Alabama Industry Days to Show Growth Across State
Alabama proclaims June 15 to 17 as Alabama Industry Days to showcase industrial growth. Sponsored by the Associated Industries of Alabama with the Alabama Press Association and University journalism, the event emphasizes iron ore, coal, limestone, cotton textiles, lumber, and paper, highlighting state docks at Mobile and major plants like Gulf States and International Paper.
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South
Alabama
IDA
Associated Industries’ of Alabama
Alabama Press Association
University
Department of Journalism
Birmingham
Washington
Oregon
Gulf States A Corporation
Tuscaloosa
International Paper Company
Hollingsworth and Whitney
Mobile
Alabama Mills
West Point Manufacturing Company
Avondale Mills
Dwight Manufacturing Company
Southeast
Ala
Worker suspension and strike line continues at railroad yards
A worker refused to cross the picket line and was suspended. Four suspended yesterday will get half pay for the day and full pay today. The man who went to the railroad yard was rotated and will receive one day’s pay. Meanwhile UP and others report work completed by pan-union personnel.
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Moore
Pan-Union
Cotton and farm market notes from Decatur and New York
Markets report from Decatur shows cotton middling at 32 1 2 cents with cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton and various grain prices. New York cotton futures ended firm with May at 32.42 and July at 32.58, middling spot 33.29 cents, amid short covering and hints of demand.
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N.Y
New York
Japan
United Kingdom
Grain futures show soybeans slide despite mixed gains
Old crop soybeans fell more than 9 cents early and again in the final 30 minutes on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat closed 1-8 to 1 cent higher, corn up 1-8 to 7-8. oats up 1-8 to 1-4. rye steady to 1-2 lower. Soybeans ranged 6 3-4 lower to 3 1-4 higher, lard down 15 to 20 cents. May prices listed.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Markets At A Glance New York May Thirteen
Markets report mixed activity with stocks firm and TV stock gains noted. Bonds show narrow trading while cotton remains steady amid buying by commission houses. Chicago staples show steady May wheat strength and light corn trading with firm near oats. hogs and cattle held near steady.
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New York
Chicago
Showdown FEPC bill temporarily and Senate actions
Two FEPC plans were defeated by the senate last Thursday night. Four more plans await house action later in the week dealing with federal agency reorganizations. Rejected plans halt the restructuring of executive agencies. over 20 such proposals have been submitted by the President.
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FEPC
Senate
House
Congress
Ways and Means
Special Crime Investigating Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Trumah
Revive Song Leader Dr Thompson To Lead Central Methodist Singing
Dr Thompson a renowned hymnologist from Cullman will direct the Central Methodist revival singing. Services start Sunday at 7 30 p m and continue twice daily through Friday with morning 10 a m and evening 7 30 p m sessions led by Dr R A McPheeters of Detroit Metropolitan Church.
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Cullman
Fagan Thompson
Central Methodist Church
Thompson
First Methodist Church of
Methodist Church
R. A. McPheeters
Metropolitan Methodist Church of Detroit
Detroit
Four Young People Die in Alabama Traffic Accidents
Four youths died in Alabama Friday as two separate crashes near Heflin and Opelika claimed lives. Caroline Hightower 16 and Jimmie Garrett 17 of Bowden Georgia died at Anniston hospitals after a pole strike and overturn. Jane Ann Clifton 9 of Fort Payne died after being crushed beneath a teacher’s car while returning home with her class. Annie Will Duke 16 of Carrollton Georgia and Wendell J. Lovvern were seriously injured in the Heflin incident and transported to local hospitals. D. C. Wood 16 of Opelika died when his bike collided with a car, a fatal jagged-vein injury reported by hospital staff.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Anniston
Heflin
Ala
Caroline Hightower
Jimmie Garrett
Bowden
Annie Will Duke
Carrollton 2
Wendell J. Lovvern
Jane Ann Clifton
Fort Payne
Ercelle Lassetter
Jane
D. C. Wood
Opelika
Intention to plead guilty from Morgan County burglary suspect
Grover Cunningham, 22, held in Morgan County jail on second degree burglary, gave notice of intent to plead guilty. He is to appear before Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell on May 26 at 9 A M. Police Capt. Joe Weatherly and officers Standridge Pettey Posey arrested him after he allegedly entered a grocery on Avenue West. Calvin and Bloodworth represent the accused.
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Morgan County
Grover Cunningham
Newton B. Powell
Joe Weatherly
Horace Standridge
Lonnie Pettey
Leon Posey
Altus Man Delays Trip to Be Counted, Then Goes to Penitentiary
An Altus resident asked permission to prolong his travel so he could be counted in the census. After counting, he proceeded to McAlester state penitentiary to serve a term on a criminal charge.
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Altus
Okla
McAlester State Penitentiary
Ceremonial Yucca Root Preparation by Indigenous People
A soapy solution is made by pounding and soaking Yucca nag roots. Indigenous peoples of aes Mexico use this preparation in ceremonial contexts.
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Aes
Mexico
Democrats Urge Campaign Energy At National Conference
Democratic leaders urge workers to fight like in 1948, avoiding optimism and pressing campaigning as 3,000 Democrats gather for a three day Jefferson Jubilee. President Truman to speak Monday at the stadium. cabinet session planned with Vice President Barkley presiding.
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Chicago
National Committee
Jefferson Jubilee
William M. Boyle Jr
India Edwards
Senate
House
Truman
Opera House
Barkley
Acheson
Europe
New Morning Paper To Appear Monday In Birmingham
The Age Herald and The Birmingham Post cease publication. A new morning daily, The Post Herald, will publish its first edition Monday. It will be a Scripps Howard paper produced at The Birmingham News Co. plant and will not publish a Sunday edition.
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Birmingham
Age-Herald
Birmingham Post
Scripps-Howard
Post- Herald
Scripps- Howard
Post-Herald
Birmingham News Co
Morning Age-Herald
New Morning
Birming News
Pineapple Juice Adds Flavor to Mash Sweet Potatoes
A note suggests using pineapple juice to flavor and moisten mashed sweet potatoes, enhancing sweetness and moisture in the dish.
Massey Called Home After Century Farm Life
William Alfred Massey 72 dies Saturday at the Glenn home in Glendale after an illness. Services at 2 30 P M Sunday by Dr W Nelson Guthrie at the Glenn home, burial in Montgomery cemetery near Moulton. Survived by two sisters Mrs Gus Glenn Mrs Rush Stockton and a brother John Massey. Nephews serve as pallbearers. Body moved to Glenn home at 10 A M Sunday for viewing. Massey was a longtime member of Danville Methodist church.
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William Alfred Massey
Paul Glenn
Glendale
Massey
Glenn
W. Nelson Guthrie
Montgomery
Moulton
Brown
Gus Glenn
Decatur
Rush Stockton
John Massey
Danville
Conference Stoppage Persists Over UP Strike
A union spokesman said the stoppage on the Union Pacific stretch forces the railroad to find alternative staffing for trains on that section while firemen will continue to operate trains on all other parts of the line.
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Union Pacific
150 Whales Stranded by Abnormal Tide in East Scotland
An abnormally high tide stranded 150 whales on a beach five miles from Dunbar Scotland. The right whales ranged from three to twenty feet long and gasped as townspeople watched from a bluff. Earlier, on April 22 ninety six whales washed ashore at Holland Bay Stronsay Orkney islands and perished.
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Dunbar
Scotland
Bay of Holland
Stronsay
Orkney Islands
Car Gets Ride Too
Crestview Florida May 13 A passing truck driver loaded John J Dryer s car onto his vehicle and gave the Crestview motorist a ride to their destination in a roadside incident report.
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Crestview
Fla
John J. Dryer
Dryer
Power growth urged to meet possible war demands
Washington may 13 new National Security Resources Board chairman W Stuart Symington warned the United States needs more electric power capacity. Expansion programs aim for 76 million kilowatts by 1952, a 40 percent rise since 1948, but he cautioned wartime security remains unguaranteed. The report notes TVA faces tight conditions next year and interconnections will help margins for TVA regions despite poor water.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
W. Stuart Symington
United States
Symington
White House
NLRB
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Governors plan to fund highways with new revenue and reapportionment
The incoming administration aims to use bond revenue for highway work and seek legislative reapportionment with support in the Senate led by James B. Allen. House leadership may shift to Pelham Merrill, a reapportionment advocate, while efforts to depoliticize docks and the Conservation Department are expected, likely through legislation.
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Persons
Senate
James B. Allen
Gadsden
Allen
Pelham Merrill
Cleburne County
State Docks
Conservation Department
Syste
Lie and Gromyko Meet in Moscow on UN Mission
United Nations Secretary General Tryve Lie conferred with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow about a “save the UN” mission. Diplomats there expressed cautious optimism that the effort might succeed.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Ex-Clerk Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
In Tuscaloosa Alabama on May 13 OP F Rafton Hocutt former city clerk pleads guilty to embezzling city funds and is sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary Circuit Judge Warren pronounces sentence and Hocutt appeals posting a $1000 bond.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
F. Rafton Hocutt
W. Carren
Hocutt
City Electric Dept Chief Eddens Returns From New York Trip
Quince E Eddens manager of the City Electric Department arrived in Birmingham from New York where he spoke at a national planning conference. He addressed planning board representatives outlining Decatur history and studies with Alabama State Planning Board support. His trip included Boston and Washington with wife Mrs Eddens.
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Quince E. Eddens
City Electric Department
Birmingham
New York
Eddens
United States
Association of State Planning & Development Agencies
New Yorker
Boston
Washington
City Electric
Planning Board
Decatura
Alabama State Planning Board
Decatur
W. O. Dobbins
Knox McMasters
Decatur Planning Board
MacMasters
Thomas F. Adams
Adams
R. W. Orr
Thomas D. Edgil
H. R. Summer
Russell Humphrey
Floyd Elkins
R. C. Halbrooks
Albert Frahn
Alabama Planning Board
Four Injured in Valley Area Traffic Accidents This Weekend
Three separate crashes left four people treated for injuries. Lewis Ikner of 603 Seventh East was hurt when his milk truck overturned at Grant and Fourth Avenue East. James McDonald of Tan ner 1 was listed as injured in that accident. In Limestone County a Tarrant City couple, John and Esther Thornton, were treated for cuts after their laundry truck collided with their Ford pickup near Ardmore, with a four year old passenger unharmed. A third wreck involving Rayburn Brown of Danville and Woodrow Mays produced no injuries.
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Lewis Ikner
Seventh Street
Grant
Fourth Avenue East
James McDonald
Tanner
Limestone County
Tarrant
Ardmore
Decatur
Sims
Price
Ikner
Luther A. McLemore
Tenth Avenue
Meadow Gold
McLemore
Carl Edgeman
John H. Thornton
Tarrant City
Pulaski
Tenn
James Wendall Pylant
Edgeman
John Thornton
Esther
Thorntons
Nashville
Powers Hospital
Athens
Edgman
Rayburn Brown
Danville
Woodrow Mays
West Wat Church
Kennedy and
Terry
Camporee ranking and ribbons awarded to scout patrols
At Camporee troop 63 presented red ribbons for 80 to 90 percent inspection scores to Indian 11 Tigers 20 Beavers 60 Cobras 61 Eagle and Panther 63 Wolf 64 and 89 Eagle. Yellow ribbons for 70 to 80 percent went to Apache and Eagle 60 Beavers 61 Flying Eagle 208 Hawks 236 Flaming Arrow and Cobras 63. Contests Saturday morning listed Water boiling Indians 11 Cobras 63 Hawks 236. Tent pitching Bears 61 Hawks 236 Cobras 63 Panthers 63. Flaming Arrow Cobra 63 Wolf 64 Panthers 61. First aid Cobra 63 Eagles 208 Flying Eagle 237. Knot tying Flying 208 Indians 11 5ers 20. athletic events detailed in report.
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Bears
Panthers
Afae
Cobra
Coker
Bowling Man Held on Assault with Intent to Murder Charge
Elvin Bowling, about 34, is jailed in Lawrence County on a $750 bond after sheriff arrest for assault with intent to murder. An affidavit accuses him of assaulting his wife and he faces a peace proceedings warrant in addition to the main charge.
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Wren Community
Lawrence County
Murger
Elvin Bowling
George Byars
Bowling
Troop 20 Tiger Patrol Dominates Several Contests
In a Saturday event, Troop 20 Tiger patrol placed first in three contests and fourth in two others. They earned firsts in running broad jump tug of war and 100 yard dash, and tied for third in high jump with Troop 236 Hawks. Other results include a second place tie between 61 Panthers and 19 Cuc koo, Flaming Arrow from troop 208 winning high jump, and Troop 236 Panthers taking second in tug of war with Hawks claiming third.
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Tiger Patrol
Troop 236
Hawk Patrol
Panthers
Cuckoo's
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Troop 208
Eagles
Cobras
Panther
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Hearne W. Gibson Jr
J. R. Bush
W. W. Bracken
J. E. Edmonds
G. D. Bynum
Rev. Rush
Gibson
Alvis G. Briscoe
Abner Berryman
J. E. Edmons
Bynum
Briscoe
Bracken
Bain Studio
Proofr
Chiros
Dr. Thompson
Wm. Massey
Home
U. S
Wheeler Station
Leon Moody
Ollie Lee
Annie Wheeler
Clyde Horton
Guy Parker
Eters Colleys
Corel Acton
Annie Corenans
Louis Sanderson
Bain
Egistered
U. S. Patent Office
N. Y
Camporee
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