Clerical Workers Urged to Cross Goodrich Picket Lines
Union official says clerical employees at the B F Goodrich Co plant refused to enter to prepare payrolls while 300 pickets blocked access and 16 women plus 40 supervisory staff were held inside. The company has two weeks back pay owed as a national strike began August 17.
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Tuscaloosa
B. F. Goodrich Co
Austin Elmore
United Rubber Workers
CIO
Elmore
Phil Zeiderhoek
Goodrich
Three Americans Detained by Soviets Near Baltic Sea Zone
The Russians warned that interzonal passes could be revoked as three U S soldiers Lt Col Gerald H Dunn Capt William R Croucher and Pfc Arnold P Swenson were arrested north of the area near the Baltic Sea boundary. The United States called the seizure a violation of mutual accords granting diplomatic status to military missions.
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East Zone
Potsdam
Here
Gerald H. Dunn
New. Ulm
Minn
William R. Croucher
Baltimore
Arnold P. Swenson
Port Arthur
Tex
Baltic Sea
Air raids deepen as authorites hit Red supply hubs
Bomber crews reported three large secondary explosions and three huge fires as airstrikes against communist supplies intensify. Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus said the raids seem to hurt the Communists, who have grown bitter on radio broadcasts. Vice Adm. Briscoe said it is impossible to cut Red communications from the air, so the Allies will target storage areas where the Reds suffer most.
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Glenn O. Barcus
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Barcus
Robert Briscoe
U. S. Far East
Lichens: a composite organism of plants and algae
Lichens form a symbiotic partnership between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. They display diverse forms and thrive in varied environments, from arctic to tropical regions, contributing to weathering and ecological indicators.
Here Comes the Nelsons at Hatfield Athens
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson set to perform at Hatfield Athens with showtimes 7:15 and 8:55. The event promises family oriented entertainment in a local amusements listing.
Bean Services Set Tuesday
Final rites for Nina Stephenson Bean 71 who died yesterday at home will be held Tuesday at 2 30 P M at Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev Frank E Smith Rev Billy Stephenson and Rev Joe Gomes will officiate and interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Brown directing. Pallbearers include George Adlai Lloyd Stephenson Chester Floyd Halbrooks and Zellie Yeager. Survivors: husband John L Bean daughter Mrs Joe E Wright son Frank Bean and three grandchildren Joe L James E Wright Becky Bean all of Hartselle. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary December 29 last year. Family requests no flowers.
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Nina Stephenson Bean
Bethel Baptist Church
Frank E. Smith
Billy Stephenson
Joe .Gomes
Brown
George, Adlai
Lloyd Stephenson
Chester
Floyd Halbrooks
Zellie Yeager
John L. Bean
Joe E. Wright
Frank Bean
Joe L
James E. Wright
Becky Bean
Hartselle
James Gill Draper Service In Decatur Tuesday
Funeral services for James Gill Draper 53 formerly of Decatur will be held at 10 o clock Tuesday morning at Brown s chapel with Rev T J Chitwood officiating Burial will be in the city cemetery Brown directing Draper a Pascagoula Miss resident for 13 years died at the veterans hospital in Biloxi Saturday He worked at a Pascagoula shipyard and was a World War I veteran Surviving are his wife a daughter a son his mother four sisters a brother and other relatives Pallbearers are Billie Glenn Louie Glenn T L Baker Jr Clyde McRae Knox McRae and Welsh Dinsmore
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James Gill Draper
Decatur
Brown’s Chapel
T. J. Chitwood
Brown
Draper
Pascagoula
Miss
Veterans Hospital
Biloxi
Methodist Church
American Legion
Carmen F. Draper
Mary C
Jimmy F
J. L. Draper
J. M. Heflin
Edinbury
Ind
H. L
Two Cars Damaged In Highway Crash
A two car collision on Alabama 24 at Mt Hope road damaged both vehicles about 375 dollars. Roy Daniel and Glenn Sanders drove the cars, Sanders injured passengers Carrie Sanders and Wade Sanders, and Highway Patrol investigated the 9:30 a.m. wreck.
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Alabama
Mt. Hope Road
Highway Patrol
Roy Thomas
Roy Daniel
Red Bay
Glenn Sanders
Mt. Hope
Sanders
Daniel
Thomas
Ford
Carrie Sanders
Wade Sanders
Local notices and community updates from Decatur
Community events include a Morgan County Alabama Alumni Association chapter meeting at Decatur Country Club at 7 30 PM with film of the Alabama Auburn football game and university leaders as guests. A permit was issued to add a residence at 422 12th Avenue NW for 500 dollars. Admitted to Decatur General Hospital are W E Holmes L T Gifford Mrs Arthur Dedman Marcella Matthews Mrs Eloise Montgomery L E McDonald. Dr J L Sanderson leaves for the U S Naval base in San Diego to practice dentistry. Sermon at Ninth Street Methodist tent revival titled Faith In Action. Residents visiting relatives include Mr and Mrs Doyle Roberts from Aiken South Carolina. Cpl James E Roberts returns from Korea for a 30 day furlough. Shocco Springs Leadership Week then two weeks vacation. Admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic J P Parker and Mrs Robert Borden. Birth announced for Ward Gillespie at West Moulton Street. Louis Namie family back from Florida. Miss Shirley Ann Narmore enters Crippled Children’s Hospital in Birmingham for Thursday surgery. Tennessee River stages at 7 AM show changes through midnight Tuesday.
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Morgan County
Alabama Alumni Association
Decature Country Club
John M. Gallalee
Mortimer Jordan
Pete Cawthon
Hank Crisp
Alabama
Tragic Weekend Fatalities Reported Across Alabama
State police investigated a series of deadly incidents this weekend. Buster Barber, 25, a Hartsville garbage truck driver, was found decapitated on railroad tracks in Hartselle after leaving home to clean his truck. In Wetumpka an automobile crash killed Argus Moore, 20, with John Pittman of Maxwell AFB seriously injured. Another man, Elwyn Moore, 20, and an unidentified car driver were noted as involved in separate injuries. In Liden, 51-year-old retiree Tommy Monroe Williams was struck and killed while crossing to fetch water from a well.
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Bynum
Hartselle
Buster Barber
Wetumpka
Argus
Elwyn Moore
Montgomery
John T. Pittman
Maxwell Afb
Tommy Monroe Williams
Liden
Oil Firms Face Hearings Over Market Control
A report claims oil companies kept prices stable by controlled production under a conservation framework, operating despite anti trust laws. Chairman Sparkman said the Small Business Committee will hear from oil firms Wednesday and Thursday before its monopoly investigating subcommittee.
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United States
Sparkman
Small Business Committee
Lawrence Survivors List From Obituary Record
Survivors include his mother Mrs Lucy Warren of Moulton, four brothers J L Warren of Moulton, T Fennell and Price Warren of Tuscaloosa, and Floyd Warren of Chicago. Four sisters are Mrs Laura Southern of Tuscaloosa, Mrs Mattie Filyan of Moulton, Mrs Mae Carpenter of Rogersville, and Mrs Lillian Parrish of Moulton.
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Lucy Warren
Moulton
J. L. Warren
Moulton T. Fennell
Price Warren
Tuscaloosa
Floyd Warren
Chicago
Laura Southern
Mattie Filyan
Mae Carpenter
Rogersville
Lillian. Parrish
Companion Of Man On FBI Wanted List Taken Into Custody
Birmingham police and the FBI arrested Roberta Rae Carter 31 described as the traveling companion of William Merle Martin one of the ten most wanted fugitives. Carter was found in a stolen car and noted as having been with Martin when she arrived in Birmingham.
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FBI
Birmingham
William Merle Martin
Roberta Rae Carter
Earl B. Milnes
Valparaiso
Ind
Milnes
Martin
Birth of George Bloodworth’s son Frederick Allen
Mr and Mrs George Bloodworth announce the birth of a son named Frederick Allen. Bloodworth, an Army reserve member now back on active duty, is temporarily stationed in Washington where the baby was born. Weather readings from Knoxville listed for Guntersville Whitesburg Decatur Wilson and Florence with fluctuating values.
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George Bloodworth
Frederick Allen
Bloodworth
Army Reserve
Washington
Eisenhower Speech Pushes Urgency in Anti Soviet Bid
Eisenhower plans a rapid campaign push with a three point program to deter Soviet moves. He vows united western defense, warns against Russian permanence in Eastern Europe and Asia, and pledges nonstop aid to liberty seekers, while condemning governmental corruption and Communist infiltration.
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Kremlin
Russia
United States
Europe
Asia
Eisenhower
Coal miners in U S produce 512 million tons in 1950
The United States coal industry shows 351000 bituminous miners producing 512 million tons of coal in 1950, reflecting large-scale output across the national mines.
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United States
Burglars Target Cullman Stores In Coordinated Wave
A pattern of safe break ins over three months includes Cullman at Dixie Motors and Cullman Coca Cola Bottling, with Waldrop stating the same man committed the robberies. A rifle was taken from Duncan's store, and no witnesses heard noise despite sledge hammers. State and local investigators from Birmingham, Decatur, Winston, and Blount counties assist, with safe experts aiding the probe.
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Dixie Motors
Cullman Coca-Cola
Waldrop
Duncan
Birmingham
Winston
Blount County
Decatur
Oil Discovery Leads Police Through Rail Clues
Officers Smith and Kennedy found clues at 6:30 this morning and traced a trail of papers along railroad tracks south from the Sinclair firm. The Decatur safe job follows recent Cullman county safe crackings, with Sheriff Waldrop calling in state experts to aid the investigation.
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Charles Smith
C. M. Kennedy
Sinclair
Decatur
Cullman County
W. C. Waldrop
Robbery Suspects Named In Warrant Here
William Sewell of about 30 at 112% Fourth Avenue swore out warrants against four local youths for attempted robbery after offering to take him home and driving him out on the Courtland highway Alabama 20 Saturday. Police rounded up Art Closton Rutherford alas Mas sey Ray Gene Clemons Houston Lee Russell and William Garrett all but Garrett aged 16 jailed. The youths admit driving Sewell out the courtland highway past the state barn about 1 30 Saturday morning but said they were taking him home. Sewell escaped by leaping from the car through the front window. Investigating officers were Ernest Bowman William Maxwell and Detective Charles Smith.
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William Sewell
Fourth Avenue
Courtland Highway
Alabama 20
Sewell
Art Closton Rutherford
Alas Massey
Ray Gene Clemons
Houston Lee Russell
William Garrett
Garrett
J. B. Whitmire
Courtland
State Barn
Ernest Bowman
William Maxwell
Charles Smith
Alabama Prison Guards Don Uniforms For First Time
In Montgomery Alabama prison guards wore new dark gray trousers shirts and caps yesterday marking possibly the first time the state's penal staff has appeared in uniform. Prison Director J M Mul lough notes the change and says the uniforms were partly made in the prisons while caps and badges were bought externally.
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Montgomery
Alabama
J. M. McCullough
Market Prices Bulletin Cotton and Grain with Hogs Quote
Middling cotton at 38.75 cents and strict low 36.75. No 2 wheat new crop 195 dollars, onions free. No 2 oats new crop 80 cents. No 2 yellow corn 1.83 dollars. No 2 mile 3.10 dollars. Hogs price in Decatur 20.25 cents.
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Decatur
Wall Street Slips on Mild Selling Pressure
Mild selling pressure depresses the New York stock market with declines mostly 1 to 2 points. Volume settles around 800,000 shares, marking the fifth straight session under a million. Railroads suffer notable losses as oils steels and chemicals fall, with motors utilities radio and airlines steady to lower.
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New York
Atlantic Coast Line
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Gulf Oil
American Cyanamid
Trans- World Airlines
Cotton futures steady on heat wave across Texas
New York reports cotton futures steady as heat wave in Texas threatens further damage. Census Bureau data show ginnings through August 16 amount to 442,436 running bales versus 653,153 a year earlier. Prices late afternoon up 45 cents to 115 cents per bale with futures quoted Oct 38.63, Dec 38.58, Mar 38.48.
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New York
Texas
Census Bureau
Poultry Market Steady in North Georgia Amid Short Supplies
North Georgia dive poultry market remains steady to firm as supplies stay tight and demand holds. Dressers report paying 32 to 33 cents for delivered broilers under 3 pounds, 31 to 31.5 cents, this morning.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report Features Mixed Movements
Cattle market slow with cows and some bulls weak to lower while calves rise modestly. Hogs drop 25 to 75 and sheep show spring lambs near steady with good to prime buyers holding 26.50 to 29.00. Top vealers fetch 33.00, prime stockers 24.00 to 25.00, barrows 20.75 to 21.25.
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Nashville
Party Chiefs Map Program for Alabama Vote Drive
Democratic leaders led by Gov Gordon Persons convened in Montgomery to organize an intensive campaign to boost voter support in Alabama. Attendees included eight congressmen such as Frank Boykin and Albert Rains, state and national party officials, mayors, and local leaders who will steer fund-raising and district efforts.
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Montgomer
Democratic Party
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Persons
Frank Boykin
George Grant
George Andrews
Kenneth Roberts
Albert Rains
Edward DeGraffenried
Carl Elliott
Bob Jones
Ben Ray
Birmingham
Jim Smith
Tuscaloosa
Lennard Thomas
Montgomery
Ed Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
Atty
Si Garrett
Milton Cummings
Huntsville
Roy Wallace
Joe L. Moore
Gadsden
Cummings
Wallace
Moore
Stevenson Denies Cabinet Pledges In Election Year News
Stevenson irked by reports of possible cabinet appointments if elected in November. He states neither he nor any authorized associate made commitments and will not discuss positions until after the election. Governor Shivers open to supporting Stevenson, Sparkman believes Texas Democrats won’t lose the state to Republicans.
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Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Gov
Shivers
Tidelands
Texas
Sparkman
Unsteady Support Plans for General Eisenhower
The passage expresses continued but wavering faith in General Eisenhower’s qualifications, noting a desire for a strong campaign. It warns that failure to mobilize could lead to defeat and retreat to his university and farm domains.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Pennsylvania
Explorers Freed After Cave Entombment Near Aberdare
Four headquarters and a 24 hour cave visit near Hell's Hole in Europe’s largest underground system left three explorers trapped by sudden rising water. Welsh miners toiled through the night to free the entombed trio 150 feet underground in a cold cavern 20 hours after they became prisoner.
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Hell’s Hole
Europe
Aberdare
Wales
For Rent Newly Decorated Four Room Apartment
Unfurnished four room and bath apartment available for adults only at 422 Gordon Drive S.E. Home is newly decorated and ready for occupancy.
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Gordon Drive
S.E
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