Kefauver urges probes into public power policy in Northwest
Senator Kefauver says Senate antitrust panel may resume Dixon-Yates probe and calls for investigations of the Eisenhower administration stance on Bonneville power and Hells Canyon private projects. He cites federal dam policy as deceiving Congress and questions the Federal Power Commission ruling on a privately financed dam plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hall
Washington
Senvai
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power
Kefauver
Federal Power Commission
Hells Canyon
Congress
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Dixon-Yates
Bonneville
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
Judiciary Committee
Pacific Northwest
Save
Eisenhower Oteteiewrathe
Magnuson
D-Wash
The
Power Co
Power Commission
Jerome K. Kuykendall
House
Kuykendall
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Rowland R. Hughes
Ralph H. Demmier
Securities and Exchange Commission
J. Sinclair Armstrong
SEC
Annie Hill Funeral Today in Athens
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Pearl Hill 50 lifelong Limestone County resident will be held at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Athens burial follows in City Cemetery Spry Funeral Home directing Survivors include husband D V Hill daughter Mrs Oakley Greenhaw mother Mrs A D Andrews four brothers two grand Pallbearers will be members of the churches Men’s Bible Class and honorary pall bearers will be church deacons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Annie Pearl Hill
Limestone County
N. Madison
Earl Trent
First Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
D. V. Hill
Oakley Greenhaw
A. D. Andrews
Thomas
Frank Andrews
Decatur
Johnnie
Henry Andrews
John Joe Martin
Verdon Thomas
Hoyt Simms
Amusements Tonight At The Local Theaters
Princess in Doris Day musical Love Me or Leave Me with James Cagney shows at 1 00 3 05 5 10 7 15 and 9 20 Roxys Cell 2455 Death Row features William Campbell and Robert Campbell at 1 00 2 43 4 26 6 09 7 53 9 35 Sunset Yellow Mountain stars Lex Barker Mala Powers and Howard Duff at 7 30 and 9 45 Ranch Hartselle presents The Barefoot Contessa with Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner at 7 30 and 9 30 GSTARVUE Courtland Highway Projects Hondo with John Wayne at 7 30 and 9 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Day
James Cagney
Roxy
Death Row
William Campbell
Robert Campbell
Yellow Mountain
Lex Barker
Mala Powers
Howard Duff
Policy Debate on Korea War Forces Drawdown
The text notes continued policy from Page 1 with troops in the area and Marine and Air Force units assigned. It states the U S has trained and supplied the Allied South Korean force since the Korean War ended two years ago. It argues the development could support both withdrawal and continued presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate debates sales tax swap over income tax
Dallas County Senator Walter Givhan supports a 1 percent sales tax increase as a replacement for a new income tax. The measure failed in the Finance Committee but is pressed on the floor. The Farm Bureau pushes for the sales tax rise and is wary of a school tax amendment going to voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dallas County
Walter Givhan
Givhan
Farm Bureau
Vine and Sycamore Not Healthy Corner Saturday Afternoon
Jeff Johnson a 25 year old Negro was treated then dismissed after being struck by a 1951 Ford driven by Murphy Holyfield at Vine and Sycamore Street near a pool room about 4 30 p m He was hit on the right side and taken to Decatur General Hospital by Brown s ambulance Police report Otis Tram and Johnson were in the street John son and Tram were in the street during impact Margaret Moore a Negro of 623 Cherry Street NE was stabbed five times with an ice pick and did not go to the hospital No arrests have been made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Johnson
Decatur General Hospital
Murphy Holyfield
5Th St
Vine and
Sycamore St
Tommy Robbins
E C. Bowman
Johnson
Otis Tram
Sycamore
Margaret Moore
Cherry St. NE
Mrs Fannie Riggs Dies Rites Set
Final rites for Mrs. Fannie Riggs 70 are set at Friendship Church this afternoon at 3 conducted by Rev. Bryant. She died Saturday at her home on Vinemont 1. Survived by daughters Ruth Horton and Nettie Smith both of Vinemont 3, 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Interment at adjoining cemetery directed by Moss Service Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Fannie Riggs
Friendship Church
Bryant
Meeting On Curve Causes Car Damage
About 500 dollars damage estimated after a collision on a county road one mile west of Wheeler Lake at 7 15 p m Friday. A 1945 Packard driven by Lebren Dowell Duncan 21 of Decatur and a 1953 Chevrolet driven by William Coleman Sparkman 25 of Detroit collided on a curve as both cars traveled opposite directions. Highway Patrolmen A B Lighfoot and E B Watts investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard
Wheeler Lake
Lebren Dowell Duncan
3Rd Ave. SE
Decatur
Chevrolet
William Coleman Sparkman
Detroit
A. B.lighfoot
E. B. Watts
Local Notices And Visits Highlight Decatur Daybook
Continued from page lists visitors and relocations from Decatur with notes on residents returning from visits, hospital entries, upcoming meetings for Mary Low Dancy Chapter and Morgan County PTA, and weekly church schedules.
Muscle Shoals City Commission Members Jailed
Muscle Shoals Mayor Jesse Homan and City Commissioner Louis Elledge were indicted on two counts of misconduct in office and jailed on bond. Colbert County grand jury called for impeachment of third member Thomas F. Terry. officer J. H. Riener charged with bribery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscumbia
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Jesse Homan
Louis Elledge
Raymond Wheeler
Elledge
Colbert County Grand Jury
Thomas F. Terry
Wheeler
J. H
Bo) Riener
Island gusts threaten Isla Verde as power cuts cut contact
Island residents face 60 to 65 mph gusts while Isla Verde Airport loses contact with Miami Weather Bureau due to a local power failure. Civilian Defense Corps evacuates the wooden slum coast area amid the threat, with danger from high seas rather than the hurricane itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isla Verde
Miami
Civilian Defense Corps
Mrs Elliott Re elected Secretary and Treasurer of OES Conference
Mrs. Joe S. Elliott was re elected secretary and treasurer of the Nettie Dunlap Conference of the Order of the Eastern Star at the annual Cullman meeting hosted by Cullman Chapter No. 35. About 200 members from 15 Alabama chapters attended as the conference gifted Mrs. Nettie Dunlap of Cullman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe S. Elliott
Nettie Dunlap
Order of the Eastern tSar
Elliott
Cullman
O.E.S
North Alabama
Eastern Star
Dunlap
State of
Alabama
Washington, D.C
General Grand Chapter
Lillian Gilliland
Birmingham
Edward Wayman
Grand
Order
Malaya Picus Standard Weight for Tin Load Given
The picus defined as the standard weight for tin in Malaya is 133 1 3 pounds by ancient definition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaya
Decatur docket reports traffic charges and a dog bite case
Eight cases were on the police recorder's court docket Saturday morning including reverse parking running a stop sign and violating intoxicated on a public street disorderly conduct and assault and battery charges. Dr Frank J Soday recuperating after surgery. Chris Weigel 14 bitten by a dog at 702 12th Ave SE causing a leg injury. dog owned by Price Wright. A Decatur Land Co Ltd bill to extend city limits north of Pennyacres passed the House and heads to the Senate. Clay Callaham co owner says land will be developed within 60 days. Mr and Mrs Carl Gibson and Carl Gibson Jr leave for a vacation to Iowa Missouri and Smoky Mountains after which they will travel homeward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s Court
Chris Weigel
12Th Ave
Price Wright
7Th St
Decatur Land Co., Ltd
Decatur
Pennyacres
House of Representatives
Senate
Clay Callaham
Dec. Land Co
Carl Gibson
Carl Gibson, Jr
Iowa
Missouri
The
Smoky Mountains
Happy Trails In Tucky Race
Bert T. Combs took the lead in Kentucky's Democratic governor race over A B Chandler after returns from Louisville backed Combs. Unofficial tallies from 351 of 4063 precincts show Combs 25422 Chandler 20771 with Jesse N Cecil far behind. Republican results were sparse and Chandler performed better in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Patterson
Louisville
Bert T. Combs
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Combs
Chandler
Jesse N.R. Cecil
Cincinnati
Chandler-Combs
Million Dollar Gas Project Set in South Alabama
Andalusia August 6 Southeast Alabama Gas District plans a 20 million dollar natural gas project serving 24 cities and towns in southeast Alabama. General manager Price Aycock says the district, the world’s largest natural gas cooperative, will sell gas to 10 000 customers this winter and perhaps 18 000 by next heating season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andalusia
Alabama
Price Aycock
Southeast
Alabama Gas District
Aycock
Michigan warden splits inmate groups as reform focus
Dr. Garrett Heyns warden of the Michigan State Reformatory tells the National Probation and Parole Assn that about one third of 250,000 inmates belong in probation or community treatment, another third have simple problems solvable with time, and the final third are “hard core cases” needing long confinement. He adds prisons aim to prevent recurrence of crime rather than prevent crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonia
Mich
Garrett Heyns
Michigan State Reformatory
Heyns
National Probation and Parole Assn
The
American Prison Assn
Market notes and livestock prices listed
The snippet shows grain and livestock pricing with oats at 63 cents for No 2 oats and hogs weighing 200 to 240 pounds priced around 15.50. A white car appears in the early text, possibly unrelated to markets.
Valley Stockyards Receipts Show Active Trade Despite Lower Butchers
Receipts at Valley Stockyards show cattle and calves 578 and hogs 83 with trade active. Slaughter cows and stocker cattle slightly weaker than last Thursday while steer and yearling offerings remain large. reports indicate butchers 45 cents lower week over week amidst mixed calf quality.
Local Society Notes Highlight Baby Shower and Club Meeting
Mrs Gurnia Bradford Ms Mil ton NeSmith Miss Mildred Hay good and Miss Robbie Landers honored Mrs James Payne recent bride with a miscellaneous shower at Okalona Church for sixteen guests. The Hatton and Concord Home Demonstration Clubs met at Hatton High for jelly making tips with Mrs Edsel Moore leading. Plans include Hatton Club picnic at Wheeler Park in August and refreshments were served to several guests including Mrs J M Anderton and Mrs Marie Jeffreys. Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs J M Anderton attended later events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurnia Bradford
Milton NeSmith
Mildred Haygood
Robbie Landers
James Payne
Okalona Church
Hatton
Concord
Hatton High School
Edsel Moore
Wheeler Park
Kerr Urges Use Farm Surpluses To Punch Hole In Iron Curtain
Senator Kerr urges President Eisenhower to use U S farm surpluses as a weapon to crack the Iron Curtain. He says food and fiber stocks could end tensions and foster peace amid Cold War pressures and talks of selling surplus to Iran and allies. Benson will discuss marketing and surplus disposal in Europe this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Iron Curtain
Washington
Sen
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Red China
Nis
Russell
Young
U. S
Iran
Benson
West
Europe
Presidet Eisenhower
National Grange
Farm Bureau Federation
Russia
China
Bloodmobile to Visit Decatur Friday at Central Baptist
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Central Baptist Church in Decatur Friday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary with Mrs. Russell Bolding as chairwoman, officials hope for at least 130 donors age 18 to 60. Donors receive a Red Cross donor card valid for free blood for six months with a physician’s order. If a physician advises against donation, the donor still receives the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Russell Bolding
Hewitt
Red Cross
Births Issue Three Daughters Across Local Homes
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leander Faulk in Trinity 1 at Decatur General Hospital on Saturday. A daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. William in Athens at Athens Deer Hospital on Friday. A daughter joined Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fagan in Trinity 1 at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Faulk
Trinity 1
Decatur General Hospital
William
Athens
Athens Deer Hospital
S. C. Fagan
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Shrine Of Jerusalem Priestess To Visit In City
Mrs Agnes Severson supreme worthy high priestess of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem Lakewood Ohio will visit North Alabama Shrine No 7 Wednesday. She will conduct her quadrennial inspection of the Shrine at 8 p m at the Masonic Temple and at 6 30 p m will be honored with a banquet at the Lyons Hotel A district deputy Mrs Julia Nale Sheffield and special music by Ira Schnell with Jesse Stimson on piano accompany the event Reservations for the banquet must be made by Monday with Mrs Wessie Allen or Mrs Louise Hine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Severson
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Lakewood
Ohio
North Alabama
Severson
Masonic Temple
Lyons Hotel
Julia Nale
Sheffield
Ira Schnell
Jesse Stimson
Wessie Allen
Louise Hine
Coast Guard Cadets Sail Four Voyages Aboard Eagle
Every cadet at the U S Coast Guard Academy in New London must complete four voyages aboard the bark Eagle, a square rigged training ship for seamanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London, Conn
Eagle
Local Social Notes Briefly Highlight Area Visits
Florence and Decatur families are mentioned visiting relatives in Tennessee and Alabama. Moves and weekend visits are noted for the Dilbecks Lovetts Rollins Butler Jeffreys Conner Garrison Sanderson and Hall while J. P. Harrison and Mrs. Craig are referenced in relation to home and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Feild
Ricky
Drakesboro
Decatur
Erton
Jeanette
William Dilbeck
Florence
J. T. Lovett
G. B. Rollins
Tenn
Leo Butler
Almer Jeffreys
Barbara Terry
N. G. Conner
Henry Garrison
Rockford
Illinois
Margie Harrison
M. J. Sanderson
Town Creek
J. P. Harrison
Maxwell Field
Rueben Hall
Laura Pool
Birmingham
Roy Craig
Released Airmen Reach Home After Dragon Calls
Eleven U S airmen freed by Red China began placing transpacific telephone calls to loved ones via Red Cross circuits. They will hold a news conference after medical and dental checks, then depart for Travis Air Force Base for reunions. One reunion involves Mrs Una Schmidt Fine who plans to greet Airman 20 Daniel C Schmit and discuss a custody issue. The men deny Red China’s claim they were shot down and state they were over North Korea dropping leaflets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.S
Red China
Red Cross
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Una Schmidt-Fine
Daniel C. Schmit
Redding
Calif
Alford Fine
California
Schmidt
Air Force
Hong Kong
Manchuria
North Korea
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Listed
Dismissals include M. B. Foster of Decatur Alfred Shelton of 217 Seaton Ave and W. A. Greenhaw of Athens. Admissions list Mrs H C Sharp of Trinity Mrs Bill Morris of Hartselle and Mrs Clyde Randolph of 109 W Market St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank ST. Hospital
M. B. Foster
Decatur
Alfred Shelton
Seaton Ave
W. A. Greenhaw
Athens
H. C. Sharp
Trinity
Bill Morris
Hartselle
Clyde Randolph
W. Market St
Baugh-Wiley Clinic Admits Edmondson and Hand Patients
Hassell Edmondson of Cullman and Mrs J D Hand of Leighton receive care at the Baugh-Wiley Clinic. The notice lists their names and hometowns in a short hospital or clinic update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Hassell Edmondson
Cullman
J. D. Hand
Leighton
Hospital Birth Announcements at Athens and Elk Mountain
Mrs. Clifton Perryman and infant daughter in Athens. Mrs. W. D. Boldin and infant daughter in Athens. Mrs. Otha M. McLemore and infant daughter in Elk Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Perryman
Athens
W. D. Boldin
Admissions
Otha M. McLemore
Elkmont
Decatur General Hospital Dismissals List
Decatur General Hospital releases show multiple dismissals including Master Petey Kinney of 608 5th Ave SW and infant arrivals for families across Decatur and nearby towns. Names include Mrs William R Brown, infant son. Mrs C S King, infant daughter. Mrs Ernest Carter, infant son. Mrs J R Aycock, infant son. Mrs Horace Broom with twin sons. Master Mike Putnam. Mrs Delia Chenault. Mrs Malcolm Young. Mrs Charles S Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospital
Petey Kinney
5Th Ave
William R. Brown
Sheridan
C. S. King
6Th Ave
Ernest Carter
10Th Ave
J. R Aycock
Decatur
Horace Broom
Hartselle
Mike Putmam
Somerville Rd
Delia Chenault
Russellville
Malcolm Young
Charles S. Wood
Disposal Plant Survey Ordered At Moulton
Moulton city council authorized J. E. O'Toole to conduct a preliminary disposal plant survey at no charge if the city cannot finance a new facility. Names of A. H. Speake W. R. Young and John Wiley were proposed for pave to the county board. No contract has been let.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
J. E. O'Toole
Birmingham
O'Toole
A. H. Speake
W. R. Young
John Wiley
Pave Iue
County Board
Plants synthesize amino acids fats proteins and vitamins
Plants have unlimited ability to synthesize amino acids fats proteins and vitamins essential to animal and human life.
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GOP
Administration
Hugh White
Hicks Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Motor Division
John Darby
Decatur Truck and Tractor Co
International Harvester
White
Service Record Club
Annie Hill
the Barefoot Contessa
Humphrey Bogart
Ava Gardner
Gstarvue
Courtland Highway
Hondo
John Wayne
Ian
Billy Davis
Trussville
Walter Todd
Marion Lee Counts
Guy Counts
Veterans Hospital
Re S. Roo
Mary Low Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
Decatur Masonic Temple
Thomas E. Todd
Kathy
Panama City
Fla
Mobile
Morgan County
P.T.A. Ae
P.T.A
Morgan County Council
Austinville High School
Allen Boyce Counts
Atlanta
Crawford Adjusters Insurance Co
William A. Stone
Milledgeville, Ga
Dr. Stone
Jeanne Stone
Viola Bloodworth
C. T. Rogers
7Th Ave
Floyd E. Napps, Jr
Bridgeport
Tana Telette
R.C. McWhorter
Floyd Napps
Otis E. Kirby
Methodist Church
Cairo Methodist Church
Parker’s Chapel
Cambridge-Parker
Decatur Ninth Street Methodist Church
Kirby
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
Chapel Hill-Neel
Cotaco Methodist Church
Cotaco-Lacey
Morgan County Baptist Church
Shocco
Leon Posey
James Tomlinson
Pfc
George Clem, Jr
U.S. Marines
Alameda
State Vocational Trade School
Paul Thompson
Muscle Shoals’ City Commission Members
O.E.S. Post
Ramon Norris
Frank J. Soday
Walnut St
Soday
Chemstrand Corp
South
Decatur Markets
Decatur Livestock
Lawrence County Hatton
H. F. Stephenson
J. B. Hewitt
County Red Cross
Shrine of
Athens-Limestone Hospital
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