Initiation Ceremony at Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320
Benson Bryant of Brooklyn visiting Decatur meets Eastern Star members tonight at 7 30 at the Masonic Temple for a initiation ceremony. Hopewell Home Demonstration Club plans a copper planter project at noon Thursday with Mrs Therrel Wallace hosting. Morgan County farmers invited to Belle Mine station Thursday at 9 30 with lunch at noon. Mrs R C Woodall recovering at home after surgery. Morgan County Farm Bureau annual meeting planned with luncheon at noon.
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Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Hopewell Home
Morgan County
Belle Mine Experiment Station
Tennessee Valley
L. T. Wagnen
Morgan County Farm Bureau
Sores
New Crop Killer In N E Alabama
Two farms near Piedmont Alabama were quarantined after the white fringed beetle appeared for the first time in the area. Officials from the county agent and the U S Department of Agriculture report a medium infestation and restrict movement of crops, likely limiting cotton sales until control measures are set.
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Anniston
Alabama
A. S. Mathews
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Piedmont
Ala
Katie's Cash Jackpot Grows to 475 After Deadline
The notice reports Katie's Cash Jackpot reaching 475 dollars after no entries were collected by the deadline. It invites readers to submit entries for a new puzzle and mentions two young girls, Fay and Linda Heapspyre, who sent a letter.
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Katie Kash
Tus
Katie
Fay
Linda Heapspyre
Lawrence vote on type rule set by new Alabama bill
Gov. Folsom signed a bill placing Lawrence County voters before a choice to keep the revenue and control type government or revert to the old county commissioners system. If changed, Probate Judge Isaac Johnson would chair the new court of commissioners and C. C. McWhorter would lose his post. If kept, McWhorter’s seat would be decided in next year’s general election.
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Alabama
James E. Folsom
Lawrence County
Board of Revenue and Control
Court of County Commissioners
Associated Press
Montgomery
Folsom
of Revenue
C. C. McWhorter
Court of Commissioners
Morgan-Lawrence
J. B. Richardson
Leo Roberson
Board of Revenue
Isaac Johnson
McWhorter
Bloodmobile plans ready for Morgan Morgan event
Mrs. Russell Bolding of the Junior Chamber Auxiliary says preparations for the Red Cross bloodmobile visit are complete. The drive urges donors to check donor cards for expiry and notes the bloodmobile will not return to Decatur until October for the protection of participants.
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Red Cross
Russell Bolding
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan
Try This Item Is Heat Weary
Southeast Australia faced its worst blizzard of the year as gales hit New South Wales and Victoria. The storm, which struck yesterday, left heavy snow in the southern Alps while winds eased in the mountains but continued to roar in lower regions.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Australian Alps
House slams Senate over slowdown in Alabama legislature
The Alabama House passed a resolution 55 to 4 demanding the Senate end its slowdown and start acting on bills. Introduced by J. W. Brassell, the measure cites months of little calendar activity and broad House concern.
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Montgomery
House
Senate
J. W. Brassell
Judiciary Committee
Ery
Robert Brown
Lee County
Transportation Committee
Rep
Alabama
Marathon Corp to buy Alabama Mississippi paper mill and rail line
Mara thon Corp announces purchase of a pulp and paper mill site and a connecting Bigbee Railroad line between Meridian Mississippi and Myrtlewood Alabama. Acquisition includes 50 miles of track and operating equipment. RF C finance involved. read on page 2 for details.
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Menasha
Wis
Marathon Corp
Alabama
Mississippi
Ey Ts
Bigbee Railroad Co
Meridian
Miss
Myrtlewood
Ala
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Connie Threatens East Coast With Hurricane Warnings
Hurricane warnings extend from Cape Lookout North Carolina to Norfolk Virginia and a hurricane alert covers the coast from Norfolk to New York City as Connie moves north-northwest at 10 to 11 mph. The center was near 30.3 N 74.0 W, about 340 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras.
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Miami
Fila
North Carolina
Virginia
Norfolk
New York City
New York
Weather Bureau
Washington
Cape Lookout
N.C
Virginia Capes
Wilmington
South Carolina
Georgia
Connie
Cape Hatteras
Massachusetts
Carolina Capes
Cape Cod
Jacksonville
Fla
Fastest Rocket Plane Drops From 30000 Feet
An explosion hit the Bell X11A rocket plane moments before its planned release from the B29 mother ship over the Mojave Desert. Research pilot Joseph A. Walker, 34, later boarded the mother plane as the rocket craft fell to the bombing range, piloted none.
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Edwards
Calif
Mojave Desert
Joseph A. Walker
Falkville Nearing Final Installation Of New Water Supply
Falkville town council reports near completion of a second well installation and a surrounding wall for the pump. The new water source aims to prevent a repeat of last summer’s dry spell. Officials also announce a half ton garbage truck purchase after previously hiring an on call hauler.
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Falkville
Minister Swearingen Nominated For Parole Board Post
Rev Swearingen once pastor at Mt Hope Alabama and Kilby prison chaplain in 1943 resigned in 1951 to lead Phil Campbell church is named for a pardon parole board appointment. In Washington payrolls show July employment at a record nearly 65 million with jobless drop below 2 percent.
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Montgomery
Swearingen
Pardon Parole Board
The
Baptist Church
Mt. Hope
Ala
Kilby
Phil Campbell
Washington
Steelworkers silence on 11 day U S Steel shutdown in Alabama
Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers officials declined to comment on the 11 day shutdown of U S Steel Corp s Tennessee Coal and Iron Division at Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery House votes to create second judge in 23rd Circuit
The House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to add a second judge to the 23rd Judicial Circuit which serves Madison County.
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Montgomery
House of Representatives
23Rd Judicial Circuit
Madison County
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 19.30 feet this morning, down 0.07 feet in 24 hours, sea level 553.60 feet. Yesterday’s high 92 at 1 p.m., low 75 at 5 a.m. 8 a.m. 82°, 11 a.m. 90°. Forecasts call for partly cloudy warm weather with scattered thundershowers. highs near 90 today, 68 Wednesday, lows 72 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
U S Scientist Foresees Nuclear Power Competing With Coal
At the atoms for peace conference in Geneva Dr. James A Lane of Ridge, Tenn., national lab predicted nuclear electricity could rival coal within 15 to 20 years in the United States. He cited economic and technical data showing a promising outlook for large scale nuclear power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
United States
James A. ‘Aisdon
Ridge, Tenn
National Laboratory
Lane
Soviet Union
D. I. Blokhinstev
N. A. Nikolayev
U. S
Lyndon Johnson Planning Return
President Lyndon B. Johnson, recovering from a heart attack, signaled a return to politics and said he would run for Senate leadership next January. He criticized Eisenhower era Republicans for blocking key measures while calling for revision of health legislation and admission of Republican fault in highway and school aid defeats.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Johnson
ROK Court Martial Condemns Dean Interrogator to Death
A South Korean army court martial condemned to death Lee Chang Kwang one of the first Communists who interrogated Maj. Gen. William F. Dean after his capture. Lee was convicted of aiding the enemy by passing Dean's information to the Communists.
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Seoul
Lee Chang Kwang
William F. Dean
Lee
Dean
Nine Year Old Crushed To Death In Sheffield
In Sheffield Alabama a nine year old boy Larry Moore Ford died when a hand truck his friend and he were pushing crushed him between the truck and a steel post at the Southern Railway station Assistant Police Chief Warren Aycock said the truck ran out of control as the boys pushed it Lloyd Maxwell was with him at the time of the accident.
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Sheffield
Ala
Larry Moore Ford
Friend
Southern Railway Station
Warren Aycock
Larry
Lloyd Maxwell
Mother hears account of son's death in Korea POW camp
In New York a mother listened to a court martial testimony about her son, Cpl John William Jones, dying in a Korean prison camp amid alleged Red indoctrination and abuse. Sgt James Gallagher faces charges of collaboration with the enemy and murder. witnesses described shocking treatment of ill prisoners and expulsions into freezing weather.
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Son
Korea
New York
Loretta Jones
Detroit
James C. Gallagher
Brooklyn
Gallagher
Donell Adams
Cottonwood
Ala
Ft. Lewis
Wash
John William Jones
Madison Sheriff Denies Enforcement of Picketing Injunction
Madison County Sheriff L. D. Wall says the injunction against mass picketing at Lincoln Mills carries no enforcement order. The Plant closed after officials alleged a reign of terror during the strike, amid tensions surrounding the shutdown and protests.
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Huntsville
Madison County
L. D. Wall
Lincoln Mills
Wall
Eleven Textile Workers Ordered to Show Cause in Lincoln Mills Strike
In Huntsville eleven textile union members including a union official must show cause Saturday why they should not be convicted of contempt for violating a Supreme Court injunction during the Lincoln Mills strike. Hearings were set before Circuit Judge Elbert Parons to determine guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Supreme Court
Lincoln Mills
Elbert Parons
Textile Workers Union officials cited in Alabama injunction case
Circuit Judge Elbert Parsons issued contempt citations against J. D. Brooks president of Local 230 of the Textile Workers Union of America CIO the union and nine others for alleged violations of an Alabama Supreme Court injunction. The company had secured a temporary injunction after a walkout began leaving about 100 of 1000 employees at work before the plant closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Supreme Court
Elbert Parsons
J. D. Brooks
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Madison
Moulton Road Phone Projects Near Completion
Southern Bell’s rural expansion on Oulton Road is about half finished, with 46 new families to gain service. A second Old Moulton Road project, served from the Decatur exchange, targets late September completion to relieve congestion and extend telephone access.
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Southern Bell
Oulton Road
Avery Taylor
Decatur
Moulton Highway
Moulton
Decatur Exchange
Husband and wife walk into oncoming train, die in Ohio
In Bowling Green Ohio a 63 year old man William Martin and his 61 year old wife Louise both in pajamas walked arm in arm into a speeding express train. A note found in their car said they could not stand it any longer.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
William Martin
Louise
Dunbridge
ROKs demand Red Truce Team Leave Country
Riotous protests across South Korea enter a fourth day as 700 U.S. soldiers use tear gas to repel crowds at Inchon and Wolmi Island. Cho Chung Hwan warns renewed warfare and demands the UNSC truce inspectors depart by Saturday amid claims the mission spies. Nine Koreans reported injured, three seriously, as demonstrations widen to four ports of entry.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
Cho Chung Hwan
Cho
Inchon
Wolmi Island
Rhee
UNSC
Korea
Ar Rok
Roks
Averell Harriman and Adlai Stevenson to Meet in Chicago
In Chicago Harriman and Stevenson, two leading Democrats, plan a private talk on the 1956 nomination. Harriman arrives for the Governors Colloquium while Stevenson weighs whether to run again against President Eisenhower. Mitchell says Stevenson will likely seek the nomination with better odds than in 1952.
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Chicago
Averell Hert
York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Harriman
Stevenson
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower
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