Weather and local notices from Ardmore area
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers mainly in the south coast. Senior board of stewards meets at 7 30 p m in First Methodist church parlor. Birth announcements include a son for Mr and Mrs Howard Johnson at Baugh Wiley clinic. Various hospital admissions and dismissals noted for Decatur Huntsville and Rome Georgia, plus building permit issued in Ardmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Master Berry Shannon, Jr
Berry Shannon
Ardmore
J. M. Lemmond
Somerville
T. J. Carter
Athens
James Andrews
Tanner
Otis Napps
Sixth Avenue South
T. C. McDould
Howard Johnson
Second Avenue
Berry Shannon, Sr
Ardmore 2
Otis Nery
T. McDonald
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Five Hundred Battle Forest Fire Claims 13 Firefighters
Helena Mont Aug 8 five hundred firefighters fought the three mile front of a timber blaze that has killed 13 forest service men and burned about 6000 acres since Friday. Smokejumpers had suffered a deadly tragedy Friday at Mann Gulch when wind shift trapped 15 jumpers. only three escaped.
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Battle
Helena
Mont
Forest Service
Willow Mountain
Gates of the Mountains
The
Mann Gulch
Canyon Ferry Ranger Station
Montana
Hospital Fund Is Asked Here
Decatur General hospital seeks an extra 10000 to cover current expenses as use of the facility declines nationally. Hospital board chairman Raymond A. Britain told a joint Morgan Board of Revenue and Control and Decatur City Council meeting that for 1950 a county city appropriation of 20000 is needed, double the 1949 allotment. He noted 17 patients currently in the 89 bed hospital and said at least 50 patients are needed to be financially feasible. The board is cutting costs where possible, with food as the sole area for savings, and charity work totaling 6100 this year while 6200 in bad debts remains. Patient days dropped from 1100 in May to 846 in July. To cover February and March expenses the board borrowed 10000. Alderman Rutledge Thomas suggested using part of a one mill hospital tax, estimated to produce about 20000 yearly, to meet expenses. See HOSPITAL on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Bubbett
Decatur General Hospital
Raymond A. Britain
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur
Britain
Decatur Hospital
Decatur General
Rutledge Thomas
Hospital Board
Doctor Sentenced 70 Years for Love Triangle Slaying
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr., 28, of St. Louis, was sentenced in Cedar Rapids to 70 years for the murder of Byron C. Hartman, 29, an instrument designer. The judge ordered hard labor at Fort Madison, with an anticipated 30 years to serve under good behavior rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
J. E. Heiserman
Cuse
Fort Madison
Rutledge
Hartman
Stop Gap Aid Plan Spurned In Washington
Secretary of State Acheson rejected stopgap military aid to Europe saying it leaves the United States exposed to attack on its own territory. He testified before Senate committees that the Allies are too weak and warned the shield for decisive wartime action no longer exists. He endorsed Truman’s $1.45 billion arms program and urged action on both fronts despite doubts in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Congress
Europe
Russia
Truman
America
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Senate
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
U. S.S
Defense Council
Atlantic Alliance
Circuit Court Opens Trials in Morgan for Manslaughter
Morgan circuit court enters its second week of crim inal docket trials with Ida Pearson facing manslaughter charges in the 1948 death of Laverne Mac Donald former county jail cook. Pearson’s husband Calvin is serving a 10 year sentence for the same death. Former county Coroner Bev Howell said the dead woman's heart was nearly cut out. Trials of Rebecca Baker and Isaac Cullum were continued. Two Quillin swindling cases moved to Aug 18. State Senator Noble Russell, defense attorney, was recalled to Montgomery for senate appropriations committee work as the court nears session end. See CIRCUIT on Page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Rembert
Edgar Ross Quillin
Madison County
Noble Russell Russell
Montgomery
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Geor Johnson
Russell
Circuit
Senate Group Makes Changes In House Bill
MONTGOMERY August 8 The senate finance committee moved to rewrite the general appropriations bill and restore increases for the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court while slashing education funding to about the house level. Gov Folsom favored fitting the governor's office into the plan as leaders eyed a sound program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Russell
Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
House
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Girl Accused of Drowning Child in Alabama Pond
In Talladega County a 15 year old unmarried African American girl Hettie Mae Rutledge is jailed on assault with intent to murder allegedly after attempting to drown her 14 month old baby. The infant was rescued by two white fishermen who heard a splash and cries and found the child clinging to weeds in about four feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talladega
Ala
Earl Howell
Hettie Mae Rutledge
Ertis Landers
Joe Landers
Howell
Death toll in quake rises above four thousand six hundred
Quito reports a rising unofficial death toll exceeding 4,600 after a major earthquake in Ecuador. Estimates from 29 mountain towns total 20 million dollars in damage as the cabinet votes emergency rebuilding measures. Thousands are injured. 2,000 troops are deployed and airlifted medical aid reaches the stricken areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorge Mantilla
Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Defense Ministry
U. S. Caribbean Air Command
Balboa
Guano
Patate
Pelileo
Pillaro
Ambato
Tungurahua
Andes
Pacific Pact Talks Sought by Chiang and Rhee
Chiang Kai-Shek and Syngman Rhee urged a conference of Asian powers to draft a Pacific alliance against communists. They asked Philippines President Quirino to summon the nations after a two day Chinhae conference. Quirino voiced no comment as he traveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Chinhae
Korea
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Quirino
San Francisco
Truman
Chiang
Baguio
United States
Washington
Acheson
Pacific
Relatives Save Boy From Deep Well On Farm
James Shook, 32 year old son of Mr and Mrs E L Shook, fell nine feet into six feet of water on his parents farm near Pulaski Tennessee. His grandmother alerted, his uncle Alonzo Shook climbed into the well and rescued him, others pulled them out. No serious injuries beyond a head bruise. family shaken but grateful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Delmore
James Shook
E. L’ Shook
D. W. Shook
Pulaski
Tenn
Alonzo Shook
Jimmy
Fourth Avenue South
Sarah Ann
Polio Cases Hit 1949 High Across Nation
AP tally shows 1,400 new polio cases in four days lifting the year total to 9,400, more than half again the 1948 pace. Washington notes slackening trend, while Texas Arkansas and Detroit remain hopeful amid lingering increases. Tennessee reports 48 new July cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
U. S Public Health Service
Texas
Arkansas
Detroit
Tennessee
State Department of Health
Ilinois
Klan Praise From Minister Draws Crowded Northport Rally
In Northport Alabama on August 8 1947 Baptist minister Dr Lycurgus Spinks aged 64 told a crowd of about 1000 that the Ku Klux Klan will grow and that the need for it has never been greater He praised the Klan as defenders of American freedom and as opponents of communism He identified as a Klansman for 40 years but said he is not an official He challenged Birmingham columnist John Temple Graves and Alabama Attorney General Albert Carmichael to a debate Anywhere Anytime as he denounced press opposition and called for dissolution debate See KLAN on Page 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northport
Ala
Lycurgus Spinks
Ku Klux Klan
Spinks
Nee
Thomasville
Birmingham
John Temple Graves
Alabama
Albert Carmichael
Carmichael
Crop estimate undercuts 1948 production forecast
Washington August 8 The Agriculture Department forecast this year's cotton crop at 14 806 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight each as of August 1 down from 14 68 000 bales produced last year and above the ten year average of 11 306 000 bales. The larger crop than prospective market needs signalled a return to prewar production controls for the 1950 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm income from cotton crop may reach near record
Washington August 8Farm income from this year's cotton crop may be the second largest on record despite lower prices for cotton and cottonseed. If cotton and cottonseed bring no more than government price guarantees, total income from the 14 805 000 bale crop would be about 2 440 000 000 dollars, second only to last year's 2 642 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Carryover cotton surplus and yield figures released
The report notes a carryover surplus of about 5.6 million bales from previous crops, largely held by the department under price support programs. lint cotton yield per acre is 274.4 pounds versus 313.1 last year and 254 the ten year average. Crop condition Aug 1 stands at 80 percent normal, compared with 85 a year ago and 75 for the ten year average. Census Bureau adds 297,843 running bales of this year’s crop in an accompanying report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Census Bureau
Slot Machines Seized in Alabama Coastal Raid
State Highway Patrol raided a Fairhope warehouse and a private club, taking 30 slot machines and targeting gambling at Alabama coastal resorts. Circuit Solicitor Kenneth Cooper announced a continuing crackdown, calling the machines ruinous to morals and a source of vice while Baldwin county residents reported numerous complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Ala
Alabama
Kenneth Cooper
Cooper
Baldwin County
Iron City mayor leads clash with Ku Klux Klansmen
In Iron City Georgia Mayor C L Drake a one armed leader and allies engaged robed Klansmen who rode into the town at dawn. Drake chased a Klan official into Alabama at high speed and had him jailed. A Klansman suffered a flesh wound while Drake and his supporters escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron City
Georgia
C. L. Drake
Drake
Klan Bans Masks in Georgia Edict Amid Iron City Clash
Atlanta August 8 The imperial wizard of the Association of Georgia Klans banned wearing masks citing unlawful acts and criticism. He warned members of banishment for appearing in masks or visors on any street. The measure followed gunfire between robed Klansmen and townspeople in Iron City, Georgia, tied to Klan strife. The group was placed on the Department of Justice subversive list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Association of Georgia Klans
Samuel Green
Green
Iron City
South Georgia
Department of Justice
Mayor recounts bullets near him in Klan confrontation
The Mayor, a longtime foe of the Klan, described bullets whizzing by within five feet as robed figures hunted his convoy. Drake claimed he had no gun but others did and fired on the Klan escort. A night ride chase toward Dothan, Alabama followed, with the Mayor noting an assault warrant was sworn out and spotting the lead car at Sheriff Chandler's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Dothan
Ala
C. L. Chandler
Chandler
Page
Flight for Life Aide Sails Janice Medders to New York
In Anniston Alabama on August 8 neighbors raised funds to send five year old Janice Medders to New York for cancer treatment. Doctors diagnosed sarcoma after a leg lesion grew. Birmingham specialists advised treatment. The community aimed to raise about 500 dollars for travel and care as Janice was set to fly for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
New York
Janice Medders
Janice
M. A. Medders
Medders
Birmingham
Anniston Star
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Ort
Pds
Alee Dee
Kimball B. Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
Ben Bloodworth
James Nelson Bloodworth
Alabama Bar Association
Mobile
Willard Matthews
Sixth Avenue East
Wesleyan Service Guild
Ninth Street
Hamil Clinic
M. D. Rice
College Avenue
Delores Sarter
Sherman Street
Dimple Thomas
East Vine Street
Victor Vensenvi
Rome, Ga
Joe Petty
J. M. Baker
Jackson Street
Paul Gardner
Decatur 3
John Moore
Mr. McCutcheon
Hartselle
A. G. Ried
Hartselle 2
Neil Stephenson
Decatur 1
Wallace Holder
West Market Street
Guy Leese
Beech Street
Paul Summers
West Moulton Street
Carl Linderman
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Jean White
Ella May Hall
Huntsville
John Troxler
Sixth Avenue Presbyterian Church
L. J. Kaylor
New Market
Westminster
Ken “Reynolds
Nettie W. Capps
Salt Lake City
Jacob L. Capps
Doctor
Senate’ Finance
House of Representatves
Governor's Office
Department of Veterans Affairs
Noble Russell
Morgan County
Pacific Ocean
Guayaquil
Secuador
Peru
Colombia
Pasto
Klan
Chase
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