Union Groups Strike Docks in Mobile Alabama
Two union blocs strike at the state docks in Mobile Alabama in support of recognition demands. Rail workers affiliated with AFL and 200 UPW members seek recognition and a 25 cent wage increase with seniority rights while operations report minimal disruption.
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Mobile. Ale
Alabama
Adele
Railroad Employes Department
AFL
Spawling Docks
CIO
United Public Workers of America
William W. Stafford
UPW
Henry W. Sweet
J. H. Anderson
el Paso
Shop Brotherhood
National Ediation Board
Railway Brotherhoods
County Court Deliberations in Here County Case Docket
On Monday Morgan county court resumed after noon recess with jury deliberations in Leon Lipscomb’s case for permitting stock to run at large. The docket lists Audrey Johnson dismissal, Betty Love guilty plea by next term, Dewey L. Smith continued, Laura Jane Garth dismissal, Sneady Cannon trial after Lipscomb, Turnp Childs assault case, Howard Craze and Chester Frost pleas completed. Tuesday docket includes Effie Lee and Marvin Lee assault cases, Harry Randall intoxicated driving, Isaac Wade Delaney reckless driving, Lonnie Boutwell speeding, and B. Frank Chenault assault and battery. Craze fined $1, Frost probation and fine $50 plus costs and three months extra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Lipscomb
Stock
Morgan County
Audrey Johnson
Betty Love
Dewey L. Smith
Laura Jane Garth
Sneady
Cannon
Lipscomb
Tuntp- Childs
Howard Craze
Chester Frost
Craze
Frost
Effie Lee
Marvin Lee
Harry Randall
Isaac Wade -Delaney
Lonnie Boutwell
B. Frank Chenault
Council to Address Transit and Service Questions
Decatur council session Monday will consider Fairview bus service reasons to not provide a route. W. J. Williams heads transit, asked to explain. Agenda may include raising fire insurance and whether Claude MacRae will run Decatur Cab, after suspension over equipment shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Williams
Decatur Transit
Fairview
Claude Mac-Rae
Decatur Cab Company
New Apartment to Rise at 918 Somerville Road
Construction of a four unit apartment at 918 Somerville Road is approved by a building permit in the city clerk office. Owner Carlton Kelly, value $10,000, contractor Ray Childs. Also permit for a coal house at 441th Avenue W issued to Tommie Draper, cost $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Road
Carlton Kelly
Ray Childs
Tommie Draper
Injured Huntsville Patrolman Remains in Critical Condition
Cpl. Maurice Chambers of the Huntsville Highway Patrol stayed in critical condition at Huntsville Hospital this morning. Sgt. ae B. Little of the Decatur Patrol said Chambers, formerly of Decatur, was injured Saturday night north of the city in a difficult accident.
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Maurice Chambers
Huntsville Highway Patrol
Huntsville Hospital
Ae B. Little
Decatur Patrol
Cpl. Chambers
Decatur
New President Assumes Office in Paraguay
Paraguay reports Juan Natalicio Gonzalez sworn in as president at age 50. In his inaugural address he pledged his administration would emphasize term limits and reform.
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Paraguay
Juan Natalicio Gonzalez
Termers
North Georgia live poultry market and New York markets report
North Georgia poultry prices were steady with unchanged early prices and good demand. New York markets showed steady stocks at a four year low with mixed price moves. cotton declined, wheat eased, corn and oats steady, hogs and cattle mixed with modest changes.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
New York
Chicago
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Steady at Nashville Market
Markets report cattle 1800 with baby beeves at 27 to 33 dollars and steers to 33 dollars. Calves 450 with good calves 26 to 32 dollars and common 18 to 25 dollars. Hogs 900 with good to choice 190 to 240 pounds at 29 to 30 dollars, lighter weights around 27 to 29 dollars. Sheep 400 steady with spring lambs 23.50 to 26.50 and ewes 7.50 to 9.50, culls 2 to 17 dollars.
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Nashville
Tennh
Departments of Agriculture
Defense chiefs discuss joint plans with Canada
U S Secretary of Defense James Forrestal and Canada's defense minister Brooke Claxton held a two hour meeting on joint defense problems in Ontario. They said the talks were profitable and that both nations are thinking along similar lines on defense. Forrestal noted Newfoundland bases may be settled after its union with Canada and will dine with PM King tonight before a ceremony in Ogdensburg tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAWA
United States
Forrestal
Newfoundland
Canada
Arctic
Claxton
W. L. MacKenzie King
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Roosevelt
King
County Officers at Birmingham Convention
Wallace Meadows president of the Alabama Association of County Commissioners will preside over sessions at the annual convention in Birmingham today through Wednesday. Morgan County Board of Revenue members Sim Howell L E Slate M A Hardin A H Dunn attend. Meadows represents district 1.
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Wallace Meadows
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Birmingham
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Sim Howell
L. E. Slate
M. A. Hardin
A. H. Dunn
Mr. Meadows
Board of Revenue
Drive-in Theater Plan Aimed at Eight Towns
The Crescent Amusement Company of Nashville seeks court approval to build motion picture theaters serving eight towns across Tennessee Kentucky and Alabama. Planned drive-ins include Clarksville Tennessee Hopkinsville Kentucky and Decatur Alabama. The firm was previously enjoined from building theaters outside Nashville without court approval due to a federal anti trust suit years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Crescent Amusement Company of
U.S. District Court
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Clarksville
Hopkinsville Ky
Decatur
Ala
Warning On Roads Given by Alabama Motorist Association
Mrs. Marie Tucker of the Alabama Motorist Association rescinds the preferred route between Decatur and Nashville and outlines detours via Athens Huntsville Fayetteville Lewisburg and Nashville. She notes Route 110 Ardmore Fayetteville is under construction and a 10 mile gravel stretch from the Alabama line to Fayetteville remains rough. Tennessee highway officials will add detour signs and warnings about rough sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Tucker
Alabama Motorist Association
Decatur
Nashville
U.S
Athens
Huntsville
Alabama State Line
Spring Hill
Franklin
Alabama Line
Columbia
Fayetteville
Tennessee Highway Department
Model Home Opened for Public Inspection in Buena Vista
About 2 000 people toured a furnished five room model home in the Buena Vista subdivision on Highway 31 S and Somerville Road in Decatur. The Decatur Development Company owns the area with J. Leslie Doss as president and B. Frank Chenault as real estate agent. To date 18 houses have been completed in the 200 lot project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Highway 31
Somerville Road
Decatur
The
Decatur Development Company
J. Leslie Doss
B. Frank Chenault
Budget Clashes Over Truman Budget Projections
Chairman Bridges challenges the White House budget figures calling for a surplus of at least 6 billion while Truman cites over 5 billion as the reality. Bridges accuses a political feint and argues detailed estimates show deficits for 1949 and little debt relief in 1950.
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Bridges
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Truman
Millikin
Couple Attacked by Slayers Along Oceanfront Dunes
A married escort pair were assaulted by two assailants who crept from dunes near the coast. Blount was killed at point blank range, while Miss Hucks was awakened, dragged behind palmetto brushes, and assaulted after her swimming suit was removed. Indentations in a blanket suggest the assailants slept through the initial arrival. Miss Hucks worked for an Atlanta architectural firm. Blount’s roommate Tom Conner said he was invited to join them for dinner but did not go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Blount
Miss Hucks
Atlanta
Tom Conner
Four Youths Quizzed In Ormond Beach Beach Murder Case
Sarasota August 16 four young men were being held for questioning in connection with the murder of a young couple on the beach at Ormond Saturday night. Police Chief Ed Garner said the men had an automatic .22 pistol and possibly blood spots on a hood found in the car. The four denied involvement and were of Indiana license plates. they were picked up after a call about a car parked near a filling station.
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Sarasota
Fla
Ed A. Garner
Ormond
Garner
Daytona Beach
Indiana
Danville Farm Tour Sets Morning Bus Departure
Decatur business leaders join Danville farmers on a farm tour Tuesday. A 7 A M bus from the Chamber of Commerce will transport guests to view dairy projects cotton and corn fields hogs and alfalfa grazing areas. Participants will wear tard pins for identification as the tour showcases Valley agricultural progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Danville
Chamber of Commerce
William D. Sims
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
The
Chamber of Commerce and Farm Leaders
Man Caught in Act of Robbery in Tampa
In Tampa Florida an escaped Georgia convict named Paul Allen was caught in the act of robbing a filling station attendant, Edward Salas. Detective Inspector D E Stephens said officer Keenan identified Allen who admitted escape from Milledgeville prison camp after serving two years of a five year term and said he had four prior similar convictions. Allen faces armed robbery charges.
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Tampa. Fla
Georgia
D. D. Stephens
Stephens
B. Keenan
Paul Allen
Keenan
Allen
Edward Salas
Milledgeville
Foxhunters Begin Sessions Tonight
The Cullman County Foxhunters Association starts its annual beach shows and field trials tonight and runs through Thursday. Derby and all‑age events are separate with J H Allen of Iuka Miss acting as judge and master of hounds. J W Chetham is president and Elbert Kilgo secretary.
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Cullman County Foxhunters Association
J.H. Allen
Iuka
J. W. Chetham
Cullman Foxhunters
Elbert Kilgo
Birmingham Shrine Meeting Attended by Decatur Guests
Ten Decatur Shriners are back in Decatur today recalling their Birmingham convention. Attendees listed include Knox McRae, Dick Goode, H. B. Norwood, Tom Walton, Floyd Fen nell, Glyde McRae, Dr A. M. Roan, Felter O' Weaver, Joe Elliott, and Bernice Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Shriners
Decatur
Birmingham
Shriners
Knox McRae
Dick Goode
H. B. Norwood
Tom Walton
Floyd
Fennell
Glyde McRae
Felter O’ Weaver
Joe Elliott
Bernice Clark
Parker Begins New Home South of Here on Bee Line
Charles H. Parker, Decatur businessman, is constructing a six room brick veneer house six and a half miles south on the Bee Line highway. Building started last week and the Parkers expect to move in within several months.
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Charles H. Parker
Decatur
Here
Bee Line Highway
Negro Moved To Second Jail
SYLACAUGA Alabama August 16 A Birmingham negro Harrel Hamilton 21 was moved from Talladega to Sylacauga after threats from a crowd He is charged with shooting Willie Cole a crippled taxi driver at Talladega Saturday night Cole is in serious condition in a Talladega hospital State Investigator B L Allen said Hamilton signed a statement admitting killing white taxi driver J W Pike in Sylacauga on July 4 He was questioned about the Pike case which resembled the Cole shooting
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Sylacauga
Ala
Birmingham
Talladega
Willis Dean
Harrel Hamilton
Willie Cole
Dean
Hamilton
Talladega County
Cole
B. L. Allen
J. W. Pike
Allen
Pike
Langan Pushes Pro Truman Slate in Alabama Meeting
Senator Langan outlined a four point civil rights program including poll tax repeal and anti discrimination measures while vowing to back pro Truman electors. Labor leaders condemned the Thurmond Wright states rights faction and pledged to support national Democrats in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langan
Democratic Party
South
Persea
Hitler
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thurmond-Wright States’ Right
Mobile
Truman-Barkley
Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama
Labor
Jack Brock
Alabama Federation of Labor
Carey E.haigler
CIO
National Party
Soviet Espionage Case Tangles Ambassadors and Exits
Dreher faced an espionage controversy after allegedly obtaining unauthorized information from a Soviet official labeled "E" in Moscow. State Department accounts differ over his arrest, release, and the Moscow interview as Soviet authorities reportedly staged the affair to influence public perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreher
Michael J. McDermott
State Department
Moscow
Smith
McDermott
Man Rides Bus 124 Miles With Broken Neck for Care
Atlanta machinist Ervin Carlisle, 36, told of traveling 124 miles by bus to reach specialized care after a July 31 automobile crash near Phenix City Alabama. He said he left the Phenix City hospital and rode home to Atlanta using hands to support his head throughout the journey.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Ervin Carlisle
Phenix City
Ala
Carlisle
Atlania
City court files show variety of cases and local notices
The morning and weekend docket lists six drunkenness cases, three gaming cases, three disorderly conduct, one driving without a license, one reckless driving case and one assault. Local residents report visits, births and hospital transfers including Miss Sharrie Lemley to Decatur General, a son born to Mr and Mrs Louie Key, and Mary Opal White moved to Jefferson-Hillman by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharrie Lemley
Cypress Street
Decatur General Hospital
Louie Key
Hartselle
Little Mary Opal White
Moulton 2
Jefferson-Hillman
Birmingham
Fight Shaped In Minnesota
Washington reports plans to place the Thurmond Wright states rights ticket on Minnesota ballots. Walker Wood will aid local supporters circulating petitions to qualify electors. W. Austin Seay cites Hubert Humphrey Jr as responsible for opposing states rights principles in Philadelphia. Minnesota citizens protested Humphrey as unrepresentative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thurmond-Wright
States Rights Democrats
Minnesota
W. Austin Seay
Walker Wood
Mississippi
Wood
Association of Secretaries of State
Hubert Humphrey Jr
Minneapoliis
Seay
Humphrey
B 29 flight sets long range record in simulated mission
An Air Force B 29 Superfortress flew a 5792 mile simulated bombing mission from MacDill Florida to the San Francisco area and back. Maj Ralph R Taylor led a 509th Bomb Group crew from Walker Air Base Roswell New Mexico. The 23 hour 30 minute flight dropped over 10000 pounds of bombs at the turn point and logged 317 gallons of fuel remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Ralph R. Taylor
509Th
8Th Air
Walker Airbase
Roswell
MacDill
Florida
San Francisco
George C. Kenney
Big Farm Sold To Anderson In North Alabama Record
The sale of a 2,800 acre limestone county land tract near Belle Mina to Dr. Walton Anderson and son R Anderson of Mooresville set a North Alabama record. Land bought from Harvey Anderson heirs for over 150000, with Gordon Anderson of Huntsville and sons as grantors. The farm has 18 houses, six barns and grows cotton, corn and wheat. cattle also kept. The buyers plan no major changes.
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Limestone County
Walton Anderson
R. Anderson
Mooresville
North
Alabama
Belle Mina Experiment Station
Harvey Anderson
Gordon Anderson
Huntsville
Gordon Jr
Jack W
William S. Anderson
Beasley
Athens Pike
Thispland
Richard Vandiver
Soviet Teachers Questioned as Hearings Unfold
Figures at hearings deny accusations by Chambers and Miss Bentley while others invoke institutional rights. Russian teacher Kosena, 52, rescued from anti Stalinists in New York, may be questioned later. another renounced Soviet citizenship and offered little information. Moscow radio shifts to demanding expulsion of Navy Lt Dreher for alleged secret info. Clark argues open hearings hinder anti communist prosecutions and denies access to some employment records.
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Chambers
Miss Bentley
Asana Stepanovna Kosenina
New York
Russia
Mikhail I. Lamarine
Moscow Radio
Navy
Robert Dreher
Clark
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Investigating Committee
Celanese Plant in Rome Struck Today
Rome Georgia August 16 The two thousand two hundred workers at the Celanese plant in Rome staged a peaceful walkout after rejecting a company wage offer The strike is led by the Textile Workers Union of America CIO with international representative James Dunden promising past victories in disputes with Celanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Celanese Corporation of America
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
James Dunden
Cumberland
TWUA
Celanese Corporation
Infant Dies. Funeral Set for Julia Sivley
Funeral services for Julia Mae Sivley who died at three days old will be held Tuesday at 10 A M in Morris chapel with Rev Burl Oliver officiating. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Joe Siviey Courtland 1 three sisters Betty Jewel Barbara Jo and Billie Ann grandmother Mrs Alice Siviey Interment in adjacent cemetery Mutual Service directing
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Julia Mae Sivley
Morris Chapel
Burl Oliver
Joe Siviey
Courtland 1
Betty Jewel
Barbara Jo
Billie Ann
Alice Siviey
Truce Breach Claims Rise After Jerusalem Shootings
Arabs and Jews traded accusations of truce breaches after the largest flare up in four weeks as mortars and heavy weapons roared through Jerusalem. Bernadotte urged no firing while Israel and Arab Legion officials disputed who started the clashes and the accuracy of a cease fire. A Jewish reply to the order remained undelivered in Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Trans
Amman
Legion
U.N
Israel
Bernadotte
Stockholm
Holy City
Tel Aviv
John Glubb Pasha
Arab Legion
Paris
Palestine
Exodus
Marseille
France
Holy Land
Doctor L H Clemmons Opens Falkville Practice
Dr. L H Clemmons moves to Falkville to open a clinic while construction continues. He holds an MD from Rush Medical College and BS and MA degrees from Ottawa University and the University of Kansas, with a Navy service record and a three year Charity Hospital internship. He and his family, including wife with a Kansas bacteriology degree and two young sons, are lauded by Falkville citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Clemmons
Falkville
Clemmons
Brewton
Strickland Drugs Company
Rush Medical College
University of Chicago
Ottawa University
University of Kansas
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
United States Navy
Daily
Judge weighs Pearson plea in second degree murder case
Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell will decide Wednesday morning whether probation is to be granted to Calvin Pearson for the second degree murder of Laverne Harris. Earlier hearings denied probation to Jesse Glenn and Rance Clemons while Henry Layton received probation for manufacturing whiskey. Glenn faced ten years for taxi driver robbery, Clemons one year for first degree manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton B. Powell
Calvin Pearson
Laverne Harris
Powell
Jesse Glenn
Rance Clemons
Henry Layton
Glenn
State Penitentiary
Golf Tourney At Country Club For Junior Players
A junior golf tournament will be held at the Country Club this week starting today. Melvin Lowery said all entrants qualify today and match play begins tomorrow. The event will be divided into eight player flights with a championship flight and additional flights as needed. Open only to under eighteen boys who are Country Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Lowery
Campaign Aide of Thompson Killed in Georgia Crash
James F. Coleman 37, Georgia newspaperman and campaign manager for Gov. M. E. Thompson, died in Claxton hospital after an automobile wreck near Allentown. H. W. Averitt Jr. and Mrs Averitt were injured. Averitt Sr. also harmed. The Bullock County Herald in Statesboro is published by Coleman and his brother Leodel Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
James F
Jim) Coleman
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Claxton Hospital
Statesboro
Allentown
H. W. Averitt
Alabama approves Gulf State Park expansion plan
The conservation advisory board approved preliminary plans for 50 beachside cottages and a 20 room hotel at Gulf State Park near Foley. State Parks Chief James L. Segrest estimates the project would cost about 500 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Morgan
Ala
Alabama
Conservation Advisory Board
Gulf State Park
Foley
James L. Segrest
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80Th Congress
Foxhunters
MVD
Vishinsky
Ambassador Smith
Soviet Union
Odessa
Y Na Das
MIME
J. S. Sanderson
Austinville
Hugh Montgomery
Monett, Mo
James Lumpkin
Third Avenue S
Big
Anderson
Pearson
Thompson
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