Local Notes From Decatur and Nearby
Weekend updates report nurse Ruby Sandlin at a state nurses meeting in Montgomery, along with hospital transfers, patient moves, and local fluency. Flood news from Shelbyville prompts aid to families. several births are recorded at Decatur General and hospital transfers listed. Sheriff reports 42 inmates in county jail and nine vagrancy arrests plus one DWI.
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Ruby Sandlin
Ingall’s
Montgomery
Alabama State Nurses’ Association
Czech Reds Seize Power Amid Prague Political Crisis
Communists seize supreme power by placing security police at government buildings and embassies in Prague. Opposition leaders are silenced as police arrest foes. nationalists face passport controls and mass surveillance as Premier Gottwald solidifies control. Eduard Benes seeks to avert collapse.
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A.L. Goldberg
Prague
Czech National Socialist Party
Ministry of Interior
Zdenek Marjanko
Ministry of Justice Employe
Zdenek Uhl
Medical Students’ Union
Jiri Ptak
Engineers’ Union
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Slovakia
Foreign Office
London
V. A. Zorin
Two Black men plead guilty to cafe burglary
Joe Griffin and John Blackwell pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Southern cafe and fish market at 225 W Vine Street on February 6. Blackwell was sentenced to 18 months in prison, Griffin’s sentence was deferred for a probation hearing next Monday. About $40 in cash and several watches were stolen. Proprieter W P Bussey said the robbers pried open the front door.
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Joe Griffin
John Blackwell
Southern Cafe
W. Vine Street
Blackwell
Newton Powell
Griffin
W. P. Bussey
Beer heiress Wilhelmina Busch weds U S consul in German castle
American beer heiress Wilhelmina Busch, 64, married Sam Woods, 52, U S consul in Munich, in a feudal ceremony at an antique German castle attended by eight policemen. A public ceremony followed in a thousand year old chapel. the couple plans to fly to Zurich and then to the United States.
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Stranberg
Germany
Wilhelmina Busch
Sam Woods
U. S
Munich
Zurich
Switzerland
United States
Miss Busch
Bid- West
Adolphus Busch
Two Cubans Slain in Havana Shooting
Manolo Castro 37, Cuban sports official and former Havana student federation head, was killed by unknown assailants near Central Park. Carlos Puchol also died. two others injured. A medical student was arrested. rivals from a student political group suspected. Castro had faced U S federal indictment in Jacksonville last November over a munitions plot against the Dominican Republic.
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Havana
Cuba
Manolo Castro
University Students’ Federation of Havana
Carlos Puchol
Castro
Central Park
U. S
Jacksonville
Fla
Dominican Republic
Printers Strike Pauses Columbus Dailies
In Columbus Georgia on February 23 printers from both daily papers walked out. The Ledger-Enquirer planned to publish an afternoon edition while the fate of an evening Ledger depended on whether pressmen crossed the picket line. A. H. Chapman, president of the company, stated the decision.
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Columbus
Columbus Daily
Ledger-Enquirer Company
International Typographical Union
A. H. Chapman
War Crimes Trials Stir Iowa Judge Subversion Claims
Frankfurt dispatch reports rising tension as U S prosecutor accuses Iowa Supreme Court Justice Wennerstrom of bias amid war crimes proceedings. The judge counters, denouncing prosecutorial conduct while a newspaperman faces wire tapping charges. List and other German commanders were sentenced for hostage killings in the Balkans.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Iowa
War Crimes Tribunal
Wilhelm List
Balkans
Charles F. Wennerstegm
Penaiee
Telford Taylor
Army
Taylor
Wennerstrom
Truman ends island visit on Caribbean mission
President Truman wraps up a Caribbean goodwill tour in the Virgin Islands urging Congress to recharter the Virgin Islands company to stabilize St. Croix's economy. He met Gov Hastie and officials and planned travel to Guantanamo Bay and then Key West for a nine day vacation. He highlighted tourism growth and self government as part of economic development during the 100th anniversary emancipation observance.
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Ernest
Vaccaro
Guantanamo
Cuba
Key West
Fla
Hastie
Washington
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Congress
Truman
St. Thomas
United States
Caribbean
Danish West Indies
Three Men Charged With Murder After Weekend Shootings
Fred White confessed to shooting his wife on Saturday night, police say. Jessie Oldacre and Edward Woodruff are charged with killing Harriet Ross known as Black Gal, who was visiting Decatur at the time. All three are held in Morgan County jail as details unfold.
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Fred White
J. B. Whitmire
Jessie Oldacre
Edward Woodruff
Harriet Ross
Decatur
Birmingham
C. B. Humphrey
Morgan County
Whitmore
J. H. Collier
A. T. Broderick
Humphrey
Oldacre
Weatherly
Terry
Truman Urges Strong Rent Control Law and Housing Plan
President Truman urged a 14 month stronger rent control law with a one year housing act extension to April 30 1949 and a long range program to produce 1 000 000 dwellings annually. He called for five housing goals including rental housing emphasis and safeguards against inflation.
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Washington
Truman
Ft. Congress
Senate
Ender
Boy Tumbles Out of Auto Near Trade School
Thomas Long four year old of Austinville suffered a concussion and possible skull fracture after falling from a car driven by his parents returning from Athens. He was unconscious until reaching Decatur General Hospital where doctors X rayed his head and found results satisfactory. Relatives noted a head cut and scrapes but expect no serious injury.
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Thomas Long
T. F. Long
Austinville
Decatur General Hospital
Sunny
Thomas
Athens
Austinville youth held in car theft case
A sixteen year old boy from Austinville is in Morgan county jail today charged with grand larceny. He is held in connection with the theft of an automobile from Richard Berryhill of Decatur, who discovered the loss after finishing work about 4 30 p m Saturday. Sheriff C B Humphrey said Berryhill is employed at Decatur Iron and Steelpony.
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Austinville
Morgan County
Richard Berryhill
Decatur
C. B. Humphrey
Berryhill
Decatur Iron and Steelpony
Five Pound Bass Caught Without Pole Near Railroad Yard
Webster of Birmingham reportedly caught a five pound bass with his bare hands beside a dry branch near Decatur L and N yard office. The incident occurred as a train conductor walked to work, with C H Sherman noting the spattering sound and describing the catch as a beautiful fish weighing over five pounds.
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Daily
WE. Webster
Birmingham
Decatur
C. H. Sherman
Mr. Skerman
Wallace to test foreign aid policy before House committee
Henry A Wallace asked to be heard by a House committee as it weighs U S aid plans. He criticizes the Marshall plan and foreign policy as leaning toward war. The panel weighs both the European recovery program and Truman's China aid request of 570 million dollars.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
House
White House
Foregin Affairs
Wallace
Douglas MacArthur
Lawrence H. Smith
R.wis
MacArthur
China
Hearthur
Tokyo
Truman
New York
Holy Land Is Armed Camp
Jerusalem shuts down under gun patrols after bomb blast that killed 52 in the Jewish sector. Rescue teams pulled 9 more bodies from hotels and shops, raising deaths to 64 for the day as streets were mined and barriers erected.
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Holy Land
James M. Long
Jerusalem
Ben Yehudah Street
Haganah
Four Held in Morgan Cafe Robbery Case
Four people are jailed in Morgan county on grand larceny charges after a robbery at the Homelike Cafe on Moulton Street eight days ago. About $508.50 was recovered. roughly $10 remains missing and one check was destroyed. Jeff Mitchell confessed to taking the money from a cigar box, then gave it to Calvin Mitchell to hold briefly. Calvin later admitted burying part of the money and led detectives to the hiding place. The Mitchells and Varry Mitchell, along with Jeff and Evelyn Mitchell, are detained by county authorities.
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Morgan County
Moulton Street
C. B. Humphrey
Jeff Mitchell
Fourth Avenue E
Evelyn Mitchell
Calvin Mitchell
Varry Mitchell
Jeff
Second Avenue
Third Avenue S
Franklin
Beef industry expansion seen in Alabama Black Belt
Milton Jarnagan of the University of Georgia told the Alabama Hereford Breeders Association annual meeting in Demopolis that the Black Belt region of Southcentral Alabama will expand rapidly as a premier livestock area.
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Demopolis
Ala
University of Georgia
Alabama “Black Belt
Alabama
Milton Jarnagan
Black Belt
Jarnagan
Alabama Hereford Breeders Association
Candidates In County Unopposed As Filing Closes
Unopposed candidates fill the county slate for the May 4 primary with incumbents Bob Nel and others seeking constable seats. Morgan Limestone and Madison district aspirants include A H Woodall Eva Hart Falkville figures and delegates Knox McRae W W Malone Carl Mooring. Three on page 2.
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Crare
Alvis Briscoe
Runnin Son
G. W. Norwood
Hooser
R. B
Bob
Ewe
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Eva Frank M. Hart
Falkville
Bur
West
Ibercrombie
Bee
Ree Ford
Limestone County
Madison County
Morgan County
Knox McRae
Decatur
W. W. Malone
Athens
Carl Mooring
Huntsville
Mo Board of
Edu
Group Ready to Defy 10 Chairman
Four Southern governors pressed President Truman to withdraw civil rights legislation from Congress as tensions rose over anti lynching and anti poll tax measures. Dixie leaders warned of political repercussions, calling for a written stance from Democratic National Chairman McGrath amid a border of Senate filibuster risks and party maneuvering.
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Truman
New House
Howard W. Smith
J. Bayard Clary
N. C
James P. Richards
S. C
Robert L. Sikes
Fla
William M. Colmer
Miss
E. E. Cox
Oren Harris
Ark
Sam Hobbs
Ala
Ed Gossett
Tex
Capitol Dome
Colmer
Washington
Truran
Congress
Jack Bell
McGrath
Dixie
South
Senate
House
House Judiciary
Southern Governors Conference
Providence
R. 1
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A. D. Jeris
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Mayo Clinic
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J. E. McClary
Atlanta, Ga
B. F. Goodrich Company
Morgan County Red Cross Fund Campaign
Lyons Hotel
Shelbyville
Tennessee
Bruce W. Mitchell
Betsy Ross Mitchell
Decatur 3
Opal Hitt
Marie Hitt
Deine
Sixth Avenue
Brown’s Ambulance
Emil Kotcher
Decatur General
Cain
Brown
Hansell Jacobs
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Danville
Brown’s
H. P. Martin
Baugh and Wily Clinic
Fourth Avenue W
Brown's Ambulance
Moira McDonald
Riley McDonald
Birmingham Rday
Ohn McDonald
Jefferson Hospital
Elmer Story
Hartselle 2
Howell’s Ambulance
Arthur Seaman
Sixth Avenue W
Hamil Clinic
Howell’s
James Gautney
Trinity 1
Mack Creed
Eighth Avenue W
Aubrey McDonald
Cecil Smith
Valdermosa Springs
Clyde B. Mason
Hartseller
Decatur Genera
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Highway Patrol
Ken Reynolds
Alvin
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