Congress Set To Move Bills On Hill This Week
A full congressional docket looms as committees resume work. The Senate plans hearings on curbing filibusters and farm price supports while the House may push a bill raising the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents. Presidents Truman and Brannan figures appear in executive and farm program discussions.
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House
Senate Rifles Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brannan
Senate
Truman
Executive Branch
House Expenditures Committee
Herbert Henger
Ways and Means Committee
Trimafi
Aged Persons Lead Welfare Payments in Houston County
Mrs. C. L. Collins, department director, reported December welfare figures showing aged persons as the largest recipient group. County payments totaled 30,104 to 1,151 aged individuals, with the state department recording 69,628 aged recipients receiving 1,572,364. Additional notes include aid to dependent children 7,069 to 208 families, aid to the blind 1,019 to 35 people, and handicapped aid 1,875 to 107 individuals. Federal funds reached 26,442, Alabama contributed 6,979.40, with a total December allotment of 40,473.94.
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Houston County Welfare Department
C. L. Collins
State Department
County Welfare Department
Ciie
Collins
Houston County
Welfare Department
State of
Alabama
Citizenship Girls Picked In Geneva
Geneva County high schools name their good citizenship girls for 1949 DAR contest. Selections based on dependability service leadership and patriotism. Frances Posyell represents Samson high schoolKarol Latimer Geneva Geraldine Dortiety Hartford Verlon Stewart Coffee Springs Lou Helen Williams Slocomb. Geneva County's delegate to state competition will be chosen from these nominees.
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Geneva
Geneva County
Honers
DAR
Frances Posyell
Samson High School
Karol Latimer
Geraldine Dortiety
Hartford
Verlon Steiwart
Coffee Springs
Lou Hllen Wiams
Slocomb
Polio In Alabama Shows Big Decline
MONTGOMERY AP Polio cases counted in Alabama last year totaled 206, far lower than most years since 1923. The 1948 total was less than a quarter of the 871 cases in 1929, with earlier peaks of 391 in 1919 and 378 in 1946. A note mentions a pound of fine steel watch spring wire valued at 89 dollars per eight miles.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Notice of Probate Will in Houston County Alabama
Notice to Arthur S. Smith and Candace Carmichael that Willie T. Singletary filed a paper purporting to be the last will of Natine Singletary, deceased, seeking probate. Court hearing set in Dothan on February 9, 1945, to determine admission of the will to probate and record, with appearances required.
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Dothan
Stolker
Ba Ithday
Q. A. Logue
Rent Control Extension Debated by 80th Congress
On March 31 the rent control act of the 80th Congress faced expiration with calls to extend controls for possibly two years. A provision would allow voluntary rent increases up to 15 percent, while a renewal gap risks housing affordability at stake.
Alabama farm price trends shift for livestock over crops
Market News summarizes mid January 1949 prices in Alabama showing livestock and animal products faring better than cash crops. Corn at 1.60–1.70 per bushel, cotton 32.45 cents a pound, cottonseed meal 67 per ton, beef cows 17–20 per hundred, hogs 18–18.50 per hundred, eggs 58 cents per dozen, broilers 36 cents per pound, hens 28 cents. Milk prices 3.40–3.59 per hundred. Compared with a year ago, several commodities were higher or lower, reflecting broader shifts in farm market conditions.
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A. W. Jones
Alabama
U. S
Birmingham
Birmingham Firemen Short Stop Blaze at Station 20
A car with four occupants pulled to Birmingham Station 20 last night and emitted smoke from under the front seat. Firemen extinguished the fire with a quick hand effort, barely moving ten feet to douse the flames.
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Birmingham
Farm Bureau calls for more school funding via sales tax
The Alabama Farm Bureau board urged more equitable administration of the two per cent sales tax to boost public schools. At a recent meeting president Walter L. Randolph announced a plan to channel additional revenue into an expanded school program, reaffirming support for an extra 7.874 million dollars annually mainly for teacher salaries.
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Montgomery
Alabama Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Walter L. Randolph
Farm Bureau
Randolph
Free Riders Rebuked by Chicago Police Head
Police Commissioner John C Prendergast told officers to stand in streetcars inter urban trains and buses as part of a safety and conduct push. He warned that fatigue and lax attitude could endanger the public and officers alike.
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Chicago
UPI
John C .Prendergast
Rendergast
Police Complaints: Officers Said To Occupy Seats
Commuters allege that policemen rode free on the tram occupying seats while paying customers stood, prompting complaints about improper conduct and fare enforcement.
Potatoes Stored With Apples Home Garden Note
A brief note describes potatoes kept in a raised bin with ripe apples nearby and hints at sprouts forming. It records a simple home storage observation without further action or advice.
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