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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
1
A mix of social notes and hospital updates from Decatur and area includes births at Baugh Wiley clinic, veterans benefits updates, and local hospital discharges. Also reported are visits from relatives, medical admissions, and city weather as the new month begins with temperatures around 91 and 76 earlier today.
A Morgan county court jury found Willie Echols guilty of second degree manslaughter yesterday. Echols received the maximum 12 month sentence for that charge. Judge W. H. Long presided as the court closed for the week.
The U S Fifth Air Force said UN pilots shot down three Communist jets and damaged two over North Korea as clearing weather renewed war activity. Allied infantry stormed Baldy hill in an eight hour fight, recapturing the crest west of Chorwon.
Decatur police chief J B Whitmire says officers pursue burglars active this summer. Three local sites have reported break ins this week including Central Methodist church choir room, the W W Wright home at 904 East Avenue SE, and Brock and Spight wholesale grocery on Bank Street.
Local Highway Patrol members test an electric speed meter designed to automatically measure vehicle speeds in a designated zone. The compact portable unit could replace road detectors and clock timing methods, potentially simplifying speed enforcement on Alabama highways. The device is already in limited use in some areas and may roll out statewide after pilots.
Two gunmen robbed the Ankeny State Bank about 7 10 a m taking 25720 in cash. Wayne Rowland assistant cashier was forced to open a vault and was locked inside before the robber fled. The loot was the highest Iowa bank robbery since 1934, tied to the John Deere payday turnover.
In North Kingston Rhode Island, Thomas E. Hurley’s pet snake sticking its head from the glove compartment startled him and caused a crash with Robert H. Ellen’s car. Ellen won a negligence suit in district court and was awarded $119. The judge accepted the argument that a driver risks mishap when a snake is in the vehicle.
An Oklahoma City woman identified a 20 year old daughter Tillie Mae Pennington as the slain girl found headless and dismembered near Yukon. Police remained skeptical as officials weighed scars and limited evidence including a blood stained brassiere and red belt.
Walter J. Donnelly arrived in Bonn to assume duties as the U.S. high commissioner for Germany and stated he aims to establish normal diplomatic relations as rapidly as possible.
Senator John Sparkman, Democratic vice presidential nominee, told Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. he would back the Democratic program but refused to commit to specific civil rights actions. Powell, Harlem representative, pressed about ending filibusters and federal enforcement of civil rights measures, while Sparkman noted past opposition to broad federal action and procedural changes. The exchange highlights tensions between Northern and Southern Democrats over the platform's civil rights provisions.
Highway director Guerry Preuit says the Sixth Avenue East widening project on U S 31 will be placed in the September settings if delayed then in October. The project would widen the avenue from 6th Street South near the Salvation Army church to Walnut Street north toward Keller bridge.
A Moscow radio report cited by US monitors alleges Wall Street funds a Tennessee political machine led by Memphis boss Ed Crump for the Mellon and Rockefeller interests. It claims money from monopolies and railways buys votes to elect governors mayors and congressmen.
Crucible Steel Co and the CIO United Steelworkers signed a temporary pact resuming work for defense needs. The agreement matches last week’s six major steel firms deal, adding a 21.1 cent hourly pay raise for workers nearing $2 per hour and maintaining a union shop for new hires.
July proved hotter than June with a 105 degree record at the TVA substation on July 28 and an eight day stretch above 90. Daily highs in July stayed over 90 on most days while June’s lows remained higher than July’s highs on several dates.
Barbara Nitsche six and her mother Mrs Palmer Legg were finally reunited after a four year separation spent in Germany. Barbara flew from Berlin to America alone, misrouted to Birmingham where a German speaking pilot helped identify the mix up. They were united at dawn and traveled to Morgan County home. Sergeant Legg is en route to Japan and the family plans to join him.
Birmingham residents looked to cooler weather as showers laced the region. The U S Weather Bureau predicted temperatures under 100 statewide with 97 at Tuscaloosa the previous day, easing a four month drought that has cost the state an estimated 150 million dollars. General rains are needed to avert further pasture damage.
In Nashville Secretary Brannan convened a emergency relief conference with officials from Georgia Alabama Tennessee Arkansas Missouri Kentucky Mississippi and the Carolinas to study distributing 30 million dollars from the Missouri flood relief program and to prevent livestock liquidation as hay and feed imports are explored amid the nine state drought impact.
Emergency loans were explained after Alabama was declared a disaster area due to 150 million dollars in drought damage. FHA loans at three percent interest aid farmers with substantial drought losses, for grazing, grain crops, and next spring production. A three-member county committee must certify credit unavailability from banks or other lenders.
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