Decatur Area Weather and Local Notes Roundup
Cloudy conditions persist with freezing rain and sleet in north and central zones, rain in the south. Decatur noon cotton quotes show middling at 35.25 and strict low at 34.25 with several local births reported at Decatur General. Bad weather delays Decatur Austinville basketball Friday. rosters include junior and senior teams. Local church sermons and stewards meeting listed. ambulance moves noted for hospital patients. theatre incident adds color to town life.
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Hase AB
House Tax Debate Opened By Knutson
The House voted to consider a 6.5 billion tax slashing bill under strict rules with no changes. GOP sponsor Knutson urged Democrats to oppose the President and back an override, while Democrats warned against cutting taxes and harming revenue.
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Ways Gn Pettis Committee
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Martin
R-Mass
Republican Congress
White House
Senate
GOP
Hold-up man arrested after skyline robbery in New Orleans
Eddie Brouel a 26 year old parolee from Michigan was arrested in a sky blue convertible an hour after a jewelry store heist in New Orleans. Authorities say an unwilling woman accomplice aided the raid and the pair recovered over 100000 in diamonds. Brouel also confessed to robberies in Chicago and Cicero.
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Eddie Brouel
Chicago
Detroit
Joseph L. Scheuring
Michigan State Penitentiary
Coleman E. Adler and Company
A. R. Watfied
Watters
Brouel
Cicero
Truman Seeks Liquor Curbs Extension Before Week End
President Truman asked Congress to extend until October 31 his grain control power. He urged authority over allocation and inventory of grain for ethyl alcohol production, as distiller use faces imminent limits with the current act set to expire Saturday.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Congress
Senate
Seson
House
Dimes Drive Extended in Morgan County Alabama
March of Dimes drive continues beyond schedule in Morgan County said by Champan Bill Eyster. Total raised $2,200 with Veterans Administration giving $27 and Riverside High School contributing as weather slows participation and quota remains unmet.
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Champan
Bill Eyster
Alabama
Veterans Administration
Riverside High School
Students burn copy of 14th Amendment at Oklahoma campus
In Norman Oklahoma about 1 000 students demonstrated against the ban on black admission to the University of Oklahoma burning a copy of the 14th amendment and mailing ashes to President Truman. Ada Lois Sionel Fischer 23 sought admission to the law school while six other Negroes tried to enter four graduate schools. Regents planned to meet to act on the case as higher education debates segregation versus equal education after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Okla
Unive
Oklahoma
Truman
Ada Lois Sionel Fischer
University Law School
Oklahoma City
Regents of Higher Education
University of Oklahoma
Cn Nena
Eneitetine Nanaies Segrega
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ada Lois Sionel Fish
Law School
Regents For
Lad accuses father of strangling wife in Boulder home
Seven year old Robert Berger told reporters his father John J. Berger strangled his mother Pauline after an arson sentence and prison release. The boy described his father choking, threatening to kill him, and asking about her “men friends” as family members slept.
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Colo
John Berger
Kenneth Johnson
Berger
Ira Marott
Joe Bergin
Jimmy Hayes
Cloyd Teter
Denver Post
The
Robert Berger
John J. Berger
Colorado
Johnny
Pauline
Robert
Mommy
Daddy
Missing Georgia Tech student Richard Atchley questioned
A senior honor student and editor of the campus Engineer at Georgia Tech, Richard Atchley of Kansas City disappeared after leaving the Groseclose home Sunday. Described as ill with a stomach ailment, he was reportedly carrying about 100 in cash and had not been seen four days. Authorities and family express concern.
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Georgia Tech
Richard C. A
Kansas
Atchley Qriffin
Griffin
Atchley
Frank F. Groseclose
Kansas City
Eugene Atchley
Atop
Dean Griffin
Ooweer Atchley
Engineer
French Move on 5000 Franc Banknotes Rejected in Parliament
Paris January 29 A government bill to confiscate five thousand franc notes from black marketeers was rejected by the finance commission in a 20 to 20 vote. The measure aimed to withdraw all 5,000 franc notes with illegitimate holdings and would affect about 66 million notes valued at roughly one billion dollars on the free rate. The bill now goes to the national assembly with an unfavorable report if the commission stands.
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National Assemly
Finance Commission
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Commission
Fortune
Abs Eee
Asae
Eee
United States
Rene Mayer
Assembly
Funeral Ship Sinks Off Cape Race After Towline Slip
Boston Jan 29 The Army funeral ship Joseph V Connolly sank off Cape Race Nild after its towing hawser slipped from a tug dragging it toward New York. Coast Guard radar lost track as heavy seas and a gale with snow squalls swept the area. It was unclear if any crew survived or remained aboard at the time.
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Army
Joseph V. Connolly
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Coast Guard
New York
Connolly
Acushnet
Cea
United States
Iit
Chicago Daily Sun And Times To Merge Next Monday
Chicago announces that the two papers will combine into a single morning and evening edition named The Chicago Daily Sun And Times. The merged publication will share news and picture facilities from the present papers.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily Sun and Times
Firm Upheld in Taxi Case
The Daily reports that Decatur Transit won the arbitration over a cab driver's alleged negligence in a January 17 hearing at Morgan County courthouse. Dean William Hepburn ruled Motes was negligent for failing to yield and that Williams acted properly in suspending him to protect public safety.
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William M. Hepburn
University of Alabama School of Law
Dean Hepburn
International ‘Brotherhood of Teamsters
Motes
W. J. Williams
Decatur Transit
Daily Today
Williams
Buford A. Motes
Dean William Hepburn
Cullman Court Session Postponed Due to Weather
Cullman circuit court sessions scheduled to begin Monday have been postponed because of icy weather. Judge James H. Crow announced the two weeks term will be delayed as witnesses cannot travel and some defendants have not been served.
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James H. Crow
Estes
Governor Silent On Racial Issues In Campaign
Governor James E. Folsom seeks the Democratic presidential nomination as a delegate favorite son candidate. He urged voters to send him to the convention while avoiding public comments on Southern race questions, noting the party must face issues to stay strong.
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James E
Big Jim” Folsom
Alabama
Montgomery
Truman
Ala
James E. Folsom Povetar
Delegat
Folsom
Democratic Party
Wall Street
Democracy
Democratic Executive Committee
National Party
Wright
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Hayward on Train Escapes as News Repeats
S. B. Hayward, taken off the Hummingbird in Cullman after alleged self harm, reportedly jumped from a hospital window Wednesday afternoon. He reportedly struck his head on landing but survived, clothed in a robe, and was recaptured on an icy field with two doctors aiding. The incident caused excitement among passengers as an ambulance met the train.
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S. B. Hayward
Cullman
Hayward
Danville
Polls Payments Rise in County Poll Tax Window
The tax collector reports over $2,000 in poll tax payments from Jan 10 to Jan 27, covering about 600 people. Morgan county records show a record-pace voting qualification as 4 citizens registered Tuesday. The deadline is Jan 31, office hours extend to 4 30 p m Saturday, veterans exempt, and certain back tax payers may skip the 1 50 fee.
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Morgan County
Board of Registrar
Alvis Briscoe
Schools Here Plan Opening Again Monday
Decatur schools will reopen Monday after a weather-caused shutdown as buses resume routes and streets thaw. Superintendent Walter Jackson said all city schools close Friday to reopen Monday while Riverside High notes this is the first full city closing in 20 years due to bad weather.
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Decatur
Weather Bureau
Walter Jackson
Carl Schwachow
Riverside High School
Red Bay
Capital
Southeastern
Birmingham
W. B. Little
Highway Patrol
Little
Blount-Cullman County
Veterans to Get Increase in Aid
Washington reports House Republican leaders plan quick action on bills to raise subsistence allowances for veterans in school and allow higher pay for on the job training. Rep. Allen of 01, rules committee chair, said action could come soon perhaps next week. The measures have Senate approval but have stalled under rules.
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House
Rep
Allen
Senate
Rules
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