Weather Outlook and Local Item Highlights
Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered daytime thunder showers and light to moderate variable on the coast. Decatur noon cotton quotes middling 32.15 and strict low 31.75. Navy training in San Diego for J Emerson McCulloch Jr. and updates from Birmingham visits. Local police report arrests for drunkenness disorderly conduct assault improper parking and loading zone infractions. Building permit issued at 1512 Fifth Avenue E for a two room frame house valued 430 dollars. Community notices include Bible study at Beech Church of Christ and Morgan County Medical Society meeting at the Country Club with Dr. Otto Carter. A hillbilly concert at Antioch school on Thursday at 7 p.m. and First Presbyterian choir practice at 7:30 p.m. Nearby residents visit Holt and Hill. Judge Kinney in Decatur on business yesterday. ambulance transfer for Mrs. Thorn and infant son to Mutual Service hospital. See Diary On Page 2.
Nudists Convene at Sunshine Park In New Jersey
Mays Landing New Jersey August 4 Nudist enthusiasts from the American Sunbathing Association gather at Sunshine Park for their 17th annual convention. About 500 delegates are expected for sessions held in the nude at the 2000 acre park where clothes are forbidden without permission. Boone notes male and female only events and activities include athletic contests and mixed affairs.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Sunshine Park
Isley Boone
Boone
Berlin Reds Race West for Postwar Constitution
Communists in Eastern Germany and Western Berlin rushed to draft the nation’s first postwar constitution with September targets. Both sides sought a breakthrough with Moscow weighing a possible East West compromise and an early lift of the Berlin deadlock after talks involving Prime Minister Stalin.
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Lenn-Meinzerling
Berlin
Germany
Stalin
Moscow
Berlin Rebuffs Soviet Food Offer as Communist Victory Claim
In Western Berlin anti communists hailed the mass rejection of Moscow food relief, noting only about 21 000 of 2 075 000 blockade residents accepted the offer. They argued this shows minimal support for the communists compared with the 179 124 votes they won in October 1946 elections.
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Berlin
British and American Talks Reported Quiet in Berlin
No official comment in Berlin on the Moscow negotiations as American and British occupation commanders are kept advised by Washington and London. Gen Sir Brian Robertson heads to London for foreign office talks while American sources in Moscow stay silent and all three capitals maintain tight lipped.
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Berlin
Moscow
Washington
London
Brian Robertson
Foreign Office
Paris
Lad Electrocuted By Electric Fan in Greensboro
Eight year old Arvie Norman son of Dr E T Norman was electrocuted in a home workshop when a wet floor and an operating electric fan caused a fatal shock. Investigators cited the wet floor as a factor. Dr Norman, who was in Florida, returned by plane and will conduct funeral services Thursday. Surviving are the parents and an older brother John.
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Greensboro
Ala
Arvie Norman
E. T. Norman
Norman
Black Warrior Council
John
Fights For Joe Montgomery
J K Ashley fights to keep his job in the State Labor Department as the personnel board reviews his appeal after being fired by Labor Director Wade on June 15. A July 9 hearing was continued to allow Ashley to answer last-minute charges.
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Joe Montgomery
Ala
J K. Ashley
State Labor Department
State Personnel Board
Stant Mobile
R. R. Wade
Ashley
Hopes Fade for Quick End to Univis-Lens Strike
Dayton Ohio August 4 Hopes for an early settlement in the Univis Lens Co labor dispute faded as local 768 UEW voted to continue the strike until a satisfactory agreement is reached Guarded by steel helmets National Guardsmen kept watch over non strikers reporting for work Officials hoped the violent stage of the strike might be passing after a 92 day walkout The UEW meeting condemned police conduct and voted to rally support from CIO AFL railroad brotherhoods and other unions See HOPES on Page 2
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Dwight Pitkin
Dayton
Ohio
Univis-Lens Co
United Electrical Workers
UEW
Leothar Wernstaff
Herbert Hirschberg
National Committee On Civil Rights
CIO
AFL
London Police End Race Riots
London dispatch reports Liverpool experiences an uneasy calm after three days of race clashes near the docks. Chief Constable C Martin vows full police resources to stamp out the violence as about 50 detainees await trial next week.
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Liverpool
Eng
C. Martin
Terms Meted In Store Death
James P. Campbell will be sentenced to 40 years in the state penitentiary for second degree murder in the shooting of A. H. Norris, after pleading guilty in circuit court. The jury had earlier returned verdicts in related cases, with Virgil Wimberly sentenced to life for first degree murder.
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James P. Campbell
A. H. Norris
Potowing —Campbells
George Johnson
Ciey
Virgil Wimberly
Newton B. Powell
C. W. Bethany
Campbell
Charlie Moore
Johnson
Flood Claims 36 in Caracas Port City La Guaira
A flash flood in La Guaira, the port city near Caracas, killed 36 people and injured 28. The Piedra Azul pass bore the brunt as a torrent surged through, creating extensive property damage and devastation.
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Caracas
Venezuela
la Guaira
Piedra Azul, Pass
Silvermaster Balked Firing Revealed by Hearing
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster remained on the government payroll during World War II despite Navy and Civil Service attempts to remove him. At a House committee hearing he denied spying for any nation and refused to confirm communist ties while Elizabeth Bentley testified he led a government communist group and ran a basement laboratory for copying secret documents. Currie and Baldwin intervened with Secretary Patterson to keep him on.
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Washington
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Russia
Navy
Civil Service Commission
House un-American Activities Committee
Silvermaster
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Bates
Lauchlin Currie
White House
C. B. Baldwin
Patterson
Louis Russell
FBI
Sile Wermaster
Robert E. Stripling
Currie
Registration to Begin August 13 in Alabama
Gov. James E. Folsom issued a proclamation announcing Selective Service registration to begin August 13 and run through September 18 in Alabama. Local sites will operate daily from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. except Sundays and Labor Day, for men 18 to 26 to register for military training.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Cotton crop forecast highest since 1937 in South
Memphis based expert Gerald L. Dearing predicts a 1948 cotton harvest of 14 million 500-lb bales, the largest since the 1937 record. Estimates rely on cottage dealer reports across the country.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gerald L. Dearing
Commercial Appeal
First Collections From New Parking Meters Over $1 000
July report from the Decatur police details parking meter revenue totaling 1028 63 with 10 22 in fines for meter violations. The department logged 292 investigations and 196 cases in city court including drunks disorderly conduct and traffic offenses. Fines totaled 4828 50. incidents included hospital and jail takes, car thefts, and stolen battery recoveries.
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Decatur Police Department
Police Department
J. B. Whitmire
Morgan
Limestone
Decature Department
le Monerch
Huntsville
Happe
Democrats Abolish Segregation Unit for Negro Vote Drive
The Democratic National Committee ends its Negro division and distributes its workers among other units. National Chairman J Howard McGrath says the move is consistent with Truman civil rights policy and aims to boost support in key states. Some Dixie Democrats doubt the strategy and South states resist funding for the party war chest.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
McGrath
William L. Dawson
Illinois
GOP
Republican National Committee
Val Washington
Chicago
William Murhay
South
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Missouri Auditor Forrest Smith Wins Democratic Governor Nomination
Voters in Missouri Kansas and Virginia backed veteran campaigners in primaries. In Missouri Forrest Smith won the Democratic nomination for Governor with a margin over rivals Dan Nee and Roy McKittrick.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Virginia
Forrest Smith
U. S
Dan M. Nee
Roy McKittrick
States' Rights Democrats project more electoral votes in November
R F Hudson Jr of The Montgomery Advertiser Journal predicted the states' rights Democrats will win more electoral votes than the Truman Barkley ticket in November. He forecast Democratic defeat and suggested the national convention may influence Alabama's 1950 governor's race, noting six men who could run without naming them.
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Truman
Montgomery
Ala
Truman-Barkley
R. F. Hudson Jr
Advertiser - Journal
Hudson
Alabama
Kansas GOP primary reshapes with Murray Thompson lead
Smith backed by anti Pendergast forces as Murray Thompson leads ManueI H. Davis with about a quarter of votes counted in Kansas City. In Kansas Schoeppel wins GOP senate support to replace Arthur Capper after a two to one margin over Harold Malone. George McGill defeats E K Dean for Capper's Democratic seat with a two to one margin. Virginia Democrats back Senator A Willis Robertson two to one for renomination. Page 2.
Burglar Breaks Out After Breaking In At Birmingham Store
Birmingham police question a thief who entered a supermarket and stole 25 cartons of cigarets then escaped by forcing the rear door from the inside. Detective E. L. Lewis suspects the burglar may have been locked in the store overnight after closing.
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Birmingham
E. L. Lewis
Five Injured In Road Crash Near Decatur
Five persons were rushed to Decatur General Hospital after a Wednesday 5 PM crash on the Moulton Highway two to three miles from Decatur. Victims include Mr. J E Livingston 20 Danville, Mrs J E Livingston 30 Moulton, and Anderson Livingston 30 Moulton plus two children and Ruby Richards. Highway Patrol had no report yet. witnesses said a pickup rolled onto its left side.
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Decatur General Hospital
Moulton
Decatur
J. E. Livingston
Danville
Anderson Livingston
Decatur General
Brown's
Livingston
Ruby Richards
Highway Patrol
Decatur Teachers to Attend Alabama Education Association Conference
Three Decatur School staffers will join a leadership conference of the Alabama Education Association at Camp Mac near Talladega from Friday through Sunday. Attending are Mrs. Sam Hocking AEA vice president Miss Elizabeth Houston Decatur Teachers Association president and Mrs. W T Jordan. Walter Jackson superintendent will attend as a consultant.
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Decatur School
Alabama Education Association
Camp Mac
Talladega
Sam Hocking
AEA
Elizabeth Houston
Decatur Teachers Association
W. T. Jordan
Walter Jackson
Drawing For Stadium Seats Opens August 14 at Junior High
Tickets for stadium seating will be drawn starting at nine o clock Saturday morning August 14 at the Junior high school. All who have paid their stadium pledge are eligible. Each eligible person may draw for a group if one member has the necessary $100000 pledged and about $87000 has been paid in full.
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Nine O'Cock
Jackson
GOP Decides to Halt Anti-Poll Tax Bid in Senate
Washington August 4 Senate Republicans abandoned their push to pass an anti-poll tax bill during the extra session, a move praised by Southern Democrats. GOP leaders plan to redirect to other business with aims to adjourn by Saturday night. House Republicans meanwhile proposed an anti inflation bill restoring installment buying controls through March 15.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
GOP
Millikin
R-Cole
House
Bill
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Truman
King
House’ Banking Group
Morse
Rore
Hil
D-Ala
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Zella Cheatham
Fifth Avenue E
D A. Clements
Nina Wood
William Landers
Carol
Spartanburg, S. C
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Beech Church of Christ
Morgan County Medical Society
Country Club
Otto Carter
Nashville
McCoy Brows
Valley Boys
Antioch School
Moulton Road
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Delmoré
Monteano
Horace Kinney
Cullman
E. R. Thorn
Wadsworth
Univis Lens
Univis Leas Company
Jersey Park
By Ken Reynolds
Decatur Daily
Reds
Racing West
Lad
Folsom
Democratic
By Jack Bell
Mr. Truman
Willis Robertson
Robertson
Monarch
Ralph Cozzalino
Florence
Hill Grocery
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