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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1952
Page
1
Fragmentary notes reference D at mM and Drlemale with unclear context. Tiny readable bits hint at a research or event highlight labeled as glimpses. No coherent narrative or full names emerge from the readable text.
City parks except Delano close Sunday as Delano stays open through Labor Day. Highway Patrol arrests one for reckless driving. Absentee votes rise in Decatur election. Local clergy schedule sermons and vacations. Births and hospital admissions reported. Red Cross office hours changed. Moulton Street paving final plans approved. resurfacing to begin soon.
Drouth relief heads to Limestone Lawrence and Morgan counties with 32 carloads of grade 1 legume hay priced at 36 dollars per ton. Unloading sites include Decatur and Hartselle in Morgan and Courtland Ardmore Athens or Tanner in the others. Dealers unnamed as PMA offices await appointment and application blanks.
A three car crash at the Lee and Line Streets corner caused heavy damage. Vehicles involved were a 1951 Chevrolet driven by D A Posey of 611 Line Street, a 1950 Studebaker driven by C D McBride, and a 1948 Chevrolet owned by J D Pittman Implement Co. The 1951 car turning from Lee onto Line struck the Studebaker as it pulled from the curb, driving the Studebaker into the third vehicle. The accident occurred about 9 56 A M.
Former Senator Millard E. Tydings labels Senator McCarthy a cowardly patriot and vows to travel to Wisconsin to expose his charges. He renews a $25,000 reward offer for evidence before a U S grand jury as McCarthy declines a Wisconsin debate.
Alabama livestock owners hit by drought may obtain hay at 28 to 36 dollars per ton under a disaster aid program. William B. Crawley, chair of the Alabama Agricultural Mobilization Committee, says federal funds back the reduced prices. Trade at rail points set 36 dollars for legume hay, 32 for legume and mixed grasses, and 28 for timothy and other grasses with a five dollar deposit and balance on delivery. Hay ships from Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan to be used for cattle feed.
Anniston Alabama Glenn Andrews a Republican кандидат for Congress in the Fourth Alabama District withdraws to give Eisenhower full attention of voters. Andrews announced the decision at a Sylacauga district convention after being nominated by the party.
A night fire at a tobacco factory in Izmir caused a panicked stampede that killed 16 women workers and severely injured 37 others. About 100 workers sustained lesser injuries.
The Air Force bases at EGLIN AFB Florida say the full scale search for six airmen missing after a B 17 was shot down will continue through Saturday with air and surface craft. A remote chance remains that any crew members survive. Two of eight crew were rescued earlier as weather and visibility hindered the hunt.
A housing development of 15 frame houses on Cypress Street between Fourteenth and Sixteenth Avenues will start construction next week. Clay Callaham of Decatur Land says the homes will have hardwood floors electric heat screened porches cedar lined closets and three bedrooms. Six homes with three bedrooms one and a half baths will sell for 13 000 dollars while the other nine with three bedrooms and one bath offer similar features.
Police cling to a cordon around William Merle Martin one of the FBI's ten most wanted. authorities say a break will come when he grows hungry. A Birmingham car theft connected to the man is under pursuit as a wide search continues.
A high speed pursuit of motorist Leon L. Smith on Alabama 72 ends in a ditch crash and a second collision when Den ford Lee Franklin of Vina drives into the wrecker. Franklin and two passengers, Robert Barker and Roland Spencer, were hospitalized with serious injuries. Franklin remained unconscious this morning.
House investigators charged the Justice Department with delays in prosecutions citing the Norman E Miller and Associates case from 1944 to 1951. They alleged dismissed indictments, repeated delays, defense attorney influence, and FBI warnings of political pressure in a Detroit war fraud matter.
Relations between the United States and Argentina under President Juan D. Peron cooled as Washington did not renew the four year old U S military mission that had trained the Argentine Army.
The storm intensified into a hurricane near 28.0N 76.5W about 280 miles east of Melbourne Florida. A Weather Bureau advisory warns the upper Florida east coast Georgia and South Carolina to expect hurricane warnings as the system moves west northwest at about 18 mph with winds near 75 mph and potential Gulf Stream intensification.
General enters seclusion to draft a series of speeches aimed at delivering strong impact. The effort focuses on shaping messages for upcoming public appearances and policy emphasis. Officials expect clear, forceful rhetoric to resonate with audiences.
Pravda labels Gen Dwight D Eisenhower the most energetic propagandist of hate and enmity in a sharp attack on his New York American Legion speech. Eisenhower moves to write speeches with plans for a Southern tour and potential earlier campaign punches as Adlai Stevenson tightens the race with sharper jabs. Polish leaders back Eisenhower citing Yalta and Poland’s fate. Stevenson ends his Eastern tour with party talks before Springfield office work. See GENERAL On Page 2.
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr denounces Adlai Stevenson s remarks on filibusters as double talk saying Democrats controlled the Senate and did nothing. Lodge notes Eisenhower and Sparkman comments while asserting Eisenhower favors curbing filibusters and advancing civil rights measures.
The U S Eighth Army reports 25 more Communist prisoners of war injured slightly by guards during three disturbances in UN POW camps since Sunday. One prisoner killed and one hurt in a work accident. Incidents include Koje Island singing silenced by force and a fatal rock fall at Masan work detail. A South Korean guard shot a prisoner at Camp No 5 near Sang-Mudai, with the guard disciplined.
Four star general Manton E. Eddy issued a curfew for U S troops in Germany to curb reckless driving and other violations of military regulations.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell and about a dozen Afro American leaders met with Adlai Stevenson in New York and said they are ready to back him to the limit. Powell cited Stevenson’s civil rights stance and promised a strong pronouncement on segregation in Washington. Channing Tobias said he was impressed but avoided committing to support, indicating a later decision.
Mayor J. A. Gilchrist warned Courtland dog owners that all dogs must wear collars and tags by Wednesday. Dogs without tags after the deadline will be shot following a Wednesday night rabid stray dog incident. The stray dog attacked several pets and was shot. rabies test came back positive.
Allied air forces struck Pyongyang with mass raids totaling thousands of bombs and tons of high explosives. Four nations participated including U S Air Force Navy and carrier planes joined by South African, South Korean and Australian aircraft. The raid hit factories, stockpiles, billets, airfields and power plants, with vast explosions and heavy flak as the city endured a major bombardment.
Sam H. Wheat announced he is withdrawing from the Decatur mayoral race after his attorney advised that his candidacy may not meet the legal qualification deadline. He qualified August 16, 1952, but was told the filing must precede the election by at least 30 days, with August 15, 1952 as the cutoff.
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