Weather drift and local notes mix in Decatur brief
A mixed local brief reports weather outlook cool with light frost in the south interior. It notes a cotton market uptick in Decatur and lists community items including hospital moves, weddings, travels, and a Rotary club program to be presented by Frank Stone with three speakers from the club.
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South Portion
Vocational Service Committee
Frank Stone
Rotary Club
Cornelian Hotel
Young Lynn found guilty in murder over matches
Junior Clarence Lynn, 17, of Valley Grove, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for killing Loyal Parker, 26, with a stab wound on a country road near Cullman. Prosecution led by George C. Johnson and Julian Bland. defense filed for new trial and appeal.
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Clarence Lynn
Valley Grove
Lynn
Cullman County
Loyal Parker
Cullman
George C. Johnson
Athens
Julian Bland
Parker
Herman Talmadge Wins Second Georgia Governorship Victory
In McDonough Georgia Herman Talmadge won a second court ruling supporting his succession as governor after his late father. Judge Bond Almand upheld the legislature's four year appointment despite earlier opponent M E Thompson's bid to oust him. The ruling, part of a chain of decisions, will be reviewed by the Georgia Supreme Court.
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Romney Wheeler McDonough
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Bond Almand
Walter Hendrix
Talmaadge
Eugene
New Secretary for Decatur Chamber March 3
William D. Sims Jr will become secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce on March 3. Sims, currently secretary at Cullman, has returned from the Army and entered civic work. He is a six foot tall 32 year old who believes in the Valley and Alabama's bright future.
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William D. Sims, Jr
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Sims
Cullman
Good Progress For Funds Campaign Is Announced
James L. Rankin president of the Chamber of Commerce announced Saturday that splendid progress has been made in the annual funds drive to support civic work. The 1947 budget is set, with March plans to complete the drive as committees push industrial and agricultural civic efforts. William D. Sims will report March 3. Mrs. Lutie W. Russell assists, and Rankin coordinates with committees.
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James L. Rankin
Chamber of Commerce
William D. Sims
Lutie W. Russell
Rankin
Bushfield
Lilienthal A
Lilienthal
Russell
Eniine
Fire station plan stalled by material shortage and costs
City officials again discuss the Johnston Street fire station project delayed by scarce building materials. The plan envisioned moving from the old city hall to a new building between the old station and Pryor Motor, freeing the Johnston Street space for the water department next to the electric department. the water office currently rents space in the Masonic building.
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Johnston Street
Johnston Street City Hall
Pryor Motor
City Hall
Water Department
City Electric Department
Masonic Building
German Waifs May Find Homes In U S
Frankfurt report says U S Army clears the way for adoption of German war orphans. Scores of American couples seek to adopt, with service members also volunteering to adopt illegitimate children of soldiers. A Texas sergeant described eagerness to help a hungry boy. Details continue on page 2.
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U.S
Richard O'Regan
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
America
Hane
Dry raids reported in Morgan county aims questioned
Sheriff Bibb Humphrey cautioned no official statement on a campaign to dry Morgan county though by Saturday evening raids yielded liquor seizures and three arrests. Griff Humphrey, elected last year and serving since January, was named in early reports with Leo Johnson released on bond after prohibition violations.
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Bibb Humphrey
Morgan County
Hume
Griff Humphrey
Prohi Raiders
Leo Johnson
Humphrey Stat
Boldin Charged With Assault in Sheriff Report
Sheriff Humphrey reported a warrant sworn by Harriet Boldin charging Boldin with assault with intent to ravish. No bond set. Deputies Leon Posey and Garland Nuby arrested Boldin around 6 45 o clock Saturday night in Ville.
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Ville
Humphrey
Boldin
Harriet Boldin
Leon Posey
Garland Nuby
Prohibition raid nets whiskey seizures and arrests
A Saturday raid at Fairview led to Johnson's arrest and 30 pints of whiskey seized. Sheriff Humphrey and Deputies Posey and Nuby plus Officer Sandlin conducted the operation. C H Dean was freed on 300 dollars bond after a separate Prohibition charge, with 14 pints seized. Odis Stephenson was released on 750 dollars bond after transport whiskey arrest with 24 pints seized and a seized car at Lacey's Spring. Two cases of whiskey reportedly seized with owner unnamed.
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Sheriff's Force
Stephenson
Lacey’s Spring
Harey
Three Babies Born and Three Die at Park West Hospital
In York on February 15, Mrs. Judith Mazzei, 22, welcomed four births with tragedy. Two boys and one girl died within six hours at Park West hospital. another boy survived.
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York
Et al
Judith Mazzei
Park West Hospital
Italian transport plane crashes into Tyrrhenian Sea
An Italian government transport plane crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea today with all aboard. Unofficial reports list 16 dead including an Egyptian princess.
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Rome
Tyrrhenian Sea
Committees Shape Visits During Week
Alabama legislators plan a week of on the road inspections as 14 committees meet at the capitol with four holding sessions. Education hears Alabama Education Association leader Mrs Norma Smith Bristow while agriculture hears Walter L Randolph of the Farm Bureau Federation.
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Lynne Brannen
Montgomery
Ala
Judiciary
Finance and Taxation
Education and Agriculture
Capitol
Alabama Educational Association
Norma Smith Bristow
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture Committee
Finance
Silas D. Cater
Health and Welfare Committee
Alabama School For the Deaf and Blind
Talladega
Alabama Boys’ Industrial School
State Training School For
Birming
Efort Medastus
Mt. Vernon
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Dothan
Houston County
Baldwin
Mobile County
Finance and Taxation Committee
James E. Folsom
Conservation
Gulf State Park
Fort Morgan
Turkey Sanctuary
Clarke County
Chewacla State Park
Auurn
Chapman
Evergreen
Brewton
Tuskegee
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Miss Bristow
AEA
K. J. Clark
Mobile
Beddes Self
Selma
R. Lt. Booker
Harriet
Truman plans to end national emergency before July 31
President Truman may declare the national emergency ended before July 31 and seek a permanent extension of necessary wartime laws. A message to Congress within weeks could authorize keeping select powers after the lapse. White House advisers expect the emergency to end before summer ad session.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Loomis gets year's term for incitement to riot
Homer L. Loomis Jr., organizer of the Columbians Inc., was convicted of incitement to riot after the beating of a Black man in a white area. He received 12 months in a public works camp from Judge Clarke Edwards Jr. Loomis Sr. posted bond but could not pay immediately. Loomis Jr. was jailed. The elder Loomis commented the Columbians would stay open in his son's absence.
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Bem Price
Atlanta
Homer L. Loomis Jr
Homer L. Loomis, Sr
New York
Loomis Sr
the Columbians
Loomis
Eda
Edwards
Loomis Jr
Garden Courts plans 16 apartments in Decatur district
Clay Callahan manager of Garden Courts Apartment Corporation announces three building project onGrant Street in Decatur to house 16 apartments at an estimated cost of 65 000. The plan includes a central courtyard and four and five room units with completion to rent in about five to six months. Additional units and two more apartment blocks are planned within 18 months bringing total to about 50 apartments. City permits were issued to Callahan and others for nearby residences on Wadsworth Street and 10th Avenue East.
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Decatur
Clay Callahan
Garden Courts Apartment Corporation
Grant Street
Callahan
Garden Courts Company
Joe Ttey
Pettey
E. Call
Wadsworth Street
W. Malcolm Rigel
10Th Avenue East
Quiet Violence Breaks Quiet Sabbath in Palestine
Two slayings a kidnapping an arson attempt and other violence marked the Jewish sabbath in the Holy Land amid tension over death sentences for three Jewish youths. Assassins killed Arabs and Jews in Jaffa and Bne Brak while masked Jews abducted Avichael Tanouri near Peta Tikva. Fires torched Hasamer Hatzair in Haifa and a booby trap injured Maurice Cohen in Tel Aviv. Police noted leaflets attacked at a meeting hall and six wounded in Jerusalem shootings on King George Avenue.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Jaffa
Bne Brok
Peta Tikva
Avichael Tanouri
Haifa
Palestine
Hasamer Hatzair Club
Tel Aviv
Maurice Cohen
King George Avenue
Truman Flies Home as Mother Improves in Grandview
President Truman, worried about his ailing mother Martha E. Truman, flew from Washington to Grandview Missouri. Doctors reported she may be out of bed in six weeks and he planned to return to the White House after a brief visit.
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Ernest B. Vaccarro
Grandview
Truman
Washington
White House
Martha E. Truman
Wallace Graham
Eatennity
Kansas City
Muehlebach
Close Margin Decision Seen in the Senate
Washington February reports indicate a tight Senate split over David E. Lilienthal and associates for the new atomic commission. Key votes hinge on Vandenberg Hickenlooper and Russell, with party leaders and supporters watching closely for a decisive outcome.
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Senate
Jack Bell
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Assoc
New Atomic Commission
Vandenberg
Hickenlooper
Lowa
Russell
Senate Atomic Committee
Acheson Defended In Russian Protest
Washington notes report a Russian protest over Dean Acheson remarks calling Soviet policy expansionist. Moscow accused his statement as hostile and slanderous while U S senators from the atomic energy committee defended him as reflecting a parent view.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Moscow
Molotov
Bedell Smith
Soviet Union
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Achéson
Russia
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy i
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