Second Week of Morgan County Court Opens with 18 Cases
The Morgan County court begins its second week with 18 criminal docket items under Judge W H Long. A jury was impaneled listing Feenis M Black and others from Decatur Falkville Hartselle Lacey's Spring Somerville Union Grove and Eva. Several cases proceed Tuesday including Christine Tucker Lillie Tucker Arthur Tucker for assault and other charges and Roy Ferguson for petit larceny.
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Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
Feenis M. Black
Decatur
Sam
Harry—Collier
Henry T. Culver
Hartselle
D. Walter Dunkin
Scott Drake
Falkville
James T. Edgeman
Lacey's Spring
Aaron Garrison
Union Grove
Julius Glasscock
William E. Irwin
Somerville
Elmer Jackson
Lacey's
William E. McAnear
James McAlister
Lon Monk
Stanton N. Morris
Wilburn O. Oden
Eva
Oscar H. Reeves
J. Luke Reeder
Aaron Smith
Walter S. Tyler
Lacey
Ed L. Thomas
City of
Audry Johnson
Johnson
Christine Tucker
Lillie Tucker
Arthur Tucker
Justice of the Peace Court
G. W. Norwood
Jessie Robinson
Theity
Stephen T. Little
Roy Ferguson
H. L. Kirby
Janie B. Fogg
A . L. Haynie
Arnold Priest
Lonnie Hampton
Charlie Plemons
Charley Vaughn
Ser Ees Tees
County Schools List Staff Across Multiple Institutions
The article lists numerous teachers and principals across Danville Falkville Flint Florette Gum Pond Lacey's Spring Liberty Massey Morgan County High Moulton Heights Neel Oak Ridge Plain View Priceville and other schools. It names administrators such as G. O. Spencer and B. G. Smith, with a long roster of teachers including Richard H. Glover Kathleen Livingston Lucille Wiggins Mary W. French Colleen Turney and many more.
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Lewis E. Bagwell
Kate Eubank
Adene C. Butler
W. T. McMullan
John H. Teague
Colleen Turney
Mary W. French
L. G. McDonald
Winona Childers
Juanita Jenkins
Irene P. Teague
Cortellou Chunn
Cora W. Ryan
Lessie Lewis
Carmen Tanner
Emma K Aldridge
Lena Lock
Elizabeth Roberts
Cleo W. Larkin
Emily Alexander
John T. Kyle
Ruth ‘Thompson
Ed Summers
Evelyn Howell
Gene B. Horton
J. R. Bradley
Ruby.g. Newman
Linnell P. Orr
Frances Crowe
Fannie H. Kay
Lola W. Thomas
Lacey's Spring
Joyce Chaffin
Homith Jare
Lawn Cove
Berta Lee Bates
Liberty School
Massey School
Evelyn M. Fowler
Lorene D. Bryant
Annie Belle
Edwin
Price
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Lizzie Reed Penn
Clarence Pettey
Beulah. Hester
Susie B. Odom
Frances M. Harwell
Elizabeth C. Penn
Yarbrough
Irene C. Namie
Selah B. Foster
Larue B. McCullouch
Dottie Lamon
Neel
John B. Kirk
Evelyn Edwards
White
Estelle Hamp- Murray Braswell
Christine White
Ruby West
Oak Ridge
Plainview
Markets Hold Steady as Leaders Falter on Slow Trading
Selective recoveries persisted in New York trading with leaders slipping to modest declines. The session opened actively then moved slowly with best gains in infractions and a few wider spreads. Mild irregular trends near the close as transfers neared 700000 shares.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
Stocks slide in late trading while bonds hold steady and cotton futures turn steady amid trade buying. Wheat futures ease in Chicago on strong OPA ceilings, hogs and cattle fall, and mills see limited demand with weather aiding rains in Texas and Oklahoma.
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New York
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Nashville Livestock Market Mixed As Slaughter Terms Edge Higher
Nashville Tenn August 26 reports cattle activity steady to higher with good vealers 18.50 to 21.00 and most calves 9.50 to 18.00. Hogs at 3.00 to 19.00 with mostly steady tone. sows around 15.00 and light weights 12.00. Sheep steady and fairly active with spring lambs 17.00 to 19.00 and ewes around 5.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
State Highway Accident Toll and Local School Staff Listings
A state highway report shows fatalities and property damage totals for the year to date, alongside a Reader’s digest of local educators. The piece also lists numerous teachers and principals across several county schools by name and school.
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Neder
Associated Press
Big Crowd At Revival Tent Hears Life or Death Message
Rev. Porter Barrington in the large gospel tent declares the people have sinned and must choose between life and death. He warns remaining in the city means death and urges surrender to the Lord for eternal life. He asks, Could Jesus Have Sinned? as the night’s subject.
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Porter Barrington
Heaven
Hell
Garden of Eden
Jesus
McGarrahan to Be Heard in Decatur Revival Event
Evang elist Bill Mc Garrahan will lead a Bible story themed program at Fair view Baptist Church in Decatur. He will begin at 7 30 with a live reading of Cain and Abel supported by Lee Oned Bon and arts announcer. Mc Garrahan visits follow Rev Dalphus L Price’s invitation and plans a two week revival in Birmingham after.
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Cain
Abel
Fairview Baptist Church
Decatur
Bill McGarrahan
Lee O
Ned Bon
The
Sword
cGarrahan
Dalphus_ L. Price
Court declines injunction over Georgia county unit rule
The court states it will not interfere with the secretary of state and the election process. It notes the case centers on party politics and that the county unit rule should not be overturned unless clearly required. The decision says Georgia has not shown a denial of equal protection and hints an appeal to the U S Supreme Court may follow.
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Court of Equity
Democratic Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Georgia
Alex W. Smith
Mankin
U.S. Supreme Court
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
Fulton
Atlanta
Funeral services planned for Southern Airways official
In Birmingham on August 26 funeral services were planned for Robert Munday a Southern Airways official who died from injuries after a plane crash near Collinsville Alabama Friday night C P Ims Birmingham manager for the same airline was killed instantly in the same crash which occurred last Monday in Gadsden hospital care.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Munday
Southern Airways
Gadsden
Collinsville
C. P. Ims
Daily worm worry tale of the green tailed oddity
A Daily report chronicles a peculiar jointed creature with a green tail and brown ears that flicks a fly from its sensory appendage. Mason Jarge measures the bug at four and a half inches while Bob Jervis jokes West town’s prowess. The paper credits local youth for a spirited, nerve‑wracking bug hunt.
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Daily
Mason Jarge
Bob Jervis
West Town
Jervis
Daily Reporter
the Daily
Fifth Avenue West
Yugoslav Shoot-Down Sparks Cold War Tensions
Belgrade faces Western pressure after Yugoslav forces downed two U S transport planes. Capt. Schreiber identified among the dead from one crew. three bodies recovered. Yugoslav accusations target Anglo American flights as provocations amid Paris peace talks. Turkey seeks status on wounded Turkish captain Ihsan Vurun. Other nine occupants released.
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U. S
Yugoslav Ministry of Information
Britain
United States
Lrst
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Borba
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Turkey
Ihsan Vurun
Istanbu
Morgan County Deeds Summary and Transfers
Deed transfers list multiple assignments in Morgan County including Mary Brown to Charles Vaughn for 1250 dollars, Decatur Realty Co to Dave Kim brough for 750, W A Humphrey to Garrold H Nungester for 10000, B C Shelton trustee to B L Oliver for 250, Terrell V Ratff for 6000, Tarpley to J P Miller for 1, Ek to John so, Giles to Mary Sue Hardin for 6500, Maynor to John H Giles, Maynor to GC McRae for 4000, Tarpley to P L French.
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Mary Brown
Charles Vaughn
Decatur Realty Co
Dave Kimbrough
W. A. Humphrey
Garrold H.nungester
B. C. Shelton
B. L. Oliver
Ae Simmons
Terrell V. Ratff
Nor Tarpley
J.P. Miller
B. Blackwell
Albert Ohnso
John H. "Giles
Mary Sue Hard
May C. Little
George Edwinseh
Maynor
John H. Giles
Malone Rites Held Sunday at Central Baptist
Funeral services for Baynard Lawton Malone 72 pioneer Decatur resident were conducted at 4 30 p m Sunday at Central Baptist church by Rev Paul Roeberts The church was full Malone longtime church member former Morgan county probate judge and early Alabama automobile dealer survived by his wife one son three grandsons one sister and three brothers He died Friday at his home after months of illness Burial followed in city cemetery Brown interment
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Baynard Lawton Malone
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Paul Roeberts
David
Malone
Sherman Street
Morgan County
Alabama
E. W. Strother
J. F. Smither
Binford Turner
Carl B. Patterson
Iry L. Wyatt
Arthur Britnell
Harold Carter
Pieas
Marcy
City Cemetery
Brown
Boston Doctor Trials Radio Activated Phosphorus on Child
Boston August 26 final injections of radio activated phosphorus will be given today into the abdomen of three year old Janice Moschella in a life or death experiment to save her from malignant liver infection. Dr Sauk Hertz Harvard MIT specialist administered the by product of atomic energy for the second day in attempt to save the doomed child. He said the phosphorus injected into the peritoneal cavity will radiate and kill tumor cells by interfering with their electrolyte system. The experiment is highly experimental and may take three weeks to judge any effect.
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Boston
Auxg
Janice Moschella
Sauk Hertz
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atomic Energy
Dr. Hertz
Michael Moschella
Hertz
Body of Kelly May Be Brought Home
Washington reports Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr. whose plane crashed returning from a raid on Japanese ships near Pearl Harbor era will be honored posthumously. His body lies in Manila military cemetery No. 2 and has been positively identified. If his widow or father agrees, he may be brought to the United States next year for burial with World War II honors.
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Washington
Colin P. Kelly Jr
Pearl Harbor
Manila
War Department
United States
Congress
Philippines
Kelly
Repatiation Urged by Senator Knowlne on Soldiers Missing
U S Senator William F Knowane of California urged repatriation of three American soldiers reported missing in action in San Francisco The senator pressed for swift action to bringing home the servicemen amid ongoing wartime efforts with federal authorities arranging retrieval and acknowledgment of the families facing uncertainty
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Rancisco
U. S
William F. Knowane
Calif
San Francisco
City Police Court Receives $805 From Weekend Dockets
The City of Decatur collected $805 from twenty cases heard in police court Saturday evening and Monday morning. Fines included three $100 penalties for prohibition violations and a $100 cash bond forfeiture for a prohibition charge. Additional fines and forfeitures covered carrying a pistol without a permit, drunken behavior, disorderly conduct, and defective lights, with multiple $15 bonds forfeited and a $25 fine for being drunk.
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Decatur
Alabama Democrats push primaries to choose own congressman
Gessner T. McCorvey, chairman of the Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee, outlines plans to hold Special Democratic Primaries in the Eighth District and nominate a congressman by the people. He argues against delaying until after Mr. Sparkman’s resignation and stresses certifying a nominee sixty days before the November 5, 1946 general election.
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State Committee
Sparkman
Ansa
Gon Sor
Anis Absa
Congress
Arkiman
United States
Eighth Congressional District
Eighth District
John Sparkman
State Executive Committee
Gessner T. McCorvey
State Democratic Executive Committee of
Alabama
Belgrade Dispute Involving US Embassy Oversees Child
A parent connected to a child held since last February under U.S. embassy protection in Belgrade faces a dispute with Yugoslav authorities. The case centers on custody and international safeguards during ongoing diplomatic negotiations.
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U.S
Belgrade
Morgan County Weekend Crime and Public Health Updates
Vagrancy, drunkenness and one driving while intoxicated arrest were reported over the weekend by Sheriff W. T. Willoughby. Morgan courthouse to close Labor Day for Sept. 2 observance. Local Red Cross and veterans assistance noted, along with multiple hospital and infirmary admissions and transfers in Morgan County.
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W. T. Willoughby
Proof of Red Claims At Peace Conference
An Italian delegate urged reparations on the spot for Soviet demands as the peace conference entered its fifth week. Molotov called Russia lenient in seeking 300 million from Romania amid broader reparations. Italy gained wider recognition for its war role while Yugoslavia resisted certain amendments. Molotov and Manuilsky walked out at a Paris Liberation anniversary ceremony over seating. The U.S. delegation expanded with Sen. Vandenberg and Sen. Connally attending.
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Robert Eunson
Paris
R. Walker
Economic Commission For
Balkans
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Germany
Armise
Yugoslavia
Japan
Soviet Bloc
Mediterranean
Ukraine
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Yugosslavia
Vyevezia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Dmitri Manuilsky
Bidault
United States
U. S
Arthur H Vandenberg
R-Mich
Tom Connally
Dbyrnes
Senate
Draft numbers loom as 19 year olds await induction
The Army clamps age limits at 19 for induction readiness, while no one over .30 is drafted for now. Officials project 155,000 volunteers for the regular Army against an 185,000 draft need, with Hershey forecasting a possible 30,000 shortfall and current estimates labeled conservative. The accuracy of future draft calls remains uncertain before the Selec tive Service act expires March 31.
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Army
Regular Army
Hershey
War Department
Green advances to semis in Morgan County tennis
Chili Green seeded No. 4 wins 6-4 6-4 over Pat Thornton to reach the senior singles semi finals at the Morgan County clay courts tournament. He will face top seed Ray Love in tonight's semifinal. John Lyle meets Gil Crane in the other semi. Finals set for Tuesday at De Lano Park.
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Chili Green
Morgan County
Pat Thornton
Green
Ray Love
John Lyle
Gil Crane
David White
Delano Park Courts
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Hary L. Elmore
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Moulton Heights
M. B. Evans
Angie B.leslie
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Houston B. Vincent
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Loriie Bibb
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Rome
Sim Howell
Board of Revenue and Control
Andy B. Grimmett
Julian Bibb
Fred L. Wickham
American Red Cross
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East Church Street
Baugh's Infirmary
John Wilkinson
Decatur 2
Howell's Ambulance
W. L. Cook
Vinemont 3
Baugh’ S Infirmary
Sunny
D. A. Yeager
Thompson Station
Baugh’s Infirmary
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Tanner
Charlie Sartin
Baugh
Dorsey Turner
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Decatur 1
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