Land reforms take center stage in Middle East politics
The Associated Press reports a major push for land reform in Egypt and Iran. In Egypt the government studies redistributing land to landless peasants, with parcels up to 200 acres proposed. In Iran the Shah grants ownership deeds to 11 royal villages as part of a reform program amid political strife surrounding martial law and Mossadegh.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Egypt
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Ayatullah Kashani
Probate Petition Threshold For Countywide Election Discussed
Judge Almon weighed the petition to call a countywide election noting signers did not specify beat or box. He cited the 1950 US Senate race as 2957 votes and stated 740 qualified voters are needed. The petition shows 1500 to 1800 names. filing on August 11 could trigger an election between September 9 and 24 if enough names exist, with no additions allowed after filing.
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Big Job
Almon
United States
Movie listings in multiple theaters for the evening
Amusements Princess shows The Magic Carpet with Lucille Ball and John Agar at 1:00 2:44 4:28 6:10 7:53 9:38. ROXY presents To Have And Have Not with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall at 1:18 3:16 5:14 7:12 9:10. SUNSET screens Two Tickets To Broadway starring Tony Martin Janet Leigh. STRAND in Hartselle shows A Millionaire for Christy with Fred MacMurray Eleanor Parker at 7:00 9:00. RANCH in Hartselle offers Toast of New Orleans with Kathryn Grayson Mario Lanza David Niven at 7:15 9:00. HATFIELD Athens presents The Lady Pays Off with Linda Darnell Stephen McNally and Gigi Perreau at 7:15 9:00.
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John Agar
Roxy
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Hartselle
New Orleans
Kathryn Grayson
Mario Lanza
David Niven
Will Spanabel Rites Thursday
Final rites for Will Spanabel 59 of 1025 Sixth Avenue S E will be held Thursday at his residence with Rev Milford Walker and Rev W L Dobbs officiating and Roselawn Cemetery to follow. He died at home from a heart attack last night at 7 45 P M and the body lies in state from 5 P M today. Spanabel, a World War I veteran and member of Moulton Heights Baptist church, is survived by his widow Frances Spanabel a sister Ilona Ridges a brother Fred Spanabel and several other relatives. Active pallbearers are Turner Davis J C Howell Prince Jones Otis Phillips Urban McMurry Turner D Eaves and James Lynn Jr.
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Sixth Avenue
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Milford Walker
Roselawn Cemetery
Brown Directing
Frances Spanabel
Decatur
Ilona Ridges
Fred .Spanabel
San Angelo
Tex
Turner Davis
J. C. Howell
Prince Jones
Otis Phillips
Urban McMurry
Turner
Eaves
James Lynn
Spanabel
Moulton Heights
Drouth Relief Moves Under Way As Hog Crisis Looms
Governor taps President Truman for emergency aid while officials act on the request. An Atlanta meeting offers relief for hog-raisers hit by drought and a hog virus. Easing interstate shipment bans is hoped to ease the market strain as feed shortages force early hog sales.
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Atlanta
Drouth
Bus Rescues Passengers From Flood Near Memphis
Early morning flood danger as a bus traveling from St. Louis toward Memphis found passengers struggling in the water and shouting for help. Thomp son dived in after removing most of his clothing and rescued three people, including two Black children clinging to bushes. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Nuclear atom electrons spark a tidal ache of charge
The text notes electrons orbiting the atom’s nucleus as negatively charged particles. It presents a brief ad claim line about want ads delivering results.
Community and Mine Weather and Local Notes
The Tennessee river levels at 7 A M show fluctuations through Wednesday with Guntersville at 594.4 fall .6 Whitesburg 554.0 rise 5 Decatur 554.6 fall .1 Wilson 507.2 fall .3 Florence 412.4 fluctuate 411.9 to 412.9 The TVA substation reports yesterday's high 94 at 1 P M and today 79 at 7 A M and 87 at noon Visitors include Mr and Mrs Robert Hoskins and children from High Point NC staying with relatives Mrs E Branum and Mrs R Mangrum W T Crabtree of Decatur greeted friends Dismissals from Ellis Meyer hospital: Mrs John Conrad and daughter 612 Ninth Street SE and Mrs Leonard Peters and son Moulton 2
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Florence
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Susan
Steve
High Point
North Carolina
R. B. Mangrum
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
John Conrad
Ninth Street S.E
Leonard Peters
Moulton
Eisenhower campaigns in the South amid mixed signals on schedules
Eisenhower plans may be finalized after conference rounds with Southern backers and farm leaders. He refused to preview campaign ideas while noting a positive farm policy stance from eight House and Senate Agriculture Committee members. Southern delegates see a fighting chance in Texas and possible picks in Florida Virginia and Louisiana.
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Texas
Florida
Virginia
Bernard Chill
Jackson
Miss
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Alabama
Shrine Chanters To Be Heard In Concert On Sept 28
Decatur Shriners heard color films of the Southeastern Shrine convention in Atlanta and the national convention in Miami at their monthly meeting. Zamora Chanters may perform Sept 28 at Central Methodist Church./L. P. Harless, Zamora temple photographer, showed the movies. Guests included Rufus M. Lackey potentate Harry Winfield John Foster and Jimmy Hyde from Birmingham.
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Rufus M. Lackey
Zamora Temple
Harry Winfield
John Foster
Jimmy Hyde
Birmingham
Star Northern Back Suffers Broken Leg
Melton Le Croy star halfback formerly of Guntersville high suffered a broken left leg in a scrimmage for the Alabama All Star game in Tuscaloosa. He had signed a football scholarship with the University of Georgia. He was hospitalized with breaks in both the large and small bones and is expected to miss the 1952 season. He played left halfback for the North All Star team.
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Melton LeCroy
Guntersville High School
LeCroy
University of Georgia
Mrs. Rena Mooney Dies in San Francisco at 74
Mrs. Rena Ellen Mooney widow of militant unionist Tom Mooney died yesterday in San Francisco at age 74. The music teacher and activist endured public attention for years as she and her husband fought for his release after the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. Mooney’s name carried international notice though she later lived in obscurity.
Parliament clears preventive detention bill in India clash
In New Delhi the upper house of Parliament passed a preventive detention bill amid a crisis over Communist violence. The vote marks a decisive move to curb Communist activity as security measures tighten nationwide.
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New Delhi
India
Harvey Rites On Wednesday For Johnnie H. Harvey 74
Funeral services for Johnnie H. Harvey 74 of Hartselle will be held Wednesday at 2 P M at McKendree Chapel with Rev R N Moore and Rev John Smith officiating. Interment follows in the adjacent cemetery Peck directing Survivors include the widow Bertha Harvey three daughters and four stepdaughters twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named Harvey was a member of McKendree Methodist church and Woodmen of the World
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Hartselle
Hartselle Hospital
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Peck
Bertha Harvey
Orbie Penn
Thurman Morris
Danville
Jack Hart
HartseHe
A. E. Lawrence
Birmingham
P. H Ridgeway
Cullman
J. S. Hand
Vinemont
W.W. Sapp
Ralph Summerford
Homer Summerford
Robert Summerford
Phil Morris
Hugh Parker
Richard Parker Jr
B. G. Hall
M. H. Brown
Charlie Calloway
Arthur Smith
Harold Orr
Owen McCutcheon
Donnie Penn
J. W. Doss
Neal Doss
Claudie Gibson
Lesley Parker
Arthur Penn
Mr. Harvey
McKendree Methodist Church
The
Woodmen of the World
Decatur Lions Club Members Endorse Candidacies for City Council
Four businessmen and civic leaders in Decatur announce bids for re election or new terms. Odom, longtime city official, pledges to keep Decatur first and continues to advocate moral government. Pryor stresses sound progressive government and his four year record. Huie opposes city sales tax and vows to pursue equal rights and removal of the tax if elected.
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Odom
Decatur
Nathan M. Pryor
Pryor Motor Company
First Avenue
Grace Baptist Church
J. R. Huie
East Moulton Street
L & N Railroad
Dancer Moira Shearer Delivers Baby Daughter
Ballet star Moira Shearer 26 and her husband Ludovic Kennedy welcomed an eight pound four ounce daughter last night. The birth alters plans for Shearer who was set to lead opposite Danny Kaye in Hans Christian Andersen.
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Moira Shearer
Moira
Ludovic Kennedy
Danny Kaye
Temperature Rise With Depth
When men dig into the earth temperatures increase roughly one degree Fahrenheit for every 60 to 70 feet of depth, a finding noted in the article.
Market Report for Decatur Cotton and Grains
Decatur markets show middling cotton at 40,000 bales with strict low at 38.50 cents. No 2 mile wheat near 3.10. No 2 oats new crop eight cents. No 2 yellow corn around 1.83. Hog prices in Decatur at 21.50 per hundredweight.
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Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market holds steady prices
Atlanta reports the North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm with lighter weights about adequate to meet fair demand. Heavier weights show subdued demand while broilers and fryers under 3 1 2 pounds bring 30.31 and a few at 31 1 2.
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North
Georgia
Cotton futures rise on scarce offerings in New York market
Cotton futures were firm as limited offerings supported a late session upturn. Most buying came from textile mills with Oct at 38.50, Dec 38.32, and Mar 38.18 per bale, up 1.20 to 1.45 from the prior close.
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New York
Nashville Marketes Steady Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle prices hold steady with loads of 475 lb babies at 27.75 and mixed lots 23.50 to 27.50. Utility cows 17.00 to 20.00, canners 12.00 to 16.50. Stockers 22.00 to 26.00, calves 300 head active, prime vealers top 30.00. Hogs active with butchers near 22.75 to 23.00, sows 18.50 to 19.00. Sheep light supply, good to choice lambs 26.00 to 28.00, ewes 3.00 to 6.00.
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Nashville
Marines Capture Siberia Hill After Fierce Bayonet Fight
Marines driving from Panmunjom area burn and blast Chinese positions on Siberia Hill then seize Bunker Ridge in a hard fought night action. Chinese shelling strikes US destroyers J R Pierce and Barton and British Mounts Bay wounding sailors while air forces attack targets north of Wonsan and around Siberia. AP reporter Sam Summerlin notes the hill is cratered and blistered by shellfire.
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Siberia Hill
Navy
J. R. Pierce
Barton
Mounts Bay
Wonsan
U. S Far East Air Force
U. S. Fifth Air Force
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Athens College Offers Free Tuition to Seniors Over 65
In Athens Alabama the college will admit students over 65 without tuition payment provided they remain in good health and meet entrance standards. The program invites seniors to resume schooling with no tuition while maintaining academic requirements.
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Athens College
Athens
Ala
Scout Camp Biggest Yet
The 410 Boy Scouts at Camp Westmoreland near Florence, the Tennessee Valley council's camp, mark the largest turnout yet with 41 troops including seven Morgan county units. Scout official Selbourne Hall outlined needs for beds, boats, and more equipment as the goal remains 200 boys weekly in summer.
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Florence
Tennessee Valley Council
Decatur
Lyons Hotel
Morgan County
Selbourne Hall
Bob Hunter
Hall
Camp Westmoreland
W. R. Riley
Riverside High School
Riley
R. L. Sturgis
Winsboro
S.C
Hartselle
Henry Hanson
New York
W. T. Morris
Roscoe Hicks
Birmingham
John Peach, Jr
John Peach III
Slaying Suspect Gurganus Sightings Reported by Oakman Police
Tavern Wallace said bloodhounds from Kilby prison in Montgomery were asked to track the slayers. Police Chief James E Black said two men reported seeing Gurganus wounded on the floor and he told them to call the highway patrol since the scene was outside his jurisdiction. Sheriff Parker said Gurganus faced burglar troubles and took beer stock home at night. he lived in Oakman.
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Kilby
Montgomery
James E. Black
Oakman
Walker County
Black
Highway Patrol
Gurganus
R. G. Parker
Tuscaloosa
City Farming Rise Widespread Among U S Farmers
Nearly a third of U S farms are run by people who hold another job for basic livelihood. The Institute of Life Insurance says the main income for this group comes from urban work, pension or investments, a trend that has doubled in ten years due to faster transport and use of automobiles.
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U. S
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