Big 4-H Rally Heads to Coliseum Saturday
More than 1,000 students from 27 schools will attend the 4-H club rally at the coliseum at 9 30 A M Saturday Frank Scroggins of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will give the welcome with Janie Collier 4 H county council president delivering the response A day of stunts talent acts races and a noon lunch will conclude at 1 P M W A Wales and Opal B Collins will direct and address the group afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Club
Frank Scroggins
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Janie Collier
4-H County Council
Plane search continues for missing Stratocruiser
U S Air Force Navy and Brazilian air units plus commercial flights joined the search. Twenty seven planes combed a 320000 square mile region of jungles and plateaus where Pan American suspects the plane is lost. Survivors could be rescued by natives but may take days to reach aid. The Stratocruiser last contacted at 1 15 a m EST Tuesday after departing Rio de Janeiro for the Buenos Aires leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Navy
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Monasteries Brewed Beer Aided by Monk Cleanliness
During the Middle Ages monasteries operated breweries and monk cleanliness aided brewing progress.
Local Theaters Listings Prompt New Week
AVSLI PRINCESS Pride of St Louis Dan Dailey Joanne Dru showtimes 1:00 3:25 5:25 7:25 9:25 ROXY Texas Carnival Esther Williams Red Skelton Howard Keel SUNSET Across The Wide Missouri Clark Gable 7:40 9:40 CAPITOL The Fat Man J Scott Smart HATFIELD Athens Walk Softly Stranger Joseph Cotten Valli STRAND Hartselle Warpath Edmond O Brien Forrest Tucker 3:00 7:00 9:00 MARS Falkville The Light Of Western Stars Victor Jory Jo Ann Sayers 6:15 8:07 ELITE Dreaming Out Loud Lum and Abner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Falkville
Victor Jory
Jo Ann Sayers
Markets Report from Decatur Farm Prices
Cotton middling 40 50 cents. strict low 38 75. No 2 wheat 2 48. No 2 oats 90 cents. No 2 mile 3 16. No 2 white ear corn 1 91. No 2 yellow ear corn 1 80. Hogs price paid in Decatur 16 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market weak as supplies rise
USDA reports in Atlanta that the North Georgia live poultry market shows weak activity with heavy supplies but fair to good demand. Prices paid FOB farm Wednesday afternoon and this morning for broilers and fryers of all weights ranged mainly from 23 to 42 cents per pound, depressed by lower prices in competing areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Lead Cotton Prices Rally After Early Losses
New York cotton futures showed wide swings with initial losses from slow textile demand and spot cotton. Prices then rebounded by 1.50 to 2.00 per bale on short covering and replenishment buying as May to July and new crop months shifted. four May transferable notices issued. May delivery expires May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report Highlights Prices
Nashville Tennessee buyers show steady tone with small supply. Cattle include steers and heifers 27.00 to 31.00, cows 22.00 to 23.50, canners 17.50 to 21.50, calves 30.00 to 35.00, primes up to 36.00, lambs around 30 to 28 for spring lambs, with overall demand slow but steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Local residents attend Derby and church events in Decatur
Mrs O K Hackley and Mrs Irene Kelly visited Mrs A J Coleman then traveled to Louisville Kentucky for the Derby. Rev T J Chitwood will discuss What Is Wrong With Decatur at Central Methodist Church. Six recorder court cases heard. licenses, speeding, prohibition, intoxication, disorderly conduct. Alabama lab checked 17 animal heads for rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K. Hackley
Irene Kelly
Miami
Florida
A. J. Coleman
Mesdames Hackley
Kelly
Coleman
Louisville
Kentucky
T. J. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Decatur
Recorder’s Court
The
Alabama State Laboratory
Construction Man Claimed By Death
Funeral services for William Richard Ridling Jr. 30 of 401 12 Bank Street will be held in East Point Georgia Saturday. Ridling an employee of a construction company now working at Chemstrand died at Decatur General hospital last night. His body will be shipped by Browns to East Point tonight. He is survived by his widow Mary Ridling one daughter Catherine Ridling two sons Richard and Michael Ridling his parents Mr and Mrs L R Ridling Atlanta Ga and five sisters and one brother. Sheriff's forces arrested two persons yesterday one on a forfeiture notice and one on public drunkenness. Ten marriage licenses were issued from the Morgan county judge of probate office during April compared with 18 in March. The maximum temperature yesterday 84 at 5 PM. Today's temperatures 64 at 7 AM and 78 at noon. The board of deacons First Baptist church will meet Monday at 7 30 PM. Family Worship will be the sermon subject by Rev Sheppard Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Richard Ridling Jr
Bank Street
East Point
Ridling
Chemstrand
Decatur General Hospital
Brown’s
Mary Ridling
Decatur
Catherine Ridling
Richard
Michael Ridling
L. R. Ridling
Atlanta, Ga
Cotton Prices Slide From Ceiling As Market Cools
Officials report that the 12 month ceiling for raw cotton at 45.76 cents a pound for white and extra white middling has fallen to about 39 to 40 cents. The New York spot price for this grade is 39.15 cents with Arnall noting it sits roughly 2 percent of the daily trading limit below the ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arnall
Government fight over steel seizure continues in courts
The steel seizure battle deepens as U S District Judge Pine voids the order and orders mills returned to owners while the government seeks Supreme Court review. The Appeals Court stays Pine’s injunction, with a Friday deadline to appeal, as workers strike and production falls sharply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
U.S
David A. Pine
Appeals Court
Pine
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Steel Industry
CIO Steelworkers Union
Red Scuffle in Berlin as Pro Moscow Demonstrators Clash
A large Communist youth rally in Berlin sparked clashes with police. About 5 000 blue-shirted youths in the French sector were pushed back by police using fire hoses and night sticks, while 50 to 80 Red youths entered the U S sector and were repelled. One arrest noted as half a million marched Unter den Linden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ges
Russia
Berlin
U.S
Unter den Linden
Steel Strike Impacts Shipping and Jobs Across Industries
The return of mills to government rule is temporary pending a Supreme Court ruling on the President’s act. The strike disrupts Great Lakes shipping with bulk carriers idle and ships anchored. Major employers lay off tens of thousands including 14,500 coal miners at United States Steel and 6,000 at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine
Truman
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lakes
Buffalo Harbor
Lackawanna
Bethlehem Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Central
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Keyman Murray
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
The
Progressive Party
Independent United Electrical Workers
Alabama Supreme Court Decisions Prompted by Equity Appeals
The Alabama Supreme Court announced rulings from Montgomery and other circuits. Cases include Motor Co. v. Sims affirmed. Odum Lumber Co. v. States Iron and Roofing Co. sought certiorari. Paramount Richards Enterprises v. State reversed and remanded. O Bannon v. Sharpton affirmed. Holley v. Holley ruled affirmatively. Fricke v. City of Guntersville reversed and remanded. Stakely v. Brewer affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Livingston
Roberson Motor Co
G. W. Sims
Montgomery Circuit Court
Equity
Odum Lumber Co., Inc
Odum Lubr. Co
Gerald William O'Bannon
Mary Lucille Sharpton O’bannon
Etowah Circuit Court
Simpson
D. L. Holley
Ida Belle Holley
Chilton Circuit Court
John Daimwood Fricke
City of
Guntersville
Marshall Circuit Court
Stakely
Myrtis Ray
Walton E. Brewer
Dekalb Circuit Court
Bamboo species reach snow line in the Andes
A report notes that certain bamboo varieties grow to high elevations near the snow line in the Andes of South America, indicating remarkable altitude tolerance and adaptation to puna and páramo environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
South America
Dumser Named New Sales Director at Wolverine Tube
John M. Dumser appointed director of sales at Wolverine Tube Division effective May 1 1952 replacing George D. Potter. Dumser joined Wolverine October 15 1951 as general sales manager and will lead the division's overall sales program. Potter resigns to devote full time to Corey Steel Company Chicago where he serves as a vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Bassett
Wolverine Tube
Calumet and Heclar Consolidated Copper Company
John M. Dumser
Dumser
George D. Potter
Wolverine
Potter
Corey Steel Company of
Chicago
Fireflies Live on Stored Energy as Adults
Scientists note that adult fireflies rely on energy stored during larval life rather than feeding as winged adults.
Bar Bed Wire Began Commercial Production in 1874
The article notes that commercial production of bar bed wire commenced in 1874 marking a key development in industrial materials. The detail highlights a new product entering mass manufacture and its impact on construction and agriculture during that period.
Convention delegate twists cloud 1952 Democratic race
The piece notes that if Republicans nominate Taft Stevenson might become a willing candidate. Kefauver appears headed for the Chicago convention with many delegates outside the South. Russell leads among Southern delegates if Florida tests his popularity while Kefauver could gain Ohio support. Kerr projects over 100 delegates by July as factions count votes.
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Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Stevenson
Kefauver
Chicago
South
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Florida
Robert Bulkley
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Washington scramble over Stevenson worded pledge drawing party rifts
Talk in Washington shows a faction opposed to Kefauver gaining influence as they press to press Stevenson at his word. In Florida Kefauver battles Governor Warren over debates while Russell attacks Kefauver and rails against a FEPC plank. Missouri Republicans push eight delegates in St Louis area. Eisenhower forces claim six.
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Washington
Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard Russell
Georgia
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
W. Averell Harriman
Missouri
Eisenhower
St. Louis
Florida
Kefauver
Warren
Senate Committee
Russell
FEPC
Wallet Lost on Second Avenue Seeks Return
Brown wallet lost on Second Avenue between 3 and 4 P M Wednesday. Contains money and identification. Please return to Shumke Furniture Co Lloyd Helms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Second Avenue
Shumke Furniture Co
Lloyd Helms
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Scroggins Wil
Duquesne Works
U.S. Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
AVSLI
ROXY
Texas Carnival
Esther Williams
Red Skelton
Howard Keel
Clark Gable
Capitol
the Fat Man
J. Scott Smart
Dreaming Out Loud
Lum
Abner
Iltmale
Paul E. Krohn
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
New Orleans
Austinville Baptist Church
D. F. Hickman
Northside Baptist Church
Otis Harris
Jerry
Portland
Oregon
W. G. Harris
Sheriff's Forces
Morgan County
Judge of Probate
TVA
Sheppard Bryan
First Baptist Church
Chicago, Il
US. Steel Company
Philip Murray
Philip B. Perlman
Perlman
Mig
Murray
Joseph P. Molony
Modest Maidens
U. & Patent Office
T.C
Cliff) Almon
Eighth Judicial Circuit
WMSL
T. C. Almon
Curtis
Window Coal CO
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