Administration leaders delay adjournment date for Congress
President Truman and congressional leaders met at the White House but failed to fix a target adjournment date. Senate leader Lucas cited plans to discuss fair deal goals next week while other senators urged early adjournment to aid re election campaigns. Votes on reorganization plans and FEPC remain on the calendar as debates continue.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Senate
Lucas (Jr
White House
Truman
Lucas
Barkley
House
McCormack
Mass
Rayburn
Texas
Illinois
Everett Dirksen
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate-House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Veterans Administration
Post Office Department
Pension pact claimed with GM sparks union press scramble
Detroit bulletin May 23 reports CIO United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp reached a sensational pension agreement. Details were withheld as newsmen were ushered into a restricted press conference with doors locked and limited access.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Markets Report From Decatur Fields Include Cotton and Poultry
Market notes show Decatur cotton prices at middling 28.00 with 3200 strict low, cottonseed at 40.00 per ton, broilers 25 cents delivered, hens 18 cents, hatching eggs 80 cents per dot. Yellow corn ear 1.42 and shelled 1.48, Milo 2.20 per cwt bulk. moisture bases noted. North Georgia live poultry market firm on May 23 with strong demand and ample supplies. dressed price resistance and farm FOB figures 23-25 cents, mostly 24 1/2.
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Poultry
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures advance after late-session buying in New York
Cotton futures drifted lower early in New York trading on May 23 but strong late-session buying pushed nearby months higher. July futures rose to 33.15 cents per pound, with late-day prices 55 to 75 cents per bale above the previous close. settles showed July 33.14, October 31.74, December 31.71.
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New York
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed as Quiet Trade Sways
Nashville Tennessee May 23 cattle and calves show slow to steady demand with steers and heifers 20.00 to 25.25, cows 12.50 to 18.50, bulls around 20.50 to 21.50, veal 26.00 to 29.00, calves 20.00 to 29.50. Hogs run 1 400 with barrows and gilts 19.00 to 19.50 for 180 to 250 pounds, lighter pigs 16.50 to 17.00, sows steady around 15.00 to 16.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago May 23
Market brief shows steady to firmer activity across commodities. Stocks steady with rails inching up while bonds move irregularly. Cotton gains on trade buying. Chicago wheat steady to strong with export and mill buying. corn steady to strong higher with commercial demand. oats firm to strong with mixed moves. Cattle uneven with slight gains and declines, top price $32.25.
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New York
Chicago
Grains rise on strong corn and wheat trade at Chicago
Grains advanced at the Chicago Board of Trade with corn leading gains on a 5 1 2 cent premium for cash corn over July futures. Wheat gained on export and bakery buying, with July at 2.15 3 8 to 1 3 8. Corn rose 7 8 to 3 1 4 higher, July 1.47 1 2. Oats up 5 8 to 1 3 8, July 80 2 3 8. Rye up 3 4 to 1 1 2, July 1 36 3 4. Soybeans up 3 4 to 4 1 4, July 3.01, lard unchanged to 5 cents, July 12.47.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Absentees Vote Through Thursday in Morgan County
Morgan voters may cast absentee ballots Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday, and until 4 p.m. Thursday at the chancery courthouse. A noon check shows 88 ballots cast since May 13, compared with 138 in the May 2 election. Military voters may use mail if in uniform.
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Morgan
Morgan Register In Chancery
McBride Rites Set for Wednesday in Haleyville
Funeral services for Mrs. W. W. McBride will be held Wednesday at 10 A.M. in Haleyville. The former Decatur resident died Monday at her daughter Mrs. J Ball’s home in Bradenton Florida.
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W. W. McBride
Haleyville
McBride
Decatur
J. Ball
Bradenton
Fla
The Institute of Mental Physics Promises Free Treatise
A 9,000 word treatise by Edwin J Dingle asserts knowledge can transform health and life. After 21 years in the Far East he founded a institute in Los Angeles offering free copies to readers, with limited supply and no obligation.
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Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J Dingle
Tee
Far East
Dingley
Institute of Mental
South Hobart Blvd
Los Angeles
City grapples with losses from manufactured gas system
Mayor Summer cites a net loss of about 3 000 dollars for the city's manufactured gas system. The city warns the loss will exceed benefits for 300 customers as it cannot sustain the operation. The six month contract with Alabama Gas Corporation to run the plant was made with the expectation of natural gas by then.
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Page 1
Summer
Alabama Gas Corporation
Expansion Planned for Southern Natural Gas Network
The Power Commission approved a $32,928,630 expansion by Southern Natural Gas Co of Birmingham to serve 45 new communities and growing Southeastern industries. Construction must finish by Dec 31, 1951, delivering more fuel to South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Mississippi with daily capacity rising from 420 million to 529 million cubic feet.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Southern Natural Gas Company
Birmingham
Ala
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
City fears delay in natural gas to Decatur area
A Huntsville city letter warns months more delay under FPC procedure endangers gas for Huntsville Athens and Hartselle unless Decatur distributes. It criticizes staff push for lower initial rates and refinancing, urging rates sufficient to finance transmission to Decatur and noting copies sent to Senators Sparkman Hill and Representative Jones.
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FPC
Wolverine Tube Division
Calumet-Hecla Consolidated Copper Company
Huntsville
Athens
Hartselle
Decatur
Commission
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
John Sparkman
Lister Hill
Robert E. Jones
Blood drives struggle as donor pool shrinks
Blood Senily reports severe burn injuries and emergencies have strained supplies. He notes no B type donors in four months and limits on donations, while ages 19 to 50 in good health qualify. Examinations are provided, with more women volunteering but men deemed physically capable. High school boys have offered most recently.
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Odom
Odom Sims
Decatur Housing Plan Faces Objections and Deliberation
The Decatur Council debated two proposed sites for a 105 unit Negro housing project amid objections over drainage streets and alleys. Architect Frahn and City Engineer Smith defended plans linking private sewage to city mains while Parker outlined government aid and city cooperation requirements.
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Beech- Seventh Street
Sixteenth
Nineteenth Avenues
Albert Frahn
Carol Smith
Parker
Rutledge Thomas
Decatur
Thomas
Market- Church-Madison
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Third Street
Thirteenth
Ninth Avenues
West Decatur
PHA
McCartney-Cherry
Southern
W. F. Frazier
Ken
John Caddell
Britnell Speaks
Ben Britnell
Housing Board
Decatur City Planning Commission
Rural Ministers of the Year Named by Emory and The Progressive Farmer
The Progressive Farmer and Emory University announce seventeen Southern ministers named Rural Ministers of the Year for notable ministry in their denomination and community work. Rev Robert Glenn of Valdermosa Springs is included and each receives a scholarship to the Town and Country School at Emory University in Atlanta July 3 to 20.
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Progressive Farmer
School For
Town and Country Ministers
Emory University
Robert Glenn
Valdermosa Springs
Atlanta
Georgia
The
East German Police Force Described by State Department
The State Department released data on the East German police created in August 1949 under General Inspekteur Wilhelm Zaisser. It notes 39 alert units and at least 11 officer training schools, armed with standard infantry weapons, with limited current military capacity but potential to become a new German army or internal security force to uphold communist rule.
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State Department
Wilhelm Zaisser
Four Recruits Enlist in Marines at Local Office
Local Marine recruiting reported four new enlistees this morning. Olen Parker, 28, from Hartselle rejoined for six years as a private first class after discharge May 6. he previously served eight years. Herbert Glenn Hewett, 17, of Arab, enlisted for four years and proceeded to Parris Island for basic training. James Hurley Holbrook Jr., 17, of Fort Payne, enlisted for four years as a recruit and went to Parris Island. next of kin is sister Marie Stephan Tribble.
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Marine Corps
Joseph H. Lorenzo
Olen Parker
Hartselle
Parker
Minnie Parker
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Herbert Glenn Hewett
Dwight L. Hewett
Has
Parris Island
S. C
James Hurley Holbrook, Jr
Fort Payne
Marie Stephan Tribble
Global unrest and relief in postwar era headlines
Reports from Berlin, Cuzco, Vienna, Trieste and Korea describe rising tensions and response efforts. West Berlin warns of defending freedom against a putsch, while an Austrian stalemate prolongs occupation talks. Lima airlifts aid to quake wreckage in Cuzco as UN calls for peace at Florence conference.
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Germany
Berlin
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Russia
Peru
Cuzco
Americas
Lima
Austria
Vienna
London
Trieste
Korea
Defense Ministry
North Korea
Seoul
United Nations
Florence
Italy
U. N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Jaime Torres Bodet
Collision near Cullman injures three with Frazer across creek
A 1948 Frazer Manhattan driven by Miss Idella Britton of Howell Michigan suffered heavy damage after an 11 mile south of Cullman crash on the Jasper highway. A Ford and a half ton truck stopped and were rear ended by the Frazer, rolling three times into a creek. E Richey and J H Williams of the Highway Patrol led the investigation. Robert Brown, Cullman farmer and father of a two week old child, a Missionary Grove resident, is mentioned as a family link with the event. Funeral plans follow at Baptist church with Mass-Service directing and Cullman American Legion in charge of the full military rites for Brown, a World War II veteran.
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Cullman
Jasper
E. Richey
J. H. Williams
Highway Patrol
Baptist Char .m
Pa Elenery
Cullman American Legion
Brown
Ribson
Dorothy
Nancy
Jimmy
Decatur Voluntary Flight Unit to Meet Tonight
The Decatur flight of the Voluntary Air Reserve Training Unit will convene at 7 30 this evening at the Military sub district headquarters on Bank Street. M E Busby of Decatur I was in town on business today.
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Decatur
Voluntary Air Reserve Training Unit
Military
Bank Street
Velo Anders Bonded Again After Cullman Arrests
Velo Anders was released on bonds totaling 600 dollars after arrests in Cullman for trespassing and carrying a concealed weapon. Deputies say he caused a disturbance at an apartment house. He remains free on a 3500 dollar appeal bond pending a Morgan County murder trial appeal.
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Velo Anders
Cullman
Anders
Supreme Court
Morgan County
John Sparkman
Hartselle
State Supreme Court
Water resources push and Amerasia case in national brief
President presses water development during Northwest tour while Republicans call it a pre campaign move. Senate races to block 3 of 21 Truman plans. disputes over commerce powers and the patent office reignite. Amerasia case revival prompts fresh scrutiny as Army finance center probes resume with subpoena risks.
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Northwest
Senate
Rearsega
Secretary of Commerce
Especeen
Patent Office
Humphrey to Tour with Manager Giddings and Lions Committee
Humphrey travels with his manager Lou S. Giddings from Cortland and will visit Florence before heading to Nashville. The Lions club committee handling his appearance here includes Frank Godwin and A. S. Kromer.
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Lou S. Giddings
Cortland
Humphrey
Florence
Nashville
Lions Club Committee
Frank Godwin
A. S. Kromer
Decatur Teachers Urge Railroads to Pay Delinquent Taxes
The Decatur Teachers Association led by W T Jordan urges Southern Railway and Louisville & Nashville to settle delinquent ad valorem taxes for 1947 1948 and 1949. Withholdings affect Morgan County schools and Decatur finances amid broader tax shortfalls.
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Decatur Teachers Association
W. T. Jordan
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Southern
State Department of Revenue
E. E. Norris
The
J. B. Hill
Southern Railway Company
Washington
D. C
Mr. Norris
Decatur
Alabama
Morgan County
Gadl
H. N.peurifoy
Thomas Named to Mobile Tax Place
State Conservation Director Bert Thomas was appointed Mobile County tax assessor by Gov. James E. Folsom. Thomas, a Montgomery resident, succeeds Harry M. Touart who died May 15. The appointment is effective Friday.
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Montgomery
Bert Thomas
Mobile County
James E. Folsom
Thomas
Mobile
Harry M. Touart
Local Lebanon man credits HADACOL with relief from neuritis
C W Troutt of Lebanon Tennessee renowned for square dances and truck work recalls years of neuritis pain in knees ankles and wrists. He credits HADACOL with sleep relief and improved mobility after trying many remedies. The ad touts a money back guarantee and price options of 1.25 for trial size and 3.50 for large sizes.
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C. W. Troutt
Lebanon
Tenn
Mr. Troutt
Hadacol
Beca
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Glenn
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Colbert County High School
Celia
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Avecatur
M. E. Busby
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Gorktmale
Correse
Amerasia
Hobbs
D-Ala
House Investigting Committee
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Tydings
D-Md
Senator McCarthy
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