Alabama land prices defended by Chamber report
Montgomery May 27 The Alabama Chamber of Commerce says land values have more than doubled since 1912–14 and risen 77 percent between 1939 and April 1946. Factors include high farm income, liquid funds, inflation fears, shifted distressed land, wartime shortages, and speculation. The report highlights highway, electric and telephone expansions, rural electrification, and growing public school property values.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Chamber of Commerce
J. Edgar Moreno
Moreno
First Federal Death Sentence Hangs Mutineers in 1793
The first death sentence by a U S federal court was handed down in New Bern North Carolina in 1793 when four sailors were hanged for mutiny.
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United States
New Bern
N. C
Alabama Congress Votes in Recent Roll Calls
Washington dispatch details how Alabama members of Congress voted on key roll calls. Senate amendments to labor dispute funding were defeated 12 to 40 with Hill voting no and Bankhead not voting. In the House, the Interior Department appropriation motion failed 147 to 173 with several Alabama members voting no and two not voting. A resolution funding $75,000 for Un American Activities passed 240 to 81, with Manasco Sparkman and Rains voting yes. A UN ECOSOC membership bill passed 264 to 41 with Andrews Grant Manasco Sparkman voting yes.
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Washington
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Pepper
D- Fla
United Mine Workers of America
Hill
Bankhead
HOUSE
Interior Department
U. S
Andrews
Boykin
Grant
Hobbs
Manasco
Sparkman
Rains
Jarman
Patrick
House Committee On UN
Marrow
R-N.h
United States
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Hopewell Demonstration Club Meeting Highlights
The Hopewell club met with Mire K B Orr. They sang Follow the Gleam and read Psalm 46. Members shared a vegetable dish recipe, urged attendance by Mrs R B Orr and Mrs Sebren Garner, and planned a Chinese study on Extension work. Cooking root vegetables featured with tasty dishes. The June meeting will be hosted by Mrs Bert Allen.
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Hopewell
Mire
K. B. Orr
Hereford
R. B. Orr
Sebren Garner
Orr
Bou
Lucille Wiggins
Bert Allen
Mrs. Pearl Collins Dies After Long Illness at 70
Mrs. Pearl Collins, about 70, operator of the Collins hotel in Jasper for over two decades, died yesterday after a long illness. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Oliver Runk, Marion, Kentucky.
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Collins
Jasper
Ala
Pearl Collins
Collins Hotel
Oliver Runk
Marion
Transfers and Marriage Licenses in Decatur Area
Ledger lists numerous property transfers, debts, and real estate deals with amounts from 50 to 12 000 dollars. It also records marriage licenses for residents of Decatur and nearby towns, listing names and partner details. The section shows multiple transfers involving Decatur Realty and Crescent Heights Inc., plus U.S. Army and other entities as payees or lenders.
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Decatur Realty Company
Corbin N Brown
Con Faires
M. R. Braswell
J. L. Fenoy
Charlie F. Ratliff
J.J. Gray Jr
R. W. Puckett
James A. Hale
W. L. Hale
Vera Jordan
Thomas C. Hendrix
J. M. Matthews
J. E. Matthews
Horace Puckett
Hugo Humphrey
J. Willard Russell
J. E. Stone Jr
B. C. Shelton
J. M. Pettey
Gertrude Raven
Margaret C. Smith
Clifford J. Hans
L. B. Smith
L. O. Stout
Edith M. Good
J. C. Taylor
George F. Lewis
William D. McMurray
Tucker
Betty Tucker
A. C. Bailey
Olon T. Bolding Sr
Gertha Bolding
Eee
M. Crutcher
W. D. Core le Bains
Clitford J. Hans
John D. Davis
Dora N. Holland
Charles Reynolds
Howard Powell
South demands forestry plan to turn wood into new crop
Oklahoma City May 27 Governor Ben Laney of Arkansas told the Governors Conference the South is moving beyond lumbering toward tree farming as a major industry with potential for 20 billion cubic feet of wood fiber annually. He urged education of tree farmers and argued selective cutting and forest protection will create thousands of skilled jobs in chemical and plastics plants.
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Oklahoma City
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Laney
Iowa
Kansas
Fire damages Industrial high school in Tuscaloosa
City School Supt H C Pannell estimates $52000 in damage after a fire at Industrial high school for Negroes in Tuscaloosa. Fire Chief Pete Matthews says the blaze smoldered hours and the building and equipment were insured for $52000. Graduation exercises were held last night. In Bay Minette residents vote June 7 on establishing a state retail liquor store after a 90-name petition.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Eire
H. C. Pannell
Pannell
Pete Matthews
Store Bay Minette
Deeds Record Lawrence County Transfers and Debuts
Lawrence County deeds list Emmett K Hollis to M G Wilborn for 500 dollars and J P Deleshaw and Grace Deleshaw to T. Details show a sequence of property transfers with names and sums in a brief record.
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Lawrence County
Emmett K. Hollis
M. G. Wilborn
Grace Deleshaw
Postal workers in Decatur gain $400 yearly raise
President Uruman signed into law a bill Tuesday boosting annual payrolls by about $10,000 in Decatur and giving nearly all postal workers a $400 raise. Thirty Decatur employees, including 21 at Bank Street and nine at Albany, benefit from the increase.
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Uruman
Decatur
Bank Street
Albany
Farm strike settlement eases $1.5 million vegetable loss
Bay Minette Alabama reports a settlement ending a strike that threatened to cause a $1.5 million loss for local farmers who could not move fresh vegetables to market. The agreement, announced today, brings relief to the county agriculture sector and stabilizes market flow.
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Bay Minette
Ala
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Morgan County
Stewart
Morgan
WMSL
Handy Ellis
Hunt, JR
C. S. Hagerman
W. R. Riley
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F. E
Burleson
B. P. Collier
Morgan County Committee
Hopewell Club
Modest Maidens
Patent Office
G. T. Childers
Aretas Childers
J. E. Henderson
M. D. Henderson
M. E. King
William
John Gillum
James C. McDonald
Hudson Morris Sheats
Madeline D. Reeves
Mamie Mosely
Christina B. Eaves
Olivia Harris
W. H.' Lovelady
Ernest D. Ray
Nannie Nelson
Henry Campbell
S. C. Reed
Hoyt William Reed
J. L. Books
Bob R. Johnson
Florence Watkins
E. Corum
Nettie C. Duncan
Reid Crow
E. A. Mullican
Decatur Land Company
James H. Wiggins
Ida Williamson
Christina B. Eayes
Catherine Byars
Arnold Evans
Elgin M. Bowen
Blythe Isley
Grover C. Mann
E. S. Miller
B. E. Speakman
B.C. Shelton
Cleveland Jones
J. M. Standridge
Frank S. Johnson
James B. Sullivan
Clyde Young
J. A
J. Moats
Lelia Sykes Martin
J. N. Aldridge
Gaines Aldridge
Monroe Sandlin
C. E. Smith
T. E. Farley
R. M. Byars Sr
Robert Watkins
Elijah Wat‘kins
Ike
Annie Lee Smith
James Blythe
Andrew Garth
L. L. Bradford
Russellville
Lola Hamilton
Hanceville
Willie Cooper
Alene Galloway
Charles E. Ethredge
Town Creek
Esther H. Smith
Malmsburg
Ohio
Robert M. Jones
Moulton
Wylodean Leks Ri
Courtland
Steve Terry
Jewell Teller
Corinth
Miss
Frank G. Gardner
Helen Parker
William Pittman Gay
Alf
Polly Melba Martin
Hillsboro
Alfred Godfrey Miller
Mabel Ruth Martin
James Clifton Rose
Tommie Rural Sparks
U.S
White Rocks
Barred Rocks
New Hampshire Reds
Blizzard’s Hatchery
Tenth Ave
Decatur, Ala
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Superior Cleaners
Lee ST
Commercial Credit Corp
American Beauty Greenhouse
W. Moulton
Hawkins
Medusa Portland
Kinnear
E. M. Morrow
Davis St
Lee
Jefferson
Texas
Digger
219 Johnston
Quime Clurarde
Appoi
Me Vita
General Office
J. D. Sullivan
South 21St St
Birmingham
Ene
Dehiaeres
Goodyear
LEE & Line Sts
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