Two Injured In Local Crash At Second Ave And Holly St
Two persons were injured Sunday night in a collision at Second Avenue and Holly Street. Miss Etha Allen and Mrs Annie Sawyer were taken to Decatur General Hospital. Mrs Sawyer remained hospitalized with leg injuries and other minor injuries. Miss Allen had minor cuts and was released. The crash occurred at 9 02 PM. Olenn McBride and James H Casteel were the drivers. Officers Broaderick and Collier investigated. A separate minor wreck on Moulton Street caused no injuries and involved J M Bynum and J P Lamon.
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Second Avenue
Holly Street
Etha Allen
Hillsboro
Annie Sawyer
Decatur General Hospital
Brown's
Sawyer
Miss Allen
Ole
W. Moulton
Broaderick, Jones and Sims
Registration Briefing For 18 Through 25 Age Group
The article outlines steps for registration with 4 000 draft boards organizing about 20 000 centers. Veterans should locate discharge papers to verify dates and service and birth-based sign up days. It notes small inductions for 25 year olds and larger registration on Tomorrow and Sept 1 for those born in 1923.
Draft director predicts WW II vets may be recalled if emergency
Major General Lewis B. Hershey said veterans of World War II could be recalled if another emergency occurs but only after 18 to 25 year old non veterans are exhausted. He noted married men in the 18 to 25 group now deferred could be called almost immediately in an emergency.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Woodmen of the World
American Broadcasting Company
Registration Deadlines For World War Draft 1940s Plan
Men born in 1924 through 1930 must register on specified dates in September or on their 18th birthday if after the cutoffs. Those 18 by September 19 register then, with 19 as the eligibility for service. Penalties for avoiding registration include five years in prison or a ten thousand dollar fine. Registration is quick. two desks handle exemptions and non veterans. A six by four inch card with 16 questions is filed, with one question for description. A follow up detailed questionnaire arrives within a week to ten days and determines draft classification.
Draft Pickets Reported in New York City
Shouting placard carrying pickets gathered today as Col. Candler Cable served as the city selective service director. The scene unfolded in New York with demonstrators voicing opposition to draft policies amid wartime tensions.
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New York
Col
Candler
Gity
Selective Service
Markets Drift As Trading Lacks Fresh Catalina
An early stock rally faded and broad market activity softened with modest gains in a few rail issues. Volume rose slightly to about 700,000 shares while traders awaited Kremlin conference news, leaving the day cautious and narrow in scope across markets. Cotton futures closed mixed to down, with October around 30.70 and nearby months near 30.60, while North Georgia poultry markets stayed steady to firm with multiple weights and New Hampshire Reds selling in the 33 to 34 cent range.
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New York
Kremlin
Atlanta
SDA
North
Georgia
New Hampshire
Wallace rally in Durham erupts as eggs and tomatoes fly
Police say Mr. Wallace faced a noisy crowd with eggs and tomatoes hurled from the rear while officers protected him. A scuffle among two women occurred and a white boy was briefly removed. Governor Cherry condemned the disruption as counterproductive after Wallace spoke at the Southern Progressive convention in Durham.
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A. H. Garner
Wallace
Plane Crash Near Winona Sparks Witness Accounts
Ravine reader describes a lightning strike that damaged the plane as it plunged toward the ravine. Farm couple on Perry Island and Mrs Guenther near Fountain City report a wing fragment and the craft rolling and crashing near Winona. Wreckage spread, with pieces found seven miles away in a ball park. First responders including The Winona Republican-Herald staff reached the scene after a two hour search.
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Flying Boat
Caroline Mars
Navy
Burnham Lagoon
Chicago
Honolulu
Howard Rackow
Perry Island
Mississippi River
Charles Guenther
Fountain City
Winona
Winona Police
NWA
Volker
Grain prices in Chicago market report August 30
Wheat prices range from 2.10 to 2.24 for various grades, corn at 1.95 to 1.98, oats around 0.75 to 0.77, barley and field seed quoted, soybeans No. 2 yellow at 3.21. The report lists grade by commodity with typical price spread and quality notes.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance
Markets report from New York shows stocks lower after an early advance. Bonds steady with some railroad gains. Cotton quiet with light mill buying. Chicago wheat firm as cash houses buy. Corn strong with higher cash prices. oats rise with corn. Hogs slow and 25 to 75 cents lower, top $30.50. Cattle unevenly steady to 75 cents higher, top $41.40.
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N. Y
New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville Tennessee August market activity for cattle calves hogs and sheep shows 1800 cattle with steers and heifers mostly 19.00-27.00 and select 29.00 for 810 lb. stockers 20.00-25.00. cows 13.50-19.00 and sausage bulls 17.50-18.50. Calves 450 with vealers 26.00-30.00 and lighter 18.00-25.00. hogs 800 with 190-240 lb at 29.50 and 160-180 lb at 26.00-26.50. sows 25.50-26.00. sheep 300 lambs 50 lower with spring lambs 21.50-24.50 and ewes 7.50-9.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Folsom Plans Conference on B-Line Work
Gov James E Folsom will visit Decatur in the early week to discuss widening and straightening Highway 31. Robin Thomas cited the meeting with business leaders and said federal aid can be obtained. Folsom did not specify arrival timing.
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James E. Folsom
Decatur
Robin Thomas
Thomas
Folsom
Draft boards picketed by civil rights activists at Haaren High
Cobb faced a nine person picket line at Haaren High School in Manhattan as 25 year olds registered. Pickets shouted Don t register and Junk Jim Crow while Bayard Rustin led about 1000 resisters nationwide. Cobb denied segregation in the army and said the draft was proceeding smoothly.
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Cobb
Haaren High School
Midtown Manhattan
Bayard Rustin
West Chester
United States Army
America
Final Week of Court Begins in Morgan County
At noon today a jury deliberates in a civil suit from Ellis Brown Grocery against Guyer Brown, as Morgan County court enters its final week. Dismissals for lack of prosecution included Lela Lawrence versus Marie Montgomery and Clifford Fuller versus Felton Stone. Josie Randolph versus Audrey S. Johnson was continued. Nora Barnett’s suit against G. T. Childers et al remains to be tried.
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Ellis Brown
Guyer Brown
Morgan
Phe Ellis’ Brown
Justice of the Peace Court
Lela Lawrence
Marie Montgomery
Clifford Fuller
Felton Stone
Josie Randolph
Audrey S. Johnson
Nora Barnett
G. T. Childers
World Tangles Amid Berlin Strain and European Shifts
The text notes Soviet pressure on Berlin and Germany, shifts in Dutch royalty with Queen Wilhelmina's abdication and Juliana’s succession, and Russia granting citizens home ownership rights despite communist constraints. It also covers church-state tensions in Czechoslovakia, UN Security Council focus on the Palestine truce, Arab Jewish clashes in Jerusalem, and Polish leftist peace movements at Wroclaw.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Juliana
Russia
Czechoslovakia
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Poland
America
Europe
Wroclaw
Educator Dr Keller a Cullman Pioneer in Education
Dr Keller an early Cullman county superintendent of education. He graduated Cullman county high school and Florence State Teachers College in 1915, did further work at Peabody Nashville and Columbia University, later heading Covington county and then state education. He served in World War I with the 81st division in overseas duty.
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Keller
Cullman County
Florence State Teachers College
Peabody Teachers College
Nashville
Second Negro Hunted Today in Ormond Beach Slaying Case
Daytona Beach Florida August 30 A search for a second black man connected to the moonlight killing of a vacationing couple on Ormond Beach continues. Sheriff Littlefield questions parts of Clarence Alburty's account while Camilla Georgia officials seek another suspect linked to the slaying and rape allegations. Alburty says he witnessed the crime and acted as lookout.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Ormond Beach
Volusia
Alex Littlefield
Clarence Alburty
Camilla
Alburty
W. M. Harris
Gregory Blount
University of Kentucky
Mary Hucks
East Point
Littlefield
Harriss
Richland
Harris
Miss Hucks
Blount
Jacksonville
News-Journal
Palatka
Bunnell
Lake City
Tallahassee
Chattahoochee
Spy gossip and hush details surface on two spy networks
Nixon declined to expand on spy allegations while New York hearings loom. J Parnell Thomas and the committee push into new evidence and criticize Truman and Clark for hampering the inquiry. Bentley named two spy networks, including the Silvermaster group, and Chambers is tied to a paid under cover role. The panel warns many groups may still operate inside the government.
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Nixon
New York
J. Parnell Thomas
RNJ
Thomas
Truman
Clark
White House
United States
Chambers
Miss Bentley
Washington
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Communist Underground
Annual Singing at Neel Baptist Slated
Neel Baptist Church will host its annual singing on the third Sunday in September. Singers are invited and a dinner will be served on the grounds.
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Neel Baptist
Neel Baptist Church
Billy Casey Dies in Indianapolis at 16
The former Eva resident Billy Casey, 16, died in Indianapolis, Ind. His body will be transported to Eva and placed with a relative, Mrs. Robert Adams, with funeral arrangements to be announced by Drinkard's Brown Service of Hartselle.
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Billy Casey
Eva
Hartselle
Billy
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Adams
Drinkard
Brown
Emblem Club Dutch Supper Set At Cornelian Court Hotel
Notices detail a Dutch supper for the Emblem club at seven on Tuesday at the Cornelian Court Hotel. Also announced is a detailed list of events and chairmen for the swimming and water carnival to be held at the Decatur Country Club on Labor Day afternoon, to be published in Tuesdays Decatur Daily.
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Emblem Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Decatur Country Club
Decatur Daily
Sidney S Moss Rites Slated
Funeral services for Sidney S Moss 80 of Hartselle will be Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Moss Chapel near Hartselle with Rev. Davis and Rev. Maynard Harper officiating. Burial in nearby cemetery. Moss died at 7 a.m. today at his residence. He lived in Morgan county and belonged to Moss Chapel Methodist Church for 60 years. Survived by three daughters Ellen McElroy, Clyde Samblin, Nora New. four grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers named. granddaughters to arrange flowers.
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Sidney
Moss
Hartselle
Farmer
Moss Chapel
Davis
Flint Methodist Church
Maynard Harper
Morgan County
Moss Chapel Methodist Church
Ellen McElroy
Clyde Samblin
Decatur
Nora’ New
Greandchildren
Arland Sanedlin
Clifford, Wilson
Ard
Cecil New
Leon Mc
Flowers
Hurricane warning shifts eyed as storm nears coast
The center may pass the Virginia capes area with potential landfall near Artie Beach as hurricane warnings shift. Northeastern warnings spread from Charleston to North Carolina coast while military and naval commands prepare planes and standard hurricane orders for imminent high winds and tides.
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Virginia Capes
North Carolina Coast Line
Daytona Beach
Fla
Charleston
S. C
Norton
North Carolina
Artle Beach
Essary
Eine Nent
Group Tour Of Eva Farms By Decatur Business Leaders
A 33-member Decatur group gathers for a Cham ber of Commerce farm tour of Eva area farms on Tuesday. Meet at the Chamber office at 12 30 p m and return to Decatur by 5 p m. This is the third tour in the series following Trinity and Danville visits.
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Decatur
Eva
Our of Commerce
Ted
Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural Leaders
Trinity
Danville
W. W. McGwier
Paul Davis
Alvis Briscoe
Paul Robinson
Ira Schnell
Marie Tucker
E. G. Hamilton
Louis Howle
Sidney Patterson
A. B. Pickens
Labor allies shift to Truman as CIO shows backing
The ADA denounces Dewey and calls him lacking leadership while some Republicans may receive ADA aid. CIO favors Truman with Barkley as running mate and completes a 166-item pro-Democrat list. Nine party leaders plan Labor Day speeches as Truman opens in Detroit after a nine day Williamsburgh cruise return.
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Congress
ADA
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
AFL
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
CIO
Wallace
Barkley
McGrath
Rhode Island
Green
Murry
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Fie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William 0. Douglas
Alabama electors chosen in primary with 300000 voters
McCorvey criticized pro Truman plan as odd and unusual and warned white laborers against following leadership seen at the Langan meeting. He noted CIO and Brotherhood of Railroad Workers officials in Montgomery condemned the states' rights move and pledged support for President Truman.
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ACIO
Brotherhood of Raila Workers
Montgomery
Truman
Walkout Ends at Sloss-Sheffield Steel Iron Co
About 800 coke oven workers at Sloss-Sheffield Steel Iron Co. returned to work after an eight day stoppage that halted all continuous operations including four blast furnaces. More than 2,000 non coke oven employees were laid off.
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Birmingham
Sloss-Sheffield Steel Iron Co
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