Weather and social notes from the Decatur area
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered mostly daytime thunder showers in extreme North portion, gentle to moderate winds along the coast. Harvey L Brown of Oklahoma visits area then heads to Syla cauga to visit a niece he has not seen in 60 years before returning home. Mrs Luther Neely returned from a Nashville hospital to 1118 College Street. Five men jailed after a Saturday night craps game. other weekend arrests include eight public drunkenness, one each reckless driving and driving while intoxicated. Michael Lamon returns to Centreville Alabama after a month's visit with grandparents. Sunday high 85 at 2 PM. noon 87, no rainfall in 24 hours. Ladies Day at Baugh Wiley casa with three girls born over weekend. Obie Lotts daughter born Sunday at 1327 Third Avenue South. Girls born to E L Groves and T C McDonald Ardmore. Dora Lucille Clark recovering well after Carraway Hospital operation. daughter of Prentiss and Decatur. Larry Miller and Omer Tyson to join NC fisheries study for two weeks. E R Carter rent control director to be in Decatur Tuesday 10 AM to 4 PM. visits every other Tuesday starting tomorrow. City Council meets 7 PM in City Clerk Joe Pettey’s office. Mrs Kimball Jones of Jacksonville Florida visiting Decatur. G S Reed and family vacationing with parents HM Reed and Osbie Light.
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Baugh-Wiley Canse
Obie Lott
Third Avenue South
E. L. Groves
Westcourt
T. C. McDonald
Ardmore
Morris Loses Round In Contempt Trial
Circuit Judge Lewis Bailes refused to dismiss a contempt citation against Klan Chief William Morris. Morris claimed KKK membership rolls were stolen. he remains free on bond as the Jefferson county grand jury prepares to hear the case. The hearing continued with motions to dismiss denied.
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Morris
Birmingham
Lewis Bailes
Jefferson County
Locke
Bailes
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Batley
Lee Carmichael
Calm Sheriff Rescues Suspect From Lynch Mob in Georgia
In NASHVILLE Ga Aug a calm South Georgia sheriff recounted saving a black man from a lynch mob that sought revenge for an attempted rape of a white housewife. Sheriff N N Hughes said the mob believed the suspect could identify the attacker and would force him to talk. The sheriff persuaded the crowd to release the man and state troopers added roadblocks as tensions rose around the courthouse square. The homeowner’s screams drove the assailant away during a fierce struggle. The mob size neared eighty, but no immediate violence followed and the investigation continued.
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Nashville
South Georgia
N. N. Hughes
Hughes
Courthouse
Georgia
Florida Line
Bond Granted To 2 Suspects In Tar Rant Woman Death
Two of four men arrested after the death of Mary Wilkinson Hanks were released on $300 bonds. Hanks, 23, died from a skull fracture after an alleged blow behind the ear. Cummings and George remain jailed on murder charges with $2,500 bonds.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mary Wilkinson Hanks
Joe L. Hildebrand
Arnold Lowery
Herbert Martin
Gurney Cummings
Quinton George
Lowery
Martin
Miner Blows Up Himself and Wife in Clarksburg
Duane Secrest a 41 year old miner blew himself up with dynamite outside his estranged wife Mamie Secrest 36 in Clarksburg West Virginia last night. The blast damaged about 25 nearby homes cut electricity and telephone service to around 200 houses and injured Mrs Secrest who is in critical condition in hospital. Nine others suffered minor hurts and witnesses say he shouted this is it after tossing a device toward her as she entered the building.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Duane Secrest
Orothy Mamie Secrest
McCormack Says Wartime Taxes Won’t Be Repealed This Session
House Democratic Leader McCormack after a White House briefing says there is no prospect for repeal of wartime excise taxes this session. McCormack, also on Ways and Means, joined Democratic leaders with President Truman to discuss tax policy and other matters at the regular Monday morning session.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Mass
White House
Congress
Ways and Means
Truman
Clash Looms Over Alabama Senate Reapportionment Bills
In Montgomery a 67 senator proposal and the Boswell substitute face another clash in the senate as reapportionment debates resume. Rankin Fite leads the 67 senator plan while a companion House measure awaits action. The Boswell substitute remains third on the new special order calendar. If adopted, voter qualifications would precede reapportionment. past tactics may repeat. See ANOTHER on Page 2.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
House
Rankin Fite
Marion County
Rules Committee
Capitol Seeks School At Maxwell Field West Point Bid
Two Montgomery businessmen J. C. Leavell Jr and Laurens Pierce began efforts to bring a proposed West Point of the air to Maxwell Air Force Base. They plan to lobby Alabama’s congressional delegation in Washington to gauge the chances in the coming days.
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Capitol
Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Air Force Base
J. C. Leavell, Jr
Laurens Pierce
Alabama
Washington
Hearty Welcome to Escaped British War Vessel Jamaica Relays Joy
Aboard the HMS Jamaica off Tung Yung Island the 8000-ton cruiser met the shell-battered Amethyst as crews of 700 cheered. The Amethyst escaped communist captivity on the Yangtze and returned to the Yangtze defense area with flags and band. Vice Admiral Madden praised the well planned dash and noted timing as crucial.
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Wayne Richardson
H. M. S. Jamaica
Tung Yung Island
Amethyst
Jamaica
Yangtze River
A. C. G. Madden
Yangtze
Marshall Warns Against Penny Wise Policy On Europe Aid
Gen George C Marshall urged Congress against cutting Europe armament costs, warning a small savings now could lead to large future defense outlays. He supported President Truman's 1.45 billion military aid plan and said delay would harm Allied resolve and US security. He argued had 1939 munitions requests been met, the war might have ended six months earlier.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Europe
Truman
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
Senator Denies Links to Five Percenters in Inquiry
John Maragon, a key figure in the senate inquiry into five percenters, denies connections to such groups and says an expenditures subcommittee probes a San Antonio bank account from three years ago. He says his only account is in Washington and recalls a possible $40,000 Texas account. He also refutes a Greece posting in 1946. Senate eyes $5.5 billion foreign aid tied to European recovery under the Marshal plan.
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John Maragon
Senate
San Antonio
Texas
Washington
Maragon
Bootblack
White House
Greece
Leorn
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
Clark Appointment to Supreme Court Nomination Supported
Senator McCarran chairman of the senate Judiciary Committee said he will raise no objection to Clark's nomination to the supreme court. His committee could delay senate approval by long hearings if it chose to.
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Clark
McCarran
D-Ney
Senate Judiciary Committee
Attroney
Supreme Court
Senate
Reds Welcome German Nazis
Berlin reports a Communist leader Walter Ulbricht says in an interview that East Germany will offer public jobs to former Nazis who oppose the United States. He argues Germany must rebuild its economy with national conscious Germans and that past party membership should not block cooperation for a united nation and peace.
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Berlin
Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Nacht-Express
United States
Ulbricht
Public Hearing On Crash Eyed Fort Dix Accident
A Civil Aeronautics Board public hearing was discussed after a Navy fighter collided with an Eastern Airlines plane near Fort Dix New Jersey, killing 16. Witnesses and pilots report Navy jets buzzing the airliner prior to the crash. Navy pilot Lieut jg Robert V Poe from Hampton Virginia was found during the crash site search.
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Fort DIX
N.J
Civil Aeronautics Board
Navy
William K. Andrews
Bureau of Safety Investigation
CAB
Naval
Eastern Airlines
N. d
George W. Humphries
Fairhaven
National Airlines
Robert V. Poe
Hampton
Lucian Moebus
Naval Operations
Air
Washington
Catholic Welfare Orders Dissolved By Romania Today
Romania today dissolved all Roman Catholic welfare orders. Fifteen orders exist, including the well known French order of St. Vincent De Paul. The decrees assign two monasteries to an old age asylum and allow members to quit and seek local employment.
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Bucharest
Romania
Oulietin
Fire Rages Through Gurley Center Wipes Out Block
A $25,000 blaze swept Gurley center, destroying a grocery, barber shop, watch repair, garage, living quarters and part of a cafe. Scottsboro and Huntsville units saved remaining structures after brief early morning flames were spotted by Bobby Branum and Glenn Mitchell. Fire origin undetermined, second major blaze in same block in about a year.
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Huntsville
Ala
Scottsboro
Gurley
Here
Joplin Street
Bobby Branum
Glenn Mitchell
Branum
Scottsboro Fire Department
Huntsville Fire Department
Lee Gurley
Two Die in Alabama Weekend Traffic Accidents
Birmingham reports two fatalities from Alabama highway crashes this weekend. Jesse Alvin Cross 21 of Concord killed near Bessemer when his car struck a tree stump. Charles Masingale 38 of Boaz died when his motorcycle overturned between Gadsden and Boaz.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jesse Alvin Cross
Concord
Charles Masingale
Boaz
Cross
Bessemer
Masingale
Gadsden
Lee Cornelius Charged in December Home Raid Trial Opens
Examination of state witnesses began in Morgan circuit court for Louis Lee Cornelius 27 on first degree burglary charges. James Jenkins 25 pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob and was sentenced to five years. Willie Echols 50 awaiting trial for manslaughter tied to Nella Maples death. trial postponed to Aug 8. The Coopers testified they were awakened by a large man and $130 in currency and $1 in change were taken. The invader searched Mrs Cooper and then Mr Cooper, money taken from the blue work shirt he wore. The couple identified Cornelius, though defense noted identification was by voice only. See COUPLE on Page 2.
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Louis Lee Cornelius
Morgan Circuit Criminal Court
James Jenkins
Willie Echols
Nella June Maples
Cornelius
Hollis Cooper
Danville
Cooper
Phillip Shanks
Lucas Demands New Farm Bill
Senator Lucas of Illinois calls for passage of a farm bill and a long list of must measures to keep Congress in session into September. He predicts action may stretch past Labor Day and notes plans to tackle reciprocal trade, minimum wage, government salaries, foreign arms, displaced persons, and civil rights bills.
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Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Morsey
R-Ore
Bold Bandit Robs Grill Here As The Case is Being Closed
Police report no arrest yet for the Saturday night robbery at Watkins-Perry Grill. $290.25 was taken at gunpoint from George Perry, second robbery at the grill this year. Perry recounts the incident, describing the unmasked robber as about five nine, 160 pounds, with a red face and a sawed off shotgun. He directed workers back to the kitchen and demanded currency only. See follow up on page 3.
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Bold Bandit
J. B. Whitmire
Watkins-Perry Grill
Whitmire
Harold Watkins
George Perry
Watkins
Herbert Derrick
Herbert
Perry
Seed Loans to Be Available
Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman announced a government loan on cottonseed of about fifty dollars a ton for this year’s crop. The loan, first ever approved on cottonseed, will be 90 percent of parity based on August 1 prices. The Alabama lawmakers said the fifty dollar loan would be ten to fifteen dollars above seed prices without government support. They noted the plan marks a major step for Alabama farmers and pledged that directions to implement the program would be issued soon.
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Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Alabama
Hill
Sparkman
Ralph Trigg
PMA
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Oklahoma
John Brown
Sylacauga
Luther Neely
College Street
Brown's Ambulance
Morgan County
Bibb Humphrey
Michael Lamon
Centreville
W. F. Lamon
Austinville
T.V.A
Dora Lucille Clark
Carroway Hospital
Larry Miller
Omer Tyson
Fish and Game Branch
TVA
Decatur
Morrow Mountain Stateark
Badin
N. C
North Carolina
Yadkin
Catawba
E. R. Carter
Carter
City Council
Joe Pettey
Kimball Jones
Jacksonville, Fla
Ben Bloodworth
G. S. Reed
HM. M. Reed
Osbie Light
Center Grove
Carmichael
George C. Balderston
Talluride
Colo
Denver Post
Gladys Wood
Nellie Beshears
Ona
Tulsa
Okla
Georgia City
By Ken Reynolds
Miner
Madden
Hongkong
Crash
Lee Cornelius
Lama Lorde
Ieee
Ceelian
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