Community Glimpses and Local Notices
Weather forecast praises fair and warm days with light coastal winds. Kiwanis speaker Charles F. Zukoski Jr. to discuss American Foreign Policy. Absent ballot deadline set for May 1 by the register in chancery. Local hospital admissions and births reported. Funeral attendance cited for Jim Smith in Lynnville. Dismissals and clinic admissions listed for Decatur General and Baugh Wiley clinics. Reverend Lee Franklin to preach on Only Jesus Was Left. DIARY reference indicates further notes on page 2.
Riot Leaders Are Removed From Michigan Prison
Earl Ward Jack Hyatt and another mutineer were moved secretly from the Southern Michigan state prison to separate county jails as a precaution. Warden Julian Frisbie said Ward and Hyatt had tried to incite inmates to aid a new riot after the revolt that killed one inmate and caused two million dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Earl Ward
Jack Hyatt
Nother Mutineer
Michigan
Julian Frisbie
Frisbie
Ward
Hyatt
Eisenhower Wins Massachusetts Primary Big Lead in Delegates
Massachusetts results show Dwight Eisenhower with a large write in tally across 1,674 precincts and 26 pledged delegates in 13 of 14 districts. Taft trails by about 200 delegates prior to Chicago convention, while Kefauver and others also garner votes in both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
MacArthur
Warren
Stassen
Kefauver
Truman
Dever
Stevenson
Russell
Associated Press
Ohioan
Chicago
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Basil Brewer
New Bedford
Walter George
Georgia
Senate
John Williams
Delaware
Williams
New York State
Democratic Committee
Tampa
Fla
Richard Russell
Carnal Knowledge Cases Sent to Juvenile Court
Two boys under 14 arrested in Hartselle on carnal knowledge charges posted bonds of 300 dollars each. One was released yesterday morning the other yesterday afternoon. The case will be handled in juvenile court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
One Of Biggest Air Hunts In Brazil For Pan Am Stratocruiser
Rio de Janeiro Brazil. A massive multi-national search covered 32000 square miles for the Pan American Strato cruiser which vanished with 50 aboard en route to New York. The Boeing Stratocruiser and Clipper Good Hope were involved with 27 planes from U S Air Force Navy Brazilian Air Force and commercial carriers. The last contact was near Barreiras Bahia State and the hunt extended across barren plateaus and jungles toward Belem and the Amazon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Pan-Am
Jimmie $. Payne
Rio DE Janeiro
New York
U. S. Air Force
Navy
Barreiras
Belem
Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Bahia State
Rio
Amazon
Atlantic
South America
Rotary hobby fair entries set for Gordon-Bibb gym display
The Rotary club plans a free hobby fair open to the public tomorrow and Friday from 3 15 p m to 9 p m in Gordon-Bibb gym. More than 200 entries from county school children include coin and Indian relics model trains art and crafts and group displays. Prizes include first second and third place ribbons and an engraved loving cup for the outstanding exhibit in age groups 6 to 12 12 to 15 and 15 to 18.
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Rotary Club
Gordon-Bibb Gymna
Millionaire Sailor Challenges Admiral in Pajama Chat
Honolulu report recalls a five minute talk between Seaman 2c Bruce S. Hopping and Rear Adm. Francis D. Denebrink on a Saturday. Hopping, a New Jersey lumber magnate and Naval reservist, described the admiral as uncordial after claiming he was told to leave. The Navy said Hopping moved to administrative duties on Denebrink’s staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce S. Hopping
Francis D. Denebrink
Hopping
New Jersey
Denebrink
Seilor
Navy
Reclaimer
Showdown on Truce Looms in Korea Talks
Com munists may call for an armistice meeting in the next days amid high tension over a secret United Nations package offer. Dispatches from Washington quote Allied diplomats warning the outcome hinges on Communist reaction and the fate of stalled truce talks in Munsan Korea.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Washington
Six MIGs Shot Down by U N Warplanes Over North Korea
United Nations warplanes claimed six MIG-15s shot down and four damaged in May Day eve battles over North Korea. U S Sabre jets also downed six MIGs and damaged three in a separate clash just south of the Yalu River border between Manchuria and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Red Chinese offers 50 50 armistice chance detailed
Washington views a Sunday proposal handed to Communist negotiators as possibly the last offer. Officials say the package is a three part plan tied to the U N demand for non forcible repatriation of prisoners of war. The situation hinges on acceptance or breakdown as described in a Redcap dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Redcaps
Lee
U. N
Reds
Hill and Sparkman Uncommitted on Party Choice
Alabama's senior Senator Lister Hill declined to back either presidential candidate Russell or Kefauver. His colleague Senator Sparkman also said to be uncommitted. The remarks followed a Montgomery Chamber of Commerce speech as Russell supporters claimed momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
U.S
Lister Hill
South
Sen
Russell
Kefauver
Hill
Sparkman
Court hears row over Geneva County election officials
The State Supreme Court was told it would set an extremely dangerous precedent by stepping into the dispute over Geneva County election officials. Attorney Marion Rushton of Montgomery argued that no action has been taken by the Geneva Circuit Court to justify appealing to the high court, warning the tribunal would be heading for trouble if it intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Geneva County
Marion Rushton
Geneva
Alabama Convention Delegation Weighs Strategy
Senator Hill reacted to a plan by Gov. Allen to have Alabama’s convention delegation meet in Mobile and Birmingham after the primary to craft a united front. He said Alabama holds a strategic first roll call position and urged patience to protect the advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Hill
idteGov
James B. Allen
Alabama
Birmingham
Stolen Car In Accident Here
Two auto crashes investigated by city police occurred around 5 P M. A 1947 Ford owned by Decatur resident George Nix hit a telephone pole after being reported stolen from Athens. Police search for the driver. In a second crash at Moulton Street and First Avenue West three cars collided causing heavy damage to Earl Worley Jr.’s Plymouth and light damage to others.
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Ford
Decatur
George Nix
Vine and
Washington Street
Nix
Athens
Moulton Street
First Avenue West
Clyde H. Cook
Fourth Avenue East
Earl C. Worley Jr
Sixth Avenue West
David L. Blackwood
Decature
Worley
Father of Four Leaps to Death From Grain Bin
Merle Bibbs a 38 year old father of four leaped from a 110 foot grain storage bin at the National Starch Products plant in Indianapolis. He paced the bin top for two hours shouting at a policeman before leaping to his death.
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Indianapolis
Merle Bibbs
National Starch Products
Way Cleared For An Appeal By Government
Washington court orders return of seized steel mills and rejects delay for government appeal. CIO United Steel workers walk out as mills shut, NAC embargo limits shipments, and Taft Hartley options loom. Pickets form at Chicago and Pittsburgh with Local 1227 leader pledging to stay put.
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Washington
U. S
David A. Pine
Pire
Truman
National Production Authority
Pine
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
CIO
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Walter Klis
Steelworkers Local 1227
Bill to Extend Cool Off Period After Taft-Hartley
Rep. Smith introduces a House bill to extend the 80 day cool-off period for strike threatened industries following Judge Pine’s ruling invalidating Truman’s steel mill seizure. Sen. Kem plans a constitutional amendment to bar presidential seizures if the Supreme Court supports Pine.
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Washington
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Smith
David A. Pine
Truman
Sen
Kem
R-Mo
Supreme Court
Judge Pine
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Cornell Found Dead In His Car
Funeral services for Gleason C. Cornell insurance salesman, 29, of Decatur will be held at Hazel Green Methodist Church at 3 p m tomorrow. Interment in adjoining cemetery. He was found dead in an overturned car in Duck Springs creek at Blount Springs yesterday after the vehicle missed a bridge. Survivors include his wife Ruby and children Karen Ann and Donald C. Cornell, parents, sister and half brother.
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Gleason C. Cornell
East Moulton Street
Decatur
Blount Springs
Hazel Green Methodist Church
Brown
Cornell
Highway Patrol
Cullman
Birmingham
Duck Springs Creek
Commonwealth Life Insurance Company
Ruby Cornell
Karen Ann Cornell
Donald C. Cornell
Glenn Cornell
Hazel Green
Raymond Massey
Memphis
Vern Cornell
Nudist Case in U S Court Entangled by Legal Zipper
In Detroit a federal case over a nudist raid near Monroe Michigan seeks 120000 in damages by Edith Church of Maumee Ohio who says the arrest violated her rights and cost her a teaching job. Defense cites procedural points and a Michigan statute of limitations regarding when she was nude.
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U. S
Detroit
Edith Church
Maumee
Ohio
Monroe
Mich
Ray Gensler
Monroe County
Miss Church
Yespaige Ge
Martin L. Leacock
Leacock
Michigan
Church
140 000 Idled Threats of More Layoffs Across Industries
Strikes in steel and oil idle about 140 000 workers today and threaten thousands more. President Murray ordered 650 000 CIO United Steelworkers to quit after a federal judge ruled Truman's steel seizure illegal.
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Steel and Oil
CIO
United
Cisco and Decatur Iron and Steel Report Normal Operations
A Decatur Iron and Steel spokesman stated operations remain in full operation today and the impact of the strike on future output has not yet been determined.
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Cisco
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Oil and Gas Labor Strikes Threaten Production
Oil industry halted by a broad strike as more than 90,000 refinery and pipeline workers walk out over a 25 cent hourly wage rise and higher night differentials. Negotiations continue with no government plan to intervene while a Chicago gas strike could cut off domestic and commercial gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
CIO
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co
Chicago
AFL Gas Workers Union
Drew Pearson Wins Libel Suit Filed by Detroit Woman
U S District Judge James W. Morris dismissed a $225 000 libel suit brought by Mrs. Mary G Gariepy of Detroit against broadcaster Drew Pearson. The action stemmed from his January 30 1949 radio statement naming Dr Bernard F Gariepy of Royal Oak Mich in a tax case linked to Father Coughlin. The judge ruled alienation of affections can occur without unchaste conduct.
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Washington
WU. S
James W. Morris
Mary G. Gariepy
Detroit
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Justice and
Treasury Departments
Bernard F. Gariepy
Royal Oak
Mich
Father Coughlin
Gariepy
Father
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Charles F. Zukoski Jr
First National Bank of Birmingham
Decatur Kiwanis Club
R. W. Orr
Jacksonville
Eugene Orr
Office of the Register In Chancery
S. O. Owens
Prospect Drive
Decatur General Hospital
John Flin
James McDonald
Joe Mullins
William McDonald
Richard McDonald
Hoyt Lane
Fran McDonald
J. W. Fudge
Joe Goldman
South Carolina
Eld Goldman
Henry Goldman
Florida
Jim Smith
Lynnville
Tennessee
Thomas Hunter
Decatur 3
Leo Slayton
Nineteenth Avenue East
James H. Burns
A. N. Ferguson
W. H. Jackson
Danville
Norma Jean Miller
Decatur 1
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
J. A. Blankenship
Somerville
Baugh
Wiley Clinic
Irene Dumas
Fifth Avenue South
Melvin Ozier
Thirteenth Avenue East
C. F. Kirby
Trinity 1
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Lee Franklin
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Jesus
Conner Jenkins
Falkville
Datal
THE
Mary Collette Baumann
Touro Infirmary
New Orleans
Honolulu
Service Forces
Pacific
Tion
Jim Kitchen
Father of Four
Holmes Baldridge
U. S. Court of Appeals
Ets
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