Local births and hospital news fill Decatur file
Noah Webster Hartseller admitted to Ellis-Meyer hospital Tuesday. Virgil Lively underwent surgery there. A son born Monday night to Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Layton at Ellis-Meyer. Several dismissals reported from Ellis-Meyer hospital. Royal Arch Masons Decatur chapter to meet Thursday night. Weather updates and river stages from US Weather Bureau. Community notices include church services and building permits. Major political speech at Legion convention noted, with reference to Eisenhower. See Diary On Page 2.
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Noah Webster
Hartseller
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
T.W. Layton
Chestnut Street
Decatur Chapter No
Royal Arch Masons
D. L. Allen
Louis Meadows
Decatur
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Stevenson Launches Campaign With Blistering Communism Attack
Gov Adlai Stevenson opened his presidential bid with a forceful speech denouncing communism as the death of the soul and urging a strengthened national defense. He spoke before a Democratic audience outlining campaign themes and party aims.
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Adlai Stevenson
Ellender refuses to campaign for Stevenson for president
Senator Ellender of Louisiana says he will not campaign for Adlai Stevenson. He apologizes for past support but will vote the straight Democratic ticket. He cites Stevenson drifting toward Truman era policies unpopular in the South.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Ellender
Truman
South
Raids On Depots Followed Up In Korea War Action
U N warplanes attacked North Korea with fighter bombers and napalm in a follow up to last night’s raids near Pyongyang and in Northeast Korea. Eighth Army reports light sporadic ground fire as B 29s dropped 70 tons of high explosives on a Pyongyang supply area. Civilians were warned to evacuate before the attack and pilots reported moderate flak and no Red attacks.
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Seoul
U. N
North Korea
Red Capital
Pyongyang
Northeast Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Red Front Line
U. S. Eighth Army
Boys Paint Faces With Enamel That Won't Wash Off
In Cincinnati seven year old Joe Lagory and three year old Clyde painted Clyde’s toy truck with black enamel. Clyde smeared the paint on his face and the enamel won’t wash off. Dr. Carl A Wilzbach says it will have to wear off and cautions parents as the second grade starts next week.
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Cincinnati
Joe Lagory
Brother Clyde
Clyde
Joe
Carl A. Wilzbach
Charles Lagory
Tight plan urged after probe into government grain shortages
Sen. Ellender says a draft Agriculture Committee report will push a tighter warehouse inspection service after a study found shortages in government grains totaling over eight million dollars. He notes converters private warehousemen and farmers allegedly removed grain for private use under price-support programs.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Sen. Williams
R-De
Cotton Crop Of State Seen Reaching 150 Million
Alabama farmers expect about 150 million dollars from the 1952 cotton crop based on a projected 780000 bales. Agronomist J C Lowery of the API Extension Service notes risks like weevils and rising costs, but warns profit hinges on market prices around 40 cents a pound.
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Auburn
Alabama
J. C. Lowery
API Extension Service
Lowery
River Project Based By Pick River Project Based By Pick
Lt Gen Lewis A. Pick led inspection downriver to Demopolis after Army Engineers outlined a 281 million modernization plan for the Warrior Tom Bigbee waterway system. The project links Mobile Gulf with Birmingham, with 7 million first year and 41 million at peak year funding, to be completed in 1962.
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Tuscaloosa
Lewis A. Pick
Demopolis
Chief of Army Engineers
Pick
Warrior-Tombigbee Development Association
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Birmingham
Congress
Warrior River
City Employes End Walkout
A two day strike involving more than 350 city workers in Birmingham ended after a mass meeting where CIO affiliated members voted to return. Officials offered no concessions but promised to handle grievances through normal channels. The action included 30 Negro elevator operators and other workers. garbage and sewer crews struck, suspending residential pickups though downtown services continued.
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Birmingham
CIO
Civic
Morgan County Engineer John Bridges Dies at 49
Funeral services are set for 4:30 p.m. in Alexander City for John A. Bridges, 49, Morgan County engineer, who collapsed from a heart attack while supervising bridge work in Hartselle and Florette. He died at Decatur General Hospital after being rushed there by private car. Survivors include his wife Leslia Mae Bridges of Decatur, his father E. B. Bridges of Pickensville, Alabama, four sisters in Birmingham Carrollton Maples and Atlanta, and two brothers in Birmingham and Electric Mills Mississippi. The Bridges lived at Colonial Apartments in Decatur.
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John A. Bridges
Morgan County
Alexander City
Bridges
Hartselle
Florette
Leslia Mae Bridges
Decatur
E. B. Bridges
Pickensville
Alabama
Dewey Parker
Birmingham
John Curry
Carrollton
Georgia
S. C. .McCan
Maples
Florida
Price Howard
Atlanta
T. F. Bridges
William Bridges
Electric Mills
Mississippi
Wanda Hasty Dies From Bessember Crash Injuries
In Birmingham Wanda Jane Hasty age 13 died in a hospital today from injuries suffered Monday night in a Bessember traffic accident. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E T Hasty and granddaughter of 93 year old Bessember policeman George W Hasty.
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Birmingham
Wanda Jane Hasty
Bessemer
E.T. Hasty
George W. Hasty
Police Solve Two Theft Cases In City
Police report the arrest of 21 year old Eugene Murdock in a Ford coupe theft from Farm Industries Inc. and the recovery of the car on Grant Street. Four African American suspects are being held for a separate outboard motor theft from Galoway Rogers River Fish Market. The motor was reportedly swindled by Henry Louis Smith Jordan Houston Manual Matthews Willie Polk and an unnamed accomplice.
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Eugene Murdock
Farm Industries Inc
Grant Street
Murdock
J. B. Whitmire
Ernest Bowman
Emmett Parham
Madison Street
Farm Industries
Louis L. Landers
Alford F. Miller
L. J. Pettey
Garland Nuby
J. T. Broadrick
Euel Thompson Jr
Galloway Rogers’ River
West Church Street
Henry Louis Smith
Jordan Houston
First Avenue
Houston
Manual
Tab) Matthews
Willie Polk
Polk
Whitmire
Charles Smith
C. M. Kennedy
Carmen Taylor
Humble Oil Drills Alabama's 10th Tuscaloosa Producer
Humble Oil & Refining Co brought in Alabama's first producer in the Tuscaloosa sands at Pollard Field. The L. G. Crosby No. 3 flowed at about 9342 barrels per day from a depth near 6,000 feet, marking another well in the expanding field.
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Brewton
Ala
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Pollard
L. G. Crosby
Pro-Red Script Writers Accused of Propaganda Spread
A Senate subcommittee report accuses pro Communist script writers of embedding subtle anti capitalist derision in radio and television programs. Ruth Adams Knight and Welbourn E Kelley testified from New York City that pro Communist scripts avoid explicit party lines but push propaganda to ordinary listeners. The report notes Voice of America ties via the Radio Writers Guild and quotes cautious subcommittee findings on the Guild’s control by a Communist faction.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ruth Adams Knight
Miss Knight
Welbourn E. Kelley
New York City
Ira Marion
Voice of America
A J Com
Israel
Marion
Voice
Radio Writers Guild
United Nations Radio Section
Munist
New York
Authors League of America
Legion Adopts Resolutions Demanding Dismissal Of Acheson
The American Legion at its 34th annual Madison Square Garden convention adopted a voice voted resolution calling for the dismissal of Secretary of State Dean Acheson and others in his department. It urged new leaders and immediate action, while also backing narcotics penalties and aid for Korean children, water fluoridation, and extended social security for Puerto Rico.
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Legion
Acheson
New York
American Legion Convention
Dean Acheson
State Department
Miami
Madison Square Garden
Korea
S. A
Puerto Rico
Survivors Of Crash Rest While Probe Is Pushed Today
Survivors of a B 17 crash rest at Eglin Air Force Base Hospital as a joint Air Force Navy and Coast Guard inquiry continues. S Sgt Charles D Jones of Meridian Mississippi and Airman 2/C Peter R Rosing of Ingleside Illinois are exhausted and exposed after a 24 hour Gulf search. The six other crew members are still missing after being shot down by an automatic F86D jet fighter.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Gulf of Mexico
Charles D. Jones
Meridian
Miss
Peter R. Rosing
Ingleside
Gulf
Navy
Coast Guard
Metals Off Critical List
Washington reports copper and aluminum removed from the critical list signaling improving metal supplies. The Defense Production Administration forecasts ample steel copper and aluminum availability in early 1953, with copper noted as especially advantageous for boosting production.
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Washington
Defense Production Administration
No Change Here on Copper Status Says Wolverine Official
Frank Oakes, director of public relations at Wolverine Tube Division, states the removal of copper from the critical list will not affect operations. He cites stockpiles and in transit copper, adding no change in Decatur plant production is indicated at this time.
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Frank Oakes
Wolverine Tube Division
Decatur
Metals supply increases during steel strike as materials rise
The article notes more plentiful metals due to less consumption by manufacturers amid the steel strike. DPA Administrator Henry M. Fowler advised the Defense Department that additional materials can be expected by the next See-2 edition on Page 2.
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DPA
Henry M. Fowler
Defense Department
Mobile Ladies Object to USS Hartford Shrine Plan
Two Mobile women aged 100 recall the Battle of Mobile Bay and oppose plans to move Admiral Farragut's flag ship USS Hartford to Mobile as a historical shrine. They fear erasing history and prefer memorials to Confederate figures, while local groups debate honoring different leaders.
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Mobile
Mobile Bay
Farragut
Hartford
Unity Virginia Ladd
Margaret Lowrey Anderson
Anderson
Mark P. Lowrey
Mobile American Legion Post
Knights of Columbus Council
Navy Yard
Norfolk
W. G. Hieronymus
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Franklin Buchanan
American Legion Post
New York
Warrant sworn to by Johnson in sensational shooting case
Morgan County sheriff's office reports Charlie Johnson, brother of Rob ert Johnson killed by a shotgun blast last week, swore out the warrant for Roosevelt Hannah. Hannah admits firing but says self defense. Preliminary hearing set for Thursday before Judge W H Long.
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Hannah
Eleven Prison Escape NBC From Atmore State Prison Farm
Eleven convicts tunneled from Atmore State Prison Farm early today. Two were captured near Huxford within an hour, nine an ongoing manhunt across Alabama and Florida. Captured men include Carl Porch tracked by bloodhounds and Johnny Garrison found in a stolen pickup outrun by a prison car.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State Prison Farm
Nearbyy Huxford
Alabama
Florida
Carl Porch
Johnny Garrison
S. W. Hixon
Carl Hood
Hixon
Edwin Sanford Garrison
Jefferson County
Montgomery County
William Holloway Jr
Walker County
Defiant POWs Challenge UN Guards in Korea
The U N Eighth Army reports POWs and civilian internees at Koje Island in July and August tested UN guards with violence, four killed and 64 wounded. An earlier June clash at Koje left 41 dead, 140 wounded among prisoners and a US paratrooper.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
U.S. Eighth Army
U.N
Koje Island
South Korea
Koje
Eighth Army
United Nations
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