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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1952
Page
1
Fragmentary notes from a local column highlight small events and community quirks. The brief sketches reference everyday life themes and nearby happenings, offering a peek into ordinary concerns and local voice.
A local note lists a meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose at eight o'clock in the clubrooms on Moulton Street. Also reports a Nashville man C E Story in critical condition at the veterans hospital and family visits to his bedside.
Eisenhower plans a more aggressive strategy after weak showings with aims to gain Taft support and Republican backers. He will address issues and attack Adlai Stevenson while highlighting GOP charges, then march in the American Legion parade and meet top Republicans in New York.
Betty Frances Phillips a 15 year old black girl is held on grand larceny for allegedly stealing a 1950 Ford from Lee Street near the fertilizer plant then abandoning it near the plant. Police say she also tried to steal a second car in front of Mc Bride's store before taking Morris's vehicle. The case was transferred to juvenile court by County Court Judge W H Long.
Preliminary hearing for Roosevelt Hannah age 46 is set before Judge W H Long on Trinity Lane where Robert Johnson was found shot dead after threatening Hannah's property. Johnson's wife Ooie C Johnson swore the warrant. Coroner’s jury ruled the shooting justifiable as self defense.
Alabama officials plan a nine million dollar loan for public schools to cover funding until taxes begin after Oct 1. Finance Director D W Hode says banks in Birmingham Montgomery Mobile and New York will provide the funds repaid in three installments beginning March 31 1953 at one and a half percent interest.
U N infantry repelled three Chinese Communist charges on the Bunker Hill area of the Korea west front. An Eighth Army officer estimated about a third of the 800 Red attackers were killed or wounded after eight hours of muddy fighting. U N tanks and artillery answered Red fire as B 29 and B 26 bombers targeted supply and communication centers near Pyongyang. See three on page 2.
In Limestone county near the Madison line two illegal whiskey stills were seized by ABC officers ATU agents and Limestone sheriff's forces yesterday. Sheriff John Sandlin Deputy Howard Battles ATU agents Bill Lamon Tom Burgess ABC officers Jimmy Haywood S C Coulter and Carlos Nelson led the operation. The box type stills could hold about 00 gallons of mash.
Auburn reports an extremely serious outbreak of corn ear worms army worms and velvet bean caterpillars spreading across Alabama crops. W. A. Ruffin and W. G. Eden warn of potential heavy losses to peanuts cotton grain sorghum corn hay and pastures with no damage estimate yet. Farmers told to inspect daily and spray promptly.
Boll worm infestation prompts widespread poisoning as 75 to 100 Lawrence county farmers combat boll worms in fields near Speake Pinhook Elmer Carey Logan and Caddo Whitlows with Limestone and Morgan county reports noting early activity. County agents urge prompt action to prevent future damage.
The death of Buster Barber a 25 year old Hartselle garbage truck driver found on railroad tracks Saturday was ruled accidental by Morgan County Coroner Joe Morrison Sheriff John McCutcheon and Railroad Investigator J D Toone spent the morning investigating reports and awaiting train examinations in Montgomery The coroner anticipated a Birmingham report on Marie Bridge forth a 30 35 a Negro woman who died in Decatur to finalize that verdict See BARBER On Page 2
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace said he would look into a Senate inquiry into alleged waste and fraud in U S air base construction in North Africa after returning from an overseas inspection trip. Lt Gen Lewis A Pick was cited in the controversy.
New York veterans and thousands more join the 34th annual American Legion parade along Fifth Avenue. Dwight D. Eisenhower leads the Kansas contingent with Richard M. Nixon marching with California. vast crowds from 31st to 74th Streets witness a 12 hour event starting 9:06 a.m. with grand marshals and service leaders.
Representatives from seven North Alabama and North Mississippi cities formed a gas distributors association led by Garner Pride to oppose a new tariff filed with the Federal Power Commission. The plan targets a Sept 18 implementation raising Decatur gas cost from 31.5 cents to about 46 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. Each city will prepare its own protest.
An automatically controlled jet fighter fired a rocket that caused a B17 to spin and explode into the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles south of Panama City. All eight crewmen feared killed as an Air Force F86d pilot Col Arthur Debolt mistook the bomber for a drone.
President Truman named Tighe E. Woods, currently rent controller, to head the Office of Price Stabilization. He will replace Ellis G. Arnall on September 1. Arnall's resignation has been in Truman's hands for some time.
Seoul reports say a Communist POW was killed and 40 wounded in five riots since Aug 11 at UN camps. An Aug 15 Cheju Island patrol used tear gas as prisoners burned Communist flags.
Two West German witnesses recount a Volkspolizei officer wounded by Russian fire while fleeing toward the West in the security belt between Germanys. He was shot as he stumbled into the belt and lay hidden under Russian gunfire for hours before dying. East German patrol later removed his body.
Police Chief Robert V. Murray credited a hunch for solving a $65,000 Brink’s armored car theft within 24 hours. Ray Eugene Farmer, a 26 year old bakery driver, was arrested and charged with grand larceny after money was recovered from a wooded area near Glen Echo Park in Maryland. Authorities noted Farmer had previously worn a Brink’s uniform when tied to a past gang case and was fired three years earlier.
A Royal Air Force Canberra piloted by Wing Commander Roland Beamont completes a first in history by a same-day double Atlantic crossing from Aldergrove to Gander and back in 10 hours 4 minutes. The 4,144 mile mission faced 100 mph headwinds east to west but benefited from tailwinds on the return.
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