Weather and community notices from a Alabama area column
Mostly cloudy and continued warm this afternoon to night and Tuesday with southerly winds along the coast. Births announced at Baugh Wiley clinic including Henry E Nix Jr and Thomas Bogle. Building permit granted to C H Timberlake for a six room dwelling at Fourteenth and Tower Avenues. Various church activities and school furnace repairs noted with end of term closures and diary hint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Avenue West
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
C. H. Timberlake
Fourteenth and
Tower Avenues
Park Circle
Gas Customers In Mobile Area to Get Cash Refund
The Alabama Gas Service Corp was ordered by the Public Service Commission to refund about 137000 to around 27000 customers in and near Mobile. Each customer on general service and commercial heating schedules will receive 10 percent of their 1949 gas bill. Checks must be mailed within 60 days after the final 1949 bill. The refund targets excess earnings in 1949 as the basis for the rebate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama Gas Service Corp
Public Service Commission
Mobile
Commission
APSC
Delay Granted in Court Fight Over Three Day Coal Week
A federal court granted a six day delay in the injunction hearing to end the three day work week in soft coal mines. The postponement moved the hearing to February 1 after a joint request by John L. Lewis UMW and NLRB general counsel Robert N. Denham. Denham sought more time to prepare the case alleging unfair labor practices by Lewis and the operators. Senator Aiken suggested Congress consider giving the President power to seize the coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John ‘L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Denham
Lewis
UMW
Congress
Senator Aiken
R-Vt
Bids Open On Cullman Lacon U S 31 Project
State Highway Department announced low bids for the Lacon Cullman segment of U S 31. Holloway Co of Columbus Ga bids 329837.70 for grading and drainage. Norrell Contracting of AL GA bids 493439.29 for bridges and culverts. Decatur Danville bridge bid of 32360 from W A McWaters Contracting of Montgomery. Morgan County board approves 6440 for right of way adjustments. plan for a three lane highway over Lacon mountain with future lane addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Cullman«Lacon
U. S
Montgomery
W. G. Pruett
Holloway Company
Columbus
G. W. Norrell Contracting Company
Alabama
Georgia
Morgan County
Flint Creek
Decatur
Danville
Pruett
W. A. McWaters Contracting Company
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Lacon-Cullman Road
Miners Still Idle As Strike Widens Across States
The United Mine Workers fail to end the no contract no work strike across seven states led by John L. Lewis. About 37,000 of 90,000 miners considered returning to work but total idle miners rise to roughly 60,000 with West Virginia hardest hit by picketing. Production remains uneven as some regions start easing while others stay idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
West Virginia
Monongalia
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Logan County
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Steel Companies
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Verdict In KKK Treason Trial Not Public Yet
In Birmingham on January 23 no verdict had been announced in the Ku Klux Klan treason trial of Rev. Alvin A. Horn of Talladega. Horn said he had not been notified of any finding. The trial occurred Saturday in a Birmingham fraternal hall with no newsmen admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ku Klux Klan
Alvin A. Horn
Talladega
Horn
William ‘Hugh Morris
Alabama Federated Klans
Birmingham News
Morris
Association of Georgia Klans
Alabama
Georgia
Purple Gangster Disguised For Return To Detroit
Federal marshals hid Harry Fleischer in bandages and red stained medicine to smuggle the Purple Gangster back to Detroit after arrest on charges tied to a nightclub robbery and a five year old state senator murder case. The operation used an ambulance and unrecognizable disguises at Willow Run airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Harry Fleischer
Detroit
Fleischer
Willow Run
U. S
Jack Peeples
Guy Hixon
Walter F. Bellar
Pompano
Michigan
Warren G. Hooper
Atomic Talks Resume Monday By U S Envoys
The United States Britain and Belgium will begin atomic talks in Washington next Monday to discuss a new agreement on Congo’s uranium ore sharing. A foreign office spokesman said only atom problems of mutual interest would be discussed as a wartime pact expires this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Britain
Belgium
Washington
Brussels
Congo
Foreign Office
Bandoeng Under Guerrilla Fire
Guerrilla forces attacked the West Java capital Bandoeng with some 600 fighters led by a former Dutch captain. The federal government sent 250 mobile police by air from Jakarta to keep Ondir airfield open as clashes occurred in the mountain city of 170000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West Java
Bandoeng
United States
Indonesia
Netherlands
Berlin
John McCloy
U. S
Germany
Truman
Saar
McCloy
Morgan County Polio Drive Passes 645.30 Total
Campaign chairman Frank W. Troup announced Morgan County has raised 645.30 toward the March of Dimes drive set to close nationally at the end of January. He urged all residents to contribute regardless of amount to bolster polio defense and support for affected families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Frank W. Troup
Troup
Decatur
Alaska Statehood Move Delays FEPC Debate in House
House leaders staged an Alaska statehood bill to delay Truman FEPC legislation. Speaker Rayburn could recognize Rep. Peterson to push the Alaska measure, hoping to sidestep FEPC amid 21 day rule tensions and last week's rules fight. Roosevelt filed a petition to force FEPC a vote by removing it from the rules committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Rayburn
Rep
Peterson
D-Fla
Alaska
House
Kee
D-W. Va
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rules Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Labor Committee
FEPC
White House
Capitol
Roosevelt
D-Lib
Plan for City Wide Interchurch Church Survey In Decatur
Dr Harold Ingraham and city wide chairman Dr W Nelson Guthrie announce a Sunday survey to map church membership across Baptist Catholic Episcopal Methodist Presbyterian Church of God Nazarene Church of Christ Holiness and Jewish groups. White and Negro volunteers will conduct mixed denomination teams starting at 1 PM at Central Methodist Church with zone meetings to assign church captains and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Harold ‘Ingratiam
Central Methodist Church
Ingraham
Southern Baptist
Nashville
Wee
Dr. Ingraham
W. Nelson Guthrie
Decatur
Church of God
Nazerene
Church of Christ, Holiness
Soviets disrupt Berlin truck and train traffic
Soviet officials delayed three U S military trains at Helmstedt for up to six hours over travel papers of three non Americans a German Brazilian and an Italian causing a truck backlog of more than 100 at Helmstedt and disruption on another route in Berlin amid a broader border pressure and a disputed railway building seizure by American forces two days earlier service later restored to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Germany
U. S
Helmstedt
Heidelberg
Luebeck
Ger 1
Maxwell Dayler
Taylor
Gigantic Patient at St Peter’s Faces Hospital Hurdles
Ernest Evans eight feet six inches tall weighs 434 pounds and lies on two beds end to end in St Peter’s hospital Chertsey. He was brought in for a minor knee operation and required 11 male nurses to move him. He had to climb onto the operating table himself while staff administered anesthesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chertsey
England
Ernest Evans
St. Peter’s Hospital
St. Peter’s
Evans
County approves road right of way payments and coliseum funds
In a brief session the Board of Revenue and Control authorized payment of right of way adjustments for U S 31 deeds on the Lacon Cullman sector. The board approved $2 000 for setup in the coliseum coffers at the request of Emmette Barros secretary treasurer of the coliseum board. Other actions included suspending operations on the Hart selle Priceville road due to bad weather pending contractor approval and authorizing estimates totaling about $9 600 for work on the Decatur Danville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue and Control
U.S
Lacon-Cullman
Coliseum
Au Ornation
Emmette Barros
Coliseum Board
Revenue Board
Hartselle
Priceville
Decatur2
Danville Road
Floods Drive Out Residents
The midwest flood threat centered along the lower Mississippi with about 3 500 lowland dwellers driven from their homes. Cairo Illinois reported relief as the Ohio River dropped. the crest was easing while West Tennessee remained prone to floods. Temperatures varied regionally from subzero in the Dakotas to mild in the south with light precipitation in the northeast and rain along the Pacific coast.
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Associated Press
midWest
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
Ohio
Mississippi
West
Tennessee
Dakotas
Minnesota
Pémbina
N. D
Montana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Long Lake Superior
Upper Michigan
Pacific
California
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Sinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Hiss Appeal Due Wednesday After Perjury Conviction
Alger Hiss, once a Roosevelt adviser at Yalta, faces up to ten years in prison and a $4,000 fine after his perjury conviction. He will appeal immediately after sentencing in federal court, with defense counsel Claude Cross to file in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
Hiss
Claude B Cross
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cross
Circuit Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Stand by Draft Law Emerges From White House Parley
President Truman convened military chiefs at the White House to discuss a compromise draft extension. House Armed Services Committee members prefer a standby version if the draft act is kept, with Defense Secretary Johnson to report on administration stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Truman Urges Tax Reform to Plug Loopholes
President Truman sent Congress a tax program calling for excise levy cuts, closing loopholes, and a billion-dollar boost in corporate and gift taxes. He urged removing oil and mining depletion exemptions and urged limited reductions tied to revenue replacements. He outlined estate and gift tax changes and warned against any cut without revenue offset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. LE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Man
Long Lance
Congressional Committee
Treasury Department
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O. F. Blankenship
Somerville 1
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Cecil Linderman
Decatur 1
Decatur General Hospital
Co. B. Hast
Decatur. 2
Baugh-Wiley
Southside Baptist
Madonna
Paul Milam
Marvin Eubanks
Flint Baptist Church
Limestone
Lawrence
Moulton Heights
H. R. Leeman
Leeman
Thomas Bogle
Willgboro
Caroline Hamilton
G. B. Hamilton
Fourth Avenue South
Pramil Clinic Hospital
J. W. Lawrence
Blankenship
Moulton 4
H. C. Wood
Washington, D. C
W. D. Moore
Sixth Avenue East
Elliott Owens
Decatur 2
Ellis F. Edge
Beech Street
By Ken Reynolds
Delay
Danville Road Bridge
Lacon
Flynt Creek
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Lacon Mountain
Port Royal
Guy King
Rappahannock
Preston King
Edith Singer
Lower
U. S. Army
Dfamoui Hko
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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