Local News Briefs and Social Notices From Decatur
Weather outlook remains warm with a few showers possible in West and North areas. Mil ton Andrews of San Diego renews Decatur subscription noting 27 years of interest. Alabama Temperance Alliance requests wet-dry views from governor candidates and will publish replies. Various local notices report illness, hospital admissions, births, and a diary reference on page 2.
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Captain Offers Sparse Details On Missouri Grounding
Norfolk report says Missouri grounded on Chesapeake Bay mud and was blamed on unusual circumstances. Captain William D. Brown refused to detail events, deferring to a court of inquiry. Admiral Smith outlined buoyancy and tugging as next salvage steps for the battleship on Groundhog Day.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
William D. Brown
Allen E. Smith
Atlantic Fleet
Smith
Brown
Admiral Smith
Missouri
Black Picture Of Chaos And Famine In Reds North China
Wayne Richard son, AP correspondent aboard the Flying Arrow, describes chaos and famine in North China after a nationalist gunboat fired on Shanghai. He wrote the account during a four day stay in Communist North China at Tsingtao while the ship unloaded.
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China
Wayne Richardson
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
North China
Tsingtao
Kobe
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
Shantung
Morgan County trial ends with verdict for defendant
A Morgan county jury found for defendant W J Matkins in the civil case against Welcome Collins on the East Hartselle pike incident of September 1948. The defense was led by LeRoy McEntire Jr with Sherman Powell for the plaintiff.
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Morgan County
W. J. Matkins
Welcome Collins
Morgan County Court
East Hartselle Pike
LeRoy McEntire Jr
Sherman Powell
M. O. Brown
H. W. Summerford
Merrill Doss
Hartselle
Brown
S. A
Lynne
Summerford
R. A. McFerrin
Shirley Williams
McFerrin
Mike Gideons
Walter Brown
Peach and
Caddell
S.A
Shirle
Williams
McEntire
Gideon
An Harris
Harris
Melburn Shelton
R. C. Sims
Justice of the Peace Court
Josie Randolph
Audrey S. Johnson
William Hargrove
Arthur William Wilbanks
J. O. Bradford
Jack Lindley
W. L. Jackson
A.L. Moore
Lois H. Grady
Virgil Cramer
Treasury Sets Tax Crackdown
The Treasury Department plans tighter scrutiny of income tax returns for individuals earning 7000 to 25000 dollars a year. Congress funding for more enforcement agents is sought as audits in 1949 mostly touched higher incomes. Only 17.8 percent of returns in the 7000 to 25000 bracket are closely checked.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
T. C. Atkeson
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
George J. Schdeneman
Chaos and famine under communists in Shantung area
A correspondent aboard the Flying Arrow reports on Shan tung peninsula and Tsingtao chaos. He cites famine risk in Shantung, poor currency, and a failed effort to export surplus while residents rely on herbs, with Reds cracking down and taking control of food and property.
Girl Faces Trial In Mercy Killing Of Policeman Dad
Carol Ann Paight 21 faces second degree murder charges in the mercy killing of her Stamford police sergeant father Carl Paight. Prosecutors say she retrieved his service revolver and shot him as he slept after learning he was terminally ill. Judge John A. Cornell presides as a jury panel of 26 is sworn.
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Carol Ann Paight
David F. Goldstein
Carl
Carol
Stamford
John A. Cornell
India Elects Rajendra Prasad as First President of Republic
India selects Dr. Rajendra Prasad 64 as first president replacing the governor general as the state’s head ahead of a forthcoming constitution. The move marks sovereignty with India becoming a republic though still linked to the British Commonwealth.
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Associated Press
India Today
India
British Commonwealth of Nations
Rajendra Prasad
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Constituent Assembly
Chakravarti, Rapagopalachari
Lamberth Seeks Expanded Social Security For Farmers
Alabama welfare commissioner Broughton Lamberth was to offer a new appeal to the Senate Finance Committee urging broadened social security coverage for farmers. He had previously missed his appearance as other witnesses spoke, and said many Alabama farmers too old to farm deserve real security.
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Washington
Broughton Lamberth
Alabama
Congressional
Lamberth
Senate Finance Committee
Montgomery
Congress
Mystery Of Missing Bridge Now Solved
Sheriff John Sandlin and State Investigator R A Troupe say two Limestone county men Woodrow Moore and Fred Vickers confessed to stealing and selling a 10 ton Limestone bridge for scrap. They moved it in November and sold the scrap for 150 dollars, discarding the rest of the haul.
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Mary Delmore
John Sandlin
R. A. Troupe
Limestone Bridge
Limestone County
Sandlin
Woodrow Moore
Elk River Mill
Fred Vickers
Tanner
Moore
Troupe
Limestone
Daily Today
Vickers
Huntsville
Sheffield
Ldge
U S Moves In Phone Strike Tension Rises In Bell System Dispute
The government steps into a major labor dispute as the CIO Communications Workers of America threatens a nationwide phone strike of about 300000 operators and caretakers. The union seeks a wage increase pension changes and a 35 hour work week while federal mediation meets with union and company officials.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Federal Mediation Service
William N. Margolis
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell System
City wide survey to reach most residents Sunday
Dr. W Nelson Guthrie announces a church led survey aiming to interview 75 to 90 percent of about 30 000 residents Sunday afternoon. About 700 white and 200 colored workers will cover sections, revisiting missed homes during the week. The only sensitive question is age, with ages kept private while grouped for analysis.
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W. Nelson Guthrie
Dr. Guthrie
Survey Tells Churches to Record Member Details
Dr Guthrie explains a survey will collect names ages church membership and Sunday school attendance. The goal is to designate a local church for respondents while preserving non doctrine questions and cooperation across denominations.
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Guthrie
Colds and Mild Flu Cause High Absenteeism in East Morgan
An epidemic of colds and mild flu hits East Morgan County with attendance in Priceville Cotaco and Florette dropping sharply. Principal Leeman notes peaks around three days and a rise to 1850 missing at Priceville from 530, Cotaco reports 135 absent, and Florette only 18 present. Health Officer Murphree links warm damp weather to the outbreak and urges warm dry clothing fruit juices leafy vegetables and staying home to rest if sick.
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Morgan County
H. R. Leeman
Priceville
Cotaco
Florette
L. R. Murphree
Leeman
L. E. Wooten
Paul Tidwell
Murphree
March of Dimes Campaign Progress in Morgan County
The March of Dimes drive in Morgan County shows $719.30 raised with under ten days left to hit a $6,000 goal. Frank Troup chairs the drive at Decatur Post Office Box 177, with Earl Alverson leading local efforts and Charles Harvey coordinating industry outreach. Boys Scouts distributed cash boxes in Decatur, while Rotary Club continues the effort in Hartsel. Buck Strickland heads Falkville activities. Schools, city and county leaders W. T. Jordan Oscar Napps and Mrs. E. G. Hamilton report strong cooperation.
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Morgan County
Frank Troup
Decatur
Earl Alverson
Charles Harvey
Hartsele
Rotary Club
Buck Strickland
Falkville
Proup
Oscar Napps
Marshall to Confer With Red Cross Workers
Gen. George C. Marshall, president of the American Red Cross, will confer with Red Cross workers representing Alabama and Mississippi chapters in Birmingham. Marshall, who led the Army in World War II and served as Secretary of State, is meeting regional staff today.
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Birmingham
George C. Marshall
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Ing
Alabama
Mississippi
Escape Through Tiny Jail Bar Hole Stumps Police
Police chief and officers hunt for 19 year old Robert Peebles who escaped from city jail Saturday night through an 11 3 8 by 7 1 8 inch hole in the bars. Peebles was arrested earlier Saturday on assault and battery. Officers Terry and Kennedy nabbed him on Holly Street at about 2 20 P M. An officer noted a cigarette package in the corner of the image for scale and warned that a man could wriggle through a small gap if he removed clothes and oils.
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J. B. Whitmire
City
Robert Peebles
Peebles
Terry and
Kennedy
Holly Street
Poll Taxes Paid Slowly in Morgan County
About half of the 5,000 poll tax payers have settled dues. Morgan County reports 2,517 receipts issued by tax collector Alvis Briscoe, with 17 at Falkville State National Bank and no report from Hartselle City Hall. Voters have until January 31 to pay. The ten day registration period ends Thursday.
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Decatur
Alvis Briscoe
Morgan
Falkville
State National Bank
Hartselle
Morgan County
T. H. Gunn
Morgan Board of Registrars
Hit And Run Driver Sought On Moulton Road
Highway Patrolmen sought a hit-and-run driver after a vehicle suffered about 100 in damage when sideswiped on Moulton road about 7 50 p m Monday. E C Counts of Decatur reported his 1946 Plymouth damaged five miles west of Decatur. Investigators Cpl Paul Jones and L S Bryant pursued leads but the vehicle could not be described.
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E. C. Counts
Decatur 3
Plymouth
Decatur
Paul Jones
L. S. Bryant
Wife of Attorney Punched in Nose in Chicago
Mrs Harry A Linaweaver wife of a divorcé lawyer said a well dressed caller rang the doorbell last night and when she told him the attorney was not home he yelled here s a present for your husband and punched her in the nose before fleeing to police reports show.
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Chicago
Harry A. Linaweaver
FEPC Measure Blocked in House Rules Vote
In Washington on January 24 a tie 5 to 5 vote kept the anti job discrimination FEPC bill bottled up in the House Rules Committee. Brown moved to reconsider, saying he opposed approval in absence of Wadsworth and Allen. The measure appears stalled with full House vote unlikely soon.
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House Rules Committee
House
Smith
Virginia
Cox
Georgia
Colmer
Misissippi
Lyle
Texas
Brown
Ohio
Sabath
Illinois
Madden
Indiana
McSweeney
Wadsworth
Allen
FEPC
Rayburn
Cox and
Nane
White House
Sabath Saile
Stall
Three Building Permits Issued At City Hall This Week
City clerk reports three building permits approved this week. M. S. Lee may build a five room frame house with bath at 1200 block Sixth Avenue East for 3000 dollars. Joe Irvin receives permission for a six room concrete block dwelling at LaFayette and Washington Streets for 1500 dollars. P C Goforth, merchant, gets permit to upgrade 101 Moulton Street with 500 dollars in improvements.
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Sixth Avenue East
Joe Irvin
LaFayette and
Washington Streets
P. C. Goforth
Moulton Street
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