Community News Briefs and Local Updates
Partly cloudy weather outlook for the region with cooler conditions. Mrs. M F Hutchenson dismissed from Hamil Clinic hospital. Austinville high school basketball hosts undefeated Holly Pond from Cullman County at 7 p.m. Junior game at 7, seniors at 8. Several residents reported on business, family health updates, and community fundraising progress. The Community Chest still needs 44.88 to reach 29400 goal with 29355.12 on hand today. Two building permits issued for Oden two five room houses. Various court actions and hospital admissions noted. Noon temp 47, max 62 at 2 P.M.
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Austinville
Holly Pond
Cullman County
Austinville High School
Man Sought in Slaying of Herb Doctor Caught
In Birmingham a man wanted for the slaying of a country herb doctor was captured in a wooded area after a plane spotter alerted Highway Patrols. William Reed McDonald, 20, of Birmingham, surrendered with a .22 pistol. The manhunt began after a robbery tied to the killing of Andrew Melvin Price, 53, of near Jemison. A companion, James Loyd Lawley, 19, was wounded and jailed. The pursuit involved plane observers, bloodhounds, and a chase along the Birmingham Montgomery highway. See MAN on Page 2.
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Birmingham
William Reed McDonald
McDonald
Andrew Melvin Price
Jemison
Chilton County
Price
Charles Wade
Clanton
Pelham
Wade
Anoyer
Clerkler
Earl Dean
Bruce
Clecklers
Birmingham-Montgomery
Crecklers
Cleckler
James Loyd Lawley
Chilton
Reece Mims
Mims
Envoys of 5 Valley Cities Eye Gas Plan
Representatives from Decatur Florence Huntsville Sheffield and Tuscumbia met with Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas Company officials to discuss rates and operating contracts for a proposed North Alabama gas system. Attendees included E S Easter B F Grizzle S M Morley and John Caddel Garner Pride and others as planning continued for gas integration with Goodwin Engineers Inc appointed as design and supervision consultants.
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Eye Gas Plan
North Alabama
Alabama- Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Decatur
Florence
Huntsville
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Alabama-Tennessee Company
B. F. Grizzle
S. M. Morley
Washington
J. W. Goodwin
Goodwin Engineers Inc
Goodwin
John Caddel
Garner Pride
A. W. McAllister
Walter Price
James E. Davis
Slay Refuses Extradition in Disappearance Case
Thomas F Slay 22 a Florida State College student demands a jury trial on a traffic charge and refuses extradition to Evansville Indiana where he is suspected in the disappearance of 16 year old high school junior Mary Ellen Harmon. Slay was arrested in Limestone County near Keller Bridge on a hit and run.
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Thomas Franklin Slay
Florida State College
Limestone County
Evansville
Ind
Mary Ellen Harmon
Central High School
Slay
Keller Bridge
D. L. Rosenall
Limestone
John Sandlin
Albert B Stapp Declares Run For Governor
Birmingham auto supply dealer Albert B Stapp says in a statewide letter he will run for governor next spring He notes his aim to balance agriculture and industry and his prominence in American Legion circles as part of his candidacy.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
Albert B. Stapp
Stapp
Ae American Legion
Jobless Help Plans Backed by Truman in Key West
President Truman endorsed John R. Steelman s view that unemployment relief through local improvement programs should continue vigorously. Steelman told Truman that industrial peace may be ahead and that a coal three day workweek could lead to contracts. The administration plans to funnel government buying to hard hit regions to ease jobless distress. See JOBLESS on Page 2.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Charles G. Ross
United Mine Workers
New England
Negro Executed for Role in Fight That Killed Six
George A. Bell, 35, Negro, was executed in Missouri’s penitentiary gas chamber for his part in a gun fight at a Kansas City apartment house on September 20, 1948. The incident left policeman William Bell, four officers, and a bystander dead after police arrived to arrest Bell’s brother for disturbing the peace.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
George A. Bell
Kansas City
Bell
William
William Bell
Grass Fires In Single Day
Fire Chief Floyd Elkins warned of the serious risk from grass fires after 11 calls in one day. He urged burning only on a calm day and noted two other incidents, a Webster home blaze on South Bline Highway with slight loss and a fire at the Alabama Grill on Sixth Avenue East.
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Floyd Elkins
Serry
Demet
Elkins
Webster Home
Alabama Grill
Sixth Avenue East
Leland Bassett
Rev Garrison Called Home
Rev James E Garrison longtime Valley pastor dies at his son’s Somerville home at 6 20 PM Thursday funeral today at Sixth Avenue Church of God by Rice Garrison born May 12 1871 began ministry at 17 last preached Cullman Church of God retired last year he is survived by two sons Seldon and Lauren a daughter Mrs Eura M Nunn a sister Mrs Cordie Parr Tulsa and four brothers J A N D Somerville S O Decatur and Percy A Bessemer burial at Roselawn cemetery with Peck of Hartselle directing.
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James E. Garrison
Valley
Sixth Avenue Church
Somerville
S. O
Decatur
Percy A
Bessemer
Two Defendants In Flogging Case Are Freed
In RCME Georgia two of the 12 defendants in the mass civil rights flogging trial were discharged by Federal District Judge Frank A. Hooper. L. C. Spears and Trenton City Recorder John Wilkins received directed verdicts of not guilty for insufficient evidence. The case involved conspiracy to violate civil rights in the April flogging of seven black individuals.
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RCME
Frank A. Hooper
L. C. Spears
Trenton City
John Wilkins
Dade County
Safe Cracking Trial Opens In October Cases
The October safe cracking trial for Hugh Wallace Newton Virgil Guerin and Ruth Lorine Geurin is set for this afternoon. James Nance 20 faces auto theft charges after an August visit to a Decatur dealership. Betty Love 16 was tried for second degree forgery and forfeit bond. guilty on one count with other charges to continue. Arson case against John R Holmes was adjourned to allow jail-case trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle American Legion
Hugh Wallace Newton
Virgil Guerin
Ruth Lorine Geurin
James Nance
Deca
Huntsville
Betty Love
Decaturnegro
Isobel Wyker
John R. Holmes
May Still Says He is Innocent
Former Rep. Andrew J. May, jailed for wartime bribery and conspiracy, declares his innocence after a federal judge ordered him to begin an eight to 24 month sentence. He spoke from his Prestonburg home, insisting he knows his guilt or innocence in his heart. Norman Allen of the Floyd County Times reported he appeared tired yet mentally alert as he received the statement.
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Prestonsburg
Andrew J. May
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Washington
May
Norman Allen
Floyd County Times
House
Allen
Negro Boy Hurt in Traffic Crash on Lafayette Street
A small negro boy was injured slightly and heavy damage sustained in a traffic accident at Lafayette Street and Highway 31 around 10 16 P M Thursday city police report Injured was Jessie D Fulwidner 3 Madison 3 He was treated at a local hospital for a head lac eration The injury was not serious Involved were a 1948 International trailer truck driven by Woodrow Noah Green pond Ala and a 1941 Chevrolet driven by James Fulwidner Madison 3 Police officers Louis Landers and Horace Standridge investigated
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Lafayette Street
Highway 31
Jessie D. Fulwidner
Madison
Said
International
Woodrow Noah
Greenpond
Ala
Chevrolet
James Fulwidner
Fulwidner
Louis Landers
Horace Standridge
Conductor Faces Murder Charge in Birmingham
M A Weeks 54 a Birmingham streetcar conductor is charged with murder for fatally shooting Sammie Lee Williams after an argument over seating the white section. Williams died on Monday after the Nov 20 incident. Weeks and Williams were also charged with assault with intent to murder, the assault charge against Weeks dropped after Williams’s death. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Birmingham
M. A. Weeks
Sammie Lee Williams
Williams
Weeks
Mine Trustees Schedule Meet
Pittsburgh reports a top industry spokesman denounces John L. Lewis plan for a three day work week as destructive to the coal industry and earnings. George H. Love accuses Lewis of monopolistic power, noting workers lose wages while wage talks continue. Lewis declines comment and says the three day work week covers soft coal diggers and many anthracite miners. see continuation on page 2.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Love
Pennsylvania
Armada Arms for Europe Move Soon After Paris Pact
An armada of freighters loaded with up to $1,000,000,000 of arms will depart American shores for Europe in a few weeks. The signal came as defense ministers and chiefs of staff from 12 Atlantic pact nations opened a master defense plan in Paris. The shipments require presidential certification and further nation to nation agreements, but the plan is largely American in origin. The aim is to deter aggression, notably from Russia. In Italy, a 24 hour general strike showed a weak Communist mobilization, with much of the country idle and conservatives calling the effort a flop. In Yugoslavia, a Russian spy case unfolds in Sarajevo as a Russian Orthodox priest pleads partially guilty, while efforts to expose the Cominform underground continue. In Bonn, Kurt Schumacher will be allowed back into parliament after patched differences with Adenauer.
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Associated Press
Europe
Paris
Truman
United States
North Atlantic
Russia
Italy
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Bonn
Kurt Schumacher
Konrad Adenauer
Bundestag
Adenauer
Schumacher
Plea of Helms Is Overruled In 99-Year Murder Case
Circuit Judge James H Crow Jr overruled a motion for a new trial by Marvin Helms a Cullman county farmer. Helms was found guilty of the July 4 murder of his wife Pearl her body found in a blood spattered tool shed near the Chigger Ridge farm Sheriff Shelley Hyatt called it one of the county’s most brutal crimes.
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Marvin Helms
Cullman County
James H. Crow Jr
Helms
Cullman Circuit
Pearl
Chigger Ridge
Shelley Hyatt
Quillen Convicted in Quick Money Scheme Trial
Edgar Ross Quillen faced late indictments for embezzlement and grand larceny in Morgan circuit court. Judge Newton B. Powell overruled motions, then a jury convicted him on two counts of grand larceny tied to a June quick money scheme involving Limestone men W. B. Reece and Charles Black. Witnesses described how Quillen and Marvin Wallace lured victims into the deal, intending to back out before a counterfeit print was involved. Sentencing pending. defense plans an appeal by Noble Russell.
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Vic Bubbett
Edgar Ross Quillen
Morgan Circuit Court
Newton B. Powell
Quillen
Bik
Segee
W. B. Reece
Charles Black
Powell
Noble Russell
Claude Pipes
Huntsville
Black
Reece
Marvin Wallace
Pitts H. Chapman
Fugitive Warrant Issued for Thomas F Slay in Kidnapping Case
Athens December 2 A fugitive warrant for Thomas Franklin Slay 22 was sworn by Sheriff John Sandlin at midmorning on the request of Indiana authorities on kidnapping charges. In Limestone court Slay’s bond on a hit and run charge rose from 300 to 750 as he is an out of state defendant. Bond on the fugitive warrant is set at 2000 and Slay made no admission of guilt.
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Athens
Thomas Franklin Slay
John Sandlin
Indiana
Limestone
Slay
David Rosenal
Thomas G. Steele
Evansville man’s trial delayed as extradition begins
Extradition papers started in Indiana for Slay on a case involving a girl, with bond set at 750 dollars. Officers say the process will move from Evansville to Indianapolis to Montgomery and Athens, awaiting governors of two states to sign. Slay acknowledged leaving Evansville with the girl, claiming an engagement and elopement plan that she later abandoned.
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Sandlig
Indiana
Evansville
Indianapolis
Montgomery
Ala
Athens
Slay
Limestone
Thomas Steele
Freedom
R. A. Troupe
FBI
A. M. Smith, Jr
Limestone County
Miss Harmon
Thomas
Ward Leaves Mukden Soon
Consul General Angus Ward reports he will leave Mukden in communist China with his entire staff by next Wednesday. The State Department notes Ward, staff and dependents will travel by train to Tientsin, then ships are due there between December 6 and 17. Ward and four aides were jailed for weeks after being charged with beating two Chinese employees.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Mukden
China
State Department
Ward
Tientsin
Department
Persit
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Hamil Clinic
Guy F. Roberts
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USN
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Falkville
Forrest P. Sherman
Leyte
Nina Woods
Lee Deal
Albertville
J. R. Raager
Trinity 1
Walton A. Hill
Tuscaloosa
Veterans Hospital
Mr. Hill
Veterans Administration
Curtis H. Oden
Oden
East Moulton Street
Recorder’s Court
Jessie . Wilhite
Decatur 3
Decatur General Hospital
J. W. Johnson
Fifth Avenue South
James Cowan
Moulton
A. L. Burns
Sterchi
Gadsden
Sterchi Sore
TVA
Mona Bradford
New York Civic Opera Company
Nashville, Tenn
Opera Company
Nashville
Mama
New York
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Sharpsburg
Thomas F. Slay
Mary Delmore
Albert Stapp
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Negro
Rev. Garrison
Frank Gleason
Gleason
Rossville
Releason
Dence
Woodrow Daniel
Spears
Wilkins
Farris
Cotton Durham
Sam Peters
Judy
Eurppe Klan
John W. Lynch
Armada
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