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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1952
Page
1
Community notes and hospital news from Decatur area
Local visitors Roy Seitz and spouse arrive from Birmingham to visit parents on Bee Line Highway. VFW post meets Monday at eight in Second Ave clubrooms. Several admissions and discharges recorded at Ellis-Meyer and Decatur General hospitals. Westminster Presbyterian holds a corporate church meeting after Sunday service. Sermon at Westside Presbyterian titled Unpossessed Possessions. Building permit issued for a six room dwelling at 1405 Cypress Street valued around 8000 dollars. Courts hear alcohol and driving while intoxicated cases. Births announced at Decatur General. hospitalizations noted for local residents. Eisenhower for President Club to meet at Ferry Street HQ. Page 2 diary reference for W. C. Rice in Jefferson-Hillman hospital.
Japanese Surrender Marked by Korean Rallies in Japan
In Tokyo seven years after Japan's surrender ending World War II, Koreans in Japan held rallies across at least 20 cities with police marking the events. Some Japanese Reds joined the North Korean celebrants as Koreans hailed freedom from four decades of Japanese rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Three New Entries In City Election Boost Totals
Three additional candidates joined the city race bringing the total to 17 with 3 for mayor and 14 for Council. The qualifying deadline for the September 15 election is Saturday midnight August 16. W W Dinsmore announced he would not run for mayor. Connell Moody and Strane named as new Council candidates with backgrounds in business education and veterans affairs. Connell, 42, of Decatur since 1933, works for AT&T and favors expanded educational facilities for all residents. Moody has served four years on the Council as chair of fire water and light committees. Strane is an electrical contractor and WWI veteran. Dinsmore cited full‑time mayoral duties and business commitments in declining to seek office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dinsmore
Moulton Street
Lenoah G
George) Connell
Leonard E. Moody
Lawrence A. Strane
Connell
Brookmeade Road
Decatur
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Moody
6Th Avenue NW
American Legion
Central Methodist Church
Daily Reporter Today
Verdict In Neuro Death Delayed In Birmingham
The coroner reports the cause of Marie Bridgeforth death will not be determined until toxicology tests are completed in Birmingham. Assistant state toxicologist C D Brooks notes probable asphyxiation and shock from continuous alcoholic intoxication, with results expected in about a week. The deceased lived with Thomas Jackson and witnesses described an alleged unlawful act before her death in Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bridgeforth
Birmingham
Morgan County
Joe Morrison
C. D. Brooks
Morrison
Brooks
Jackson
CIO Accuses AFL Union of Raiding Textile Workers
The CIO executive board accuses the AFL United Textile Workers Union of raiding operations in a battle over Southern textile organizing. It targets George Baldanzi, ex CIO organizer turned AFL official, claiming he broke faith and used smear tactics. AFL predicts large defections. CIO cites limited actual disaffiliations and ongoing court battles over locals funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
AFL
George Baldanzi
United Textile Workers Union
Baldanzi
CIO Textile Workers
AFL Union
Anthony Valente
AFL Textile Workers
CIO Union
Emil Rieve
Liquor Referendum Petition Under Review in Morgan County
Judge of Probate T C Almon reported his office was still checking names on the liquor referendum petition filed last week. Many signers omitted addresses or box numbers, delaying verification. if enough qualified voters signed, a wet or dry election will be called for Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate
T. C. Almon
Morgan County
Witness Describes Nurse Indifference in Baby's Death Trial
In Wetumpka Alabama a hospital nurse testified that Mrs Earle Dennison seemed nearly unmoved when told of her niece's death amid charges she poisoned two nieces with arsenic. Testimony cited delays in hospitalization and prior treatment, while a funeral home worker noted the aunt's anxious behavior during an autopsy conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thomas Wetumpka
Ala
Earle Dennison
Alma Hall
Warrant Issued for Gray in Massey Shooting Case
Coleman I. Gray, 45, of Massey, was charged with assault to murder after a Tuesday night shooting that wounded Chester Owens, 40, of Massey. Owens said the assailant stepped from behind a tree and fired a shotgun at close range. He was treated at Lavender clinic in Hartselle and is in fair condition. Owens' mother swore out the warrant before Judge W. H. Long. no bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman I. Gray
Massey
Chester Owens
Owens
W. H. Long
Gray
Lavender Clinic
Hartselle
Coroner Rules Death of Cullman Woman Suicide
Cullman Coroner Grady Moss ruled the death of Elizabeth Schaefer a suicide after she hanged herself in the basement of her Cullman home at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday. She had been in ill health mentally since a vehicle accident over a year ago and was under medical care. Funeral services were set for 4:30 P.M. at Grace Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss
Grace Episcopal
Reds Yield On Map Demand By Allies
United Nations command in Tokyo said the Communists yielded to Allied demands for maps showing new locations of three prisoner of war camps in North Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United Nations Command
North Korea
Bridges Backs Bipartisan Foreign Policy Push
Sen Styles Bridges, GOP Senate leader, urged vigorous Republican campaigning on international issues. He said Democrats want Republicans to share responsibility for foreign policy decisions and fear the issue could be kept out of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Sen
Styles Bridges
Bridges
New Hampshire
Truman Sees Stevenson Victory Insists Voters Back Him
President Truman told 300 CIO Political Action Committee members at the White House that newspapers and Republicans oppose Adlai Stevenson, but he predicted voters will elect Stevenson anyway and make them like it. He said he was pleased with the CIO endorsement, though he had seen it on the front page of only one big city paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
CIO
Political Action Committee
White House
Truman backs bipartisan foreign policy document in briefing dispute
President Truman praised a 1951 Senate document endorsing bipartisan conduct of U S foreign policy as he discussed Eisenhower’s rejection of a Washington briefing invitation. He noted CIA briefing ideas for candidates and cited a slipup in relay from Gen Omar N Bradley regarding messages to Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
White House
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Adlai Stevenson
Defense Department
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Baptist Ministers Convene in Morgan County Meeting
Rev. W. J. Johnson, president of the Morgan County Baptist Pastor's Conference, called a meeting of all county ministers. The agenda includes discussion of the wet-dry issue facing county voters, with ministers urged to attend at South Side Baptist Church on Monday at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
W. J. Johnson
Johnson
Southside
South Carolina Elector Ballot Split Draws Mixed Reaction
Eisenhower supporters in South Carolina drew praise and criticism as Byrnes and his wife pushed a Democratic slate favoring Eisenhower, aiming for 10 000 signatures. Georgia and Alabama leaders weighed in with varied views while Georgia Republicans opposed a Democratic slate for Eisenhower.
Costello Begins 18 Month Prison Term for Senate Contempt
Frank Costello, 62, the underworld gambling kingpin, surrendered in New York to start an 18 month sentence for contempt of the United States Senate. He had been free on $5,000 bail and likely will serve at Danbury Federal Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Costello
Costello
United States Senate
Senate Crime Committee
Federal Correction Institute
Danbury
Conn
Louisiana Seen As Doubtful for Eisenhower Vote
Louisiana Democrats and Gov. Kennon acknowledge a possible cross over to Eisenhower in the upcoming election. State Central Committee chair N. B. Carstarphen cites telegrams and calls showing substantial Democratic support for Eisenhower. The party debates ballot symbols and list positioning as Baton Rouge meets to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennon
Kennon
N. B. Carstarphen
Shreveport
Democratic State Central Committee
Eisenhower
Thomas Dewey
New York
GOP
Truman
States Rights
Kennan
Baton Rouge
State Central Committee
Stevenson-Sparkman
Central Committee
McSpadden Fund Receives Eight New Contributions
The Daily reports eight additional donors adding to the McSpadden Fund for John McSpadden, rheumatic heart patient. Contributions include $1 from Mrs. T. P. Cartee and others totaling $236.01 to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSpadden
John McSpadden
T. P. Cartee
Lucille Crow
E. N. Winton
Trinity Methodist Church
Social Registrant Held In New York After Vice Raids
New York socialite Minot F Jelke known as Mickey Jelke age 22, arrested in a police sweep targeting prostitution. He is charged with compulsory prostitution living off earnings and conspiracy, with two guns found. Also detained are seven women and two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
PMA Chief Urges Truman to Speed Hay Aid for Drouth Hit Alabama
PMA Chairman W. B. Crawley says a telegram to President Truman seeks immediate hay shipments to Central and North Alabama amid drought. Farmers with beef cattle and dairymen face feed shortages as PMA outlines relief options including government hay at 28 to 36 dollars per ton and an 23 percent increase in harvested acres to 275000. The Alabama crop report warns of the smallest corn crop since 1902 and cotton to 780000 bales, with pecans also hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Truman
North
Alabama
State Production and Marketing Committee
PMA
W. B. Crawley
Washington
Crawley
Alabama Crop Reporting Service
Marines Repel Sixth Chinese Attack On Bunker Hill
U N fighter bombers aided United States Marines as they repelled the sixth Red attempt to recapture Bunker Hill. Marines seized the hill early Tuesday after fierce fighting that wounded hundreds and left Red forces suffering heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Bunker Hill
United Nations
Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Seitz
Mrs
A. L. Jolly
Bee Line Highway
VFW
Second Avenue
Ellis- Meyer Hospital
J. H. Burks
Decature
FE. L. Thompson Jr
Johnston Street
Quinton Hightower
Board of Trustees
Westminster -Presbyterian Church
W.B. Strong
Westside Presbyterian Church
Cypress Street
L. A. Fuller
Pans Angeeria
Recorder’s Court
James M. Bloodworth
Olive Street
Decatur General Hospital
Edward Shipper
Florence
E. W. Roland
Wilson Avenue
Leon Nix
Third Avenue
FE. E
Troy Quick
Glenn Greer
Somerville
H. D. Houston
Tanner
John W. Horton
Ferry Street
O. S. Millican
Madison 1
W. C. Rice
Austinville
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Agesundheit
Wes
George Connell
Union
G. L. Gresham
S. C
Dixie
Atlanta
South Carolina
Byrnes
Evans
Stillman Evans
Nashville Tennessean
Chary
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Columbia
Georgia
McKeldin
James F. Byrnes
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
McCorvey
Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
James Peters
Robert Snodgrass
Fifth District
Republican Committee
Social Register
Jelke
New York Social Register
Upper East Side
Thony J. Liebler
Leibler
Sylvia Eder
Marine Defense
Ken Reynolds
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