Community notes and local brief highlights
Weather outlook notes cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Thursday along the coast. Community Chest directors set a 4 p m meeting at Lyons hotel and Rev E N Chandler to speak at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist on What Shall I Do With Jesus. Local items include cotton prospects, church gatherings, renovations at Pan Am service station, high school site work at Delano park, and various civic appointments and legal notes.
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E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue’ Baptist Church
Jesus
Christ
Building Permit for Bob Fowler Home at 1616 Fourth Ave East
City clerk issued a building permit Tuesday authorizing Bob Fowler to construct a frame dwelling with three rooms and a bath at 1616 Fourth Avenue East. The project value is listed at 1000 dollars.
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Bob Fowler
Fourth Avenue East
Man Accused of Ownership of 50 Slot Machines
FAIRHOPE AL ALAUG 10 A Fairhope amusement machine operator is free on 200 bond after facing gambling equipment charges. E J Roberts owner of 50 slot machines seized in a Sunday night warehouse raid, with another 50 reportedly hidden. Circuit Solicitor Kenneth Cooper leads anti gambling drive along the Alabama gulf coast. Roberts to appear in county court next month.
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Fairhope
Ala
Fairhope Amusement Machine Company
Cary
Circuit
Kenneth Cooper
E J. Roberts
Roberts
Alabama Gulf Coast
Morgan County Plans School Opening And Conference
Morgan county principals met yesterday to discuss the Aug. 22 opening and a three day pre-school conference starting Aug. 16. Superintendent H. R. Leeman reported on textbooks lunch funds permanent records and property care. About 4000 dollars worth of new texts will be provided for 1949 50 based on 85 cents per student. Federal aid for lunchrooms may be available from Lee GROUP on Page 2.
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Morgan County
H. R. Leeman
Morgan
Leeman
Lee Group
Hawaii Strikes Reach Stage With Government Seizure
Hawaii moves toward a showdown as Gov. Stainback signs orders to take over two struck stevedoring firms amid a 102 day waterfront tieup. ILWU vows court challenge while government signs up 1,500 stevedores to operate docks.
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Leif
ILWU
Jack Hall
Hall
CIO Marine Engineers’ Executive Board
Wash
Hawaii
New Tremors Rock Ecuador
Aug 10 Quito dispatch reports new earth tremors and looting by Salasaca Indians as 150,000 plus homeless in Ecuador's Andes face continued fear. Death toll to 6,000 but exact figures unknown. Ambato and Pelileo hit by landslides and ruined roads. U. S. airlift aids aid and supplies while troops guard Pelileo after clashes over loot.
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Quito
Ecuador
Andes
Ambato
Pelileo
Salasca
U. S Air Force
Senate Group Prunes Funds In Revised Bill
In Montgomery the senate finance and taxation committee moved toward a balanced budget by revising the house bill to trim about 10 percent of current spending. The labor department faced the largest cut from 35,150 to 10,000 yearly, with hopes to drop its mediation service as federal programs handle it. Other cuts included about 125,000 from the state military budget and 11,000 from the planning board, while the toxicologist’s office received an increase from 31,900 to 35,000. The committee expects further reductions when reviewing larger appropriations. The senate plans around the clock work as it resumes Thursday at one minute after midnight to battle a filibuster amid reapportionment debate.
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Montgomery
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
House
State Labor Department
State Military Department
State Planning Board
State Toxicologist’s Office
Senate
Thousand Men Battle Payette Forest Fire Near McCall
More than 1,000 firefighters battled to contain Payette National Forests worst blaze in 150 years. The fire charred about 5,100 acres, stretched 18 miles along fire lines in the Salmon River area, and approached within three miles of the Golden Anchor mine. Crews fought shifts after lines were breached, with radio contact restored for a 75-man sector. The Gates of the Mountains fire in Montana has been conquered, ending a deadly 5,000-acre burn and 13 deaths.
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Mccall
Idaho
Payette National Forest
Salmon River
Golden Anchor
Slim Vassar
Helena National Forest
Phil Murphy
Gates of the Mountains
Montana
Vaughan Asked Speed In Track Case Exposed
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Truman’s military aide, pressed for a Tanforan track permit. Housing expeditor Tighe E. Woods testified Vaughan urged urgency at the White House Jan 9 and Jan 12, 1948, to avoid losing the franchise. Woods and Eugene Mori accompanied Vaughan at the Jan 12 meeting.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Harry H. Vaughan
Tanforan
Woods
Senate Investigations
Vaughan
Truman
Eugene Mori
Camden
N. J
White House
California Race Track Commission
Justice Department
Chinese Policy Tackled Again By AP and Officials
The United States presses a new policy plan for the Far East as officials weigh postwar aid and recognition issues. Ambassador J Leighton Stuart reported to President Truman on the fallout of the communist rout in China and nationalist retreats toward Canton. Acheson faced a House committee revealing a white paper that cut support to Chiang Kai-shek’s forces as a costly failure. A new policy group led by Philip C Jessup was near readiness for a broad survey of Asia and beyond. Elpidio Quirino, president of the Philippines, testified before Congress amid the China discussions.
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United States
Far East
China
J. Leighton Stuart
Truman
Dean Acheson
Canton
Kanhsien
Kiangsi
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Elewhere
Leader of Klan Serves Another Week Behind Bars
Birmingham August 10 A KKK leader William Hugh Morris aged 44 remains jailed for contempt of court for failing to disclose secret hooded order records. He has spent 23 days in jail, was sent back August 2, as a grand jury probes violence by night riders. Morris’ attorney Hugh Locke plans an appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Birmingham
William Hugh Morris
Alabama
KKK
Morris
Hugh Locke
State Supreme Court
Woman Held in Shooting Probe
Mrs Eva Williams age 29 of 507 Sixteenth Avenue East is held in Morgan county jail for investigation after a shooting at her home. Police say Mrs Gladys Sylvester age 30 was found outside the kitchen window with two gunshot wounds and is in serious condition at Decatur General Hospital. Williams was arrested by Officers Webb and Price. she refused to give a statement.
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Eva Williams
Sixteenth Avenue East
Morgan County
Gladys Sylvester
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Williams
Sylvester
Fourth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Children Killed When Car Stalls In Path of Train
SENECA South Carolina August 10 Two little sisters Tommie Lee 6 and Mary Guy Hutson 8 were killed when their stalled car on the Southern Railway main line could not be moved before a southbound train struck it. Their mother a Fairplay schoolteacher and two other women escaped injury. The Hutson girls were daughters of Sgt and Mrs Thomas M Hutson of Clemson College.
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Seneca
S. C
Tommie Lee
Mary Guy Hutson
Thomas M. Hutson
Clemson College
Fairplay
Oconee County
Southern Railway
Hutson
Nell Burgess Stroud
Taylorsville
Miss
Jimmy Simpson
Eddie Weathers
Southern
Sergeant Hutson
McComb
Eva Guyzell Stroud
Military Will Accept Part of Aid On Credit
Secretary of Defense Johnson told senators the military will accept 60 percent in cash and 40 percent in contract authority for Truman’s arms program, with costs spread over two or three years. He noted 60 percent cash for Western Europe and discussed congressional wrangling over aid for North Atlantic pact nations and allies.
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Washingon
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Truman
America
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Counter Offer
Bult Johnson
Western
Europe
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Philippines
Korea
Senate
Acheson
New York Firm Buys Local Capitol Theatre Property
Sale of the Capitol theatre property for 27500 to a New York realty company was completed. Executors of Augustus Bassett estate announce the sale includes building and lot and Crescent Amusement Company's lease assignment. Purchaser is Wicem Realty Co Inc of New York, Leonard Marx signing for the firm.
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Capitol Theatre
New York
Augustus Bassett
Crescent Amusement Company
Wicem Realty Co. Inc
Leonard Marx
Bassett
Clovis Babier
Bryan McAfee
Cullman Hunts Fleeing Convict
Cullman county officials search for L. V. Dye a 23 year old escaped convict serving 36 months for grand larceny. Dye escaped during noon hour yesterday at Camp Cullman six miles east of Cullman on the Arab highway while convicts worked on construction. Troy Oney the camp steward said Dye had served about three months of his sentence. Cullman sheriff's deputy said county officials highway department and camp joined in the search.
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Cullman
L. V. Dye
Dye
Troy Oney
Bus Crash Fire Kills Passengers Near Bloomington
A Greyhound bus ran off Highway 37 near Bloomington and burned after striking a bridge abutment. Thirty seven passengers were aboard. twelve injured and hospitalized. Bodies were taken to the Indiana National Guard armory for identification. Driver Wayne Cramer blamed a possible front tire blowout. Survivors described escaping through doors and a rear window. Identification and casualty count may take time due to extensive damage.
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Greyhound
Here
Bloomington
Indiana National Guard Armory
Wayne Cramer
Indianapolis
Indinapolis
Glen van Horn
WTTS
Muddy Fork Creek
van Horn
Edgar Davis
Davis
Billy Ellerbrook
Evansville
Ellerbrook
Yeomington
Indiana University
Terrill Clark Identified as Robber in Brewton Case
A Brewton woman identified Terrill Clark as the armed robber who hit her Brewton store in July, with $200 taken. Clark already faces two robbery counts from an attack on Watkins-Perry Grill and additional charges from a Pritchard store theft. County officials said he is jailed in Morgan and to be brought to Decatur with Escambia sheriff.
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Brewton
Terrill Clark
Morgan
Escambia
Decatur
Clark
Watkins-Perry Grill
Pritchard. Ala
Negro Suspect Jailed in Grand Larceny Case
Larry Johnson a 26 year old Black man was charged with grand larceny for allegedly taking 76 dollars from a safe at Hogan's service station early Monday. He was transferred to the county jail yesterday afternoon, police said. Johnson is unemployed, married, and resides at 409 West Walnut Street.
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Larry Johnson
Hogan's
J. B. Whitmire
Johnson
Whitmire
West
Walnut Street
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Russell
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Moulton Highway
the Daily
Brotherhood of Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Gilbert Key
Chattanooga
Mrs
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Vine and
Alabama Streets
Delano Park
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Fort Benning
Army Officer's Reserve Training Program
Judge Advocate’s Department
Russell Lynne
Alabama Bar Association
Mobile
FE. M. Rowe
East Moulton Street
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
D. M. Hightower
Canal Street
Lila Mae Young
Jimmy Young
Elkmont
Marty Higdon
J. C. Penney Company
Huntsville
Penney
Gerald Humphrey
The
Casto Jarvis
Pulaski
Tenn
G. W. Ethridge
Decatur 1
Paul C. Davis
Ethridge
Joe Wheeler
Kiwanis
Frank Seibert
Hotel Lyons
Recorder’s Court
By Ken Reynolds
Werel
BY Ben Meyer
Senate Group
Prunes
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Probers
Speed Asked
Associated Press
Elpidio Quirino
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N. Y
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Greyhound Bus
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