Patrolman Admits Assisting Applicants for Licenses
Birmingham veteran patrol corporal R. H. Weeks admitted helping applicants obtain drivers licenses without required tests. He claimed he assisted about 25 black applicants. authorities estimate up to 1000 may have avoided tests. Weeks faced charges of neglect and malfeasance. he was released on $300 bond.
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Birmingham
R. H. Weeks
Weeks
Autauga County
Eugene Connor
Sam Jones
Connor
Jones
Tuscumbia Man Seeks Hearing
Raymond E. Sherrill Jr. charged with murdering his estranged wife, Sibyl Pugh Sherrill, seeks a preliminary hearing set for next week in Colbert County. The body was found June 26 on a road south of Cherokee. Sherrill surrendered two days later and is held without bond.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Raymond E. Sherrill Jr
Leonard Burt
Sherrill
Colbert County Law and Equity Court
Sibyl Pugh Sherrill
Cherokee
Joe Pugh
Lee McCorkle
Cross Burned At Reporter Geoffrey Birt's Home
A 5 foot cross was set in Geoffrey Birt's yard in Montgomery and burned for a time before fire crews extinguished it. Neighbors saw three men place the cross in the yard and depart in a Montgomery tagged car. Birt called it an amateurish prank and reports no threats or calls recently. Birt is a long-time Montgomery Advertiser writer and former London reporter.
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Montgomery
Geoffrey Birt
Montgomery Advertiser
Birt
Inquiries Open After Arrest Linked to Jones
A full time detective was assigned and state officers led by Governor Gordon Persons conducted an inquiry after an arrest connected to Jones. The suspect claimed he received money yesterday before arrest and said no other patrolmen were involved.
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Gordon Persons
Weeks
Jones
Higher Prices Only Guess Higher Prices
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer warns that forecasts of sharp price rises are unfounded and could fuel inflation. He plans a survey to uncover real facts while noting no widespread price increases from the steel price boost. Retiring OPS director Arnall warned of disastrous effects on prices and higher family costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sawyer
Office of
Ellis Arnall
Breuth
Arnall
Commerce Department
U. S
Five N. O. Election Officials Accused By Federal Jury
Five Plaquemines Parish election officials were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges linked to the 1950 race of U. S. Rep. F. Edward Hebert. Named are Angelo Trumbaturi Henry Gehbauer Sr Emile Mumphrey Anthony Mumphrey and Joseph Bazile. Hebert calls the indictments politically motivated and aimed at states rights and constitutional government supporters. The probe followed J. Ben Meyer’s complaint that some listed voters did not cast ballots and that some Plaquemines voters were New Orleans residents.
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New
Orleans
Plaquemine Parish
U. S
Edward Hebert
Hebert
Louisiana First District
Angelo Trumbaturi
Henry Gehbauer Sr
Emile Mumphrey
Anthony Mumphrey
Joseph Bazile
Scouts Start 23 Day Philmont Trek From Times Square
From Times Square 34 Explorer Scouts and leaders head to the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico, an expedition across 130000 acres. They will spend 23 days in the Santa Fe trail country, riding horseback, fishing and panning for gold.
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New York
Manhattan
Plains
Southwest
Times Square
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch
Cimarron
N. M
Santa Fe Trail Country
Crowd at Legion Field for Joe Wheeler Electric Co op meeting
Several hundred gathered at Legion Field for the fifteenth annual Joe Wheeler Electric Co op meeting opening at 10 30 A M. The afternoon session begins at 1 with Dr Ruth Berrey on Tuberculosis vaccination followed by board elections and prize drawings for 57 winners from registered entries.
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Wheeler Co-Op
Joe Wheeler
Legion Field
Decatur
J. W Counts
John Wiley
G. E. Beall
Burl West
J. Lipscomb
H. A. Alexander
T. S. Hall
Paul Horton
Edgar Odell
Joe Wheeler Electric Co-op
Ruth Berrey
Joel Lipscomb
Troy Hall
Daily Records Transfers and Small Cash Settlements
A compiled list shows numerous transfers between individuals and small cash settlements. Amounts range from one dollar to several thousand, with examples including Annie Radford to William Radford 2500, Marvin Dinsmore to J O Camp 5300, and Decatur Land company to Glenwood Pierson Jr 2000. Several entries reflect multiple spellings or line breaks.
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J. A. Love
E. L. Drinkard
Emma B. McClanahan
Starks McClanahan
Sallie Mae Smith
Margaret McGregor
Arthur J. Simmons
Duke A. Berry
R. L. Meberg
James W. Meberg
Annie Radford
William Leon Radford
Decatur Land Company
Glenwood Pierson Jr
M. M. Holladay
Marvin Holladay
Jessie L. Vine
C. J. Blackwood
Ernest M. Ruffin Sr
Vivian Smith
Co .W. Narmore
H. C. Duke
Jack Roy
Willie L. Roy
L. L. Bates
P. W. Thrasher
Marvin B. Dinsmore
J. O. Camp
Marriage Licenses for Edward Wright and Charles Stone
Edward L. Wright 39 of Hartselle, a Wolverine Tube employee, wed Eura A. Wilhite 37 of Falkville. Charles M. Stone 22 of Mobile, a U S Army member, married Vivian G. Sheats 22 of 401 Sixth Avenue Northwest, a school teacher.
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Edward L. Wright
Hartselle
Wolverine Tube
Eura Almeda Wilhite
Falkville
Charles Melvin Stone
Mobile
Vivian Grace Sheats
Sixth Avenue Northwest
Wage offer in New York tied to GE pay rise plan
The General Electric Company proposed wage increases and insurance benefits for about 200,000 employees. A spokesman said most workers would see total increase benefits of 7 to 13 cents an hour under the offer.
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New York
General Electric Company
Murder Call False Alarm At Drake Hotel
Chicago police rushed four squads to the Drake Hotel after a threatening call claiming a hammer killer would strike there. The man had issued several threats to kill again and directed officers to a body found a week earlier in a downtown hotel, identified as Thomas Acton of Birmingham, Alabama.
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Chicago
Drake Hotel
Hammer
Thomas Acton
Birmingham
Ala
Loop
South Clarke Street
First locomotive for heavy hauling built in England in 1801
The record notes that the earliest heavy hauling locomotive is believed to have been constructed in England in 1801, marking a milestone in railway technology.
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England
Attack Trial In Third Day At Geneva In Rape Case
In Geneva Alabama state witnesses continued testimony in the trial of Reuben Myhand a Malvern youth charged with raping a 14 year old girl. He testified officers threatened to turn him over to a mob to sign a confession while being taken to jail.
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Geneva
Ala
Reuben Myhand
Bowen Simmons
My Hand
Malvern
Dothan
Highway Patrol
Raymond Carlton
C. S. Prior
Congressmen Plan To Leave For Korea
A delegation of congressmen will depart for Korea on Friday to press for answers on ending the Korean campaign and on whether there is a shortage of American ammunition. The group includes nine members of the House Armed Services Committee and plans to return September 14.
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Washington
Korea
House Armed Services Committee
Buildings Burned at Joplin Stockyards Fire
Four buildings were destroyed and about 100 mules died in a stockyards fire in Joplin Missouri last night. No damage estimate to the yards is yet available but animal losses are placed around $10 000.
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Joplin
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Decatur Indians
Fred Smith
Cross
The
Advertiser
Alabama Journal
London
Sylvester Graham
Graham
Radio Shack
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Lafayette St
N. O
Knox McRae
Josh
L. C. Fisher Co
Masonic
Commonwealth Investment Company
Ws Oc
Belk’s
Belk Hudson Lo
Buick
Roadmaster
McRae Buick Company
Lee Street
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