Weather and church notices from Decatur region
Partly cloudy with showers and a cooler northwest, tonight and Friday. Sermon topics include Born To Be King at First Methodist, The Pilot's question at First Baptist, and The Power Of Faith at Memorial Drive Methodist. Birthdays, hospital admissions, and local permits noted with nearby towns Athens and Decatur. SEE DIARY ON Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Wilson
First Methodist Church
J. M. Rogers
First Baptist Church
R. L. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Damages Sought in Auto Crash Suit Filed in Morgan County
The Drinkard Funeral Homes seek 975 dollars from James J. Guthrie Jr. of Cullman for damages from a June 6 1947 automobile collision two and a half miles north of Falkville on U S 31. The suit names Eyster and Davies Williams as attorneys. The plaintiffs are E J Drinkard Sr L Drinkard Jr and Roy Deinard partners in the funeral homes.
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Drinkard
Hill Formally Throws in Hat For Senate Re nomination
Veteran Senator Hill formally announced his bid for another six year term in the U S senate in Alabama. He qualified with the Secretary of State for the Democratic primary in May. Parker of Attalla indicated he will challenge him as an opponent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sister Hill
U. S. Senate
Hill
Roy F. Parker
Attalla
Temperance Leader Seeks Candidates Views on Wet Dry Issue
Alabama Temperance Alliance executive director James Swendenburg says he has sent letters to gubernatorial and lieutenant governor candidates asking for public statements on the wet dry question. He notes five candidates requested the poll and the alliance will publish replies to press and radio if they are released.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Swendenburg
The
Alabama Temperance Alliance
Alliance
Swendenburg
Bonner Joins Senate Race In 22nd District Race
Camden politician J Mil ner Bonner, a former senator and 1948 Alabama delegate who protested civil rights policy, seeks to succeed Bruce Henderson in the 22nd district Senate seat. Other qualifiers include Judson Locke Sr for the 8th district and John Herbert Orr for the 27th district. William Frank Stone enters the Secretary of State race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Milnier Bonner
Camden
Bruce Henderson
Senate
Wilcox County
Henderson
Bonner
Alabama
Judson C. Locke, Sr
Marion
Bibb
Perry
John Herbert Orr
Opelika
Lee
Russell
William Frank Stone
Montgomery
Stone
Thompson
Agnes Baggett
Hill
Car Turned Over After Wreck Hurts Motorist In Decatur
Robert Etheredge twenty one of Decatur was placed under bond at Decatur General Hospital after a late yesterday crash on the Moulton road. He faces reckless driving charges after his 1947 Chevrolet left the road, rolled twice and sustained non serious back and bruising injuries. The car incurred about four hundred dollars in damage. Investigating troopers Lionel Freeman and L Bryson reported Etheredge was speeding around a curve when the mishap occurred just east of Woodall's on the Moulton highway. He was admitted to hospital at 6 45 PM.
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Robert Etheredge
Decatur 1
Decatur General Hospital
Highway Patrol
Etheredge
Moulton
Woodall’s
Lionel Freeman
Reserve Tanks Serve Water Consumers In City Today
Decatur's water consumers rely on three reserve tanks while the main plant is shut for new equipment. The 2,000,000 gallon Delano Park tank, the 1,000,000 gallon West Decatur tank, and the 300,000 gallon North area tank supply the city. Manager George Godwin expects the East Decatur main plant on the river to be offline about 12 hours with another shutdown planned Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Water
Delano Park
West Decatur
George Godwin
FEPC Backers Aim to Break House Deadlock
FEPC backers pressed a new push to move anti discrimination legislation from the House Rules Committee as Southern lawmakers warned of a likely defeat. Chairman Sabath convened the session amid expectations of a tough floor fight, with a Senate filibuster feared by civil rights advocates.
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Washington
FEPC
House Rules Committee
Sabath
D-Nl
House
Senate
Dixie
Wallace Denies Uranium Deal Before Congress
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace testified to a House committee that he had absolutely nothing to do with wartime uranium shipments to Russia. Wallace, head of the Bureau of Economic Warfare during the war, said he did not know Russia had asked licenses for shipments. The hearing followed a radio accusation by Fulton Lewis Jr. about Wallace aiding Soviet atomic material.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Russia
Wallace
Bureau of Economic Warfare
Fulton Lewis Jr
House Committee On unAmerican
Cross is Burned On Vacant Lot At Tarrant City
A fiery Ku Klux Klan cross was burned in a vacant lot in Tarrant Alabama. Police Chief Paul Gaines said he did not know the motive. Neighbors saw a car leave the scene. no suspects were identified. Tarrant near Birmingham had been named a Klan headquarters with recent withdrawals from the Alabama group led by William Hugh Morris.
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Tarrant
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Paul Gaines
Birmingham
Alabama
Federated’ Ku Klux Klans Inc
William Hugh Morris
Operators Say Coal Shortage Now Is Acute
Pittsburgh news reports the soft coal industry renews its offer to John L Lewis to negotiate a new contract. Operators cite wage losses for workers and an acute coal shortage as the reasons for resuming talks via the National Bituminous Coal Wage Conference negotiators.
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Pittsburgh
John L.lewis
Lewis
Opertors
Truman says he is working hard on soft coal strike
Senator Kilgore reported that President Truman is working as hard as he can on the soft coal strike and hopes for results. Kilgore said West Virginia faces an emergency, while White House sources suggested no action before next week. A direct signal from John L. Lewis could avert further spread and possible Truman intervention.
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White House
Washington
Truman
Senator Kilgore
D-W. Va
Kilgore
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Mr. Truman
Miners Strike Demands for a Six State Contract
About 88,000 miners in six states are on strike over unresolved contract terms. Industry seeks a one or two year deal through 1952 with no wage increases and a no strike pledge, plus a clause ending past limitations on work and bans on memorial strikes, while royalties stay at 20 cents per ton.
Looney Returns to Michigan After Hearing
John William Looney a 19 year old from Decatur voluntarily returned to Michigan after a hearing before Circuit Judge Newton B Powell. His attorney Russell W Lynne withdrew a petition for habeas corpus. He is wanted for allegedly taking part in a $320 burglary of a cafeteria. He was escorted north by Sheriff Fred Hollingsworth and Det. W B Williams.
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John William Looney
Decatur
Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan
Newton B. Powell
Looney
Russell W. Lynne
Fred Hollingsworth
W. B. Williams
Zone Meetings Finalize Plans for Sunday Church Survey
Church captains and zone leaders meet tonight at 7 30 P M to assign duties for the city wide survey to be conducted Sunday.
Long Time Daily Subscriber Nearing 91
R E Stamps, a longtime Daily subscriber aged 90, will turn 91 on February 27. He and his wife Callie live at 1307 Fourth Avenue South. he is in ill health but reads the paper since it began in February 191. Local church captains from multiple districts plan meetings tonight and Sunday as volunteer survey workers prepare for a census that's set to begin Sunday afternoon with about 900 workers total.
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R. E. Stamps
Mr. Stamps
Co. O. Breeding
Callie
Fourth Avenue South
Ned Frazier
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
First Baptist
Northside Presbyterian
Memorial Drive Methodist
First Nazarene
Westside Presbyterian
Moulton Heights
Alvin Johnson
Ninth Street Methodist
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Willoughby Presbyterian
D. D. Gibson
J. Emmett McClary
caHs
Guthrie
Road paving plans for Lacon Cullman highway advance
W G Pruett of the state Highway Department says low bids totaling about 380 000 will be sent to the U S Bureau of Public Roads for approval. Federal approval starts the process and triggers contract and bond preparation before the winner signs the contract within ten days.
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Morgan and Cullman
Lacon—Cullman
W. G. Pruett
State
Montgomery
The
Daily Today
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Pruett
Nations Weather Binge Creates Contrasts Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a dramatic weather day with bitter cold and heavy snow in the Northern plains while cotton blooms in South Carolina and a quince tree flowers near Atlanta. Eastern Washington endures its coldest period in 60 years as January heat records fall in Virginia. fog halts New York area travel and ships. Queen Mary blocked at Ambrose Light.
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Associated Press
Orangeburg County
S. C
East Point
Atlanta
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Virginia
Mercury
Richmond
Norfolk
N. Y
New York
City
New Jersey
Ambrose Light
New York Harbor
March of Dimes Drives Gains as Schools Report Early Totals
The March of Dimes campaign in Morgan county shows $1,176.10 raised today toward a $6,000 goal. Gordon-Bibb School contributed $72.75 and First Ward School in West Decatur $42.40. Drive chairman Frank Troup says progress is encouraging but the effort remains far from complete.
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Morgan County
Gordon-Bibb
First Ward
West Decatur
Frank Troup
Drive
Rev Glass to Stay at 1st Presbyterian Church
Rev W. W. Glass, pastor at the First Presbyterian Church, announced he will decline a call to the Royal Oak Presbyterian Church in Marion Virginia and remain in Decatur. He has served seven years as pastor here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Glass
1St Presbyterian
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Royal Oak Presbyterian Church
Marion
Glass
Virginia
Decatur
Insurance Firm Sues Over Claim Paid Out
Merchants Fire Insurance Company sues Alabama Gas Corporation and Birmingham Gas Company in U S district court for 8878 38 alleging an Anniston home explosion caused by gas entered the house and seeks recovery of the claim amount.
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Birmingham
Merchants Fire Insurance Company
Alabama Gas Companies
Anniston
Ala
U.S. District Court
T. C. King
Previes
Ala Gas Corporation
Themingham Gas Company
Liquor Transport Charge Filed Against Decatur Operator
Jerry Shelton, 35, a filling station operator in Decatur, was arrested for transporting illegal liquor this morning by Sheriff C. B. Humphrey's office. Deputies Garland Muby and James Barnes also arrested a black boy and a black woman on assault and battery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Shelton
Decatur
C. B.’ Humphrey
Garland Muby
James Barnes
Western powers protest Russian actions in Berlin and Asia
Western commanders in Berlin issue a sharp note protesting truck traffic hindrance as McCloy warns of a creeping blockade. Reports say Russia tightens the baby blockade rate to one German truck per six minutes. Chinese nationalists flee to Formosa and ally with French Indochina forces. India proclaims a republic with President Rajendra Prasad, replacing the governor general, amid a Gandhi legacy. Bombay police quell a communist demonstration, injuring eight. See SHARP on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
New York
U. S
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Helmstedt
Taipei
Formosa
Ho Chih-Minh
India
New Delhi
Rajendra Prasad
Mohamas K. Gandhi
Dr. Prasad
British Commonwealth of Nations
Association of Nations
Bombay
UAW Faces Long Strike at Chrysler Over Pensions
Detroit dispatch reports the United Auto Workers began a potentially lengthy strike at Chrysler. The walkout idled 106,000 workers and halted about 7,000 daily car productions. Mediation talks were hoped to resume this week as双方 negotiators sought a $100 monthly pension plan.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
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