Weather outlook and local notices from Decatur area page
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a chance of scattered thundershowers tomorrow and Thursday. Choir practice at Westminster Presbyterian Church tonight. Rev Turner Davis Jr will speak at Oak Park tent revival at 30 tonight at Seventh Street and 19th Avenue. Local residents visiting relatives in Decatur and area, hospital admissions and births reported at Decatur General and Hamil clinic. Fire call at 413 Walnut reports minor clothing fire. Community programs include a singing at Hartselle Methodist and Kiwanis meeting at Alabama Flour Mills. Building permit issued for a $3000 four room house. DIARY page 2 continues.
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Turner Davis, Jr
Oak Park
Seventh Street
19Th Avenue
Kiwanis Agriculture Committee
Decatur Area
Alabama Flour Mills
Thomas F. Adams
Coal Case May Go Into Court
Government lawyers rush preparations for possible court action to stop a 40 000 miner strike in steel industry captive mines. National Labor Relations Board counsel Denham weighs whether union shop charges violate the Taft Hartley act and seeks affidavits from union and captive mine attorneys.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
NLRB
Denham
Children’s Crusade Total Is Now $1800
Morgan countians have contributed $1,817.15 to the Crusade for Children, announced today by county chairman Marvin Eubanks. He urged all campaign workers to report to finalize the effort, noting the worldwide drive aims to raise $60,000,000 for 230,000,000 needy children. Contributions can be mailed to Eubanks, Bayne Vaughn, or The Decatur Daily.
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Crusade For Children
Marvin Eubanks
Eubanks
United Nations
U. S. State Department
Mr. Eubanks
Bayne Vaughn
Decatur Daily
Cause of Carole Landis death remains mystery debated
Hollywood reports speculate on why screen star Carole Landis died by her own hand. Friends cite unhappy marriage and money troubles, while her fourth husband says there was no financial reason. Landis sued for divorce March 22, claiming extreme mental cruelty amid mounting debts.
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Carole Landis
Pacific Palisades
Los Angeles
Rex Harrison
Miss Landis
Hollywood
W. Horace Schmidlapp
Chicago
Schmidlapp
Blast Levels Vitamin Plant in Northwest Seattle
A $350,000 Lyle Branchflower vitamin plant exploded and burned in Northwest Seattle after shift end, killing Roland Stebbens and John Zenger, injuring Walker Lamp, and leaving Ira Snyder missing. Fire crews battled the blaze as authorities investigated a stills blast in the fish oil rendering process.
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Seattle
Lyle Branchflower Company
Ballard
Roland Stebbens
John Zenger
Walker Lamphere
Ira Snyder
O. E. Ericksson
R. B. Rogers
Briscoe Installed As Head Of Jaycees In Decatur
Alvis Briscoe was installed as president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Why Not cafe. State Jaycee president Bill Leavell oversaw ceremonies with new officers Ben LeDuke Gene Allford Julian Bibb Jr Mahlon Trimble and board members Dr R H Evans Marion Burke William E Steed Jr Sam J Evans Ned Frazier. Leavell urged a definite project and completion mindset and led the oath of office.
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Alvis Briscoe
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Why Not
Bill Leavell
Jaycee
Montgomery
Decature
Edward T. Merriman
Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ben LeDuke
Gene Allford
Julian Bibb Jr
Mahlon Trimble
R. H. Evans
Marion Burke
William E. Steed Jr
Sam J. Evans
Ned Frazier
Charles H. Parker
Leavell
Mobile
Decatur
Briscoe
New Officers Installed by Decatur Lions Club
Decatur Lions Club held a ceremony at Decatur Country Club to install the new officers for the Lionism year. Incoming president Ben L. Britnell received the pin from retiring leader Robert A. McMasters as district governor Munson Hinman presided and praised Lions growth since 1917.
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Decatur Lions Club
Decatur Country Club
Ben L. Britnell
Robert A. McMasters
Garrold H. Nungester
Claude Carter
Flip Timberlake
Russell Humphrey
Reneau Carrell
James C. Wade
Melvin Ozier
Gene Bailey
Wesley Cbok
Carter Dobbs
W. E. Hockinsmith
Bill Jone
Sam Wheat
Munson Hinman
Birmingham
Lions District
Mr. Hinman
Hinman
Decatur Lions
Bush Seeks Aid In Delivery Of Death Telegram
J D Bush an insurance man asks The Daily to help deliver a death telegram he received by wire. The message signed Inoch Isam came from Wetumpka Alabama and was sent to Mary Turner route one box 47 care J D Bush Tanner Alabama. Bush does not know the intended Mary Turner and hopes publication reaches the proper recipient.
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J. D. Bush
the Daily
Inoch Isam
Wetumpka
Ala
Mr. Bush
Mary Turner
Daily Office
Sistie Boettiger to wed college sweetheart at home
Anna Eleanor Sistie Boettiger, once a White House resident in 1930s, will marry Van H., a 23 year old former Navy officer, at the Boettiger home in Phoenix this afternoon. The Roosevelts trace the couple’s roots to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the White House years.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Anna Eleanor
Sistie
Boettiger
White House
Buzzie
Curtis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor
Roosevelt
Van—H
Navy
No Stampede To General To Be Permitted
President Truman moves to curb gallery attempts at next week’s Democratic convention. Police and private detectives will monitor galleries to prevent influence on delegates as talk of an Eisenhower boom lingers.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leslie L. Biffle
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Biffle
Eisenhower
Brother Of Noted Outlaw To Become Oklahoma Sheriff
E. W. Floyd brother of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd appears to win the Democratic nomination for Sequoyah county sheriff with a about 300 vote margin after Oklahoma primary returns. He faces no opposition in the November race. Pretty Boy Floyd was killed October 22, 1934, after federal agents surrounded him on a farm near East Liverpool, Ohio.
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Sallisaw
Okla
E. W. Floyd
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Sequoyah
Oklahoma
Pretty Boy
East Liverpool
Ohio
Shark Caught In Alabama River By Fireman Mathew Gray
In Montgomery Alabama Mathew Gray a black firefighter captured a four foot nine inch shark weighing about 70 pounds from the Alabama River. He and a companion struggled as they hauled the shark aboard after a 45 minute chase, during which Gray used a claw hammer to strike the line and a large hook to finish the catch.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Mathew Gray
Gray
Maxwell Field
States rights nominees loom for Birmingham meeting
Dixon predicts either Fielding Wright of Mississippi or Ben Laney of Arkansas will be picked at the states rights gathering in Birmingham on July 17. Delegates pledge to vote for the Birmingham nominee next November if Truman is the Philadelphia choice. Alabama’s 11 electors are pledged against Truman amid reservations by Mississippi’s delegation.
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Dixon
Ben Laney
Fielding Wright
Birmingham
Truman
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Arkansas
Frank M. Dixon
States ‘Rights Committee
Philadelphia
Alabama
State Vows Supreme Court Fight Over Rail Fares
Alabama Public Service Commission leader President Gordon Persons says the state will seek the U S Supreme Court if needed to block a proposed passenger fare hike. The ICC scheduled a public hearing for July 23 after carriers appealed a denied intrastate rate rise. Current coach and sleeping-car rates would rise from 2.2 to 2.5 cents per mile and 3.3 to 3.5 cents respectively if approved.
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Montgomery
Alabama
U. S. Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Court Grind Deliberations Mark First Session Case
A civil suit filed by Ed Fowler against James R McCutcheon et al opened in circuit court with jury deliberations underway. Judge James H Crow presides as Morgan County grand jury proceeds with 18 members under foreman Chester L Holland of the state Highway Department and Danville Hartselle residents listed among the panel.
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Ed Fowler
James R. McCutcheon
James H. Crow
Morgan County Grand Jury
Chester L. Holland
Decature
State Highway Department
Grand Jury
J. Terry Aycock
Hartselle
J. Claude .Boger
Danville
Amos M. Holcomb
Baileyton
Coles F. Holesapple
Fifth Avenue W
Wiley T. Jones
Arthur C. Lee
James Orville Long
Elmer E. Martin
Ernest L. McAbee
Robert M. Mc
Iron Lung Ready For Use If Needed Here
The Decatur Kiwanis club had the iron lung made ready for immediate use here as a precaution amid poliomyelitis reports in North Carolina Florida and Alabama. Fire Chief Elkins and his team renewed gaskets and prepared the device stored at the fire department for instant operation if required.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Elkins
William S Perry to lead Alabama Legion for year
William S. Perry of Camden won the Alabama American Legion command una opposed as the 30th annual convention closed in Montgomery. Arch Ferrell won the vice commander post after Carl Griffin withdrew. Mrs. C O Ellis of Birmingham became Legion Auxiliary president. Delegates defeated a World War II veteran bonus and approved a discipline resolution linked to a Bessemer Scout camp incident. The body recommended George Cleere receive the Legion's distinguished service medal. Seem was re elected to the executive committee by a slim margin.
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Montgomery
Ala
William S. Prry
Camden
Alabama
American Legion
Arch Ferrell
Phenix
Carl Griffin
Griffin
C. O. Ellis
Birmingham
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Selma Post al
Au. Ev
David R. Solomon
Bessemer
National Legion Headquarters
George George Cleere
Seem
David S. M. Unger
Allied Planes Begin Carrying Coal To Berlin
U S planes loaded coal today for flight to besieged Berlin as the Kremlin notes demanded an end to the blockade. Moscow said Albania fenced its frontier with Yugoslavia and rejected a Yugoslav demand to resume trade.
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Berlin
Associated Press
U. S
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Albania
Yugoslavia
Benes
U. S. State Department
Romania
Bulgaria
Russia
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine
Foreign Office
Haifa
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
United Nations
Britain
Security Council
Chile
Port-Au-Prince
Peiping
France
Washington
Canada
Pravda
Low Countries
Germany
Man Pleads Guilty and Seeks Probation in Liquor Case
John Paul Jones pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell to manufacturing liquor or possessing a still and asked for probation. Jones was arrested December 16 1947 and a probation hearing is set for July 20 at 3 PM before Judge Powell.
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John. Paul Jones
Newton B. Powell
Jones
Powell
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