Morgan County Voter Registration Totals by District
Breaks down Morgan County's registered voters by district and precinct from the poll list. District 1 leads with 7 288 registrants, followed by District 2 with 2 850 and District 3 with 1 636. District 4 totals 1 188 across several precincts.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Lanes
Trinity
Priceville
Flint
Danville
Somerville
Hartselle
Shady Grove
Oak Ridge
Massey
Falkville
Lawrence Cove
Eva
Lacon
Center Grove
Valhermosa
Florette
Wolfe
Ryans Cross Roads
Lacey’s Spring
Gum Pond
Priceville Leads In School Group Fun Awards
The Priceville team captured the gathering with Mrs. L. E. Vincent and Roman Higdon as winners. Elementary champions were Bobby Maxwell and Kendall Jones from Somerville, with juniors Elliott McAnally and Howard Jenkins from Cotaco. Senior victors were Harold Bennett and Leslie Clark of Priceville, and Barbara Jane Russell of Pleasant Hill won the Elementary sack race with Ann of Priceville and Dorothy Dison noted among seniors.
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Priceville
L. E. Vincent
Roman Higdon
Coliseum
Bobby Maxwell
Kendall Jones
Somerville
Elliott McAnally
Howard Jenkins
Cotaco High School
Harold Bennett
Leslie Clark
Priceville High School
Barbara Jane Russell
Pleasant Hill
Ann
Dorothy Dison
Weaving Among First Human Crafts
Early humans pursued weaving as a fundamental craft possibly the first or oldest art form. The statement highlights weaving's ancient roots and its role in early human societies.
Movie Listings with Casts and Show Times
The page lists multiple theaters with film titles and cast details. Prime picks include Les TODAY and Princess With a Song In My Heart at ROXY and CAPITOL options, with showings at 1 00, 3 05, 5 15, 7 20 and 9 30. Other venues include TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN at ROXY and MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW at HATFIELD Athens with Betty Grable and Macdonald Carey.
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Susan Hayward
Rory Calhoun
David Wayne
Thelma Ritter
Mary E Brackeen Laid To Rest In Limestone County
Funeral services for Mary E Brackeen age 67 of Athens six were held Saturday at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ with A J Rollins officiating. Interment followed in Higgins cemetery. She died Friday evening and is survived by three sons four daughters sixteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was a lifelong Limestone county resident.
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Mary E. Brackeen
Athens
Pleasant Valley Church
James Adams
Coyt. Wilson
Auburn
Glenn Green
Elkmont
Limestone County
Commodity prices skim Decatur markets report
In Decatur markets, cotton middling 38c and strict low 36.50c. No 2 wheat 2.40 dollars. No 2 oats 90 cents. No 2 mile 3.10 dollars. No 2 white ear corn 1.91 dollars. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.80 dollars. Hogs bring 16.75 cents in Decatur.
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Decatur
Grain futures end firm with mixed closes at Chicago Board
Chicago grains held firm with most futures ending near prior closes. Wheat steady to 3-4 cents higher with May at 2.42 per bushel. Corn rose about 18-78 cents, May 1.78 3-4-7-8. Oats and rye moved modestly, rye up 3-14 cents, May around 1.97. Overall, prices gained 10 to 30 cents per hundredweight by day’s end.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Market at a Glance New York Stocks Mixed
Market in New York shows stocks mixed and quiet with bonds higher and minor changes. Chicago Wheat closes firm in light trading as Corn rallies at close and hogs and cattle hold steadier.
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New York
Chicago
New York Stock Sales Totals by Day and Date
New York reports stock sales with totals for today 380,000 and prior days and periods. Figures include yesterday 1,300,000 week 546,580 month 426,050 year 591,480 two years ago 909,720 and year-to-date 125,876,431 for January to date. Historical 1951 189,691,613 1950 176,250,697 1949 81,147,255 1948 102,563,932.
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New York
Bessemer Process Makes Cheap Steel Possible in 1856
The Bessemer process enabled cheap steel production starting in 1856, transforming industry. It unlocked mass manufacture of steel by removing impurities quickly, reshaping construction and engineering globally.
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Bessemer
Annual forest chapel decoration and afternoon program at Hart selle
The Forest Chapel four miles west of Hart selle opens today at 10 30 with preaching at 11 and a noon luncheon on the grounds. The afternoon features singing led by Tennis S Sparkman. Also included are hospital admissions and music events connected to National Music Week with Mendelssohn’s Hymn Of Praise performed by the Decatur Music Study Club at Central Methodist Church.
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Forest Chapel
Hartselle
Tennis S
Red
Decatur Music Study Club
Felix Mendelssohn
Central Methodist Church
Music Club
Tibetans Clash With Red Chinese In Lhasa Street Battle
Reports from Tibet say Tibetan fighters clashed with Red Chinese troops in Lhasa. Both sides suffered casualties, but no figures were given. The May reports reach Calcutta.
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Calcutta
India
Tibet
Lhasa
McCarthy Announces Second Term Bid From Wisconsin
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy declared he will seek a second term as Wisconsin Republican at the state convention of Young Republican clubs in Racine. He has drawn national attention for charges against communists in government.
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Racine
Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Union Agent's Car Blown Up Near Home
An automobile owned by Earl Orange, 26, a CIO union business agent, was blown up outside his home in St. Paul. No one was injured. A dynamite bomb was thrown into the front seat in what authorities say was a warning rather than an attempt on his life.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Earl Orange
CIO Union
No Risedorphy
Seiad
Beenviedien
Drange
Pollen Frozen For Next Season Used In Pollination
Pollen used in pollination is sometimes frozen and stored for use in the next growing season.
Aiken plans cotton stockpile for national defense
The munitions board keeps details secret from Congress while Aiken pushes for a full Justice Department probe. He leads a demand to suspend Clovis D. Walker, head of the cotton buying program, who denies sharing confidential data with Mansour though he calls some contacts with the Egyptian improper. Agriculture Department would not comment without Brannan.
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Munitions Board
Congress
Justice Department
Aiken
Brannan
Clovis D. Walker
Walker
Mansour
Agriculture Department
Washington
Dodgers Chieftain Seeks Pitcher in Talks with Pirates
Emil Bavasi vice-president of the Brooklyn Dodgers will meet with Branch Rickey general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on a possible pitcher deal. Bavasi talked with the Chicago Cubs about star pitcher Bob Rush but no trade action is planned now.
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Chicago
Emil Bavasi
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bavasi
Chicago Cubs
Bob Rush
Bruins
Man stabbed in pocket knife incident in Cheltenham
John Oehman bent to face a shoe when an open penknife in his trousers pocket stabbed his stomach. Doctors report an artery severed but he is recovering in the hospital.
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Cheltenham
Eng
John Oehman
Giant US Steel Starts Plants
Pittsburgh report says United States Steel Corporation begins resuming operations quickly after President Truman urged a settlement with the CIO United Steelworkers. Jones and Laughlin follows suit while about 650000 steelworkers, including 100600 in Pittsburgh, had largely accepted the order.
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US Steel
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
Truman
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Speedy Thompson Takes Pole At Darlington 100.83 mph
Speedy Thompson of Monroe, North Carolina powered a Ford V-8 racer around Darlington International Raceway at 100.83 miles per hour to secure pole for Saturday's 200 mile race. This marked the first time trials for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing here, with 26 entries.
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Darlington
S.C
Speedy Thompson
Monroe
N. C
Darlington International Raceway
National Association
Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc
Confesses Setting Series Of Fires
A 15 year old boy named Nelson Letts admitted to police that he started five fires in a Chicago south side area last night and today. He said one blaze at his home caused his father Kenton Letts age 50 to suffocate on the stairs.
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Chicago
Walter Storms
Nelson Letts
South Side
Letts
Nelson
Kenton
Storms
First death by own action in Montgomery case
Montgomery Alabama May 3 Dr M B Kirkpatrick reports the first negro woman death by own action in his 18 years as county coroner Daisy Williams 43 of near Hope Hull died early Tuesday from a shotgun wound to the stomach She is listed as mother of nine illegitimate children aged 2 to 17.
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Montgomery
Ala
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Montgomery County
Daisy Williams
Near Hope Hull
National Party
National
Lennard Thomas
Louise Demmig
Albert Rains
Carl Elliott
R. E. Bob Jones Jr
Ben Glover
Leroy
Joe Thompson
Butler
Frank Boykin
George Grant
Troy
Holland Gilmore
Evergreen
George Andrews
Union Springs
Neil Metcalf
Hartford
Kenneth Roberts
Anniston
Graham Wright
Talladega
Edward de Graffenreid
Armistead Selden Jr
Greensboro
Laurie
Clarence W. Vines
Birmingham
Gordon Persons
James E. Folsom
Person
State Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Pelham Merrill
Cleburne County
Lawrence K. Andrews
Bullock
John L. Goodwyn
Sen
Broughton
Tallapoosa
Jack Owen
Sylacauga
Ed Howard
Folsom
Lamberth
Howard
Andrews
Supreme Court
Ed Livings
Es Tren Arte
First convention delegates chosen at district meetings later this month
The article outlines Democratic and party delegate races for Alabama’s upcoming elections. It lists electors chosen for Tuesday's primary, names district at large and state party hopefuls, and notes competition patterns, key figures, and party loyalty issues shaping the contests.
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James J. Mayfield
W. D. Partlow Jr
Tuscaloosa
W. W. Malone Sr
Athens
Roy McCord
Gadsden
Dewitt Carmichael
Anniston
J. E. Brantley
Banks
Frank Embry
Pell City
Miles C. Allgood
Mentone
Luther Patrick
Birmingham
W. C. Taylor
Mobile
Samuel W. Cleveland
Centreville
U. S
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Hill
Sparkman
James B. Allen
Lafayette Patterson
Jacksonville
Cooper Green
Wallace P. Pruitt Jr
Clinton
Joe Foster
Huntsville
Leslie C. King
Marion Rushton
Montgomery
National Committee
Frank Mizell
Jim Smith
Tuscumbia
Aubrey Cates
Truman presses steel leaders in wage talks after seizure ruling
President Truman summoned top union officials and six major steel producers to the White House urging immediate action on wages amid a court fight over his April seizure. The meeting followed district court and appeals rulings, with the Supreme Court to hear arguments May 12 on whether the seizure was constitutional.
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Truman
Murray
Supreme Court
Pine
Circuit Court of Appeals
White House
Gove
Gasoline Slash Order Is Given
The Petroleum Administration for Defense ordered a 30 percent cut in aviation fuel use. Effective May 6 at 3:01 a.m. EST airlines and private planes face limits, halting sport flights. The measure endangers some short routes and could trigger refinery shutdowns in California amid ongoing strikes led by O A Knight of the Oil Workers International Union CIO.
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Denver
The
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
PAC
California
AFL
CIO
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union Cio
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Joe Mullen
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Roxy
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Johnny Weismuller
Brenda Joyce
Johnny Sheffield
June Allyson
van Johnson
Capitol — Gas House
Strand, Hartselle
Cees
Mars
Peking Express
Joseph Cotten
Corinne Calvet
Edmund Gwenn
Elephant Boy
Sabu
Mrs. Brackeen
Wat
Marjorie Dell Crisler
Town Creek
Walter Crisler
Diatemale
Frances Pitts
Twelfth Avenue West
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Bennie Little
Fifth Avenue South
A. G. Hooker
L. L. Barnes
Decatur 3
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Garner Pride
Decatur Gas Department
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Alabama- Tennessee Gas Company
Tennessee Valley
Will David Lee
Sherman Street
Somerville Road
Sen. McCarthy
Dodger Chieftain
Alice Cliffe
John Cliffe
Tampa
Fla
Memorial Drive
W. M. Treadaway
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Rev. Treadaway
Jesus
Clint
Bonner
London
Sarah Flower Adams
Lady Macbeth
America
William McKinley
Dow
Lowell Mason
Jacob
Bethel
Bethe
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