Community Notices From Ellis-Meyer And Decatur General
Discharged Tuesday from the Ellis-Meyer clinic include Mrs Glenn Cox and Mrs Harrison Hill. Wendell Freeman was admitted yesterday. The Peters family announce a son born last night at Ellis-Meyer. The Purdue family report a daughter born Tuesday at Ellis-Meyer. Hopewell home demonstration club meets Thursday at 8:30 at Mrs Clara Battles' home. Mrs William MacSpadden was dismissed from Decatur General yesterday. Admitted today to Decatur General are Mrs Ingrid Brown and Mrs Joe White. Admissions yesterday include Eugene Counts and W T Simpson. Kiwanis families plan a Woodall's picnic at 6:30 Thursday, arranged by B M Cornell and the Entertainment committee. Dismissed from Baugh-Wiley yesterday are Mrs Horace Casteel and son, and Mrs Alfred Garnet and daughter. Gilbert Clemons and wife announce a daughter born this morning at the Baugh-Wiley clinic. Highway Patrol reports one arrest for driving while intoxicated. Sheriff's force reports three arrests for peace disturbances, vagrancy, and prohibition violations. Decatur postmaster R T Sheppard urges updated house numbers for mail delivery. 75 percent done, 25 percent still overdue. See DIARY On Page 2.
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R. T. Sheppard
Decatur
B 36 Crashes Off San Diego Kill Two Crew Members
A B 36 bomber returning from a test flight caught fire and plunged into the Pacific near San Diego. Two crew members were killed D H Franks pilot and W W Hoffman first flight engineer both from San Diego. Six others aboard were rescued after an explosion shook nearby residents. The aircraft belonged to Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp Convair.
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Calif
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Convair
UN Bombing Plan Aims to Break Reds Resistance in Korea
Washington reports UN command launched a systematic bombing campaign to destroy the enemy will to resist an armistice in Korea. More than 14 million leaflets warned North Korean civilians that bombs target military installations and supply lines, with civilians told they will be struck when targets are attacked.
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Washington
United Nations Command
Korea
Tokyo
Mark
Clark
U.N
Air Force
Manchuria
North Korea
Byrnes Backs Stevenson Sparkman Ticket At South Carolina Convention
Gov. James F. Byrnes urged South Carolina Democrats to support the Stevenson Sparkman presidential ticket at the state convention. He aligned with two senators and party leaders, signaling a wait and see stance after bolting the 1948 ticket. He noted the party could still back Eisenhower Nixon if the convention chose.
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Columbia
S. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Truman
National Party
Byrnes’ Suggestion That the State Party
Stevenson
Sparkman
Burglary At Milligan’s Barbecue Sees Missing Pistol
No arrests were made after the Monday night break in at Milligan’s Barbecue 600 Alabama Avenue. A rear window was broken and an inside door pried with a crow bar. A pistol was missing while boxes were ransacked with no other items reported taken.
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Milligan’s
Alabama Avenue
Six More MIGs Shot Down in Third Straight Day of Air Battles
U S Sabre pilots claim six MIG-15s destroyed and two damaged in the North Korea air war, raising the three day total to 11 destroyed and 13 damaged. Capt William J Ryan of Keeseville NY earns his second kill of the day after a MIG blasts its wing in the exchange. Allied ground forces counterattack on the central front push Reds from a recently won outpost. Eighth Army reports 84 Red soldiers captured in July with 4,499 killed and 4,389 wounded, the lowest monthly toll since March.
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Seoul
U. S
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
William J. Ryan
Keeseville
N. Y
Ryan
U. S. Eighth Army
Aluminum Mills Win Modest Price Hike in 1940s
Washington reports the Office of Price Stabilization approved a ceiling price rise of one cent per pound for raw aluminum and five percent for ingot and fabricated products. Ellis Arnall signed the order, marking about half the industry’s requested 2-cent per pound raw aluminum rise and 10 percent on finished products. The aluminum sector, producing around one million tons yearly, argued for higher ceilings to reflect 1939 price levels and defense needs.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnall
Aluminum Company of America
Reynolds Metals Co
Farouk Wealth Impounded in Egyptian Land Reform
Egypt's reform government seized Farouk I holdings amid land reform talks. Officials estimate the ex king's wealth at over 100 million Egyptian pounds and up to two billion dollars, with ownership hidden by complex deals. plans for the impounded assets remain undecided.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Nile Valley
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Aly Maher
Civil Rights Pot A Boiling
Mounting furore over civil rights may force the two presidential candidates to clarify their views. Stevenson and Eisenhower draw sharper lines as Democratic leaders debate federal FEPC and state action. Lehman forecasts Stevenson to accept the full letter of the party plank while GOP leaders back a federal FEPC claim. See CIVIL On Page 2
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Hugh White
Mississippi
Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Demo
Senate
FEPC
Eisenhower
Ike's Speech Draws Small Crowd In LA Coliseum
General Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Los Angeles to a crowd estimated at 14 000 at the Coliseum. His nonpolitical address outlined a 10 point program seen as a campaign blueprint. In the Deep South Adlai Stevenson gains growing support with Russell pledged to back the ticket.
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Ike
Adlai
HST
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles Coliseum
Eisenhower
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Richard Russell
Georgia
Deep South
Russell
Stevenson
Mississippi
South Carolina
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
A. T. Walden
New York City
American Legion
Missouri
Michigan
Kansas
Stuart Symington
J. E. Taylor
Truman
U. S
Symington
Independence
Washington
Wayne Ryan
Edward Arn
Fred Hall
Army engineers explain flying saucer reports with lab experiments
The Evening Star reports Army engineers using a vacuum bell in a Fort Belvoir lab created airborne light objects in a stratosphere model. The small craft hover speed and reappear and may appear on radar, aligning with radar blips during a thunderstorm over Washington.
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Washington
The
Evening Star
W. H. Shippen
the Star
Fort Belvoir
Star
Air Force
Connecticut Rainmakers Prompt Storms To Relieve Drought
Clouds seeded by a firm hired by farmers brought electrical storms across Connecticut within 18 hours, delivering up to a quarter inch of rain in many areas. Officials from the Disaster Relief and Research Administration planned standby and an advisory panel will decide if operations resume, while noting one day’s rain is not conclusive proof.
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Connecticut
Disaster Relief and Research Administration, Inc
New England
Boston
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Missouri
Illinois
Bus Wreck Near Waco Ties Highway Death Toll Record
The Texas Highway Patrol seeks aid identifying victims after a fatal two-bus crash near Waco. Of 28 bodies recovered, 14 named, three additional deaths reported, with drivers among the unidentified. Officials call the wreck the highway accident in history and warn some victims may never be identified.
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Waco
Tex.s
Texas Highway Patrol
Greyhound
Sam Gardner
Highway Patrol
National Safety Council
Drouth Relief Meet Signals Slow Recovery Hope
ATLANTA Farmers Home Administration officials from 10 states met to plan quick disaster relief loans for fall plantings and livestock feed as reports of light to heavy rains brighten prospects. They stressed need to fund fall crops and pastures and urged not to overlook human food, with leaders cautioning about continued severe drought in Kentucky and western regions.
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Atlanta
Farmers Home Administration
Julian Brown
FHA
Alabama
Brown
Virgil Hifill
Arkansas
Robert L. Vansant
Georgia
Ben Fabheree
Mississippi
Vansant
Drouth
Kentucky
Earl Mayhew
Mayhew
Life Is Sweet For Little Girl On Melon Diet
Barbara Sue McKee, a Fort Worth patient with nephrosis, was put on a watermelon juice regimen after doctors suggested it might help reduce fluid buildup. Her daily plan now uses about one pint of juice per day from each melon, and 75 melons are estimated for the season.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Barbara Sue McKee
R. A. Worley
Richard Bartlett
Grant Street
Decatur
Barbara
Paul E. McKee
Governor Said Set To Appeal Under Law 8 5
Governor Gordon Persons plans to request US Department of Agriculture aid for Alabama drought stricken farmers under Public Law 875 once the agriculture commissioner identifies needed commodities and locations. The move mirrors action by Gov. Gordon Browning of Tennessee and follows discussions in Decatur with state and local agricultural leaders. Commissioner Frank Stewart reported severe damages to pastures hay corn and cotton due to drought and heat.
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Gordon Persons
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Drouth- Ait
Vernon Merritt
Daily Today
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Gov. Persons
Decatur Daily
North Alabama
Frank Stewart
Alabama Comemissioner
North
Mr. Stewart
Decatur
Thoran Jones
Ardmore
A. L. Johnson
Alabama Flour Mills
Frank Rankin
Indiana Grain Cooperative
Proctor Barnes
Decatur Grain Cooperative
Maynard Layman
Mack Maples
Alabama Cattleman’s Association
Fred Stewart
Tennessee Valley Experiment Station
Belle Mina
Pete Gilmer
C.T
Doc) Bailey
The
State National Bank
Edmund P. Garrett
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Cooperative
George Braley
Limestone County
Experiment Station
Senator Williams Threatened Over Tax Evasion Allegations
A source says Senator Williams faced threats after speeches accusing gangsters and gamblers of profiting from reduced taxes. Williams refused to discuss the threats, noting no confirmation would be provided. The allegations tied to investigations into tax scandals prompted reforms in the Revenue Bureau and Justice Department.
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Washington
Sen
Williams
R-Del
Senate
Revenue Bureau
Justice Department
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16Th Avenue East
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Clara Battles
William MacSpadden
Chestnut Street
Decatur General Hospital
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East Acres
Joe D. White
Seventh Street
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Tower Avenue
W. T. Simpson
Sixth Avenue
Woodall's
B. M. Cornell
Baugh - Wiley Clinic
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19Th Avenue East
Alfred Garnet
Hartseller
Gilbert Clemons
Lacon 1
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
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