Showdown on states rights at Democratic National Committee
Washington August 20 14 The Democratic National Committee will meet Wednesday to decide expulsion or retention of Southern members who deserted Truman in 1948 for Thurmond. The contest centers on seating Texas and Southern delegates with potential vacancies and a possible fight over the chairmanship replacing J Howard McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Democratic National Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
William M. Boyle, Jr
Truman
McGrath
Southern Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Lone Star
Wright Morrow
Houston
Byron Skelton
Temple
Morrow
Gilbert Adams
Beaumont
Skelton
Worried Mother Seeks News of Missing Puppy Spot
Mrs James Cole pleads for help locating a small white female puppy with black spots named Spot. The dog wore a collar and was last seen near 414 Fifth Avenue West on Friday afternoon. The puppy bit a child and has residents anxious the animal is not rabid. callers should contact 3090 M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cole
Fifth Avenue West
Weather and weekend notices in Decatur area
Generally fair Sunday with a moderate breeze off the coast. Birmingham visitors spend the weekend in Decatur as the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium board meets Monday at six at Why Not Cafe. Locals plan amateur golf at Huntsville Country Club Monday afternoon with 46 licensed Alabama physicians. Tom Parker and family travel to Chattanooga. birth announced at Hamil Clinic hospital. revival at Kirby chapel ends tonight with Bob Cousar preaching. several local residents visit Birmingham and Chattanooga. Tennessee-bound Pfc Mittwede attends grandmother funeral in Durham then to Baltimore. church meetings and lectures announced for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville Country Club
Alabama Professional Golfers Association
Decatur
Melvin Lowery
James Wade
W. P. Dozier
Claude Metz
Alabama
Southeastern Metals Reopens After Two Week Break
Robert T. Harris announced Saturday that Southeastern Metals will resume operations Monday morning after a two week vacation period. Both plants in Decatur will operate with about 75 employees recalled to duty. Southeastern Metals is a southern aluminum fabricator led by Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Harris
Southeastern Metals
Decatur
Mr. Harris
South
Co op Members To Hold Meet See Electric Fair
More than 3,000 Joe Wheeler co op members are expected to attend the annual meeting and view the AREA Electric Fair at the Coliseum. The two day events begin Monday with registration at 9 AM and the meet opening at 1 PM led by S R Newell deputy assistant administrator for PMA. The free fair showcases home and farm electrical uses with exhibits on current Joe Wheeler work and services plus allied displays for better living and agricultural production. A safety and job training display and driver aptitude tests are planned for Tuesday noon onward with entertainment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler Co-Op
S. R. Newell
PMA
Joe Wheeler
The
Electric. Co-Op
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Russell Hopeful Senate Will Find A Way Out
State Senator Noble Russell, a leading conservative in the Alabama Senate, expresses hope to pass an appropriations bill within four legislative days left in the session. He believes the budget must be balanced and that residents favor no new taxes. Page 2 likely contains more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Russell
Senate
Alabama
Appearance Bond For Negro Set By Judge Long
Robert Mathews, 19, described as a Negro, had his appearance bond set at 750 dollars by County Judge W H Long. He faces an assault to murder charge after an affidavit by John W Hurt says Mathews attacked him with a knife earlier this month. Mathews is also detained in Morgan jail on a false pregnancy charge and is alleged to have posed as Jamies Scott, a Goodyear mill employee, to R E Lewis, with Lewis’s affidavit stating Mathews took 150 dollars in clothing from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mathews
W. H. Long
John W. Hurt
Mathews
Morgan
Jamies Scott
Goodyear Mill
R. E. Lewis
Lewis
Pleas of Guilty Entered by Negroes in Burglary Case
Roy Lee Alexander and Elijah Jack Harris pled guilty Saturday morning to burglarizing a railroad car of meat and lard at the Swift company siding in July. They sought probation, with hearings before Circuit Judge James H. Crow Jr. set for Aug. 31. Appearance bonds were set at 750 dollars each. Ralph Slate was appointed their attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lee Alexander
Elijah Jack Harris
James H. Crow Jr
Swift Company
Ralph Slate
Hospital Seeks Farmer Help For Pig Donation To TB Sanatorium
The Morgan County TB sanatorium seeks eight week old pigs from farmers to feed out and sell to market. The hog farm, run by recovered TB patients, funds hospital operations, earning $3,500 last year despite cholera losses. Donations can be taken to the sanatorium. see TB HOSPITAL on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
TB Sanatorium
Tuberculosis Hospital
New Vapor Lighting System To Be Used in Business Area
Decatur will adopt a mercury vapor lighting system as part of a downtown upgrade. Electric Department Manager Quince Eddens says completion is targeted for May 1, 1950, with equipment arriving around January. The plan includes 96 units along Second Avenue Bank and Lee Street at a total cost of 40,000 dollars, increasing street illumination from 1.2 to 35 foot candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Electric Department
Quince Eddens
Eddens
City Council Ap
Second Avenue
Bank and
Lee Street
Federal Funds Raised for Pryor Field Airport Project
Federal funds for Pryor Field municipal airport are increased to 92775 with state funds of 30925, covering two thirds of the 185550 project. Decatur Morgan county Athens Limestone split the remaining one third as 48 32 10 10 percent, totaling 29688 19792 6185 6185 respectively for each. Total construction cost near 152000 includes runway lighting drainage and easements with 17000 for unforeseen costs. Night landing facilities will be added along with a 4000 foot runway and 2000 feet of taxiways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryor Municipal
CAA
W. M. Robertson
H. R. Summer
Asa Rountree Jr
Summett
Decatur
Morgan County
Athens
Limestone County
Limestone
Woman Held In Mother's Death
An Indiana woman, 27, Mrs. Clarice Spurlock of Evansville, was arrested in Memphis on murder charges for allegedly poisoning her mother Eunice Dearing in 196? A body was exhumed and poison confirmed. Her father Winter Dearing died earlier and will be examined. Her husband Arleigh was briefly detained and released. Spurlock’s attorney said she has arthritis and was bound for Hot Springs for treatment. Extradition proceedings begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Indiana
Clarice Spurlock
Evansville
Eunice Irene Dearing
McDonald
Dearing
Spurlock
Arleigh
Hot Springs
Ark
Friel Hastings
Hastings
First Bale Cotton Brings Record Price in Limestone
Limestone's 1949 first bale grown by Leon Lindsey Tanner sold for 447.80 dollars with a price of 94.87 cents per pound on a 472 pound bale. Beasley Gin Company Athens ginned the cotton Thursday afternoon as a committee including Harold Lovvorn Winston Garth Jr and Grady Spence urged Athens firms to collect a premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limestone
Leon Lindsey
Tanner
Beasley Gin Company
Athens
Harold Lovvorn
Winston Garth Jr
Grady Spence
Vaughan Probe Reaches Alcohol Policy Debate
Senator Mundt said a full inquiry is underway into reports Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan pressed for alcoholic beverage makers at the Agriculture Department. Other sources say Vaughan criticized grain rationing affecting breweries and distillers. Brig. Gen. Evans defended Vaughan’s public service and malignment claims. The episode dates to 1946 or 1947 and involves Clinton P. Anderson and Nate Koenig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
Harry H. Vaughan
Agriculture Department
Vaughan
Truman
Senate
E. A. Evans
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Evans
Harry Vaughan
Defense Department
Francis D. Flanagan
Special Investigations
Nate Koenig
Koenig
Eigury of Agriculture
Brannan
Puerto Rico
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
U.S
New Mexico
Milwaukee
Emergency State Declared Across Chile by President
Chilean government declares a nationwide state of emergency to counter revolutionary action by the communist party. Troops and naval units dispatched to six mining provinces. one mine reportedly seized by about 6,000 strikers. Some miners threaten resistance if troops are deployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Communist Party
Pulaski Man Sets Rent Tiers With Unusual Add Ons
Pulaski Tennessee August 20 Harold Henegar a local dairy farmer posted a sign on a new house listing rent by family size with prices ranging from 75 dollars for a couple to 50 dollars for five to twelve children and 60 dollars for three children. He adds bizarre options offering free consultation for extra children and charges for fishing poles and hound dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski Tenn
Harold Henegar
Klan Parade Falters in Rainy Pell City Demonstration
In Pell City Alabama a heavily publicized Ku Klux Klan protest almost fizzled amid drizzle. About 58 robed Klansmen marched to the courthouse for minister Lyccurgus Spinks who spoke to roughly 2,500 spectators. The parade featured a 16 car motorcade with flags and red flares. Morris, jailed for defying records orders, attended in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pell City
Ala
Lyccurgus Spinks
Alabama
Spinks
William Hugh Morris
Morris
Klavern
Birmingham
Talladega
Gadsden
Tarrant City
Alabama Democrats Vote To Send Instructed Delegates
Mobile Aug 20 The Alabama democratic executive committee voted four to one in a mail poll to send Alabama's national committeeman and committeewoman to the Aug 24 Washington meeting. They will urge the national party to abandon its civil rights program or risk Alabama's support in 1952. Sixteen members opposed resignation of Marion Rushton. 39 of 72 voted, with 17 quorum. Names of seven dissenters listed. Committeewoman Lennard Thomas invited to attend. McCorvey asserted Alabama will defend constitutional local self government and oppose expediency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
National Committee
Washington
State Committee
Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama
Marion Rushton
Montgomery
Rushton
McCorvey
J. Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
W. G. Rains
G. Allen
W. P. Pruitt Jr. Chatom
Dewitt Carmichael
Anniston
John Morgan Flowers
Silas D. Cater
Lennard Thomas
Truman
Washington Gang
Cafe Man Slain In Huntsville
In Huntsville Alabama on August 20 27 year old truck driver Grover W Harbin shot Cr Church owner of the Pullman cafe four times at point blank range. Church died en route to hospital. Harbin was overpowered and charged with first degree murder by Police Chief Laura Carroll after allegedly threatening earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Cr. Church
Pullman
Church
Laura Carroll
Grover W. Harbin
Harbin
Carroll
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MIME
Mrs
Charlie Johnson
Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Why Not
State Board of Medical Examiners
David Thixton Almon
Moulton
Tom Parker
Anne
East Moulton Street
Eugene Powell Jr
Milton
Johnston Street
Chattanooga
Reneau
Eddie Sandlin
Panama City
Pensacola
Fla
M. “Jt. Halbrooks
Kirby Chapel
Bob Cousar
First Presbyterian Church
J.r.dobbs
Hartselie
Alvin Landers Jr
Alvin Landers Sr
Jefferson Hospital
Sammy Wright
East Vine Street
Karl Mittwede
Tennessean
Durham
N. C
Fred Williams
Baltimore
Army
Papas Brotherhood of the
Sixenth Avenue
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Robert Maschke
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
God
By Ker Reynolds
Coliseum
Russell
Judge Long
Sanatorium
Pryor Field
Pulaski
BY James Spottswood
KLAN
Committee For
Eniwetok
Atomic Energy Ion
Émoud Hora
James
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