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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1952
Page
3
Republicans closed a turbulent week at the Chicago convention amid Southern delegate fights and ongoing attacks on Dewey. Taft faced setbacks as Eisenhower supporters framed the race as a moral choice for the party with Dewey as the unseen power behind the scenes.
William T. Grisholm a seaman in the USN and son of Mr and Mrs G H Grisholm of 141 Bethel Road Hart selle serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines. He sails on a two month European training cruise for midshipmen from the naval academy and 28 naval reserve officers training corps units. The crew will teach the midshipmen ship work and watches while the ship stops at Bergen Norway Portland England and Guantanamo Bay Cuba before returning to Norfolk Virginia in August.
In Pinckneyville Illinois a 3 year old Spitz mix dog named Fritzie saved the Louis Troys by waking them during a night fire in a mechanical cooler near the dog’s sleeping area. Neighbors helped remove the fire safely outside.
Captain Ed Bowman reports a high number of transient cases in June with varied needs. A couple seeking lodging. a deserting husband and pregnant wife aided with maternity hospital care and return to Nebraska. a crutch user given lodging and meals. and a nameless exhausted man found on a bench who gradually improves under care.
Three inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester sealed themselves inside soap barrels in a failed escape attempt. Guards discovered the makeshift shelter and freed them, with no serious injuries reported.
London lawmakers demand ouster of the Church of England figure nicknamed the Red Dean after he accused Americans of waging germ warfare in Korea. The treason suggestion sparked sharp parliamentary debate and renewed calls for his removal.
The National Geographic Society reports that beef wool and other animal products make up about 85 percent of Uruguay's exports.
Charles W. Cox named superintendent of construction to replace Robert I. Hayes at Chemstrand Decatur project. Hayes to rejoin Monsanto after July 15 with farewell party tonight. Hayes native of Somerville Massachusetts and Tufts graduate. Cox, Chester Pennsylvania native, to become plant engineer after project completion.
A 17yearold Montgomery county farm boy was elected state 4 H Club president by 268 delegates at the Alabama 4 H camp in Auburn Ed Young son of Mr and Mrs E P Young of Snowdon will lead the 128000member organization succeeding Bobby Bridgeman of Eclectic Other state officers named were Leigh Rickard Florence Rt 5 Sue Meadows West Point Ga Rt 5 Brown Eastman Gordon Rt 2 Bobby Aderholt Haleyville Rt 3 secretary Jean Talley Lincoln treasurer Nell Pinton Hissop reporter and Franklin Wilson Georgiana 1 song leader A candlelighting ceremony will close the camp tonight with about 50 club members participating.
City gas inspector Bill Freeman urged appliance dealers plumbers and gas fitters to apply for the gas fitters certificate of competency before July 15 with a six month waiting period before exams. Exams likely in July with date to be announced. Applications available at the city clerk's office in city hall.
Western powers submitted a joint proposal to Russia calling for a limited meeting to form an impartial commission to determine if free elections can be held in divided Germany. The plan requires prior agreement that any peace settlement rests on genuinely free elections in the Soviet zone and a free all German government. Moscow has not accepted and Western diplomats doubt Kremlin consent.
Former Commander Joe Starnes will install officers of the Morgan county American Legion post Monday night. Ed White, retiring commander, announced the program begins at eight with supper for members. Plaques will be awarded to J. D. Collins and R. C. Davis for work in the membership drive as the Alabama department reports top service and the Northern area tops in the state program.
The annual Hatton picnic on July 17 will feature speakers Emmett Perry Clarence C Horton and R G Arnold. Entertainment includes Moulton High school band Rebe and Rabe with the Happy Valley Boys and Joe Rumore. Proceeds support local schools alongside baseball games between top North Alabama teams.
The worst rain storms in 40 years in the Osaka region killed 49 persons and injured 67 last night and today, with 22 people reported missing, police reported.
Chicago dispatch reports a long power derby at the Republican meeting as five candidate groups produced noisy demonstrations lasting hours. Among them were backers for Robert Taft Eisenhower Warren Stassen MacArthur with bands, banners, and flashing costumes while crowds cheered or jeered in aisles.
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