Weather Outlook and Local Notices Across Decatur
Cloudy periods with scattered daytime thunder showers and southerly winds. Births include a son Micheal Duane to Mr and Mrs Charles Maynard of Burl New York. Several local residents announce hospital admissions baptisms and church activities with visits from out of town. New laundry plant planned in Gadsden by W A Daugherty and John J Denny. Clergy announce sermons on Middle Age turning to God and the Great Commission at Central Methodist Memorial Drive Methodist and St Johns Episcopal churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Maynard
Burl, N. Y
Micheal Duane
Maynard
Magnolia Bartlett
City
William R. Bartlett
North Ave
Gadsden
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
David
Truman Sets Up Steel Fact-Finding Board Amid Pressure
President Truman seeks a three member steel fact-finding board to examine the wage dispute with United States Steel, Republic and Bethlehem, warning the firms to reconsider their rejection of a 60 day strike truce. CIO head Philip Murray vows to order a strike on firms resisting the plan. The White House notes the board will lack power to enforce a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
White House
Truman
Charles Ross
Ross
United States Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Mr. Truman
Philip Murray
National Health Or Safety
Defense Renews Plea Klan Leader Is In Jail Unlawfully
Defense lawyers urged the Alabama Supreme Court that KKK leader William Hugh Morris was unlawfully jailed for contempt after refusing to turn over KKK membership records to a Jefferson County grand jury. Morris, director of Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc, said the records were secret. Judge Wheeler ordered jail until compliance. The argument focused on lack of a Birmingham subpoena and court authority, with heated exchanges between counsel and Justice Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alt
Ku Klux Klan
State Supreme Court
William Hugh Morris
KKK
Jefferson County
Morris
Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc
Grand
Robert J. Wheeler
Wheeler
Hugh Locke
Birmingham
Locke
Joel Brown
Grand Jury
Freedom of Assembly
Brown
Carmichael
House Moves To Recognize Military Fund
Washington July 14 with a 27 to 0 vote the house armed services committee approved a major reorganization of military spending. It sent to the house a plan to establish a comptroller in the office of the Secretary of Defense with sweeping budget authority as the defense budget nears 16 million dollars. The measure aims to accomplish the unification bill’s goals and may be aided by an executive order from President Truman. The committee also debated bringing Paul Robeson before the Un-American Activities Committee and the Senate wrestled with the North Atlantic treaty obligations and possible arms aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
House
Secretary of Defense
Vinson
D-Ga
Truman
Congress
Robeson
Capitol
House un-American Activities Committee
Paul Robeson
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
Russia
Moulder
D-Mo
Wood
Dga
Senate
Europe
Civil Rights Bills Fought In Senate Hearing
Southerners bitterly opposed civil rights legislation at a senate judiciary committee hearing. The bill would create a civil rights commission strengthen enforcement and ban segregation in interstate transportation. Leander Perez criticized the measure while Kemp disputed its aims as a bid to destroy state rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Department of Justice
Kemp
Congress
South
Long
Decree Gives Gal Custody Of Ex Husband
A Mobile waitress won a divorce today and was startled to read she had been awarded custody of her ex husband. Her attorney moved to correct the typographical error and she was actually awarded custody of a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Lines Tighten In Church Row In Eastern Europe
The Associated Press reports escalating church state clashes in Eastern Europe as Pope Pius XII excommunicates Catholics who embrace communism. Poland and Czechoslovakia see government actions against church influence while authorities threaten prosecutions over alleged miracles and rumors. Meanwhile London dock workers strike, with 4,500 soldiers deployed as 14,000 remain idle amid communist accusations. See LINES on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Europe
Pius XII
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Vatican
Poland
Lublin
London
Clement Attlee
Allen Facing More Charges Against Alton Allen
Alton Allen, 28, held in Lawrence County on forgery charges, is sought by Missouri authorities on robbery and auto theft warrants. Sheriff Chief Deputy Fred Riley said officers received word via a Pemiscot County call and Missouri requests extradition review. Allen was detained by Lawrence County yesterday on forgery charges and a liquor law violation. he was arrested by Courtland police and turned over to county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Allen
Lawrence County
Missouri
Fred Riley
Riley
Pemiscott County
Caruthersville
Moulton
Courtland
Sheriff's Office
Britain Cuts Buying Again
London July 14 Britain's imports from dollar area countries will be limited to 1.2 billion dollars this year a 25 reduction from 1948 levels. Sir Stafford Cripps announced cuts in U S tobacco purchases and a sugar ration cut from 10 to eight ounces weekly with candy ration reimposed August 14 The candy weekly allotment remains four ounces per person and tobacco purchases were cut by 80 million of 440 million earmarked reducing American tobacco access by about five percent as cigarette shortages persist and tobacco store queues remain common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
United States
Cripps
U. S
Woman killed by hair caught in electric fence
In Pulaski Tennessee on July 14 Mrs Cullie Collins aged 54 was found dead at a farm home near Aspen Hill with strands of her hair caught in an electrified fence. Dr J A Spear said she apparently died of electric shock though the exact cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski
Tenn
Cullie Colllins
Oe Farm
Aspen Hill
J. A. Spear
President Truman attacks on self interests trigger Congress clash
President Truman criticized self serving interests urging deep federal cuts while urging production expansion to avert a recession. He warned selfish groups would drive the nation into the ditch, a point met with mixed Congress reactions from Pepper praising his logic to broad Republican criticism of tax cuts and anti inflation plans. The address coincided with a Senate debate and pressure to trim federal spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wherry
R-Neb
United States
Congress
Dulles
Sparkman
D-Ala
Washington
Truman
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Orders Banning Levy in Lawrence County Courthouse Tax Case
Lawrence county issued orders barring further collection of the three mill courthouse tax. Ernest Shelton says the injunction covers 44,500 of a 130,000 bond fund, from 1936, for principal and interest. The injunction follows a Supreme Court decision upholding Circuit Judge Crow’s ruling in Rep. J. B. Richardson’s case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Ernest Shelton
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Circuit
James H. Crow Jr
Rep
J. B
Doc) Richardson
Crow
State Supreme Court
Suit Heard In Morgan Court Over 30000 Damages
The Morgan circuit court opened testimony in a 30000 damage suit filed by B Frank Chenault against Decatur Transit. Chenault claims a bus parked near Second Avenue and Grant Street rolled into 107 Grant Street on December 19 1948 causing damage and a $7000 loan loss. The plaintiff's attorney is William L Chenault. Eyster and Eyster represent the transit company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Circuit
B. Frank Chenault
Decatur Transit
Chenault
Grant Street
Second Avenue
William L. Chenault
Eyster
Charlie Beckus
Elizabeth Cottrell
Reuben Yates
Standard Oil Company
Yates
Fun Day Fish Fry Postponed At Wheel Er Dam
The Fun Day fish fry planned by local merchants at Wheel er Dam today has been temporarily postponed due to bad weather. An update on the rescheduled date will be announced later by Bill Sims, chamber of commerce secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Dam
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Flying saucer club sets national convention dates
In Alexandria on July 14 P the group tentatively sets December 10 and 11 as the dates for the national convention of I-Saw-A-Flying-Dis clubs. Members in eleven states express interest and representatives of two government agencies indicated they would attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Low Flying Cited Over Plane Crash Near Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board officials say a non-scheduled Standard Airlines C-46 Commando crash near the Santa Susana Mountains was caused by low flying and not a fight. The disaster killed 35 and injured 14, with stewardess Charlotte Grenander identifying a passenger as Frank Conway from Albany New York and noting the aircraft was 2000 feet below proper altitude during approach to Lockheed terminal in Burbank. Captain Roy G White reportedly spoke to Conway before the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Airlines
Los Angeles
Pi— Civil Aeronautics Board
Charlotte Grenander
Santa Susana Mountains
Frank Conway
Albany
N. Y
Delay Seen in Housing Plans for Decatur
Mayor H. R. Summer said Decatur will hear on its federal housing funds application by the first of the year as the government sets up machinery for the $810,000 low housing program. Charles Parker of the federal housing authority notes renewals will revise cost estimates for 389 units, a 1945 petition. The original Decatur housing authority board is reinstated with Summer as ex-officio member. new fill for Charles Ed Howell’s seat pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Summer
Decatur
Gadsden
Charles Parker
Federal Housing Authority
Eaild
Parker
Decatur Housing Authority
Summer
Charles Ed Howell
Ben Britnell
W. W. Dinsmore
F. O. Smith
C. E. Poole
Fifty-Cent Debt Blamed in Fatal Belle Mina Row
A 20-year old Limestone Negro is sought in the fatal stabbing of Clifford Williams, 19, over a 50-cent debt. The homicide occurred about 7:30 pm Wednesday at the Belle Mina railway depot, seven miles east of Decatur. Williams bled to death after his jugular vein was severed. the suspect is described as dark-skinned, about six feet tall, 160 pounds, and fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Williams
Williams
John Sandlin
Belle Mina
Decatur
Sandlin
Governor Says He Will Veto Economy Bills
Governor James E. Folsom urged the house judiciary committee to kill 17 economy bills arguing they would not save money or improve efficiency. He warned of near chaos in state finances and said he would veto the measures, urging the committee to either kill them or re refer them to the ways and means panel. See GOVERNOR on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
House Judiciary Committee
Folsom
Senate
Judiciary Committee
State Revenue Department
E. L. Roberts
Etowah
Franklin C. Evans
Choctaw
J. W. Brussell
Russell
Norman Harris
Morgan
Pelham Merrill
Cleburne
Ways and Means
Gov. Folsom
Westerndny
James V. Jordan
Jordan
Hospital Bids Delayed For Limestone General
The Limestone general hospital project bids were moved from July 19 to July 27 to give contractors more time for estimates. Funds come from a 1948 bond issue approved by Limestone voters, sold at 91. points above par with 2 1/2 percent interest. The 2-year serial bonds are backed by a two mill ad valorem tax. The hospital, a 530-bed facility, will sit on five acres in western Athens on Buck Island Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limestone General Hospital
Melvin Holt
Limestone Board of Revenue and Control
Holt
Limestone
Athens
Buck Island Road
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Commaone
Aubey C. Bonnett
USN
Loyce Bonnett
Third East High School
Cullman
Crete
Coral Sea
J. E. Hogan
David McElroy
Lawrence Pruitt
John
Pacolet
South Carolina
Bob Jones
Bob Jones University
Elmer Piper
Greenville
Ellis E. Brown
Don and
Jerry
Danville
Mrs. R. F. Brothers
Painesville
Ohio
Thomas Pruitt
Hartseller
Decatur General Hospital
Eula Mae Ratliff
13 Avenue East
B. W. Fuqua
Rogersville
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Hamil Clinic
James Noe
Fourth Avenue West
Olen McBride
Kenneth Johnson
Hartselle
John W. Anglea
Falkville
FE. N. Owens
Ninth Avenue South
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Thomas Smith
Boyles Street
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Lou Lemmond
Falkville 1
Southside Baptist Church
L. T. Wagnon
Morgan County
John Parish
Auburn
Eugene M. Chapman
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
D. H. McClellan
Decatur 2
R. L. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
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Beatie
Try For Steel
Comptroller
Will
Allen
James N. Peyton
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Peyton
Willie James Ca
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