Foes of Gene Lose Decision in Georgia Party Clash
Superior Court Judge Grover Anderson ruled that James S. Peters is the lawful Georgia Democratic state party chairman, overturning the Morris faction. Morris backers plan an appeal to the state supreme court, arguing the Thompson group violated party rules in electing officers.
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Augusta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Democratic
Talmadge
State Supreme Court
Grover C. Anderson
James S. Peters
Manchester
William S. Morris
Peters
Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Gene
Herman
Morris
Anderson
Thompson
Lawrence County Notes Name Mrs Charles Speake
Franklin McCaghren has been ill for a week Miles McCaghren visited his brother Shirley Smith went deer hunting Mrs Shirley Smith visited Bertha Milsapp in Decatur James Russell Lowery and family visited Shirley Smiths parents Harold Hogan and family attended church visits L W Kelsoe and wife hosted James Tomlinson family Sapp and Hembree attended Joe Wheeler meeting power line expected to extend Pruitt Simms and son Edward from Decatur visited Sunday D M Hogan slowly recovering from illness
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Franklin McCaghren
Miles McCaghren
Johnson's Chapel
Franklins McCaghren
Shirley Smith
Bertha Milsapp
Decatur
James Russell Lowery
Near Decatur
Harold Hogan
D. M. Hogan
James Tomlinson
L. W. Kelsoe
George Sapp
Will Hembree
Huntsville
Joe Wheeler
Pruitt Simms
Edward
Dispute Over Court Jurisdiction Proceeds to Supreme Court
Arguments to speed the issue to the supreme court were set for tomorrow with ten days to perfect the appeal. Peters seeks court review of rival authority while both sides label the other as bolters. Judge Anderson previously rejected the party matter contention.
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Supreme Court
Anderson
Peters
Rev J Gilbert Speake Named Pastor at Cullman Church
Rev J Gilbert Speake will become pastor of Seventh Street Baptist church in Cullman effective January 1. A former Decatur and Cullman businessman, he graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has led pastorates in Louisiana and served as associate missionary in Alabama. As pastor of Woodworth La First Baptist, the church gained 200 new members and built a new pastorium and mission church. He was elected Louisiana associations moderator for two years. Cullman church plans a $100000 building program.
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J. Gilbert Speake
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Cullman
Decatur and
Rev. Speake
New Orleans
the Baptist of the Louisiana Association
Seventh Street
Ebenezer Church Plans Christmas Program and Santa Visit
Ebenezer Church two miles east of Lacon will host a Christmas tree and program on Tuesday night December 23. Pastor Rev D H Davenport will attend and invite the public to attend the festive event with Santa appearing for the community.
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Ebenezer Church
Lacon
Santa
D. HH. Davenport
Southeastern states collect over seven million in 1947 inheritance taxes
C Parker Persons, regional director of the U S Department of Commerce, announced that more than 7 000 000 dollars in state inheritance and estate taxes were collected in the 1947 fiscal year across Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee and South Carolina. He said the total was nearly 2 000 000 more than the previous year.
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Atlanta
Southeastern
C. Parker’ Persons
U. S. Department of Commerce
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
South Carolina
240 TB cases in Morgan county reported by Christmas Seal head
M R Rankin, chairman of Morgan county Christmas Seal Sale, cites 240 tuberculosis cases in the county per State Health Department. He warns many cases go undetected, notes TB’s danger to ages 15 to 45, and urges using Christmas Seals to fund prevention and treatment efforts.
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Morgan County
M. R. Rankin
State Health Department
Ford Assembly Plant Opens Near Atlanta
A $7,000,000 Ford assembly plant near Atlanta Hampleville begins formal opening with Henry Ford and top Ford executives present. Spokesperson predicts about 350 vehicles daily for Southern buyers from the one story facility with four and a half miles of assembly lines.
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Atlanta
Ford Motor Company
tWitt
Hapéville
Henry Ford
Airmen bail from burning cargo plane near Austin
Five airmen parachuted from a U.S. Air Force C82 cargo plane that caught fire after takeoff from Bergstrom Field. The aircraft crashed on a farm near the Lee-Bastrop county line, about 30 miles from Austin, with the crew escaping in minor injuries.
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Austin
Tex
U. S. Air Force
Here
Bergstrom Air Field
Greenville
S. C
Lee County
Bastrop County
Notice to Creditors of Dissolved Moulton Valley Oil Co
By decree of December 5 1947 the Moulton Valley Oil Company dissolved and the receiver was appointed to collect debts and sell assets. Creditors must file written verified claims within thirty days with the receiver or Morgan County Circuit Court. Claims not filed will be forever barred. December 9 1947. Joe H. Calvin receiver. December 10 17 24.
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Moulton Valley Oil Company
R. E. Hardwick
Circuit Court
Morgan County
Alabama
Joe H. Calvin
Moulton Vater Oil Company
Sale of Moulton Valley Oil assets set for January 12 1948
Morgan County Alabama Circuit Court orders sale of all assets of Moulton Valley Oil Company, dissolved by December 5 1947 judgment. Receiver will offer property at Decatur Courthouse on January 12 1948 for cash to highest bidder, including mines quarries building stone minerals and oil gas wells with rights to excavate quarry drill and bore.
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State OF
Alabama
Decatur
Morgan County
Boy Scout Troop 89 Meets at St John's Episco pal Church
BS Cong Boy Scouts of America Troop 89 met at St Johns Episcopal church at 7:00 p.m. with four members present. Eddie Journey opened with the Scout Oath and the meeting featured a duck language skit and Scout drill.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Eddie Journey
Blankenship
Joe. Cain
Roy Nixon
Ale Blankenship
Dale Blankenship
Scout Troop
May
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Jack Lee
Wolf Patrol
Scout Rally Plans For Decatur Armory Meeting
Scoutmaster Jackson organized the troop to attend the Boy Scouts rally in Decatur at the armory on Friday night December 12. The event featured tying contests and bandage tying practice followed by a 30 minute session before adjournment.
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Jackson
Boy Scouts of
Decatur
Troop 19 Holds Monday Meeting At First Methodist Church
Scouts Edgar Kirby Jerry Murdock Raymond Nixson Bobby Campbell Dec Timberlake Joe Allen Price attended. Plans were made to attend Stout Rail Scribe. Guam is 1500 miles east of Manila.
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First Methodist Church
Edgar Kirby
Jerry Murdock
Raymond Nixson
Bobby Campbell
Dec
Timberlake
Joe Allen Price
Stout Rail
Florida Supreme Court Upholds McKee Rape Conviction
In a 4 to 3 ruling the Florida Supreme Court upheld the life sentence of Howard B. McKee for raping four women in Dade County. The defense argued evidence was insufficient and that one victim refused a medical examination. Justice Terrell dissented in part.
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Tallahassee
Fiat
Florida Supreme Court
Howard B. McKee
Dade County
McKee
Glenn. Terrell
Supreme Court Dissent On Assault With Intent To Rape
Justices Rivers Buford Alto Adams and Carl D Burns agreed that the evidence supported only a judgment for assault with intent to commit rape. Chief Justice Elwyn Thomas and Justices Roy Chapman and H L Sebring dissented, arguing the Verbal test imony and related actions did not justify the higher rape intent charge.
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Rivers Buford
Alto Adams
Carl D. Burns
Elwyn Thomas
Roy. Chapman
H. L. Sebring
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