Local Church Revivals And Community Notices
Partly cloudy today with scattered thundershowers, farmers and residents hear sermons at Shoal Creek Baptist, Austinville Baptist, First Baptist, First Christian, Westminster Presbyterian. Old Age Pension group meets at the courthouse Saturday. Memorial Drive church fundraiser proceeds to building fund. weather permitting city softball playoffs tonight. Hospital admissions and build permits also listed. See Diary on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Engle
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Red Williams
VFW
Nursery
Wolverine
32 Americans Killed by Reds on Hill 303 in Korea
HAL BOYLE reports that 32 American prisoners with hands tied behind their backs were shot by North Korean Reds on hill 303 near Waegwan as a U S patrol neared. Thirty seven prisoners were targeted. five survived to tell the story. The execution followed a raid by 98 B 29s the prior day. The bodies were found on a recaptured ridge two hours after U S troops retook the position. Survivors gave details. one Korean prisoner identified as a killer. The prisoners’ executions were amid ongoing combat and planned questioning for war crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
U. S. First Cavalry
Korea
Waegwan
U. S
Hill 303
Reds
Fifth Cavalry
James Melvin Rudd
Salyersville
Rudd
Roy L. Day Jr
el Paso
Texas
Day
Natural Gas Reaches Here By December First 1950
The notice states natural gas will arrive locally by December first 1950. The message emphasizes supply timing and local readiness for delivery to residents and businesses. Officials urge households to prepare for the early arrival and coordinate with suppliers for connection and service activation.
Gas delivery to Decatur by December first 1950 estimate
B F Grizzle of the Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas Co says natural gas will reach Decatur by December first 1950 due to delays in pipe delivery. The city has awarded a construction contract and plans to sell revenue bonds totaling 1,050,000 by mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
B. F. Grizzle
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Grizzle
Eighteen Polio Cases Reported In Alabama for Week
Eighteen polio cases were reported in Alabama during the past week, bringing the state total to 143. The health department announced the week’s tally, noting the increase over the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Shore Guns And Navy Ship Duel
The British destroyer Concord and Chinese shore batteries fought a 30 minute duel near Hong Kong in a renewed clash between Royal Navy ships and Red artillery. One minor casualty was reported. no damage to the Concord as it entered Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Concord
Whitesaw Bay
Lingting Island
Taitami
Puntin
Lingting
Royal Navy
Negroes Move Triggers Southside Riot in Chicago
In Chicago on August 17 two Negro families moved into a white Southside block, prompting a racial disturbance quelled by 200 officers. Six white residents were seized for disorderly conduct, including a 12 year old girl held for juvenile authorities. Bricks and bottles hit an apartment at 7224 St Lawrence Ave as police blockaded the area. two blocks darkened by a street light short circuit. Police presence eased by morning. St Lawrence Ave has seen prior similar disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Lawrence Avenue
William Gremley
Gore urges TVA expansion and Oak Ridge plant upgrade
Rep Gore calls on Congress to begin immediate consideration of TVA expansion building three new steam plants and adding generators to hydro facilities. He also suggests extra power days in the Tennessee Valley if feasible and warns of a potential 500000 kilowatt shortfall in 1952 53 while noting uranium ore supplies outpace Oak Ridge diffusion plants capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Alexander City Millers Draft Puerto Rico Pitcher Lopez
The Army draft reached the class D Georgia Alabama League as Carolos Lopez of the Alexander City Millers received notice for a physical. He will report to the draft board in Puerto Rico on August 24 and travel to Miami for the remaining arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander City
Ala
Florida Placed Under Alert For Hurricane
Miami August 17 Florida stood under an alert as a tropical storm moved westward toward the Bahamas and Florida. The eye and 140 mph winds dominated a 350 mile storm area with Nassau at the center’s edge. Forecaster Grady Norton urged Bahamas precautions while Florida kept informed and ready for possible hurricane warnings. The center was about 480 miles east of Miami at 1030 a.m. EST and tracking toward the Bahamas. See Florida on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
Atlantic
Bahamas
Nassau
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Captain West Reports Fire Fight at Frontline Post
Captain Herman West of Miami reports a brief fire-fight outside the unit's command post at FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION HEADQUARTERS in Korea. While on the line he apologizes, then says he has “got myself a gook” after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Cavalry Division
Korea
Herman West
Miami
Fla
West
Strike Hits ICI Mills And Short Line Rails
Washington August 17 unions call strikes on Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroads from Aug 22 to Aug 26 affecting about 5000 workers with up to 50000 idle indirectly. In Birmingham Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Fairfield and Ensley mills shut by miners picket lines threatening temporary closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elgin, Joliet , and Eastern Railroad
Chicago
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Fairfield and
Ensley Steel Mills
South
U.S. Steel
Two Guardsmen Cleared in Monday Night Robbery
Col O V Blankenship announced that two National Guardsmen accused of the Monday night robbery were cleared. George Thomas Crumpy 16 of Athens was arrested Tuesday for entering a traveling salesman’s hotel room and taking $30 from his wallet. he claimed two guardsmen were his accomplices. The investigation disproved his story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
O. V. Blankenship
National
George Thomas Crumpy
Athens
Blankenship
Marines Fight Bloodiest Korean Battle Near Obongi Ridge
By Don Whitehead Marines clash with North Koreans in a brutal assault along the Naktong front. At dawn the attack pushed up Obongi ridge amid flamethrowers, mortars, and machinegun fire as Marines seek to halt a Red penetration and support the 24th Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
U. S
Korea
Naktong River
Obongi Ridge
Naktong
Lewis B. Sheen
Honolulu
Seemai
Tax Increase Plan Approved in Senate Finance Panel
The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved President Truman’s first installment $5 billion tax boost to fund the Korean War and bolster defense. It raises individual income taxes by about $3 billion annually and adds $1.5 billion from corporations, with GI service pay exempted and a five year write off for emergency production facilities to spur rapid armament production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
America
Finance Committee
Korean heroine flown to hospital defying rules
Aug 17 Tokyo reports a young Korean girl guided five wounded U S soldiers of the second division to safety near Pohang air field before being wounded herself. She was flown to Japan by air corps contrary to regulations and Army officials appear to overlook the breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Air Corps
Pohang
Tenet
Chateahicie Gtees Valocapital
North Koreans Pour Through Mountain Pass
Belman Morin reports North Korean forces massed near Taegu launching a major offensive through mountain passes 15 miles north of Taegu on the central Korean front. The attack followed a large B 29 bombardment and involved 25 000 to 30 000 troops advancing toward the Taegu area as U S Marines and the 24th Infantry shifted positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waegwan
Okinawa
Japan
Naktong River
Tengu
Tokyo
Taegu
Kun- Wi
U.S
24Th Infantry Division
Changnyong
Chinju
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Masan
Pusan
U.S. 8Th Army
United Nations
Korea
Leif Erickson
8Th Army
Family sees hope as blind husband and son recover
Mrs. W. R. Smith of Decatur celebrates both her son Lawrence Smith, a 29 year old World War II veteran, and her husband W. R. Smith regaining sight after separate operations. Lawrence lost an eye to illness in training in 1943 and now sees after Atlanta hospital care. His father, blind 28 years, regained sight in one eye following a Vanderbilt hospital operation for cataracts. Decatur Masons raised awareness and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Smith
Lawrence Smith
Veterans Hospital
Atlanta
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shoal Creek Baptist Church
Bunyan Wallace
J. Vernon Rich
Austinville Baptist Church
Jimmy Caudill
First Baptist Church
David DeBoer
First Christian Church
Alva V. King
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Thornton Crews
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
T. A. Thompson
Crews
Grant Street Church of Christ
George Hubbard
Fifth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Jimmy McMurtrie
H. C. McMurtrie
East Cain Street
Hamil Clinic Hospital
C. H. Thompson
Eleventh Avenue East
J. H. Hinkle
Hoyt Price
Moulton
G. B. Hamilton
Fourth Avenue South
Hamil Clinic
Roy L. White
Moulton 2
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Willie Powers
Limestone County
Powers
Taylor Farm
By Gordon Tait
Mainland
South Korea
ICI
TCI
Richard ©. Powley
Lester, Pa
Senate
By Belman Morin
Ken Reynold
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