Admissions and Dismissals at Decatur General Hospital
Three percent of patients admitted yesterday to Decatur General were L. O. Coney of Somerville and Jimmy Cantrell of 1402 Jackson Street. Dismissals include Mrs. C. A. Culver and daughter of 806 Oak Street and others in Decatur Athens Moulton Somerville and Eighth Street East. Barbara Anne Hebding returned to Decatur after a Birmingham weekend visit. Odis Waller of 1516 Sixth Avenue East remains ill at Baugh Wiley clinic after an operation Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospital
L. O. Coney
Somerville
Jimmy Cantrell
Jackson Street
C. A. Culver
Oak Street
W. R. Boyd
Athens
Arnold Hopper
Decatur
W. H. Bennich
Moulton
Raymond Stem
Donald Rice
Eighth Street East
Barbara Anne Hebding
R. C. Reynolds
Birmingham
Odis Waller
Sixth Avenue East
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Governors Debate Civil Rights and Federal Aid Policy
The discussion covers Truman civil rights proposals and 1948 platform demands. Williams backs broader civil rights and contrasts with Stevenson on federal action. Governors Driscoll Peterson Langlie Thorn ton and Carvel critique federal control and budgets, urging cost cuts or policy shifts.
Auburn Wins $300 000 Dormitory Funds Over Gallalee Objections
The State Building Commission allocated about $615,000 to colleges and trade schools, approving $300,000 for Auburn to build a women’s dormitory despite University President John M. Gallalee’s complaints. Other grants included $150,000 for Jefferson-Hillman Hospital renovations in Birmingham and $43,000 for Bryce Hospital ventilation upgrades as two male patients died from poor air flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Auburn
University of Alabama
John M. Gallalee
State Building Commission
University
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Birmingham
University Medical School
Comrmission
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
J. S. Tarwater
Bryce
Gallalee
D. W. Hode
Hodo
Ralph Draughon
E. B. Norton
Florence Teachers College
Commission
Norton
Hode
San A
Draughon
Craughon
Livingston
Tees
Gadsden
Dothan Trade School
Alabama College
Boys Industrial School
Industrial School
St. Meigs
Institute For Deaf and Blind
Talladega
Girls Industrial School
Chalkville
Law Officers Rate 400 Gallon Still
ABC agents Herman Sandlin and Carlos Nelson along with Morgan County sheriff forces raided a 400 gallon capacity barrel type still about one and a half miles from Morgan City. They confiscated all equipment needed to operate the illegal operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
Herman Sandlin
Carlos Nelson
Morgan County
Two Tickets to Broadway Stars Shine in Roxy Show
Celebrities Tony Martin Janet Leigh and Gloria a Haven headline the Roxy stage with performances at 1 3 5 7 9 pm showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROXY
Broadway
Tony Martin
Janet Leigh
Gloria A Haven
GOP delegates clash over Texas and Louisiana votes at convention
The GOP subcommittee allocated one and a half hours for rival delegations from Texas and Louisiana to present arguments. Eisenhower officials call it a major public opinion victory. The Texas fight over 38 votes may not be decided today, possibly waiting until Thursday.
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Texas
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Florida
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Hoover
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Convention Resolutions Committee
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
CIO
GOP
AFL
Rites Tomorrow In Birmingham For Mrs Moebes
Funeral services for Mrs E A Gus Moebes 68 will be held tomorrow at 3 30 P M at Trinity Lutheran Church Birmingham with Rev Alvin Twietmeyer officiating. She died at her home 4817 Avenue Q Birmingham last night. Burial is in Oakland Cemetery Birmingham. Survivors include her husband E A Moebes Birmingham and two brothers Henry and Robert Nebrig Decatur. The body lies in state today from 4 P M to 2 P M tomorrow at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A
Gus) Moebes
Avenue Q
Birmingham
Trinity. Lutheran Church
Alvin Twietmeyer
E. A. Mobes
Henry
Robert Nebrig
Decatur
Africa Missionary to Arrive Home for Furlough
Miss Mildred Taylor, a Methodist missionary to Southern Rhodesia, landed in New York June 27 and will reach Decatur in a few days for a one year furlough. She spent 2.5 years at Old Umatali Mission and 2.5 years heading the Nyadiri Mission school near Salisbury. A Nashville Scarritt graduate and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor, she will return to Decatur.
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Southern Rhodesia
Africa
Mildred Taylor
New York
Decatur
Umatali
Salisbury
Iss Taylor
College and Scarritt Col- Nashville
W. J. Taylor
Street
Poultry Pioneer Wilson Expands North Alabama Plants
In 1945 at Decatur businessman Farm Industries led by Guy Habercom and Glenn Bryan expanded capacity from 20 000 to 60 000 birds per week. A 58 000 chick weekly output facility was built. The De Kalb area spawned new plants at Albertville and Athens as the North Alabama poultry boom grew from about 50 000 broilers on feed to well over 2 000 000. After ill health Wilson left poultry and retired to Athens and Elk River camp, later starting a rapid turkey broiler operation.
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Decatur
Guy Habercom
Glenn Bryan
Wilson
Albertville
Athens
North
Alabama
Elk River
Do Explosives Drive Fish Away in Florida Waters
The Florida State Board of Conservation may decide if seismic oil test explosives harm marine life including shrimp. Gulf Oil denies that dynamite charges near Pensacola area waters drove shrimp away or killed fish. Texas A&M biologists agree with Gulf, while local shrimpers report declining shrimp hauls in East and Escambia Bays since explosions began a week ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Florida State Board of Conservation
Gulf Oil Corp
Texas A. and
M. College
East
Escambia
Gulf
Joe Pattl
Hrimpers
Bay
S. H. Hopkins
J. G. Mackin
Texas A and M College
Louisiana
Ala Native Kilpatrick Buried in Mississippi National Cemetery
Dr. George Carleton Kilpatrick 69 died in Alberta Canada and will be buried in the Corinth Mississippi National Cemetery. A Camden Alabama native he traveled widely after retirement. Survivors include Dr. Emmett Kilpatrick a professor at Troy State Teachers College.
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Mobile
George Carleton Kilpatrick
Alberta
Canada
Corinth
Miss
Camden
Ala
Kilpatrick
Emmett Kilpatrick
Troy State Teachers College
Steel firms back wage increase and union shop pact
Wage board backed proposal calls for about 15 cents an hour raise, six paid holidays, three weeks vacation for 15 years service, and a modified union shop allowing new employees to join but withdraw between days 20 and 30. U S Steel opposes union shop while meeting with small companies continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Steel Corp
Wage Stabilization_Board
Steel
Union Springs Man Named State Aide
Union Springs native Winton C. McNair was named chief of the Franchise and Public Utilities Division of the Alabama Revenue Department. He topped an open competitive exam for the post and has 12 years with the department, serving as acting head since the death of Peter B. Hamilton last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Winton C. McNair
Union Springs
State Department of Revenue
Joe M. Edwards
McNair
State Personnel Department
Revenue Department
Peter B. Hamilton
Negro 4 H'ers Close Southern Encampment
Negro 4 H Club delegates from 17 Southern states closed an eight day encampment in Tuskegee Alabama with a candle lighting ceremony. Each of the 124 delegates lit a candle from a single flame symbolizing how 4 H helps spread agriculture and home making knowledge. Dr E B Evans president of Prairie View A and M College spoke at the closing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
E. B. Evans
Prairie View A
M. College
Prairieview
Tex
For Want Of Nail Another Battle Lost
Walter C. Hagood of Tanner was treated at Decatur General Hospital for facial lacerations and abrasions after his car collided with a gravel truck on Route 31. He said he was fighting a wasp in the car when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Hagood
Decatur General Hospital
Hagood
Debates and Correspondence Relating to Douglas Prints
The Library of Congress acquired a printer's copy of the coin Douglas Debates and all letters from Abraham Lincoln, plus Chicago Press material and related reports. The collection includes two sets of the era's reports on the debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
Abraham
Chicago Press
Funeral Today for Youth Killed in Michigan Plant
Final rites were held at 2:30 PM for 16 year old Arvel Buddy Davis of Eva 1 Cullman County with Rev Horace Chambers presiding and interment in the adjoining cemetery. Davis died Friday in Detroit Michigan after an accident at a plant there acid reportedly burned his face. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Orval Davis. Pallbearers named Carlton Mooney Albert Mooney Kenneth Taylor David Mooney Sherman Mooney and Lester Ralph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvel
Buddy) Davis
Eva
Davis
Peck Funeral
Hartselle
Carlton Mooney
Albert Mooney
Kenneth Taylor
David Mooney
Sherman Mooney
Lester Ralph
Trustees Named For County Negro Schools In Several Communities
Listed trustees for Negro schools across multiple towns include Cedar Lake Flint Midway Morgan County Training School Moulton Heights Parker's Chapel Sylvester McCombs St John Trinity Union and Ward's Chapel with numerous named individuals such as Dan Mettivews W L Lewis Mose Crutcher Obie Sharp Joe Davis Tom Henderson James Smith and Wiley Broughm along with others in Somerville Trinity Union and neighboring areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliftop C. Sparkman
Herman West
Andrew Edwards
Ryan
Car S.greene
Barney Nunnally
Huey Hester
Somerville
R. C. Miller
Glenn Watkins
Olen Mooneyham
Trinity
Clark Lentz
Garth Kimbrell
Union Hill
Willis Fowler
Robert Abercrombie
J. P. Owen
Winton
W. R. Sivley
Louise Charest
E. C. Lemmond
Cedar Lake
Dan Mettivews
W. L. Lewis
Mose Crutcher
Flint
Joe Davis
Obie Sharp
Willie B. Garth
Leadus
Talucah
T. Benford Clay
J. P. Rodgers
Jesse Chatman
Midway
Dave H. Hardin
J. O. Sharpley
H. P. Martion
Morgan County Training School
McNeil White
Charlie Ratliff
James Sykes
Moulton Heights
C. H. Montgomery
Elmer Garth
Daniel Thomas
Mr. Nebo
Tom Henderson
James Smith
Wiley Broughm
Parker’s Chapel
Lacey
Sylvester McCombs
Tommie Bush
Johnnie Langford
St. John
Arthur Gill
Howard Emmerson
Walter Garner
Willie Baker
Willie J. Boulding
Hildreth Lyle
Union
Ervin Romine
Kennie Clay
Sam Wipton
Ward’s Chapel
Paul Robinson
Ben Robinson
Birtie Tapscott
UN Lines Heartbreak Ridge Battle In Korea
Allied troops held Heartbreak Ridge after a fierce 1300 artillery and mortar bombardment and multiple soil points in the sector. The Eighth Army reported Communist casualties last week near 1,536 dead and 1,430 wounded with 33 captured, about 500 more than the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heartbreak Ridge
U. N
Eighth Army
Man Obnoxious Ex Husband Admits Attempted Arson
Montgomery County deputies and Fire Marshal Tom Hall said an ex convict admitted trying to burn down the home of his former wife Wimphrey Manley who had served two years for larceny. The fire was extinguished with no serious damage. Manley will be charged with attempted arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Tom Hall
Es Wimphrey Manley
Hall
Manley
Reopen Plant After Strike
Farm Industries Inc poultry plant will reopen as fast as possible after a picket line withdrawal. The decision followed a morning conference between the company and union representatives. The union and plant agreed to discuss a wage increase for employees under the union agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Industries, Inc
Glenn Bryan
John J. Schuster
Union
C. I.C
Farm Industries Inc
Decatur
Alabama press committee pledges to guard public information
Alabama newspapers through their statewide organization form a committee to ensure citizen access to public information. Chairman Mills says the group will cooperate with public officials to keep government business open and reporting free from encroachment. The Birmingham editor notes steps will be taken to protect citizens rights to receive information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mills
Birmingham
Rites Wednesday At Brown's Chapel For Mrs. Ola Hull
Funeral services for Mrs. Ola W. Hull 77 of 1409 Seventh Avenue East will be held Wednesday at 3 P M from Brown's Chapel with Rev W B Strong and Rev Neely Crawford officiating. Interment in Athens city cemetery. Survivors include one son Harold D Hull four sisters two brothers and three grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Mrs Hull a member of Willoughby Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue East
Brown
W. B., Strong
Neely Crawford
Athens City Cemetery
Harold D. Hull
Decatur
W. O. Chapman
Pulaski
W. M. Gilley
Harry Bracken
Elizabeth Warren
Miami
Fla
Butler Warren
Ennis
Texas
Edwin Warren
Pensacola
Tom Swatzell
E. J. Austin
Ernest Edwards
Otto Biles
Jimmy Adams
Floyd Ferguson
Hull
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Missing 24 Hours Woman Is Found Unharmed
Morris Alabama July 1 a 74 year old woman Mrs Annie Ophelia Brooks was missing for almost 24 hours after leaving home to pick berries. A search party located her about a mile from the berry patch in the Horse Branch Hill area unharmed. She said illness after berry picking caused her to lie down and lose her way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Ala
Annie Ophelia Brooks
Stephen Foster Dies in New York Charity Ward
Songwriter Stephen Foster author of My Old Kentucky Home and Old Folks At Home died homeless in a New York hospital charity ward, leaving behind a legacy of beloved tunes and a tragic end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Foster
Kentucky
New York Hospital
Farm Markets In Decatur
Cotton values list middling 40.00 cents and strict low 38 cents. No 2 mil 10. No 2 wheat new crop onion free at 1.95 dollars. No 2 oats new crop onion free 80 cents. No 2 yellow ear corn at 1.83 dollars. Hogs price paid in Decatur 20.50 cents. Market figures from Decatur farm markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Poultry market steady in Atlanta wholesale trading
North Georgia live poultry market remains steady with prices unchanged. Demand remains fair with lighter weights ample while broilers under 2.5 lb fetch 25 to 27 cents per pound and heavier weights stay near current levels.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Community raises funds for Boony’s birthday TV gift
Dr Chitwood appoints George LaBoon Joe Morrison and Eldridge Guire to raise money for a television set for Boony to enjoy ball games on TV. Contributions funded the purchase from Johnny Aycock at Radio Shack installed two weeks after his 18th birthday.
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Dust
Boony
Birmingham
Dr. Chitwood
George LaBoon
Joe Morrison
Eldridge Guire
Johnny Aycock
Radio Shack
Chitwood
Senate action and House committee debates on safety and fair trade
The House Rules Committee will decide today on hearings for a bill giving the federal government power to enforce mine safety regulations. If the Senate acts in time on German parts, it may vote on restoring effectiveness to state fair trade laws that set minimum prices for trademarked items. Supreme Court rulings last year said sellers are not bound unless they sign, so the bill would extend state laws to non signers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Rules Committee
Senate
Supreme Court
Engineer Corps Sets Contracts For Expansions
MOBILE July 11 A large expansion program at Eglin Air Force Base Florida was shaped up with more than 6 million dollars in contracts. The Corps of Engineers awarded 3 967 000 dollars to J A Jones Construction Co for barracks at the Eglin main base. A 2 280 000 dollar contract for a steel hangar type installation building went to Paul Smith Construction Co at Eglin. About 2 900 airmen will be accommodated by the new living quarters and mess facilities. Also Andrew Dawson and Shenessey of Anniston Alabama received 146 665 dollars for an addition to a cold storage and meat packing building at Fort McClellan. Black and Greene Inc of Troy Alabama got 94 840 dollars for similar work at Camp Rucker Ozark Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Corps of Engineers
J. A. Jones Construction Co
Charlotte
N.C
Eglin Main Base
Paul Smith Construction Co
Tallahassee
Jones Construction Co
Andrew, Dawson and Shenessey
Anniston
Ala
Fort McClellan
Black and Greene, Inc
Troy
Camp Rucker
Ozark
Tibetan Lamas Practice a Modified Buddhist Path
The article describes how Tibetan lamas adopt a distinctive version of Buddhism, blending traditional rituals with adapted teachings. It highlights distinct practices, monastic roles, and the influence of regional culture on spiritual discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibet
Alabama Court of Appeals upholds conviction reversal appeal
Commissioned officer Connor loses bid as Alabama Court of Appeals refuses to reconsider a ruling that Birmingham city ordinance was unconstitutional as applied to his December hotel room incident with his secretary Christina Brown. City plans further appeal to the state Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meee Tee Edee
Sedeeos Lhce
Resend Ceadak
Alabama Court of Appeals
Connor
State Supreme Court
Alabama
Birmingham
Christina Brown
Court of Appeals
Acheson Admits No Absolute Right to Consultation
Acheson concedes there was an error and notes that there is no absolute right to be consulted, while avoiding further argument on the matter. The remark underscores a pragmatic stance in handling consultative expectations.
Sheriff's Office Gets New Clerk
Mrs. Wilda Smith Turney assumed duties as clerk in Morgan county Sheriff's office replacing ill former clerk Robert Chandler. Turney was previously with the Morgan county tax assessor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Wilda Smith Turney
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Turney
Robert Chandler
Morgan County Tax Assessor's Office
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Delaware
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Mississippi
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Jackie
White's Creek
Nashville
Tenn
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Brown's Chapel
Ola Hull
Second Ave
Engineer Corps
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Chiropractic
Pierce & Pierce Chiropractic Clinic
Morgan County National Bank
State National Bank
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