Bell to train as parachutist at Ft. Benning
Robert T. Bell son of Mr and Mrs Louis Bell of Decatur is assigned to an airbourne course at Ft Benning to train as a qualified parachutist. He is a Decatur high school graduate and studied at the University of Alabama for a year before entering service. The state employment office at 1010 Ferry Street will be closed all day Monday.
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Robert T. Bell
Louis Bell
Decatur
Airbourne
Ft. Benning
Decatur High School
Bell
University of Alabama
Ferry Street
Carl Schwachow
American Legion
Bank Street
Old Bank Building
Citizens’ Help Praised as Burglar Is Arrested
Decatur police arrested 20 year old James Eddie Taylor at 10 PM Friday as he tried to break into the J B Austin home at 710 Canal Street. He confessed to three other burglaries on East Church Street Canal Street and 702 Canal Street, saying he took $6 from the Mock residence before being chased. He is jailed and to be charged with first degree burglary.
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Decatur
James Eddie Taylor
West Vine Street
J. B. Austin
Canal Street
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Taylor
Austin
Sparkman Defends Containment Policy Against GOP Criticism
In Grand Rapids Michigan Senator John J Sparkman denied that containment was only to check Russian advances. He argued containment has a wider, more dynamic purpose beyond waiting for Moscow to reveal its hand.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
John J. Sparkman
Truman
Sparkman
Decision on Jackson Co. education post due in days
A state Democratic subcommittee nears a ruling on the county superintendent nomination in Jackson County. The dispute pits Delbert Hicks against J. F. Hodges over whether Hodges meets the new three of five years education requirement. If Hodges is ruled unqualified Hicks would be nominee. otherwise a special election may be held.
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Jackson Co
Birmingham
Jackson
Scottsboro
State Democratic Executive Committee
Delbert Hicks
J. F. Hodges
Qualificatons
Hodges
Hicks
Si Garrett
Jackson County
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic
Ben F. Ray
Bob Gwin
Frank Embry
Pell City
Charles Cashion
Red Bay
Eisenhower Pledges Labor Fairness Amid NJ Labor Clash
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower promised fairness to workers on Labor Day but faced a dispute with a trio of New Jersey CIO leaders who said he did not know the difference between open union and closed shop. An Eisenhower aide said the meeting limited discussion to general labor management topics and avoided technical shop questions.
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Douglas B. Cornell
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
New Jersey Cio
Eisenhower
Joel R. Jacobson
Hugh Caldwell
Essex-West Hudson
New Jersey
Iran Premier rejects cash offer from Britain and US
Iran's Premier Mohammed Mossadegh rejected a three point plan from President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill to settle the oil dispute. The proposal would have used World Court arbitration for compensation to the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and resumed Iranian oil exports. Mossadegh said Parliament should be consulted before replying and warned against World Court arbitration.
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Iran
Britain
U. S
Nate Polovetzky
Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Truman
Churchill
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AICC
Mossadegh
Parlia
World Court
Neither War Nor Peace Inevitable
Gov Adlai Stevenson tells overseas armed forces a third world war is not inevitable but peace is not guaranteed either. The message was released from Springfield after Pentagon requests for both Stevenson and Gen Eisenhower to prepare statements for service members abroad. Eisenhower’s text was not immediately available in New York headquarters.
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Relman Morin
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
America
Department of Defense
Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Armed Forces Radio
New York
Eisenhower
Six Convicts Still Hunted in Southern Escape Case
In Meridian Mississippi authorities chase six of eleven Alabama convicts who escaped from Atmore prison farm and were last seen near Russell. Air and bloodhound search continues for Edwin Sanford Garrison James Loftin Jack Brown Claude Molliston James Harold Green and William E Belcher.
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Meridian
Miss
Alabama
Mississippi
Here
Russell
Atmore
Ala
Edwin Sanford Garrison
James Loftin
S. W. Hixon Said
Jack Brown
Claude Molliston
James Harold Green
Notice to Candidates for The Daily Ads Deadlines
The Daily requests all candidates to submit advertising copy by noon the preceding day for weekday issues and by Friday for Sunday editions. This ensures timely press deadlines and full cooperation from the paper.
Hay program eyed as drought relief for Morgan County
Commissioner Frank Stewart announced a federal hay grader will monitor quality in Decatur while a drought relief program offers hay at 28 to 36 dollars per ton. Prices vary by type with delivery at rail points Hartselle and Decatur and a five dollar deposit required.
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Frank Stewart
Decatur
Stewart
Bob Powell
Oklahoma City
Alabama
Hartselle Pma
Joe T. Robinson
Morgan County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Hartselle
County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Morgan County
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
PMA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Limited Labor Day Early Edition Issued Monday
The Daily will publish a single early edition on Labor Day. Readers are asked to submit any copy for Monday by ten o'clock.
Widespread irregularities charged in veterans housing program
A House select committee charged widespread irregularities including bribes and favoritism in VA loan guaranty program operations. The report cites gifts to officials and conflicts of interest with builders and outside businesses. Removal of a regional officer and reorganization were urged along with tighter contract supervision and clearer veteran protections.
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Veterans Housing Program
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
House Select
Rep. Teague
D-Tex
Veterans Administration
Detroit
Washington, D. C
Morgan B. Callahan
Oliver E. Meadows
Callahan
FBI
U. S
Los Angeles
VA _ inspection and investigation service
San Diego
Calif
Veterans. Administration
Hurricane Able Aims for Inland Pass as Coastal Residents Brace
Hurricane Able nears South Carolina coast with center expected between Charleston and Beaufort. Advisories warn dangerously high tides and winds near 100 mph. Civil Defense and Civil Air Patrol units mobilize while tourists stay home and residents move belongings inland.
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Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Miami Weather Bureau
Beaufort
Here
Savannah
North Georgia
Wilmington
N. C
Civil Air Patrol
Georgia
North Carolina
Death Of Negro Woman Will Go To Grand Jury
The case of Thomas Jackson, 35, charged with the August 10 death of Marie Bridgeforth, a woman he lived with on Water Street, will be presented to the grand jury in October. Coroner Joe Morrison said a report from State Toxicologist C B Brooks found death not due to a single cause but linked to alcoholic intoxication. no external marks were found. Sheriff John McCutcheon said Jackson is held without bond in Morgan County jail on murder charges and the case will go before the grand jury in late October or early November.
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Thomas Jackson
Marie Bridgeforth
Jackson
Water Street
Joe Morrison
C. B. Brooks
Bridgeforth
Brooks
Morrison
John McCutcheon
Morgan County
Labor Day Parade and Speakers Planned in Decatur
Decatur plans a citywide Labor Day celebration with a parade led by high school bands from Decatur Leighton and Moulton at 9 AM. The event features speakers including Senator Tister Hill and E. J. Barnett followed by a barbecue for about 4000 at Delano Park.
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Decatur
American Federation of Labor
Delano Park
Leighton
Moulton
Church and
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Park
Tister Hill
E. J. Barnett
Alabama American Federation of Labor
J. H. Francis
International Repesentative of the
Bar
LABOR
Revolution Sons seek ban on disputed school book
Alabama Sons of the American Revolution petitioned a court to block McGraw-Hill novel The Challenge of American Democracy arguing it is subversive. Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones rejected a temporary injunction. Defendants include Superintendent W. J. Terry and the State Board of Education. Birmingham realtors sparked earlier objections to the text.
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American Revolution Sons
Montgomery
America
Alabama
Birmingham
McGraw-Hill
Walter B. Jones
W. J. Terry
State Board of Education
Birmingham Realtors
Own
Five Red Jets Are Shot Down by MILO FARNET
U S Sabre pilots report shooting down five and possibly six MIGs over Northwest Korea on Saturday as 79 pilots battle 19 clashes with a large MIG force. August tally reaches 32 destroyed or damaged, marking one of the Sabres best months of the war.
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Milo Farnets
Seoul
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