Decatur Area Weather and Local Medical Notices
Cloudy outlook with rain in the southern area this afternoon and tonight. slightly colder tonight and Saturday in southern and central portions. Decatur cotton prices quoted middling at 34.5 and strict low at 33.5 at noon. Ambulance transfers and hospital updates include Mrs. B. T. Jerrell, Christine Powell, Mrs. Buford Johnston, birth announcements for L. C. Keenum's daughter and Robert Gaines Corley, measles cases for several children, and multiple ambulance moves by Brown's Ambulance. Brooks Hopkins American Legion meeting scheduled at Decatur Negro high school 7:30 P. M. Bill Ridgeway of The Hartselle Enquirer presents.
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Brooks Hopkins
American Legion
Decatur‘Negro High School
Headlong Plunge Of Prices May Have Reached Bottom
The major commodity markets show a tentative bottom as wheat and corn snaps fall limit moves while oats slip. Cotton rebounds but stays near losses as oil and fats dip. Stocks firm slightly after a broad drop with the Associated Press index near a postwar low. Local notes report a December electrician graduate and a Birmingham concert attend.
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New York
New York Exchange
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
New Yorks
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Snow Blankets Much of Kentucky and Midwest Weather
A national snow and storm tale describes heavy snowfall across Kentucky and the mid Atlantic while the South and Southwest endure rain sleet and warm spells. California drought abated by steady rain with 1.62 inches in San Bernardino. Rescues occur as six foot drifts trap eight men near Sunnyside Washington.
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Chicago
Middle Atlantic
Kentucky
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
California
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Coun Becton
Washington
Sunnyside
Wash
Carolinas
Ohio
Kansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Mrs Cheslie Parrish Still Critical After Beeline Crash
Mrs Cheslie Parrish remains in critical condition at Decatur General hospital following an automobile truck collision on the Bee Line highway that killed her husband Cheslie Parrish. The couple, traveling toward Florida, was later joined by Mrs Parrish’s daughter and relatives from Michigan and Colorado as details of the crash emerged.
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Cheslie Parrish
L. L. Smart
Detroit
Jones
Colorado
Smart
Michigan
Tom Parrish
Decatur
Robert Qussee
Qussee
Southern Aviation
Parrish
Decatur General Hospital
Gross Point
William R. Hamilton
Brown
John David Sanderson
Madison 2
Melvin Jennis
Loftin’s unplanned major flight zigzags across states
T H Loftin began a routine Louisville to Asheville flight but bad weather diverted the plane over Nashville then Atlanta and finally to Jacksonville Florida about 659 miles away. He then took a northbound plane seeking a return to Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
T. H. Loftin
Louisville
Ashville
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Loftin
AFL Still Without Political Director
Miami February 6 The American Federation of Labor remains without a political director to guide trial activities and safeguard organizational aims amid ongoing leadership gaps.
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AFL
Miami, Fla
American Federation of Labor
Beeen
Mrs Truman Declines Political Question in Mobile Stop
Mrs Harry Truman refused to answer a political question from reporters in Mobile about Gov James E Folsom and his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination The First Lady and her party were en route to New Orleans for the christening of the towboat Harry Truman Margaret stayed aboard the train during the Montgomery stopover The Trumans had said he would seek Alabama's favorite son nomination during the trip
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Mobile
Harry Truman
Tng
James E. Folsom
Mee
Folsom
Montgomery
Alabama
State gains new ground in national bank ranking
The State National Banks of Decatur posted deposits of 47 754 855 on December 31 and advanced five spots in 1947 to become the 354th largest bank in the United States, up from 359th in 1946. The figures are in the 1948 annual roll call published February 6 by The Daily American Banker of New York.
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Decatur
United States
Dail
American Banker of New Yorky
Banking Business
Beatrice Anthony Wins 20000 Damages in Theater Seat Case
A Birmingham woman Beatrice Anthony was awarded 20000 by a jury for injuries from a fall through a missing theater seat at the Delmar theater on August 15 1946. The case against theater operator J R Waters was tried in circuit court yesterday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Beatrice Anthony
Anthony
Delmar
J. R. Waters
Trolley Car Kills Woman in Birmingham
Mrs. W. L. Spearman Sr widow of a Ninth Street Method ist pastor was killed instantly when struck by a streetcar at Third Avenue and Sixth Place N Birmingham police call the death an industrial accident rather than a traffic fatality The streetcar line is on a Birmingham Electric Co right of way Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 am at West End Methodist church burial in Ashland at 3 30 pm She is survived by five daughters three sons two sisters two brothers and six grandchildren
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W. L. Spearman
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Birmingham
Third Avenue
Sixth Place
Spearman
Birmingham Electric Company
City of
West End Methodist Church
Ashland
Austinville
Moulter
Decatur
Marshall plan for China set for fast congressional review
Washington reports a China aid package totaling 510 million dollars for 15 months beginning April 1. The figure exceeds earlier informal estimates and faces possible criticism from both supporters and skeptics who seek greater overall aid. No military assistance for nationalist forces appears specified in the plan as congress studies European recovery details.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
Marshall Pee
City Plans Beautification Drive For Decatur
Decatur aims to become the Souths most beautiful city after raising $100000 for a high school stadium. A long range plan will be discussed Tuesday at 2 PM in the State National bank directors room with civic leaders TVA representatives. Mayor Summer envisions a city beautiful commission and ongoing clean up and paint up efforts year round led by a central commission with civic clubs to assist. CITY On Page 8
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Mary Williams
Decatur
TVA
State National Bank
Sity Planning Commission
State Planning Board
the. Chamber of
H. R. Summer
City Beautiful Commission
Summer
Central Commission
Civic Club
Bitter party feud over civil rights heats up in South
Senator Russell D Ga accuses President Truman of planning an FBI Gestapo to end Jim Crow. He says Southern Democrats see the call for new measures as an opening wedge toward desegregation in trains and buses, schools, pools and beyond. He cites a push for a civil rights commission.
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Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Truman
FBI
South
Southern Democrats in Russell County split with Truman
The Russell County Democratic Executive Committee urged a break with the national party and opposed President Truman for 1948. They proposed forming a Southern convention and endorsed a Southern candidate, advocating segregation and criticizing civil rights policies.
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Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
Democratic Executive Committee
National Party
Truman
Cdr Pa Committees
FBI Action Sparks Charges Over Civil Rights Push
The piece notes President orders FBI cooperation with the Justice Department civil rights division and training for agents. Critics call the move an FBI gestapo aimed at ending race segregation in the South. The article also highlights Taft convening the Senate Republican policy committee for an upcoming legislative clash.
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FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
South
Russell
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Rent Battle Heads Toward Torrid 1949 Price Controls Battle
Washington lawmakers clash over a bill to extend rent controls for 14 months in a relaxed form. The measure would permit voluntary lease increases through 1949, curb building restrictions, empower local rent boards, and continue controls to April 30 1949 under the housing expeditor. Senator Sparkman warned the plan could allow landlord coercion into big hikes, while Senator Cain defended the bill as limited and practical.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Tobey
Full Banking Committee
Cain
R.-Wash
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Truman
Two And A Half Billion Cut For Budget Is Asked
A joint senate house committee formally recommended cutting 2.5 billion dollars from proposed government spending for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The 102 member committee, formed to cap expenditures, approved sub committee draft goals but they are nonbinding and subject to Senate and House approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Four robberies in seven days strike local area
In the past 24 hours two more break ins raised the seven day total to four in the area. The Southern Cafe and Fish Market at 225 W Vine Street reported a 1 AM break in with about 40 dollars cash and several watches missing. Proprieter W P Bussey heard upstairs noises and said the front door was pried open. A.Jones of Jones Coal Company on Railroad Street said a side office window may have been entered and about 1 dollar taken. The Savoy cafe and Capitol theater also reported thefts with donation boxes and cigarettes missing and a March of Dimes box disappearing.
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W. Vine Street
W. P. Bussey
The
Daily Today
Yale
A. A. Jones
Jones Coal Company
Railroad Street
Savoy
Midas
Crippled Children’s Clinic
March of Dimes
Capitol Theater
Irish Prime Minister De Valera May Form Government
Dublin reports Prime Minister Eamon De Valera lost his Dail majority by a slim margin in the general election. Fianna Fail held 53 of 106 seats determined, with Fine Gael and Labour also contending as return totals roll in.
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Robert Hewett
Dublin
Thomas L. Mullins
Fianna Fail
Eamon de Valera
Mullins
Labor
Eire
de Valera
William Burke
Fine Gael Party
Government Information Bureau
Fine Gael
United Ireland Party
March of Dimes to Close Today in Morgan County
Morgan county honors 1948 March of Dimes close today with donations over $3,600 and expected to surpass $4,000. Contributions announced include Joe Wheeler school two dollars fifty cents bringing its total to twenty five fifty and Elks Lodge city school twelve dollars fifty cents along with Park Club five dollars.
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Morgan County
Bill Eyster
Joe Wheeler School
Gordonoat
Ms Lodge Takingn Elks Lodge
Alt Park Club
Catalina crash in Columbus claims a life
The Navy resumed its investigation into a Catalina crash near Columbus Ohio that killed a woman. The wreck involved a small craft and a house in which she lived, with the Catalina smashing into the structure.
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CRAS
Columbus
Navy
Catalina Ma
Folsom urges Alabama to handle racial issues locally
Governor James E. Folsom proclaimed that Alabama should resolve racial problems without federal interference. He accused both major parties of using race as a political football and defended state rights while upholding U.S. constitutional precedents. He also reiterated opposition to the poll tax, hoping Alabama would abolish it without federal dictates.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
United States
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Truman
Folsom Prefers Late Wife’s Father For Advice At Talks
Gov James E Folsom said he would take to the Southern governors conference a man he highly values Darnley of Elba a former judge and ex legislator He praised Darnley for understanding democracy and states rights better than anyone he has spoken with He will also bring State School Supt Meadows and Alabama College President Caldwell to the meeting in Tallahassee Florida.
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A. R. Meadows
Alabama College
John T. Caldwell
Governors
Tallahassee
Fla
Governor criticizes national civil rights push in political race
In remarks on the 1950s election landscape the Alabama Governor denounces national civil rights framing as poll politics while urging state level solutions. He reiterates intent to seek the Democratic nomination as a favorite son, noting competing candidates from other states may help the party. He laments current leadership and warns against repeating familiar patterns in race relations.
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Folsom
Alabama
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Decature
J. P. Slaton
Tower Avenue
Robert Corley
Marie Gaines
Robert Gaines Corley
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E. Moulton
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Jimmy Johnson
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Betty Ann Bowling
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Decatur General
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Hartselle Enquirer
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Chanute Field
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Jeanette McDonald
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Lakeview
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