Third Play in Riverside Series Set for Friday Night
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts the final of three plays at Riverside High School auditorium Friday at 8 pm. Angel Street follows But Not Goodbye and John Love Mary with Civic Drama Guild of New York stars. Season-ticket holders receive two complimentary tickets, distributions arranged by Ned Frazier of the Dix Company. last performance aims for a full house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Unior Chamber of Commerce
Riverside High School
Angel Street
John Love Mary
Civic Drama Guild of New York
Jaycees
Ned Frazier
Dix Company
Funeral set for Mrs Frances Keltner 87 of Decatur
Mrs Frances Marion Keltner 87 longtime Decatur resident died at her daughter's home after a prolonged illness. Funeral for Keltner will be Thursday at 3 pm at Central Methodist Church with Rev G M Davenport officiating. Burial in city cemetery. Pallbearers will be six nephews. Survived by three daughters Mrs Frahn Mrs H D Tuck Monroe LA and Mrs Frank Wells Nashville. three sons A Y R B Little Rock and J B Birmingham. one sister two brothers 21 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Marion Keltner
Central Methodist Church
G. M. Davenport
Brown
Keltner
Dett
L. D. Fahn
Moulton Street
Lynnville
Tenn
Frahn
R. B
Little Rock
J. B
Birmingham
B. F. Cavnar
Decatur
Robert Morrow
Laverne
James Morrow
Sulfur
Okla
State budgeting and control over department funds
The article explains how the state budget assigns definite operating funds to departments each year, with the state budget officer monitoring daily expenditures and the comptroller to withhold warrants if funds run out. It notes quarterly releases, pro rata reductions if revenue falls short, penalties for overspending, and variations for trust funds and federal revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Education Department
Highway Department
ABC Board
Industrial Relations Department
Body of Frisco Man Found in Wrecked Car Near Evergreen
A 33 year old Frisco Alabama man Joseph Calvin Lee was found dead in an overturned car four miles north of Huxford near Evergreen Alabama Highway Patrol reported. The crash occurred yesterday afternoon with no witnesses observed. the car rolled several times and Lee’s body was partly ejected through a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen
Ala
Frisco
Here
Alabama
R. C. Brooks
Joseph Calvin Lee
Huxford
Brooks
Lee
4 El
Unclear text snippet on Alabama employment figures
Fragmentary report notes employment activity in Alabama with references to workers in January and February and a low figure of 20 800 in a fast aid ads context. Mentions Carnley and 2400 workers but lacks coherent details or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery
Alabama
Dn Carnley
You May Not Know but Catenary Curves Are There
VIC BUBBETT discusses catenary curves as everyday mathematics found in drapes and on watch chains. Walter H. Carnahan, mathematics editor, explains these curves appear everywhere and are a natural fact of daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Bubbett
Walter H. Carnahan
D. C. Heath
Boston
Presto
Carnahan
Indiana
AEA
Birmingham
Decatur
Riverside High
Lemay
Heath Company
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
United States
Indiana State Department of Education
Elizabeth Eich
Riverside High School
Jewell McWhorter Promoted by Penney to Kingsport Store
Jewell McWhorter, longtime J. C. Penney employee in Decatur since July 1947, is promoted to the Kingsport Tennessee store. He is a Moulton native and State Teachers College at Florence graduate who served two years in the Navy Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell McWhorter
J. C. Penney Company
Decatur
Kingsport
Tenn
Harry Higdon
Jewell
Moulton
State Teachers College
Florence
Market swings on first day of 50 percent cash margin
Markets opened with vigor in New York trading and soon pared gains as investors adjusted to the new 50 percent cash margin rule. Leaders included Republic Steel Woolworth Firestone and Boeing while declines appeared in U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors and Chrysler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republic Steel
Woolworth
Firestone
International Harvester
Boeing
Schenley
Pepsi-Cola
Consolidated Edison
American Smelting
du Pont
John Manville
Radio Corp. Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Superior Oil of California
Loew's
U. S. Steel- Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Consolidated Natural Gas
International Nickel
American Can
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Illinois Central
Standard Oil
Houston Oil
Paramount Pictures
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville Tennessee March 30 federal state departments of agriculture cattle 250 head. Markets near steady with ranges for steers heifers and cows. Calves hogs and sheep described with price bands and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton futures rise on parity shift and demand
Cotton futures firm on trade and commission house buying with locals covering shorts. A 12 point mid March parity move spurred new crop deliveries and higher prices with hedging capping gains in old crop months. Late trade shows May 32.25, July 31.15, Oct 28.43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trade and Commission
Poultry Market Remains Firm in North Georgia Region
Atlanta reports continued short supply with demand steady for live poultry. Producers market promptly as Ses-ere it egse notes holdings. Trucking demand solid across sections. FOB farm prices for broilers and fryers vary by breed with New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses at 30-32 cents and Barred Rock Crosses around 29-32 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Allied Rhine defense plan backed by French troops
De Gaulle says the Rhine remains the first line of defense against the East and will be manned primarily by French soldiers. Western ministers from Britain Belgium Holland and Luxembourg travel to New York en route to Washington for the Atlantic pact signing. In Frankfurt charges against Maj Gen Clayton L Bissell are being investigated to see if they merit a court martial for acts as military and air attache in London from 1946 to 1948. In Moscow Chuikov becomes military governor of the Soviet zone in Germany succeeding Sokolovsky who moves to a new role in the armed forces ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Rhine
New York
Washington
Britain
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
U U. S. Airforce
Europe
Frankfurt
Clayton L. Bissell
Bissell
United States
London
Germany
Moscow
Vassily I. Chuikov
Stalingrad
Lubin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Danville Girls Do Well In Honor Scholarship Exams
Two Danville seniors Marie Moore and Edweena McAbee participated in the honor scholarship competition. They toured the college campus and reported a pleasant visit. Moore is daughter of Alton and Mrs. Moore of Danville. McAbee is daughter of Robert and Mrs. McAbee of Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Marie Moore
Edweena Ase Abee
Miss Moore
Alton Moore
Danville 3
Miss McAbee
Robert McAbee
Hartselle
Mass meeting planned to push Negro voter registration
In Mobile Alabama a mass meeting for Negro voters is slated for Sunday to organize a statewide drive. J J Thomas of the Negro Voters and Veterans Association says registration programs modeled after Mobile counties success will be pursued. The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Boswell amendment invalid and a federal court had ruled it unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
J. J. Thomas
Negro Voters and Veterans Association
Mobile County
U. S. Supreme Court
The
Negro Voters and Veterans Association of Mobile
Mobiles County
Thomas
Senators Taft and Russell seek 10 percent cut in Marshall plan funds
The Congress debates a 10 percent reduction of 5.58 billion for the Marshall plan's second year amid warnings of a possible deficit. Supporters deny the charge as Senator Lucas accuses isolationist backlash harming Republicans. Vice President Barkley hosts a speakers list including British and American figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ohio
Russell
Lucas
Illinois
Barkley
Capitol Hill
House
Interior Department
Jensen
Iowa
Congress
Bonneville Power Administration
Wall Street
Northwest
House Veterans Committee
James W Woodroof Receives Alabama Law License
The Alabama state supreme court announced three UA law school graduates granted licenses to practice in the state. They are James W. Woodroof of Athens Hobson H. Adcock of Tuscaloosa and Robert McDavid Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
University of Alabama Law School
James W. Woodroof
Athens
Hobson H. Adcock
Tuscaloosa
Robert McDavid Smith
Birmingham
Body of Town Creek Man Returned Home
The body of H. G. Farley, 41, was sent to his Town Creek Alabama home for funeral services after drowning on January 1 when he fell from a barge into the Tennessee River. A fisherman found the body yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
H. G. Farley
Town Creek
Ala
Farley
Tennessee
Committee to Meet Montgomery for Negro College Training
A nine member Alabama committee, chaired by Mayor Herbert Meighan, will reconvene in Montgomery on April 20 to study expanding college training for Black residents. Gov. James E. Folsom called the session at the request of the committee and after two prior meetings no firm recommendations have emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
Lost 18 Found 2 Berkeley
Janet Casey 5 believed a penny would be under her pillow. X rays at a hospital vindicated her faith. The penny was found inside brother Michael 4 who woke first.
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Berkeley
Janet Casey
Brother Michael
Mitchum Ends His Jail Term
Los Angeles reports Robert Mitchum walks free after a 50 day county jail sentence for conspiracy to possess marijuana. Mitchum plans writing and acting projects while adjusting to home life. Lila Leeds also completes a 50 day term, saying she will be a good girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robert . Mitchum
Bobby Sex Idol
Jeaner
Mitchum
Sheriff's Honor Farm
Lila Leeds
Miss Leeds
Vicki Evans
Robin Ford
Canyon
Miss Evans
Englishwoman in America Seeks Family Ties Across Ocean
A war widow, Mrs Ridge, describes sacrifice and longing as her grandchildren near arrival in the United States. She traveled under the United States And Canadian Brides Association to visit her children and regrets the vast ocean separating family amid loss of her husband and sons-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ridge
United States
May
England
Burma
Defense Budget Recommendations and Adjustments
The joint chiefs of staff proposed a 17.439 billion dollar military budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1, described as the rock bottom minimum to maintain a reasonable defense. Budget bureau orders reduced the figure to 15.765 billion dollars. Vinson stated there is nothing holy about the President's defense budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vinson
Decatur Club Plans April Business Session
The Decatur Business and Professional Women's club will meet in the club room on April 7. The nominating committee chaired by Marie Tucker will present officer nominations for the next year. Mrs. Dorothy Woodall will discuss Mobile conference attendance May 13 to 15 and urges early reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Marie Tucker
Carrie Alexander
Helen Stokes
Dorothy Woodall
Mobile
Two Negroes Held On Larceny Charges
Ooie Lee Thompson and Leonard Orr, both Hartselle residents, are jailed on grand larceny charges. Warrants sworn before Justice H. Compton led to their arrest. Orr posted 1000 bond. both bonds set at 1000. Preliminary hearings set for April 9. Sheriff C B Humphrey noted additional arrests for peace proceedings and reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ooie Lee Thompson
Leonard Orr
Hartselle
Morgan County
H. Compton
Orr
C. B. Humphrey
Henderson Says Wets Fear Any State Liquor Referendum
Alabama State Senator Bruce Henderson told the Alabama Temperance Alliance convention in Birmingham that opponents of prohibition fear a new state referendum on liquor. Dr Ted Hightower of Paducah Kentucky urged prohibition workers to educate youth that liquor is an escape mechanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Bruce Henderson
Miller's Ferry
Alabama Temperance Alliance
Ted Hightower
Paducah
Boxer Billy Cornwell Dies After Knockout
SAN JOSE Calif March 30 Boxer Billy Cornwell a 25 year old lightweight from Los Angeles and Del Mo died today at OConnor hospital He had been unconscious since his knockout in a bout yesterday and died from injuries sustained in the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Billy Cornwell
Oconnor Hospital
Los Angeles
del Mo
Juvenile Court Rules Case Involving Molestation Charge
Alabama Court of Appeals allows a molestation case to be tried in juvenile court or as contributing to the delinquency of a minor. George Washington Smithson was convicted in Jefferson County for an 11 year old girl in a Birmingham theater. He faced fines and jail time after appeals shifted charges from assault to touching the girl. Judge Bricken dissented on technical grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Court of Appeals
Charles Bricken
Adana
Ane Courl
Jefferson County
George Washington Smithson
Birmingham
Smithson
Jefferson Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Bricken
R. B. Carr
State outlines broad prepaid health plan features
The document describes state funded health care measures including partial payments by the state for those unable to pay full charges, unemployment based coverage, payroll deductions for government employees, surveys of diagnostic centers, and plans to strengthen financing for mental and chronic disease care, plus efforts to attract physicians to rural areas and boost voluntary enrollment.
Local Names List Shown in Community Notice
A long string of names appears in a community notice or roster item including Carl Winton Stanley Clemons Troy Clemons Troy Olen Mooneyham Jack Mooneyham Johnny Cryer Dorell Snader Lynn Goree Helen Clemons Leon Nelson Thomas Winton R G C Miller Mrs Geneva Baldwin Mrs Buna Winton Mrs Lillian Ransom Ellen Lemley Mrs V P Gilchrist Jimmie Wigginton Bobbie Gilchrist Jo Ann Gilchrist Billey Gene Clemons Peggy Ransom Carolyn Baldwin Bobby Clemons Homer Sherrill Joe McCutcheon A R Swader J H Swader Leroy Turman Ollie D Fowler Harold Grant land Robert Shafer Troy Olen Mooneyham Bobby Van Maples Odell Goree Margaret Goree Leslie Pannell Asa Smith Ida Kate Mooneyham Phil Gilchrist James A Sharp Kendall Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Winton
Stanley Clemons
Troy Clemons
Troy Olen Mooneyham
Jack Mooneyham
Johnny Cryer
Dorell Snader
Lynn Goree
Helen Clemons
Leon Nelson
Thomas Winton
R. G C. Miller
Geneva Baldwin
Buna Winton
Lillian Ransom
Ellen Lemley
V. P. Gilchrist
Jimmie Wigginton
Bobbie Gilchrist
Jo Ann Gilchrist
Billey
Gene Clemons
William Bennett Claimed by Death
William Bennett 83 died at his Falkville home at 5 AM today. Peck Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements as relatives arrive from Florida. Survived by daughter Mrs Lilian Montgomery of Clinton Tennessee and Milton Spitts of Georgia, and 29 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bennett
Peck Funeral Home
Hartselle
Florida
Morgan County
Falkville
Lilian Montgomery
Clinton, Tenn.ason
Milton
Air Force weighs Brookley base as B 36 repair site
May use Base Mobile Alabama Brookley air base as repair base for B 36 bombers. Colonel J P Kirkendall deputy base commander says no final decision yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Air Force
Brookley Air Base
J. P. Kirkendall
Resignation Reported From Economic Advisers Chair
Washington March 3 Dr Edwin G Nourse is reported to have handed in his resignation as chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers He declined to confirm or deny the report and no action has been taken by President Truman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Truman
Reverend Davenport Speech at Central Methodist Tonight
Rev. GM Davenport will address prayer services at Central Methodist Church on the theme The Cradle And Religion tonight at 7 30. Mr and Mrs Bob Duff of 314 Wilson East have been summoned to the bedside of Mrs Duff's father who lies seriously ill in a Jackson Mississippi hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GM. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Bob Duff
Wilson East
TelevisionViewed In City Show Attracts Crowd
Jimmy Mack of Radio and Television Supply reports about 65 spectators watched a WMCT Memphis program on a home set at 717 Bank Street. The display drew praise for sharp reception and visible details. The set, priced around 369, will stay on display this week for public viewing with weather conditions affecting signal quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Mack
Radio and Television Supply Company
Bank Street
WMCT
Memphis
Mock
Mack
Decatur
Morgan Plants 116,000 Seedlings
The Flint Branch of The Morgan County Sportsman and Conservation Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday April 1 at Flint School at 7 P.M. All members and other sportsmen are invited to attend and hear progress on increasing the county game and fish populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Morgan County, Sportsman and Conservation Association
Flint School
Milk price hearings cite lower costs for producers
Smyer said hearings show cost reducing milk has fallen in the past year and distribution costs rose. He attributed the producer’s relief mainly to a 30 percent drop in feed costs and noted the Anniston milk shed example where producers still gain over five cents per part versus 1941 while distributors get less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyer
Anniston
Babson Predicts Minor Recession Through 1952
Economist Roger Babson warned a civil club that a minor recession will run from now through 1952. He urged business men to prepare for competition buy on a hand to mouth basis cut expenses avoid debt and hold cash. He said the downturn would be milder than the 1930s thanks to cushions like subsidies pensions and government supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Haven
Fla
Roger Babson
Babson
Permit Granted For 69 Miles Of Power Lines
The Alabama Power Company was granted permission to build 69 miles of electric transmission lines at an estimated cost of 862735 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Tour Stripped Of Red Star Tours Halted By State Dept Action
Newark report says 18 Soviet bloc delegates in the World Peace Conference tour were told to return home after visas were limited to the New York meeting. Mil lampell declared the tour would continue despite the ban and Shostakovich was dropped from the bill amid picket protests outside the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N J
State Department
New York City
Millard Lampell
Lampell
New Haven
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Detroit
St. Louis
Denver
Los Angeles
U. S
New York
Dean Acheson
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Great Britain
Cuba
French West Africa
Dmitri Shostakovich
Judge to base appeal on constitutionality of segregation laws
Taylor arrested in Birmingham on May 1 charged with disorderly conduct resisting an officer and fault and battery. He was fined 50 dollars and given a suspended 180 day sentence. He faced an appeal hearing to challenge segregation laws as unconstitutional after attempting to enter a negro meeting via a door marked for negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Birmingham
Idaho
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
W. W. Casey
Southern Negro Youth Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
John Abt
Progressive Pas
Earl Dickinson
Chicago
Morel Montgomery
Arthur Shores
Shores
Train Halts to Gift Girl with Pet Cat
In Oxford Louisiana a Texas and Pacific train paused to present a cat to 13 year old Marlene Wendt after her black cat Cinder was killed by a locomotive. Crewmembers retrieved a replacement named Cinder II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Louisiana
Marlene Wendt
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Cinder
Marlene
T&p
Cinder II
Death of Little Jimmy Muntz Shocks Wilkes Barre Family
The two and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Muntz of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania died. The body will be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. O B Hartseller for funeral services. The mother is the former Johnie Bell Hartselle of Decatur. The death occurred in Pennsylvania in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Muntz
Orvil Muntz
Wilkes. Barre
Penn
O. B. Hartseller
Pennsylvania
Johnie Bell Hartselle
Decatur
Ashland pastor opens Washington senate session
Rev. Frank Ledford of First Methodist Ashland Alabama led the opening prayer for the senate today. He was invited as chaplain, with Rev. Fred Harris assisting. Formerly Ledford has ai ng as a senate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Ledford
First Methodist Church of
Ashland
Ala
Senate
Ledford
Fred Harris
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Mrs. Keltner
McWhorter
Penney
Veterans Administration
House Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Rep
Jacobs
D-Ind
Henderson
Hospita
Mack’s Company
Red
Star
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