Community diary notes and local visit updates
W H McAuley and family of Atlanta visited here over the holiday after managing the W T Grant store. Rev Mahlon Thomason and family from Elizabethton Tenn spent several days in Decatur visiting relatives. Sgt Ott C Farris of the USMC recruiting office in Florence will visit Decatur Tuesdays to set up a courthouse annex office for enlistment. Mr and Mrs E A Tillery motored to Birmingham Friday. Winston Powell of Birmingham is a weekend visitor. Paul Reynolds of Ardmore Tenn, stock car racer injured last Sunday at Birmingham fairgrounds, was reported improved Saturday at West End hospital after days of critical condition. Lieut James A Nelson leaves Monday after visiting his parents. next duty at Eglin Field. Sam Hobbs, former Decatur resident now in Huntsville, greeted friends Saturday. Cole J Young, Morgan County rabies inspector, announced his vaccination itinerary for dogs in Morgan County. place and times listed elsewhere in Sunday’s Decatur Daily. Mr and Mrs H B Spencer, Miss Marlene Spencer and Bob Spencer of Sacramento Calif are visiting Rex Rankin and James Rankin. Sheriff offices in Morgan, Lawrence, Cullman, and Limestone counties report a quiet weekend. First Baptist deacons to meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. Mrs J M Mears of Hillsboro was a Decatur visitor Saturday. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Ott C._Farris
United States Marine Corps
Florence
Decatur
Farris
U. S. Marine Corps
Paul “Reynolds
Ardmore
Tenn
Birmingham
West End Hospital
Cole J. Young
Morgan County
Drownings Lead In State Toll On July Fourth
Alabama marked the long Fourth of July weekend with 11 deaths from accidents and drownings. Seven drownings involved family and friends seeking relief from a heat wave while highway crashes added two fatalities. State police deployed all available officers and safety officials conducted a block by block traffic check.
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Associated Press
Alabama
State Highway Patrol
L. B. Sullivan
T. J. Carlisle
Pauker Ousted as Reds Tighten Hold on Romania
Vienna July report says Romanian Foreign Minister Ana Pauker was ousted in a purge ordered by Bucharest. Western observers cite Jewish background and internal power struggles. successor Simon Bughici to enforce Kremlin control as Romania remains under Soviet influence.
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Austria
Ana Pauker
Stalin
Black Sea
Bucharest
ADN
National Assembly
Simon Bughici
Moscow
Romania
Kremlin
Washington
Berlin
Ana
Michigan trio’s vacation halted by bridge incident
A 1948 Pontiac driven by Litel Owens and carrying Ida Owens and James Whitfield from Ypsilanti Michigan stalled on a Tennessee river drawbridge as it lifted. Brakes failed and the car slid onto the span before pinning between the midspan and the lifted section. Whitfield jumped free. the others climbed down rails to safety. The car remained wedged between the bridge halves as the span was lowered.
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Tennessee River
Litel Owens
James Whitfield
Ida Owens
Ypsilanti
Mich
Highway Patrol
Tuscaloosa
Whitfield
Owens
Violent Death Toll Rises Over Holiday Weekend
Violent deaths during the July Fourth period rose toward 400 as auto crashes claimed at least 226 lives before the end of the long weekend. The National Safety Council projected a total of 430 from Thursday evening through Sunday night. The toll also included 101 drownings and 42 other fatalities, marking a high Memorial Day style holiday danger.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Hide-Seek Drags On In Major Steel Strike Fight
Pittsburgh reports a 33 day steel strike with 1 025 million idle nationwide and 425 000 in allied industries. Union leader Philip Murray addresses a rally at Duquesne while CIO fails to secure talks with C F Hood. An interim pact was inked with Pittsburgh Steel Co as negotiations stall.
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Joe Bradis
Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
Watac
CIO
Philip Murray
Duquesne
C. F. Hood
Bellwether U. S. Steel
Hod
Pittsburgh Steel& Co
Rape Suspect Murphey Brindley Sought by Deputies
Two counties pursue 17 year old Murphey Brindley after a Cullman County girl accuses him of rape two weeks earlier near Jones Chapel. Sheriff Waldrop says Brindley threatened the girl to deter disclosure while she described a group outing and an abandoned house incident.
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Murphey Brindley
Addison
Brindley
Jones Chapel
Waldrop
Denmark to deliver tanker to Russia despite U S protest
Denmark plans to reject the American protest and will likely hand over the 13,000 ton tanker Apsheron to Russia under the 1948 Danish Soviet pact. The cabinet met amid speculation of rifts as Premier Eriksen missed the session and a decision was signaled for Monday.
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Oliver Clausen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
U. S
Apsheron
Burmeister and Wain Company
Niels Munch
Burmeister and Wain
Shipbuilding
Erik Eriksen
Eriksen
Agrarian Party
Oleg Bjoern Kraft
Old bomb found near Berlin site of Acheson speech
A 300 pound World War II Russian bomb was unearthed today by workmen at the West Berlin memorial library dedication site. Berlin munitions experts said the live device could have exploded at any time.
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Berlin
U.S
State Acheson
West Berlin
Eisenhower vows fighting finish for GOP nomination
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Chicago and pledged a hard fight against Taft forces and the Democratic camp to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. He assumed command of the pro Eisenhower effort and urged unity for victory.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania GOP Sees Eisenhower Support Shift Rumor
The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph reports Pennsylvania Republican leaders may switch to General Eisenhower after assurances from Governor John S. Fine. It claims 50 to 55 delegates could follow, though Fine has not confirmed and he has not stated his chosen candidate. An AP poll shows 32 Eisenhower, 35 Taft, 13 undecided.
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Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Pennsylvania
Dwight. D. Fisenhower
Gev
John S. Fine
Eisenhower
The
Sun-Telegraph
Fine
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower vows challenge to Taft delegate award at convention
Eisenhower denounces opponents tactics as a people’s convention battle looms over the Taft delegate award. He vows the fight will be joined again on the convention floor when it opens Monday. Additional details appear on Page 2.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Republican National Committee
Harmony Talk At GOP Convention In Chicago
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Sen Robert A Taft arrive in Chicago for the Republican presidential nomination fight. Eisenhower vows he will not give up while Taft pledges he will go all out. Delegates fear Taft-Eisenhower bitterness could affect November victory.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Chicago
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Robert A. Tat
Ohio
Seven Democratic Senators Back Liberal Platform
Seven Democratic Senators urged naming a liberal candidate who will not compromise on New Deal and Fair Deal principles. They endorsed a Roosevelt Truman path and called for a fighting liberal to carry the message to the country. The signatories included Murray of Montana Lehman of New York Pastore of Rhode Island Humphrey of Minnesota Magnuson of Washington.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
James E. Murray
Montana
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Warren G. Magnuson
DEMOS
Taft Arrives to Rally for Republican Nomination
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio arrives in Chicago amid bands and a Taft banner to campaign against Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the GOP presidential nomination. A Rob in egg blue Cadillac carries him to his campaign headquarters as crowds line the streets. Taft criticizes Eisenhower over Texas delegation seats and vows to press his case at the convention.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Midway Airport
Washington
Eisenhower
Dixie Republicans Prepare Fight Over FEPC Plank
Dixie Republicans ready to clash on the convention floor over a civil rights plank backing a federal Fair Employment Practices Commission. Norfolk delegate L S Parsons says Southern delegates oppose the subcommittee’s proposal to create a federal body to curb discrimination, with hearings but no punishment. He favors a federal hands-off stance and will urge the resolutions committee to reject the plank.
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Chicago
Dixieland
L.S. Parsons
Norfolk
Parsons
Ing
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Full Resolutions Committee
President Urges Elimination of AEC Rider in Supplemental Bill
President Truman asks Congress to drop a rider in a 10 billion dollar supplemental appropriation that would block specific Atomic Energy Commission projects unless fully funded. He warns the rider plus reduced AEC funds could hobble atomic military needs before adjournment.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Barkley
Senate
House
Sam Rayburn
Senate House
Atomic Energy Commission
Third Secret Parley Is Set
In Panmunjom the third secret session on prisoner exchange opened at 11 am local time amid a tense stalemate. UN negotiators kept discussions tight as Brig Gen William P Nuckols reported no raised voices and a pause in Communist propaganda. The talks considered a July 3 proposal to reclassify prisoners by nationality and area while Allies upheld voluntary repatriation.
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U. N
Reds
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