Weather outlook and community notices from Morgan county
Partly cloudy today with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and Saturday. Morgan county Republicans hold a mass meeting at Decatur city hall August 13 at 2 PM. Various church revivals, sermons, and community events listed. hospital transfers and local news snippets include Miss Caroline Blair moved to South Highland hospital Birmingham. tomato weighing 112 pounds received by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eaton. multiple church services and medical updates across Decatur and nearby towns.
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Morgan County
City Hall
Decatur
Joe Eaton
Ninth Street South
Comer Lott
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Garsson loan to May tied to munitions activities
Elisha Walker testified before Senator Mead that in 1941 he loaned 5000 dollars to Rep. Andrew J. May at Garsson's request, with May signing the promissory note. Walker delivered the payment after confirming with May, who was unaware of any prior relation. The case links Garsson, a munitions figure under investigation, to May, then chair of the military committee, while May's health prevents him from testifying.
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Washington
Elisha Walker
New York
Kuhn-Loeb
Mead
N.Y
Andrew J. May
Murray Garsson
Walker
Senate
Garsson
May
House Military Committee
West Virginia
Garrson
Italy
Chemical Warfare Service
Fort Bragg
N. C
65Th Chemical Company
Belgium
Tideland Bill Near Death in Congress After Veto
President Truman vetoed the tidelands oil bill and Congress appears to let the veto stand without an override vote. House leaders may refer the veto message to committee as adjournment nears, effectively killing the measure. Rep. Doyle asserts two thirds could pass in the House but doubts the Senate could, leaving the bill stalled.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Supreme Court
Rep
Doyle
Calif
Senate
Engineers approve four-dam plan for Alabama river development
Mobile district Army engineers announced a four-dam plan under the Alabama-Coosa improvement program. The plan would begin the $60,000,000 Alabama-Coosa initiative. Public hearings will be held in Montgomery and Selma on dates to be announced, Col. Mark M. Boatner Jr. said.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile District Army Engineers
Alabama River
Montgomery
Selma
Mark M. Boatner Jr
Peacetime A-bomb by products handed to scientists
The Manhattan Engineer District released five tiny carbon fourteen units to research institutions for cancer and other medical studies. Each atom weighs one ten thousandth of an ounce, costs 400 dollars including handling, and can emit 37 million atomic rays per second for 10 000 to 25 000 years. Research areas include cancer diabetes teeth bones and photosynthesis mechanisms.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Army
Manhattan
Long Acknowledged Recess for Congress Ends Eight Years
The 79th Congress votes to adjourn after a long vacation as the social security payroll tax is frozen at one percent for the eighth year. The body faces a November election and potential recall, with 80th Congress to convene in January.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Arbogast
79Th Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
House
Weaver Case Is Continued In Equity Hearing
Judge James H. Crow Jr. halted the citys complaint against W N Weaver and postponed further hearing to a later date at the request of both sides. The equity court session began with 11 city witnesses and eight from the defense. The city accuses the rink of oper ating in a residence district and causing noise and disturbance. The defense says the rink is not a nuisance. St Lynne and Norman Harris defend Weaver while the city is represented by John Caddell and Philip Shanks Jr.
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James H. Crow Jr
W. N. Weaver
Circuit Court In Equity
Weaver
C” District
St. Lynne
Norman Harris
John Caddell
Philip Shanks Jr
Commuter Bus Crash injures about 60 on Memorial Bridge
About 60 people were injured when a commuter bus crashed through a heavy stone railing on Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River and landed upside down on a driveway 30 feet below.
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Washington
Memorial Bridge
Potomac River
Sparkman Nears Runoff in Alabama Primary Race
Rep. John J. Sparkman of Huntsville leads in unofficial returns but trails in total against James A. Simpson and Frank Boykin after Mobile county added 360 votes. A runoff is possible August 27 if canvass confirms the count, with Simpson cautious about comment until runoff is assured.
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Birmingham
Ala
John J. Sparkman
Huntsville
James A. Simpson
Sparkman
Mobile County
Frank Boykin
Gulf City
Montgomery
July Postal Receipts Fall 11 Percent in Decatur
Postmaster R. T. Sheppard announced July postal receipts at the Decatur post office totaled 8,854.58 dollars, an 11 percent decrease from July 1946. Stamp sales were 7,202.66 dollars, with other income including box rents 909.46, second class postage 168.33, permit matter 400, and transfers 100.
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Decatur
R. T. Sheppard
Sheppard
Mrs Henry Bynum Dies After Illness In Courtland
Mrs Henry D Bynum a longtime Courtland resident died Friday at noon after a month long illness. She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Frank S Harris of New Orleans and a granddaughter Mrs Harris Adams also of New Orleans. Services will be held at four Saturday afternoon at the Courtland residence with interment to follow.
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Henry D. Bynum
Courtland
Rs. Bynum
Frank S. Harris
New Orleans
Harris Adams
Rules group wrangles on rotating European peace chair
The fifth session of the European peace conference rules committee failed to decide on a permanent chairman. New Zealand led smaller nations in opposition to a fixed chair, while Britain proposed electing Georges Bidault by acclamation. Molotov noted the room had already chosen a rotating chair. Bidault reportedly did not want the post due to domestic duties.
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A. IL Goldberg
Paris
New Zealand
Britain
United States
France
Soviet Russia
Hector Macneil
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Bidault
Unity of command deplored by Hill in Senate speech
Senator Hill of Alabama charged there is no unity of command at Pearl Harbor. He argued the same defense organization exists as on December 7 1941, with Army General Hall leading the Hawaiian department and Navy Admiral Hall leading the 14th naval district. He urged unification even as the issue stalls this session.
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Washington
Senator Hill
Ala
Pearl Harbor
Senate
Hall
Army
Navy
14Th Naval District
Hill
Congress
Georgia Unit Plan Fought in U S Court
A federal suit in Brunswick challenges Georgia’s county unit system and seeks to block Eugene Talmadge’s governor nomination after a July 17 primary. Plaintiffs argue the plan violates the 14th Amendment equal protection and seeks to bar certification in the upcoming election.
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Brunswick
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
Charles S. Reid
Georgia Supreme Court
John L. Tye Jr
Atlanta
Robert Lee Turman
Fulton County
Cullen B. Gosnell
DeKalb County
United States
Eugene Dawson Named TB Unit Worker in North Alabama
Eugene Dawson of Selma was chosen executive secretary of the North Alabama Tuberculosis association by the tri county group. He will base in Athens and handle publicity education and case-finding in Morgan Madison and Limestone counties. Dawson is a Howard College alumnus with a MS from the University of Alabama and Harvard Law School training. He previously worked as an editorial writer for the Birmingham Post and taught at Marion Military Institute before serving as a field representative for Crowell Collier. He and his wife and three children plan to move within two weeks to begin the post and then attend a six week training course in New York City.
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Republican Party
House
Congress
Truman
79Th
Trumar
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Great Britain
Sparkman
Simpson
Boykin
Ted Allen
Union
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Lister Hill
Cio-Pac
AFL
North Alabama
Black Belt
Allen
Bullock
Ben Fortson
Lon Duckworth
State Democratic Executive Committee
Grace Cunningham
Alex W. Smith
Atlanta
State Bar Association
Earl P. Cook
Georgia Tech
Helen Douglas Mankin
James C. Davis
Frank M. Scarlett
Lisi
Scarlett
Samuel H. Sibley
New Orleans
Louie W. Strum
Jacksonville
Georgia
Eugene Dawson
Selma
North Alabama Tuberculosis Association
Thiuredayv Night
Dawson
Athens
Morgan
Madison
Limestone Counties
Howard College
University of Alabama
Harvard Law School
Birmingham Post
Marion Military Institute
U. S. Army
Sega
Crowell-Coillier Publish
Foes Concede Election of GI Ticket In Tennessee Chaos
In Athens Tennessee a six hour gun battle around the jail left 18 injured as GI supporters clashed with deputies over elections for McMinn county offices. State Guards were not deployed and a mass meeting was planned for Monday to decide next steps in replacing Cantrell’s Democratic machine.
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Athens
Tenn
McMinn County
Democratic Organization of State
Paul Cantrell
Probe Ordered Into Athens Nightgun Battle Wounding
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a federal probe into last night’s gun battle at Athens Tennessee where at least six men were seriously wounded. The civil rights division will determine if federal laws were violated.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Athens
Tenn
Justice Department
Clark
Department
Armed deputies clash with GI volunteers at jail after polls
Armed sheriff's deputies moved two ballot boxes to the jail after polls closed. A GI group disarmed seven deputies and forced them into cars. By 9 p m a crowd of about 500, armed, moved on the railhouse and fired as exchange of fire raged for six hours ending with jail blasts. Ralph Duggan led the GI force and said the crowd faced gunfire after promising ballots would be counted.
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Ralph Duggan
Navy
McKellar Wins Tennessee Senate Nomination in Early Returns
Unofficial returns from about 2,300 precincts in the Tennessee Democratic primary show E. W. Carmack with 94,314 votes, K. D. McKellar with 165,835, John R. Neal 2,168, and Herman H. Ross 2,125 for U S senator. For governor, Gordon Browning leads Jim McCord with 164,389 to 1,554.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
E. W. Carmack
K. D. McKellar
John R. Neal
Herman H. Ross
Gordon Browning
Jim McCord
Leah Richardson
Night jail disturbance ends with guards escorted out
Report of a false claim of two inmates killed led deputies to surrender their posts with hands up and later return under GI guards. Onlookers identified Deputy Windy Wise as being man-handled during the incident.
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Windy Wise
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