Weather and local notes from Decatur area
Partly cloudy and mild Sunday with scattered showers in the west and north. Moderate southerly winds on the coast increasing to fresh Sunday. Local visits include Mrs. D W Etheridge traveling to visit daughters with a 9 to 10 day stay and various residents in Decatur and nearby towns. Public notices include bank holiday for Robert E Lee birthday and a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting at one o'clock.
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D. W. Etheridge
Thorstas Jordan
Evelyn Etheridge
Thomas Jordan
Jordan
Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Second Avenue
Anniversary cabaret at Decatur Country Club moved to January 29
The anniversary cabaret party at the Decatur Country Club has been moved to January 29 from the originally scheduled January 22. The event runs from 8 P M to midnight with members and guests invited and plans including a floor show and other attractions.
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Decatur Country Club
Rent Controls and School Aid Lead In Legislative Schedule
Leaders place school aid and rent controls at the top of the post inauguration agenda. Senator Lucas of Illinois will help set the schedule at a White House conference with President Truman, while Hill predicts swift committee action on a $270 million education aid plan.
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Washington
Fess
Lucas
Illinois
White House
Truman
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
House
Thomas (Dutah
Sparkman
Tor Cain
Maybank
D-Sc
Price Of Peace To Come High Price Of Peace To Come
Secretary John L. Sullivan said the Navy does not expect current disputes to trigger war but warns peace will require a large defense budget. He noted Truman’s $14 billion 1947 48 military request as the pattern for rising future Navy spending due to inflation new war tech and exhausted wartime stockpiles. He argued a strong defense deters aggression and maintains peace as plans shift to faster ships submarines and advanced detection and destruction methods.
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Washington
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Truman
Armed Services
Southern Bell Plans Rate Reduction After Commission Decision
Atlanta January 15 The Southern Bell Telephone Company says it will abide by the commission ruling on Georgia rates but plans to seek reconsideration. The utility served notice it was not fully satisfied and will ask the commission to revisit the order.
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Southern Bell
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Georgia
Freedom Crusade At Inaugural Assailed
Washington January 15 The Civil Rights Congress announced a pre inaugurial Freedom Crusade with an estimated 3500 participants A House Un American Activities Committee member warned the event could trigger violence Rep John S Wood expressed that the Crusade aims to intimidate government and curb communist activity supporters say it seeks to end red herring probes and terror against minorities Precautions are claimed to be in place to prevent violence The gathering will feature many who faced loyalty program indictments and those loyal to President Truman and the 81st Congress will be reminded of civil rights aims.
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Washington
Civil Rights Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
John S. Wood
D-Ga
UN- American Activities Committee
Congress
Communist Party
Harry S. Truman
Conoen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Taxi Driver Shot in Florida. Suspect Held
Graceville area sheriff says Thomas Ray, a Dothan Alabama taxi driver, was fatally wounded near Graceville. Grady Dees of Gordon Alabama is in custody for investigation. no charges filed yet. Ray died en route to a doctor after being found wounded in his parked cab three miles south of Graceville. The suspect allegedly hired a ride in Dothan yesterday and traveled to Graceville with Ray. A pistol tied to the case was recovered.
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Marianna
Fla
Ernest Barnes
Thomas Ray
Dothan
Ala
Here
Barnes
Grady Dees
Gordon
Ray
Graceville
Jimmy Thurston
Thurston
Dees
Bear Creek Police Chief Charged Over Age and Speed Trap
Bear Creek Alabama Chief Warren J. Miller is held on a bond under 500 on a disqualification claim. A warrant served by Marion County Sheriff Dewey Lloyd states the chief is under 21 and operating a speed trap here. The Motorists Association says Miller recently arrested a motorist on a traffic charge.
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Bear Creek
Ala
Warren J. Miller Seeay
Marion County
Dewey Lloyd
Whitfield
Birmingham
Miller
The
Motorists Association
Missouri Mules Start To Capital For Big Parade
In Lamar Missouri four Missouri mules Beck Polly Duke and Blon die were loaded for Washington to represent President Truman in the inaugural parade. The four long eared animals pulled a white wagon around the square as Lamar previewed the mules decked in harness with shiny fittings.
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Lamar
Missouri
Truman
Washington
Beck
Polly
Duke
Blondie
Billy Bob Adams
Claude Adams
Gadsden figures in Alabama governor race rumors
Gadsden may supply candidates for both governor and lieutenant governor next year as Lt. Gov. J. Clarence Inter signals a run for governor. Senators James B. Allen and E. L. Roberts from Gadsden consider LG bids. Wright and Speaker Beck also named as possible contenders.
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Montgomery
Gadsden
J. Clarence Inter
James B. Allen
E. L. Roberts
Folsom
James
Allen
Inter
Roberts
House
Etowah County
Etowah
St. Clair County
St. Clair
Graham Wright
Talladega
William M. Beck
Fort Payne
Memorial Fund Drive to Finish WWII Memorial in Morgan County
Disabled American Veterans members meet at the Legion home led by Commander Clifford Odom to renew efforts for a $6,000 World War II memorial in Morgan County. Caswell Hayes named publicity chairman, and February 22 26 set for an intensified campaign starting Purple Heart Day. Women attend to discuss forming a DAV auxiliary under Butler Hine.
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Legion Home
Clifford Odom
Caswell Hayes
Cremen
Mhemorgan County
Butler Hine
Gala Inaugural To Be Fanciest In U S History
Washington dispatch reports Harry S Truman's inauguration promised unprecedented pomp with a lavish schedule across the week. The ceremony will be brief on Capitol grounds with a $100000 cost for the platform and seating, while a large Washington run parade will feature Truman and Barkley riding at the parade head.
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U. S
Truman
Capitol
Fred M. Vinson
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Washington
White House
Mr. Barkley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Greensboro FFA Members Inspect Marketing Facilities
A dozen or more Greensboro Alabama FFA members toured Decatur this weekend to study agricultural marketing facilities. Led by Arian Prince formerly of Morgan County schools and now an instructor in Greensboro, they examined markets for livestock dairy products and cotton alongside Decatur’s marketing facilities.
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Future Farmers of America
Greensboro
Ala
Decatur
Arian Prince
Morgan County Schools
October Retail Sales Benchmark in Morgan County
A University bureau report shows Morgan County October retail sales rising above September and well above the state average. Retail firms led with a 16.5 percent gain while total net retail sales increased 23.7 percent as October sales accounted for 76.7 percent of county retail activity.
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Morgan Co
Morgan County
University Business Research Bureau
Alabama Oil Revenue
Decisive Stage In Rhodes Truce Talks Reached
The Rhodes talks between Israel and Egypt reached a decisive stage as UN mediator Bunche submitted a draft covering military and boundary issues. Israel may abandon gains, lift the Faluja siege, and reduce armies to peace size as borders in the Negev are fixed.
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Associated Press
Rhodes
Ralph J. Bunche
Palestine
Israel
Faluja
Negev
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Berlin
London
Bevin
Czechoslovakia
South Africa
Durban
Tietsin
Indonesia
UN Good Offices Committee
March of Dimes Drive Gathers in Decatur
Coins clinked in collection boxes across Decatur on Saturday as the March of Dimes drive entered its second day. Drive chairman B L Rickenbacker urged all citizens to contribute and noted outlying districts would donate via county schoolchildren. He framed the campaign as voluntary insurance funding polio treatment and research on prevention.
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Decatur
Drive Fund
B. L. Rickenbacker
Ala
Rickenbacker
Dimes
Two Die in Separate Home Fires in Alabama and Alabama
In separate incidents a 29 year old Navy veteran from Attalla and a man named Alamatron died after fires Friday. Mrs Will Faulkner 40 mother of three died in a Birmingham hospital Saturday from burns. Paul O Lee Jr died in his Attalla home. firemen found him alone in the house. Relatives gave brief statements.
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Associated Press
Alamatron
Attalla
Will Faulkner
Birmingham
Paul O. Lee, Jr
Atta
Faulkner
Lovelady Promoted to Head of OB-GYN Section at Mayo Clinic
Dr Sim B Lovelady son of Dr and Mrs W H Lovelady of Hartselle has been named head of a Section on Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota confirming a major promotion at the renowned hospital.
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Sim B. Lovelady
W. H. Lovelady
Hartselle
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Young Physician To Head Section At Mayo Clinic Rochester
Dr Sim B Lovelady age 39 head of a clinical section at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn. He earned BA Vanderbilt 1930 MD Tulane 1934 and MS Mayo Foundation Minnesota 1940. He belongs to Sigma Xi and is a World War II veteran. Son of Dr W K Lovelady and Mrs Lovelady of Hartselle.
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Sim B. Lovelady
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Lovelady
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Tulane University Medical School
Mayo Foundation
University of Minnesota
Sigma Xi National Honorary Society
W. KH. Lovelady
Hartselle
Fire damages Athens newspaper office in Limestone County
The Limestone County Democrat office in Athens suffered a fire about 9 30 Saturday morning destroying newsprint and damaging the building and machinery. Owner R H Walker Sr escaped unharmed as a bystander alerted firefighters who saved the telephone exchange on the second floor. Estimated losses run to several thousand dollars with the exchange at about 150. Walker hoped to issue the paper on Thursday.
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Limestone County Democrat
Athens
R. H. Walker Sr
The
Democrat
Athens’ Fire Department
Air Hobo Basket Starts Coast to Coast Journey
Birmingham reports a shiny aluminum basket dubbed the air hobo basket will begin a coast to coast air journey to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Miss Betty Windham of Birmingham will pilot the 8000 mile trek in 12 days passing the basket to subsequent air crews at each airport to collect donations for infantile paralysis research.
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Birmingham
March of Dimes
Capital Airlines
Betty Windham
Miss Windham
Youth Bound Over To Grand Jury In Death Of Aunt
In Prat tville Alabama on January 15 a Brewton teenage boy, sixteen year old James Watson, was held without bond after murder charges were placed against him in the death of his aunt. Police said he was surrendered to county jail authorities and bound over to a grand jury.
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Prattville
Ala
James Watson
Brewton
Sanders Simpson
el Paso
Tex
Morgan County
Decatur
James Barnes
Simpson
Texas
Jennie Baker
Hartselie
Barnes
City's System Extension Plan is Under Study
Decatur moves toward doubling its water supply with a million dollar expansion. Austinville, a small town of about 1,500, seeks to be served by Decatur's water, with RFC financing discussed. The plan includes an eight inch transmission line and master meter to Austinville.
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Decatur
Austinville
Big Brother
James H. Johnson
Municipal Utilities Board
Utilities Board
S. H. Bradley
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Water Department
Andrew Hall
E. C. Clark
C. E. MecRight
Herman Woodall
J. A. Daniel
RFC
Esns
J. E. O'Toole
Irmingham
City of
L1th Street
5Th Avenue
14Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Austinville-Decatur
Decatur City Council
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