Morgan High to Open Soon
Morgan County High School in Hartsville will open with registration at 9 a.m. Monday announced by principal Edwin Coe. The elementary school will not be in session Monday and Tuesday, no lunches served those days, and the first full day is Wednesday. Rocker reservations begin Monday. Faculty includes Miss Lizzie Reed Boon English and several other teachers led by coach Clarence Pettey.
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Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Edwin Coe
Lizzie Reed Boon
Beulah Hester
Roy Odom
Frances Harwell
Clarence Pettey
Jean Freeman
Phil Wasson
Fay K. Parker
Elizabeth Barcliff
Tempie Cain
Betty Lou Horton
E. O. Creel
Gut Pettey
Plane Attack near Klagenfurt Believed to Explode in Alps
A missing U S C-47 transport shot at by two Yugoslav fighters spiraled down in the Julian Alps near Bled. Witnesses report two parachutes opened from the crew of five as Yugoslav forces scoured the mountains. embassy officials condemned the attack as wicked and inexcusable while awaiting replies from Belgrade.
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Julian Alps
Leonard Scopes
Ljublana
Fourth Army
Theodore Hohenthal
Zagreb
Bled
Marshal Tito
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Richard Partridge
Chester M. Stratton
Tito
Yugoslav Fourth Army
Ljubljania
Vienna
Udine
Italy
European Air Transport Service
Klagenfurt
Austria
Yugoslavia
Washington
U. S. State Department
Trieste
London
Yugo
Vienna H
Ausor
Venezia Giulia
Vienna-Udine
Isonzo
Turbulent wall street mixed as gains limited
timid buying and selective advances marked the New York market with many leaders unchanged or slipping. notable gainers included J C Penny and U S steel among others while transfers hovered near 700000 shares and rail stocks improved with volatile shifts in dividend news and city omnibus disbursements.
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New York
J. C. Penny
Porto Rico
U. S
Goodyear
Goodrich
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Seaboard
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
N. Y
Chicago
Cotton futures rise as late-day rally boosts prices
New York reports show cotton futures jumping nearly five dollars a bale in the final hour amid mill and short-covering activity. early losses from Texas and Oklahoma rains limited gains. Futures closed 95 cents to $3.00 higher with October around 35.80.
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New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Commission House
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Prices Reported at Aug 20 Run
Nashville livestock prices show overall steady cattle with slow demand for steers heifers and bulls. Cows mostly 7.00 to 9.50 for cutters, beef cows 10.00 to 13.50, bulls 10.00 to 16.00, calves 9.50 to 19.50, hogs 21.75 for 120+ barrows and gilts, sheep and lambs steady with spring lambs 17.00 to 19.00.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
City Votes on Alexander City Government Form
Voters in Alexander City weighed a switch from mayor council to city commission government amid a heated campaign. Observers expected about a thousand ballots cast, above the typical eight hundred, as polls opened today.
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Alexander City
Ala
President Truman alters vacation plan for southerly voyage
President Truman changed plans due to weather and headed the yacht Williamsburg southward with no fixed destination. Press Secretary Ross told reporters aboard the destroyer escort Weiss that the party will not anchor tonight. The report notes an estimate that 750,000 Americans become alcoholic addicts.
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Truman
New England
Williamsburg
Maine
Charles G. Ross
Weiss
Goering Testifies He Lacked Knowledge of Experiments
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering told the international war crimes tribunal he knew nothing of concentration camp experiments and that subordinates carried them out without his knowledge. He said in 1944 he was forced to form a department to shield his name and denied issuing orders for the experiments. He dismissed the rubber stamp charge and criticized the prosecution for implying widespread German complicity.
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Nuernberg
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
International War Crimes Tribunal
Goering
Luftwaffe
Reich— Research Council
Germany
Robert H. Jackson
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
Great Britain
Maxwell Fyfe
VFW Aid Offered for Veteran Leave Pay Claims
Carter Dobbs will assist veterans in filing claims for terminal leave pay under the new bill. He offers office hours 8:30 to 4:30 daily at the Morgan County National Bank building and notary service at Cobb's office. Veterans must submit original discharge and notarize claims. The VFW held a business session at the armory last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Dobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dobbs
VFW
Morgan County National Bank
Cobb
Armory
Slaying Accounts Vary Over Dice Fight and Injury
Eyewitnesses retell events after a fatal confrontation linked to a dice game. Bowen, said to be hurt lightly, was later attended by Sam Easterwood and others. Another account describes a clash between Carden and Heck with knives and an ax during a drunken struggle.
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Bowen
Bill Shannon
Sam Easterwood
Homer
Elmer Knighton
Railroad Section
Carden
Heck
Wood
Carl
Knighton
Britain to Take Over Industries
The British government announced the formation of a board for general control and supervision of the iron and steel industry. The board will include members from privately owned steel concerns but does not rule out eventual public ownership of the mills. The board reports to the minister of supply, John Wilmot, who last April announced plans in the House of Commons.
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London
John Wilmot
House of Commons
Barrington preacher urges turning to righteousness to become stars
Rev. Porter Barrington spoke at Central Baptist in a big tent, saying God promises those turning others to righteousness will shine forever. He warned against self-righteous reform and urged soul winning. He planned a sermon on Sin of Ananias and Sapphira that evening.
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Michael
Porter Barrington
Central Baptist Church
Christ
Ananias
Sapphira
Poole weighs Montgomery or Birmingham for state livestock coliseum
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Joe Poole said the five member board could vote with equal conviction on placing the $500000 livestock coliseum in Montgomery or Birmingham. He noted the board, with two North and two South central members, will likely announce a site next week and also budget $200000 for regional coliseums.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joe Poole
State Agriculture Center Board
Birmingham
State Building Commission
Poole
Alabama
Center Board
Ofer
W. W. Garrett
Uriah
Death Takes J W Bodley in Hartselle
Funeral services for John William Bodley 59 lifelong Morgan county resident will be held at 3 p m today at Salem church near Hartselle Rev M H Harper officiating He died Monday afternoon at home wife Birtie Bodley five sons Ed John Jessie Rufus Elmer all of Hartselle three daughters Ella Pitman Lorene Bodley and Josie Anders of Danville two sisters Nettie Segars and Mollie Waddle of Hartselle and 13 grandchildren Pallbearers Perry Anders Newell Walker Marvin Foote Robert Anders Buck Powell and Karmer Anders Burial in Liberty Cemetery Mutual Service in charge
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John William Bodley
Hartselle
Morgan —County
M. H. Harper
Salem Church
Bodley
Birtie Bodley
Ed Bodley
John Bodley
Jessie Bodley
Rufus Bodley
Elmer Bodley
Coal Mine Order Enacts Worker Benefits Standard
The coal mines administration directs managers of government operated soft coal mines to provide workers with full benefits of workmen compensation and occupational disease laws where elective. The order implements the May 29 strike settlement between Secretary Krug and United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. Managers must report by Aug 25 on coverage and extend 30 days for reasons if benefits are not fully provided.
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Washington
Coal Mines Administration
Betwen
Interior Krug
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
USO campaign committee names leaders in Alabama drive
Two leaders are announced for the Alabama USO campaign. Lindsley F. Kimball remains president of the national organization and Earle C. Lackey, ex executive director of the Alabama War Chest, will direct the state effort from Montgomery. The campaign office is Room 228 Judicial Building Dexter Avenue with phone 3 6351.
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Ing
Lindsley F. Kimball
National
USO
Earle C. Lackey
Alabama War Chest
Alabama Campaign Committee
Judicial Building
Dexter Avenue
Montgomery
Airways Officer Killed in Crash Near Collinsville
Robert Munday 43, maintenance superintendent at Birmingham, remained in critical condition after a light plane crash that killed C. P. Ims 36, Birmingham airport manager. Eyewitnesses said engine cut out before the aircraft hit a tree en route to Fort Payne. Munday survived by his wife and two children.
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Gadsden
Ala
Robert Munday
Southern Airways
Birmingham
Airways
C. P. Ims
Birmingham Municipal
Collinsville
Fort Payne
Munday
Iris
Palestine Radio Evacuated After Bomb Threat
Reported threats during the Palestine confrontations note a page being dynamited, with the Palestine radio station evacuated and programs halted for about half an hour. The remark mentions both sides facing sentences and readiness to meet the regime.
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Haganah
Palestine Radio
Cross burned in Birmingham park prank shocks city
Birmingham police labeled the Central Park fire as a prank after two youths set a three foot wide cross with KKK markings ablaze and fled in a car. Officers McRee and McDonald reported the incident as a park vandalism stunt.
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Birmingham
Central Park
W P. McRee
J. E. McDonald
Ensley
KKK
Rape verdict upheld by Army in Japan case
United Press dispatch from Japan says the death sentence for T. Marion R. Brown, 19, of Danville, was upheld by the Army for kidnapping and raping a Japanese girl. President Truman will have final review of the case.
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United Press
Japan
Marion R. Brown
Danville
Army
Brown
Truman
Alabama Accident Roundup for State Patrol Summary
The Alabama accident roundup reports four accidents and five injuries today, with one fatality. Figures show costs of $1,575 today and $2,410 the previous year.
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State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Air Force Surplus Loss Questioned by Inquiry Panel
An Atlanta inquiry by a congressional committee reviewed why the air force sold surplus electronics as junk and found a Warner Robins supply officer report that items were sold at 35 to 40 percent of original cost. Colonel Ben J. Peck testified as the investigation noted the force deserved a pat on the back for cooperation.
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Atlanta
Congressional
Air Force
Warner’ Robins
House
Ben J. Peck
Robertson D
Capitol to be Relighted With 1000 Watt Floodlights
The Alabama state capitol will receive enhanced lighting including 1,000 watt narrow beam floodlights four on each wing and 18 fluorescent ceiling fixtures above the dome catwalk. Four 500 watt lights will illuminate the clock, with indirect fluorescent fixtures added under balconies and in the ceilings of both the house and senate chambers.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Capitol Dome
House
Senate
Men Fail to Take Town in Alabama Post Office Incident
Two men Ivy Lunsford Lackey of Gallatin Tennessee and Garland Odom of Birmingham attempted to seize Mountain Creek post office claiming veteran leadership and a government takeover. They held staff inside for about an hour before retreating in a damaged car. officers arrested them near Montgomery. No charges filed yet. Chilton County jail custody.
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Mountain Creek
Ala
Alabama
Toam
Ivy Lunsford Lackey
Gallatin
Tenn
Garland Odom
Birmingham 7
Tom Carlisle
Montgomery
Montgomery-Birmingham
George C. Culver
J. R. Peek
National Veterans Organization
Athens
Carlisle
Chilton
J. A. Nivens
Chilton County
Clanton
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs J E Hightower
Funeral services for Mrs. J E Hightower of Decatur will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, with Dr. Jesse Rogers officiating. She died Sunday night at Norwood Hospital in Birmingham after a weeks long illness. Burial is in Russellville City Cemetery. Pallbearers include W M Bailey and Harry Nungester.
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J. E. Hightower
Decatur
Jesse Rogers
First Baptist Church
Russellville City
Brown
W. M. Bailey
Harry Nungester
L. R. Jacks
John McGehee
Bruce Pettey
Horace Griffin
Danville Farm Youth Admits Crime After Patrols Find Body
Beatty, a farm worker and 1943 Danville high school graduate, confessed after leading deputies to Lois Nelson's naked body in Kickapoo State Park. He said he harmed her with a knife after an afternoon with Nelson, who worked at a glove factory. The pair, once dating, had spent Sunday with her father before visiting a movie and taverns.
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Beatty
Kickapoo State Park
Wayland
Lois Nelson
Miss Nelson
Danville
State Park
Marriage Licenses List Then: Mount Winton Thurman Parker Hamilton
Johnnie Herbert Mount of Blountville and Ruby Mae Winton of Somerville. Thomas Arthur Thurman of Hartselle and Pauline Parker of Hartselle. James Monroe Hamilton of Decatur and Audrey Roberts Hamilton of Decatur. Horace Winford Spence of Athens and Doris M. King of Decatur.
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Johnnie Herbert Mount
Blountville
Ruby Mae Winton
Somerville
Thomas Arthur Thurman
Hartselle
Pauline Parker
James Monroe Hamilton
Decatur
Audrey Roberts Hamilton
Horace Winford Spence
Athens
Doris M. King
Jewish University to Open at Waltham in 1947
The Albert Einstein Foundation For Higher Learning Inc announces a Jewish sponsored university will open in Waltham Massachusetts in October 1947. The foundation says the project is newly established and will operate under Jewish auspices.
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New York
Waltham
Mass
Albert Einstein Foundation For Higher Learning Inc
Foundation
Intimate Glimpses Of Our Community And Mine
Local notes document military enlistments from Decatur area James D. Singleton, Moulton 2, and Joseph Thrasher, Decatur 1, serving 18 months through the recruiting office. Birth announcements include a son for Mr. and Mrs. W B Gilliland and a son for Mr. and Mrs J E McCutcheon. Community activities feature a 2:30 PM panel meeting in Morgan area and an all day sing at Gilliam Springs church Marshall county. Local hospital movements and births plus ambulances transporting patients are listed from Decatur General and Hamil clinics.
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James D. Singleton
Moulton
Joseph Thrasher
Decatur
Army
Gilliam Springs
Marshall County
Negro Convict Convicted of Attacking Girl in Alabama
In Anniston Alabama Leroy Scott 19 was found guilty of raping a 19 year old white girl and sentenced to death in the electric chair. The victim Miss Willy Bob Allen of Louisville Mississippi identified him during testimony. Her escort Walter Ledlow of Anniston testified they were overpowered by three men in a parked car. Lee Curtis Williams 19 faces trial on the same charge and pleaded not guilty.
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Anniston
Ala
Leroy Scott
Willy Bob Allen
Louisville
Scott Durng
Walter Ledlow
Lee Curtis Williams
Quake Recorded Again Near Miami and Caribbean
Navy microseismologist Lt. W. E. Hubert reported a second earthquake near Miami described as heavy to severe and centered in the Caribbean area. He noted a light tremor yesterday off the Dominican Republic amid a series of quakes.
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Miami
Fla
W. E. Hubert
Navy
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Trainmen Killed In North Carolina Freight Collision
A Coast Line local freight train struck a tank car on a siding near Stedman North Carolina about 4 AM killing engineer George L. Jones of Wilmington and brakeman L L Windham of Wilmington Coroner W C Davis identified the victims and investigation continues.
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Stedman
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
W. C. Davis
George L. Jones
Wilmington
L L. Windham
Wilm
Rites Set for Miss Mann in Flint Baptist Church
Final rites are planned for Miss Mann who died after being struck by a freight train at the old Flint crossroads Monday morning. Rev. D. E. Hill and Rev. B. P. Collier will lead services at 10 a.m. Thursday in Flint Baptist Church with body at Brown's until then. Surviving are two brothers Grover C. Mann of Decatur and Ben P. Mann of Nashville, a niece Mrs. G. E. Clayton of Dearborn, and a nephew Talmadge Mann of Benton City. She lived west of Flint. An eyewitness said she ran onto the track, was thrown 75 feet by the impact. Pallbearers are T. V. Day, Kenneth Day, G. H. McClellan, D. D. Norris, Robert Lamon and Percy Chunn. Burial in Flint Creek cemetery, with Brown directing.
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Mann
Flint Crossroads
D. E. Hill
B. P. Collier
Flint Baptist Church
Brown's
Grover C. Mann
Decature
Ben-P.mann
Nashville
G. E. Clayton
Dearborn
Mich
Talmadge Mann
Benton City
Wash
Miss Mann
Flint
T. V. Day
Kenneth Day
G. H. McClellan
D. D. Norris
Robert Lamon
Percy, Chunn
Flint Creek Cemetery
Cullman County
Brown
Nine Civil Jury Docket Set in Morgan County Court
Morgan county civil jury docket lists nine cases for hearing under Judge W H Long during the August term opening Monday. Tomorrow's hearings include Lott vs Jackson Barker vs Beasley Wray vs Collier Reed vs Shirley Reeves vs Southeastern Greyhound Dollie Shadrick vs Goodyear Mills Whitten vs Cook Sherrod vs Johnson Flowers vs Stanford. Criminal docket includes 48 cases starting August 26.
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Morgan County
W. H. Long
Grady N. Lott
Ernest Jackson
FE. C. Barker
Hartwell Beasley
Roy Wray
B. P. Collier
J. S. Reed
John Shirley
Elmer Reeves
Southeastern
Greyhound Bus Lines
Dollie Shadrick
Goodyear Mills
A Corp
City council weighs bond fund use as school district seeks compromise
The council discussed using remaining bond money from a Somerville Road school program with a return condition. School board chair Jones would call a meeting to decide action. Rankin and local club leaders promised city support if field work is completed and stadium funding raised in Decatur next spring. The council ordered a new paving ordinance for Fifth Avenue East after proponent Murphree urged reconsideration. A kerb light was approved at Ninth Street South to curb speeding at city entry.
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Somerville Road
Jones
Rankin
Decatur
The
Kiwanis
J. S. Wyatt
Rotary
Tom Edgil
Lions
Alvis Briscoe
Civitan
Calvin Pettey
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Caddell
Fifth Avenue
Ninth Street
11Th Street
E. L. Murphree
Ninth
11Th Sixth Street
11Th
Murphree
L1th Street
Sixth Avenue
Fred Halbrooks
Folsom’s Campaign Funds Linked to North West States Drive
The text notes funds to be used in congressional campaigns in doubtful states of the North and West. Bill Drinkard of Cullman is named assistant chairman and Bryce Davis treasurer for the drive. Folsom attended a Washington dinner with Democratic National Chairman Robert Hannegan and later visited New York with Justice Hugo Black and Senator Hill.
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North
West
Bill Drinkard
Bryce Davis
Cullman
Folsom
Robert Hannegan
Washington
Truman
New York
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Senator Hill
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Palr
Luig
Galvani
Allesandro Volta
BY RJ. Scott
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Norway
F.B.I
Washington, D.C
Poole Silens
Death Takes
J. W. Bodley
KRUG
Birmingham Park
Hightower
Decaturs
Grafton Lyle
Morgan Area Price Control
J. E. McCutcheon
Hamil Clinic
Oma Jennings
Carl McDonald
Charles Spurlock
Decatur General Hospital
Athens 3
Brown's Ambulance
E. L. Hester
Jackson Street
Co. C. Laughmiller
Leo Morgan
Hillsboro
Baugh’s
Logan Boyd
Baugh’s Infirmary
William N. Mayfield
Railroad Street
Urban N. Lavine
Decatur 1
Joyce Elizabeth
Walter Seaward
Madison 3
Hubert Hill
Euel
Vinemont
Ralph Hood
Paulette
Kirkland Bean
Fourth Avenue West
Sallie Maul
Henry J. Fleming
Charles E. Young
Otto Carrell
Luther Standridge
Florence
Frank Scroggins
Ferry Street
Sven
James L.rankin
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