Wheels as revival topic at Johnston Street gospel meeting
Evangelist Porter Bar delivers "Wheels" sermon from Exodus 34 urging listeners to trust God who can open Red Seas and remove chariot wheels. He warns of judgment, urges salvation through Jesus Christ, and promises rewards for the faithful in a closing call to be saved tonight.
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Johnston Street
4Th ‘Avenue E
Porter Bar
Red Sea
Pharaoh
Red Seas
Israel
Red
God
Noah
Jey
Jesus Christ
Clemency review process for death sentences in military justice
The War Department review board may add records and opinions for court martial sentences. The Prefect or Secretary of War then transmits to confirm or commute. The inmate is notified of review opportunities and may appear before the board. clemency matters may be written to the Advocate General.
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War Department
Applications Filed for Payment Across August Totals
A county commissioner reports 593 leave pay applications filed in August along with World War II and World War I pensions, insurance, benefits, hospital and sugar applications, priority cases, property locations, and miscellaneous items. The office made 1,081 contacts, with letters received and written totaling significant numbers.
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Julian Bibbering
Cullman Co op Loan Approved for System Improvements
Cullman Electric Cooperative of Cullman Alabama has had a loan approved for 765000 under the Electrification Act. The funds will back system improvements and 8 miles and 478 miles of line extending the network.
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Cullman Co-Op
Washington
Cullman Electric Cooperative
Cullman, Ala
Markets Rally In Wide Stock Advance On New York Trade
Lead ing stocks rose 1 to 6 points as buying support spread across most sectors. American Telephone Santa Fe Eastman Kodak Johns Manville U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Sears Roebuck International Harvester Caterpillar and others led gains while rail shares firmed near close. Wheat corn and oats fell modestly in Chicago trading and cotton rose late.
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New York
American Telephone
Santa Fe
Eastman Kodak
Johns Manville
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Sears, Roebuck
International Harvester
Caterpillar Tractor
Consolidated Edison
Anaconda
Kennecott
General Electric
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Union Carbid
Markets at a Glance New York United Sept 5 7 Stocks Rally
Markets report higher stocks led by a strong rally in New York. Bonds improved with selective rail rally. Cotton steady amid mill buying. Chicago notes hedging pressure. Corn shows better crop weather. Oats easy as cash grain offered. Cattle steady to strong with top at $20.25.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures steady as mill buying limits offerings
New York Sept 5 Cotton futures stayed steady on mill buying and light offerings. Futures closed 1.30 higher to 7.90 above, with private crop projection at 9.58 million bales versus govt August 9.29 million.
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New York
Commission House
Nashville Livestock Sale Report September 5
Nashville livestock market reports active cattle with gains in most grades. Yearling steer top 20.40 at 755 pounds. yearlings and light steers 14.00 to 16.50. canners and cutters 6.50 to 9.00. beef cows scarce early, common 10.00 to 12.25. calves selling 13.00 to 18.00 with tops near 18.00. hogs steady at 15.95 ceiling. sheep moderate with lambs 15.00 to 18.00 and slaughter ewes down to 7.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
State Departments of Agriculture
Folsom Shows Interest in Alabama Revenue Reform
Gov designate James E. Folsom has expressed interest in simplifying and liberalizing Alabama's revenue system. Dr C A Gaston said after a conference that the next chief executive will face knotty problems in shaping state revenue when he takes office next January.
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Folsom
Fairhope
Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
C. A. Gaston
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation
Alabama Peanut Crop Valued at 35 Million
Alabama 1946 peanut crop valued at 35 million dollars in a report to the Georgia Florida Alabama Peanut Association convention. President W. B. Crawley of Banks said peanuts now yield more revenue than cotton in peanut growing counties prior to boll weevil infestation.
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Peanuts Valuable Enterprise
Ala
Alabama
W. B. Crawley
Banks
Warden Discusses Counseling Officers for Prisoners
Warden B. of Draper prison says employing counseling officers in national facilities could reduce recidivism by guiding convicts after release. The statement was made in Spienger Alabama on September 5.
Board to Meet on Sept 18 to Review Teacher Fund Basis
Montgomery Alabama September 5 Governor Chauncey Sparks said the state board of education plans a tentative meeting on September 18 to consider un freeing the teacher unit basis used to distribute state funds to the schools.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
State Board of Education
Gallant Journey Premieres Amid Montogomery Park Dedication
San Diego hosts the premiere of Gallant Journey about John J. Montgomery with a Montgomery Park dedication on Otay Mesa. Navy bombers honor the event as Columbia promotes the film with a publicity procession and press entourage. The movie stars Glenn Ford and is praised for restrained storytelling and photography.
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San Diego
Calif
Columbia
Pacific
John J. Montgomery
Montgomery
Columbia Publicity Department
Montgomery Park
Otay Mesa
Writianr
Glenn Ford
TCI Expansion at Fairfield Planned
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road Co announces a two year expansion and modernization of its Fairfield steel works sheet mill. The plan adds cold-reduced sheet production and raises capacity to 500000 tons annually from about 360000. Small additional capacity for wire will be installed.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Southern
Fairfield Steel Works
Board Studies Pay Increases In Alabama State Employees
The Alabama personnel board met in Montgomery to decide the size of recommended raises for state workers. Gov. Chauncey Sparks said lower salary brackets would likely receive increases, while Sparks declined to speculate on exact amounts and signaled reluctance to approve hikes for jobs already raised this year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Parks
Sparks
Chinese Commanders Set Kalgan Attack as Next Move
Chiang Kai-shek’s forces declare Kalgan the next target in North China as peace talks stall. Chen Cheung warns Kalgan will fall unless Tatung siege ends, following offensives that swept Chengteh in Jehol province.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Sheks
Kalgan
Greeks Gain Hearing On Ukrainian Charges At UN
The United Nations security council allowed Greek Ambassador Vassili Dendramis to answer Ukrainian accusations that Greece backs monarchist bands in Macedonia and stirs Balkan tension. Ukraine’s Dmitri Manuitsky pressed charges, while Sir Alexander Cadogan protested the indictment. The assembly is set to meet in New York on September 23.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Vassili Dendramis
Balkans
Dmitri Manuitsky
Macedonia
Manuitsky
Alexander Cadogan
Greece
Council
Ukraine
General Assembly
Trygve Lie
New York
Russia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Paris
Geneva
United Nations
Aris
Pulp Prices Rise As OPA Sets Higher Ceiling for Woodpulp
Washington reports the OPA authorized about a 10 percent increase in woodpulp ceilings for domestic and imported supply. The move costs mills roughly 25 million dollars more yearly and may apply retroactively to imports as of August 8. The price hike aims to sustain production, lift supply, and shift some subsidy burden from the government.
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Washington
OPA
Canada
United States
Sin
Teachers Institute Set for Friday at Decatur Junior High
Decatur city teachers will gather at Decatur Junior High School starting 8 30 in the morning with an afternoon session at 2 00. Dr Walter Jackson superintendent announced the program features State Superintendent Dr A R Meadows and Norma Bristow president of the Alabama Educational Association.
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Decatur City School
Decatur Junior High School
Walter Jackson
Jacksons 4
A.R. Meadows
Norma Bristow
The
Alabama Educational Association
Dr. Barney Sibley Dies in Birmingham Hospital
Dr. Barney Dunbar Sibley, 75, longtime eye ear nose and throat specialist in Birmingham, died after a long illness. Born in Augusta, Ga in 1870 he studied at the University of Georgia and Jefferson Medical College. He was a past potentate of Zamora Shrine.
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Sibley
Birmingham
Barney Dunbar Sibley
Augusta
University of Georgia, of Medical
Jefferson Ham
Zamora Shrine
Folsom Endorses 30 Day Legislature Amendment
Dothan Eagle quotes James E. Folsom as backing a constitutional amendment to let the Alabama legislature operate on a 30 day basis, replacing the current 60 calendar days. He favors shorter sessions and says he will vote for the amendment and supports broader debate, with a decision on the Boswell voting amendment by Oct. 1.
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Dothan
Ala
Dothan Eagle Today
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Preston Clayton
the Eagle
United States
Wage Board Set to Hear Further Evidence on AFL Strike
The wage board will hold a hearing next Tuesday to receive additional evidence and consider its order as walkouts support AFL action. Hawk noted ships would be tied up five days by then while Petrillo predicted a quick end to the New York hotel strike. GM president Wilson urged averting another strike wave if auto output reaches 6 million yearly by late 1947, with raw materials as a growing issue. An independent union at Duquesne Light, Pittsburgh, will respond to a proposed deal to prevent a regional power strike.
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AFL
Hawk
James C. Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians Union
New York
Detroit
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburgh
Maritime workers strike threat spurs embargo on cargo
The Association issued numbered permits for freight storage in public warehouses or port terminals to prevent port congestion amid a threatened maritime workers strike. The embargo covers Army Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard consignments under district manager permits.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Mrs Chapman Dies at Jacksonville Florida
Mrs Ed Chapman wife of a son of Mr and Mrs A W Chapman died in Jacksonville Florida Tuesday Survivors include her husband one son her mother and four sisters Attending funeral in Sevierville Tennessee are Mr and Mrs A W Chapman Mr and Mrs Woodrowman Mrs Thelma Hanks and Chapman
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Ed Chapman
A. W.chapman
Jacksonville
Fla
Sevierville
Tenn
A. W. Chapman
Woodrowman
Thelma Hanks and
Chapman
Garsson Company Cleared In Charge Over Shell Defects
Washington reports the Army cleared the Garsson munitions combine of responsibility for defective 42 mortar shells that killed 38 American soldiers and injured 127. A parent report blaming faulty fuses was provided to the Senate War Investigating Committee, which considered questioning Rep May in relation to Garsson activities. The mortar shell report noted four principal factors in the defects.
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Washington
Garsson Munitions Combine
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
Garsson
Alabama widens airport inventory to 177 facilities
State Aeronautics Department reports 177 active airports, auxiliary fields and emergency strips in Alabama excluding Army and Navy facilities. The count includes 42 class 1 and 12 class 2 airports per CAA. 31 municipal, 38 commercial, six federal. Fourteen have paved runways. 38 have boundary or runway lights. 56 have hangars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Aeronautics Department
Asa Rountree Jr
CAA
CAA Airways
Birmingham
Mobile
Evergreen
Tuscaloosa
Muscle Shoals
Dothan
Anniston Army Air Base
Huntsville
Rountree
Eastern
Delta
Pennsylvania-Central
National
Waterman
Truman rules out special session of Congress until January
President Truman said no emergency exists to trigger a special session before the November elections and expects Congress to reconvene in January. He urged lawmakers to campaign through election day and endorsed the New York Democratic ticket. He delegated maritime strike negotiations to Secretary Schwellenbach and discussed postwar trials and Palestine immigration.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Palestine
Wall Street stock market trends show renewed decline
Analysts note a backlog of new financing awaiting market improvement and that many new securities remain with dealers. The 60 stock average fell in June and July, with a sharp drop in May 1940 context, while traders eased selling and volume climbed to a new high for the period.
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Wall Street
Associated Press
Tulsa
Trophies and Awards Displayed in Morgan County Tennis
Trophies and awards from the Morgan county tennis tournament are on display in the Shoe Box Rogerie on Second Avenue. The event drew 65 participants with large attendance. winners received trophies and certificates were awarded to all participants.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Second Avenue
Local residents move hospital to hospital and attend events
Mrs. W. E. Hammond and daughter moved by ambulance to Apt 14 West Court. E. S. Blizzard moved to Decatur clinic and returned. Monroe Copeland enlists in the Army for 18 months in Fort McClellan. BPW club dinner at Hotel Lyons. Judge Crow to Mobile for bar convention. Various ambulances transport patients and clerks, plus bar convention attendees James Crow Jr. and John Caddell among Decatur lawyers at Mobile. Postal receipts for August total 8055.68 at Decatur Post Office. City permits issued for a $1000 four room house on Riverview Drive and a two room addition at 501 Seventh Avenue West. Police docket lists three cases. fines include 25 for drunkenness and 100 bond forfeited for prohibition violation, 50 bond forfeited for carrying pistol without permit. Mr. and Mrs. Sewell plan winter in Plant City Florida, hosting friends in Decatur.
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Alma G Hill
Joe Pettey
Riverview Drive
Jackson
Grant Street
Seventh Avenue West
ConradtSrickland
Car output may reach six million for GM outlook
General Motors President C E Wilson said the U S car industry could hit six million vehicles a year by this time next year if strikes end. He cited production curtailment from strikes and parts shortages and a drop in labor efficiency while criticizing government wage price policy changes since 1945.
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Detroit
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Dewey Leads Bitter New York Campaign Push
Governor Dewey and Assembly Leader Ives addressed the Republican convention in Saratoga Springs and mapped a battle plan with nominees while Democrats selected Mead to oppose Dewey and Lehman to oppose Ives. Mead branded liberalism as incompatible with reaction. Dewey framed liberalism as individual freedom against a regulated society.
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Norris Paxton
Albany
N. Y
Dewey
Assembly
Irving M. Ives
U.S
Saratoga Springs
U. S
James M. Mead
Herbert H. Lehman
Ives
Executive Mansion
Mead
New York
Saratoga
Washington
Dove and squirrel hunting seasons announced for fall
Probate Judge T. C. Almon announced opening dates for dove and squirrel seasons. Dove opens Oct 1 to Nov 15 and Dec 18 to Jan 31 in a split season while squirrels may be hunted Oct 1 to Jan 1. Hunting licenses expire Sept 30 1946 with new licenses available the last week of September for the Oct 1 season.
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T. C. Almon
Almon
Trieste deal sparks clashes between Yugoslavia Italy and Big Four
The text portrays a split over Trieste among Yugoslavia and Italy with the Big Four reportedly near agreement on internationalizing the port. The US stance, voiced by Sen. Tom Connally, calls for a zone under joint control to guarantee peace, linking both Yugoslavia and Italy.
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Italy
Trieste
Big Four
Yugoslavia
Istrian
United States
Tom Connally
Tex
Ialy
Truman calls wartime canal venture a dead horse
President Truman described the wartime canal oil venture in Canada as a dead horse fully investigated by Congress. He declined to have Admiral Ernest J. King testify, despite Senate war inquiry pressure. Mead plans to invite King to appear before the committee soon.
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Washington
America
Canada
Truman
Congress
Adm
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
King
Mead
Senate War Investigating Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chief of Staff
War Investigating Committee
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James L.rankin Insurance
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Jimmy Cagney
MGM
Mickey Rooney
Freddy Bartholomew
20th-Fox
Peggy Cummins
Southwest States
Joe Cotten
Washington Redskins
Los Angeles Ramis
Joe
D. C
John
Smith Kathryn Grayson
East
Joan Fontaine
Bill Dozier
Olivia
Marcus Goodrich
Marjorie
Jack Reynolds
Dale Evans
Trigger
Roy Rogers
TCI
Fairfield
REDS
State Highway Patrol
Janis Carter
William Gargan
Columbia Pictures
Roxy Theatre
Teacher's Institute
Garsson Company
Drege
Commiraty
W. E. Hammond
Decatur General Hospital
Apt
West Court
Brown's Ambulance
E. S. Blizzard
Tenth Avenue West
Decatur Clinic
Brown
Monroe W. Copeland
Athens
Fort McClellan
Hotel
Lyons
James H.’ Crow Jr
C. C. Turner
Sixth Avenue East
Mutual Service Ambulance
Laverne NeSmith
Third Avenue East
D. A. Sharp
Baugh’s Infirmary
Decatur 2
Howell's
W. D Harraway
John Caddell
Russell Lynne
Attorne
Gunter Wynn
Cullman
Jessie T. Southern
Decatur 3
Baugh's Infirmary
Sneed Christopher
Bob Jones
Scottsboro
Eighth
Larry Miller
TVA
San Jose
R. T. Sheppard
C. T. Sewell
Mrs
Carl Gibson
West Moulton Street
Dove
Dead Horse
Julian L. Bibb
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Springfield
Massachusetts
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