Community notices and Tuscaloosa visits mix with local church events
The Jaycee Auxiliary meets at seven at Why-Not cafe replacing Pitts Motel. Coach Shorty Ogle and Winston Ridgeway travel to Tuscaloosa for North-South games with local attendees. Rev B B Sellers to speak midweek at Sixth Avenue Church of God. James Riggs completes Fort Jackson training. Dr Clifton Allen returns to preach after Pioneer Week. Gilbert Chunn killed in Snyder Texas wreck. Sermons and church activities span Central Baptist First Methodist and other local churches. A new room permit granted at 510 10th Ave NW. cost about 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton J. Allen
Glorieta
New Mexico
Assembly
Central Baptist Church
City elections deadline set for Sept. 15 in Decatur
City attorney John Caddell clarifies filing cutoff for local races driven by Alabama code. Ambiguity over Aug. 15 or 16 closing date resolved as midnight Aug. 15 if 30 days separate qualifying from election day. See Saturday page 2 for full discussion.
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John Caddell
Decatur
Alabama Bar Association
Fate Of Negro Is In Balance
In Geneva Alabama defense and prosecution argued final points in the Reuben Myhand rape trial of a 14 year old girl. A judge ruled admissible a prior statement by Myhand finding pressure by officers may have coerced the confession. Adjournal followed with decision pending.
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Geneva
Ala
Reuben Myhand
B. W. Simmons
Myhand
Fate
Joe Wheeler Co op Now Worth More Than Four Million
The Joe Wheeler Electric Co op grows to over four million in value as Floyd Anderson reports at the fifteenth annual meeting at Legion Field Decatur. Membership reaches 10 490 with 1950 miles of line. Dr Ruth Berrey discusses TB vaccination reducing deaths, and a board of trustees is elected with J W Counts Mr Hope president and George Beall Eva vice president.
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NEW Wheeler Co-Op
Joe Wheeler Co-Op
Legion Field
Decatur
Hall
John Wiley
Joe Lipscomb
H. A. Alex
Joe Wheeler Electric Co-op
Floyd Anderson
Anderson
H. Alexander
Ruth Berrey
Birmingham
Jefferson County Board of Health
Berrey
America
Berry
H. A. Alexander
Paul Horton
Troy Hall
Board of Trustees
J. W. Counts
Mr. Hope
George Beall
Eva
Burl West
Falkville
Belgium reduces conscription term sparks European army worries
Belgium cut three months from its 24 month conscription, triggering concerns for Gen Ridgway's European army. Brussels failed to secure a regional two year standard, while strikes protested the policy amid broader EDC talks and looming manpower plans.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Belgium
Matthew B. Ridgway
Brussels
Inous
European Defense Community
EDC
EDC Alotance
Escapee Hunt Sill Pressed
Escapee Bull described as 22, jet black hair, 5 feet 4 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, wearing khaki trousers and a light brown sport shirt, escaped from Lawrence County jail in Moulton Tuesday night by sawing bars and using knotted sheets. Heavy rain hampered bloodhound search yesterday. sighting on Decatur Moulton highway later reported but not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland H. Bull
Lawrence County
Bull
Decatur-Moulton
Moulton
Pen Bull
Kilby
Fund to Buy Cortisone for Rheumatic Heart Patient
The McSpadden Fund rises with new donations to aid John McSpadden of Austinville who cannot work to support his eight-member family. Cortisone costs 26 dollars per dose, every four days, totaling 156 dollars per month. no funds exist. Total contributions reach 222.01 dollars to date with multiple donors and group gifts noted.
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McSpadden
John MecSpadden
Austinville
Decatur
MccSpadden
Ryan
Margaret Speake
Ola B. Walker
T. E. Campbell
C. P. Sivley
L. A. Neill
Lizzie M. Turner
Typhoon Aims at Southern Japan From Okinawa
Kyodo News reports a typhoon moving from the Okinawa area toward Southern Japan is expected to strike tomorrow morning at about 15 miles per hour.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Japan
Kyodo
Massey Man Held After Kinshot Incident
Sheriff says warrant for C. I. Gray of Massey charging attempted murder of Chester Owens. Gray, Owens brother in law, is held in Morgan county jail for investigation after a shotgun wound in Owens thigh Tuesday night in Massey. Owens, 40, from Massey, is in satisfactory condition at Lavender clinic in Hart selle.
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John McCutcheon
C. I. Gray
Massey
Chester Owens
Gray
Owens
Morgan County
Lavender Clinic
Hartselle
Peck
Sheriff’s Office
Arnall Sees Rise in Costs Fed by Steel Price Boost
Washington price chief Ellis Arnall warned of further inflation in the next three months as steel price increases and rising wages push living costs higher. He said families will pay at least $100 more yearly, and OPS moves to permit ceiling hikes for fabricators and manufacturers to pass costs to consumers.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Sawyer
Roger L. Putnam
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Dangerous Stunt At Amusement Park Leads To Fine
Fitchburg Massachusetts police said 17 year old Paul J Fluet was fined 15 dollars in district court after he and two younger companions repeatedly jumped into a roller coaster car near the top of a rise and leaped out before the drop at Whalom Park despite park officials pleas to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Mass
Paul J. Fluet
Whalom Park
Fluet
Bandage indicates attempt as Mrs Dennison goes on trial
Mrs Earle Dennison, a former hospital nurse, goes on trial in Wetumpka Ala for two counts of murder in the arsenic deaths of two infant nieces. A 24 hour postponement followed her wrist slashing in a jail cell. About 2000 spectators packed the circuit court as the case began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thomas Wetumpka
Ala
Earle Dennson
Circuit Court
Ruling In Death Of Negro Woman Due Later Today
Morgan County Coroner Joe Morrison expected to decide the cause of Marie Bridgeforth’s death a 30 to 35 year old Black woman who died Sunday night. Toxicology reports from C D Brooks from Birmingham were awaited after an autopsy Monday. Thomas Jackson, 35, is jailed on first degree murder charges in the Water Street house where she and Jackson lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Joe Morrison
Marie Bridgeforth
C. D. Brooks
Birmingham
Mr. Morrison
Mr. Brooks
Deadur
Thomas Jackson
Bridgeforth
Water Street
Jackson
Ardmore Faces Possible Extended Terms as No Mayoral Candidates
Ardmore officials faced a potential extra term with no mayoral or alderman candidates yet. Mayor Hubert R. Mangum said state law requires officials to stay in office until new officers are elected, with a qualification deadline of August 16. Nearby towns move faster as candidates qualify. In Moulton six new aldermen were listed, Courtland added two candidates, and Elkmont expected more before Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Hubert R. Mangum
Mangum
Moulton
John Wilson
Thurman J. Smith
R. W. Carter
Eddie Mitchell
Leo Roberson
L. A. Roger
Courtland
T. H. Tweedy Jr
C. T. Hopper
Elkmont
Hubert R. Smith
Morgan County Ministers Called For Monday Meeting
All Morgan County ministers were asked to attend a clergy meeting next Monday at 2 PM. Rev. T. J. Chitwood of Central Methodist Church issued the call for ministers from all denominations to meet at Southside Baptist Church in Decatur.
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Morgan County
T. J. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Southside Baptist Church
Decatur
Petition Check Underway for Liquor Referendum
Probate Judge T. C. Almon said his office is checking names on the liquor referendum petition filed recently. He expects completion Friday and will call an election if enough names of qualified voters are on the petition. Work is slow due to missing addresses and box numbers, duplication, and illegible names.
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T. C. Almon
August 15 Declared Old Maid's Day in Denton Texas
Martha Cole reports the third annual Old Maid's Day celebration in Denton Texas with Dorothy Babb and Amelia Anthony as leading figures. The event encourages donations to Girlstown in the name of honored old maids, including a recent $5 gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cole
Denton
Tex
Texas
Dorothy Babb
North Texas State College
Amelia Anthony
Girlstown
U.S. A
West Texas Prairies
Miss Anthony
Miss Babb
General Eisenhower Declines Truman Briefing Request
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the GOP presidential nominee, rejects President Truman’s invitation for a confidential briefing on the international situation. He telegrams that it is his duty to remain free to analyze Truman administration policies publicly and that it would be unwise to accept.
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Wires Truman
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Truman
Washington
Stevenson urges states to curb federal power in nationwide address
Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee, called on the 48 states to deliver good government and block the tidal wave of centralized power moving toward Washington. He warned that if states fail to perform functions at home, citizens will seek federal help, likening states to dikes against an ever-advancing flood toward the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Stevenson
Uncle Sam
District of Columbia
Stevenson Briefed on International Affairs at White House
Governor Adlai Stevenson met with President Truman and cabinet officials plus defense and intelligence chiefs to discuss international affairs as Eisenhower sharply criticized the move the same day, highlighting a partisan clash over policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
White House
Truman
Defense
Eisenhower
Marines Hold Bunker Hill Against Two Communist Attacks
U S Marines repelled two aggressive Red assaults on Bunker Hill in Western Korea securing the hill four miles east of Panmunjom. Maj. Gen. John Selden estimated over 500 enemy killed in four days with allied air forces hitting bunkers and gun positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Barnard
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Bunker Hill
Leathernecks
U. N
Panmunjom
John Selden
U. S. First Marine Division
Air Force
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