Weather and church notices from Decatur diary
Partly cloudy weather with scattered thundershowers in the south today and Saturday. temperatures 89 high 71 low. St Pauls Lutheran church has no service Sunday August 11. Rev Turner begins Apostles Creed series at Westside Presbyterian. Community notices include sermons, meetings, travel plans, and hospital moves in Decatur with multiple local names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bah
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
D. H. Turner
Westside Presbyterian Church
God, the
Father
Meadds Named First Vice President Of Alabama County Officials
Wallace H. Meaddows of Decatur elected first vice president of the Alabama Association of County Commissioners at Birmingham closing session. Probate Judge R. K. Greene of Greensboro elected president with other officers including Judge Cona Garrett Jr. and A. B. Jefferies. Governor nominee James Follsom pledged major county road building, while Sen. John Sparkman attended the banquet with civic leaders urging racial harmony and regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace H. Meaddows
Decatur
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Birmingham
R. K. Greene
Greensboro
Mr Meadows
Associated Press
Cona Garrett Jr
Grove Hill
A. B. Jefferies
Citronelle
Mobile County Comissions
John H. Orrett
Centre
James & Follsom
Montgomery
John Sparkman
Huntsville
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
South
G. C. Blanton
Selma
National Association of County Officials
Arrest of Nazi broadcaster Paul Revere named Douglas Chandler
US agents arrest Douglas Arnold Chandler who broadcast in Nazi sympathy as Paul Revere. Confined at a US internment camp near Frankfurt for treason trial. Chandler, 57, was a former Cornell rower and Navy veteran, linked to eight 1943 treason indictments.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Army
U. S
Douglas Arnold Chandler
Paul Revere
United States
Chandler
Kempton
Bavaria
G-2
Washington
Columbia
Grand Jurveyee
Chicago
Cornell
United States Navy
Europe
Edward On Delaney
Olney
Frederick W. Kaltenbach
Dubuque
Iowa
Mrs Hodgson Dies After Illness
Mr and Mrs E W McLeod left today for Bay Minette Alabama after learning of the sudden death of Mrs Hodgson, the mother of Mrs McLeod. No further details were available here.
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E. W. McLeod
Bay Minette
Alia
Twin Brothers Face Separate Fates Near Kilby Prison
William Edgar Alston, 41, condemned for murdering his wife, is slated for execution at Kilby Prison next Friday. His twin Julian, serving life for murder, is housed nearby. the brothers met briefly through bars as William spoke of faith and possible mercy.
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William Edgar Alston
Julian
Alabama
Kilby
Montgomery
William
Ala
Pale
Alston
Chauncey Sparks
Walker County
Allanaaet
William Edgar
Salattet
Warden Pitt Williams
Statement on Walter Bailey death published by family
Mrs Walter Bailey requests publication of a statement from Decatur Alabama dated August 8 1946 thanking friends for sympathy during bereavement The Bailey family notes an investigation into the cause of Walter Bailey s death has been made by authorities.
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Walter Bailey
Decatur
Alabama
Walter
Conference rebuffs Russian plan on vote rule at peace talks
The 21 nation conference rejected Soviet efforts to enforce a two thirds voting rule. Secretary Byrnes said the United States will not be dictated to and that concessions will be made, but not at the cost of bloc action. The plenary backed a British compromise allowing both two thirds and simple majority votes with weight differences in drafting peace treaties.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Paris
Russia
Byrnes
United States
Leon
Foreign Ministers Council
Poland
Czechoslovakia
V. M Molotov
Albania
Mosha
Pijada
Soviet Union
Rules Committee
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
James F. Byrnes
Big flight from Pope Field carries 504th parachute infantry
A dozen Army C 82s known as flying box cars departed Pope Field North Carolina for Knoxville. They carried 425 members of the 504th parachute infantry as passengers. A public relations spokesman called the formation the largest ever for these transports.
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Pope Field
N C
Knoxville
504Th Parachute Infantry
Bill Signed To Give Slaughter Terminal Pay Probe Update
Slaughter, defeated in the Missouri primary, will resume leading the House committee inquiry into surplus property disposal. The War Assets Administration faces a possible near corner on aluminum sheet and wires used in veterans housing, with 43 or more buyers, and promoter Benjamin Fields linked to a 539 roll wire screen purchase. Wise expects a broad, searching inquiry into disposal practices.
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Washington
Slaughter
Capitol Hill
Hugh D. Wise Jr
House Committee
Missouri
Truman
Wise
House
War Assets Administration
midWestern
Waa-Fbi
WAA
midWest
Slaughter Committee
Benjamin F. Fields
Senate War Investigating Committees
Garsson Munitions Combine
Fiels Tod Cee
Office Personnel to Be Named Soon for New Field Offices
Carlton Hayward said within a week personnel will be chosen for Commerce Department field offices in Birmingham Alabama Nashville Tennessee and Jackson Mississippi. Openings depend on finding space and the Nashville site will join Memphis and Chattanooga under the St Louis regional office while Jackson and Birmingham report to the Atlanta region.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Carlton Hayward
Office of
Hayward
Memphis
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Keith Will Leave Patrol for Private Business
Marshall Keith has resigned from the Highway Patrol to enter private business in Huntsville. The resignation is effective Sept. 1. He has served seven years as a drivers license examiner and has been a North Alabama staff member, resident of Decatur for about two years.
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Marshall Keith
Highway Patrol
Huntsville
Keith
Patrol
Decatur
North Alabama
Game Ship Patrons Marooned Aboard
About 800 casino patrons were stranded aboard the Bunker Hill off Los Angeles as Tony Cornero clashed with authorities. Coast Guard and city officials pressed to allow water taxis to ferry patrons ashore while some passengers gambled and others slept standing. Cornero, jailed earlier and released on bond, objected as officials impounded the boats. City Prosecutor Albert C. Ramsey urged grounds for freeing 10 water taxis to move passengers ashore.
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Los Angeles
Chance
Bunker Hill
Tony Cornero
Coast Guard
Eurlier Vanittan
Cornero
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Long Beach
Ramsey
Truman Signs Bill Grants Terminal Leave Pay to 15 Million Veterans
President Truman signed into law a program paying about 15 million veterans for unused furlough time, totaling roughly 2.7 billion dollars in cash and five-year bonds. The measure expands leave pay to non commission personnel at last rank rate plus subsistence and housing supplements. Additional bills authorize higher pensions, on the job training safeguards, veterans hospital grants, and GI Bill facilities funding.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
White House
Congress
OPA
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Bose Pitals
United States
Federal Works Administration
Steps Outlined In Collecting GI Pay
Four steps for discharged veterans to apply for terminal leave pay were outlined as President Truman signed the legislation authorizing a 2.7 billion dollar outlay. The steps were issued by the Treasury War and Navy Departments.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury, War and Navy Departments
Presbyterians Oppose Merger Plan In United States Church
More than 200 Southern Presbyterian representatives from 15 synods heard a report by a fact finding committee opposing union with the Presbyterian Church U. S. A. Northern branch. The panel cited doctrinal differences as a major obstacle to credal agreement though not denying other factors. The final session at Montreat aired the committee’s findings led by Cary N. Weisiger L. Nelson Bell John R. Richardson L. Scott Hancock and Rev. W. A. McIlwaine.
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Sint
Cat
Cary N. Weisiger
Augusta
L. Nelson Bell
Mat
John R. Richardson
Spartanburg, S. C
L. Scott Hancock
St. Louis
W. A. McIlwaine
Montreat
Sweden to Apply for UN Membership after Cabinet Meeting
Advisers from Stockholm say Sweden plans to apply for United Nations membership in New York following today's cabinet meeting. The move will not be announced in Stockholm until the UN secretariat acknowledges receipt of the application.
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Sweden
New York
Stockholm
Seweden
United Nations
Senate probe ends amid wartime munitions intrigue
Washington Aug 9 The Senate war investigating committee closed a six week drama centered on a paper empire and the Garsson brothers with Rep May ill and absent under physician care. The panel questioned May on his ties to the Garssons and actions aiding the war effort.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Empire
May
House Military Committee
Prestonsburg
Combine
John G
George P. Archer
Kentucky
Britain Moves to Block Jewish Immigration to Palestine
Britain signals a blockade plan against unauthorized Jewish immigration to Palestine. Foreign office officials urge Russia and Romania to halt departures from Constanţa and other ports while France Italy and others are pressed to stop transfers. The cruiser Ajax sits at Haifa with 1500 immigrants awaiting fate as Malta reports Mediterranean fleet assembling for a potential summer cruise.
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London
Palestine
Foreign Office
Britain
Constanza
Romanian
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Ajax
Haifa
Malta
Mediterranean
Grecian
FBI and Georgia Mob Lynching Roundup Reported
The Washington Post reports the FBI has identified some mob members behind the Monroe Georgia lynching of four degrees and plans to present evidence for a full mob roundup to Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall and U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark. A Georgia official says two mobs were involved.
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Washington
Washington Post
FBI
Monroe
the Post
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Tom Clark
Governor Arnall cites slow progress in Monroe lynching probes
Governor Ellis Arnall says federal and state investigators are making very slow progress with no definite leads in the July 25 Monroe Georgia lynching of four Negroes. A Washington Post report quotes an anonymous Georgia official saying the FBI has focused on at least three suspects and is tracing evidence to arrest the mob. Arnall notes no identifications or arrests are known in the Walton County cases.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Monroe
Washington Post Today
Georgia
FBI
Walton County
Arnall
Lynch mob actions tied to brutal Georgia killings
Officials described two groups guiding different routes tied to the murders near Monroe Georgia. Attorney General Clark offered FBI help for a full investigation. state police head Maj. W. E. Spence said no arrests yet. FBI tied three suspects as it builds the case for arrests.
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Clark
FBI
Washington
Atlanta
John R. Trost
W. E. Spence
Georgia State Police
Monroe
Spence
Three Hurt As Two Cars Collide At Intersect
Three people sustained minor injuries in a late night crash at the Mooresville Road and Highway 31 intersection. A 1940 Ford driven by Williams collided with a car driven by John White. Mrs. Ashford Todd and her children were treated at Decatur General Hospital. Militia party?
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Mooresville
Ashford Todd
Huntsville
Robert Vaughan Williams
Willadean Williams
Decatur General Hospital
Highway Patrol
Todd
Williams
John White
Negro
Pedge
E. D. Vanus Hale
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W. J. Graves
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Josephine Wilson
Dorothy Owen
Gatlinburg, Tenn
Lyons Hotel
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Norma Todd
Frances Allgo
Robert
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Arthur Smith
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George A. Rice
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Beatrice Logan
Tanner
Brown
Edith Chambers
Gum Street
Brown's
Verdon L. Martin
Cullman
Fort McClellan
Margaret Fulghum
W. M. Rogers
C C. Turner
Decatur 2
Mutual Service Ambulance
Robert Kennady
Fifth Avenue South
Baugh’s Infirmary
Letha Crook
Town Creek
Baugh's
James M. Engle
Baugh's Infirmary
Joe Smith
Bowles Avenue
Decatur Board of Zeni and Adjustment
Railroad Street
A. C. Bailey
Bailey
al Johnson
F. D. Peebles
Leonard Wright
Lilbourn, Mo
Decatur and
By Ken Reynolds
Meadows
Hodgson
Rex Thomas
Bunker “Hill
DIXIE
Senate
By Alex H. Singleton
Henry Garsson
Murray Garsson
Dutch Schultz
Owney Madden
Garssons
Cumberland Lumber Company
Batavia and
Erie Metal Products Companies
Cumberland
Why May
Albert Jacobson
Chemical Warfare Service Legal Division
Chemical Warfare Service
Mead
Benjamin Franklin
Fields
Mitchell D.wash
Garsson
Eisenhower
Joseph Garsson
Mob
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