Local Sheriff's Office Reports Sixteen Arrests
The sheriffs office logged sixteen arrests for the day including eight for public drunkenness, two vagrancy, one burglary, one assault and battery, one violating the prohibition law, one alias, one grand larceny, and one driving while intoxicated. James Asherbranner Addison 1 was here on business Saturday. The tractor demonstration at O P Penn farm August 6 was cancelled due to weather. Mr and Mrs S E Jacobs and Mr and Mrs Roy Collier Jr returned from Florida. The Decatur high school senior band meets Monday at seven for practice ahead of Huntsville homecoming. John Sparkman democratic vice presidential nominee event date pending word from Senator Sparkman. Mr and Mrs R W McCracken and sons spend the weekend in Anniston. McCracken will transfer to Anniston September 1 as district engineer of Southern Bell. Grady Waters Trinity 1 was a business visitor. Morgan county court will hear jury civil cases early this week with Thursday set for non jury civil cases. Mrs J E Watkins Tanner 1 was admitted to Decatur General hospital Friday. Dismissals from Baugh Wiley clinic included Morris McCutcheon, Mrs F P McLemore Ath ens 5, and Mrs Louis Hill and daughter 1309 Third Avenue South. Mr and Mrs Carl Conley announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital Friday. See Diary On Page 2.
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Decatur High School
Carl Schwachow
Huntsville
John Sparkman
Senator Sparkman
Drought Devastates South. Nation Faces Major Farm Losses
The drouth, described as one of the worst disasters for the area, grips the South and parts of New England, with estimates exceeding 500 million dollars in damage. Federal disaster status aids farmers in seeking federal aid for feed, herd preservation, and crop replanting as pastures burn out and livestock prices fall.
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South
Massachusetts
Maine
New England
Hutchinson
Nashville
Dixie
Weather Bureau
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
North Carolina
Summer Plans To Run For Mayor
H R Sandy Summer announces intention to run for mayor. City Council will call the election at a Monday meeting with September 15 set as election day. Candidates for mayor and alderman have 10 days from the call to file and qualify.
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H. R
Sandy) Summer
Sam McClendon Calls Young Democrats To Meet
Morgan County Young Democrats led by Samuel L. McClendon call a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 p m in the Decatur city hall courtroom. The club has 50 members with plans for hundreds more and eyes the November election for Democrats. Ross Wooten is vice president and Miss Mabel Hannigan is treasurer.
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Sam McClendon
Samuel L. McClendon
Morgan County
Young Democrats Club
Decatur City Hall
Alabama State League of Young Democrats
Morgan County Club
de Ratice Vnees
Ross Wooten
Mabel Hannigan
Treas
Sam
Iran Senate Grants Mossadegh Broad Powers in Six Months
Persian legislative sessions fueled anti foreign sentiment as the Senate and Majlis backed a six month program granting premier Mossadegh sweeping powers in economy social and judicial fields. Critics targeted foreign advisers led by U S missions and Point Four aid groups amid calls to expel them. Britain faced accusations of coup plotting while Iran-Nation impressions ran high.
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Tehran
Iran
Senate
Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
Majlis
Issa Sedigh
United States
Sedigh
Britain
Hussein Maki
Farouk
Egypt
Maki
Bakhtar Emrooz
Texas Biggest Question Mark In Dixie's Vote
Eisenhower has a brighter chance to win Southern electoral votes than any Republican since Hoover. A AP survey places Texas and South Carolina as pivotal, with Ike potentially winning 79 Southern votes if six states flip, yet still short of Hoover’s 1928 haul. Texas oil tidelands stir strong operator opposition. See TEXAS On Page 2.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Solid South
Adlai Stevenson
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Texas
South Carolina
Eisenhower
Strom Thurmond
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Ike
South
Hoover
al Smith
Tidelands
Strike on New York Central lines called off temporarily
A threatened strike on New York Central Railroad lines east of Buffalo is called off at least temporarily. A company union conference to settle the dispute is set for Monday, with both sides later agreeing to meet in Cleveland. Lawrence W. Hornung announced the Monday talks and rules under dispute cover more than 300 issues.
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New York
New York Central
Buffalo
Cleveland
Lawrence W. Hornung
RAIL
Two Escapees Caught After Slaying of Springfield Housewife
A 200 man posse flushed Donald Demag and Francis Blair from deep woods and authorities grilled them for the bludgeon death of Elizabeth Weatherup, 54, found in her Springfield, Vermont, bathroom. They fled Windsor prison Wednesday in a 10 ton truck.
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Springfield
Donald Demag
Francis Blair
Vermont
Elizabeth Weatherup
Labor Day Rally to Feature Senator Hill in Decatur
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama will speak at a Labor Day rally in Delano Park Decatur. The event, sponsored by the American Federation of Labor, expects at least 6,000 attendees with a parade of floats and four bands starting at 9 a.m. from Bank and Church Streets. Other speakers include E. J. Barnett and Francis of St Louis. A noon barbecue serves 6,000 meals.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
Delano Park
Decatur
American Federation of Labor
James C. Roper
Alabama State Federation of Labor
Bank
Church Streets
Russellville
Haleyville
Leighton
Senator Hill
E. J. Barnett
Mr. Francis
Barber's International
St. Louis
State GOP To Set Up Office In Alabama Campaign
The Republican Party will open a state campaign headquarters in Birmingham on Monday led by Claude O. Vardaman to enlist Alabama for a November bid. Winston M Red Blount of Union Springs and Montgomery will head a Citizens for Eisenhower movement. Democrats plan a strong campaign but have not named a state manager.
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Leroy Simms
Birmingham
Alabama
Claude O. Vardaman
Brown-Marx
Vardaman
Winston M
Red) Blount
Union Springs
Montgomery
Blount
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike's Election Drive Aims at Eisenhower Presidency
The Decatur Eisenhower for President club met at Dennis McClendon's Ferry Street office with an enthusiastic crowd. President and treasurer Dennis McClendon, secretary W L Chenault, and plans for August 15 meeting at eight plus new headquarters at McClendon offices were announced.
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Eisenhower
Decatur Club
Dennis McClendon
Ferry Street
W. L. Chenault
McClendon
Dynamite Worker Rains Injury After Rock Strike
Hubert Steed of Hartselle was critically injured Friday when a rock fell during dynamite blasting for county road work near the Ed Boyer farm south of Plainview. He suffered a fractured skull and right side paralysis and remained in a deep coma at Dr. Claude W. Lavender's clinic in Hartselle by Saturday with a guarded prognosis.
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Hubert Steed
Hartselle
Claude W. Lavender
Ed Boyer Farm
Plainview
Steed
Lavender ‘Clinic
Lavender
Negro minister charged in shotgun blaze injuring neighbor and children
Montgomery police say Will Miller shot Jimmie Jordan in the face after an argument over Jordan's children throwing trash near Miller's home. The blast blinded Jordan and slightly injured four of his children.
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Montgomery
Will Miller
Jimmie Jordan
Jordan
Garrett Says Pledge Binding In Democratic Primary
Attorney General Si Garrett challenged a Mobile probate judge who ruled voters in the May Democratic primary have no moral obligation to back the party national ticket in November. Garrett said the moral duty exists though it may not be legally enforceable.
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Montgomery
Si Garrett
Walter F. Faillard
Mobile Press
Garrett
West Berliners Prepare for FDJ Rally Riot Threat
West Berlin police prepare to repel a planned FDJ street demonstration on the border of Soviet and Allied sectors. Police are on alert with clubs pistols and mobile water pumps as Communists urge a mass rally in Jungfernheide amid high East West tensions following a spate of kidnappings.
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Berlin
Jungfernheide
FDJ
East Berlin
Red
Governor And Stewart Asked To Visit Valley
The Decatur Daily urged Governor Gordon Parsons and Agriculture Commissioner Frank Stewart to visit the Tennessee Valley in Alabama to assess crop damage from drought and heat. After a Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman county survey the paper urged using all emergency relief and seeking federal aid under Public Law 875.
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Decatur Daily
Gordon Parsons
Frank Stewart
Tennessee Valley
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Daily Wired
Persons
Stewart
Tennessee
Alabama
United States
Nashville
Tenn
Brannan
Missouri Valley
American Cross
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Alabama Skipped by Needed Rain Across Drought Areas
Showers were few in most Alabama sections on August 2, while storms moved through drought-burned fields and forests. A Weather Bureau official reported heavier activity in some regions despite overall scant rainfall.
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Alabama
Birmingham
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sprinklers Save 16 Acres in Drought Stricken Indiana
Farmer Alvin Hardin irrigates 16 acres of corn in Kightstown using six large sprinklers that deliver two inches of rain in 3 1/2 hours. An industrial pump moves 600 gallons per minute from a dedicated well to sustain the crop amid widespread browning across east central Indiana.
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Kightstown
Ind
Indiana
Alvin Hardin
Hardin
Drought Eases as Thundershowers Return Across State
A month long drought damaged crops with losses around 150 million dollars but storms Thursday and Friday offered hope for partial revival. Officials planned machinery and loans to aid farmers lacking local financing for operating costs as Alabama moves to support agriculture.
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Alabama
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J. D. Pittman Implement Company
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S. E. Jacobs
Roy Collier,Jr
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Anniston
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Grady Waters
Trinity 1
Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
J. E. Watkins
Tanner
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Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Morris McCutcheon
Third Ave. W
F. P. McLemore
Athens 5
Louis Hill
Third Avenue South
Carl Conley
Eighth Street Southeast
Parley
Drouth
Knox Hutchinson
Southeast
Pete Gilmer
Agriculture
Dean E. V. Smith
Auburn
G. F. Geissler
PMA
Washington
W. B. Crawley
Fred Acuff
YP. O. Davis
Alabama Farm Extension Service
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Mr. Crawley
Carl Fry
Governor's Committee
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