Community and Mine Diary Briefs and Local Notes
Sunday brings continued cold and a north wind across the state. Birth announced for January 30 in Hyattville Maryland a son to Mr. and Mrs Frank L Kerr. Salvation Army officer Capt Oscar Pler to speak at Hotel Lyons noon Monday. Police report no accidents Saturday. Music Study Club meets Wednesday at 3 15 p m at Mrs L P Troupe 335 Jackson St. Morgan County schools re open Monday after weather shutdown. City police report no accidents. Fire department reports no fires Friday. James Ernest Long moved from Decatur General Hospital to his home 1213 Fo Avenue E. An evening of games at St Ann's Catholic church basement Tuesday 8 p m invited. Several local illness and transport notes including measles flu and hospital moves. Salvation Army in urgent need of blankets quilts or funds contact Capt Oscar P Fuller.
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Salvation Army
Oscar P. Fuller
Decatur Weather Improves as Schools Prep for Next Semester
Decatur braces for a milder Sunday with highs in the low thirties after a night of 20s to 22 degrees. The city hopes a return to normal as buses resume limited routes to Athens Huntsville Chattanoogo and Florence while roads improve and students are urged to attend the first day of the second semester.
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Decatur
Tuscumbia
Memphis
Poll tax deadline drives Morgan county lines at tax office
Crowds packed the Morgan county tax office as voters paid the $1.50 poll tax before the February 1 deadline. Collector Alvis Briscoe said 461 paid on Friday and Saturday totaling 1996.50 dollars for schools while others sought to participate in the May primary. Residents may mail payments to meet the deadline, and registration guidance noted eligibility rules for new and veteran voters.
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Morgan County
Board of Registrars
Alvis Briscoe
Nce Rae Ny Bop Rot Lpan
Briscoe
Hartselle
New Cold Wave Strikes East Intensifying Coal Shortage
A severe cold spell across the Eastern half of the country curtails industrial output and threatens a coal crisis for Pittsburgh as 270000 workers are idled by gas curtailments and mine closures. Ice on the Monongahela hampers barge coal deliveries amid record low temperatures across New York Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Hudson Bay
New York
Michigan
Canton
N. Y
Albany
Phillipsburg
Penn
Hampton Station
Pellston
Veges W. Va
Cleveland
New York City
Ice Cut Power For Eight Hours In Several Towns
A TVA line iced over east of Town Creek Hatton road cut power to Moulton Heights Austinville Moulton Five Points Danville Trinity Town Creek Hatton Mt Hope for about eight hours. Crews carried gear two and a half miles over icy fields to reach the site and begin repairs. Power returned around 9 30 p m with delays blamed on inaccessible right of way and difficult access.
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Moulton Heights
Austinville
Moulton
Five Points
Danville
Trinity
Town Creek
Hatton
Mt. Hope
TVA
Stolen March of Dimes Collection Box At Theater
A March of Dimes collection box disappeared from the Capital theater box office window between 12 PM Friday and 9 AM Saturday. Theater staff forgot to take it in Friday night and the next morning it was missing, with an estimated $25 to $30 lost. Morgan County March of Dimes chair Bill Eyster urged the finder to return it.
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March of Dimes Collection
Capital Theater
Bill Eyster
Morgan County
March of Dimes
Oklahoma Struggles With Separate Schools and Access
Oklahoma City today refused Walter M. Harrison's enrollment in the new Negro law school, citing constitutional separate schooling. Ada Fisher seeks admission to the white university law school, with the state weighing further negro applications to OU graduate programs. The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on Fisher's case.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Jerome E. Hemry
Law School For
State Capitol
Walter M. Harrison
Hemry
Harrison
United States Supreme Court
Ada Lois Sionel Fisher
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
University of Oklahoma
Mac Q. Williamson
University of Delaware opens admissions to Negro students
Newark Del Jan 31 the University of Delaware lifts its ban on admitting Negroes marking the first such move by a Southern university President William S Carlson says any Negro resident may enroll in courses not provided by the Delaware state college for Negroes Negroes become eligible for doctoral degrees offered in chemistry and chemical engineering the trustees acted after a Supreme Court decision on equal educational facilities for a Negro woman seeking Oklahoma law school
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Newark
Del
University of Delaware
William S. Carlson
Southern University
U. S. Supreme Court
University of Oklahoma Law School
National VFW Chief Speaks to Local Post Meeting
Ray H Brannaman commander in chief of the national VFW will address VFW Post 4190 in Washington DC at the post meeting Monday night at 8 00 PM local time Local commander Charlie Harvey urges all members to attend and hear Brannaman on the upcoming agenda
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Ray H. Brannaman
National
VFW
Washington, D. C
Charlie Harvey
Pom
Brannaman
Democrats Push $200 Personal Exemption Increase
House Democrats proposed a $200 raise in the personal exemption for every income tax payer. The plan aimed to offset a Republican $6.5 billion tax cut measure, with Senate Republicans seeking votes to override a veto. A Rayburn backed alternative would raise exemptions to $700 and credit dependents, but would lose about $3.2 billion in revenue.
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Jack Bell
Washington
House
Senate
Thay
McClellan
D.-Ark
Sam Rayburn
Treasury
Rayburn
Meat ration plan fought by meat packers and Senate critic
Washington officials and meat industry spokesmen argued against returning meat rationing. Senator Wherry warned that administration confusion could raise prices, while a banking subcommittee heard claims that rationing would breed black markets. Secretary Anderson forecast a spring meat shortage as Flanders’ bill to authorize standby rationing machinery proceeds.
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Donald Sanders
Washington
Senator Wherry
R-Neb
Wherry
Senate Banking
Anderson
Flanders
Department of Agriculture
Gandhi's cremation draws vast crowds in New Delhi
Mohandas Gandhi's body was cremated on a sandalwood pyre as tens of thousands gathered in New Delhi. Devadas placed coals, while police kept back rioters amid casualties and confusion over motives. The rite concluded with Devadas and Ramadas bathing in the Ganges.
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G. Milton Kelly
New Delhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Devadas
Gandhi
Congress Party
Ganges
Ramadas
Nagpur
Honor Planned For Purple Heart Group
Plans are underway in Decatur to observe George Washington's birthday with veterans from the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans Ladies Auxiliaries and civic clubs. The event seeks use of the Decatur armory on February 23 with a barbecue supper and music by the Decatur band. Local and state veterans including Jones a World War II Purple Heart recipient are invited to participate.
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Decatur
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliaries
George Washington
Our Country
Jones
Ex-Warden Charged With Rape in Jefferson County
Birmingham report says Eugene Lee Johnson 38, a former Jefferson County jail warden, was arrested on a rape warrant filed by Dorothy Rotenberry 21. Sheriff Holt McDowell notes charges may be substantiated and cites a separate probe into alleged mistreatment of women prisoners.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County
Holt McDowell
Eugene Lee Johnson
Dorothy Rotenberry
Rotenberry
McDowell
Johnson
Seatenati
Circuit
Emmett Perry
Three Town Board Members Slain in Duluth Meeting Shooting
Three Elmer town board members were shot and killed while in a meeting over a beer license request. A fourth man was wounded as a gunman entered the session and opened fire with a large caliber rifle in a backwoods community near Duluth, Minnesota.
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Duluth
Minn
Elmer
Back Woods
Party Leaders Meet To Shape Plans Monday
Morgan county Democratic executive committee will meet Monday at 10 at the courthouse to set candidate filing fees for county races and conduct party business. Rutledge Thomas of Decatur chairs the group and expects beat representatives from across the county.
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Morgan County
Democratic Executive Committee
Rutledge ‘Thomas
Decatur
Court Winds Up UTS Term in Morgan County
Morgan county court ended its three week January term with Judge W H Long presiding. Several defendants faced charges from trespassing to vagrancy and violation of prohibition laws. Mrs R A Miller pleaded guilty to six counts of writing bad checks and received 303 days hard labor after failing to pay fines.
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Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
Ben Henry Barker
Billy Parker
George W. Roland
Dave Smith
Tommie Lee Bridgeforth
R. A. Miller
Morgan County
Long
Miller
Leonard Harp
T. Puckett
Tancred Betts
Coleman ‘Troy
Dimes Drive Funds Urged by Morgan County Leader
Morgan county March of Dimes Chairman Bill Eyster asks county workers and schools to contribute early this week to close the drive. The total is $2,500, far below expectations due to bad weather, with donations still accepted by mail to March of Dimes Headquarters Decatur Alabama. Contributions announced include Civitan Club $50 and Decatur Coca Cola $10 among others.
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Morgan County
March of Dimes
Bill Eyster
Eyster
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Second Avenue
Decatur
Ala
Civitan Club
Decatur Coca Cola Company
Peebles Oil i
Gregg Chevrolet
Spinstens Club
Alabama Governor Folsom Considers Favorite Son Bid
Alabama politics heat up as Gov. James E. Folsom declares a favorite son run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Spoilers within the party weigh anti Folsom stances while delegates contest loyalty. Some counties move to Truman support after recent developments. Etowah County committee backs Truman after rejecting a anti Folsom motion.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Ey Soe
Truman
Etowah
Southern Democrats Threaten Walkout Over Anti Southern Bill
John H. Culkin for Governor Wright says the Mississippi faction will not leave the party though they threaten to quit if anti Southern measures pass. The Mississippi leaders insist on preserving southern interests and poll tax protections in the face of looming congressional actions.
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Washington
Southern Democratic Party
Mississippi
Sena
John H. Culkin
Vicksburg
Fielding L. Wright
National Press Club
Culkin
Smee Wright
South
Democratic Party
Congress
Etowah Democrats Clash Over Truman Endorsement
George Hawkins moved to table a resolution endorsing Truman, a motion voted down 33 to 6. Etowah Democrats oppose an anti segregation plank in the 1948 platform. Senator Broughton Lams berth notes no change in his Truman stance, pending Alabama delegation’s vote for Governor Folsom.
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George Hawkins
Etowah Committee
Folsom
Truman
Etowah Democrats
Broughton Lamsberth
Tallapoosa County
National Democratic
Lamberth
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