Decatur News Roundup Includes Weather, Court, and Local Wins
Partly cloudy and mild today with variable coastal winds. Decatur cotton middling at 32.75, strict low 30.75 at noon. Disabled American Veterans meet at 7 PM at Legion Home. Sheriff reports three arrests for drunkenness and two fire calls. Several hospital admissions and births announced. City court handled prohibitions, disorderly conduct, reckless driving and parking cases. Garrison cleaners basketball team to play Guntersville rojans at Moulton Heights gym Saturday. Community visits and sermons announced at Northside Baptist and St. Pauls Lutheran. Spaghetti supper at Westside Presbyterian tonight.
13 Plays Tragic Role in Life and Death of Soldier
The late Pfc. Lynn Hagood’s life and death are linked by the number 13. Born in 1913 on October 31, he died at age 31 on a Friday the 13th. He was married 13 years and sent flowers on the 13th. his wife received them on the 13th of the following month. His home was in the 1300 block of Fourth Avenue South. The body arrived home for burial on a Thursday in January.
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Pfc
Lynn Hagood
Hagood
Pfc. Hagood
Fourth Avenue
Acheson Clears Senate Committee For State Secretary Post
Dean Acheson won unanimous approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be Secretary of State. Quick confirmation is expected in the Senate, with Chairman Connally of Texas stating the nomination will be brought up next week.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson Inches Toward Secretary of State Post in Senate
Washington dispatch reports Dean Acheson by President Truman to succeed the ailing Gen George C Marshall with Senate approval likely. Acheson denies being a Russian appeaser, backs the Marshall plan, and testifies behind closed doors on running the State Department.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Truman
George C. Marshall
Senate
State Department
Sparkman Chairs Senate Hearings On Rental Curbs
Washington January 14 The senate banks committee prioritized rental control legislation. Senator Maybank named Senator Sparkman chairman of a subcommittee to hold hearings on rent bills with hearings to start once an administration bill arrives. The present renew expires March 31 and Senator Myers proposed a 27 month extension restoring restrictions.
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Washington
Senate Banks Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Myers
Hamilton Resigns from Morgan County Registrar Post
H. R. Hamilton Eva 1, a Morgan county board of registrars member since 1943, is reported to have resigned due to ill health. The resignation is sent to Governor Folsom.
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H. R. Hamilton
Eva 1
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Il Health
Folsom
Paresiens
Port Converts Two Vessels For Passenger Liners
In Mobile Alabama on January 14 two ships in port will be converted from troop transports to liners. The overhaul creates cabin accommodations for 75 passengers and will require about 1,500 workers over six months, according to shipyard officials.
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Mobile
Ala
Ee Ee
Freight Traffic At New High On River
TVA announced unofficial estimates show 1948 river freight reached over 410 million ton miles, up about 15 percent from 1947. Petroleum products led with 230 million ton miles, most from off river Texas and midwest ports. coal followed with 117 million ton miles. Other movements included grain to Tennessee cities, autos to Guntersville, phosphate fertilizer from Muscle Shoals, and coke to Muscle Shoals plants.
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New
Tennessee River
TVA
Texas
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Southeastern Pipe Line
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Midwest
Guntersville
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Smith Bryant To Face Court In Morgan County
Edward J. Smith and Otis Oden Bryant will be arraigned at 10 o'clock Monday in Morgan county circuit court before Judge J H Crow Jr. on seven charges from the November grand jury. Smith faces two assault with intent to murder charges one larceny and one burglary Bryant faces assault to murder grand larceny and burglary. Trials likely in January term.
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Edward J. Smith
Otis Oden Bryant
Morgan County
J.h.crow, Jr
Smith
Bryant
Circuit Court
Birmingham
Roy Mooney
Charlie Lindsey
Cooper Wells
Limestone County
March of Dimes Starts Strong in Morgan County
Morgan County residents including school children, Cotillion Club members, and local businessmen launched the March of Dimes drive. Boxes were placed in downtown stores, a wishing well donated by Wood Lumber will tour locations, and county-wide donations were encouraged through January 31.
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W. T
Doc) Jordan
Oscar Napps
Cotillion Club
Ray Ashwander
Robert McNelly
Phyllis Barnes
Lewis Brown
Rex Poll
Philip Shanks
Louis Hoff
William Eyster
William Wyker
John Caddell
Joe Hagler
William Kirby
Allen Wallace
J. B. Wiley
Malcolm Edwards
Robert Durham
John H. Jones
Robert Straub
Wood Lumber Company
Princess Theatre
March of Dames
B. L. Rickenbacker
Morgan County
Rickenbacker
Decatur
Ala
FHA Sessions Discuss Farm Loans At County Meeting
Farmers Home Administration supervisors and assistants met at the Cornelian hotel to review farm ownership and production loan programs and plan county bor row meetings. State leaders Julian Brown D H Frazer and Charles Bedding led the program with Miss Elaine Goodwin detailing home management links to loans. County supervisors from Morgan Cullman Lawrence Franklin Colbert Lauderdale Limestone Madison and Marion attended. Morgan office is in the Booth building West Main St Hartselle.
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Farmers’ Home Administration
Cornelian Hotel
Thomas B. Chesnutt
Montgomery
Julian Brown
D. H. Frazer
Charles H. Beddingfield
Elaine Goodwin
Morgan, Cullman
Lawrence
Franklin
Colbert
Lauderdale
Limestone
Madison
Marion Salate
Morgan Fha
Booth
West Main St
Hartselle
Jackson Gym Gutted by Fire in Scottsboro
The brick Jackson County high school gymnasium burned early today in Scottsboro Alabama. Officials estimate $125000 in building damage and $20000 for equipment. The fire gutted the structure and damaged adjacent home economics vocational agriculture and band spaces. Firefighters reported the roof collapsed within minutes after ignition near 3 a.m. Origin of the blaze was not determined. The Scottsboro team Pisgah High used the gym previously.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Jackson County High School
Pisgah High
Justice Department Sues AT and T to Break Up Phone Giant
The Justice Department filed a civil anti trust suit in Newark New Jersey seeking to dissolve American Telephone and Telegraph and its wholly owned subsidiary Western Electric. Attorney General Tom Clark said the action accuses AT and T and Western Electric of conspiracy to monopolize the telephone business in the United States.
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Washington, Jan.Py
Justice Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Corporation
Western Electric
Tom Clark
Federal District Court
Newark
N. J
A. T. and T
United States
Injured Woman Located After Five Days in Snow
Mrs. Andy De Freitas a 24 year old from Burbank is in critical condition in Bakersfield hospital after lying five days in the snow coated wreckage of a plane in Bear Mountain. Three companions died in the crash and a rescue party found her yesterday. Authorities believe she was possibly thrown on top of others or belted in at the time of the accident.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Andy de Freitas
Burbank
Bear Mountain
Taft
Eve Williams
Robert Glee
Ayers to Speak at Tuskegee Farmers Conference
Col. Harry M. Ayers publisher of the Anniston Star will be the principal speaker at the 58th annual farmers conference at Tuskegee Institute next Wednesday. Dr J E Walker of Memphis Tennessee is slated to speak at the conference banquet Tuesday night and the opening session Wednesday morning.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Harry M. Ayers
The
Anniston Star
Tuskegee Institute
J. E. Walker
Tri- State Bank and Universal Life Insurance Company
Memphis
Tennessee
Coast Guard aids evacuation of flood victims in Demopolis
Coast Guard boats and 25 men helped move about 40 families stranded by the Tombigbee river flood near Demopolis Alabama. Mayor N B Fields said residents in eastern Sumter and southern Greene counties were marooned with some on second floors. The Tombigbee crested the day before at 26.1 feet over flood stage, the highest since 1916, prompting food by boat and Red Cross assistance while authorities warned of rising waters near the post office.
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Demopolis
Ala
Coast Guard
N. B. Fields
Sumter County
Greene County
Fields
Alabama
Frank T. Cole
Mobile
Eighth Coast Guard
New Orleans
Atlanta
Red Cross
Poet
Cole
WXAL
Aliceville
Sack of Money Missing Today
Chicago post office reports a mail sack with 75000 in good and mutilated currency missing. J H Marks, chief postal inspector, said the money was shipping from a Waukesha bank to the federal reserve in Chicago aboard the Soo Line train leaving Waukesha at 6 p.m. yesterday. He noted no holdup and could not confirm if the sack was placed on a car or located.
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Chicago
J. H. Marks
Waukesha
Wis
Federal Reserve Bank
Sooline
Marks
Inaugural Taxes Exempted By New Bill
Washington January 14 The House Ways and Means Committee voted to exempt the 20 percent admissions excise on tickets for presidential inaugural events including parade route seats and the inaugural ball. The tax had not been collected and is now to be made legal for these events.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Russell Bill to Aid Farmers Moves Through Senate
Washington January 14. Senator Russell of Georgia introduced two bills to aid farmers in Georgia and other states totaling 95 million dollars. One bill would create 20 million dollars of federal aid for farmer markets and another 75 million dollars to assist farmers whose crops and property were damaged by the 1948 floods. A separate measure would support prices of major farm products at 90 percent of parity.
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Washington
Georgia
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Johnaten
South Carol War
Youth Admits He Slew Aunt in Alabama
A 16 year old boy, James Watson, surrendered to the sheriff and admitted shooting his aunt, Mrs. Jimmie Sowell, 33, at her home near Prattville during an argument over his schooling. The weapon a .22 rifle. a pistol was later recovered as investigators plan to reopen the O Brannion case.
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Brewton
Ala
James Watson
F. F. Fountain
Fountain
Jimmie Sowell
Prattville
Watson
Montgomery
Cmg
Sowell
W. O. Henderson
Clayton O’brannion
O’brannion
Car Stolen From Maynard Layman’s Front Door
City police seek a 1941 blue Chevrolet sedan stolen sometime between 11 P M Thursday and 7 A M today from in front of Maynard Layman’s residence at 908 Eighth Avenue East. Layman offers 50 for recovery and 100 for conviction. The theft delays a planned trip to Memphis for Daily circulation winners.
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Maynard Layman
Eighth Avenue
Layman
Memphis
New Trial Plea In Axe Slaying Set For Monday
Elmer Knighten seeks a new trial for the 1946 axe slaying of Heckwen. He was convicted of second degree murder by a circuit court jury in November with a ten year sentence. Noble Russell will represent Knighten at the Monday hearing before Judge J H Crow Jr.
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Elmer Knighten
J. H. Crow. Jr
Knighten
Heck Wen
Noble Russell
Weather Update Reports Warmer Springlike Day
Disjointed OCR notes describe a sunny day with a springlike air and rising temperatures. Morning readings are listed with times and numbers, though several words are garbled.
Abrogation of American Ties Price of Peace
Mao Tze-tung demanded abrogation of treaties with the United States as a prerequisite for peace in war torn China. He accused Chiang Kai-shek of tolerating American weapons and called for trials of war criminals. Amid shelling of Peiping and Tientsin, peace talks and armistice efforts continued in other regions. News on Palestine peace hopes contrasted with British action in Egypt and Trans-Jordan while U. N. talks centered on Rhodes.
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United States
Mao Tze-Tyng
China
Mao
Chianga
Red
Peiping
Tientsin
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Egypt
Trans-Jordan
U. N
Rhodes
Washington
Britain
Truman
Middle East
Israel
United Nations
Turkey
Hasan Saka
Greece
Naoussa
Salonika
Earth Tremors Felt Across Tennessee and Surrounding States
Tremors rolled through West Tennessee including Memphis and Tiptonville with no damage reported. Jack W. Hoffman of the Lake County Banner called the disturbance the worst in a decade, noting the area had been shaken by the 1811 1812 quakes that formed Reelfoot Lake near Tiptonville.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Tiptonville
Jack W. Hoffman
Lake County Banner
Reelfoot Lake
Stamp urged for Fort Stoddert anniversary issue
Rep. Boykin of Alabama introduced a bill urging a commemorative stamp to mark the Fort Stoddert anniversary near Mt. Vernon Alabama. The fort, built in 1799, was named after Benjamin Stoddert who served as Secretary of the Navy and acting Secretary of War.
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Washington
Boykin
D-Aila
Fort
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