Steel Output Drops May Press Coal By Products Shortages
Pittsburgh May 7 A drop in steel production threatens reduced coal by products like benzol used in perfumes and dyes as mills curtail coke consumption. Monsanto Chemical Co. pushes research for new benzol sources while Koppers Co comments on industry outlook. U S Steel declares a 3 for 1 stock split amid looming labor demands and potential higher prices. Bethlehem Steel's S J Cort cites ore transport costs hindering expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Smock
Pittsburgh
Monsanto Chemical Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Iron Age
S. J. Cort
Bethlehem Steel Co
Pageant Committees and Production Details Listed
Lists of committee assignments for music construction publicity sign ticket ushers production and program along with production leadership and pageant statue of Liberty made under the direction of Mrs J E Blair and Mrs Raymond Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schuwchow
Bruce Byars
H. N. Peurifoy
W. E. Rutherford
D. L. Murphy
Aubery Fuller
D. Maldes
Lillian Odom
Inez McCall
W. H. Jenkins
W. M. Jackson
Elizabeth Peer
Flossie V. Balch
Mary Counts
Virginia Nichols
Jeane Stone
Elizabeth Bich
Lucille Russell
Mary T. Roger
W. T. Jordan
Dorothy Cornelius
Mary A. Bibb
Mary Louise Garrett
J. E. Blair
L. M. Livingstone
L. P. Troup
Statue
Oak Ridge WSCS Meets With 14 Members and 4 Visitors
The Wo man’s Society of Christian Service at Oak Ridge Methodist Church met for a regular session. The group sang Old Rugged Cross and Since Jesus Came Into My Heart, led by Mrs Dean West and Mrs Bernice Sparkman at the piano. Mrs W A Thompson gave the devotional from John chapter ten, with prayer offered by Mrs Dean West. Miss Ruba Vest led a book study from On Our Own Doorsteps. Mrs W A Thompson presided over business, meeting closed with prayer. Refreshments served by Mrs James Syberts and Mrs Edward Singleton to 14 members and four visitors.
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Woman‘s Society of Christian Service
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Old Rugged Cross
Jesus
Dean West
Bernice Sparkman
W. A. Thompson
John
Edward Singleton
Ruba Vest
James Syberts
Derby betting tops one million dollars in Kentucky run
Parimutuel bets for today’s Kentucky Derby climbed past one million dollars as 14 colts faced the track. The 1948 event saw $670,833 wagered with six horses running, while this year’s Derby had an entry of Citation and Coatown co winning the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Citation
Coatown
Air Force C-74 Sets Record Transatlantic Run
An Air Force C-74 Globemaster set new records by carrying the largest passenger loads across the Atlantic in both directions. The Mobile to Marham Field England round trip was completed last night with a crew and passengers aboard, marking a historic transport service achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Globemaster
Atlantic
Marham Field
England
Market Pause Marks Slim Trading Week In New York
May seventh markets show a day of rest with scant turnover and little price movement. Armour & Co. skips the preferred dividend while General Electric cuts jobs and Kennecott faces a strike threat amid copper price cuts. Top winners included Carrier, Atlantic Gulf West Indies, GM, Goodyear, and Philip Morris. losers featured Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Santa Fe, and Montgomery Ward. Bond trading remained lethargic with weekly turnover at a 1917 low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Armour & Co
Kennecott
Utah
General Electric
Carrier Corp
Atlantic
Gulf & West Indies
General Motors
Goodyear
American Telephone
Illinois _ Central
Radio Corp
American Woolen
Philip Morris
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Reliance Mfg
Santa Fe
Montgomery Ward
Columbia Gas
Sinclair Oil
Schenley
New York Cotton and Grain Markets Mixed on May 7
Cotton futures opened steady then turned slightly defensive with May delivery liquidations and July hedges. Grain prices eased late after early gains as local traders closed positions before the weekend. corn and oats mirrored the broad weakness while bonds showed narrow, selective demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ECA
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
New
Lewis Strategy Shapes Coal Strike Fallout
Analysts say John Lewis may press U S Steel and other firms to set the national contract pattern for Southern operators. A July shutdown could blunt summer output but stabilize fall and winter jobs as coal demand wanes and mine prices slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Washington
New York
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corporation
Steel
Methodists Meet in Hartselle Report District Funds
The Decatur district mid year conference collected 11160 for benevolence and 2329 for rural church work in a session at First Methodist Church Hartselle. Subscriptions rose by 11080 for the Alabama Christian Advocate and 78 for the Chicago Christian Advocate. Representatives from 91 churches and 39 charges attended. Special funds totaled 8236 with 4965 for the Methodist Children's Home at Selma. Dr A H Nabors presided and speakers included D Roy Hewlett Joel Starnes and Dr Calvin N Tinkard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Hartselle
First Methodist Church
Alabama Christian Advocate
Chicago Christian Advocate
Methodist Children’s Home
Selma
A.H. Nabors
D. Roy Hewlett
Birmingham
Joel Starnes
Guntersville
Calvin N. Tinkard
Governor Presses Tax Cuts and Filibuster Fights in Legislature
The governor attacked tax proposals while lawmakers debated a Folsom program tax cut. Senators clashed over rules with Bruce Henderson leading opponents in a pushback that included threats of ongoing battles. Bills include legalizing horse racing in Alabama and refocusing welfare distributions on need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Hardwick
John F. Gillis
Clarke
Alabama
Gillis
Florida
Tuscaloosa
Henry Mize
Ku Klux Klan
Ira Thompson
Crenshaw County
Truman Birthday Gifts as White House Welcomes V E Day
President Truman marks another year with a blend of gifts and memories. He recalled the May 8 V E Day announcement and noted a private bowling alley surprise from undisclosed friends. He keeps routines simple, walking briskly, while birthday celebrations continue at the White House and Blair House with Attorney General Tom Clark hosting close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Europe
Blair House
Genera Tom Clark
Junior Class to Stage Play Next Friday at Morgan County
The Morgan County Training School in Hartselle will present the play Here Comes Charlie on May 13 in the school auditorium. Cast includes Shirley Ann Fowler Elipee Teague Alice Mosley Neil Fowler J W Cox Mason Haynes Georgia Sims Wade Sharpley and others. Dr Basore named Troy president of Alabama Science Academy at 26th annual meeting in Montgomery. Harol Wilcox and William Wilkes named officers.
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Morgan County Training School
Hartselle
Charlie
Shirley Ann Fowler
Elipee Teague
Alice Mosley
Wis
Theee Relves
Neil Fowler
J. W. Cox
Mason Haynes
Georgia Sims
Wade Sharple
Basore
Troy
Ala
C. E. Basore
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama Science Academy
E. D. Emigh
U.S. Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Harol E. Wilcox
Birmingham Southern College
William Wilkes
Troy State Teachers College
Unclear labor leaders threaten steel and coal demand impact
Discussion centers on Philip Murray of CIO and Walter Reuther of CIO United Auto Workers as steel workers and auto workers consider strikes. Potential rollovers may ease or worsen pressures at Ford plants and steel coal demand amid contract negotiations and industry tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip ,Murray
Walter Reutter
Murray
Ciosteel
Sweep
Reuther
CIO
United Auto
Ford Motor
Three Coal Area Solons Hold Key to Labor Bill Chance
Democrats rely on Kelley Bailey and Perkins from coal districts and on John L. Lewis to pass a compromise labor bill. The House labor committee sustains a slim 13-12 majority. without these votes the measure stalls.
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Max Hall Washington
House
John L. Lewis
House Labor Committee
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Bailey
West Virginia
Perkins
Kentucky
Truman
Oly
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rayburn
Texas
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
Labor Committee
Kelley, Bailey
Senate
Hugo Sims
D-Sc
Sims
Taft
Ohio
Virginia Mayo Praised as Proof of God by Sultan and Preacher
Hollywood star Virginia Mayo is called "the most striking proof of God's existence" by a London minister and the Sultan of Morocco. Mayo, 26, married to Michael O'Shea, did not dispute the compliment, noting other proofs exist. The remark stemmed from Rev. A J Long of Southwark Unitarian Church.
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Hollywood
Virginia Mayo
London
Morocco
Mayo
A. J Long
Southwark Unitarian
Miss Mayo
St. Louis
Society of American Florists
Michael O'Shea
Mr. Long
Ford Faces Strike Debate Over Speed Up Claims
Ford officials defend production pace amid union discussions, denying a speed up as a political tactic. The DAVco accuses Ford of pressuring workers to increase output by five to ten percent to gain a competitive edge.
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Ford
Davco
Canine body spotted in Tennessee River near Decatur
Reported sightings describe a large brown dog floating in the Tennessee River near Guntersville and Decatur. River workers and local officials said the observed object could be mistaken for a man as they followed a report of a missing person, noting the dog’s head remained above water.
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Tennessee
Dunn
Morgan County
Sheriff's’ Office
Guntersville
Decatur
Sheriff's Office
Cain‘s Landing
Decatur River
Taft-Hartley repeal stalls in House as bills advance
The House sent the repeal bill back to committee for a fresh start and kept the TH provisions intact in Wood's measure. Leaders touted progress on housing education school health and Marshall Plan bills while outlining next steps on reciprocal trade and tariff policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Rep
Wood
D-Ga
Myers
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Tariff Commission
Western Allies plan for West German republic moves forward
Prediction basic law was moved up serving notice on the Russians that the Western Germans and Western Allies intend to go through with their plans for the republic despite a switch in Soviet tactics lifting the blockade. The three Western military governors Clay Robertson Koenigare to meet in Frankfurt Tuesday to pass finally upon the draft. Communists demand that plans for a West German government be scrapped ignored. West Berlin to become the republics 12th state may be written into the constitution but not yet in effect. Communists push May 15 and 16 election of a people congress. viewed as bargaining in Paris negotiations.
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U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Pierre Koenig
Frankfurt
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Western Berlin
Clay
West Berlin
People's Congress
Paris
Cross fire alarms ring in Morgan county Klan symbol first since 1948
Flames rose about 14 feet as a man described the cross as five feet tall with a three foot cross arm. Both Summerford families slept through the blaze. Falkville reported five fiery crosses marking Morgan county’s first Ku Klux Klan symbol appearance since the December 1948 Decatur cross burnings with no linking evidence yet presented.
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Peignt
Summerford
Falkville
Morgan County
Decatur
UDC Elects Mrs. Eugene Thames Mobile President
The Alabama division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy elected Mrs. Eugene Thames as its new president at the 53rd annual convention in Mobile. Honorary president Mrs. Lewis Sewall of Mobile received long service tribute. Other officers named include G. A. Parker Opelika first vice president and C. S. McDowell Eufaula parliamentarian.
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Mobile
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Eugene Thames
Lewis Sewatl
Sewall
Thames
G. A. Parker
Opelika
W. J. Dansey
Butler
C. C. Johnson
Decatur
Foster Hays
Montgomery
W. C. Westerfield
E. M. Rouse
Auburn
FE. B. Johnson
Ashville
Beacher Greer
Anniston
Crosses
M. Curtis
Tuscaloos
C. S. McDowell
Eufaula
Rites Sunday For Mrs Ball
Funeral services for 70 year old Mrs Minnie Lee Ball will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Northside Church of Christ in Athens. Interment will be in Bethel cemetery. She is survived by her husband George W Ball a son Carl Ball three daughters Lula Owens EE Elkins and Leonard Faulk two siblings Ed Draper and H P Johnson 53 years as a Church of Christ member.
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Athens
Minnie Lee Ball
Powers Hospital
Northside Church of Christ In
Charles. Chumley
Bethel Cemetery
Sord
George W. Ball
Carl Ball
Lula Owens
EE. Elkins
Huntsville
Leonard Faulk
Madison
Ed Draper
H. P. Johnson
Bynum
Ala
Ball
Church of Christ
Blankenship Rites At New Friendship Church
Final rites for Claude Blankenship aged 56 will be held at New Friendship Church today at 3 p m with Rev Rovert Champion and Rev M G Fields officiating. Burial follows at the adjoining cemetery. He died Saturday about 12 20 a m after a prolonged illness at his Hartselle residence. Survived by wife Loretta one daughter Ray Handley Decatur two sisters Ada Webster Childersburg W E Mays Frisco Texas and two brothers A H and W C both of Somerville plus a granddaughter.
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Claude Blankenship
New Friendship Church
Rovert Champion
M G. Fields
Peck
Morgan County
Hartselle 3
Loretta Blankenship
Ray Handley
Decatur
Adam Webster
Childersburg
W. E. Mays
Frisco
Texas
A. H
W. C
Somerville
Officers Seek Owner of Abandoned Car Found Near Hartselle
Highway Patrol and Hartselle police traced an abandoned car found on the Sapp farm five miles west of Hartselle Saturday noon. The vehicle held cloth goods and fishing gear and is believed to be owned by a Jefferson County resident.
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Highway Patrol
Hartselle
Sapp Farm
Jefferson County
Adams Park Horse Show Prizes Total Over 44000 Dollars
Cash prizes totaling more than 44000 were announced for the fifth annual Adams Park horse show to be held May 13 14 15. The top prize list includes six divisions with five gaited entries leading at 945 dollars. Horsemanship is restricted to amateurs with ribbons for winners. In open classes five ribbons will be awarded and six in each championship class.
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Atlanta
Adams Park
Community Notes From Decatur and Surrounding Areas
Local residents attend hospital visits and conventions while arrests are reported for drunkenness driving without license shooting and assault. Barn and school events include a Civitan convention in Decatur and a Decatur band concert at Cotaco School. Tennis player Sparkman heads to Birmingham for federal jury service and the annual Johnson's Chapel decoration is announced.
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Decatur
Carl Schwachow
Cotaco’ School
W.R. Riley
Riverside High School
Fire Out Firemen Replace Car Hood
Firemen answered a call to extinguish a blaze in a 1941 Ford. They found the engine out and the hood lying on the ground after the owner had removed it from the hinges in his excitement. He said the hood was not fastened tightly.
Bar Association Meeting Set in Mobile This Summer
Alabama Bar Association to hold its annual meeting in Mobile on August 12 and 13. Judge Walter B. Jones, editor of The Alabama Lawyer, announced the dates. Gessner T. McCorvey of Mobile is the Association president and chaired the Democratic executive committee.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Bar Association
Mobile
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Alabama Lawyer
The
Bar Association
Gessner T. McCorvey
Democratic Executive Committee
Cool Weather Replaces Heat Across Eastern Uplift
The Associated Press reports a broad cool front cooled the eastern half after a spring heat wave. Washington D C reached 91 at noon before cooling, with Harrisburg and Pittsburgh in the 70s and 60s, while Denver near 50 and Cheyenne in the 40s. A large rain area stretched from Colorado east through Nebraska Kansas into Texas and Oklahoma, and Texas tornadoes and storms killed five and injured 36, including a fatal bus crash in Mitchell County and electrocution in Lubbock.
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Associated Press
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
Harrisburg
Mercury
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
Louisville
Tennessee
Rockies
Plains
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Sundown
Tex
Mitchell County
Lubbock
Civitan club extends outreach across North Alabama
Alvis notes Saturday session shows Civitan activities span youth support and community buildings. Dr Cook reports Civitan groups expanding with new clubs planned in Ragland Talladega Hartselle Geraldine Sylacauga Crossville and a Town Creek club formed this year. Sneed College president urges citizenship through better communities and youth projects. Visiting Civitan guests hosted at Delano Park barbecue with Civinettes luncheon and Wheeler Lake Yacht Club cruise.
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Cook
North Alabama Civitans
Ragland
Talladega
Hartselle
Geraldine
Sylacauga
Crossville
Town Creek
Sneed College
Civitans
Delano Park
Decatur Civinettes
Wheeler Lake
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Britons urged to go easy on candy as rationing studied
London May 7 Britons were warned to curb candy buying as demand soared after rationing ended two weeks ago. C R M Cannon president of the National Federation of Wholesale Confectioners told newsmen that villages are milked dry by candy starved children and adults. He warned that if the situation becomes chaotic rationing may be reimposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.R.M. Cannon
National Federation of Wholesale Confectioners
Cannon
Student Dies in Pittsburgh. Midland Ministerial Student
Gordon S Hill, 28, a ministerial student from Midland, Pa, collapsed and died at a downtown hotel. The coroner ruled natural causes. He studied for the Episcopal ministry at a technical institute in Alabama and had come to Pittsburgh for an Air Forces reserve meeting. he was a World War II veteran.
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Pittsburgh
Gordon S- Hill
Midland
emng bama_ Polytechnic
Burn
Ala
Episcopal
Air Forces Reserve
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Methodists
Virginia
UDC
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Mrs. Ball
Urlimale
Dean Moore
W P. Moore
Dorothy Owens
Bessie Weedon
Carraway Methodist Hospital
Bob Tweedy
Courtland
E.C. McDaniel
Union Hill
Civitan Club
Sparkman
Federal Court
Service
Johnson's Chapel
Neel
Danville
W.E. Halbrooks
Pat McDaniel
Jack. Evans
Decawir
Hamil Clinic
Freer
A. BE
Whitehed
Ninth Avenue East
George W. Mason
Rogersville
Harold McClannahan
Hartscelle
Janice Leeman
Sixth Avenue
J. C. Hassell
Sherrel Weir
Ivan
Katie Gillespie
Decature
John F. Gillespie
Mrs. Win Towne
Kennebunk Port
General Hospital
Brown
Minnie Hollingsworth
Austinville
Paul. Wright
Fairview
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In.fant Son
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