Weather and daily notices from Decatur area
Generally fair this afternoon tonight and Thursday with gentle to moderate variable winds along the coast. Several local people and families are mentioned as dismissed from clinics and hospitals, births announced, and community events scheduled including sermons, a natural gas poll in Huntsville, and a railroad note about the Nashville Vols en route to Birmingham. A diary reference appears on page 2.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Nashville Vols
Birmingham
Louisville and Nashville
Threeway collision causes heavy damage on Seventh Ave
No one was injured in a morning three vehicle crash in the 1800 block of Seventh Avenue South at about 7 15 AM. A 1948 Nash driven by Woodrow Ratliff collided with a state truck driven by Albert Wilson Walker, then hit a parked pickup owned by Joel Davis. Ratliff’s car sustained heavy damage. others had light damage. Officers Broadrick Webb and Sims investigated.
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Seventh Avenue
Nash
Woodrow Ratliff
West Court
Albert Wilson Walker
Decature
Ratliff
Joel Davis
Flint
Broadrick
Webb
Sims
Electricity Advances in Valley Section Extensions Hailed
North Alabama gains with farm power as PMA official reports 3 600 to 4 000 attendees at the Joe Wheeler electric cooperative annual meeting. He cites on farm cooling of milk and dairying as key benefits, and notes a cooperative cotton grading system offered free to producers. The meeting records a $13 000 surplus for year ending June 30 1949 and 3 000+ member homes served, with plans for a near one million dollar loan for new offices and system upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Bubbett
North Alabama
Burt S. Newell
Joe Wheeler Electric Cooperative
Coliseum Grounds
Newell
PMA
Joe Wheeler
Paul Horton
Hillsboro
Coop
Horton
Co-Operative
Floyd F. Anderson
Hartselle
Lawrence
Morgan
Town Creek
Eva
Danville
Falkville
Anderson
Co-Op
REA
Moulton
Lawrence County Opens Cotton Ginning With First Bales
Lawrence county opened its cotton ginning season yesterday afternoon when F B Buster Jackson from Landersville delivered a 515 pound bale and won a $25 premium. A second bale weighing 395 pounds was brought in by J W Sivley from Morris Chapel. Both bales were ginned by Long and Aldridge.
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Lawrence County
F. B. “Buster
Jackson
Landersville
Moulton
J. W. Sivley
Morris Chapel
Livley
Long
Aldridge
Negro woman questioned in forgery case
Mattie Pearl Hearth, 32, of 451 12 Jackson Street, is questioned by police after being accused of forging two checks of 100 dollars each by signing the name James J Hearth, according to Police Chief J B Whitmire.
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Mattie Pearl Hearth
Jackson Street
J. B. Whitmire
James J. Hearth
Feldman Quizzed About Contents Of Hunt's Diary
Senate investigators confronted Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman with diary passages by James V. Hunt claiming Feldman asked Hunt in 1948 to contact congressional "contacts" about retirement legislation for Army officers. Feldman admitted discussing the matter but denied instructing Hunt to reach out to Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Senate
Herman Feldman
James V. Hunt
Feldman
Hunt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Truck Overturns Near Flinthill No Injuries Reported
A trailer truck plunged over a 25 foot embankment at the VU S 31 railroad overpass one mile south of Flinthill around 7 this morning. The Selma cotton truck reportedly tore through a flower bed and corn patch to within ten feet of the Bud Willingham home. The driver, unidentified, was thrown from the truck and knocked unconscious but regained consciousness before Brown's ambulance arrived. No report from the Highway Patrol.
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Flinthill
Selma
Bud Willingham
Brown
Highway Patrol
Teague counsels Jaycees on self help versus government aid
Memphis editor W C Teague told the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and guests that there is a difference between helping people and helping them to help themselves. He warned against surrendering responsibility to government and questioned who should fund housing and social services. He urged citizens to stop waiting for Santa in Washington and focus on personal responsibility and private initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Teague
Memphis
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Teague
Santa Claus
North Pole
Washington, D. C
Bigger Senate Bill is Killed
Senators huddled at the capitol to salvage an education appropriation with about two million dollars less per year than the house bill. Educators preferred the house version but revenue limits complicate aims. A welfare outlay of 400 000 was set for subcommittee study and the final group of economy bills were killed by the house judiciary committee, delaying executive amendments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
Finance and Taxation Committee
Senate
House
James V. Jourdan
James Allen
Etowah County
House Judiciary Committee
James E. Folsom
Willis McIlwain
Bullock
Falkville ginner turns out first bale of season
R L Walker Gin Co Falkville ginned its first bale of the season on Tuesday. Mrs Grace Addie a Falkville resident received 25 dollars and the ginning free for producing the first bale. She earned 31 cents a pound for the 473 pound bale.
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R. L. Walker Gin Co
Falkville
Grace Addie
Vigilantes Form to Target Mickey Cohen in LA
A new vigilante committee in Los Angeles claims Mickey Cohen is a front for real vice lords. It will open an investigation bureau to gather crime and vice information and hand it to state and federal authorities. The mass meeting, organized by a veterans group, urged law enforcement at all levels to attend. Cohen declined to speak to District Attorney William Simpson who seeks to question him about the listening post.
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Los Angeles
Mickey (the Mouse) Cohen
Mickey Cohen
Mickey Mouse
Cohen
North Atlantic Pact Becomes Effective Now
The North Atlantic treaty becomes effective today as France deposits her ratification note in Washington, tying U S defenses with Canada and 10 European nations. The moment comes amid Western Russia tensions and anti Tito propaganda from Moscow. Chiang Kai Shek rushes to Chungking to head off warlord pacts as nationalists press Canton’s fall. Finland’s central trade union federation expels four communist unions, signaling possible splits in the movement. Russia watches anti communist moves in Finland as Britain faces financial issues. See NORTH on Page 2.
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Associated Press
France
Washington
United States
Canada
Russia
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Red Star
Tito
Gestapo
Chiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
Szechwan
China
Canton
Hunan
Central
Reds
Finland
Soviet Union
Britain
Georgia Klans Face Tax Action
In Atlanta on August 24 the Association of Georgia Klans faces a $9,332 federal tax lien for alleged unpaid income taxes for 1946 1947 and 1948. The government previously dismantled the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1946 and has levied on Klan funds while awaiting hearings. The late Samuel Green led the revival as Dr. Green before his death leaves the group without a leader.
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Atlanta
Association of Georgia Klans
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
James A. Colescott
Samuel Green
Kluxers
Association of Georgia Klans Inc
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Green
Klan
Marion H. Allen
U. S
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Allen
Dr. Green
Paul Cobb
Green Frank
Lake Queen On Time Maiden Voyage Promised
The Lake Queen chartered for a merchant's Fun Day cruise will depart from the Yacht Club harbor promptly at 4 P M tomorrow announced by H H Higdon Dont be late The event plans include a honeymoon tale contest with a prize outfit and Dr T Stratton Jones performing on Hammond organ Reservations are reportedly sold out with late cancellations possible
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Yacht Club
H. H. Higdon
D. E. Fredrick
Games
T. Stratton Jones
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Storm Raging Off The Coast Near Cape Hatteras
Miami August 24 A small but vicious hurricane raged off North Carolina coast with 130 mph winds and 45 mile warning line from Manteo to Cape Lookout. Center near Cape Hatteras to Diamond Shoals, storm may brush shore then move northeast. A second hurricane grows, likely to threaten Turk’s Island region as planes track it.
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Miami
Fla
North Carolina
Puerto Rico
Carolina
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoals
Norton
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Turk’s
Quantanamo Bay
Cuba
Democratic National Committee Boots States Rights On Key States
The Democratic National Committee ousted states rights members from Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina as William M Boyle Jr was elected national chairman succeeding J Howard McGrath The panel kept Texas committeeman Wright Morrow after debate and removed Gov Strom Thurmond from the rolls replacing him with Burnet Maybank The South Carolina compromise retained Anne A Agnew as committeewoman.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
William M. Boyle, Jr
J. Howard MecGrath
Wright Morrow
Texas
Morrow
Byron C. Allen
Minnesota
J. Strom Thurmond
Burnet Maybank
Anne A. Agnew
Infant Thrown From Car in Collision in Prichard
A 11 day old girl, Mary Elaine Jerrell, was thrown from a car in a two vehicle wreck in Prichard. She died late last night from spinal and internal injuries. The other driver was Waylon Mason, 40. It was Mobile County's 19th traffic death of the year.
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Prichard
Ala
Mary Elaine Jerrell
E. F. Jerrell
Waylon Mason
Mobile County
Alabama Leader Sees Ouster Hardening States Rights Fight
MCCORVEY COMMENTS Mobile Ala Aug. 2 a Alabama party leader said today ouster of states righters from the regular democratic party would solidify the South in its opposition to centralization of government in bureaucratic Washington Gessner T McCorvey chairman of the Alabama democratic executive committee and a states rights leader made the statement after the democratic national committee kicked out of the party states righters from four Southern states He added other states will join Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and South Carolina in 1952 in opposing any presidential nominee who aims to wreck the civilization of the South.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
South
Washington
Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic National Committee
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Agnew and Maybank clash over party line at national committee
Mrs Agnew testified she voted democratic in 1948 though inactive. The credentials panel accused her of letting another party use her name. Maybank argued that the South Carolina state committee elected him and Mrs Agnew, and that he will take no orders from the national committee. McGrath, presiding, announced his resignation as attorney general takes effect at 9 am EST.
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Maybank
State Committee
Texas
Wisconsin
Carl Thompson
Stoughton
Robert Tehnan
McGrath
Local Stores Will Close on Labor Day
Decatur stores will be closed on Labor Day September 5 as announced by H. Hanan, chairman of the retail merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce. The decision was made at a January meeting, he said.
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Decatur
H. H Nanan
Chamber of Commerce
President Truman Invited to Address Farmers Rally
President Truman received an invitation to speak at a rally in the Rose Garden from a group of 118 farmers and mayors. The event planned to focus on farm policy and rural concerns in Washington.
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Washington
Aus
Truman
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Seine
Irlimale
Commet
Baugh - Wiley Clinic
M. G. Maddox
James Parker
Somerville
Martha Frances Kilgore
East Walnut Street
Hamil Clinic
Joyce
City Hall
Douglas Burks
Recorder’s Court
Decatur General Hospital
Beatrice Garrett
Tanner
James Owen Davis
Eugene M. Davis
William C. Brown
Vinemont
Lloyd Standridge
Lara Cole
Calif
Isaac Johnson III
Somerville Road
Christine Owens
Eighth Avenue West
D. E. Moon
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
M. N. Alexander
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
TVA
7Oday
Otis Kirby
First Methodist Church
Canal Street
Eugene M. Chapman
John's Episcopal Church
Sewanee
E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
R. L. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Arthur J. Parker
The
Daily
Eufaula
By Ken Reynolds
Joe Wheeler Co-op
52Nd Street
52Nd St
Avenue of the Americas
New York
Edna Birnbaum
Alfred
Birnbaums
U. S. Internal Revenue Department
New Klan
New Organized
Spinks
New Order
Lycurgus Spinks
Meridian
Miss
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
State Capitol
Independent Klans
Seashore Klans
Ozark Klans
Star Klans
River Valley Klans
Allied Klans
Morris
Jaycees
Mickey
William Simpson
Simpson
Sealy
Lake Queen
Mrs. Thomas
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