Community Notices and Local Births in Decatur
Local greetings report visitors and anniversaries among Blevins families across Decatur and nearby towns. Army Corporal James L. Prater, wounded in Korea, is cared for at Walter Reed, while Don Esty helms Sunday services and revival activities resume at Kirby chapel. Dismissals and admissions at Decatur General Hospital are listed along with newborn announcements and upcoming dry forces meeting.
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James L. Prater
Army Infantry
Decatur 2
Hell's Hill
Korea
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Red Targets Hit By UN Bombers
UN fighter bombers struck Communist targets across Korea. Sabre jets damaged two MiG-15s while Allied forces repelled two Red assaults on the ground. Twelve B-26s raided a supply area at Anak and Haeju near the 38th parallel. East coast air strikes leveled five warehouse buildings at Wonsan. A sweep with 16 Sabres neared the Suiho power plant near the Manchurian border.
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Seoul
U. N
Korean Peninsula
U. S
Anak
Haeju Peninsula
38Th Parallel
Korea
Wonsan
Suiho
Manchurian
Nixon backs McCarthy if nominated as Eisenhower camp hits
Senator Nixon says he will aid Republican ticket members and back McCarthy if he is renominated. Mundt claims Eisenhower will campaign for McCarthy and others, provoking Monroney to call the assertion incredible and question loyalty to Eisenhower and Marshall. See Nixon on Page 2.
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Nixon
McCarthy
Ike
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Dwight D Eisenhower
Mundt
Republican
Monroney
Eisenhower
James P. Kern
Missouri
William E. Jenners
Indiana
John W. Bricker
Ohio
George C. Marshall
Senate
Marshall
Sen. Mundt
Gen
Gen. Eisenhower
Prowler Calls Urged By Police Chief Whitmire
Police Chief J B Whitmire urged residents to report any unusual sounds immediately to aid burglary investigations. He noted a call came at 7 45 this morning about a sound heard earlier at 3 30 and said rapid reporting improves chances of catching prowlers. Two new bicycles were brought in for owner identification at the department.
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J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Flint
Sordid Life Facts Drive Survivor’s Courtroom Tale
In Hum phreys County Tennessee a Kentucky woman testifies to seduction at 16 and years of crime leading to a jail cell. She accuses her husband of shooting Richard Mayberry in self defense and of stealing Mayberry's billfold, while detailing a two month coast to coast crime spree.
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Mayberry
Still raids net three moonshine stills destroyed
ABC Agent Carlos Nelson and deputies across two counties dismantled three moonshine operations. In Wilkerson Cove area near Moulton two stills of 1500 and 1200 mash were wrecked, 18 five gallon jacket cans seized. In Temperance Oak near Athens a 500 gallon still was found ready to run and taken.
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ATU
ABC
Carlos Nelson
Nelson
Lawrence County
Auburn Smith
Wilkerson Cove
Moulton
Limestone County
Tom Burgess
Bill Lamon
John Sandlin
Howard Battles
Wallace Coleman
Temperance Oak
Athens
Forgotten Woman Rushed To Hospital In Pain
Clara Toliver a 69 year old resident of Bluefield lay for weeks on an open porch without adequate care. After neighbors alerted city leaders she was admitted with serious heart trouble dropsy and infections. Officials cited lack of relief services and federal aid totaling 20 dollars monthly as factors in inaction. Neighbors helped with meals during eight months of bedridden confinement.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Clara Toliver
Vr. Jun Wy. Just
Biluereia
William L. Kell
Partment
State Department of Public Assistance
Member Quits Milk Board In Protest Over Price Hike
Maurice R. Allen of Birmingham resigns from the Alabama Milk Control Board effective next Tuesday to protest a planned two cent per quart milk price increase. He says the board fails to give proper consideration for consumers and notes prior resignation attempts were rejected by Gov. Gordon Persons.
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Birmingham
Alabama Milk Control Board
Maurice R. Allen
Gordon Persons
Allen
Milk Board
Decision Due Soon On Alabama Milk Hearing Rushed
E L Turner distributor and Alabama Milk Control Board member hopes to decide by September 1 after hearings for Jackson Madison Limestone and Morgan. A court reporter transcribes evidence and the board aims to act once the transcript is ready to avoid cross system confusion.
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E. L. Turner
Alabama Milk Control Board
the Daily
Jackson
Madison, Limestone
Morgan
Turner
Governor Opposes Milk Board Two Cent Price Hike
Governor Allen lettered resignation voices conflict over a proposed two cent per quart milk price rise. He notes his conscience cannot join the Milk Control Board majority in raising prices while criticizing the board’s composition and consumer representation. He points to consumers having only one of five seats on the board.
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Allen
Milk Control Board
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Feed Stuff In Eva Area Short Feed Stuff In Eva Area
A meeting at Eva high school addressed drought relief needs with 56 farms in attendance. Nineteen farmers said hay and thirty said corn would be needed before spring. L. G. McDonald organized the session with local figures and the Eva F H A string band opening.
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Eva
Eva High School
L. G. McDonald
Mr. McDonald
C. T. Cash
F.H.A
Hartselle
C. T. Bailey
State National Bank
Athens
D.C. Prince
P. M. A. Hartselle
L. T. Wagnon
K. N. Tucker
Soil Conservation
Maynard Layman
The
Decatur Daily
Eva F.H.A
Gilbert Frost
L. D. Boyd
Hershel Crumpton
Leon Morgan
Billy Drinkard
L. G. McDonald, Jr
Eugene Wood
Adlai Opens Campaign Drive From Wisconsin Retreat
Adlai E Stevenson, rested from a quiet Lake Kawaguesaga retreat, will begin a vigorous campaign push with a packed schedule. He plans August trips to New York and Michigan, including a Detroit CadIllac Square speech to CIO and AFL leaders, plus five Michigan speeches around Labor Day. He has kept largely in seclusion since arriving at the lodge owned by Dr. Clark Finnerud of Chicago.
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New York
American Legion
Liberal Party of
Michigan
Detroit
Cadillac Square
CIO
AFL
Illinois
Lake Kawaquesaga
Clark Finnerud
Chicago
Adlai
No Tax Raises Predicted By Gov. Gordon Persons
Montgomery governor Gordon Persons said there will be no new state taxes during his administration and predicted harmony with the legislature in 1953. He noted past tax hikes funded education and said education leaders may seek more revenue, possibly via income tax adjustments, while predicting a Democratic presidential victory in the South.
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Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Persons
Democratic Party
Newspaper demands U.S. ambassador leave Greece
Elliniki Imera, allied with Sophocles Venizelos Liberal Party, calls for the withdrawal of U S Ambassador John E Peurifoy after he urged a new Greek government to address economic problems. Opposition papers largely approved his remarks.
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Athens
Greece
Elliniki Imera Today
U. S
John E Peurifoy
Peurifoy
Elliniki Imera
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Athens 7 Youth Drowns in Pond
Funeral services for John Wayne Newton 10 of Athens will be held at Bethel Church of Christ at 3 30 PM. He drowned while playing in a stock pond near Hatfield Drive yesterday afternoon. Two companions witnessed him sink and a Hatfield Lake lifeguard retrieved the body after about twenty minutes. Despite artificial respiration and hospital arrival the boy was pronounced dead. Interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Mutual Service. See ATHENS on Page 2.
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John Wayne Newton
Athens 7
Bethel Church of Christ
John
Hatfield Drive
Hatfield Lake
Athens
A. J. Rollins
Eisenhower Critics Stir GOP Fight Over Korea Policy
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower voiced sharp disagreement with Korea war policy at a Midwest GOP meeting in Kansas City Kansas arguing blunders led to the war and warning against attacking Red China. He noted some Republicans favor MacArthur and Taft but asserted the United States had no choice but to intervene in Korea. He flew back to campaign headquarters after the Kansas trip.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Kansas City
Kan
Red China
China
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Congress
MacArthur
Yalu River
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Justifiable homicide ruled in Hancock County shotgun death
Robert F Johne So 21 of Trinity Lane was shot by Roosevelt Hannah 46 at Hannah home on a farm just north of Trinity. The coroner's jury found the wound justifiable as Hannah protected his home after Johnson threatened and advanced on him. No charges filed. Johnson's son alerted authorities before the shooting and the body was found near the cotton patch.
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Robert F. Johnson
John Sewell
Trinity Lane
Trinity
Roosevelt Hannah
Johnson
John McCutcheon
Robert F.johne
Hannah
Edward V. Johnson
John B. Sewell
McCutcheon
Roy Sims
Charlie Berry
Robert
Navy tests four new jet fighters onboard carrier Midway
The Navy announced carrier suitability tests of four jet fighters aboard the USS Midway near Norfolk. The XFJ-2 Fury F9F-6 Cougar F7U-3 and F2H-3 McDonnell Banshee variant are described as faster more maneuverable and capable of high speed with swept or straight wings. The FJ-2 development parallels the Air Force F-86 with 20 mm cannons and higher service ceiling.
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Navy
Washington
Kimball
McDonnell Banshee
U.S.S
Midway
Norfolk
Air Force
Sparkman Ends four Day Tour In Alabama Stop
Sen John Sparkman Democratic vice presidential nominee wrapped a four day home state tour in Birmingham Alabama declaring Republicans have one issue time for change He cited Eisenhowers pledge to preserve Democratic gains and stressed the end of southern political isolation as a key outcome of his nomination on the Stevenson ticket with Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois
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Birmingham
Ala
John Sparkman
Alabama
Deep South
South
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Georgia
Sparkman
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Vinemont 2
Lee Blevins
Thirteenth Avenue
Jack Blevins
Blevins
H. E. Blevins
Billie Blevins
Florence
Ottis Blevins
Sheffield
Archie
Maxwell Field
Troy Blevins
Decatur
Mr. Blevins
Roy Seitz
EF. L. Jolly
Don Esty
First Presbyterian Church
Kirby Chapel
Mr. Esty
Morgan County
Central Methodist Church
Decatur General Hospital
Laraine McLemore
North Avenue
L. A. Warren
S.E
Joseph Lynch
Memorial Drive
N.W
James C. McDaniel
J. J. McDaniel
Danville
James V. Speakman
Seventh Avenue
S-E
Hal D. Houston
Tanner
W. D. Jackson
Wilson Avenue
Mabel Brookover
Eddie Cornhill
T. W. Lewis
East Moulton Street
Ida Williamson
Avenue
J. H. McBride
Jackson Street
T. T. Buchanan
Walut Street
Tennie Lively
Les Green
Newton Bailey
C. C. Harp
Decatur 3
Jack Bell Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
House
Minocqua
Wis
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Bethel Church
Robert Johnson
Hannah Home
Slayer
By Carroll Lisby
By Leroy. Simms
By Ken Reynolds
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