Local church gatherings and obituaries in Decatur area
Weather outlook for the state shows considerable cloudiness with possible thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Revival services begin July 21 at Oak land Presbyterian chapel with W. B. Young guest preaching, while First Presbyterian hosts a Bible school finishing its first week. Community notices include barbecues, meetings, and visits from relatives, plus final rites for Hubert S. Haynes delayed for a Navy brother and various local movements and retirements.
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Oakland Presbyterian Chapel
Tareier
W. B. Young
First Presbyterian Church
W.w.glass
Second Presbyterian Church
Newport News
William B. Young
Young
First Church
Hubert S. Haynes
Drinkard
Hartselle
Three Suspects Captured After Gun Battle on Bessemer Road
Birmingham police arrested Joe Anielek Chester Tulaj and Clarence Allen after a five mile chase ending near Bessemer. The trio loaded a stolen 600 pound safe from a drugstore into their car and fired on officers with a rifle and shotgun before being captured.
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Birmingham
Bessemer Highway
C. F. Eddins
Joe Anielek
Chester Tulaj
Detroit
Clarence Allen
Ensley
Ala
Eddins
Bessemer
Anielek
Tulaj
Allen
Lions Club Tennessee Valley Horse Show Seeks Entries
Show managers Sam Wheat and H R Sherrow visit Decatur to drum up entries for a 14 class event on July 25. More than 40 entries received at the local office as of Friday morning, with high profile South horses already entered and sales brisk. Only 37.2 ringside seats remain and reservations are by phone.
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Lions Club
Sam Wheat
H. R. Sherrow
Second Avenue
Recluse Found to Possess Fortune in Flat
Mary Frankenrich, a reclusive New York woman living in a cold $23-a-month flat, hoarded over 100000 in cash and bank deposits. Neighbors saw her barricade doors with chairs and pots while crying of robbers. she was taken to Bellevue hospital for observation, where $2558 in cash and a $934 check were found among her petticoats and undergarments.
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New York
Mary Frankenrich
Bellevue Hospital
Boy Injured Falling While Playing
Shannon Curbow five year old son of D W Curbow of Decature broke his left arm in a fall yesterday. He received treatment from a local hero and was sent home the same day.
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Shannon Curbow
D. W. Curbow
Decature
Simple Party Is Plan Fereca Quintuplet
The Diligenti quintuplets will turn three on July 15. Father Franco Diligenti plans a birthday cake with a central tower and five surrounding mini cakes, one for each child. Autographed photos of the Dionne quints arrived from Canada, while neighbors stay distant and Americans show more curiosity than Europeans.
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Larry Stuntz
AP News
Buenos Aires
Franco Diligenti
Canada
Franco, Jr
Maria
Fernanda
Carlos Alberto
Maria Esther
Maria Cristina
United States
Italy
Bikini bomb test date set for July 25 aboard McKinley
Vice Admiral Blandy named July 25 as the tentative date for Bikini's second atomic bomb detonation aimed at hull targets, with a July 19 full-dress rehearsal. He said the sub surface blast may create a 70 foot wave, radioactive clouds, and ship contamination, and that the airborne drop test was not a failure but a partial miss with future refinements.
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Uss
Mckinley
W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini
Task Force One
Bikini Island
Blandy
Nagasaki
Mukden Stop Order Failed in Tokyo War Crimes Trial
Prosecution witness in Tokyo testified a Japanese general was sent to Mukden on Sept 18 1931 to halt the Kwantung army Manchurian plot but failed to deliver explicit orders from the war minister. Lt Gen Yoshitsugu Tatekawa lingered with geisha girls as the guns roared later that night.
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Tokyo
Mukden
Kwantung Army
Ryukichi Tanaka
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Tatekawa
Tanaka
Jiro Minami
Japan
Manchuria
Kielce Pogrom in Poland Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
Reports say Kielce, a 60 000 population city with about 800 Jews, suffered the bloodiest postwar pogrom. At least 34 killed and 42 wounded as rumors of Jewish actions sparked anti Jewish violence. government forces moved in with armored cars and security police to restore order.
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Warsaw
Kielce
Poland
President Praised Washington Editorial Calls Veto a Swindle
The Democrat newpaper denounces the OPA bill veto by President Truman as a Republican swindle and praises his action as courageous. It says the veto was a signal service to the nation and to the Democratic Party in the July issue.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
The
Democrat
Truman
Senators interrupted at Tallassee ball diamond
State Senator James A. Simpson and Representatives Frank Boykin and John Sparkman pushed senatorial campaigns but were halted mid speech by Albert Holloway owner of a Tallassee Alabama Georgia League team. He said speaking in the park without permission and arranged a July Fourth game with Opelika. Both Sparkman and Boykin paused their remarks and agreed to share the remaining 22 minutes before the game.
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Associated Press
James A. Simpson
Frank Boykin
John Sparkman
Tallassee
Sparkman
Boykin
Albert Holloway
Opelika
Holloway
Ball Diamond
Independence Day Razor Slip Removes Ted Allen’s Mustache
In an interview Ted Allen describes a razor slip on Independence Day that shaved off his longtime mustache. He notes friends rarely recognize him without it and adds he will replace the facial hair as soon as possible while continuing his campaign.
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Ted Allen
Sparkman and Boykin Hit Alabama Campaign Trails
Sparkman tours Linville Heflin Oxford and Gadsden while Boykin campaigns in Montgomery and later on the road with a seven-stop itinerary. Simpson lands seven speeches after attending picnics in DeKalb and Marshall counties. The race to fill the late John H Bankhead's unexpired Senate term includes six candidates with a July 30 primary.
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Sparkman
Linville
Heflin
Oxford
Gadsden
Boykin
Montgomery
Congress
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Peace Invitations Drafted for Paris Peace Conference
Big Four foreign ministers drafted invitations for a Paris peace conference to begin July 29 to address treaties ending World War II. Britain, the United States, Italy, and Axis revolved reparations as they set the agenda for a 21 nation gathering including Australia Belgium Brazil China India and more. The final treaties will be handled after the conference as Bevin and Bidault pledge serious consideration of conferees’ advice.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Italy
Great Britain
Ted Dinies
Finland
Romania
Bulgaria
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Russia
Canada
Hina
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopia
Rance
Greece
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Ukraine
Union of South Africa
Soviet Union
United States
Yugoslavia
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Holiday Toll Joins Four Day Fourth of July
Violent deaths rose to 162 during the long Fourth of July holiday period with 73 traffic deaths, 46 drownings, and 43 from other causes. Fireworks fatalities were noted but overall toll stayed below National Safety Council forecasts. See HOLIDAY on Page 2.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
TVA Funding Delayed By House Absence In Congress
Absence of some congressmen postponed conference committee action on the government appropriations bill delaying TVA dam funding. Senate approved 17 666 000 for Wautauga and South Holston dams to be built together. Senator McKellar insists on full allowance and simultaneous construction despite TVA cautions.
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Washington
Government Corporations
Tennessee Valley Authority
East Tennessee
House
TVA
Senate
Wautauga
South Holston
McKellar
D-Tenn
Rep. Gore
Gore
Kingsport
Elizabethton
Fight saved bomb records in storm tossed flight
Philadelphia journalist Alfred M. Klein recounted a perilous Army transport flight en route Bikini Atoll when a thunderstorm over Nebraska threatened to lose vital bomb records. Scientists shielded the cases with their bodies to keep them from crashing out. The C 54 landed in Dayton and then Washington after minor repairs, piloted by Capt. Walter Ketron and navigator Lt. James A. Creighton.
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Philadelphia
Bikini
Alfred M. Klein
Philadelphia Record
Nebraska
Klein
Dayton
Washington
Walter Ketron
Kingsport
Tenn
James A. Creighton
Kittanning
Prison Guard Testifies on Kilian Order at Bad Nauheim
Lt. Granville Cubage of Oklahoma City testified that Col Kilian ordered a prisoner down to the rifle range and worked over with clubs but not to break bones. He was fined $250 for authorizing guards to club prisoners during his service at the post. The testimony opened a three week trial revealing prior reports of prisoner mistreatment under officers.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James Kilian
Lichfield
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Cubage
Ese
Decatur Quiet Fourth with Weather and Police Reports
Intermittent rain kept Decatur’s Fourth of July calm with 12 arrests and three small fires reported. The day saw one vehicle wreck, several dismissals and fines totaling 199 dollars, and a handful of minor traffic and disorderly conduct cases.
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Decatur
Ingalls
Delano Park
Lafayette Street
Moulton Street
Vine Street
Church and
Sycamore Streets
G. W. Payne
Third Avenue South
Birmingham
Dcatur Ice and Coal Company
Clarence Martir
Eaple Street
Weatherly and
Broadrick
Payne
Church Street
Martin
Sycamore Street
New Hardware Store Opens on Grant Street
A. B. Pickens announces the Pickens Willingham and Wright Hardware store opening at 115 Grant Street. The firm plans 9 am Saturday start, regular hours 7 am to 5 pm weekdays and 7 am to 7 pm Saturdays, with Thursday early close. Ownership includes Mrs Rebecca Wright and Mrs A B Pickens of Moulton.
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Pickens, Willingham and Wright Hardware
Grant Street
A. B
Grant
Rebecca Wright
Moulton
A. B. Pickens
Control of Atom Plans Are Sought
United Nations atomic subcommittee No. 1 set out to align a proposed world atomic development authority with peace enforcement functions of the Security Council. The plan aims to secure peaceful use and define how measures relate to the charter powers.
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New York
United Nations Atomic Subcommittee No. 1
World Atomic Development Authority
Porter Opposes Broad OPA Measure Claims Agency Legally Dead
Washington July 5 Senator Bridges argues the OPA is legally dead and the senate committee should not hear a $106 million extension. Porter urges a year extension closer to Truman goals while Barkley and O'Daniel clash over support. Porter flags five objectionable features and a heated, delaying fight looms over price controls and postwar policy.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Bridges
R-N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
Paul Porter
McKellar
D-Tenn
Porter
Congress
OPA
Truman
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
Kentuckian
Senate
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Banking and Currency Committee
Wherry
Secretary of Agriculture
Executive
Senate Banking Committee
Kentucky
Scene
Scher Tecmedes
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