Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Sunday and warmer today. A A Means and Paul Livingston visited Decatur on Saturday. Local American Legion post meets Monday at 7 45 PM on Bank Street. Various residents from Birmingham, Falkville, Courtland and Decatur were seen in town Saturday. Rising Sun Lodge aims to hold an entered apprentice degree Monday night with several candidates to be examined. Neel school reports 99.2 percent attendance with 25 students, inviting any higher weekly average schools to respond. Missionary conference at Fairview Baptist Church continues through Sunday, with Paris W Read delivering messages and film rolls shown each night. Montgomery will graduate at Alabama and The Daily will publish Santa letters in Christmas Eve edition. North Alabama Kennel Club to elect officers Monday at Greystone Cafe. Ola McDougall admitted to South Highland hospital. A building permit was issued for a two room and bath frame house on Tower Ave. Price Terry and wife announce birth of a son at Decatur General Hospital. Mrs W B King admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic. See Diary On Page 2.
Christmas Parade Missed By Dying Boy Bowman Family
Fort Payne Alabama December 10 A two year old boy Bobby Bowman son of Rev Frank Bowman pastor of Fort Payne First Baptist Church died yesterday after a malignant tumor. He hoped to see the Christmas parade that arrived with lights and music but was unable to attend due to his illness.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Bobby Bowman
Frank E. Bowman
First Baptist Church
Bobby
Fort Pane
Scout Silver Beaver Awarded Tinsley As Council Picks State
H P Tinsley of Red Bay received the Silver Beaver the Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts of America awarded at its Decatur Country Club meeting with 205 attendees. Tinsley, a decade veteran, served as Troop 41 committee man, district and council leadership roles. Stitzer of Sheffield was elected council president. Ainslie Wyle and John Frey named top officers. The event featured Rev E G Mullen, Ned Frazier, and a Ro bert L Haskins progress report noting 157 units and 3,034 Scouts. Award recipients also included Acorn Award winners for organizing new units.
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H. P. Tinsley
Red Bay
William H. Jenkins
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Decatur Country Club
Tinsley
Scout
Franklin District
Stitzer
R. B. Stitzer
Sheffield
E. J. Chenault
Carl Stiefelmeyer
Cullman
F. N. Sefton
Huntsville
Ainslie Wyle
John Frey
E. G. Mullen
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Florence
Ned Frazier
Robert L. Haskins
W. W. Thompson
Tuscumbia
Thompson
Acorn
Howard Hinshaw
Rev
J. R. Rush
Town Creek
Bruce Spencer
Morgan
Falkville
Union Hill
Ulyses S. Bowman
Pisg
Flogging Jury Deadlocked in Alabama Case
An Alabama jury failed to reach a verdict on Ku Klux Klan leader A B Carradine accused of flogging masked victims in Adamsville. After five hours, jurors were locked in for the night with trial resuming at 9:15 a m CST. Thirty witnesses testified. Carradine faced 18 indictments in a wave of spring cross burnings.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Alta King
A. B. Carradine
Stonewall Jackson
Adamsville
Carradine
Coleman A. (Brownie) Lollar
Merchant At Falkville Dies
Ozia T. Wallace, 45, Falkville merchant, died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday afternoon in his grocery store. Services set for Monday at 2:30 at Church of Christ in Eva with Rev. Otto Henderson officiating. Interment in the adjacent Peck cemetery. Surviving: widow Nell, daughter Mary. father J. L. Wallace of Lacon. sisters Sophia Wooten of Santa Cruz and Gladys Drinkard of Centerdale. brothers Homer of Alameda Belford of Arizona Roy of Cullman Calvin and Alvin of Bessemer Milford of Tuscaloosa. Pallbearers: Norman Owen Robert Summerford Jimmy Lyles Arthur McAnally Webb England Floyd Minter.
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Ozia T. Wallace
Falkville
Wallace
Church of Christ In
Eva
Otto Henderson
Peck
Nell Wallace
Mary
J. L. Wallace
Lacon
Sophia Wooten
Santa Cruz
Calif
Gladys Drinkard
Centerdale
Cal
Homer
Alameda
Belford
Arizona
Roy
Cullman
Calvin
Alvin
Bessemer
Milford
Tuscaloosa
Norman Owen
Robert Summerford
Jimmy Lyles
Arthur McAnally
Webb England
Floyd Minter
Two Suits Put On File Here
Two damage suits and a motion for a new trial are filed in Circuit Court. Ray E. McCurry seeks 500 dollars for a collision between his 1949 truck and a transit cab near Wilson Avenue and McCartney Street on August 2. Fred S. Robinson seeks 350 dollars for a collision near Priceville on January 16. Peach, Caddell and Shanks appear for the plaintiff. Virgil O. Dearman, intervenor in a 400 dollar suit by Otis E. Waller against L. E. Norris, seeks a new trial. date set for January 5 at 10 a.m. Dearman was awarded 250 dollars by a jury on November 17 for work on the car, represented by W. L. Chenault. The Dearman claim followed Waller’s July request for a 400 dollar attachment against Norris’s car.
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H. Harrison Hill
Decatur Transit Company
Ray E. McCurry
Decatur 2
McCurry
S. A. Lynne
Wilson Avenue
McCartney Street
Fred S. Robinson
Charlie Oden
Priceville
Peach, Caddell and Shanks
Virgil O. Dearman
Otis E. Waller
L. E. Norris
Newton B. Powell
Dearman
W. L. Chenault
Waller
Norris
Two Price Cotton Plan Proposed by Southern Officials
Southern agricultural commissioners approve a two price cotton system to replace subsidies. A government floor price would apply to domestic consumption, with a second free market price for surplus. Farmers set their production. floor guarantees tied to domestic demand. Plan drafted for January session.
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Mercer Bailey
Atlanta
Southern Agricultural Commissioners
United States
Georgia
Tom Linder
Concers Eery Omy
Cne
Lang Will Face Second Trial in Scars' Slaying
Morgan circuit court advanced through capital cases and guilty pleas before the week ended. Lester Lang, tied to the April 1948 Christine Haynie strangling in Lacon, awaits a second trial after an August 1948 case, while other inmates faced murder, robbery, and burglary charges, including Hugh Wallace Newton and Virgil Guerin.
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Vic Bubbett
Morgan
James Ester Lang
Terrell Clark
Willie Ed Spraggins
Dee V. Sheffield
Newton B. Powell
Earl “Sparky” Fowler
Lester A. Tune
Falkville
George Johnson
Phillip Shanks
Hugh Wallace Newton
Hartselle
American Legion
Virgil Guerin
Ruth Lorine Guerin
King
Russell W. Lynne
Charles E. Timberlake
State National Bank
Fowler
Powell
Tune
Ralph E. Slate
Elmer Nix
Newton
Las Vegas
Nev
Guerin
Ruth
Morgan County
Lester Lang
Christine Haynie
Lacon Mountain
TVA Plans Widows Creek steam plant for Oak Ridge needs
The Tennessee Valley Authority approved a plan to build the Widows Creek steam plant on the Guntersville reservoir NW bank near Widows Creek in Jackson Alabama to supply the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge. The two 125000 kw turbo generators will link with the TVA grid. project cost about 37000000 dollars with construction to begin after congressional funding.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Guntersville Reservoir
Jackson
Alabama
Bridgeport
Chattanooga
Widows Creek
Johnsonville
Lab
Tullahoma
Tennessee
Tennessee River
A.E.D.C
Decatur Police Nab Four Cattle Thieves in Limestone Case
Decatur police arrested Herman Jones 30 along with Elijah Miller 30 Robert Matthews 20 and Henry Tate 30 on grand larceny charges for stealing four cows from Limestone county. They allegedly sold the cattle to an unknown Hart selle man for 175 dollars. Bond set at 1500 dollars per man.
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Herman Jones
Limestone County
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Jimmy Collier
Pack Self
Elijah Miller
Madison County
Robert Matthews
East Wilson Avenue
Henry Tate
Wilson Avenue
John Sandlin
Tate
Hartselle
Sandlin
Matthews
Jones
Decatur
Miller
Huntse
Sandilin
Big Plant to Serve Area in Northeast Alabama
A massive 250000 kilowatt TVA steam generating plant near Bridgeport, Alabama, to support atomic development, was announced by Senators Hill Sparkman and Rep Jones and confirmed by TVA directors. The plant will use two 125000 kilowatt turbo-generators on the Guntersville reservoir near Widow's Bar, four miles south of Bridgeport, with several thousand workers in construction and post completion 200 to 300 local jobs. The project may receive a supplemental appropriation when Congress reopens in January.
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Bridgeport
Ala
TVA
Alabama
Knoxville
Senator Hill
Sparkman
Rep. Jones
James E. Folsom
Tennessee River
Guntersville
Widow's Bar
Brideport
L. H. Hughes
Hughes
Congress
Hunt to Head Kiwanis Club in Decatur
Charles Winston resigns as Kiwanis president elect of Decatur Kiwanis due to frequent travel. Fred S. Hunt junior will be president in 1950 following his father’s prior term in 1934. Winston announced the decision at a Lyons Hotel gathering with current and incoming directors present.
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King
Philip Burrows
Hollywood
Calif
Philip
Cherie
Charles Winston
Decatur Kiwanis
Decatur
Fred S. Hunt
Kiwanis
Winston
Hotel Lyons
Hunt
Fred. S. Hunt Sr
Hunt Sr
Grand Jury to Hear Check Cashing Story
A federal grand jury in Birmingham will investigate irregularities in honoring checks at First National Bank of Jacksonville Alabama. U S Attorney John D Hill says 12 to 15 witnesses will be heard and indictments may follow on charges of withdrawals irregularities and conspiracy to defraud. A reported bank shortage of 90000 dollars, with half recovered, is noted.
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Birmingham
Ala
First National Bank of
Jacksonville
U. S. Atty
John D. Hill
Hill
State National Promotes Gary H L Promoted Vice President
Gary H L Gary a local bank examiner was elected vice president of the State National bank at a Friday board meeting announced by bank president T J Cottingham. Gary will fill the post left vacant by the resignation of T F Adams who has been on sick leave and ill health. Gary has 35 years banking experience including time with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Birmingham branch. He was born in Comer Alabama and married to Maude Lovett of Sparkes Ga. The Garys live at 1910 Tenth Avenue East and have two children. State on Page 2.
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H. L. Gary
State National Bank
T. J. Cottingham
Gary
T. F. Adams
Cottingham
Adams
Decatur
Lanétt
Ala
Banner National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
New Orleans
Federal Reserve Bank
Birmingham
South
Comer
Barber County
Selma
Maude Lovett
Sparkesy Ga
Garys
Tenth Avenue East
Central Methodist Church
Decatur Country Club
Helen G. Nichols
Enterprise
Nichols
Somerville Road School
Educators Warn of Serious School Shortages in Morgan Decatur
Decatur and Morgan county educators warn the public of immediate shortages as attendance climbs. Morgan county needs 22 more teachers this year with salaries totaling 46 200 to hire and room to house them. Additional $20 000 next year for training and raises is planned. City attendance up 300, requiring 10 more teachers now.
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Morgan County
Vaase
Decatur
Stinging Cold Grips Wide Area Across Nation
A brutal cold wave and blizzard swept the midcontinent creating hazardous travel and at least four deaths. Subzero readings spread from the Northeast to the Dakotas as forecasts warned of 20 below zero and 40 mph winds. Ice coated roads caused multiple accidents while the Coast Guard aided five distressed vessels and a California quake scare touched Santa Monica.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Montana
California
Maine
Santa Monica Bay
Iowa
William McLelland
Texas
Ware
Mass
Massena
N. Y
Concord
N. H
Utica
Portland
Albany
Blizard
Dakotas
North Central States
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hollywood
Coast Guard
San Bernardino County
Bradford charged with rape in Columbia incident
Jake Bradford, 26, ex convict and grandson of a Black man killed by a mob in 1926, admitted harming a babysitter and attempting to assault a Stephens College freshman on Oct 29 and Nov 24. He waived preliminary hearing and is held without bond, bond set at 10000 dollars for the December 20 hearing.
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Columbia
Stephens College
Carl Sapp
Jake. Bradford
Sally Johnson
Radford
Jess Scott
Bradford
Jefferson City
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Greystone Cafe
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Austinville
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Price Terry
Decatur General Hospital
W.B. King
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
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