Decatur News Roundup Highlights Local Moves and Weather
A weather outlook notes partly cloudy skies with cooler north portions. Decatur reports noon cotton quotes at 32.75 middling and 30.75 strict low. Local officials and residents, including Henry W. Sweet and Odis J. Martin, make visits and return home. Multiple hospital admissions, arrests, and social visits are listed along with a rabies test result for a fox head from Phil Campbell and a newborn son for Rev. and Mrs. James K. Rodgers.
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Decatur
James K. Rodgers
1812 Ave. E
Decatur General Hospital
FHA Group to Convene Here
A Farmers' Home Administration meeting for supervisors and assistants will convene tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Colonial hotel. County supervisors from Cullman through Marion counties are expected, with Thomas B. Chesnutt of Montgomery leading discussions on ending programs farm ownership and production loans.
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Farmers’ Home Administration
Cornelian Hotel
Cullman
Morgan
Lawrence
Franklin
Colbert
Lauderdale
Limestone
Madison
Marion
Thomas B. Chesnutt
Montgomery
Ince Julian Brown
State Ca
M. H. Pearson
D. H
QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds
Brief, humorous item noting a prompt reward or public tips sought after a purse theft and local appeal for information.
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By Ken Reynolds
Britain studies Palestine crisis as Middle East threats rise
The British cabinet met to study the Palestine crisis described as a grave threat to Middle East peace. The Foreign Office accused Jewish aggression and UN truce violations in Lebanon and Jerusalem, while Israel reported British military moves and RAF air activity near the front.
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Associated Press
Foreign Office
Middle East
Israel
United Nations
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Security Council
Britain
Palestine
Egypt
Trans- Jordan
Alabama Woman Shot to Death at Her Rural Home
In Prattvile Alabama a mother of two about 35 identified as Mrs Jimmie Lowell was shot in the back of the head in her Liberty church community home. Coroner's verdict was murder. Sheriff Stewart said a white male is sought and a pickup order issued. The husband reported his guns and car stolen. Children aged 8 months and 6 years slept in the home.
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Prattville
Ala
Liberty Church
Jimmie Lowell
State Highway Department
Kilby Prison
Allen Stewart
Jack Speigner
Stewart
Sowell
Clyde White
Girl Scouts Aid March of Dimes Drive in Decatur Area
Local Girl Scouts organize a card mailing campaign to support the March of Dimes drive in the county. Wanda Harris directs the initiative as B L Rickenbacker praises the scouts for civic effort and the impact on children stricken with infantile paralysis.
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Girl Scouts
Dimes
Decatur
Wanda Harris
B. L
Iexenbacker
Drive
Aden
Rickenback
Dacates
Semats
Movement to Hold Down Tax And Rent Costs Gets Steam Up in Both Branches Today
Washington January 12 Movements to hold down taxes and rents gain momentum in Congress as President Truman backs extending rent control to June 1951 and seeks additional general revenue to cover the next year's large spending and debt. Senate and House leaders prepare extensions and hearings while lawmakers debate tax cuts and controls on prices and hand out proposals for a new cabinet department and federal warehouses.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Myers
D-Pa
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
80Th Congress
Byrd
Virginia
Joint Committee On
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Acheson
A. A. Berle Jr
McClellan
D-Ark
Elmer
Thomas
D.okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
AFL
Capitol Hill
Royer Hearing Date Looming in Extradition Case
Royer, a 62 year old Draper escapee and former Moulton minister sentenced to life for murder, was captured near Forest City after a detective magazine photo led a farm woman to identify him. His extradition hearing, delayed by a transition between governors, may be set today.
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Pryor Royer
Arkansas
Sidney McMath
Little Rock
Draper
Moulton
Forest City
Royer
Speigner
Ben Laney
McMath
Roger
Lawrence
Frank Pickens
Maples and Corte Tie in Ballot For Directorate Post
Kefauver of Jonesboro Tennessee was re elected president of the Southeastern Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association. Binford of Thomaston Georgia named vice president. Directors elected include Webb Jackson Tennessee Denton Knoxville Tennessee Rogers Wilson Arkansas Swoope Columbus Mississippi Jackson Jefferson Georgia Milligan Calixhan Florida Quisenberry Winchester Julius Clark Caiitalen Ky Jim Parrett Kinston North Carolina F B Davis Jr Yemassee South Carolina Corte of Loxley and Mackene of Elkmont tied for director Alabama. One will be in a mail ballot by the Alabama group.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oe Kefauver
Jonesboro
Southeastern Aberdeen
Angus Breeders Association
Tank Binford
Thomaston
Charles Webb
Jackson, Tenn
Lester Denton
Knoxville
A. M. Rogers
Wilson, Ark
Walter Swoope
Columbus, Miss
Joe Jackson
Jefferson, Ga
J. B. Milligan
Calixhan
Fla
J. H. Quisenberry
Winchester
Julius Clark
Caiialen
Jim Parrett
Kinston
N. C
F. B. Davis Jr
Yemassee
S. C
Julio Corte
Loxley
Mackene
Elkmont
Directrom Alabama
Alabama Group
Death by own action verdict in Florida case
Magistrate Edward P. Silk ruled Ernest Edwards 60 died by his own action from a gunshot wound found in a Pong at his brother's home. He died en route to a hospital. Edwards was a winter visitor from Florida with son Buddy in the U. S. Army. motive remains undetermined.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla. Janu
Edward P. Silk
Ernest Edwards
Yestery
Silk
Edwards
Ey Gene
Son
Buddy
U. S
Negro woman acquitted in deputy deputy sheriff murder case
Flossie Mae Jones was found not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of Deputy Dewey Rickles at a Warrior lumber camp last April. Rickles was killed as he served a warrant on Lott Vergess who was later fatally shot by officers. The jury deliberated about three hours before the verdict.
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Birmingham
Ala
Flossie Mae Jones
Dewey Rickles
Rickles
Lott Vergess
Vergess
Deferment Rules For Farm Workers Set By Alabama Board
Alabama draft officials outlined that farm workers must be evaluated individually for deferment under the 1948 Act. To qualify, they must be employed in producing marketable crops vital to national health or safety and meet extra requirements showing unique skill shortage and impact if removed. Deferments are typically one year or less and can end when conditions change. Class II-C covers agricultural deferrals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State
Selective Service
W. L. Horn
Horn
Man Acquitted In Negro Death
LYONS Ga Jan 12 A white farmer was acquitted of murder after two jurors testified they did not believe the slain negro widow Amy Mallard. William L Spud Howell was found innocent of murdering Robert Mallard a negro casket salesman. The jury was out 25 minutes and the prosecution pressed murder charges against co defendant Roderick Clifton over the objection of the defense. See MAN on Page 2.
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Lyons
William L
Spud
Howell
Robert Mallard
Amy Mallard
Georgia
T. Ross Sharpe
Roderick Clifton
Nhlle
Sharpe
Clifton
First Snow Delights L A Then Grows Monotonous
Southern Californians donned warm woolies as a fourth straight day of snow rolled in with forecasts of easing cold. Frost warnings linger for citrus regions while mountains and foothills show New England like drifts and kids ski on a neighborhood lane.
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Los Angeles
New England
State to Get Rayon Plant in Demopolis with New Ownership
Washington reports an $80 million rayon and allied products plant planned for Demopolis Alabama. Frank Boykin says plans near completion with backers including New York bankers and Italians and Swedes. Obstacle cited is Italy’s machinery import duties. construction could start in months. Folsom and Alabama officials praised cooperation. Farm legislation discussed at luncheon with Loveland and Crawley present. Lister Hill noted as Alabama’s senior senator.
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Washington
Demopolis
Ala
Ae Frank Boykin
D-Ala
Te Mobile
New York
Italy
Sweden
Boykin
Alabama
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Folsom
Senate
Agriculture Department
Albert J. Loveland
W. B. Crawley
Lister Hill
Decatur Native Named Floor Leader for Governor Browning
Nashville reports Decatur native Daniel Alexander will serve as floor leader for incoming Governor Browning. Alexander, longtime Franklin resident, ran Browning’s Williamson County campaign and was elected from Cheatham Robertson and Williamson counties without opposition. He is son of the late T. H. Alexander and Helen Almon Alexander, and nephew of local Probate Judge T. C. Almon.
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Decatur
Nashville
David Almon Alexander
Franklin, Tenn
Browning
Alexander
Williamson County
T. H. Alexander
Cheatham
Robertson
Williamson
Helen Almon Alexandr
D. C. Almon
Rep. Alexander
T. C. Almon
Leroy McEntire
Fay Jones
Application for Cullmn Radio Receives Filing
Washington intake notes a January filing for a new standard radio station license. The application seeks authorization to operate under existing FCC standards with potential future service plans and technical parameters.
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Washington
Winter Thaws Strike From Coast to Plains
Winter continues to lay heavy snows across West Texas Panhandle Oregon Washington and California while the South enjoys mild air. Ice and sleet close roads downed lines and caused two deaths in West Texas. Power shortages grow amid the cold and fuel oil shortages worsen as gray skies and drifting snow threaten further disruptions.
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Associated Press
Far West
Pacific Northwest
West Texas
Panhandle
California
Eatfly Monay
Los Angeles
Orange County
Silverado Canyon
New Mexico
Amarillo
Texas
Oregon
Spokane
Wash
Power Company
Northwest Power Pool
Columbia River
Portland
Gordon
Nebraska
Armer
Area votes to bring Roselawn tract into Decatur city
A 4 acre tract west of Second Street in Roselawn cemetery area will join Decatur city limits after owners vote 14 to 2 in favor of annexation. Probate Judge T C Almon will sign a decree, then Mayor H R Summer will receive it. The election followed a council called petition for incorporation.
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Second Street
Roselawn Cemetery
Decatur
T.C. Almon
H. R. Summer
South
Mortgage Hill
Morgan County National Bank Reelects Directors At Meeting
Stockholders of Morgan County National Bank reelected their board at the annual meeting held here Tuesday. Directors include Charles H. Eyster Sr. Ewell K. Gregg Atlee H. Hoff E. W. McLeod Dr L A Neill E W Strother and R H Tweedy Jr. A board meeting to select officers will be scheduled later. A very good year was reported with the regular dividend and a special dividend paid in December.
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Morgan County National Bank
Charles H. Eyster Sr
Ewell K. Gregg
Atlee H. Hoff
E. W. McLeod
Dr. L.A. Neill
E. W- Strother
R.H. Tweedy Jr
Dixie Senators Shape Plans to Use Filibuster
Washington January 12 President Truman backs civil rights bills and a federal civil rights commission while Southern senators meet in Washington to plan how to fight reforms and resist changes to the filibuster rules. Senator Russell says the group unanimously opposes any limit on debate and vows to oppose Truman's civil rights program.
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Washington
Truman
National Citizens Council On Civil Rights
White House
Capitol
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Herbert Bayard Swope
Swope
FEPC
Justice Department
Congress
House
Capitol Hill
Russell D-Ga
Senator McKellar
Tenn
Byrd
Dixie
Gibson Services Not Yet Completed
Funeral arrangements for J. E. Gene Gibson who died Tuesday at his Dallas home after a long illness were not yet completed. Gibson, a Decatur native, had lived in Dallas ten years. Body expected to arrive in Decatur Thursday with arrangements announced by Brown Funeral Company.
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J. E
Gene) Gibson
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Gibson
Decatur
Brown Funeral Company
Permits Issued For Two Dwellings Here
Two dwelling construction permits recorded by City Clerk Joe Pettey. Ray Childs authorized for a five room frame one family dwelling at 506 E Moulton valued at $4,500. J M Baker permitted for a six room frame house on 12th Avenue BE between 10th and 11th Streets.
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Joe Pettey
Ray Childs
E Moulton
J. M. Baker
12Th Avenue
10Th
11Th Streets
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