Gopes Lucas Gibes At GOP Foes Over Fertilizer Plan
Senator Lucas of Illinois assails GOP backers of a government fertilizer program as a New Deal measure. The proposed 9 million dollar TVA plant at Mobile would produce triple phosphate fertilizer and later pass to private industry. Sponsors include Wherry Hickenlooper Capper Aiken and others.
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Washington
Lucas
Ill
Senate
Mobile
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wherry
R-Neb
Jors Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hill
Bill
Capper
Kan
Agriculture Committee
Sen- Aiken
Veterans Admin reports 440000 WWII veterans reinstated life insurance
The Veterans Administration says 440000 World War II veterans have reinstated about 2.75 billion dollars in rapid national service life insurance since March 1. More than 9 million have not yet acted, with an invitation to reinstate without a medical exam and a deadline in August.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Rapid National Service Life Insurance Cies
Omery Shifts Era Bell Telihons Pea Manager
A reorganized Bell Telephone office announces June 1 transfers. C A Jon Hoene becomes district manager in Tus as group manager, succeeding Hinds. J O of Birmingham will assume the nery office duties.
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Omery
Tusas Group
C. A. Jon Hoene
Hinds
Nery
J. O. of
Birmingham
Markets Seen Listless as Stocks Climb Unevenly in Narrow Session
New York May 26 Stocks drifted on a slow day as little news spurred bold moves. Transfers totaled around 500000 shares while bonds showed uneven trading. Cotton held steady to slightly lower and Chicago grain markets edged mixed with Decatur cash prices listed for soft wheat, ear corn and oats.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Chicago
Decatur
Alabama Flour Mills
Poultry Prices Steady in North Georgia Market
North Georgia poultry market remains steady to firm in Atlanta with prices for chickens unchanged to 1-2 cents higher than last week. Limited Monday sales at farm FOB ranged from 33.5 to 34.5 cents, bulk birds weighing 2 to 3.25 pounds amid light yet adequate demand from outside truckers.
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Poultry
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Butter Eggs Chicago Market Summary May 26
Butter firm receipts over two days total 1,167,250 with AA 60.5 and A 59.5 scores and various B C grades. Eggs steady with two day receipts 42,016 and price ranges for U S extras No 1 to No 4 and dirties checks listed.
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Chicago
U.S
U. S
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 26 Cattle Hogs Lambs
Farm livestock in Nashville Tennessee shows cattle 800 head with slaughter steers and heifers in light supply meeting broad demand and steady to strong prices. Cows near steady. bulls uneven but mostly steady. Calves and hogs show mixed gains, vealers up to 25 spot, hogs generally 75 higher with top at 24.00 for good barrows and gilts. Sheep 1,000 head steady with spring lambs 22.50 to 23.50 for 60-90 pounds.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Departments of Agriculture
Grain markets firm on export interest led by July corn
Grain Chicago reports a firm undertone on the board with July corn rising over 2 cents on export demand. Wheat falls 1 to 1.5 cents, July at 2.34 1/2 to 2.35, corn near seasonal highs, oats little changed to up 3/8, July 89 5/8 to 3/4, and price for feed at 20.00 per hundred.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Senate Draws Battle Lines Over Tax Deferment
Barkley backs deferment and a Lucas substitute to delay tax cuts until next January 1. Democrats seek delay while Republicans fear losing support. Taft urges immediate passage to meet July 1 withholding changes. Senate battles over timing and party positions continue.
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Barkley
Lucas
Ill
George
O’daniel
Tex
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Williams Smith to Company Convention
H. G. Williams and Jeff Smith with their wives left Decatur for Louisville Kentucky to attend the Commonwealth Life Insurance Co convention. They will return Friday night. Williams is rated number one practicer in Alabama and will speak for the state. he will chair the second day session.
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H. G. Williams
Jeff Smith
Decatur
Louisville
Commonwealth Life Insurance Co
Williams
Smith
Commonwealth President Club
Alabama
Ex-Army officer charged in gold disappearance case
The Justice Department says former Army lieutenant colonel William K. Evans of Santa Barbara California is detained by FBI for alleged embezzlement illegal handling of US government gold bullion and false reporting alleging proper accounting in a $106000 gold loss in the Far East.
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Washington
Justice Department
Army
Far East
FBI
William K. Evans
Santa Barbara
Calif
Department
Evans
United States
Rep Fred Bradley of Michigan Dies on Trip to Coast Guard Academy
Washington observes a moment of respect as Rep. Fred Bradley 49 from Michigan dies of a heart attack in New London Connecticut while on an official trip to inspect the Coast Guard academy. He had warned weeks earlier that Congress risked burnout from continuous entertainment and legislative duties.
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Washington
House
Fred Bradley
R.mich
Bradley
New London
Conn
Coast Guard Academy
Pay Rises Held Up by Florida Governor
Governor Caldwell in Tallahassee blocks all pay raises from the general revenue fund until adjournment and budget clarity. He warns of a potential multi million dollar deficit unless new taxes are enacted and orders the comptroller to sign checks at old salary levels despite legislative increases.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Caldwell
General Revenue Fund
C. M. Gay
Futures close mixed with gains and losses across months
Ten futures closed 55 cents a bale lower to 10 cents higher than the prior close. Prices listed for July October December show mixed moves with quotes for open high low and last. Middling spot at 36.49 and notation N N nominal bid and ask effectively recorded.
India Faces a Choice Hardening Between Unity and Partition
Mackenzie argues that Hindu Muslim hostilities threaten independence hopes as Britain leans toward a divided India Hindu leaders favor federation while Moslems demand Pakistan. He warns civil strife could fuel communism and that fate rests with Indian leaders willing to think beyond their own communities.
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India
England
New Delhi
Delhi
Sumner Welles
All India Congress
Gne
British India
Hindustan
Pakistan
Britain
Marriage Licenses and Deeds from Daily Records
Daily Records lists marriage licenses for Orby Barber Jr. and Bettie Jean Lantz of Danville 1. Deeds show Ann Fusch et al to Lois Lamon, J C B Kelley to Malcolm F Ne Smith for 5750 dollars, W G Moore to J Leslie Doss for 12500, B C Shelton trustee to L E Hartselle for 393, Gokae Shirley to Irene Maples and R C Smith to Pleas Wynn for 200.
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Orby Barber Jr
Danville 1
Bettie Jean Lantz
Deeds Ann Fusch
Lois Lamon
J. C. B. Kelley
Malcolm F. Ne- Smith
W. G. Moore
J. Leslie Doss
B. C. Shelton
L. E. Hartselle
Gokae Shirley
Irene Maples
R. C. Smith
Pleas Wynn
Mrs Cal Johnson Claimed by Death at 81 in Hartselle
Mrs. Cal Johnson, 81, died at her home in Hartselle Sunday afternoon after an extended illness. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. Dewitt Crawford and Mrs. W A Battles, one brother Coleman Jennings, and a funeral service was held at First Christian church in Hartselle with Rev. Thomas W Hatchett officiating. Interment followed in Hartselle cemetery Peck directing.
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Cal Johnson
Hartselle
Dewitt Crawford
Joppa
W. A. Battles
Birmingham
Coleman Jennings
Valhermosa Springs
First Christian Church
Thomas W. Hatchett
Edwin Battles
Murry Battles
James Battles
Thomas Bell
Lee Johns
William Abert Houston
Peck Directing
House probes loom over Agriculture Department waste
The House expenditures committee shielded the agriculture panel to permit a possible inquiry into waste and overlapping in the Agriculture Department. GOP and Democratic members from both committees supported the investigation as hearings on a presidential reorganization plan continued.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Expenditures
House
Anderson
Zoo director probes romance in alligators at Brookfield
Brookfield Zoo director Robert Bean sought to spark mating among male alligators with a French horn love call but the reptiles showed little interest. A woman horn player performed for them yet the alligators yawned and crowd presence kept her from repeating the stunt on a weekend.
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Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Robert Bean
Bean
North magistrate dismisses pistol charge for Nancy Brandon
A Tennessee woman Nancy Brandon is absolved of carrying a pistol without a permit after a parking lot attendant saw a loaded 38 caliber automatic in her car. The magistrate urged her to tell people in the South that the Civil War is over and the North will extend a hand across the Mason-Dixon line.
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New York
Tennessee
Nancy Brandon
Murphreesburg
Francis X. Giaccotte
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Brandon
Mason- Dixon Line
Wallace proposes GI bill of rights for Alabama veterans
Rep George Wallace of Barbour County plans a regular session bill offering free four year college or one trade course for children of veterans killed or disabled in World War II. Spouses would get two years of college or a half course at trade school. Income tax exemptions of 2500 for single veterans and 3500 for married veterans would run two years after passage, with lower figures for future exemptions. If federal benefits occur first, the Alabama plan would be suspended.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Barbour County
Alabama
Wallace
Barbour
Alamo
May Defence Continues In War Bribe Trial
Ex Congressmen Andrew J May and arms makers Henry and Murray Garsson face bribery charges over wartime payments. May testifies that Garsson munitions outfits embarrassed him with payments tied to a Kentucky lumber firm. Prosecutor Paisley questions May about profits from the Cumberland company in Kentucky.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Garsson
Kentucky
On In
House Military Committee
Henry and
Murray Garsson
May
Cumberland Company
William A. Paisley
Boy Found Chained to Tree in West Virginia Woods
Deputy Sheriff Kisner reported a nine year old boy was found dirty hungry and chained to a tree near his rural home in Kingwood Preston County. Royal Cale step father Lester and Mabel Cale face neglect charges and must appear in juvenile court June 6 after neighbors reported the boy begged for food and shelter.
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Kingwood
W.va
Charles Kisner
Kisner
Royal Cale
Lester Cale
Mabel Cale
Preston County
Cale
Lester
Local Singer Barbara Curtis Praised for New Role
Miss Barbara Curtis of Decatur has drawn praise as a vocalist with the Millard Buchman orchestra. A Sacred Heart Academy senior at Cullman she is set to graduate Wednesday and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Curtis.
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Barbara Curtis
Bill Curtis
Decatur
Millard Buchman
Curtis
Sacred Heart Academy
Cullman
Negro reprieved in Alabama for mental examination
Lawrence Nathaniel Phillips, sentenced to death for murder in Gadsden, was given a fourth reprieve in Montgomery to undergo a mental examination. The stay was announced by Governor James E. Folsom's office after defense lawyers argued Phillips is insane and requested a psychiatric test.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lawrence Nathaniel Phillips
Gadsden
James E. Folsom
Phillips
Slick safe removal foiled by muffled blast in Wilmette
In Wilmette a 600 lb safe was moved into a soundproof grocery room and hidden with soap bars and water. Thieves rigged the safe with explosives and used a dolly to haul steel compartments to a vacant lot, stealing contents totaling $1,000. Police called it one of the slickest jobs they had seen.
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Chicago
Wilmette
Shelley Downs Dies in Birmingham Leader of Downs Motor Co
Shelley Zed Downs president of Downs Motor Co died yesterday at a local hospital in Birmingham. native of Bowdon Georgia he lived in Birmingham since 1942 and began in the auto business in Macon with Mc Cord and Satterwhite before buying them out.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shelley Zed Downs
Downs Motor Co
Bowdon
Downs
Macon
McCord and Satterwhite
Local notes mix births, permits, and arrests in Decatur
Community updates show a May 2 birth and twins at Decatur General, a son born to Mr and Mrs W E Boutwell Jr. A city fire call at 903 Beach Street reported no loss. Building permits issued for a $3500 office on Lee Street and a $5000 fire room and bath house at Maple and Jackson. Three weekend public drunkenness arrests and ambulance transfers noted. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter CES to meet at 8 PM in Masonic Temple.
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Decatur General Hospital
H. Wolff
Eighth Avenue
Beach Street
H. B. Bowzee
Maple Street
Jackson Street
Mary Lou Dancy
Masonic Temple
French Method Yields Synthetic Rubies Sapphires on Spinels
A 1902 development in France produced a process for creating synthetic rubies and sapphires on spinel substrates. The advancement marks a notable step in artificial gemstone production by applying controlled crystallization techniques to spinel.
Wright in jail for failure to pay fine in Scottsboro links case
Montgomery Alabama afey 26 Andy Wright one of the Negroes in the Scottsboro case of 1931 was jailed for non payment of 31 dollars on a reckless driving conviction after being unable to pay the fine. He had been paroled from a 99 year rape sentence and testimony indicated he drove a white man for five dollars. The pardon parole board awaited a report before deciding further action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Andy Wright
Scottsboro
Wright
John B. Scott
Scott
L. B. Stephens
State Pardon-Parole Board
Kilby
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Parole Board
Unusual Service At Central Methodist Church
The Central Methodist church held an 8 30 p m unusual service after preaching with the film King Of Kings shown, described by many as the greatest picture of Christ. The church was nearly full and Rev G M Davenport plans another screening soon aided by a donation from Mr and Mrs Wallace Hogan in memory of Mahlon Hogan.
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Central Methodist Church
G. M. Davenport
Wallace Hogan
Mahlon Wallace Hogan
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Mooresville
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