Roosevelt denounces North racism and South riots
Eleanor Roosevelt said the North is as bad as the South in racial discrimination and called the Peekskill Robeson riot in New York outrageous. Speaking in Atlanta at a conference of Southern church women, she criticized apathy and praised efforts to change inequalities. She also contrasted U N human rights debates with domestic civil rights progress and recalled visiting Warm Springs, Georgia.
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Atlanta
Franklin JD. Roosevelt
South
Paul Robeson
Peekskit
N Y
Robeson
Thomas Dewey
Roosevelt
Truman
United Nations committee on human_ rights
United States
Southern Regional Council
Southern
Warm Springs
Little
White House
Crop Supplementing This Year By State Cotton Data
The report shows reserve supply exceeding 5,000,000 bales from prior crops. Indicated cotton yield per acre stands at 276.9 pounds, down from 3131 pounds last year and 254 for the ten year average. Sept 1 crop condition is 74 percent of normal, below last year’s 82 percent and the ten year 71 percent.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Limestone Negro Passes at Home
Andrew Petty age 76 a prominent Limestone county negro farmer died at his home Sunday around 5 30 p m Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm in Belle Mina for Petty who passed away at his residence
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Andrew Petty
Belle Mina
Petty
Limestone County
Birmingham to Get New Plant
Coco Steel Products Corporation announced planning a new steel fabricating plant in Birmingham to be larger than its Bessemer facility, with 12 acres on the Northside purchased. The Bessemer operation employs about 150, and the Chicago based Ned Ochiltree said details and size are still being finalized. The company makes reinforcing bars, metal windows and doors, screening, metal latches and joists. Plants operate in Chicago Houston Los Angeles San Francisco Minneapolis Peoria Washington Kansas City Omaha and Hillside New Jersey.
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Birmingham
Ala
Coco Steel Products Corporation
Bessemer
Ned Ochiltree
Chicago
Houston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Peoria
Ill
Washington, DC
Kansas City
Omaha
Hillside
N. J
Cotton futures fall after Sept crop estimate in New York
New York cotton futures slid sharply after the Sept 1 crop estimate. Trading was heavy with prices dipping as much as 1.75 per bale as New Orleans dealers pressured the market. The government put Sept 1 production at 943,000 bales, up 138,000 from Aug. 1.
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New York
New Orleans
Markets at a Glance Summary
New York stocks firm with early advance fading. Bonds higher as rails improve. Cotton declines due to crop estimates. Chicago wheat firm with CCC bid for cash grain. Corn firm with light cash receipts. Coats firm with cash grain demand. Hogs slow and 25 cents lower to a top of 22.35. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher, top 32.00.
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New York
Chicago
CCC
North Georgia live poultry market steady at unchanged prices
USDA North Georgia reports the live poultry market steady with adequate to fair demand. Stocks expected to clear well in all sections and few heavy fryers available. Prices paid f o b farm for broilers and fryers picked up midweek and this morning ranged 26 to 28 cents, mostly 26 to 27 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
F.o.b. Farm
Grain closes mixed after late rally on Sept Chicago
Chicago grain trading ended with a timid late rally. Wheat rose to 2.05 to 2.34 a bushel in September, corn up about 1 to 1 1 2 cents, oats 4 to 1 cent higher, rye 1 to 1 1 2 cents higher, soybeans 1 2 4 to 2 34, and lard down 5 to 20 cents per hundred pounds for September.
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Chicago
Herman L. Thomas Joins the Air Force
Herman Lee Thomas, 17, of Lacon, and Woyatt Owen Hill, 18, of Trinity 1, enlisted in the U S Air Force this week. Sgt Judd Mason of the recruiting office announces the two youths joined during the current week.
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Herman Lee Thomas
Lacon Farmer
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Army
Air Force
Judd Mason
Woyatt Owen Hill
Trinity 1
Son
Birmingham Traffic Club Tour Hits City Friday
Birmingham's Traffic and Transportation Club, about 200 members, will visit Friday at 10 a.m. touring Wolver ine property, Goodyear Mills, and Alabama Flour Mills. They will lunch at the Country Club and depart 4 p.m. Pictured are Bill Sims, Ewell Gregg, and Russell Miles.
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Birmingham
Wolverine
Goodyear Mills
Alabama Flour Mills
Country Club
Tennessee
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Ewell Gregg
Chamber
Russell Miles
Acipco
Transit Day Marked By Decatur Transit Progress
Decatur Transit promotes Transit Day next Monday September 12 highlighting 25 years of change in United States mass transit. W J Williams notes shift from taxi only service to regulated taxis then buses, now serving 85 percent of residents within three blocks at low rates via consolidated cab and bus operation.
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Decatur Transit
Decatur
United States
W. J. Williams
Transportation Company
Survivors Arrive As Cochino Crewmembers Welcome
In Groton Connecticut on September 8 the Cochino survivors were greeted aboard the submarine Tusk after a rescue off Norway on August 25. About 100 relatives attended as the reunion balanced joy with grief for six crewmen and a civilian technician lost with the Cochino.
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Groton
Conn
United States
Norway
Oak Ridge School Sponsors Friday Evening Concert
The Oak Ridge school sponsors a Friday evening concert starting at 7 45. Featured performers include Shorty Sullivan and his Green Valley Boys and Doane Josh. Proceeds will benefit the school.
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Oak Ridge School
Shorty Sullivan
Green Valley Boys
Doane Josh
Hurricane Near San Diego Expected To Reach Coast
A persistent Mexican hurricane with 100 mile per hour winds is forecast to center about 20 miles south of San Diego by midnight. Weather bureau advisory warns heavy squalls and rough seas along the Southern California coast through the day.
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San Diego
Calif
Here
Weather Bureau
California
Miss America Hopefuls Busy in Preliminary Week
Atlantic City awaits the second round of preliminaries as 52 Miss America hopefuls prepare with 9:45 breakfast with judges and a 12:30 rehearsal at Convention Hall. Winners receive scholarships up to 5 000 dollars plus appearance fees. Miss Arizona and Miss California tied in bathing suit, while Gloria Burkhart wowed in talent.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Convention Hall
Bebe Shopp
Hopkins, Minn
Arizona
California
Gloria Yvonne Burkhart
Minnesota
Senate Debates Constitutional Deadline for 1947 Law
The State supreme court ruled the repeal bill constitutional as lawmakers address a Boswell substitute and a 67 senator proposal. Oct 1 deadline under consideration with Friday sessions set to decide appointments and list of Folsom appointees at 3 p.m. Friday.
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A.A. Carmichael
State Supreme Court
James FE. Folsom
Folsom
Rules Committee
Foreign mass shipments spur Deep South trade totals
The report notes the most valuable consign ment was coal tar products from the United Kingdom at 198 722 dollars. European buyers spent nearly 3 975 000 dollars in Alabama Mississippi and Northwest Florida in a nine day period. Cotton hard wood lumber and naval stores were bought with ECA dollars, with cotton shipped to England Germany Austria France and Italy.
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Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
Mobile
South America
Far East
Central America
Laws
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Deep South
England
Austria
France
Italy
Belgium
Auctioneer Sells Kitchen Table. Proceeds Vanish
A Notting ham dealer bought the last kitchen table for five shillings at a sale. He loaded it onto his truck and found $1,160 in a drawer in his shop, originating from proceeds kept in the table. The scene ends with the auctioneer realizing the loss as the last item sold contained the missing cash.
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Nottingham
William J Woodall Called Home in Decatur
Funeral services for William Joseph Woodall 76 will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Memorial Drive Methodist Church with Rev. R L Baker and Rev. G M Davenport officiating. Burial is in Roselawn Cemetery Brown directing. The body will lie in state at the residence from Thursday 3 p.m. until the service. Surviving are wife three children seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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William Joseph Woodall
Memorial Drive
Woodall
Morgan County
Decaturky 3
R. L. Baker
G. M. Davenport
Roselawn Cemetery
Brown
Ellen Gibson
Decatur
Jim
Sam and
Newman Woodall
Decatur 3
Censors and Labor Trends Signal Cautious September Outlook
The September census figures will be delayed until next month while August to September trends show employment and unemployment moving downward as younger workers and job seekers leave the labor force for schooling. The seasonal harvest hiring may boost the employment picture and support firmer business conditions, with the Federal Reserve reporting fourth straight weekly increase in business loans after a seven month decline.
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Federal Reserve Board
The Least Used Letter in English Is Z
The article notes that among the twenty six letters of the English alphabet the letter Z is the least frequently used in common text. It discusses rare appearances in word roots and cites examples where Z occurs mainly in loanwords and specialized terms.
Sunday School and church events in Decatur area
Continued notes from FAGR ONE list a morning service at Central Methodist honoring local schools with students and teachers as guests, sermons on education and on moments of faith, plus various church activities, veteran pastor captions, and a city permit update for two frame garages. It also reports hospital admissions, weather, arrests, travel for families, and upcoming sermons across multiple churches.
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Central Methodist Church
Otis E. Kirby
First Methodist Church
Florida
Kirby
Bullard Resigns Pension Post to Return to Ministry
Rev. C. L. Bullard, Baptist evangelist and missionary, visiting Decatur today said he resigned as organizer for the state Old Age Pension Association Inc. His wife also resigned as secretary. Bullard now makes his home in Huntsville.
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C. L. Bullard
Decatur
State Old Age Pension Association Inc
Bullard
Huntsville
Sale Approved in Haleyville Radio Station Deal
The Communications Commission authorized Guy L. Ray to acquire a one third interest in WJBB Haleyville Alabama from M E Buttram for two thousand dollars.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Guy L. Ray
WJBB
Haleyville
Ala
M. E. Buttram
Traffic congestion headline prompts call for action
A brief editorial note highlights the paradox of a system designed to reduce congestion being hindered by the very issue it aims to solve, underscoring the need for effective remedies and policy measures.
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