Earth Fill Studied For Hurricane Creek Bridge On U S 31
Federal and Alabama highway officials explore earth fill as an alternative to a 580 foot bridge over Hurricane creek on U S 31 from Lacon toward Cullman. Soundings will test rock support. cost estimated at about 500000 for fill and 500000 for the bridge. bids possible in a month to six weeks.
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Highway Department
U. S. 31
Lacon
Cullman
S. W. Harbin
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Morgan Line
Harbin
Federal Bureau
Hurricane Creek
Federal Public Roads Office
Seven Mile
H. D. Barnum
Decatur
Barnum
Lacon-Cullman
Hartselle
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
T. C. Almon
Hoover says communists Burrowing Underground Amid Cold War Fears
FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover testifies before the Senate appropriations committee urging more funds to curb Red activities. He warns the communist threat has grown since the Korean War era, comparing it to the Nazi fifth column in scope.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Price To Head Central Methodist Junior Board
Price To Head Junior Board Sim Price is the new Central Methodist church junior board of stewards chairman. He was selected by the board at its annual election Tuesday night. The meeting was held at Woodalls. Price, the outgoing vice-chairman, succeeds Ray Hanley in the chairmanship. Other officers elected include Bill Britnell, vice-chairman, Walter Mund, secretary, Paul Wright, treasurer, and Buford Burton, sub treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Price
New Central Methodist Church
Wartime Priority Measures Set for Energy and Labor
Government moves to speed petroleum gas coal and electric power use with a standby wartime organization to begin within two weeks. Officials expect no immediate shortages and a gradual pinch for consumers. Labor data show vacancies rising and skilled job openings nearly triple as metalworking hires surge and employment tightens in many areas since the defense program began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Bureau
Reds’ Kyongju offensive stalls as 24th division slows drive
Major enemy road blocks set east and west of Kyongju were knocked out quickly. The 24th division halted the push as the invaders reached within three miles north of Kyongju. The attack lasted ten days with a major effort Sept 3 to 5. An adviser cites supply problems due to air protection hindering daylight movement. The text notes the U S Naval Academy was founded in 1845.
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Kyongju
Korean Military Advisory Group
Three Facing Contempt Move
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to cite Earl Browder Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Philip Jaffe for contempt of Congress over refusals to answer questions in a McCarthy era inquiry into communist infiltration of the State Department. The measure passed 9 to 0 and, if approved by the Senate, will go to the U S district attorney for prosecution. Browder Field and Jaffe had ties to the Communist movement and related organizations and all three previously appeared in investigations of Owen Lattimore and John S Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Earl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Philip Jaffe
Congress
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Connally
D-Texas
Browder
Jaffe
Field
U. S
New York
Communist Party
Owen Lattimore
John S. Service
Six More Babies Arrive In Decatur
Six new births reported at Decatur General hospital in 24 hours include five new sons and one daughter. Parents named are Edward Sivley, Neal Underwood, Marshall Sandlin, Edgar Jones, Odie Conner, and Frank Lamon, with listed addresses in Decatur.
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Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Edward Sivley
Decature
Neal S. Underwood
Line Street
Marshall Sandlin
Grant Street
Edgar Lee Jones
McNeill Apartments
Greenland Ice Cover Vast and Thick
Greenland remains engulfed in ice nearly a mile and a half deep across much of its terrain, shaping the island's landscape and potential climate implications.
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Greenland
Four Rail Unions Accused of Extortion in NY Central Case
A presidential emergency board charged four operating rail unions with a flagrant effort to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from the New York Central company. The report urged submission of disputes east of Buffalo to the National Railroad Adjustment Board or arbitration, amid strike ballots.
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Washington
New York Central Railroad Company
Truman
Brotherhoods
New York Central
Buffalo
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Grand Lodge
Truman backs Marshall for Defense Secretary amid cabinet resignations
Reporters note wide committee praise for General Marshall as Truman seeks approval for a revived 1947 security act amendment. Johnson resigns under presidential insistence while Early departs deputy secretary post. Marshall, aging veteran and former Chief of Staff, may become civilian head of the armed forces despite ten year active duty ban.
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Tydings
Marshall
Truman
Congress
Johnson
Stephen Early
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Defense
Unified
Defense Department
Ben
Army
Washington
Leesburg
China
State Department
Armed Forces
Markets Report From Decatur on Grain and Livestock Prices
Farm markets in Decatur list values for cotton middling at 40 cents and strict low 37 percent, new crop yellow corn ear 1 49, shelled 1 50, white corn ear 1 04 and shelled 2 00. Hens heavy 18 cents, broilers 25 cents delivered, hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen, no. 2 wheat and oats onion free 2 25 and 7l per bushel, other grains at 1342 percent moisture. Corn basis 15 percent moisture.
Wall Street hits four year high as rails lead market surge
The New York stock market reached a four year high with gains around two dollars a share. Rails led with a 19 year peak for the second day, steels and motors also strong. Demand surged at opening, ticker lagged briefly as transactions multiplied. Volume neared 2,500,000 shares, the largest in seven weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rails
Steels and Motors
North Georgia live poultry market holds steady prices
Atlanta reports the North Georgia live poultry market steady with good demand and adequate supplies for under 3 lb birds. Prices paid FOB farm Tuesday afternoon and this morning ranged from 29 to 31 cents, mostly 30 to 31 42 cents for broilers and fryers of all weights.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New York Cotton Futures Slip As Hedge Selling Rises
New York September cotton futures faced renewed hedge selling against the new crop. Mills scaled back bids while New Orleans and commission houses pressured prices lower after early gains. Census data show July 30 to August 26 consumption at 807,840 bales.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission House
Census Bureau
Negro Captured After Gun Battle With Posse in Florida
Terah Hunter, 38, identified by Deputy Sheriff Howard Roach as the man charged with manslaughter in the July 30 slaying of Quinton Strickland, 32, an Ebro farmer. Hunter opened fire on deputies approaching his house in Red Bay, Florida, triggering a gun battle no injuries were reported. Strickland was killed along highway 79 near Ebro. Hunter claimed his car struck the farmer.
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Red Bay
Fla
Florida
Howard Roach
Terah Hunter
Quinton Strickland
Ebro Farmer
Roach
Hunter
Walton County
C. W. Wilkerson
Strickland
Ebro
Balancing military and civilian thinking in defense leadership
The article discusses how Marshall blends soldierly realism with civilian emphasis in national defense. It notes Lovett as a possible appointee, highlighting the irony of state department veterans leading the Defense Department.
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Marshall
Potomac River
Pentagon
Early
Robert A. Lovett
Air
State Department
Defense Department
Converted at Drive In Church Revival Gains Converts
Twenty five people have been converted since Rev. Jimmy Rodgers opened a drive in revival at East End Methodist Church. Services run nightly at 7 30 with attendees seated in cars in a loudspeaker equipped area. The revival continues through September 24 with Sunday morning services in church.
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Jimmy Rodgers
East End
Kelso Haynes
Task Force Davidson drives to close Angang gap
Allied reporting shows Task Force Davidson storming heights to seal a three mile gap between Anyang and Pohang along the 125 mile front. South Korean forces thrust toward Angang while U S units push from Taegu area, and Reds flee or resist on hill 343.
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Davidson
Pohang-Yongchon
Anyang
Pohang
Eighth Division
Angang
Kyongju
Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Waegwan
Changnyong
Masan
Nam-Naktong River
U. S. 25Th Division
Ben Price
Yongchon
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
North Korea
Air Force
Pohang-Angang
Weekend Visit and Local News From Decatur
Sgt. Thomas E. Carter visited his parents in Decatur over the weekend. Dr. W. Nelson Guthrie and Dr. Eugene Rice announced prayer services at local churches. Several residents admitted to Decatur General Hospital, with others dismissed. Morgan County jail reported one peace warrant arrest. A mild probable polio case was reported in Decatur. Temperature rose to 81 at noon with no rain in the last 24 hours.
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Morgan County
C. B. Humphrey
Decatur
Morgan County Health Department
Dicky Warner
Rufus C. Warner
Tenth Avenue East
T.V. A
Lawmaker seeks ban on poisonous snake handling in services
House Speaker W. M. Beck will propose a bill to outlaw displaying handling or use of poisonous snakes by certain religious groups in Alabama. The measure would make such acts a felony with a sentence of one to five years. Beck cites recent increases in North Alabama and mentions a death and a critical case.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. M. Beck
Alabama
Beck
Legislative Reference Service
North
Tennessee
Service Thursday For Mrs Jennings
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jennings 81 will be held at Gum Springs church Thursday at 2 30 PM. She died at Hartselle hospital Tuesday evening. Survived by Nora Winkle Falkville one son Hubert Jennings Eva three sisters Fornia Lawrence Hartselle and Frankie Canada Windsboro Texas Pallbearers include Buster Winkle Cluster Puckett Hulan Kenney W H Jennings Charles and Evon Lawrence. Mrs Jennings resided on Falkville.
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Martha Jennings
Gum Springs
W. H. Jennings
Charles and
Evon Lawrence
Mrs. Jennings
Falkville 1
Scout Board Meets Here
Tennessee Valley Council executive board met at Cornelian Court hotel with President R B Sutzer presiding. Reports covered camping health safety training and council finances as board urged districts in arrears to clear deficits for promotion of Scouting. Next meeting set for Decatur and October 10th date noted.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Cornelian Court
R. B. Sutzer
E. J. Chenault
Chenault
Earl Brown
Ned_ Frazier
John Graham
R. L. Haskins
Ainslie Wyle
Carl Steifelmeyer
Camp Westmoreland
W. W. Thompson
H. O. Hinshaw
Huntsville
Robert Lewis
Florence
National Council
St. Louis
R. B. Sttzer
Sheffield
Emmett McClary
Decatur
L. W. Sanderson
Town Creek
Cullman
Lee Richardson
Tom Fitzpatrick
Ned Frazier
Bob Lewis
H. C. Hinshaw
L. P. Hall
Charley Nelson
Cotton consumption and stocks rise in late July to August period
Census Bureau data show daily cotton consumption averaging 40,392 bales per working day from July 30 to August 26, up from 28,382 a year earlier and 32,134 in July this year. Linters averaged 5,340 bales per day, above last year and July figures, with total lint and linters stocks and active spindles also listed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pay Claims Of Ex POWs Still Not Filed
The War Claims Commission will launch a nationwide outreach to former prisoners of war who have not applied for $1 per day payments. About 117,000 ex POWs have applied. 133,000 are still eligible. Dead or missing survivors are urged to file before the six month deadline.
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Washington
War Claims Commission
Commission
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Lacon Mountain
Decatur Printing Co
Postoffice
Price
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Wall Street
N. Y. Cotton
Posse
Thomas E. Carter
Camp Campbell
Otto L. Carter
West Moulton Street
W. Nelson Guthrie
Central Methodist Church
Eugene Rice
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Robert J. Taylor
Ninth Avenue East
Paul Jones
Falkville 2
Travis E. Crow
T. E. Crow Jr
Country Club Road
W. W. Young
Eighth Avenue East
James W. Cordell
Wilder Farm
Leon L. Smith
J. B. Whitmire
City Recorder
Jennings
Scout Board
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