Weather and community notes from Morgan County
Cloudy to partly cloudy with rain in the north this afternoon, warmer tonight. Nursery group gathers at Southside Baptist Sunday worship with Rev. William Johnson bringing a special message. Births include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pettus. Several trials set in recorder's court for today. Church sermons and meetings announced across Decatur and surrounding areas. TVA reports 66 degree noon temp and .33 inches rain in 24 hours. Dr. Mordecai Ham to speak at 7:30 pm at the Morgan County Courthouse on The Coming War With Russia.
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Southside Baptist Church
Wiliam Johnson
Jesus
Walter A. Maier
Rober O. Maschke
St. Paul's Luthern Church
Mordecai F. Ham
Morgan County
Russia
Joe Wheeler Loan Expands Service Area in Morgan County
A Rural Electrification Administration loan of 975000 funds 1,000 additional families for Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation. Buildings planned at Hartselle and Moulton with offices, warehouses, and demonstration rooms. The co op aims to serve about 10 500 to 11 000 consumers upon completion of current construction.
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Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Rural Electrification Administration
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Robert E. Jones
Joe Wheeler
Floyd Anderson
Hartselle
Moulton
Morgan- Lawrence Co-Op
Coop
Anderson
Board of
Southern Engineering Company of
Atlanta
Electric Co-Op
Coke Truck Wreck Halts Coca Cola Run In Somerville
An East Morgan county Coca Cola Bottling Co truck overturned near Somerville around 10 A M injuring driver Willie Garth age 18. The truck skidded off the left shoulder while delivering 192 cases and damaged cargo. Tankersley reports insurance covers damage and a second truck will cover the route.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Somerville
Willie Garth
Decatur General Hospital
H. K. Tankersley
Tankersley
Foul Play Seen In Five Deaths
Four adults and two children found dead in a fire swept Hammond home with evidence of murder and self harm. Police described blood everywhere and found bloody butcher knives and empty .22 cartridges. Victims include Felix Lamas and wife Katherine with children Felix Jr and Phyllis Elaine. Richard Norman and Shirley Norman, the Samas family guests.
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Hammond
Ind
B. W. Tidlaw
Felix Lamas
Katherine
Felix Jr
Phyllis Elaine
Richard
Norman
Shirley
Samas
Birmingham zoning law invalidates liquor store court ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Birmingham acted without authority when closing two Northside liquor stores. It held the 1943 zoning ordinance invalid for lack of required newspaper advertisement and for piecemeal zoning, granting a temporary injunction against the city.
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Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Birmingham
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Chancery
E. M. Creel
Creel
ABC Board
Supreme Court
Davis Stakely
Alabama
Retirement of Lewis by UMW Rules Eyed
Washington January 12 The United Mine Workers faces a possible leadership shift as John L. Lewis turns 70 on February 12 and may be forced to retire unless the international executive board decides to continue his services. The board historically backs Lewis and could override the compulsory retirement clause to keep him, while Lewis steers a seven month fight against coal operators for a new contract.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Lewis
United Mine Workers
international_executive—board
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Henderson Announces Candidacy for Alabama Governor
J. Bruce Henderson a veteran state senator from Wilcox county announced his intention to enter the May primary for governor of Alabama. He urged electing a firm anti radicalism leader to preserve democracy and touted a long record in agriculture farming and equality advocacy. He denounced compromise waste and socialism and pledged to stand by his principles with no middle ground.
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J. Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Alabama
Henderson
Man Shot When He Resists Arrest in Samson
In Samson Alabama a 30 year old man, Darnley, was shot in the right shoulder by Marshal J D. McCullough after he threatened officers with a knife while being taken into custody for a drunken disturbance. He was hospitalized in Enterprise in critical condition.
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Samson
Ala
E. B. Stafford
E. C. Carnley
Gibson Hospital
Enterprise
Stafford
Darnley
J. D. McCullough
Report Urges Europe to Weld Economies in One Trade Area
President Truman sent a report to Congress urging Marshall plan nations in Europe to form a single producing and trading area of 270 million people. The ECA says dollar strength supports integration and predicts a regional boom in manufacturing and trade benefiting European goods and dollar markets.
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Europe
John Scali
Washington
Truman
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Western
ECA Sai
Bill Aims to Stop Slot Machine Racket
Rep. Preston of Georgia introduced a bill to halt interstate and foreign shipment of any machine used for playing games of chance for money. He argued the slot machine racket is a highly organized criminal enterprise costing Americans billions yearly and that public sentiment demands federal action. He noted hearings before the commerce committee will be held this session with law enforcement leaders and city officials among those to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Preston
D-Ga
United States
America
Commerce Committee
McCorvey Urges Ban on Opponents of States' Rights Electors
MOBILE Ala Jan 12 The chairman of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee urged barring any candidate who opposed the states rights electors in 1948 from the 1950 primaries. Gessner T McCorvey called for enforcing a party loyalty rule as candidates file for the May June primaries in Montgomery. He proposed excluding candidates who publicly opposed electors chosen in Alabama Democratic primaries.
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Mobile
Ala
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama
McCorvey
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Truaman
Thurmond
National Party
New Trial Denied in Speake Suit Against Penney Estate
In a hearing before Circuit Judge Newton B Powell the court overruled a motion for a new trial in H. R. Speake suit against the Penney estate. Speake had won a $1500 breach of contract verdict against the estate. Attorneys for the plaintiff were Harris and Harris. Attorneys for the defendant were Eyster and Eyster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Speake
Penney Estate
H. R. Speake
Penney
Newton B Powell
Speake
Harris and
Harris
Eyster
Acheson Attacks Taft On Formosa Aid Debate
Secretary Acheson challenged Tafts Formosa aid position during a National Press Club talk. He praised Taft as a distinguished statesman and cautioned that small aid now may not reverse China policy outcomes. Taft had urged Navy action to deter communists in Formosa.
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Washington
Jar
Acheson
Taft
Rohio
Formosa
Senate
Republican
National Press Club
United States
Asia
China
Big Island
Congress
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Achéson
Notson
Supreme Court
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Maybank Housing Bill Satisfies Sparkman In Test
Washington January 12 The senate banking committee began scrutiny of the moderate income housing bill introduced by Chairman Maybank. Senator Sparkman indicated the substitute measure is satisfactory to him while Senator Cain R Washington pressed questions on cooperative features and private capital financing versus direct federal loans. The plan would use private funds for middle income housing via cooperatives and long term loans at low rates. Sparkman had favored a $1 billion indirect loan approach in a separate bill.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Cain R-Wash
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Cain
Maybank
D-S.c
Sparkman
D-Ala
Patient Admits Starting Davenport Hospital Fire
States Attorney Bernard Moran in Rock Island announces a Davenport hospital patient has admitted starting the fire that killed 41 women at Mercy hospital in Davenport. The alleged offender Mrs. 22 of Rock Island reportedly confessed the blaze began in her room in St. Elizabeth’s mental ward. The three story Mercy hospital building burned while patients slept.
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Rock Island, Ill
Davenport
Bernard Moran
Rock Island County
Rock Island
Moran
St. Elizabeth's
Mercy Hospital
Limestone Man Killed by Car in Limestone County
Coroner Griffis absolved John Welch Jr. of blame in the accidental death of Paul Ezra Graham near Athens. Graham, 82, was struck on Lee Highway about 7 p.m. He walked into the path of Welch's car after the driver tried to dodge him. Skid marks showed 90 to 93 feet of tire marks. Welch was driving 55 to 60 mph. Graham, of Coxey, leaves three daughters and two sons. Services planned at Red Hill Church of Christ with interment in DeMent Cemetery.
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John Welch Jr
Florence
Paul Ezra Graham
Limestone County
Grigsby Griffis
Graham
Athens
Lee Highway
Griffis
Welch
Highwiny
Dave Hansard
Jim Vanderford
Coxey
Red Hill Church of Christ
Everett Bullington
Church of Christ Mister
DeMent
Spry
Negro Killed Two Others Are Injured In Truck Collision
In Montgomery Alabama on January 12 a negro man William O McClain 52 was killed and two others John M Martin 31 and Henry Thomas sustained injuries all residents of Montgomery. McClain’s pickup collided with a trailer truck driven by Clifford Smith of Birmingham who fled with no injuries and was charged with involuntary manslaughter. The impact threw McClain’s truck 85 feet while Martin and Thomas rode with him.
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Montgomery
Ala
William O. McClain
John M. Martin
Henry Thomas
H. C. Coker
B. E. Turnipseed
McClain
Clifford Smith
Navy to hold public relations conference in Pensacola
The Navy will convene an all day public relations conference in Pensacola Florida next Tuesday. Secretary of the Navy Francis P Matthews and Admiral Forrest P Sherman chief of naval operations are among the top officers attending the session.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Police Kill One Man Jail Six In Bank Raid Probe
Cleveland detectives killed a cab driver and jailed six men in a sweep to solve a $38,000 bank holdup at Superior Savings and Loan. They found $7,731 in a bag at John Hux's house. a second cab driver was killed during a raid on the home as the unit pressed the investigation.
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Cleveland
Superior Savings and Loan Co
John Hux
Leutenant
Hux
Louis.m. Haddad
Hhs
James Burke
Haddad
Burke
James Killoran
Richard Chamberlain
Robert Andross
John Roddy
Reds mass units to smash Hainan in bold plan
The Associated Press reports Formosan sources say communist China massing troops for a strike on Hainan island off the South China coast. Nationalists deny landings while communist fleets threaten the strategic island near the mainland. An American freighter, Flying Arrow, escorted by a US destroyer, seeks safety amid blockades around Shanghai.
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Associated Press
U.S
Tsingtao
Shanghai
Washington
U. S. Navy
Baussel
U.S. Navy
China
Hainan
South China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hong Kong
Taipei
Hainan Strait
Nationalist Navy Sinks 30 Of 50 Communist Junks
Taipei Jan 12 The nationalist navy reports sinking 30 of 50 communist junks attempting to invade Weichou island near Luichow peninsula. Gen Chang Yi Ting says fighting continues between nationalist regulars and Red guerrillas on Liuchow peninsula opposite Hainan. He denies an invasion fleet heads for Hainan as nationalist ships patrol the area.
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Taipei
Formosa
Weichou
Luichow Peninsula
China
Chang Yi-Ting
Defense Ministry
Hainan
Chang
Liuchow Peninsula
Luichow
British Navy to Protect China Shipping Within Three Mile Limit
London noted the admiralty will keep protecting British shipping to China from nationalist and communist actions. A spokesman neither confirmed nor denied plans to open sea lanes to Shanghai, saying patrols would stay inside the three mile territorial limit.
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London
Admiralty
China
Britain
Shanghai
Taxpayers Help Desk Opens at Decatur Post Office
An IRS deputy collector will be available on the Post Office Building second floor in Decatur from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. February 8 to March 15 excluding weekends and February 22 to assist taxpayers in preparing 1949 income tax returns. Taxpayers should bring records of 1949 income, itemized deductions, total tax withheld with W-2 forms, estimated 1949 tax payments via Form 1040 ES, and a 1948 return if depreciation was claimed.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Post Office
Decatur
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M. G. Fields
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Malcolm Fields
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Jasper
George Tallant
Zehner
John Robert Johnson
Round Island
Thomas €. Bingham
Alabama Optometric Association
Willis O. Smith
Oak Street
Warren Duble
Prospect Drive
Beby
Peggy Goode
N. B. Goode
Elkmont
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Enon Church
Moulton Road
Stamps
J. W. Jackson
Gene Black
Seventh Street South
TVA
Moulton and Hartselle
Guy Scielzo
Mary
New York
Guy Jr
Vincenza
Wirephotto
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Dail
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Tee Henderson
Paul Hoffman
George C. Marshall
ECA Quarterly
Seg McCorvey
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James A. Carfitel
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