Decatur Daily Weather and Notices Snapshot
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs C B Bryson from Effingham Ill and the Chenaults from Painesville Ohio. A girl born at Hamil Clinic hospital to Mr and Mrs James M Noe. Sheriff reports eight arrests for vagrancy and 17 weekend arrests. Building permit issued for 1,058,000 to Forcum James Co for a new high school. Police log notes multiple injuries and hospital admissions. See DIARY on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Noe
Fourth Avenue West
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Forcum-James Co
Memphis
Somerville Road
Brookside Police Chief Among Four Held in Mob Violence Probe
Four men including Brookside Alabama chief of police were arrested on grand jury charges tied to masked mob violence. Warrants for 10 more indicted by the jury were in the sheriff’s hands. the panel returned 44 indictments on multiple counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Brookside
Sherff
European Aid Fund Cut by Senate Group Compromise Reached
The Senate appropriations committee approved a 10 percent cut to the European recovery program funding, agreeing to 3.778 billion dollars to finance continued Marshall Plan operations. The cut of 420.62 million comes from the ECA recovery budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, with Hoffman seeking 4.198 billion and the House proposing 3.568 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul Hoffman
House
Senator McKellar
D, Tenn
Hoffman
McKellar
Bridges
N.H
England
Russia
Argentina
Truman Shifts Stand to Plead For More Jobs
President Truman reversed his demand for a 4 billion tax increase and sent a mid year economic report to Congress. He argued no major tax rise now, cited a lagging economy in parts, and proposed 11 laws to create jobs, expand social programs, and loosen lending, while predicting robust growth ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Congress
Urgent DAV Plea for Blood Donors
The DAV issued an urgent plea for blood donors here with at least 100 needed immediately of all types. Since January nearly 400 transfusions have been provided by the DAV Blood Donors club, but current supply is dangerously low. Donors should contact Cliff Odom at 287 or George Mills at 931 to arrange contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAV
DAV Blood Donors Club
Cliff Odom
George Mills
Soviets Choke Traffic Again In Berlin Blockade
The Associated Press reports Soviet authorities have cut Western truck traffic to Berlin to a trickle, closing most routes and leaving only Helmstedt with about 96 trucks daily. The move heightens Berlin’s isolation amid upcoming four power talks and reinforces reliance on the airlift. Tito plans to seal off his Greece border in a separate shift, while a Czech palace visitor claims Archbishop Beran is a prisoner under police guard. Britain seeks a dollar-fix by September after treasury talks with Cripps and Abbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paris
Helmstedt
Tito
Yugoslavia
Greece
Moscow
Athens
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Britain
John W. Snyder
U. S
Loot Taken by Home Burglar
A box of jewelry and a table model radio were stolen after a burglar picked the back door lock and entered the home at 6 30. Miss Brown found all doors open at 9 p m and valuables missing. No arrest has been made, police reported.
Man Hunt for Roy James in Truck Theft Case
An intensive search for Roy James, 33, by Limestone and Morgan county authorities and state investigators follows the theft of a 1941 pickup from D James in South Limestone. The truck wrecked on Mooresville Madison road and James is believed en route to Danville. description includes blond hair, blue eyes, 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, white shirt and brown pants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy James
Limestone, Morgan
Limestone County
Pryor
Trinity Mountain
James
R. A. Troupe
Morgan County
Danville
Troupe
Trinity
Grantland
Limestone
John Sandlin
D. James
Mooresville
Madison
Sandlin
Morgan Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
Funds Sought For Coliseum In Decatur Drive
Coliseum board chair Charles Rountree said the group will go into the field to raise funds needed to finish the exhibit site. A minimum of 5 000 dollars is needed, about 10 000 could finish it. The state agriculture center board will match local funds two to one up to 5 000 dollars. If Decatur raises 1 666, the center board supplies 3 334 to reach 5 000. Needs include seating for 2 000, drainage, and a connecting roadway. Attending the meeting were Rountree, Emmette Barran, and other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coliseum Board
Charles Rountree
Rountree
State Agriculture Center Board
Decatur
State Center Board
Emmette Barran
Planning Board to Meet Tonight for Zoning Discussion
Planning Board in West Decatur gathers to discuss zoning tonight at 7 30 in the city office. Quince Eddens chairs the session focusing on municipal zoning changes and implications for local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Electric
T Quince
Beating Probe In Shelby County Woman Assault
Shelby County Sheriff Luther Bozeman says two masked men beat Mrs. Flo Goodman, widow of a Birmingham druggist, at her home. The woman fled to another community, fearing a return by her assailants who wore masks but no robes. The motive remains unknown as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbiana
Ala
Luther Bozeman
Shelby County
Bozeman
Flo Goodman
Birmingham
Shelby
Brookside chief charged with witness intimidation
Elmer Brock police chief of Brookside faced charges of intimidation of a witness and neglect of duty, posting a $300 bond in each case. Also arrested were Robert E. Chambliss, 45, a Birmingham garage repairman. William A. Byrd, Birmingham, brother in law of Navy Veteran Billy Guyton Stovall who was flogged June 13. and Melvin Fields of Birmingham. All four held on $1,000 bond for flogging while masked. Chambliss had been suspended for 10 days earlier over threats against Black residents moving into a white Birmingham area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Brock
Brookside
Robert E. Chambliss
City of Birmingham
William A. Byrd
Birmingham
Billy Guyton Stovall
Melvin Fields
Court Weighs Morris Plea In Contempt Case
In Montgomery Alabama the state supreme court considered releasing William Hugh Morris a Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc official jailed in Birmingham for contempt after he refused a grand jury list. Hugh Locke Morris attorney argued innocence and that discharge of the jury ends contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
Birmingham
William Hugh Morris
Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc
Supreme Court
Hugh Locke
Morris
Texas Governor Jester Dies On Train In Houston
Beauford H. Jester 56 serving his second Texas term was found dead in his sleeping car berth in Houston. He had left Austin for a Galveston medical checkup and planned rest after the 51st legislature. Lieutenant Governor Shivers to succeed him. Official ruling: natural causes likely a coronary occlusion. Jester had battled illness from food poisoning late in the session. body found by Pullman porter at 7:30 a.m. Jester widowed with three children and a grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Austin
Galveston
Allan Shivers
Jester
Corsicana
Stockman
Saivers
Justice of Peace
Tom Maes
H. L. Evans
Southern Pacific Hospital
Maes
Pullman Porter
Charlie Jimmerson
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Mabel Buchanan
Texarkana
James Buchanan
Tennis Sparkman Heads Morgan County Singing Convention
Sparkman of Decatur was elected president for the next term, his fifth as leader of the Morgan County Singing Convention founded in 1911. Milford Roan, John Grizzard, Clyde Marshall, and R. L. McDonald were named officers as the group plans a two day Union Hill meeting in October and renewed efforts to resume prewar sessions.
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Sparkman
Decatur
Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Milford Roan
John Grizzard
Clyde Marshall
Wheeler Lake
R. L. McDonald
Austinville
Union Hill
Labor Leader Guard Missing in Milwaukee
Walter Reuther's guard Matt Evans 31, missing since Saturday night while driving from Milwaukee to Madison to visit an Air Force buddy. Evans borrowed a car from Cy O'Halloran as six plainclothes officers guard Reuther at the international convention. Evans and Glenn Brayton were chosen after an April 1948 assassination attempt. Reuther remains wounded and his brother Victor was injured in a separate incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Walter Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Matt Evans
Air Force
Madison
Cy O'Halloran
Los Angeles
UAW
Adolph Graemer
Milwaukee Police Department
Evans
Hubert Dax
Reuther
Glenn Brayton
Union
International Board
Detroit
Victor
Highland Park Chrysler
Brayton
Kaiser-Frazer
Vice Consul Case Cited as Warning To Foreigners
In Shanghai a jailed U S vice consul was cited by a communist paper as a warning to foreigners after a traffic dispute. John Cabot said Olive was beaten by police and jailed after being taken to a precinct with a consular jeep tangled in a parade. The Liberation Daily denounced imperial provocation and urged no arrogance toward Chinese nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U. S
Red China
U.S
John Cabot
Olive
The
Liberation Daily
China
Alabama Fugitive Prevented From Hanging Self
An Alabama Kilby prison fugitive, 26 year old B H McWhorter, was found hanging by a blanket from an iron pipe in an Atlanta city jail. Turnkey P Martin removed him and he was treated at Grady hospital for a neck bruise before being returned to his cell and held for extradition to Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Alabama
Kilby
P. Martin
B. H. McWhorter
McWhorter
Grady Hospital
Two People Dead In Traffic Mishaps
Two fatalities occurred in Birmingham traffic incidents. A six year old girl, Virginia Smith of Anniston, died after being struck by a car on Saturday. The other victim was identified as Pletcher St, with limited details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Virginia Smith
Anniston
Pletcher St
Truman to deliver economic message by radio and TV
President Truman will speak to the nation on Wednesday night July 13 at 9 30 p m over all four major networks and on television. The White House announced the Chief Executive will address the nation in a radio and television address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
Truman Economic Plan Seeks Prosperity Through Tax Cuts
President Truman told Congress that unemployment and low production must be reversed by positive private and public actions. The President’s advisers were cautiously optimistic, backing action to boost liquidity and pursue limited tax increases only on estate and gifts while removing transportation taxes and liberalizing loss carryovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
Miss Harrison Narrowly Escapes Lightning Strike
Miss Margie Elien Harrison, 17, daughter of Mrs. T. R. Harrison and the late Mayor Harrison, escaped serious injury when her Woodland Road home was struck by lightning about 1 30 p m Sunday. She was unconscious briefly after the blast and treated for shock and burns. doctors said she would be sore for days but suffer no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Elien Harrison
T. R. Harrison
Mayor Harrison
Woodland Road
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Albert Clapton
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New Orleans
R. C. Henderson
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Quinnie White
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Decatur General Hospital
J. F. English
Decatur 1
Dwight Chenault
Painsville, O
A. W. Chenault
E. P. Luker
TVA
Hamil Clinic
Ivan Sams Jr
Henry McBride
Sixth Avenue
A. L. Moye
West Moulton Street
J. H. Woodall
Alvis Whitehead
Robert
Daytona Beach
Fila
Ed Johnson
Bob
Guy Matthews
Nashville
W. P. Roberts
Veterans Hospital
Avery Taylor
Springfield
C. B. Humphrey
J. W. Gillespie
Sixth Avenue West
Riply
Miss
Ronald Henley
Tenn
E. H. Drake
J. C. Gann
Jean
Jean Fiedlein
Williston Park
Long Island
Post Pond
East Willington
N. Y
Brannan
By Ken Reynolds
Soviets
Reds
Associated Press
Chambliss
Porter
Will
County Singers
Harrison
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