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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
2
Federal Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods says rent controls will be lifted nationwide in border areas where housing exists or will soon be available. He notes a budget slash forces speedier decontrol, with about one third of 1,000 counties in 590 areas affected as the act nears expiration.
Funeral services for Raymond R. Carden age 59 were held Tuesday at Bennett Mays Chapel Pulaski. Rev. Woodard and Rev. Pendleton officiated. Interment followed at Indian Creek Baptist cemetery in Bunker Hill Tenn. Surviving are a widow two sons Eugene Decatur Melvin Pulaski two daughters Mrs Breen St Louis and Mrs Phillips Huntsville two brothers P D Ezra Pulaski three sisters Mrs Fisk Pulaski Mrs Hopper Sardis Miss and Mrs Watson Lynnville plus several relatives and four grandchildren.
Mobile police hunt a bold stranger who capped the First National Bank for 2200 with a forged check. The suspect spoke with a bank officer then presented a check bearing the officer’s forged initials, leading a teller to cash it.
Coco the famed Barnum and Bailey circus clown died in a Jacksonville hospital aged 77. Real name George Hubert Herbert, he was born in Calcutta and toured in at least 40 countries before settling in Florida 27 years ago as a health education clown for schools.
Police and up to 1500 striking lumberjacks clashed in Kemi as part of a Com-strike offensive. Officers fired to repel the crowd attempting to reach a timber sorting dam while authorities seek to seize control.
Stock indices show small gains with steel and motor shares leading. Coca Cola jumps five points to 146 as rails and utilities retreat from early advances. Chicago wheat and corn firm with strong hog and cattle moves. cotton steady amid demand for goods. Nearby grains finish higher while soybeans rise and lard gains as markets digest USDA data.
Cattle receipts light and market slow with scattered sales. top baby beef and yearling steers and heifers 20.00 22.00, common down to 16.50. calves mostly steady with veal 24.00 26.00, top 27.00 for 180 210 lb. hogs 400 head with barrows and gilts 1.25 higher, good 190 250 lb 20.50 20.75, some 21.25. sows 15.00 16.00, under 300 lb 17.00. sheep receipts very small with springers 22.50 50, common 16.00 20.00, aged ewes 7.00 down.
Rev. Jasper Kelley will lead a ten day revival at New Center Baptist Church starting Sunday August 21 with morning and evening services daily. A church chicken supper is planned for Saturday and an invitation to attend is extended. Assistants include Rev. Clayton Shaw and Oscar Maples, Sunday school superintendent.
Government sources confirmed approval of the Yugoslav steel mill shipment valued at 3 million dollars. The action aims to ease Yugoslavia during the Russian directed economic blockade, marking the first postwar transfer of war potential material to a communist nation.
Clyde Jolly aged 25 of Dallas Georgia died after a private plane crash on Tuesday night. Jolly’s uncle A B Williamson of Atlanta was killed in the same crash. Jolly’s parents reside in Albertville Alabama.
A Texas Alabama senate house investigating committee in Montgomery meets to issue final recommendations for prison reform. The 14 member panel favors removing penal system control from the governor and creating a board of corrections. Proposals include prisoner classification, diversified prison industries, and strict segregation of young first offenders from hardened criminals.
Folsom declined to say if he will sign or veto a bill barring absentee voting except for military members, saying he has not read it. Lawmakers anticipate a flurry of amendments on the general appropriations bill as the session nears adjournment.
Mrs. Tuck of Pensacola was en route to Athens to visit Mrs. Lawson when the accident occurred as patrolman Williams reported rain and slick highways. She leaves husband A. F. Tuck and a son A. F. Jr along with her mother Mrs. Mary Lawson and sister Mrs. Mary Lawson Booth of Athens. Services set in Nashville at 10 a.m. Friday, burial Mt. Carmel cemetery. Mass Service, Cullman, directing. Mrs. Tuck was reared in Greensboro, Alabama, daughter of the late Dr. Archie Lawson.
Marion Rushton of Montgomery Alabama a Democratic national committeeman resigned months ago but the state committee has taken no action. McCorvey asked the committee to reject the resignation and has mailed letters urging the press to announce the move. Letters will be at Mobile Saturday.
The Girls Auxiliary and guests enjoyed an outdoor party with swimming and refreshments at Seneca Springs last Friday. Several local families and students are listed among attendees, plus notes on church, education, sports, weddings, and local club activities including the Baptist church steps project and a Navy visit to Town Creek.
The CIO Textile Workers Union of America said it would protest the results of two collective bargaining elections in Cedartown Georgia. The union lost both contests at the Goodyear plant and the Cedartown yarn mills. International representative Joseph D Pedigo cited management activities and Taft Hartley concerns as undermining fairness.
Local Blend manager in Decatur hosts a delegation from the Tennessee Valley Authority with participants from Calumet and Hecla Copper, and individuals including Joseph Starnes of Decatur and John Caddell Maynard Layman. TVA chiefs Robert Howes A J Wegner S S Cassell and others from navigation agricultural relations recreation and information sections accompany the group. Maurice Henle oversees plans assisted by Dallas McKown.
Piedmont Alabama cleans up after a thunderstorm flooded streets and knocked out power. heavy rainfall caused flash floods damaging three city sections and a gas main vent pipe explosion leaked deodorant fumes and tore up paving in two spots.
Sgt. William H. Pulsifer of Jackson Mississippi on duty at Brookley field Mobile received an Air Force commendation ribbon for heroism. A citation notes he risked his life attempting to rescue a B 17 crash victim in the Persian Gulf.
Principal Miss Frances Nungester reviewed George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four for the Decatur Kiwanis at Lyons Hotel. She cited critics labeling it a major political novel and warned the book foresees loss of individual liberty under a totalitarian state as government power expands.
Luther Oden, 38, held in Lawrence county jail after a Lawrence circuit court hearing. Judge Newton B. Powell sustained his not guilty by insanity plea and ordered commitment to Brice Hospital or a veterans hospital for the assault with intent to murder of his wife last June.
ATLANTA Aug 18 A taxicab driver Hugh A Gravitt charged with murder in Margaret Mitchells death knelt beside his jail bunk and prayed He said he wished thee teen ee who got instead of her He added God knows it was an accident as he recalled striking the author of Gone With The Wind on his way to a drug store
Hawaii efforts to reopen strikebound ports stall as talks between CIO Union leaders and seven stevedoring firms drag. U S Conciliation Service may be called in if no progress by tonight. Territory Attorney General Ackerman delays testing the new dock seizure law amid negotiations.
The national committee plans to bar several state rights members from a meeting next week to pick a new chair after McGrath. President Truman said the committee is Democratic and noted funds limit enforcement of housing rent controls, with Woods in Cleveland announcing controls will end by Oct. 1 in one third of affected areas.
President Truman defends Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan amid Senate subcommittee probes into improper influence. Senator McCarthy urges firing Vaughan from veterans affairs post and questions his role with John Maragon in a 1946 sugar rationing matter. Mundt hints at possible new military aide.
Daily items from nearby towns report worship at Sand Springs church led by Rev. Robert O. Maschke, visits from Gullions and Briscoes, hospital news from Thayer and Decatur General, births of two girls, and sermons at First Presbyterian and Flint Baptist churches.
Lower court judgment in a suit by Guntersville parents seeks court action to admit children to school. Legislation to revert the school age deadline to the old basis moves through the state senate with support from the Department of Education. Attorney General Carmichael called the 1947 act unconstitutional for its ambiguity, while Circuit Judge Stone ordered children admitted under the new law.
A leader was jailed after failing to turn over a list of Klan members to the jury. He had been released on a $500 bond 16 days after initial sentencing but returned to jail when he claimed the list was stolen. The court, by a 4 to 2 vote, refused release earlier this month and this marks the second attempt by his lawyers to free him.
Two year old Harry Glenn joined older boys to view a bulging construction near his home. He climbed 20 feet to the top and leapt from the end of a board. He landed on the ground and was patched up at home with a head wound.
The Miller Hamilton reunion drew a large crowd August 14 at Woodalls barbecue stand in Decatur area. Numerous listed relatives from Nashville Pulaski Joppa Moulton De catur and surrounding towns attended for a picnic style dinner.
The Halbrooks family gathered at J. C. Halbrooks home in North Hartselle 1 for a Sunday August 14 noon meal. Attendees included Jesse Ray Halbrooks and son Mike from Paintsville Kentucky, Ferrell Ratliff, John A. Shealey and sons John Allen Jr. and Larry, C E Green of Decatur, F Shipp and son Jimmie of Selle, J O White and son James, Mrs Lowell Nance and son Ray and daughter Linda Kay, Lewis Moss and Martha Ann and John A Halbrooks, Fred Stephenson, and others from Hartsel 1.
A sequence of transfers and payments are recorded, listing numerous individuals and organizations in Decatur and Hartselle. Amounts range from $1 to $10,900 with payees including churches, banks, and private parties, reflecting a ledger of financial dealings.
Marriage licenses listed for Gerald Simpson Feild and Mary Elizabeth Simmons. Norman Lee Safley and Mary Frances Hume. John Patrick Gibbons and Willodyne Joyce Campbell. Also a lost item notice for a silver butterfly filigree, and a for sale ad for a 1930 Chevrolet 2-door in good running order with new paint and seat covers. Phone numbers provided.
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