kenneth Pope
First Methodist Church
Perkins
Southern University
Dallas
Camden, Ark
A . Ark
Oklahoma
Body Found: Decomposed Male Recovered
A badly decomposed body of a man was found by authorities, with the discovery prompting investigation. No identifying details or circumstances are provided in the readable text.
Rescue party returns from Mt Caladang trek long trek home
Thirteen American airmen and 16 Filipino guides trek twelve days through Caladang jungle to recover nine crash victims from a B 29 tanker crash near Clark field. They face bees leeches hunger and bad weather. They expect to reach Clark by March 31 for payday.
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Marikina
Philippines
Santa Inez
Mt. Caladang
Caladang
Clark Air Base
M. O. Beach
Compton
Calif
William C. Bowers
India
Glenn A. Benner
Canfield, C
Norman C. Queen
Portsmouth
Beck
Roanoke to join U S Navy as new light cruiser
The U S S Roanoke, a 17 000 ton light cruiser, will be commissioned at Philadelphia naval base Monday. Built at a cost of 30 million dollars, she displaces 17 000 tons, measures 70 feet in beam, and can reach 33 knots. Commanded by Captain J D Kelly, she carries 12 six inch guns and 10 twin mounts, with 51 officers and 922 enlisted men.
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Philadelphia
United States
Rollins College
Roanoke
United States Naval
J. D. Kelly
Silver Bening, Md
No consistent headline due to garbled OCR text
Cotton futures prices for New York trading were reported with May and July contracts mentioned, but the OCR text is garbled showing unclear details and multiple broken phrases. The legible elements reference noon quotations and months but lack complete data to form a full narrative.
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New York
Bricker Urges Return To Conferees On Rent Bill
Senator Bricker urged sending the rent control bill back to a conference for further work over a clause tying ceilings to a fair net operating income. Debate centers on who defines fair income and how rents will be affected as Congress weighs the measure. The Senate aims to pass the bill and then send it to the President, with a looming expiry of current law on March 31.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Bricker
House
Truman
Maybank
D-S. C
Sparkman
D-Ala
Connally
D-Tex
Lucas
D-Ii
Interior Department
House Appropriations Committee
County TB Aid Declared Legal
Montgomery March 29 Franklin County may fund a TB sanatorium near Decatur using proceeds from a special two and a half mill tax. The advisory opinion from Attorney General Albert Carmichael allows the appropriation but restricts use of tax funds to construction costs only. Probate Judge Edgar Underwood noted Franklin County’s share of the Twelve counties in the district must be contributed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Franklin County
Decatur
Albert Carmichael
Edgar Underwood
Carmichael
Underwood
T. B. Sanitorium
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Boship
Lloyd Blankenship
de- Nh Hospital
Orris
W. Freeman
Baugh Carol
Lady of
Erman
Emmett Roan
Avenue S
Isville
Mar
Harper
Louisville
Stewards
Central Methodist Church
L. Parsall
Cullman
D. T. Crawford
Joppa
J. C. Russell
By Ken Reynolds
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Georgia
Valley
Camp Wes
Central South
Huntsville
Council
Fae
Atlantic Pact
RAIL
George B. Cook
Winston-Salem
N. C
Forsyth County Bush-growers League
Farmer Cook
Alamance County
Junior Service League
Trip
Bill
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