Ways to Save Food in Daily Meals
Americans can curb waste to aid hungry millions abroad. The Agriculture Department urges using oatmeal and cornmeal instead of wheat or rice, substituting potatoes and vegetables, and repurposing leftovers. Use cornmeal and barley in various dishes, save perishable items, and rely on abundant foods like poultry eggs fish potatoes and fresh produce for shipment abroad.
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Washington
Iild
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Home Economics
Far East
May Day across Europe and Asia marked by protests and tensions
Russians boasted of military might amid the Day of May celebrations as rumors of a new heavy tank surfaced. In Berlin and Trieste, observers noted Allied and partisan tensions with patrols and warnings of consequences. Poland saw marches and red banners while Tokyo crowds greeted General MacArthur amid a manhunt for a gunman.
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Russia
Second
Socialist International
Paris
Berlin
Trieste
Adriatic
Poland
Polish Workers Party
Polish Peasants Party
Stanislaw
Tokyo
MacArthur
Lauderdale Sheriff Holds Suspect in Florence Robbery Case
Clarence Hughes, 38, is jailed in Lauderdale County charged with robbery while tests on the death of Cecil Drake, 41, of Florence are awaited. Drake was found dead in a parked car in downtown Florence at about 6 am Saturday and buried in Lawrence County, Tenn. Jury for Joe Archer awaits test results on Drake’s body.
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Clarence. Hughes
Lauderdale County
Cecil Drake
Florence
Auburn
EJ Folner
Drake
Fulmer
Lawrence County
Tenn
Joe Archer
Rites Set Today for Almer Penn
Funeral services for 76 year old Hartselle resident Almer Penn will be conducted by Rev. Frank T. Smith at 3 PM today at Friendship church. Penn died at 11:55 PM yesterday at Decatur General hospital. Surviving: daughter Pierce Wright Knoxville. sisters Margie Minter and Luke Penn Sulphur Springs. Pallbearers: Cleon Hogan Marvin Penn Ewell Gibson Claudie Gibson Travis Hogan Felton Peck of Hart to bury in local cemetery.
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Almer Penn
Hartselle
Frank T. Smith
Friendship Church
Penn
Decatur General Hostal
Pierce Wright
Knoxville
Margie Minter
Luke Penn
Sulphur Springs
Cleon Hogan
Marvin Penn
Ewell Gibson
Claudie Gibson
Travis Hogan
Felton
Peck
Hartcharge
Markets in New York May 19 Mixed Winds and Bond Rally
Markets slipped into a quiet session with liquors under pressure after distillers use of grain. Some gains and losses were mixed as transfers neared 1,000,000 shares. Cotton futures fell 30 to 60 cents a bale on price control talks and weather reports. May 27.64 July 27.64 Oct 27.57. Bulls eyed easing controls and rate impacts.
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New York
Chicago
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Anderson
Jly
Nashville Livestock Market Report May First
Nashville May 1 Cattle receipts light cows slow uneven bidding with few sales weaker than Monday rest of trade steady to weak with undertone steady. Canner and cutter cows seven to nine fifty. Common to medium beef cows nine seventy five to twelve dollars, up to thirteen dollars. No slaughter steers or heifers sold early. Stockers and feeders thirteen to sixteen dollars. Calves one hundred fifty dollars. Vealers good to choice fifteen to seventeen, common and medium nine fifty to fourteen fifty. Hogs four hundred head active steady with good to choice barrows and gilts fourteen fifty at ceiling for 120 pounds and under. sows thirteen eighty. Sheep two hundred steady with good grade spring lambs sixteen seventy five top. Bucks and wethers fourteen to fifteen seventy five for fat stock. Aged wooled slaughter ewes seven dollars down. Shorn ewes six dollars down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Prison escape ends with missing suspects list
Morgan prison break details describe prisoners entering a tunnel from Kilby Prison to the Montgomery Wetumpka highway with no trace found. Williams named at large several robbers and murderers including Harold Koerner and Almon Stutts along with their counties and sentences.
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Montgomery-Wetumpka
Williams
Kilby
Harold Koerner
Montgomery County
T. A. Hamick
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Jack Brown
Robrye Self
L. R. Black
Russell
Jack May
Lee
Clay Harlan
Shelby
James Lofton
Conecuh
Almon Stutts
Morgan Countty
Felix Perry
Walker County
Eugene McDowell
Ee Leonerd
Elmore County
Clark links housing plan to private monopoly claim
Attorney General Tom C. Clark charged at the 34th annual U S Chamber of Commerce convention that those calling to remove controls over building and related industries aim to establish private monopoly. He warned that shrinking small business and expanding big firms threaten competitive capitalism and independent enterprise.
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Atlantic
Tom— C.—Clark
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Clark
Tojo Defends War as Self Defense in Tribunal
In an exclusive interview from prison Hideki Tojo claimed Japan fought a war of self protection and said he would face the international war crimes court with no remorse. He asserted continued resistance was possible in 1941 and planned to argue the righteousness of Japan's Asiatic co prosperity sphere. Ichiro Kiyose reported Tojo in good health as the trial nears, possibly in June.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
International War Crimes Tribunal
Ichiro Kiyose
Tojo
Kiyose
Candidates File Expense Accounts in May Democratic Primary
Montgomery May primary filings show Joe Poole reporting 6043 in expenditures and 1310 in contributions. James E. Folsom listing 6821 in expenditures with the same amount in contributions. Boozer previously at 7000. Inter spent 1435. Expenditure limits: 10000 for governor and 2500 for lieutenant governor.
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Montgomery
Secretary of State
Joe Poole
Agriculture and Industries
James E. Folsom
Cullman
Folsom
Trolleys Tied Up as Atlantians Walk
May 1 reports 1350 Georgia Power operators on strike left Atlantans to work by car foot or hitchhike. Early traffic moved fairly, but 8 to 9 A M rush hour had main arteries jammed and parking scarce. Police directed traffic sometimes ignoring red signals to keep cars moving.
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Atlanta
Georgia Power Company
Third Scoutmasters Training Session At County Courthouse
Fourteen Scoutmasters assistants and other Scouters attended the third session of the training course at the county courthouse last night. Scout Executive Robert McRight led discussion of Patrol Methods and Three Assistants with Ned Frazier in charge. Films to be shown at 6 30 Thursday before the 7 30 regular session begin with a general roundtable that night.
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Robert McRight
Ned Frazier
Frazier
Ministers clash over border issues at conference
Redouble efforts to reach peace agreements as ministers clash on Italian border questions. Russia backs Yugoslav Trieste and Istria claims against Britain, France, and the United States, and opposes Austria’s South Tyrol annexation. Bevin and Byrnes push for Austrian representation as talks delay.
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Russia
Trieste
Istrian
Britain
France
United States
South Tyrol
USA
Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Austria
Vienna
Tyrol
Molotov
Bevin
Liquor Grain Supplies Out Washington May 1946
The government ordered a 40 percent cut in distillers May grain use to three days of capacity, delaying liquor production. The move, aimed at famine relief, could extend into June, with a 2 500 000 bushel limit and saving about 1 750 000 bushels that month. Chairman Davis warned famine will persist into 1947 and urged a nationwide food management program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
Chester C. Davis
Truman
Davis
Jimmy Carl Leads Boy Scout Meeting
Patrol Leader Jimmy Carl chaired Boy Scout Troop 47 on Monday night at 7. Bobby Thornberry led the Scout oath and Walter Ballin led the pledge to the flag. A business session planned the next overnight camp, and the meeting closed with the scoutmaster's benediction.
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Jimmy Carl
Bobby Thornberry
Walter Ballin
Cemetery Cleaning Scheduled May 8
The Lipscomb cemetery cleaning was set for Wednesday May 8 with participants bringing tools and lunches for a day of work. The nearby church annual decoration and homecoming on the third Sunday in May will feature visiting ministers and singers from other communities and a communal dinner. all are invited with baskets welcome.
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Lipscomb
Mexican is Here for Survey Work
Martinez Paca a 28 year old citizen of Mexico City will spend two to three months in Decatur doing soil survey work announced by T D Alldredge district conservationalist He arrived April 29 and stays with Mr and Mrs J W Datrah at 316 Jackson Street He was sent here by the soil conservation department in Washington.
New Bus Line to Athens Sought in Interstate Hearing
A Nashville hearing today reviews the petition by Ladd Motor Coach Co for interstate rights to operate to and from Tennessee into Mississippi and Alabama. The joint state utility board hears the case amid opposition from Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines Southern Bus Lines Inc Cigoee Bus Lines and W H Henson Bus Lines.
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Nashville
Ladd Motor Coach Company
Tennessee
Athens
Ala
Asce
Board of Utility Commissions
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines Inc
Southern Bus Lines Inc
Cigoee Bus Lines
W. H. Henson Bus Lines
Marriage Licenses James Scarbrough and Bertha Conch
Celevland Tennessee James Charles Scarbrough and Bertha Auline Conch obtained marriage licenses.
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James Charles Scarbrough
Cleveland, Tenn
Bertha Auline Conch
Prostate Cancer Treatments Show Hope But Uncertain
Dr. Reed Nesbit at the Medical Society of New York reports two hormone based therapies for prostate cancer. Castration and synthetic female hormone diethylstilbestrol reduced deaths versus older methods over two to five years, though final judgments are pending. Early surgery remains most reliable but underused due to lack of awareness.
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Blakeslee
Associated Pres Science Reporter
New York
Reed M. Nesbit
University of Michigan Medical School
Medical Society of
State of New York
Nesbit
Charles Huggins
University of Chicago
Local News Briefs From Decatur Area
Mrs Mary Powell of Somerville and Emmett Russell of Hartselle were admitted to Decatur General Hospital yesterday. Inspector H L Thornton returned from the Lions Club convention in Biloxi, Mississippi as a delegate from the Madison club. A decoration at Bishop Cemetery is set for May 5 with O C Marsh preaching and a ground served dinner. Everyone invited.
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Mary £. Powell
Somerville
Decatur General Hospital
Emmett Russell
Hartselle
Inspector H. L. Thornton
Lions Club
Biloxi
Miss
He i
Madison Club
Bishop Cemetery
O. C. Marsh
Youth Rally Set at Central Church Decatur Sunday
The Decatur district Methodist Youth Rally will be held Sunday afternoon May 5 at 2 30 at Central Methodist church Decatur Mississippi. Betty June Parker of Memorial Drive church will speak for the youth and Chaplain Captain Mec Coy Guthrie will give the principal address. Rev Opie S Gamble will preside and music will be provided by the Central church chorus.
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Decatur District
Central Methodist Church
Decaur Miss
Betty” June Parker
Memorial Drive Church
MecCoy Guthrie
Opie S. Gamble
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Central Church
Decatur
First Church
Hartselle
Athens
Fagan Thompson
Cullman First’ Methodist Church
Elderly Man Identified Still Pending in River Body
Identification has not yet been made of the body of an elderly white man found tangled in a trot line in the Tennessee river. Coroner J E Clem said the advanced decomposition prevents determining whether death was violence or drowning. He urged anyone with clues to contact the Limestone county courthouse. The body was found by Mr and Mrs Ralph Mooney six miles downriver from the Ingalls shipyard. The man, 55 to 60 years old, about 5 feet tall and 130 to 150 pounds, wore overalls.
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Tennessee River
Limestone County
J. E. Clem
Clem
Ralph Mooney
Lth Avenue
Ingalls
K. M. Byars
Decatur
Alex Terry
C. M. Kennedy
Ingalls Shipyard
Ingalls Yard
OPA Explains New Cigarette Ruling Details
OPA District Director Sam J. Watkins explains over the counter single packs of cigarettes are unchanged by last week’s price rise. A half cent per pack applies only to two or more packs, with vending machine sales up one cent per package.
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OPA
Sam J. Watkins
Watkins
Alabama
Decatur Group Leads Calf Show and Sale in Birmingham
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce agri cultural committee heads 32 interested livestock enthusiasts attending the fat calf show and sale and rodeo in Birmingham. Morgan county 4-H and FFA calves compete with entries from across Alabama with bids by Decatur dealers to purchase and support premiums for local entrants.
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Agricultural Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham
Morgan County
Alabama
Decatur Group
J. N. Shepard
Maynard Layman
Chas. M. Scales Jr
L. T. Wagnon
Chauncey Sparks
Cooper Green
Pennell
Decatur
Convicts Escape Prison via Makeshift Tunnel
Warden R P Williams says six foot ladder lets white inmates surface after a week of digging at the prison. Morgan County Judge W H Long, former solicitor, condemns the escape and urges officers to recapture Stutts. Jurors from the Stutts trial note the suspect’s long criminal record and varied employment history in Decatur and at Ingalls yards.
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Kilby
R. P. Williams
W. H. Long
Stutts
Long
Morgan County
Harris
Clyde Crawford
H. Harrison Hill
A. E. Jackson
Charles W. Speegle
William D. Alvis
James Graham
A. Coleman Livingston
Hubert Livingston
Rembert McDearmond
James Bryant
James Robert Mills Stutts
Rogersville
Aes
Decatur
Ingalls Yards
War Department notes April shortfall in army inductions
War Department figures show only 17 000 selectees sworn in the first half of April versus 125 000 required for the month and volunteer enlistments at about 15 000 a week, about a third of the November peak. Congress delay over extending Selective Service life beyond May 15 is cited as the main cause. the House has passed an extension bill delaying inductions to October 15 while the Senate acts.
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War Department
Army
Congress
House
Senate
Alton Allen Ordered To State Hospital For Observation
County Judge W H Long ordered Alton Allen sent to the state hospital at Tuscaloosa for observation. Allen, who had filed a habeas corpus petition, was held in the county jail on a charge of threatening to kill after a Friday hearing in county court.
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W. H. Long
Alton Allen
Tuscaloosa
Allen
Long
Labor rows widen as mills face layoffs and export bonus clash
Leveridge urged union backing at Springfield Missouri meeting after Illinois Iowa Missouri reps delay action. Government 30 cent per bushel wheat export bonus contrasts with OPA grain ceilings, described as black market operations. About 600 millworkers laid off indefinitely and 1,500 limited to two or three weeks in April. Nationwide labor disputes leave roughly 750000 idle.
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Minneapolis
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Springfield
Leveridge
Roosevelt urges equal rights for women at UN session
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt tells a UN subcommittee to pursue full political rights for women and equal treatment by law. A Spanish Civil War postwar issue prompts a private Security Council subcommittee meeting on Franco Spain amid reports of imprisonment and torture in Barcelona and Andalusia.
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New York
Franklin D. Roelt
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
U. N
Roosevelt
Hunter College
United Nations Security Council
Mrs. Roosevelt
Statistical Commission
United Nations
Barcelona
Giral
Andalusia
Security Council
Spain
Franco Spain
Oscar Lange
Madrid
Forrestal Foresees Legislation Shaping National Policy
In remarks likely from a congressional or press event, Forrestal asserts that legislation can be drafted to achieve a stated aim. He says he has exhausted his power to aid in preparing such legislation and will continue those efforts.
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Forrestal
Sured
Alabama groups urge continued price controls in protest
Governor Chauncey Sparks leads a broad coalition of civic and labor groups calling on Congress to maintain price controls without weakening amendments. The Morgan area price control board and organizations from Selma to Birmingham join in submitting resolutions and petitions to Washington, backing ongoing controls.
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Chauncey Sparks
Congress
Alabama
Morgan Area
Price Control Board
Washington
Women’s Federated Clubs of
Labor Advisory Committee
Selma Teacher's Association
Birmingham News E Merchant's Association
Selma
Railroad Brotherhoods
Citizens
Iron & Steel Democratic Club
Bessemer
Luther Patrick
Board Names Three Members to State Engineering Board
Governor Chauncey Sparks announced the appointment of Dr. John M. Gallalee of Tuscaloosa Samuel W. Harbin of Montgomery and L. M. Smith of Birmingham to the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors.
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Montgomery
John M. Gallalee
Tuscaloosa
Samuel W. Harbin
L. M. Smith
Birmingham
State Board of Registration For Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Chauncey Sparks
Extortion Plot Trowns Around Lamour Theft Case
Baltimore investigators say Dorothy Lamour received a $15,000 extortion note by mail urging a locked pew donation at St Ignatius church. Meanwhile three men are questioned as jewelry valued at $29,000 recovered after a theft at the Belvedere hotel. Lamour and husband were at Northwestern police station after officers intercepted a car with stolen items.
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Baltimore
Dorothy Lamour
William Ross Howard
Pikesville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. ‘Ignatius Church
Park Avenue
Saratoga Street
Miss Lamour
Northwestern Police
Belvedere Hotel
John Ridgely Howard
Absentee Ballot Rules Tighten Ahead of May Primary
Voters must have absentee ballots postmarked or received five days before the May 7 primary. Formerly ballots could arrive on election day. Applications reached 630 at the circuit clerk's office. Ballots go to servicemen 60 days early and civilians 20 days early. Eligible voters may register at the courthouse the day before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Green
Board of Registrars
Monnday
Price control debate shapes postwar farm policy
The discussion centers on meat aging and slaughter quotas. Senator Barkley cites a meat packer who slaughters 7,000 weekly, now down to 500. Officials warn lifting ceilings could raise pork weights to 700 pounds. The Office of War Mobilization board urges extending OPA a year, while price control termination by June 30, 1946 faces concern over price spikes before normal forces balance.
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Rotary
Barkley Ky
Anderson
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
OPA
John W. ‘Snryder
senate bankir_ committee
Alabama draft figures show 293425 inducted since act pass
Montgomery May 1 Four line figures announced by Col J T Johnson Jr state selective service director show 293425 Alabamians inducted into the armed forces since the draft act passed 206000 discharged The state filled about 70 percent of its April quota and Johnson hopes for May quota satisfaction.
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Montgomery
Col. J. T. Johnson Jr
Selective Service
Johnson
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Ogcatur Pone Med
Wall Street
Morgan
BOY Scout
DeGuise
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Eleanor
NAVAL
CPA
Decatur Cleaners
C. A .Culver
Johnston ST
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