Weather outlook and weekend local notices
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday not much change in temperature with moderate east to southeast winds on the coast. Six persons were tried in recorder's court Saturday morning with charges including driving without a license intoxicated on a public street driving while intoxicated violating traffic law and public drunkenness. Several local residents are listed with health hospital and social updates.
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Recorder’s Court
midWest
Arkansas
California
Los Angeles
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Idaho Highway Department
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Utah
Byrnes Enters South Carolina Governor Race
Former U S secretary of state James F Byrnes announced in Spartanburg that he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor of South Carolina this year. At 70 he opposes centralized power and said he would not run for president or vice president. He now works with a Washington law firm and lives with Mrs Barnes. he funds a foundation for orphans.
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Spartanburg
D. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Democratic Party of
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Barnes
Russia
Guard Strength Cut in 48 States and Territories
The defense department announced a reduction of Army National Guard strength in all states and territories except Alaska. The cut affects 6,515 Guard members. News by Ken Reynolds from Washington reports the nationwide manpower decrease.
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Washington
Army National Guard
Alaska
Defense Department
Guard
County Court To Begin Here
Morgan county court opens Monday with 22 docketed for jury trials. Judge W H Long presides as criminal jury trials occupy week one and civil jury trials week two starting January 23. Non jury trials fill final two weeks with criminal then civil sessions. Docket includes Sneady Cannon for prohibition violation and assault charges. William Quinn appeals public drunkenness. Henry Swoope charged with second degree manslaughter.
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Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
Sneady Cannon
A. A. Lynne
Jane Free
Hubbard
Hub
Pointer
Russell Lynne
LeRoy McEntire
Justice of the Peace Court
William Quinn
Henry Swoope
Rescuers Seek Trapped Miner In Mine Collapse
Mahano y City, Pa. January 14 One of two brothers trapped in a mine cavern directed rescuers to locate him. John Becker a veteran miner said he heard Joseph Burda 30 entombed by yesterday collapse and that Burda gave instructions about where the power shovel should place above a chute 40 to 50 feet from the main shaft.
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Mahanoy City
John Becker
Joseph Burda
Becker
Burda
Elmer Loyd to Head Decatur C of C Ensuing Term
Elmer Loyd a prominent Decatur druggist will serve as president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce succeeding retiring president Ewell K Gregg an automobile dealer. The announcement came at the chamber's 19th annual meeting with about 300 at the Country club banquet.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
J. Stanley Wyatt
Elmer S. Loyd Sr
Garold Nungester
Don W Blend
Decatur Country Club
Hobbs
Elmer Loyd
Decatur
Ewell K. Gregg
Gregg
Chamber
Country Club
Holt
Hamilton Holt
Macon, Ga
Marble Company
Miners Balk at Short Week in Pittsburgh Strike
A large bloc of United Mine Workers voted down John L. Lewis proposed return to work. At least nine locals representing over 11,000 miners rejected ending a week-long strike with the demand Five days or nothing. The move widens the contract fight amid a coal shortage. See MINERS on Page 2.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Births Exceed Deaths by Four To One Margin in the County
Morgan county Health Department reports 1949 data showing 1,344 births to 425 deaths. The record highlights extensive disease prevention work including typhoid, smallpox, and diphtheria vaccinations, dental prophylactics, tuberculosis supervision, prenatal and postnatal care, and broad hygiene programs across age groups.
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Mary Delmore
Morgan County Health Department
L. R. Murphree
Crippled Childrens Service
General Disease Control Department
Dimes March Opens Monday in Morgan County
Frank Troup, newly named chairman of the annual March of Dimes campaign, announced it will start in Decatur and Morgan counties. The goal rises from last year’s 4500 due to fund strains, with collection cans in county businesses and personal solicitations through January 31.
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Frank Troup
Decatur
Morgan
Troup
Foundation For
Morgan County Sheriff Bibb Humphrey Seeks Re election
Morgan County Sheriff Bibb Humphrey announced plans to seek a second term in the May primaries after three years in office. A World War I veteran and Decatur resident, he highlighted jail cleanliness, a lack of unsolved murders, and cooperation with federal and state agencies as key accomplishments.
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Bibb Humphrey
Morgan County
Humphrey
The
Legion
VFW
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
Hartselle
Decatur
Austinville Approves RFC Loan for Water Line to Decatur
The city will buy wholesale water from Decatur to serve about 300 homes in Austinville, with a 79 500 dollar project cost and loan payoff projected by 1980. Water will be sold at 2 50 per 3000 gallons, ensuring no lower Austinville rates than Decatur.
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Austinville
RFC
Decatur
John Sparkman
Water Department
S. H. Bradley
Bradley
Atlanta
Alabama Democrats to reconvene over Truman era race policy
Alabama Democratic leaders meet January 21 to decide candidate qualifications for the primaries and assess pledges about supporting anti Truman electors in 1948. Chairman Gessner McCorvey plans to push for barring non loyal nominees while loyalists push to uphold national party unity amid a vote heavy slate this year.
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Rex Thomas
Montgomery
Ala
Democratic Party
Alabama
Truman
Democratic Executive Committee
U. S
Gessner T. McCorvey
National Party
Gadsden
Herbert Meighan
Meighan
McCorvey
Mr. Truman
Warning Storms Sweep Nation From East To West
Violent winds and blizzards lash the United States with hurricane like gusts up to 95 mph. Stay home advisories issued for New York, Pacific Northwest and Rockies as damage floods traffic deaths and evacuations mount across states from Vermont to Nebraska.
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Associated Press
New York State
Pacific
Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Stowe
Montana
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
New York
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Utah
Rochester
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Geneseo Airport
Auburn
Illinois
Chicago
Ohio
Quebec
U. S. Quits Red China in Anger
The United States orders all diplomatic staff out of Peiping after the Chinese communists seize the American consulate. President Truman approves the move as a flagrant violation of treaty rights and international norms. Senators Kefauver and Knowland condemn the handling and push for policy changes.
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Washington
Iin
United States
Peiping
State Department
Red China
Truman
U. S
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Knowland
R-Calif
Joe Curry Seeks Morgan County Board Chair
Joseph Owain Curry announced Saturday his candidacy for chairman of the Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control. A 33 year old Mor gan County native and war veteran, Curry attended Priceville grammar school and Hartselle high school, studied engineering at the University of Southern California, and served in the Pacific with a US Navy battalion. He is active in veterans and fraternal organizations and previously worked as a field superintendent for Kershaw Butler Construction Company.
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Joseph Owain Curry
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Curry
Morgan County
Priceville
Hartselle
University of Southern California
US. Navy
Baptist Church
Loyal Order of Moose, Elks Club
Disabled American Veterans
American Legion
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kershaw- Butler Construction Company
Alabama State Board of Education
Rodgers to Seek Seat on Morgan County Board
W. Monroe Rodgers of 1119 Fifth Avenue East announced plans to run for a seat on the Morgan County Board of Revenues and Control from district one. The carpenter cites eight years in road construction and knowledge of district road problems, and notes active membership in the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Masons and a Baptist church.
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W. Monroe Rodgers
Fifth Avenue East
Morgan County Board of Revenues and Control
Rodger’s
Rodgers
Américain Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City-Wide Religious Census Planned for January 29
A city wide religious census will be taken January 29 under the Decatur Ministerial Association. Dr W Nelson Guthrie pastor of Central Methodist Church is general chairman with broad denominational participation expected including Baptist Catholic Church of Christ Church of God Methodist Nazarene Christian Episcopal and Presbyterian.
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Decatur Ministerial Association
W. Nelson Guthrie
Central Mathodist Church
Guthrie
Church of Christ
Church of God
Nazarene
Eugene Chapman
J. M. Rogers
W. W. Glass
C. A. Rice
Charles Brewer
Maynard Layman
Roy Odom
Nathan Pryor
Arthur Jones
J. Emmet McClary
Alvin Johnson
D. D. Gibson
F. O. Smith
Harry Wyatt
Ernest Poole
Central
Methodist Church
Harold Ingram
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
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Ervin E. Lynch
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TVA
William Moseley Jr
Charlie, Hardwick
Danville
Sparkman
Birmingham
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Tennis Sparkman
Ruth Butler
Alma Jean Bates
Eighth Avenue West
Decatur General Hospital
H. J. Johnson
Decatur 1
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Jasper Kelly, Hartselle
G. F. Rice
Decatur 2
Orville Burleson
Ninth Avenue East
W. M. Bailey
Ferry Street
Hami
Clinic Hospital
Marvin J. Terry
Bobby
Fairview
Paul Draper
Capitol
Verona Black
Billy Joe Chandler
Hamil Clinic
Newt R. Chandler
Tanner
M. Murphree
Beech Street
Feetides
Minnie Nix
E. R. Stiles
Athens 3
S. Carolina
FDR
By Ken Reynolds
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BY Vic Bubbett
Elmer
Basil O'Conner
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lee Party
Joe Curry
Joe
Tamu Khoridi
Lareng
Darrow
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