Decatur Offered Weather and Community Notes
The Decatur weather bureau reported a high of 92 and a low of 67 for Saturday. Hospital and birth notices include Mrs. C. G. King and a son born at Decatur General, and several relatives visiting or recovering from operations. Stadium seating draws crowd, with over 91 000 of 100 000 pledged paid. revival services and a community bus are noted along with travel plans of local residents.
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Decatur Weather Bureau
C. G. King
Fifth Avenue S
Decatur General Hospital
Sidney Terry
Decatur 2
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
James Sidney
Walter Jackson
Superiot
County Line
Church of Christ
Decatur-Moulton
Lindsey Allen
Beech Street
16Th Avenue
Cloud enters Decatur mayor race as election looms
Local political heat in Valley cities as the September 20 election nears. J D Cloud qualifies for mayor of Decatur joining incumbent H R Summer and former mayor Tom Harrison. New council candidates push total entrants toward nineteen with several incumbents among them.
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Valley Cities
Decatur
J. D. Cloud
Fifth Avenue E
H. R. Summer
Tom Harrison
H. G
Red) Williams
12Th Avenue E
Rutledge Thomas
Knox McRae
Ernest Poole
Russell Speake
A. C. Dillehay
L. Gaines
L. A. Strane
Nathan Pryor
Clifford H. Odom
C. B. Waite
Clyde B
Bull Would Oust Florida Electors
A suit to disqualify Florida anti Truman presidential elector nominees was filed in Jacksonville circuit court. Publisher Reuben Clein of Miami Life seeks a declaratory decree to oust them and name loyal replacements. Judge Miles W. Lewis set a hearing for 10 a.m. next Friday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Reuben Clein
Miami Life
Truman
Miles W. Lewis
J. Strom Thurmond
Morgan County Court Second Week Docket
Morgan county court under Judge W H Long enters its second week with an eighteen case criminal nonjury docket. Prior dispositions include Roland guilty plea agreement in future term, Hormel guilty plea for obscene language and $10 fine, Alexander assault and battery dismissed, Blackeyes Martin obscene language and indecent exposure not pressed with probation. Monday docket lists Cantrell and Brown bond forfeitures, Slaten Tunstill Kirby defacing property, Lee Bridgeforth prohibition, Lott bad check, multiple assault and battery cases, McNutt obscene language, Benton Brewer obscene language and assault, Kel ley prohibition, Hulet weapon assault, Mrs Steele obscene language, Powell practicing law without license, Barker concealed pistol, Billy Parker obscene language, Vetral Parker assault and battery.
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Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
George W. Roland
Nehrawatha Hormel
Wilbur Alexander
Blackeyes Martin
Martin
Helen Cantrell
Ted Brown
Thomas Slaten
Robert Tunstill
Andrew Kirby
Tommie Lee Bridgeforth
Luther Lott
Pat Watkins
Bob Watkins
Bruce Hawkins
Lillian McNutt
Leonard McNutt
Benton Brewer
Bush Kelley
Clummons Hulet
Tom Steele
Air Possibilities Cited by Citizens at Local Airport
Citizens say the municipal airport could become a regional air hub for North South and East West routes. A PCA airline operates two daily overflights via Pryor field with Memphis Washington stops at 9 35 a m and 12 45 p m. Eastern flights between Chicago and Miami pass near Huntsville, with two already stopping locally and two more possible.
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PCA
Pryor Field
Memphis
Washington
Huntsville
Eastern
Chicago
Miami
Birmingham
Nashville
Isville
Oieten Macnee
Gionephis
Muscle Shoals
Lomakin May Not Leave United States
Soviet Consul General Jacob Lomakin faces deportation despite attempts to depart. State Department sources say he will be expelled regardless, with passage booked on the Stockholm to Goteborg Sweden. Vice Consul Chepurynykh suggested Lomakin may stay.
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Washington
Jacob Lomakin
United States
State Department
New York
U. S. State Department
Europe
Lomakin
Stockholm
Goteborg
Sweden
Zot I. Chepurnykh
Thurmond Charges Truman Hide Red Influences
Thurmond accuses President Truman of concealing the extent of communist influence in government. The South Carolina governor and States Rights candidate praises Senate and House probes into communist spy activities as a real service to the country.
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Columbia
S. C
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Senate
House
South's First Copper Plant Starts In Decatur
The Decatur Wolverine Tube Division plant, the South’s first copper mill, will begin operations Monday at eight. Built on a 270 acre site along the Tennessee River, the $10 million facility spans 1200 by 300 feet and will ship via rail, truck or waterway. Production starts at the south end and progresses through to the north end.
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South
Decatur
Wolverine Tube Division
Calumet
Hecla Consolidated Copper Company
Sam Hobbs
Don .W. Blend
Decatur Anne
Tennessee River
Alabama Flour Mills
Wolverine
Décatur
Detroit
Wolverine Tube
Two Fernandina youths held for rape investigation
Columbia report says Chief of Detectives William H. Rawlinson held two Fernandina youths, aged 17 and 19, in connection with a week-old rape case in Ormond Beach Florida. He described them as heavily armed and detained for investigation in a Florida-registered auto.
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Columbia
William H. Rawlinson
Fernandina
Fla
Ormond
Rawlinson
Florida
Slayings on Moonlit Florida Beach Remain Unsolved
Authorities in Ormond Beach say no solid leads after the rape slaying of Mary Hucks and the death of Greg ory Blount on a beach a week ago. A Kentucky man, George H Moore, 24, dated Hucks and Blount, was questioned but not detained. FBI analysis of substance under Hucks nails was reviewed, details undisclosed.
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Ormond
Fla
Mary Hucks
Gregory Blount
Georgia
University of Kentucky
Bradenton
Local stock motor boat races set for Labor Day regatta
Officials urge participation in the Tennessee Valley Motor Boat Regatta with Labor Day races. Entries expected from Decatur Florence and Guntersville. Races include inboard and outboard divisions with horsepower classes for both. Contact Eldredge Guire or Herman Free to enter.
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Decatur
Florence
Guntersville
Eldredge Guire
Herman Free
Cruelty Allegations Against Georgia Parents Involving Child
In Atlanta on August 21 a man and a woman, Mr. and Mrs. W Cox, were charged with cruelty to a minor after neighbors reported a seven year old girl forced to hang from a peach tree crotch in heavy rain for over an hour over alleged theft of 25 cents. Police say the child stood on tiptoe with head in the tree crotch, risking choking if weight dropped. The couple, released on $200 bonds, admit to punishing the child per police. Martha denies stealing the money.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Stephen Nicholas
Nicholas
Treighbors
Martha
Pelice
Huge Fire Ravages Navy Aviation Fuel Farm Near Apra Harbor
A massive blast at the U S Navy aviation and mobile gasoline tank farm near Apra Harbor sparked a fire visible for miles. Fire crews from across Guam and hundreds of service members fought the blaze as flames towered into the sky.
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Guam
U. S. Navy Aviation and Mobile
Apra Harbor
Runway Plans Set for New Decatur Airport
Citizens await action on a 107000 dollar runway for a two day old municipal airport on Pryor Field land six miles north of Decatur. The project funded by state federal and local partners aims to support day landings with two landing strips as initial costs total 66350 dollars.
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Pryor Field
Decatur
U. S.31
Lutie P. Shaw
Luke Pryor
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
County School System Adds 51 New Teachers
Morgan county students will see 51 new instructors for the fall term. Superintendent H R Leeman lists newcomers by town and notes six year olds may enroll by Oct 1 with two week initial entry. Emphasis on reading, vocabulary, and thinking will guide first grade and upper grades.
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Morgan County
H. R. Leeman
Rights Group Wins 1st Round
Raleigh August 21 The state board of elections faces a likely supreme court appeal after Superior Court Judge W C Harris ruled against the board in the Dixiecrat case The judge ordered mandamus to admit States’ Rights Democrats candidates for the November ballot and set filing deadlines for new party contenders
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Raleigh
N. C
Harry McMullan
State Board of Elections’ Appeal
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
W. C. Harris
State Board
Harris
States’ Rights Democrats
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
McMullan
State Board of Elections
Dixiecrats
Supreme Court
Clash Weighs as Russians In Berlin Seize Police
American authorities in Berlin fear a clash with Soviet troops after more Russian soldiers moved into the American sector and abducted German police. An American spokesman warned trouble could involve more than Germans if talks fail. In Frankfurt moves arose to include non communist representation in a Western backed government amid optimism for Western Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Paris
Ernest Bevin
Rene Massigli
London
Red Cross
U. N
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Greece
International Assembly
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Henry S. Leiper
New York
Leiper
Council
Annhalter
Largest slate of candidates to run in Huntsville election
Huntsville voters will face the largest slate in city history for the September 20 municipal election. By 6 P M today 50 candidates had qualified for 12 offices. Only five men had withdrawn or remained unopposed.
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Huntsville
Ala
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