Community Notes and Local Omnibus
Miss Judy Isley returns home after two weeks with relatives in Birmingham and St Augustine Fla. Mrs Maggie Isley in Birmingham visits son W Isley on Austinville Road. Admitted to Decatur General Hospital last night Rev J A Gomes Amberose Adams Glenn Greer and Mattie Muzzy. Dismissed Mrs W E Hotchkiss and Billy and David Darwin. Dr Perry B James announces LaGrange College president Waights Henry Jr will give the summer school commencement address at McCandless Hall Monday at eight. Mrs O B Wise admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic. Mrs B H Allen and Peggy spend vacation at Panama City Fla. Second Sunday singing at Gilliam Springs canceled due to revival. new date September 14 per Ralph Cantrell. Wendell Freeman dismissed from Ellis-Meyer hospital. DeKalb Shrine Club meets Friday at 7 P M in Lyons Hotel Civic room. Shrine convention films shown. Sheriff arrests one person on false pretense charge. Mrs Bobby Harvey returns to Springfield Mass after visit with S M Rigel family. WOW Log Rollers meeting postponed to first Thursday in September. See Diary on Page 2.
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Perry B. James
Athens College
Waights G. Henry, Jr
LaGrange College
LaGrange
Georgia
McCandless Hall
Henry
HST Declares Tenn and Ky Disaster Areas
The article reports President Truman releasing 30 million dollars in emergency drought aid for Tennessee and Kentucky upon governors’ requests. It outlines possible mechanisms including subsidies, freight relief, and federal purchases, and notes Alabama's efforts to coordinate drouth relief actions for the Tennessee Valley farmers.
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HST
Tenn
Decatur Daily Today
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
GOP Slate Filed In Ga
Georgia Republicans filed a second slate of presidential electors just before the deadline. Roscoe Pickett Jr. signed as chairman of the Georgia State Republican Executive Committee. Six electors on Pickett’s list also appeared on the rival list led by Elbert Tuttle, who heads the pro-Eisenhower faction. The contest hinges on Georgia’s new elector law and will be settled later.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Roscoe Pickett Jr
Republican Executive Committee
Pickett
Ben Fortson
Elbert Tuttle
Tuttle
State Central Committee
Republican Party
Truman Declares Tennessee and Kentucky Disaster Areas
President Truman designated Tennessee and Kentucky as disaster areas and authorized three million dollars in emergency funds to aid dairy and beef herds. Funds from the Housing and Home Finance Agency will support hay and feed distribution on favorable terms, with other states to receive prompt consideration as needs grow. Showers drenched large parts of Tennessee as the situation remained serious. The Agriculture Department has noted disaster needs across ten states and is offering credit and other assistance.
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Truman
Tennessee
Kentucky
Daily
Pete Gilmer
Atlanta
Vernon Merrit
Gordon Persons
Commissioner of Agriculture
Frank Stewart
Merritt
United States
Drouth
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington
Kentucky Brough
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Red Cross votes for impartial probe into germ warfare charges
At the 18th International Red Cross Conference in Toronto, delegates vote 69 to 12 for an impartial investigation of Communist charges that the United States used germ warfare in Korea. A rival Chinese Communist resolution alleging proof was postponed. U S delegate Charles Burton Marshall says the Communists have no case.
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Toronto
International Red Cross
U. S
Korea
Charles Burton Marshall
United States
U S Promises Disaster Loans to Southern Farmers
The federal government allocates 75 million dollars to aid farmers in 13 states as FHA leaders Lasseter and Smith promise rapid processing of disaster loans for production costs only. The emergency conference aims to ease two months of crop losses and keep producers in business.
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Atlanta
Dillard B. Lasseter
Farmers Home Administration
Washington
FHA
Henry Smith
Lasseter
Smith
U. S
Four MIGs Shot Down As Air Battle Rages In Korea
The U S Fifth Air Force reports Sabre pilots shot down four Russian made jets and damaged four more for a four day air war. Ground forces retook Capitol Hill on the central front after heavy fighting. Reds losses reach 15 destroyed and 19 damaged in four days.
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Sam
Summerlin
Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Capitol Hill
U.S. Eighth Army
One Killed When Car Leaves Road Near Ardmore
A convertible driven at high speed left U S 31 south of the Tennessee line near Ardmore. Malcome Mullins 22 of Toney died at Huntsville hospital from a crushed chest after being thrown from the car. Clark Carr 18 of Toney injured but in good condition. The car mowed 50 to 75 feet of fence before hitting a utility pole.
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Ardmore
Malcome Mullins
Toney 1
Huntsville
Huntsville Hospital
Clark Carr
Carl Edgeman
U. S. 31
Tennessee Line
Mullins
What To Do If Prowlers Seen
Decatur residents urged by Police Chief J B Whitmire to report prowlers and break ins promptly. Follow lights off, call police, stay quiet, avoid footprints, identify prowler if seen, and report suspicions. Police note rapid response and active investigation into burglaries.
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Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Democratic unity grows behind Stevenson in South gain
President Truman plans cabinet talks with Adlai Stevenson to map grand strategy for a Stevenson victory while the party edges toward solid backing in the South. Senator Russell predicts Stevenson will win by a large margin, carrying the entire region, with Texas still open to either party. Eisenhower expands prep work with Taft backers as unity in his camp strengthens.
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Associated Press
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
White House
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Illinois
Russell
South
South Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
Mississippi
Texas
Solid South
Allan Shivers
Tidelands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Len B. Jordan
Idaho
George T. Hansen
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Reds Charge UN Shelled Talks Site
Reds accuse United Nations Command of shelling the Panmunjom truce talks site on August 2, while a U N staff officer says no evidence supports the claim. Korean truce negotiations are suspended until Monday.
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Reds
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
U. N
ROKs Rap Stalin With Waterwheel
Two South Korean soldiers in Korea unveil a water wheel tied to a trip hammer that taps a picture of Joe Stalin on each revolution. The device acts as a humorous protest against Communism while entertaining troops of the U. S. Seventh Infantry Division.
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Korea
Joe Stalin
Dreuth Breaking Rain Moves In Across Alabama
Violent thunderstorms brought damaging winds and heavy rains across Alabama ending a week of dreuth breaking showers. Two pedestrians were hit by cars during a 2.55 inch downpour in Birmingham. Rain totals included Muscle Shoals 1.95, Tuscaloosa 1.94, Montgomery 1.76, Selma 1.70, Mobile 1.53. A house near Manchester was unroofed and power lines fell, briefly blocking a state highway. Baseball games in Mobile and Florence were rained out.
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Muscle Shoals
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Selma
Mobile
Decatur
Florence
Manchester
Jasper
Rains Bring Some Relief After Widespread Drought
Drouth cracking rains hit New England and parts of the South on Wednesday too late to save nearly a billion dollars of burned crops and pastures. The moisture revived remaining tobacco cotton and vegetable crops and may help fall pastures. The drought disrupts food production with higher prices and rural trade setbacks. Government spokesmen warn water shortages and farm implement sales could fall if patterns do not normalize. See RAINS On Page 2.
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New England
South
Missouri
New Hampshire
Ois
Oklahoma
Department of Commerce
Objective Is Strengthened Controls Law
President Truman weighed calling an extra session of Congress to push a stronger price control law. He said no decision yet but would act if developments demand it. Arnall submitted his resignation effective Sept 1 and warned food prices were rising sharply. Arnall pressed for a stronger act and blamed weak amendments and congressional decontrol of produce. OPS faces funding cuts and must shed staff, hindering inflation control. Prices rose 11.5 percent June 15 to July 15, with higher costs noted even after the Korean event.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
White House
Boss
Georgia
Price
Arnal
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Lightning Hits Huntsville Miller Home
A Huntsville family led by Paul Miller and his wife Eva lost their home when a lightning strike hit their house at about 805 PM on Wednesday. Miller and a neighbor evacuated the three Miller daughters and saved some appliances before the blaze consumed the dwelling.
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Paul Miller
Eva
Miller
Huntsville Arsenal
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Glenn Greer
Somerville
Mattie Muzzy
W. E. Hotchkiss
Courtland
Billy
David Darwin
Decature
O. B. Wise
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
B. H. Allen
Peggy
Panama City, Fla
Gilliam Springs
Ralph Cantrell
Wendell Freeman
Gordon Drive
Ellis- Meyer Hospital
Decatur Shrine Club
Lyons Hotel
Miami
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Springfield
Mass
Mrs. S. M. Rigel
Danville
Lee Street
Carol Smith
T. A. Hooper
Armco Pipe Co
L & N Railroad
Holt & Thomason
North Alabama Engineering Company
Universal Concrete Pipe Co
Sixth Avenue
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GOP
Red Cross
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