GOP Opens Alabama Headquarters for Ike Campaign Effort
Alabama Republicans launched state offices in Birmingham to mobilize a statewide push for Eisenhower in November. Chairman Claude Vardaman leads the campaign with Red Blount as head of a Citizens for Eisenhower group. Plans call for 67 county committees and a possible split ballot proposal with Sparkman for VP.
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Alabama
Ike
Birmingham
Eisenhower
Claude O. Vardaman
Brown Marx
Winton M
Red) Blount
Union Springs
Montgomery
Citizens For
Vardaman
Gen
Sen
John J. Sparkman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
J. D. Hogan Jr
Sen. Sparkman
Pilot Hilt Commands 500 mph Jet Return to Base
Airman Hilt, flying a 500 mile per hour jet, skimmed the Japan coast after engine failure. He regained control, found the coast guard base, and with co pilot MacDuff assisting by reading instruments, restarted the engine from 13 000 to 6000 feet and steered to safety. Hilt has served in the Air Force since 1940. his wife Frances and three children reside in Parker. she hails from Dothan Alabama.
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Ower
Hilt
Japan
MacDuff
Air Force
Frances E. Hilt
Parker
Dothan
Ala
Sailors Among Dead and Injured After Highway Crash
Police traced the crash to highway crest conditions as servicemen on weekend passes from Waco Temple Austin and San Antonio rode buses home. Officers could not determine a clear cause four hours after the collision while highway crews cleared debris.
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Waco
Temple
Austin
San Antonio
Jesse Gunterman
Malone
Highway Department
Traf- C
Movie Listings From Local Theaters
Local cinema schedule shows PRINCESS Macao ROXY and SUNSET venues with multiple daily showings. Names such as Jane Russell Ezio Pinza Janet Leigh and Van Heflin appear alongside budget times 1 15 2 55 4 35 6 15 7 55 9 35 and similar slots for Roxy Sunset Hatfield Strand Mars venues.
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Macao
Robert Mitchum
Jane Russell
William Bendix
Roxy
Ezio Pinza
Janet Leigh
van Johnson
Dorothy McGuire
Rush Ro- Man
Farm Damage Totals Hit Several States In Report
South Carolina reports 63 percent of its corn 61 percent of pastures 63 percent of hay and feed crops and 40 percent of its cotton damaged. Massachusetts losses estimated at two million dollars. Connecticut farm bureau agent estimates a million dollar loss as tobacco growers hire a rainmaker and farm cooperative fed eral loans to farmers.
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South Carolina
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Farm Bureau
Deeds Listed in Daily Records with Various Sums
Numerous transfers show Effie Cook to Emmett C Williams for 1 dollar and multiple other brisk deeds. Individuals such as John Collier and Marie Milligan feature among the grantees, with amounts ranging from 50 to 12 500 dollars and a correction deed noted for Luke Roberts.
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Effie Cook
Emmett C. Williams
Mary Elizabeth Collier
John Collier
L. A. Strane Jr
James A. Roper
Olney N. Stringer
T. S. Brown
Richard M. Owen
Decatur Land Company
Herbert Milligan
William Martin Herchenban
Marie Milligan
E. H. Lowery
E. L. Slaton
J. B. More
Robert B. Puckett
G. €. McRae
J. W. Clapton
Luke Roberts
Eloitte Roberts
Louis E. Trussell
R. M. Goode
John W. Maynor
W. B. Harvey
W. S Lamon
C. E. Stroup
L. L. Bates
Tom Herron
Local Couple Moves Highlighted in Public Notices
Wilburn Doyle Prater, 23, of 629 Jackson Street, a shipping clerk, is wed to Emma Sue Wright, 1052 Grant Street, a stenographer. Thomas Wayne Sims, 20, 633 Johnston Street, a sports director, to Wilda Faye Turney, 21, 632 Johnston Street, a clerk. Henry Jack Tankersley, 30, of Vine Mont 1, a farmer, to Alice Ruth Wise, 18, Vine Mont 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn Doyle Prater
Jackson Street
Emma Sue Wright
Grant Street
Thomas Wayne Sims
Johnston Street
Wilda Faye Turney
Henry Jack Tankersley
Vinemont
Farmer
Alice Ruth Wise
Civil Suits Against Hardin Wear and Other Defendants
In Circuit docket lists multiple suits: S. O. Maner against E. E. Hardin and Spencer Hardin by Peach, Caddell, and Shanks. J. C. Russell against Joe E. Wear and Tennie Mae Wear in a land dispute. Homer Floyd Dodson against Ei nett Barran and C. E. Winton in a Workmen’s Compensation case. Carl West Jr. suing by father. C. J. West against Sterchi Brothers Stores and Employers Liability Assurance. Pillsbury Mills represented in an account suit vs Poultry Feed and Supply. Porter Mills versus R. P. Searcey with Bland attorneys.
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S. O. Maner
E. E. Hardin
Spencer Hardin
Peach, Caddell
Russell Lynne
Dodson
Carl West Jr
C. J. West
Sterchi Brothers Stores, Incorporated
Employers Liability Assurance Corporation
Thomas C. Pettus
Atlanta
Pillsbury Mills, Incorporated
Poultry Feed and Supply Company
Britnell and
Bland and
Bland
Tennessee River Stages and Local Club Meeting Report
U S Weather Bureau Knoxville notes river stages on the Tennessee River at 7 A M with changes through Tuesday night. Guntersville 593.9 fall .5 Whitesburg 554.9 rise .1 Decatur 554.1 steady Wilson 507.4 fall .3 Florence fluctuates 412.2 to 413.0. Priceville Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at Mrs Elkin Collier’s home with Floyd Hendricks presenting a remaking old hats demonstration. Arthur Nebrig of Liberty National Brown Service returns to work after a right ankle injury suffered on vacation. he fell six feet at home tearing ankle muscles and ligaments.
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Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Decatur
Wilson
Florence
Priceville Home Demonstration Club
Elkin Collier
Arthur Nebrig
Liberty National Brown Service
Nethrig
Ex-GI Plans Ireland Visit To Meet Lettered Milkmaid
Frank Hagostak a 27 year old welder from Jeannette Pennsylvania will fly to Ireland to meet Breda O Sullivan of Listole County Kerry. Seventy letters passed between them after a Christmas 1945 bottle toss begun their romance. He sold his sedan and bonds to fund the trip.
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New York
Ireland
Frank Hagostak
Johnstown
Breda O'Sullivan
Listole
County Kerry
Hagostak
Europe
Miss O'Sullivan
God
Cadets Train At Maxwell AFB In Summer Orientation
West Point cadets from the U S Military Academy begin a tactical problem oriented training tour at Maxwell Air Force Base under Brig Gen James Ferguson ninth Air Force command. About 330 cadets are stationed here with another group arriving next week.
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Montgomery
West Point
Maxwell Air Force Base
James Ferguson
Ninth Air Force
Pope's Afb
North Carolina
U. S. Military Academy
Reds Demonstrations Draw Sparse Blueshirt Turnout
In West Berlin only about 2 000 blueshirts gathered near sector borders, waving blue banners and singing communist songs. Police reported two minor incidents with 38 blueshirts detained. Officials suspect the move aimed at propaganda with low turnout, while ADN cited thousands of youths protesting Western policies.
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West Berlin
ADN
Berlin
West German Republic
Protesting Proposals To Build North Alabama Road
Straight Dorning and Leopard report Gay presenting 31 reasons against a new road. He argues it harms a farm in South Limestone, doubles the problem, worsens liquor traffic, and makes Huntsville the favored county seat with a political purpose. He praises existing Roads 31 and 72 as the region’s best when repaired.
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Dorning
Leopard
Gay
South Limestone
Huntsville
North
Alabama
McDougle Rites Set Tomorrow At Austinville
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ann McDougle 69 will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the Austinville Church of God with Rev Mary Miller and Rev Eugene Rice officiating. Interment follows in Flat Creek cemetery. She died yesterday at 9 30 AM at her home. She is survived by two daughters two sons two brothers 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Grandchildren will be pallbearers. She was a member of the Austinville Church of God.
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Mary Ann McDougle
Trinity 1
Austinville
Hartselle
Lowell Standridge
Johnie Bates
Breakley
Ark
Thomas Bates
Mema
McDougle
Church of God
Sparkman Says Platform Leaves FEPC To Congress
Democratic vice presidential nominee John Sparkman told the Richmond News Leader the Democratic platform omits FEPC and leaves it to legislative bodies to decide how to prevent employment discrimination. He said readers should study the platform and noted there may be several ways to approach the issue.
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Richmond
John Sparkman
Richmond News Leader
Alabama
Weekend Death Toll Rises Across Alabama Cities
The State records eight weekend fatalities from rain slick highways and wrecks. In Cullman area a 1952 Chevrolet rear ended a 1946 Mercury driven by Troy Butler. no injuries. A separate crash near Hanceville involved a 1951 Oldsmobile and a 1941 Mercury with $350 damage.
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W. E. Richey
W. E. Bradford
Mercury
Troy Lee Butler
Hazel Pond
Mich
U. S. 31
Cullman
Chevrolet
Dewey Dales
Pensacola
Flan Negro
U. S
Hanceville
Richey
Russell F. Boren
Hayden
Marvin Green
Detroit
Midway
Ladel Shirley
Ruth Shirley
Louisville
Ala
Sumiton
Joyce Ann Haun
David Haun
NYS
Haun
Anniston
Dora
U.S. Highway 78
Birmingham
Faught
L. P. Williams
Pleasant Grove
Tawanna
William Horn
Highway
L. E. Neumann
Horn
Neumann
Walter Scruggs
Otis Caffey
Snowden
Gulfport Pastor Declines Central Baptist Call
Central Baptist church announces Dr. Joe T. Odle of Gulfport Mississippi declined its pastorate offer. D D Gibson says Odle sent a letter saying he feels his work in Gulfport isn't finished and cannot accept Central's call. A church business meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night.
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Central Baptist Church
Joe T. Odle
Gulfport
Miss
Central
D. D. Gibson
Odle
Gibson
South Alabama Has No Shortage Of Cotton Pickers
MOBILE An employment service official noted the 1952 cotton picking season was getting under way in the coastal Alabama Florida area without an expected picker shortage. William P. Stainback, manager of the Mobile office of the Alabama State Employment Service, said drought and increased use of mechanical pickers reduced need and growers mostly met labor locally.
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Mobile
Alabama-Florida
William P. Stainback
Alabama State Employment Service
Glacial Find Reveals Thick Ice Body in New Mexico
A miniature glacier was discovered in northeastern New Mexico measuring 30 feet thick 24 feet wide and 200 feet long. The ice mass presents a notable glacial fragment within the arid region and promises insights into regional climate history.
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New Mexico
Army imposes strict ammunition rationing for Korea units
Assistant Army Secretary Karl R. Bendetsen announced strict ammunition economy for all training and combat units, including National Guard and ROTC, due to a 37 percent hit in current year production from the steel strike. Rationing applies to calibers larger than .50, with 650 thousand replacements planned for the fiscal year.
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Washington
Army
Korea
Karl R. Bendetsen
Amy
Bendetsen
Veteran 'Bama Football Rooter Found Dead at 76
Birmingham attorney Borden Burr widely known as a devoted Alabama fan was found dead at his home. A Talladega native, Burr practiced corporate law and followed the Crimson Tide coast to coast, often serving as an end on the measuring chain at home games. He is survived by two sons and five grandchildren. funeral at South Highlands Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 4 p m.
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Birmingham
Borden Burr
Alabama
Burr
Talladega
University of Alabama
Bama
Tuscaloosa
Burr Law
William H
Sam Burr
South Highlands Presbyterian Church
Adlai Denies Being Captive to ADA Group
Springfield Ill governor Adlai Stevenson reaffirmed he is not a captive presidential candidate of the Americans for Democratic Action. He dismissed ADA influence as nonsense and noted Wilson Wyatt, former ADA head, as his campaign manager while confirming historian Arthur M. Schlesinger of Harvard will assist, despite also being an ADA member.
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Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson W. Wyatt
Garden of Executive Mansion
Springfield
Ill
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
The
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Harvard
Schlesinger
Markets Report from Decatur on Farm Commodities and Hogs
The Decatur market shows cotton middling at 40.00c and strict low 38.50c. No 2 mile sells for 3.10 and No 2 wheat new crop at 1.95, No 2 oats 0.80, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83, with hogs bringing 21.50 in Decatur.
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Decatur
Rites Held for Robert P Rebman in Courtland
Final rites for 53 year old Robert Presley Rebman were held at his Courtland home with Rev. R A Wailes officiating. He died from a heart attack at 2 45 A M yesterday. Survivors include his widow two sons a daughter four sisters and one brother. He was a WWI veteran and bank examiner for the Federal Reserve in New York.
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Robert Presley Rebman
Courtland
R. A. Wailes
Courtland Cemetery
Brown
Helene Casey Rebman
Ann White Rebman
Robert P. Rebman
James F. Rebman
Florida Policemen Guard After Doctor Shot by Woman
In Live Oak Florida Sheriff Sim Howell reports Dr C Leroy Adams Democratic senate candidate was shot twice by Ruby McCollum a 37 year old Negro woman in his downtown office over a medical bill. Adams died despite treatment and a murder charge was planned against McCollum. Other patients witnessed the dispute.
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Live Oak
Fla.Pi
C. Leroy. Adams
Senate
Sim Howell
Ruby McCollum
Raiford
Adams
McCollum
Mrs Mary Jacks Dies At Home In Sheffield
Mrs Mary Jacks 95 of Sheffield died at her home yesterday after a long illness Final rites will be at 10 A M tomorrow in Sheffield Interment at Huntsville at 1 P M Brown's directing Survivors: two sons Lawrence R Jacks Decatur Joe M Jacks Sheffield one daughter Mrs C M Crick Sheffield one granddaughter Mrs Bob Durham Decatur one great grandson Larry Durham Decatur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Jacks
Sheffield
Huntsville
Brown
Lawrence R. Jacks
Decatur
Joe M. Jacks
C. M. Crick
Bob Durham
Larry Durham
Washington D C Officials Discount Flying Saucer Reports
Maj Gen Roger M Ramey heads the Air Force saucer investigation and says after six years study there is no evidence of real saucer objects. Dr Jessie Sprowls a Maryland psychology professor suggests reports stem from hallucination. The Rev Edward B Lewis urges looking up at nature. About 20 percent of Air Force reports remain unexplained.
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Edward B. Lewis
Washington
Union Methodist Church
Roger M. Ramey
Air Force
Jessie Sprowls
University of Maryland
Ramey
Sprowls
Bipartisan Civil Rights Debate Looms In Campaign
Oklahoma Senator Monroney downplays GOP civil rights dissension and credits Sparkman for liberal stance. A 16 member Republican statement backs FEPC style enforcement and federal anti discrimination laws. Stevenson and Sparkman clash with foreign policy focus as Illinois Republicans seek Eisenhower in Denver. Summerfield says the party unites Nixon ticket effort avoids duplication across groups.
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A. S
Mikee Monroney
Oklahoma
Sparky
NBC
Monroney
Sparkman
Washington
Eisenhower
FEPC
Stevenson
Ohio
Columbus
Richmond
Illinois
Gen
Denver
GOP National Committee
National Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Citizens Group
GOP
Richard Nixon
California
Arthur Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Alabama commission bans standing riders on long bus trips
A year after adoption the Alabama Commission defines long trips as 15 miles or more and forbids standing passengers. The mention recalls a 1941 Greyhound crash near Clanton where a bus hit a bridge railing and 15 people died.
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Alabama Commission
Texas
Clanton
Ala
Greyhound
Pan Pacific Talks Rule Out Permanent Military HQ
Delegates assess need for a standing military staff and permanent headquarters. The plan envisions future top administrative work handled by deputy foreign ministers while foreign ministers would convene about annually.
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Howard
Enon Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Howard College
J. T. Silavent
Billy Callahan
Hal McCaghren
Erskine Hamilton
Merline McCaghren
Betty Sapp
Donna Faye Dobbins
Rev
Silavent
Hatfield
Athens
van Heflin
Patricia Neal
Gigi Perreau
Mars
Falkville
Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
Alan Young
Dinah Shore
Robert Merrill
Jacob D. Caldwell
Ernest A. Tillery
Maxwell Afb
Platform
Congress
Central Baptist
South Alabama
Adlai
ADA Group
R. B. Rebman
Florida
Mary Jacks
Washinton
Pan-Pacific
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