Weather and notices from Athens area daily round up
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers mainly in afternoon. Winds coastwise gentle to moderate. Athens business today by John B Hays. Mrs Victor Vencenvi Rome dismissed from Hamil Clinic. Homer Price Trinity discharged from Baugh Wiley clinic. Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs John Lentz Wheeler Lake yesterday at Decatur General. Admitted to Decatur General were Norman Childers Falkville, Billy Joe Owens Decatur, and Mrs W R Black Athens. R W Walker Jr Athens admitted to Hamil Clinic. Revival begins August 21 at Brown's Chapel Baptist. Blue Springs Baptist revival Aug 14 with Rev Dewey Robinson. J W Campbell Hartseller a business visitor. Memorial Drive Methodist MYF to run Methodist Youth Week Aug 15–19 on Christian Vocations with Nelson Guthrie Jr leading discussions. Seven cases set for recorder's court. several driving without license and traffic offense defendants. Judge Powell and other officials attend Alabama Bar Assn convention in Mobile. Rev Neely Crawford to return to Willoughby Presbyterian pulpit Monday. Noon 91 degrees. max 92 this afternoon. min 72. No 24 hour rainfall. Bob Jousar to preach Sunday at First Presbyterian on The Living Water. Revival starts Monday at Kirby Chapel through Aug 21 with Bob Jousar. services 7:30 pm nightly. Rev G M Davenport to preach Christ And The Church at 10:50 am and The Unpardon ed at 7:30 pm. Miss Jane Murphree leaves for ten day University of Alabama trip to attend all-state football game. See Diary on Page 2.
One Horse Wagon and Cadillac Hit on Vine Street
Police report no injuries after a 3:45 p.m. collision on Vine Street between a one horse wagon driven by Jessie Jones of Twelfth Avenue West and a 1948 Cadillac driven by James Brown of Florence. Officers Hunter and Weatherly investigated.
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Vine Street
Jessie Jones
James Brown
Florence
Hunter
Weatherly
Gas And Autos In Limelight On Labor Front
Ford workers in Michigan authorized a strike vote to press pensions health benefits and a wage increase while a Chicago gasoline truck drivers strike threatened a fuel shortage. The CIO United Auto Workers won strike authority by a wide margin 60 585 to 8 710 but bargaining will continue. Walter Reuther pledged peaceful methods unless Ford refused to meet the demands, while John S Bugas said Ford aims to keep jobs and avoid price hikes with negotiations. See GAS on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Ford
Michigan
Chicago
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Company
John S. Bugas
Ford Industrial Relations
Damage Suit in Crash Filed Against Alonzo Jackson
Juanita Martin, 26, of Gadsden, sues Alonzo Jackson for 15000 claiming injuries from a traffic crash in August 1948 that killed one and injured three. She alleges a Jackson agent negligently operated a pickup that was struck by Taft Patterson’s car on Highway 33 near Valdermosa Springs about 10:30 p.m. The plaintiff suffered a compound fracture and other injuries, was hospitalized into 1949, and remains partially disabled. Representation is by William L. Chenavit.
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Alonzo Jackson
Juanita Martin
Gadsden Negro
Jackson
Taft O'Neal Patterson
Hartseller
Highway Patrol
Valdermosa Springs
Patterson
Martin
Gadsden
William L. Chenavit
Morgan Circuit
A Netterson
Jeff Ferris Weeden
Highwa Patrol
Howard Russell
Newman Jackson
Sam B. Bystes
Sixteenth Victim Dies from Bus Crash Fire
Bloomington dispatch reports Sgt. Dale Aikman, 30, of Komomo, died of burn injuries from yesterday's Greyhound bus crash that killed 15 others. His wife and two children perished in the fire as investigators examine charred wreckage at the Indianapolis Greyhound garage. Officials say early checks found no mechanical failure.
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Bloomington
Ind
Greyhound
Dale Aikman
Kokomo
Aikman
Camp Campbell
LaPorte
National Guard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana State Police
Greyhound Lines
Indianapolis
Arthur M.thurston
State Police
Fleeing Negro Hides in Woods
GRAY COURT S C Aug 11 A swift footed negro hunted after an attempted rape found refuge in farm country woods. A search once about 1000 people dwindled to a score of officers as high feeling subsided. Sheriff Cal J White identified the fugitive as Willie Junior Tolbert who was sought for the assault on a 16 year old white girl near Greenwood 50 miles away. A $500 reward was offered but no charges filed yet pending arrest. The search area centered on a fire lookout tower with officers surveying late yesterday. Tolbert was reportedly spotted in the corn and cotton area northeast of Laurens county town.
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Gray Court
S. C
Cal J. White
Willie Junior Tolbert
Greenwood
Here
Tolbert
Tony Tolbert
Laurens County
Two Negro Men Facing Death on Friday in Chair
Two negro men, Nehemiah Green of Jefferson county and J. C. Winters of Elmore county, convicted of killing white persons, face execution in Kilby prison's electric chair. Gov. James E. Folsom denied clemency. sentences upheld by the state supreme court. Winters killed Clyde Park, a 15 year old Wetumpka youth, and Green killed Solomon in Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Kilby
Nehemiah Green
Jefferson County
J. C. Winters
Elmore County
James E. Folsom
State Supreme Court
Winters
Clyde Park
Wetumpka
Green
Ewes Solomon
Harriman Urges Swift U S Arms Aid to West Europe
Washington Aug 11 P W Averell Harriman former Moscow envoy told the senate foreign relations and armed services committees that the United States faces a determined Russia and must approve the 1 45 billion foreign arms program He argued that arming Western Europe would greatly increase U S security and warned against delaying action that could embolden subversives and neutrality advocates Taft signaled possible opposition but would not lead the fight. See HARRIMAN on Page 2
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Washington
P. W. Averell Harriman
Western
Europe
U. S
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Taft
Rohio
GOP
Mundt Charges War Official Letter A Bribe Invitation
Senator Mundt charged that a War Assets Administration letter to James Hunt in August 1947 was a blatant invitation for bribery or connivance. The inquiry tied to Hunt and five percenters seeking government contracts. a letter from Clarence Oehler to Hunt promised a $100 million automotive parts sale with confidential information and broad discretion. The panel also planned to probe the suspension of Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Mundt
R-S. D
War Assets Administration
James V. Hunt
Mundt
Senate Investigations
Clarence W. Oehler
Hunt
Oehler
White House
Harry S. Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Francis D. Flanagan
WAA
Army
Chemical Corps
Alden H. Waitt
Flanagan
Escaped Man Back in Tails Escaped Man Back in Tails
L. V. Dye, 23, a Winston County resident, is back at Camp Cullman after a failed noon hour escape on Tuesday. He had served about three months of a 36 month grand larceny sentence and was working on a construction job when he attempted to flee. State officials led by W. J. Lane captured him around 5 p.m. Wednesday and returned him to the camp, with camp steward Troy Oney noting Dye was found about ten miles west of Cullman while trying to reach Double Springs on foot.
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L. V. Dye
Camp Cullman
Winston County
W. J. Lane
Dye
Troy Oney
Cullman
Double Springs
Committee calls for Klan charter revocation in Alabama
The Committee of 500 led by Donald Comer urged Alabama authorities to revoke the Ku Klux Klan charter by court or legislature. Eighteen men indicted for flogging and related charges. Klan leader William Hugh Morris jailed for refusing to reveal records. The report criticizes vigilante acts and praises Birmingham papers for exposing Klan activity while urging tighter law enforcement cooperation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Ku Klux Klan
Committee of 500
Donald Comer
Alabama
Kama Klaverns
Wiliam Hugh Morris
KKK
Lucas Wage Bill Raises Minimum to 75 Cents an Hour
The House passed a bill to raise the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents per hour as urged by President Truman. The 361 to 35 vote sends the measure to the Senate, where a similar bill stalls amid other business. The bill, written by Republicans and Southern Democrats and amended to a flat 75 cent minimum, would remove about one million workers from coverage and limits wage-hour regulator authority while excluding some interstate production.
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Lucas
House
Washington
Truman
Senate
Tobin
Rep
Texas
Labor Committee
Dtexas
Marcantonio
New York
Rep. Redden
D-Sc
Compromise Ends Filibuster on Senate Size Bill
In Montgomery on Aug 11 a Senate filibuster ended amid a compromise encouraging a vote on a constitutional amendment to enlarge the Senate. The six hour session opened at 12 01 a m CST, with the 67 senator reapportionment bill slated after passage of the general appropriations bill. The school appropriation bill waits until the 67 senator measure is decided, after which a road bond proposal of 40 million dollars was defeated.
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Montgomery
Senate
Two Boys Held Baby's Head in Puddle in Montgomery
In Montgomery on August 11 two boys aged 6 and 7 were arrested after being found holding a 22 month old girl's head in a puddle. The infant's diaper was removed and she suffered minor neck injuries while the mother reported the child missing. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lewis Miller
Miller
Spaak Named Council Head By The Associated Press
The European Council's consultative assembly elected Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium its first president by acclamation in Strasbourg. Spaak, who resigned as acting Belgian premier and foreign minister, heads the 101-member body as it seeks to become Europe's first international parliament. Greece steps up offensive against guerrillas near the Albanian frontier amid contested claims of Albanian incursions. US defense secretary Louis Johnson travels to Ottawa for talks on North American defense planning, with W Averell Harriman also involved in European recovery and cooperation efforts.
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European Council
Consultative Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Assembly
Strasbourg
France
Europe
Spaak
Winston Churchill
Britain
United Nations General Assembly
Socialist Party
Gaston Eyskens
Greece
Ambato Slears Under New Tremors After Quake
Ambato Ecuador reports more earth shocks as survivors fear further collapses in a town already ravaged by last week’s quakes. Relief forces push tents and canvas to shelter up to 3,000 people. U S Air Force planes loaded with tents are en route from the Canal Zone.
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Ito
Ecuador
Ambato
Quito
American Red Cross
U. & Air Force
Canal Zone
Money Awaits Local Airport Aid Approved
State aid for the Athens Decatur Morgan Limestone airport was approved with a $30,000 state share of a $185,000 project. Asa Rountree Jr. said the federal government will supply two thirds of funds, with a new $517,888 federal allotment for airport building. Additional funds could aid Decatur if needed, enabling a $2,000,000 program for Alabama.
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Athens-Decatur- Morgan-Limestone
Asa Rountree Jr
State Aeronautics Board
Rountree
CAA
Decatur
Associated Press
Alabama A
Wounded Woman in Serious Condition At Local Hospital
Police say Mrs Eve Withiems is being held in Morgan jail for investigation after a shooting early Wednesday morning left Mrs Sylvester in serious condition at a local hospital. Two gunshot wounds to head and shoulder reported.
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J. B. Whitmire
Eve Withiems
Morgan
Sylvester
House Ok's Curt Montgomery Term Limit Amendment
The Alabama house of representatives voted 54 to 29 to ratify a proposed constitutional amendment limiting future Presidents to two terms. Opponents pressed Roosevelt references, but sponsors said the measure does not target any former president. Rep. Luther Ingalls said it would memorialize Roosevelt by his unique three-term service. Ratification by three-fourths of states is required within seven years.
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Montgomery
Alabama
House of Representatives
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Luther Ingalls
Montgomery County
Roosevelt
Road bond bill dies in Alabama legislature battles
In an all night session the Alabama senate failed to pass a road bond measure as a constitutional amendment needing 21 votes. Proponents held 18 to 12 against. The two plans would have funded farm to market roads with 40 million to counties or 27.5 million to counties and 12.5 million to the State Highway Department, plus a one cent gasoline tax. The senate rejected an amendment to include 132 bridges from a separate 20 million bridge bill. The bridge bill seems dead in the house, while proponents tried to attach it to the road bond measure. Filibuster tactics and reapportionment ideas tied to Gov. Folsom’s platform were used to stall the 67 senator plan, which would give each county a full-time state senator. The session paused with debate continuing on Page 2.
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House
Senate
State High Way Department
James E. Folsom
Alabama
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John B. Hays
Athens 7
Victor Vencenvi
Rome, Ga
Hamil Clinic
Homer Price
Trinity
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
John Lentz
Wheeler Lake
Decatur General Hospital
Norma Jean Childers
Norman Childers
Falkville
Billy Joe Owens
Elliott Owens
W. R. Black
Athens
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Brown's Chapel Baptist Church
Blue Springs Baptist Church
Dewey Robinson
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. W. Campbell
Memorial Drive
Recorder’s Court
Newton B. Powell
George Johnson
George Sherrill Jr
Alabama Bar Association
Mobile
Neely D. Crawford
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Rogersville
Bob Jousar
First Presbyterian Church
Kirby Chapel
Bobusar
G. M. Davenport
Christ
Church
Jane Murphree
Grant Street
University of Alabama
Cadillac
Harriman
Moscow
Holt McDowell
Refusal
New Group
Vitsi Triangle
Ministry of War
Tirana
House Ok's
Samuel Taylor
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