Dozen Stills Destroyed in Four-County Area by State Unit
Alabama Beverage Control officers arrested 11 in Morgan Lawrence Cullman and Limestone counties last month. Twelve stills were axed and 11,580 gallons of mash destroyed with 65 gallons of whiskey and four gallons of hard beer seized. Across the state 429 were arrested and 326 stills seized.
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State Liquor Unit
Alabama Beverage Control Enforcement
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman
Limestone
Joseph T. Burton
Montgomery
Lawrence County
River County
Morgan Limestone County
Morgan County
Burton
Dedication Day Observed At Selma Methodist Home
North Alabama Methodists plan Dedication Day in Selma for the Children's Village campus. Bishop Clare Purcell of Birmingham will speak at the ceremony marking completion of eight buildings and inspection of five more. The event includes a homecoming for alumni and a barbecue after services at 10:00.
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North Alabama
Selma
Children’s Village
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
Methodists of
Alabama
Methodist Children’s Home
K. E. Cooper
Hilda M. Livingston
Chai
Big Three plans widen American military role in Europe
The article details President Truman's authorization of troop increases beyond one division plus constabulary, with Acheson and Johnson proposing five to ten more divisions. It notes options to use National Guard units as interim bolstering, potential initial deployments of three to four divisions, and the aim to spur European support amid Korea tensions and French requests for more American troops in Europe.
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Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
New York
Atlantic Council
Sater
Johnson
Korea
Europe
West
Aunt of Hartselle Couple Called Away
Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Havener of Hartselle were summoned to Senatobia Mississippi by the death of Mrs. Ida Garrett Roseborough, aunt of the couple. Funeral services were conducted there Tuesday by Rev. Havener.
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Hartselle
J. R. Havener
Senatobia
Miss
Ida Garrett Roseborough
J. L
Havener
Korean Bridegroom Stays With Bride’s Father Three Days
A Korean groom spends three days with his bride in her father’s home as part of a traditional visiting period. The arrangement emphasizes family ties and customary rites in Korean marriage practice.
Markets Report from Decatur Farm Prices
Market notes show cotton middling at 39 percent and strict low at 37 percent. Prices include new crop yellow corn ear 1.49 and shelled 1.55, white corn ear 1.94, oats 0.71, and wheat 2.27 with onion-free terms. Hens at 18 cents, broilers 25 cents delivered, hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen.
Wall Street Week Sees Market Near Four Year High
Inflation minded traders pushed stocks to near a four year peak as dividends and earnings buoyed sentiment. The AP average of 15 rail stocks hit its highest since June 1946, with overall volume and issues traded at a three week high. Pacific Petroleum and Producers Corp. of Nevada were among the week’s active names.
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New York
Associated Press
Pacific Petroleum Ltd
Producers Corp. of
Nevada
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Eureka Corp. Ltd
Markets at a Glance Chicago Grain and Livestock Note
Wheat firm amid fear of a large Canadian crop loss. Corn mixed with light trading. Oats firm with light cash grain receipts. Hogs and cattle nominally steady.
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Chicago
Canada
Wheat climbs as Canadian frost damages crop in August
Chicago reports wheat futures rise on news of severe Canadian frost damage to the August crop. Oats advance, other grains steady. September wheat at 2.23 1/4 dollars, corn around 1.54, soybeans near 2.47, lard up to 15.05 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Cotton Futures End Week With Mixed Late Trade
In New York on Sept 9 short covering and buying emerged after a quiet morning. The session, first Saturday activity since summer closings, opened five cents higher to crossibly lower, then firmed with closes 45 cents lower to 1.75 dollars higher than the prior close. Spot cotton rose to 41.80 cents per pound.
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N. Y
New York
Third Generation Baby Hails From Shawinigan Falls Doctor
Dr Rosaire Frigon a 73 year old physician in Shawinigan Falls recalls delivering Mrs Jacques Martin and her mother, noting the Martin child marks the third generation of babies he brought into the world. He previously delivered Mrs Alfred Doucet, the mother’s mother.
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Shawinigan Falls
Que
Rosaire Frigon
Jacques Martin
Martin
Alfred Doucet
Italians Add Movies to Their Famous M’s
American film critic John B. Turner after visiting Rome studios and talking with locals says Italians are movie crazy. He notes strong interest in cinema as a new fourth of Italy's famed M’s: music marble and macaroni.
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Rome
Italy
John B. Turner
Turner
Truman Sets Economic Rigidities To Halt Inflation
President Truman outlined measures to expand war production and control costs. He ordered loans for plant expansion, direct buys of materials, and price wage controls if needed. A Stabilization administrator will oversee voluntary efforts with a wage board and a price director to curb inflation.
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Reconstruction Finance Agency
General Services
Jess Larson
Korea
Congress
Truman
Two Brothers Die In Service On Same Day
An Anniston woman said the Defense Department informed her family that two brothers from Thomaston Georgia died in service on the same day. James McAbee twenty was killed in action in Korea and Charles McAbee died in a jet plane crash over France after staying with his plane in bad weather. Their mother Mrs A P McAbee was in Anniston when notified.
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Anniston
Ala
Defense Department
W. B. Satkowski
James McAbee
Korea
Charles McAbee
France
Thomaston
Miners Trapped as Gas, Rescue Efforts Underway
A mine collapse trapped 10 miners deep underground near a Scottish coal town. Rescuers blasted a tunnel through a 30 foot wall but deadly black damp gas blocked access. Lord Balfour urged residents to donate respirators as a two mile, half hour ascent to safety remains the goal.
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Lord Balfour
Scottish Coal Board
Freedom
Battle Mountain S Foe Losses Mount as Koreans Gain Ground
The North Korean assault on Battle Mountain shifts, with U S and South Korean forces retaking and losing the hill multiple times as UN defenses stiffen near Taegu. American air strikes and allied actions target Red pockets along the Namk River front amid heavier casualties on both sides.
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Taegu
United Nations
Yongchon
Kyongju
Yongchon-Kyongju
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Red
U. S
Battle Mountain
U. S. First Cavalry
Kumhwa
U. S. Second Division
Yongsan
Naktong River
Yonchon
L. T. Spence
North Africa
Pacific
Spence
Angang
Pohang
Communist Offers Spurned By Church Reveals Secretary
Red Bay Alabama September 9 1948 church leader Oliver Mills national secretary of the Church of God spoke at the churches 45th annual assembly. He said communists offered large financial assistance in the past and were spurned noting a 1948 delegation offered 25000 dollars during a service turning down the offer.
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Red Bay
Ala
Church of God
New York
Church
Oliver Mills
Rev. Mills
Alabama
Safflower Prefers High Elevation Well Irrigated Lands
Safflower, an oil plant, shows preference for well irrigated lands situated above 3000 feet in elevation. The detail highlights cultivation conditions for this oilseed crop.
Community Notes From Decatur and Nearby
Local residents visited here on business including Travis Looney and Sage Walker. L C Fisher named director of the 1950 51 Sheffield Community Chest as youth groups from First Presbyterian attend a Florence meeting. The Carnegie library Bible class suspends September sessions. Linda Gail Duke 7 dismissed from Decatur General Hospital. Cub Pack Five cancels September meeting with a planned October Delano Park wiener roast.
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L. C. Fisher
Sheffield
Community Chest
Carnegie Library
Linda Gail Duke
J. M. South
Eighth Street East
Decatur General Hospital
Delano Park
New Army Training Method Aimed at Faster Frontline Readiness
General Mark W. Clark announced a streamlined training program for new soldiers inspired by Korean War veterans. Every trainee now undergoes 14 weeks of infantry tactics with a later brush-up in unit battle conditions, cutting overall training time substantially from 36 weeks. Clark cautioned there are no quick fixes to win wars and emphasized the infantryman’s pivotal role in combat.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
Department of Defense
U.S
Clark
Orphaned Oklahoma Child Flown Home by Alabama Guard
An injured Oklahoma girl named Donna was flown from Alabama to Weatherford by the Alabama Air National Guard. Her parents and grandparents were killed in a wreck. Aunt Meredith Buck of Viel Oklahoma agreed to care for Donna once she could travel.
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Pen City
Ala
Oklahoma
Alabama Air National Guard
Angel of Mercy
Og van Dyke
Weatherford
Meredith Buck
Viel
Okla
Donna
St Clair County launches safety drive after deadly weekend
St Clair County citizens join a three party highway safety patrol after two fatal crashes raised tolls to nine in recent weeks. Will Daffron 74 and Earl Layton 23 of Ragland died speeding between 90 and 100 mph. The VFW and Highway Patrol urge careful driving and report additional fatalities and injuries from Huntsville Attalla and Gadsden incidents.
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Associated Press
St. Clair County
St. Clair
Will Daffron
Earl Layton
Ragland
Ala
C. R. Clayton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Pell City
Tollie Lockridge
Highway Patrol
Layton
Armed Services
Alabama
Huntsville
Glenda Gates
Claude Gates
J. Clarence Inter
Attalla
Gadsden
Frances Elrod
Boaz 2
Vivian Owen
Twin Crises Hit Truman as Cabinet Rift Deepens
President Truman faced two crises with Louis Johnson in a cabinet quarrel at home and a Korea war crisis abroad. The cabinet dispute threatened Johnson’s possible resignation while UN and American troops fought to slow Red Army offensives after eleven weeks of fighting. The link between the events remained unclear.
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Washington
Truman
Defense
Louis Johnson
White House
Korea
United Nations
Red Army
Mr. Truman
Rep Thomas Parole Due This Weekend
Former Rep J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey is granted parole after nine months in prison for cheating the government by padding his office payroll. Dr George G Killinger, parole board chairman, cited his poor health and good conduct as factors.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
Federal
House
American Activities Committee
George G. Killinger
Thomas
Danbury
Conn
Killinger
Congressional
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Acreu
Postoffice
Benk Street
Decatur
Wall Street
Vicator S$ A
Rlimale
Travis Looney
Falkville 1
Sage
James W. Walker
Willis E. Speakman
Hartselle 2
C. S. Green
Joppa 1
Asa Long
Danville
Charles Christy
Mobile
Annie Morris
Gene Morrow
Bob Duffs
First Presbyterian Church
Florence
Presbyterian Churches
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