Local Society Notes and City Notices Mix
Ocala visitors Elvin Hicks family travel to see relatives here while 1952 senior class to meet at the high school auditorium. Ladies Missionary Society to gather at 2 PM at Mrs Bob Blackwell home. Gas department reminds permits required for gas work effective August 18. Visits from Albany Georgia and Florence Alabama residents noted. Births and clinic dismissals reported along with university arrivals. Sheriff arrests include a prohibition count an alias warrant and a public drunkenness charge. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Bob Blackwell
Beeline Highway
Gas Department
Sheriff’s
French Liner Flandre Delayed for Repairs Postpones Crossing
New York report notes the Flandre, France's new liner, will not cross again until December 11. The French Line canceled 11 sailings due to repairs after a troubled maiden voyage with mechanical problems that required towing to the pier.
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New York
Flandre
France
French Line
Lone Masked Bandit Loots Bank of Cash
In Reyno Arkansas a masked robber held two bank officials and a customer in the vault and stole about 18000 dollars. The bandit entered through a rear door before opening and police sought a yellow convertible seen nearby. Glen Brown, bank vice president, was among the vault occupants.
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Bank of Cash
Reyno, Ark
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Glen Brown
Red Billeting Area Bombed Near Pyongyang
U S Fifth Air Force and Navy jets bombed a Communist ammunition and troop billeting area on Korea west coast about 25 miles northwest of Pyongyang. Eight targets. four hit by Navy pilots and four by Air Force fliers. Reports say 58 buildings demolished or damaged and 3 134 Reds killed or wounded in the week to Aug 14. Marines seized Bunker Hill near Panmunjom August 12 and repelled Red probes. UN troops held position.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Red
Pyongyang
Aiir
Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
Bunker
Siberia
Panmunjom
Bunker Hill
U. N
Decatur Red Raiders Games Banned From Broadcasts
Decatur schools announce no local stadium broadcasts for a year after a Board of Education meeting. Officials cite a 1,000-seat attendance drop last year and suggest broadcasting may have reduced crowds. E-ticket holders gain an extra game, and Butler high will play here under bond agreement terms.
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Decatur Red Raiders
Walter M. Jackson
Decatur
Jackson
City Board of Education
Butler High
Butler
Montgomery
General Opens Ballot Drive In Idaho Talk
Eisenhower campaigns across the West with a speech in Boise urging voters to reject extremes and follow a middle path. He denounces leftist groups and aligns his platform with employment, education, housing, and agriculture while criticizing the Truman administration.
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Idaho
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Denver
Boise
Capitol
Eisenhower
Honeymooners Found Drowned In Ozark Resort
Rockaway Beach Missouri reports James J Seger 26 a Festus math teacher and his 19 year old bride Betty were honeymooning after their Saturday wedding. They went for a midnight swim Monday and were found drowned the next day, clasped in each other's arms.
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Rockaway Beach
James J. Seger
Festus
Betty
Ozark
Communists Set Soviet Changes to be Debated in Oct Congress
The Soviet ruling Communist party will hold its first congress in 13 years on Oct 5 to reorganize and launch a fifth five year plan aiming for 70 percent industrial output gain by 1955. A new Presidium will replace the Politburo guiding the Central Committee between sessions. The party also plans to rename itself from All Union Communist Party Bolsheviks to Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Western observers call the October meeting the most significant since World War II.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist” Party
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
All-Union Communist Party
Bolsheviks
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Phone Hearing Delayed Again In Alabama PSC Postpones Rate Rise
The Alabama Public Service Commission postponed the Southern Bell Telephone hearing on a rate increase. The hearing is now set for Sept 23 instead of Sept 9. The company seeks about $1 million in additional annual revenue to fund employee pay raises.
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Montgomery
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Alabama Public Service Commission
Iranian Attacks on U.S. Personnel Resume in Tehran
In Tehran six Americans including two lieutenant colonels were attacked by Iranian youths while driving through the city. Master St. Paul Goodwin was struck on the arm by a cabbage. he was the only one hurt. An Army report notes the first incident at 8:20 a.m. as Lt. Col. Stelvenmuller left the U.S. Information Service for the war ministry when a rock shattered a rear window. Ten minutes later Lt. Col. Ben Legare and Maj. Milan Blott were struck by two projectiles.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S
St. Paul Goodwin
Army
U. S. Army
William B. Stelvenmuller
U. S. Information Service
Sparkman Wears Cotton Bell As Symbol Of His Career
Senator John Sparkman returns to his North Alabama roots amid welcome home events in Huntsville Arab and Albertville. He forecasts victory in November and a four year era of prosperity, promising a factual campaign for Stevenson and himself with no double talk. He speaks from a truck bed in Arab and from Albertville pledging national unity and continued prosperity for the South and country.
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Sparkman
Rex Thomas Hartselle
Ala
John Sparkman
Triumph
North Alabama
Huntsville
Baneene
Pat Kilian
Jjuur Heyou
Albertville
Tazewell Shepard
Democratic Party
People of
Arab, Ala
Gov. Stevenson
Negro Nabbed in Police Net for Cafe Burglary
Oscar Lee Nichols, about 28, of Decatur, was captured by a police net on the Oklahoma area near Austinville Road after allegedly breaking into a Negro cafe on Maple Street. He admitted the burglary while in custody. authorities say he was caught with the cafe in progress.
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Maple Street
J. B. Whitmire
Oscar Lee Nichols
Decatur
Whitmire
Nichols
Austinville
Oklahoma
Pack Self
John Webb
Ernest Bowman
William Maxwell
W. C. Hunter
Seldon Hill
Charles Smith
Sidney Wilburn
Wilburn
Diamond Ring Found in Can of Peas in Alabama
Mrs. Aze J. Lott of Heflin Alabama discovered a diamond ring inside a can of black-eyed peas bought at a country store. Mr. Lott found the ring and the couple seeks the owner. The peas were packaged by a Houston Texas firm. They welcome identification of any ownership.
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Heflin
Ala
Aze J. Lott
Lott
Houston
Tex
Polio Cases Reported Mild Across Morgan County
Three polio cases, described as mild, have been reported in Morgan county this year. The patients include Robert Powell Jr., 18 months, Hazel Jeanette Shull, six months, and Betty Whittle, 17, with addresses listed in Hazel, Shull, and Southeast communities. Limestone County reports one confirmed case and one possible case, mirroring last year’s early surge in Morgan county.
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Morgan’ County
Decatur
Alabama State’ Laboratories
Robert Powell Jr
Robert Powell
Eighth Avenue
Hazel Jeanette Shull
Willis Shull
Twelfth Avenue
Betty Whittle
Eighth Street
Limestone County
Morgan County
Senator Sparkman Opens Campaign In Hartselle Speech
Senator John Sparkman addressed a large homecoming crowd in Hartselle, praising the Democratic party's achievements and announcing his bid for the Vice Presidency. He also launched his first campaign for Congress in this appearance.
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al Funderburke
Carroll Lisby
Democratic Party
Sen
John Sparkman
Hartselle
Alabama
Gor don Persons Named to Lead Alabama Democratic Campaign Fund
Gov Gordon Persons is named to head a committee to raise funds for the Democratic campaign in Alabama. Ben F. Ray of Birmingham announces the appeal after a strategy meeting tied to welcoming Senator John Sparkman, with Milton K. Cummings of Huntsville named Persons assistant.
Sparkman Seeks Senate Seat in Morgan County Rally
A Morgan county rally honors Senator John Sparkman with praise for his rise from Mount Tabor to national leadership. Sparkman touts Democratic progress under private enterprise, defends liberty, and backs running mate Adlai Stevenson. Congr. Bob Jones credits Hartselle and Morgan county for Sparkman’s rise while Merrill Doss announces John Sparkman Day.
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Hartselle
Sen
John Bankhead
Sen. Sparkman
Morgan County
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Bob Jones
John Sparkman
Mount Tabor
Stevenson Sparkman
Doss
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W. H. Lovelady
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Bonnie Kay
Ocala
Florida
H. W. Wade
Sadie Hicks
Antalomeghe
J. F. Copeland
Bill Jr
Albany, Ga
Bill
Navy
W. O. Wright
Florence Sta Teachers College
Wright
L. 8. Wright
B. F. Jones
Martha Rome
Louise Ryan
Decath
Pamela
Sheffield
Jane Bradford
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Anderson
Ind
Robert Bradford
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Betty Lou Smith
Cullman
Bobby James Ramey
Hartseller
W. A. Kirby
Martin Street
Ellis-Meyer Clinic
John Esco
Ninth Street South
Frank Inman
Deland, Fla
Mr. Inman
Daily Staff
5Th Air Force
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Minocqua
Wis
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Washington
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Chicago
Frank E. MccKinney
Truman
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Hampton Beach
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