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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
12
The Commerce Department plans to tighten export controls on materials for arms production. Secretary Sawyer will announce adding items to the 600 plus commodities requiring export licenses. By October 1 data on volumes and types will be available and quotas may limit shipments of armament materials.
Florida deputies probe a double shooting at a Beacon Hill cottage in Port St. Joe. Georgia matron Mrs. Walter B. Smith is dead from a shotgun neck wound. her husband is gravely wounded from a rifle blast. The couple had moved from Sycamore, Georgia two years earlier. Survivors include Mrs. Smith’s parents and two daughters.
A jumping-bean egg thought to have swallowed a mussel pearl was found to contain glass instead. The egg formed around the glass, tilting as if it leaned. Mrs. Elmer Allred of Decatur reported the find, noting the hen had been fed mussel meat.
The Alabama Revenue Department suspends two income tax agents, James Kelley and Ben Williams, for 30 days each after findings of irregular handling of income tax returns. State Personnel Director Charles Terry announced the action yesterday.
We announce a $500 check from D. W. Blend of Wolverine Tube Division to Athens College president Dr. Perry B. James to establish a Michigan area scholarship. The grant funds a spring 1951 award for a promising sophomore, usable at Athens College or any accredited U.S. college.
The city sues for a 32 acre tract south of the airport with half of 42 600 dollars valued by state and federal governments at a probate hearing. The land addition will extend the North South runway from 4200 feet to 5200 feet.
Excitement builds for the annual IOOF Home club reunion at East Lake Park Birmingham set for Sunday August 6. Former Odd Fellows Home Cullman members join letters from across the United States indicating intent to attend. committee chair O B Fancher and members Floyd Hubbard Ed Mewbourne Clyde Ladner and Mrs Clara Ladner Lomax report plans complete for the biggest gathering yet.
Clemency hearing set for 11 A M CST in the governor’s office for Pia Henry Alberson a 63 year old Coffee county man whose execution was scheduled for Kilby Prison. Alberson was convicted of the shotgun slaying of Early Stokes at Enterprise Alabama on October 31 1948 claiming self defense. The state supreme court upheld the conviction and set July 7 as the execution date but a reprieve allowed a sanity hearing and the commission found him sane and reset the date for early Friday.
James W Cannon an 18 year old from Medford Massachusetts sought adventure and joined the army. He was the sole survivor of a squad trapped by North Korea after returning to American lines. He is the youngest of nine siblings and the story comes from AP reporter Hall Boyle at a U S command post in Korea. His parents are Mr and Mrs Michael Cannon of 76 Wellington Road. His brothers and sisters are named.
The 12 North Atlantic pact countries plan a London based joint military high command to coordinate agencies across regional defense groups and supply boards. Leaders from the United States Britain and France met with the pact council of deputies to discuss filling defense gaps, including air capabilities.
The RCA Building at Rockefeller Center stands at 850 feet, claiming status as the tallest structure in the complex and a defining feature of Midtown Manhattan skylines, reflecting postwar height ambitions.
The Air Force announced that training will resume soon at Craig Air Force Base near Selma Alabama, home to the air training command. French delegates in Paris reportedly favor pooling troops and defense resources for a unified force or shared funding.
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Harper announced the transfer of the pilot instructor school from the Air University to the Air Training Command on Sept. 1. The move frees Randolph to host B-29 crew training, with 55 instructors and staff and 72 students entering monthly starting around Sept. 24, while most civil service employees at Craig are retained or hired by the command.
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