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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1948
Page
2
About two hundred Cullman and Decatur Kiwanis members and families enjoyed an afternoon at Delano Park. The event combined athletic and inter club committees with a softball game between Decatur and Cullman members and a picnic featuring barbecue and Brunswick stew.
A lengthy list of pickup routes and times across multiple locations and dates is provided. It includes town names such as Grove Neel Liberty Johnson Chapel Danville Oak Ridge Orrs Trinity and many more with corresponding morning and afternoon times. The schedule spans August through early September with recurring Fridays and Thursdays noted.
William P. Screws and L. L. Gwaltney Jr. of Montgomery were elected co chairmen of the Governor's Conference on Fire Prevention. Ben H. Harris was chosen vice chairman. Executive committee members include officials from Birmingham Mobile Tuscaloosa and Montgomery. Lt Gov Inter and House Speaker Beck named co chairmen of the legislative committee.
The Department of the Army announced a nationwide contest to select five winning songs for an official Army song. Civilians and military personnel may enter. deadline is December 15. Entries must be original, easily adaptable to marching and singing, include a piano part and complete lead sheets with chords. Submissions from Decatur area go to Third Army HQ in Atlanta.
The 500 acre Maston farm in Madison County changes hands from Dr. J. E. Whitaker of Huntsville to Kenneth and Curley Thomas. Sale price not disclosed. The Thomases plan to run corn, cattle and livestock on the property after previously handling the Dodge-Plymouth agency at Decatur.
Athens Ala Aug 6 Enrollment in the county farm summer session shows a small rise over last year. County Superintendent W A Owens reports 4988 students enrolled by the end of the first week, just 100 more than the previous year.
Markets at a glance show bonds easing with narrow changes while cotton holds steady and wheat sees firm trade on higher exports. Corn stays firm with short covering as oats gain strength. hogs drift 25 to 75 cents lower to a top of 30.50, cattle weaker by up to 50 cents to a top of 38.00.
Sawada Sawada of Mobile was elected president of the Alabama Methodist Conference Youth Council for 1948 49 by an electoral college at Huntingdon College Montgomery Rev Walton Gregory director announced New officers include Marcus Smith Ozark vice president Miss Betty Kimbrough Thomasville secretary Johnny Trobaugh Wetumpka treasurer and new commission chairmen for worship evangelism community service recreation and world friendship Representatives named to conference boards Education Jack Blackburn Panama City Fla and Miss Elsie Lawrence Wetumpka Temperance Miss Montezoyals Pensacola and Miss Ann Dunaway Elba Missions and church extension Miss Betty Seymour Dothan Langdon Carson Prichard and Miss Susan Carroll Hartsboro
Mobile police arrested two couples in a car near a Highway 90 nightclub. The four, ages 20 to 33, had three loaded pistols a miniature camera and pen billed notes headed Russian orders. Det. Joe Burch said they were booked on a general holding charge after officers stopped to investigate an argument.
Frederick S. Pike, 19, of Boston, confessed to shooting at Suffragan Episcopal Bishop Raymond A. Heron and to killing 17 year old Paul Zayka in the bishop's home. He was captured in Provincetown, R. I., in the bishop's car three hours after the incident. Police officials stated Pike gave a signed confession.
In a dimly lit court, mistrials mark this session as Lynne presents a doctor’s certificate delaying trial. Testimony from Bob Lokey and Lucile Hays supports the state while police officers identify chalk novelties and the condition of a truck after a Decatur incident. Russell Woodruff testifies seeing Thomas at 3:45 am on June 20 near Citycafe. Calvin Pearson receives 10 years on a reduced first degree manslaughter charge for stabbing Laverne Harris. Attorneys McEntire and Eyster appear for the defense in the prior case.
At a recent hearing before Judge, the children were declared permanent wards of the state. Both Mr and Mrs Roberts were summoned while officers continue to search for the parents, Sheriff Humphrey stated.
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 11 held a regular meeting with Dr Moody Walker Huntsville DAV commander and a Veterans Administration contact representative as guests. An informal roundtable followed with veterans sharing experiences and a spokesman urged eligible members to join for united service.
The intelligence inquiry intensified as Mundt's panel moved to public hearings next week, canceling rest of this week, and sought access to employment and loyalty files. Chambers and Hiss gave contradictory testimony, with Chambers standing by his claims of Hiss in the pre war Reds network. Ferguson urged full fact finding to let the public judge.
Hartselle Scout Jackie Summerford joins North Alabama group for a Great Smoky Mountain trek. They sail Florence to Knoxville aboard Anchotan III, then bus to the park with stops at Safety Harbor and Chattanooga. Other Florence riders include A C Rolen Don Smith and John Masterson. joining in Huntsville Shefield Hawkins Fred Haynie Shef field Guy Smith Jr.
George Washington Cunningham 25 a Decatur Transit employee suffered a crushed finger and minor hand injuries while unloading paper in Letces talent A aillection of uagae e unload apment paper Taken to Chenault clinic he was later sent home to Moulton Heights Doctors estimated a return to work in about five days
Boston August 6 experts say four day weeks in New England textile mills affect thousands of workers but do not signal widespread trouble. Slowdowns are limited to high grade cotton goods plants in Rhode Island Fall River Lewiston and Tiverton with Heywood Narrow Fabric at Fall River only briefly shut. Buyer's market and world dollar shortage pressuring demand, but experts expect a return to five days by fall as inventories adjust and production rebounds.
In London the 17 year old Bob Mathias of Tulare California built a lead after seven events of the decathlon scoring 5500 points aided by a 144 ft 4 in discus. Victorio Manalo Draves of Pasadena California set Olympic diving history while Henri Eriksson of Sweden won the 1500 meters and Fannie Blankers Koen of Holland captured the 200 meters. America held seven water event golds and 400 meter relay hopes after a strong qualifying heat in 41.1 seconds with Ewell Wright Dillard and Patton anchoring the team.
The letter from guests aboard the Great Lakes of the South, aboard the Georgie Porgie, thanks Decatur for a warm welcome and gracious hospitality. They mention a delightful Country Club dinner and praise TV-Ho and Decatur’s place, noting this is one of many such letters received in Decatur.
Funeral services for Mrs M C Ray 64 will be Saturday at 2 P M at the residence in Athens. Reverends R B Lavender and Pat Abernathy will officiate with burial in Athens cemetery Sprys in charge. She died this morning after a stroke two days prior, a 22 year Athens resident and long time Methodist member. Survived by widower two daughters Leo Ray Moore Jewell Ray three brothers and other relatives.
The senate rejected a stand by price and wage controls and allocation powers six to four. A revised T E W bill faced a logjam while McCarthy proposed a deterr ing federal financing for low rent housing and slum clearance. Taft supported delaying federal action. Tobey opposed the McCarthy plan. Barkley stirred talk of amendments to Truman price controls as the anti inflation bill moves.
Limestone county court docket in Athens Alabama disposed of all civil criminal and equity cases over a two day session this week. A civil jury remained in the box until Wednesday to finish its case fifteen civil cases were settled by agreed judgments and several others were continued for good reasons while the remainder were tried by the jury.
James A Jackson and his wife of Athens Alabama celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this Saturday at their home in Athens. Married in Lincoln County Tennessee in 1898 they moved to the county ten years later and have resided there ever since. Their children will honor the couple at the event.
Mack Maples secretary of the Alabama Aberdeen Angus Association announced the annual field day for Wednesday August 11. The tour begins at 9 A M at the Sim L Howell farm near Falkville moving to the Judge James E Horton farm near Greenbrier for a type demonstration by W B McSpadden and a 4 H FFA judging contest led by W H Gregory. A Belle Mina Experiment Station tour on pasture improvement follows and a barbecue at the Maples farm 15 miles northwest of Athens concludes at 1 P M.
Violence marked Tennessees primary day as Polk county conflicts between the Butch E Biggs democratic organization and the Good Government League spilled into gunfire near Benton and Athens. Amid this, Kefauver and Browning led in statewide returns while Crump suffered a rare setback in Shelby county.
Miss Lula Almon of Florence guests of Judge and Mrs. T. C. Almon. Frank Brown Jr. travels to Birmingham to visit his son Frank Brown III. J D Bush attends a Standard Life Insurance convention in Jackson Mississippi with Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi officials to meet for a banquet and a Saturday session. Speer, ex Decatur resident now in Sheffield, praises the Decatur stadium during a tour. Rev Gilbert Speake of Cullman visits Decatur. he has led Seventh Street Baptist since the year began. No fire injuries reported at 12 Ash Street coal shed fire at 3 40 a m. Elmer L Wallace of Rogersville III seeks enlistment in 11th Airborne Division in Japan. Mrs Cecil McMillan to spend Saturday in Birmingham.
In a Democratic stronghold Tennessee, Republicans struggle to gain ground as Reece and Acuff plan a race in November. Violence in Polk county left one man dead and another critically wounded, with a newsman jailed and two photographers assaulted amid a tense general election backdrop.
President Truman met at the White House with current and former leaders of the Democratic Party's national organization. The session included Senator Barkley, Senator McGrath, five former national chairmen, and James M. Cox who could not attend. They discussed campaign strategy and hammering the record of the 80th Congress.
Allied envoys and Stalin discuss next steps in the East West crisis. London hints at Western German government plans while Belgium's Spaak travels to London, deepening belief that the six power accord remains central to Moscow talks.
A political figure in a coonskin cap challenged Crump and two opponents to a debate on charges raised against him. They refused, leading him to label them hit and run critics.
In Memphis and across Tennessee Crump backed candidates trailed as Estes Kefauver won the Senate race and Gordon Browning led in the governor’s contest. Mitchell ranked third for Senate while Governor McCord trailed Browning by over 52,000 votes in Shelby County where Crump’s influence weakened. Crump declined to comment on the results.
The Alabama State Bar Association begins its 71st annual meeting in Montgomery with speakers Judge B Wyatt of Georgia Supreme Court attorney Frank Constangy and Dr Frantis Johnston head of Davidson College history department set to address the two day convention.
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