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25 Aug 1955
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
1
Community events and services update in local notices
Community groups meet at Degstur Masonic Temple at 7 p.m. and Life Underwriters discuss a training film at the Cornelian Hotel. Ministers announce sermons at First Methodist and Gilliam Spring Church hosts an all day singing with Birmingham ambassadors. Public invited to St Ann’s School opening night and an Austinville Church ice cream event is announced later. Police report two court cases, one for red light and one for speeding, and a tampering charge. See Diary on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilliam Spring Church
Arab
Highway 231
Birmingham
St. Ann's Catholic School
Austinville Methodist
Accord Lamon
Boy 15 arraigned in rape case after death of girl
In Saco Maine the nude body of 11 year old Doris Trudeau was found in suburban woods after an argument over toy balloons. Fortunat Michaud 15 a Notre Dame de Lourdes student was arraigned on a murder charge denied rape and had the plea continued for counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Maine
William T. Roussin
Doris Trudeau
Fortunat Michaud
William P. Donahue
Michaud
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Doris
Donahue
Raymond Kerry
Cullman Hears More Good News On New Industry
Cullman moves closer to a large cigar factory with Jno W Swisher Co plans. L D Hupp said construction would start by Oct 15 and bids are due Sept 21. Ten major contractors have received plans, with the plant originally sized at 100000 sq ft and employment expected to rise beyond 900 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
L. D. Hupp
Jno. W. Swisher
King Edward) Cigar Co
Jacksonville
Fla
Roy Drinkard
Cullman Industrial Committee
Hupp
Hugh Brindley
Chamber Industrial Committee
Flying
Highway 31
Lawmakers Seek Filibuster Bar
Opposing forces at the Alabama State Capitol seek a compromise to bar filibusters as the session nears its end. With three days left, only two committees have work. a milk control bill to regulate cross state milk imports remains deadlocked between houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Senate
Senate Finance
Judiciary
Capitol
Alabama
House
Schmidt and wife reunite after belated honeymoon
Schmidt and his wife Una postponed divorce to celebrate a belated honeymoon. She arrived yesterday after telephoning from a hideout near San Jose California, and neighbors called their reunion wonderful to see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Una
San Jose
Calif
Brown Named Morgan County Coroner
Lewis C. Pinky Brown owner of Brown Funeral Co. is appointed Morgan County Coroner by Gov. James E. Folsom to fill the unexpired term of Joe Morrison who resigned. Morrison left to focus on his work with Mutual Savings Life Insurance and thanked Morgan County for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. “Pinky” Brown
Brown Funeral Co
Morgan County
James E. Folsom
Joe Morrison
Morrison
Mutual Savings Life Insurance
Moroccans Demand Sultan Return and Treaty Revision
In a 24 hour meeting with French Premier Edgar Faure, Istiqlal delegates urged the return of Sultan Mohammed V to the throne and a revision of the treaty that established the French protectorate. They called for legitimacy and legality in Morocco’s leadership and noted the current treaty no longer reflects reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aix Les Bains
France
Morocco
Istiqlal
Neen
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Edgar Faure
Aesei
Death of Philadelphia socialite after elopement with Miami cop
Doris Silver Ostreicher, 22, daughter of Food Fair executive Herman Silver, was found dead in an apartment with her husband Earl Michael Ostreicher a Miami Beach patrolman. Police called circumstances unusual. physician could not determine cause. The couple had eloped from Folkston, Georgia, to Miami days earlier. the body was taken to the morgue as Shirley Silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Miami
Fla
Doris Silver Ostreicher
Herman Silver
Food Fair, Inc
Seaboard
Earl Michael Ostreicher
Samuel Manstein
Ostreicher
Miami Beach
Silver
Folkston
Discarded Salk Safety System Blamed for Trouble
The government blamed fundamental weaknesses in discarded safety testing for the Cutter polio vaccine incident. A Public Health Service report says some vaccine lots contained live virus and caused polio, with no determinate reason found, but new standards will guard against infectious doses in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Cutter
Berkeley
Calif
CIO Leader Calls Regime Worst Since Harding
At the CIO convention, Kroll attacked the Eisenhower administration as the most corrupt since Harding, calling it the big mink administration and warning of Wall Street domination. He criticized the Dixon-Yates power project costing 107 million dollars as a government burden.
Mayor Proclaims Boys' Club Day at Decatur Outing
Mayor H. R. Summer proclaims Boys' Club Day as the Decatur club hosts its first annual outing at Delano Park from 5 30 to 8 p m. About 200 attend with Congressman Robert Jones as guest speaker. The event emphasizes father and son ties, prizes, food, and two top members receive awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Summer
Decatur Boys
Delano Park
Robert Jones
Summer
United States
Steel Magnate Hermann Roechling Dies in Germany
Hermann Roechling, prominent steel magnate of the Saar valley and former general director of Roechling iron and steel works at Voelklingen, died in a Heidelberg hospital after a long illness at age 82. His family once dominated Saar heavy industry until 1945 when American forces ceded the Saar to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
Hermann Roechling
Saar Valley
Roechling Iron and Steel Works
Voelklingen
Saar
Roechling
France
U S Government Mobilizes Vast Flood Rehabilitation Plan
Washington reports a national flood relief push with federal funds and manpower. President Eisenhower ordered an across government effort using existing resources with congressional reimbursement anticipated next year. The Red Cross raised disaster aid goals to eight million as damage and homelessness rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
White House
Red Cross
Young Cyclist Hurt In Crash Involving 1955 Ford
Five year old Bessie Lear sustained a bruised arm and back and a small cut when a 1955 Ford struck her bicycle at the intersection of 3rd Street and Finley Drive NW at 4 41 p m yesterday. Ronald Session was driving the car west on 3rd Street. Bessie was treated at Bank Street Clinic and released. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John R Lear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Lear
Finley Drive
Ford
3Rd St
Ronald Session
4Th Ave
Bank St. Clinic
John R. Lear
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 19.50 feet with a 0.21 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 553.80 feet. Temp high yesterday 92 at 2 PM, low 73 this morning. Overnight low 67, high Friday 38. forecast partly cloudy with little temperature change today tonight and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Madison farmer held in killing in Madison County
James A. Wilbourn, 43, charged with murder of his wife Audie Cecil Wilbourn after confessing to beating her for an hour in a Tuesday brawl. He is jailed in Madison County. Sheriff L D Wall noted a long statement and previous claim of a fall from a truck. He said the fight began over other women with blows from a frying pan lamps and fists and that he had been drinking. Funeral services for Audie Wilbourn were held at Sharps Cove Community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
James A. Wilbourn
Audie Cecil_Wilbourn
Wilbourn
Madison County
L. D. Wall
Sharps Cove
Courtland Man Survives After Hectic Crash Rescue
In Lawrence County a Courtland man Grady Moore, 34, was found severely injured 300 feet from his wrecked car after it struck a bank by the road near the Courtland Wheeler Dam. A swift search party reached him around 2 p.m. Wednesday and he is now at Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland
Lawrence County
Yesteday
Grady Moore
Decatur General Hospital
Courtland-Wheeler Dam
Here
Highway Patrol
Lawrence
Bonanzagram Drives Katie To Poetry
Katie Kash teases readers with a Bonanza gram puzzle promising a $525 prize and a new version to be printed the same day. The fragment hints at friends, antiques, and a playful question about changes in the weekly feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Katie Kash
It Wasn't Stylish Wedding Due to Flood in Southbridge
Shirley Male and Normand St. Germaine wed by candlelight in Sacred Heart Church after a flood forced evacuation. The bride wore her only surviving dress. the groom wore National Guard fatigues. They knelt on cardboard to protect the damp floor as town lights failed and streets flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Shirley Male
Normand St. Germaine
Mose LeDoux
St. Germaine
Miss Malo
Edith holds fifth hurricane status in Atlantic season
Miami reports Edith as the year's fifth hurricane, with winds around 80 mph tonight and expected to reach 125 mph or more by Saturday. Forecaster Gordon Dunn notes Edith is a compact storm moving west-northwest, centered about 1,500 miles southeast of Miami and poses close watching needs as it edges toward the Caribbean and southeastern Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla.p
Edith
Atlantic
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Cape Hatteras, N.C
Connie
Diane
Dunn
Carolinas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Canada
New Jersey
Edith Advisory Reports Small Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Edith
The Miami Weather Bureau reports hurricane Edith center not located by airplane recon. Center estimated at 23.3 N 59.8 W about 550 miles northeast of San Juan. Movement west-northwest to northwest about 15 mph with gradual growth in size and intensity. shipping urged to use caution. Next advisory at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
San Juan
P.R
Wea
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Order of the Rainbow
Degstur Masonic Temple
Will Emens
Edgar Lee
Tuscumbia
R. A. Frazier
Lucille Emens
Minar L. Triplett
First Methodist Church
Life Underwriters Association
Cornelian Hotel
Life Underwriters
Sheriff's Forces
Buckley
Brown
Morgan
L. C. Brown
Sultan
CIO
Harding
Bill Rooks
Sarah House
Franklin Edwards
Edker McKenzie
Decatur Street
Miss House
Queen of Huntsville
Huntsville Arsenal
Brothers of the Brush
U. S
E. Roland Harriman
National Red Cross
U.S
Madison
Farmer
Southbridge
Mass
By Ken Reynolds
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