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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1952
Page
1
H. G. Red Williams a Decatur insurance agent qualified Saturday to run for mayor. He pledged to serve Decatur fully if elected and to devote time and effort to ensure healthy growth and prosperity for the city.
Rutledge S. Thomas, in his eighth year on the Decatur city council, Saturday qualified to run for the council in September. A longtime student of government, he has held local county and state roles and has chaired the Morgan County Democratic Committee for 20 years.
R C Halbrooks a Morgan County native and Detatur resident since 1906 qualified Saturday to run for alderman in the September city election. See HALBROOKS On Page 2.
Louis J. Namie a West Decatur grocer said Saturday he would qualify Monday to run for alderman. He intends to join the race for city council seeking a seat in the local government.
Republican candidate Ike called for enlarging the Social Security program to cover 14 million more people and for higher old age assistance grants. He met with three GOP House members about the Internal Revenue Bureau reforms and indicated support for FBI-led investigations to root out irregularities.
The United States and Britain plan new talks starting Monday or Tuesday to address Mossadegh's oil negotiation note. Washington and London seek a workable basis that could allow Iranian oil to resume flowing while Tehran must compensate for Anglo-Iranian properties seized in 1951.
The Decatur Central Labor Union AFL will cover transport costs for the Decatur high school band to Huntsville for the Sparkman celebration honoring John Sparkman. About 15 bands are expected to participate with Huntsville planning the homecoming for Monday August 18. The transport cost is $85.
Area cities report qualified mayoral and alderman candidates with several towns showing single or multiple entrants. Athens lists four mayoral hopefuls and several alderman contenders while Ardmore has none qualified. Moulton has three mayoral candidates and one incumbent alderman. Town Creek and Courtland announce a pair for mayor in each and a lone alderman hopeful in Town Creek and Courtland.
The campaign frame pits foreign policy against domestic gains. Arthur Summerfield asserts Stevenson lacks experience for world decisions while Democrats stress twenty years of Democratic domestic progress. Summerfield cites Dulles on Stevenson’s inexperience.
The 1952 drouth hits city budgets as milk prices rise. Georgia moves to 26 or 27 cents a quart on September 1, joining Knoxville and others in higher costs. Alabama holds hearings amid expected jumps, while farmers report scarce pastures from Boston to Louisville.
The Fifth Air Force reported six straight days of air wins over Korea with 19 MIGs destroyed and 19 damaged while not losing a plane in aerial combat last week. Allied sabres shield bombers as Chinese Reds attack Panmunjom hill and shell Western front positions.
Hartselle plans a John Sparkman Day to welcome Democratic vice president nominee Sparkman. A parade will start at 10 A.M. from Morgan County High School, ending at the L and N railroad station speakers platform where he will speak. Luncheon follows at First Methodist Church with invited guests and party notables.
Joseph Nicks a 21 year old man survived a shot an inch from his brain fired by a service station attendant he allegedly held up. Officers said he remained conscious and even searched for the bullet with a pocket knife while awaiting ambulance. Surgery planned at a Los Angeles hospital where he was booked on suspicion of robbery.
Springfield August 9 An authoritative source says Gov. Adlai Stevenson as president would curb Senate filibusters to enforce fair employment practices nationwide. He would cut military spending, press to change rule 22, run his own campaign, keep Formosa against the Communists, and weigh bipartisanship in a Stevenson White House.
Wreckage of a U.S. Navy PBM Mariner patrol bomber missing since Wednesday with 13 aboard was sighted this morning in the Mariveles Mountains across Manila Bay. Navy says there appear to be no survivors.
In Mexico City on August 9 a historic hailstorm created six inch deep hail drifts in the streets. Traffic ground to a halt as cars stalled with wet ignitions amid heavy rain.
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