Weather Outlook and Local Hospital Movements
Partly cloudy Sunday with scattered thundershowers in the extreme south Sunday afternoon. Gentle to moderate onshore winds. Friends of Miss Faye Nesmith learn her condition remains unimproved at Decatur General Hospital. Various residents moved between local clinics and hospitals by Mutual Service ambulance. Births reported at Decatur General hospital and Hamil clinic.
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Alabama
Faye NeSmith
Decatur General Hospital
W. B. Gilliland
James Bridges
Seventh Avenue East
Mutual Service Ambulance
J. B. Hays
Fourth Avenue East
Mutual Service
Confusing Sign Draws Crowd to Chancery Office
In the courthouse register room the sign over the door causes curiosity as people queue to sign up for sugar drafts and liquor cards while an 18 year old seeks draft registration and others request entries.
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Register In Chancery Office
Regis
Local births and notices from Decatur area
Mr and Mrs Lomax Hayes announce the birth of a son Friday at Decatur General hospital. Mr and Mrs Ralph Lewis announce a son born Saturday at Decatur General hospital. Mrs Vaughan McKee admitted to Decatur General hospital Friday. Louise Clark Gilchrist admitted to Courtland hospital Saturday. North Alabama men honorably discharged at New Orleans separation center: J S Poteete Athens Chester Grey McWhorter Decatur Roy Lee Stutts Florence Edley Pope Houston Ft Payne. CJ Mrs A P Jackson of Opelika visiting relatives on Johnston Street. Rotary Club has no meeting Monday. attendance possible at regular hour for Inter golf tournament week. Ted Sheppard recovering after operation at U S Veterans Facility Biloxi. Decatur Chapter 38 Royal Arch Masons initiated three candidates Friday night after banquet. W D Miller Decatur was a Saturday business visitor. See Diary Page 2. Quickies by Ken Reynolds.
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North Alabama
New Orleans
J. S. Poteete
Athens
Chester Grey McWhorter
Decatur
Roy Lee Stutts
Florence
Edley Pope Houston
Ft. Payne
Alabama Democrats clash over use of party funds for Boswell amendment
Opposition surfaced in the state Democratic Executive Committee to using committee funds to campaign for the Boswell amendment in the November election. Three members voiced disapproval of the proposal to spend 3,500 on advocacy, arguing it would politicize a party fund and raise constitutional questions. The Boswell amendment would alter voter qualifications by removing the land or property ownership class and adding requirements to read and explain any U S constitution article and prove good character under a republican government. Some say it would centralize power with county registrars.
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Ala
Democratic Executive Committee
Ceatoemeanor
Ing
Artis Aies
Alabama
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
James E. Faulkner
Bay Minette
John A. Caddell
Decatur
Dewitt Garmichae
Anniston
Faulkner
Cahael
United States
U. S
Judge Jones Enters Race for Congress in Eighth District
Scottsboro judge R E Bob Jones announces plans to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in Alabama's eighth district. The 34 year old Navy veteran native of Scottsboro enters a field already totaling eight hopefuls, with candidates spread across Colbert Lauderdale and other counties.
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Ala
Jackson County
R. E
Bob” Jones
John Sparkman
U. S. Senate
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University of Alabama Law School
Judge Jones
Congress
Lawrence’ County
Colbert
Lauderdale
Bradley Twitty
Allsboro
Jim Smith
Tuscumbia
Jim Saliba
Florence
Harold Pounders
Wallace Meadows
Decatur
George Jobhnson
Athens
Jeff Smith
Huntsville
Bob Jones
Arsenal Declared Surplus Property at Huntsville
Washington reports the Huntsville Arsenal in Alabama was declared surplus by the Chemical Warfare division. The action took effect August 22, with no additional details released by the War Department.
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Washington
Huntsville
Ala
Chemical Warfare Division
Army
War Department
Decatur and Morgan county near $17,000 bid for regional livestock building
Decatur and Morgan county are about $3,000 short of their $17,000 goal to back a bid for a $67,000 regional livestock exhibition building to be built in North Alabama. Tom Adams, chairman, said about $14,000 has been raised and that the drive must reach the target by Tuesday night. He noted some sites could be free but others would require purchase, and urged continued contributions from Morgan rural areas and Limestone county. Industry in Decatur boosted the drive, which aims to place the building in Decatur with a $50,000 state appropriation referenced.
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Decatur
Morgan County
North
Alabama
Tom Adams
Adams
Limestone County
North Alabama
Shoots wife and himself in Alabama jealousy tragedy
Coroner said Barney Weems Jr. shot his 27 year old wife, after she visited her former husband, then killed himself with a 12 gauge gun. Weems wandered through Tuscaloosa for hours before dying. the woman was his bride of two months and a fourth wife.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
S. T. Hardin
Barney Weems, Jr
Weems
Greensboro
Hardin
River search continues for drowned man near Wheeler Dam
North Alabama Coast Guardsmen hunted for Fred Bland, 44, of Birmingham, who drowned when a motor boat capsized on the Tennessee River below Wheeler Dam at 1:45 a m Saturday. Andrew Stewart survived with a life preserver. Bland’s family reported two young daughters and his parents as survivors.
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North Alabama Coast
Cliffie Bland
Bland
Freida
Ate
J. S. Bland
Stgppville
Hanceville
Cullman
Record cattle sales ahead of OPA price changes in Montgomery
Montgomery stock yards report a record 2,500 head sold in a day, well above prior averages as the OPA price decontrol board set August 30 as the ceiling return date. Union stock yards president Glenn T. Stebbins warns small slaughterers will bid aggressively for available supplies, possibly driving prices higher.
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Montgomery
Ala
OPA
Capital Stock Yards
Glenn T. Stebbins
Union Stock Yards
Life Prison Term in Death of Wife
William White, 59, received a life prison term after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the July 30 slaying of his 30 year old wife. White claimed self defense citing the knife wounds his wife sustained in their trailer camp home as accidental.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
William White
White
Ed DeGraffenreid
Dock Damaged in Oil Barge Repair Mishap
A drydock on Blakeley Island at Peter Docku Semioete ern Dryk and Shipbuilding Co. was nearly destroyed when an oil barge undergoing repair suffered damage. The incident occurred in Mobile Alabama on August 24.
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Mobile
Ala
Peter
Semioeteern Dryk & Shipbuilding Co
Blakeley Island
PENSION IDEAS EMERGE FROM GEORGIA ALABAMA TALKS
Georgia governor designate Ellis Arnall and Alabama governor elect Folsom discuss pension plans and reforms. Folsom advocates old age pensions for Alabama, lowering polling taxes, lowering voting age, revising the constitution, and boosting teacher pay. Arnall favors similar state reforms and a resources board, plus freight rate consideration.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Ellis
Arnall
Folsom
Georgia-Alabama
South
Supreme Court
Ten Arrested Sought For Athens Riots
Sheriff H J Garrett and four Limestone deputies arrested ten white men in Athens and pursued six more on indictments from a special grand jury that reported after 77 witnesses. Eight charged with unlawful assembly, held on bonds. two with multiple counts. The arrests followed a five day probe into rioting two weeks earlier.
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H. J. Garrett
Limestone County
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Wekend
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R. C. Beasley
K. M. Biles
Fred Todd
Charles Camody Jr
Camody
C. T. Robinson
H. S. Todd
Lewis Robinson
John Morgan
Roy Hargrove
Elam Cox
Archie Lauderdale
Elam Hamilton
Athens
James H. Crow
Crow
Frank P. Turner
Malone Death Saddens City
Baynard Lawton Malone 72 Decatur leader dies Friday at 3 45 p m at his home 326 Sherman Street Funeral services Sunday at Central Baptist Church at 4 30 p m with Rev Paul Roberts and interment in city cemetery Survived by wife one son three grandsons one sister and three brothers Born in Macon February 2 1874 he helped unite Decatur and Morgan County and served as first mayor of the consolidated city
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Harry L. Wyatt
Iguin
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Harold Carter
Pleas Manley
Baynard L. Malone
St. Petersburgh
Fla
Germany
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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Thomas H. Malone
Ernest P. Malone
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Macon
Decatur
Georgia
Allendale
S. C
Howard College
Three Dothan Police Fired In Badge Shakeup
Dothan Alabama August 24 Chief J E Craughon announced the discharge of three veteran officers for inefficiency They were Capt John Hilson Detective Lieutenant E J Strickland and Detective West Herring The trio had led efforts against a lottery racket operating in Dothan for about five months Hilton and Strickland joined in 1935 and Herring in 1941 All had previously served as sheriff's deputies
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Ala
J. E. Craughon
John Hilson
E. J. Strickland
West Herring
Draughon
Hilton
Strickland
Herring
Department
Police Department
Jackson Child Is Reported Better
Dora Elizabeth Jackson three and a half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Jackson 913 Sao man Street was reported improving after an accident earlier week when her foot was cut by a bicycle wheel. She was injured while riding and received prompt medical care.
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Dora Elizabeth Jackson
Clyde Jackson
Saoman Street
Yugoslavia Bows to Ultimatum on Shootdown Case
The United States says Yugoslavia complied with its ultimatum over the August 19 downing of an American transport plane and may still bring the case to the United Nations Security Council. Tito’s letter suggests no survivors were found, while release of the other captive crew members followed. Patterson reported differing accounts between his August 22 talks and Tito’s August 23 letter.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Tito
Richard C. Patterson
Belgrade
State Department
Patterson
Three U S airmen found in mass grave in Yugoslav village
Graves Registration Commission reports Army investigators found only three bodies in the mass grave at Kropovnik while probing the August 19 crash near Bled. The question remains whether five American airmen died or only three.
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Belgrade
Graves Registration Commission
U. S
Kropovnik
Bled
Yugoslavia
Tito’s letter contrasts with Patterson report over incident remarks
Patterson quoted Tito promising not to repeat the incident and expressing sorrow. Tito’s 23rd letter did not repeat these assurances. The discrepancy between the two documents leaves unclear why Patterson’s summary differed from Tito’s blunt reply to an American ultimatum. Tito said Yugoslav fighters attacked in defense of frontier but denied orders for firing.
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Patterson
Tito
Yugveslavia
Jerson
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