Unemotional Negro’s Murder Tale Baffles Police Officials
Atlanta dispatch recalls Johnny Starks Vanderbilt, 36, claiming he witnessed the 1945 murder of Lydia Thompson in Michigan. Lie detector tests by Georgia and Michigan officers produced a straight line, yet detectives doubt his tale. Vanderbilt, once jailed for car theft, says a mysterious man and “Jimmy the Greek” paid him to drive, with the crime staged to hide the real killer. The case links to Louis Thompson and Helen Budnik, indicted later, though no direct ties were proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bem Price
Atlanta
Michigan
Johnny Starks Vanderbilt
Lydia Thompson
Vanderbilt
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Howard Seiler
Seiler
South Carolina
GBI
Barney Ragsdale
Thompson
Pontiac
Mich
Bill Watkins
Constantinople
Red Cross
Opey
Shriners Open District Meet Lights Up Birmingham Parade
About 17 000 Shrine nobles gathered in Birmingham for the Southeastern Shrine Association convention. Leaders include Deputy Imperial Potentate Hubert M. Poteat and Imperial Chief Rabban Roland D. Baldwin, with Mayor Green and Potentate Perry J. Covile welcoming attendees. The big procession and open air session are planned for tomorrow afternoon, featuring 16 temples plus the group in a multi mile march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Southeastern Shrine Association
Hubert M. Poteat
Sudan
New Bern
N. C
Rabban Roland D. Baldwin
Morocco
Jacksonville
Fla
William E. Kephner
Eglin
Rahmes Temple
Zamora
Perry J. Covile
Zamora Temple
Mayor Green
Ice production cuts in ten million ton range in US plants
About 50,000,000 tons of ice are reduced yearly in 6000 plants, a figure noted as significant near Soonibeat in the United States. The data underscores the scale of ice processing across the nation and hints at regional production patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Markets on Wall Street Fall Amid Modest Changes
New York September 2 Traders selected issues with mixed moves as most prices varied fractions. Falls included Bethlehem Steel to new yearly low, while Pacific Telephone rose 3.5 points to a yearly high and Superior Oil of California gained four. other notable movers were Schenley Consolidated Edison International Telephone Allied Chemical Du Pont Santa Fe Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific U S Gypsum and U S Steel among others. Oil slipped 2.5 points after merger news with Ogden Corp.
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New York
Sept
Follawsbee Steel
Pacific
Telephone
Superior Oil of
California
Schenley
Consolidated Edison
International Phone
Allied Chemical
du Pont
Santa Art Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific
Nashville Livestock Market Report September update
Nashville livestock market notes slower cattle demand with light supply. Baby beef weights 20.00 to 23.00, vealers 23.00 to 27.00, common cattle 18.00 to 22.00. Hogs 290–260 lb 21.50, 150–185 lb 19.50, 250–300 lb 19.50, weekly gains 25–50 cents. Sheep lambs 20.00 to 23.00, common 16.00 to 19.00, aged slaughter 7.00 down from week prior. Overall market generally steady to firmer in parts with some weakness in certain cattle grades.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Department of Agriculture
Grains Rally As Markets End Higher On Day
Chicago morning trade shows grains turning mixed to higher after early weakness. Wheat finishes around $2.03 1 2 per bushel Sept. corn about $1.23 1 2. oats near 68 1 2. rye around $1.39 1 2. soybeans near $2.32 1 2 for Nov. lard steady to $0.05 lower at $12.20 per 100 pounds for Sept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York Cotton Quiet
Cotton markets eased as hedging faded and mill buying absorbed demand. Prices held steady amid light trading conditions in New York on September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wheat Steady and cattle dull in Chicago trading
Chicago price notes show steady wheat with small scale elevator buying. Corn and oats mixed with September positions mixed to firm on cash demand. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher with a top around 22.00, while cattle remain dull and weak with choice stock scarce.
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Chicago
North Georgia poultry market steady with steady prices
USDA reports a steady North Georgia poultry market with prices mostly unchanged. Week’s stocks cleared and slight carryover noted on small sizes. Prices paid FOB for farm broilers and fryers purchased Thursday afternoon and this morn ing ranged 26-28 cents, mostly 27-27.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures drift as crop estimates tighten
New York September 2 Cotton futures were quiet with modest price moves as hedging and broker sales eased into the weekend. A private August 30 crop estimate put possible 1949 U.S. production at 14.097 million bales versus the government 14.805 million. Weather in the South cleared and merchants anticipated stronger movement in the new crop. Futures ended about 5 cents per bale higher and 20 cents below prior close. Middling spot at 31.26 cents, off 7. Nominal.
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New York
Bankston Paid 45 Cents Per Pound For Cotton
W C Bankston on Wheeler Highway sold long staple cotton to Planters Seed and Staple Cotton Company. He had 80 acres with inch and a quarter staple. Two bales netted a $406.96 check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Highway
Bankston
Planters Seed and Staple Cotton Company
Texas Stallion Tops Prize at Walking Horse Show
At the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville Texas stallion Skipper's Sun of Midnight owned and ridden by B A Skipper Jr of Longview Texas won the 3 year old walking stallion class. The event attracted about 700 horses from 20 states with $10000 in prizes as the five day meet continues toward the grand championship. Celia Shuptrine of Selma Alabama rode Judy Frost to win the ladies on walking horses class, a repeat victory from 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Tenn
Texas
Skipper
B. A. Skipper Jr
Longview
Midnight Sun
Celia Shupprine
Selma
Ala
Judy Frost
Shuptrine Stables
Celia Shuptrine
Blue Mama Boy
Webb Bros
Bids Open for Danville Decatur Road and Cullman Eva Road
State Highway Department in Montgomery will open bids today for the Danville Decatur road Flint Creek bridge and six miles of the Cullman Eva road. The Morgan and Cullman bids are part of county road projects totaling just under 1 million dollars. The Flint Creek bridge connects the ten mile Decatur Danville road begun before the war with 3.5 miles completed in the first year and grading for 6.5 miles this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Danville-Decatur
Cullman
Cullman-Eva
Cullman County
Morgan
Legion Conclave Sets Proposals for Nation’s Future
About 60,000 Legionnaires gathered as National Commander Perry Brown of Beaumont Texas hailed the event as the best in history. The group urged civilian control of atomic energy, aid to Chinese nationalists, immigration limits, universal military training, a national air academy, a self help plan for jobs and housing, and outlawing the communist party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
U. S
China
Communist Party
Union Hill welcomes new students and visitors this week
Several new students entered Union Hill Elementary and high school this week. Oscar Napps and T. J. Briscoe of Decatur visited Union Hill School Tuesday. Mrs Thea Flack left Aug 29 for Breckenridge to visit her brother. Raymond Davidson visits friends in Georgia this week. Mr and Mrs Fred Culbreath Jr visited relatives in Union Hill. Various locals and guests from Birmingham Montgomery Florence and Washington DC also appear in this community notes. Birth announced of Roney Wayne August 29 to Mr and Mrs Albert Hendrix.
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Union Hill
Oscar Napps
T. J. Briscoe
Decatur
Union Hill School
Thea Flack
Breckenridge
Texas
E. G. Hamilton
Raymond Davidson
Georgia
Trece .Thomas
Union Grove
Fred Culbreath Jr
Fred Culbreath
Thurmond Abercrombie
Larry
Florence
Huey Yancey
Arab Hospital
John McCutcheon
Billy Walter
Jimmy Walter
Morgan City
Dorothy Steadham
Birmingham
Albert Hendrix
Roney Wayne
J. O. Hughes
Washington, D.C
T. H. Ditto
Evelyn Ditto
Montgomery
Hubert Ross
Jur
Bessie Trotman
Lola Cudlip
Senate probes five percenters and procurement reforms
The Senate investigations sub committee paused for a month as staff review continues. Government buys chief Jess Larson pledged direct contracting to curb middlemen, with blacklisting of unethical firms and centralized information centers to deter influence peddling. The inquiry may shift to Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan with future focus on ties to political fundraising and a California rare-track dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoey
D-N.c
Senate Investigations
Jess Larson
Larson
Government Services Administration
Defense
Johnson
Frank Pace
Senate
William
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Helis
California
Vaughan
Agriculture Department
Democratic Party
Southside Baptist Picnic and City Permits Report
The Southside Baptist church primary department will meet at Delano park at 4 p.m. Saturday for a church picnic. Transportation was requested via Mrs. W. C. Hamilton at 1514 J. City Clerk Joe Pettey issued three permits this morning for a garage at 101 Wadsworth Street for $300 to Jack Spangler, a bath addition at 1012 North Avenue for $500 to Ruby J. Smith, and $500 additions to the building at 914 Chestnut Street to O. E. Johnson. Yesterday two permits were issued. Selections were made for the dean’s list in the Auburn School of Pharmacy. Staff Sgt. Albert J. Barbee Jr. has returned to duties at Sheppard Air Base after furlough. Several local social notes and weather data are included, with temperatures around 82 degrees and no rainfall. two grass-fire calls were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Baptist Church Primary Department
Delano Park
W. C. Hamilton
Joe Pettey
Jack Spangler
Wadsworth Street
Ruby
J. Smith
North Avenue
O. E. Johnson
Chestnut Street
Albert J. Barbee Jr
Albert J Barbee Sr
Sheppard Air Base
Wichita Falls
Kan
International tensions and disasters in world news roundup
The report covers postwar aid for China and Japan’s repayment stance, a deadly typhoon and floods tallying 95 dead with 417 injured and 49 missing, Yugoslavia Russia Cold War tensions with anti Tito movements, a Manila telegram on Britain’s six point economic plan, and Bolivian rebel advances led by Carmelo Cuellar toward Tarija as uprisings expand from tin mining regions.
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United States
Japan
Yugoslavia
Russia
Cominform
Bucharest
Romania
United Nations World
New York
Tito
Britain
Canada
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
Bolivia
Tarija
Carmelo Cuellar
Yacuiba
Folsom Criticizes Merit System and Civil Service
The speaker denounces the merit system from top to toe and says it harms administration. He notes officials who refuse to follow wishes, seeks removal from merit lists, and criticizes plans to place division heads under elected control. He cites Alabama counties and private boards as examples of “bad government” and confirms the system’s constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
Montgomery County
City Commission
County Board of Revenue
Jefferson
Mobile
Safe Cracked at Tarrant Housing Authority
Police report a burglary at the Tarrant Housing Authority in Tarrant Alabama. Robbers forced a door to enter and stole about $500 in cash and checks. Police chief Paul T Gaines said the incident occurred last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrant
Ala
Paul T. Gaines
Homer G Long Called Home
Funeral services for Homer Clif ton Long 77 will be held from his Moulton home Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev G M Bynum and Rev Will Wear will conduct the rites. Interment will be in Shoemaker cemetery with Brown directing. Long a lifelong Moulton resident was a prominent farmer and ginner reputed to be the oldest citizen. He died Thursday at 5 p.m. after a long illness. Survivors include three daughters Mrs W P Montgomery Mrs Virgil Fowler Mr Hope and Mrs Claude Montgomery Decatur two sons Fred and Wallace both of Moulton two brothers J R Falkville and W A of Moulton and a sister Mrs W T Stanford Russellville Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Homer Clifton Long
Moulton
G. M. Bynum
Will Wear
Shoemaker
Brown
Long
W. P. Montgomery
Virgil Fowler
Hope
Claude Montgomery
Decatur
Fred
Wallace
J. R. Falkville
W. A
W. T. Stanford
Russellville
Graveside Rites Held For Infant Twins Friday
Graveside services for a son and daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Nelson Jr were held at Bald Knob cemetery at 2 PM Rev B A Smith conducted the rites The infants died at the family residence Surviving are the parents two brothers two sisters and relatives Funeral direction by Mutual Service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C J. Nelson, Jr
Hartselle
Bald Knob
B. A. Smith
Lary
Dorvan
Peggy
Pase
Ida Johnson
Service Saturday For Mrs. Sledge
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie Freeman Sledge, 46, will be held at home, Hillsboro 2, Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev. Faulkner will conduct the rites. Interment will follow in Roselawn cemetery, Brown. She died Thursday at her home after an extended illness. Surviving are her husband S. S. Seeny. two daughters, Mrs. Hulpert Terry of Decatur and Mrs. A. J. Goodwin. and Miss Betty Sledge, Hillsboro. two sons, Doris Sparkman and Robert Sledge, Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Freeman Sledge
Hillsboro
Faulkner
Roselawn
Brown
Sledge
S. S. Seeny
Ores
Hulpert Terry
Decatur
A. J. Goodwin
Betty Sledge
Doris Sparkman
Robert Sledge
Barnes
Decatur 3
Carried at One Time On A Were Of EeU Steel
A fragment notes a historical item involving steel and a carried state or function. The readable portion suggests a discussion of steel use or deal, with vague references to a carried or carried out period. Specific names, places, or dates are not clearly legible in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeu
Eight Hosiery Mills Struck in Five States
Alexander McKeown of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers announced that eight full fashioned hosiery mills across five states have gone on strike after the two year contract expired. The mills employ 618 workers, with wage-cut terms sought by the companies while the union seeks to maintain the current 1.75 dollar per hour piece rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Alexander McKeown
AFHW
McKeown
Senate daily session drags as recess set for next Tuesday
The Alabama House and Senate debated pacing and recess timing, voting down amendments to shift days and pay, while Gov Folsom’s general appropriations bill loomed. Lawmakers sought to use a committee of the whole and potential pocket vetoes to expedite actions and protect governance needs.
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Wallace Maloné
Houston
Norman Harris
Morgan
Chamber
James E. Folsom
Constitution
Folsom
Jefferson
Larry Dumas
Senate
House
Dfeader
John
Snodgrass
Jackson
Dumas
Alabama
Bishops Describe Africa Mission Life and Home Life
The Bishops recount life in Africa including scarce amenities such as a jeep truck a movie camera and a kerosene refrigerator. They discuss food storage clothing supplies and fashion, climate near the Sahara desert with extreme heat and rain, mud brick housing and reliance on kerosene lamps. They note natives’ physique and literacy limits, social politeness, and missionary work with a plan to return after four years with their son Johnny entering school and annual furloughs.
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New York
Paris
Africa
Decatur
America
Sahara Desert
Johnny
Sai Wata Rana
WSCS Meeting at Basham Church Proceedings
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Basham Methodist church met on Monday August 29 for its regular gathering. Mrs Toney Ratliff led devotional using Prayer. Edna Martin spoke on It's Faithfulness. prayers and in circle segment followed. meeting closed with Have Thine Own Way Lord and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Basham Methodist Church
Assas
Edna Martin
Toney Ratliff
Ted In
Lord
Railroader Dan F. McDonough Dies in Dallas
Dan F. McDonough a former traffic manager for the Frisco railroad in Birmingham Alabama and Jacksonville Florida died last night in Dallas at age 78 He had lived with his son Dan F McDonough Jr since moving to Dallas in 1940 and retired from railroad service in 1939.
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Dallas
Tex
Dan F. McDonough
Frisco Railroad
Birmingham
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Llv
Dan F. McDonough, Jr
Dr William Faulkk Dies Former Tuscaloosa Mayor
Dr William M Faulk 76 former assistant superintendent of Alabama state hospitals and once mayor of Tuscaloosa died at Druid City hospital. He had been critically ill since a heart attack Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulk
Tuscaloosa
Ala
William M. Faulk
Alabama State Hospitals
Druid City Hospital
Monk in Southern France First Made Pretzels in 610 AD
A historic note asserts pretzels originated with a monk in southern France in 610 AD. The item highlights a medieval baker’s craft and early monastic influence on snack foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
New Law Hits Small Firms in Alabama
In Montgomery on September 2, three Alabama industrial relations experts weigh a proposed minimum wage of 75 cents an hour. They say most big plants won’t be affected, but small businesses especially lumber operators and cross state line firms could face hardship. Experts cite potential unemployment and impact on the lumber sector, while noting most Alabama workers already earn above 75 cents. State figures show no average below the proposed rate among manufacturing or mining employees in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
D. Trotter Jones
Birmingham
Associated Industries of
John
W. Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Ward
J C. Noah
Labor Department
State Industrial Relations Department
Fat Faster Is Atop His Perch
Percy Coplon weighing 340 pounds fasts atop a six foot high perch for three months and plans to lose about 100 pounds. The 53 year old former racing driver lives in New Tarrant Alabama and has shed 17 pounds during the fast. He expects to be tested by a Chicago physician brother who will advise whether to continue the fast. He aims to drink lemon juice and salt at intervals and hopes fasting cures his self described sleeping sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birminghay
Ala
Percy
Coplon
New Tarrant
Chicago
Building in Birmingham Surges in Early 1949
The Birmingham area authorized construction of new dwelling units in the first five months of 1949 more than doubled the prior year’s pace. The figure is disclosed in the July issue of a construction magazine published by the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Retired Editor Thomas Simmons Dies in Memphis
Thomas Jefferson Simmons, 68, longtime editor of The Memphis Labor Review, died in a local hospital. Funeral services were held in Memphis today with burial planned in Macon, Georgia.
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Memphis
Thomas Jefferson Simmons
Memphis Labor Review
Pura
Macon
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