Local hospital dismissals and visits reported
Dismissals today from Ellis-Meyer hospital include AND MINE Mrs Elkton Blaxton and son Moulton 2. Many family visits are noted with relatives in Oklahoma Maryville and Danville. Birth announcement at Baugh-Wiley clinic and three Tennessee Valley sailors returning from Korea are mentioned along with several local residents receiving care. See DIARY On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton Blaxton
Moulton 2
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Roy Roberts
Oklahoma
Aliceberts
Maryville
Tenn
Item
Clyde Roberts
Smoky Mountains
Uss
Saint Paul
Tennessee Valley
Buster Davis
USN
Jesse W. Davis
Rogersville
Oneater Davis
Lexington
Billy H. French
James H. French
Mary L. French
William D. Howard
Leroy Hartselle
Lewis Leroy Hartselle
Hartselle
Clifford E. Penney
West Moulton Street
Hafford Fairbanks
Decatur
Byrd Wins Big in Virginia Democratic Primary
Senator Harry F. Byrd defeats Francis Pickens Miller in Virginia's Democratic primary. With 1,673 of 1,783 precincts reported, Byrd leads 210,625 to 124,803 and gains a strong position for the state convention in Roanoke where 28 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be chosen. Byrd backs Senator Richard Russell of Georgia for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Roanoke
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
President Truman goes to Walter Reed for check up
President Truman enters Walter Reed hospital for a mild virus infection. Press Secretary Joseph Short says the virus is largely cleared and the President may stay two or three days. he was able to shave and dress himself before admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Joseph Short
Short
White House
Wallace Graham
Carrier Planes Hit Red Plants in Korea Front Action
American carrier planes targeted Changjin Reservoir area while the battleship Iowa attacked rail yards and coastal guns. Fifth Air Force reports a Sabre jet downing a Communist aircraft amid clashes with over 50 MIGs. Captain Arthur H. McCarthy of Dearborn Michigan credited with the kill. Nineteen ground combat saw U N infantry defend a hill position against a night tank assault as sporadic skirmishes continued on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Changjin
Korea
Iowa
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. N
The Case of the Shattered Windshield
At 11 08 A M yesterday on Holly Street and Sixth Avenue NE a pipe mounted on a 1950 Diamond T truck struck the right lower corner of a 1951 Oldsmobile sedan windshield owned and driven by Mrs Bob McWhorter. The truck driver was Henry Johnson. The truck owner is G A Blackwell of Danville Road and the truck belongs to Decatur Pump and Supply Co. Investigators W C Hunter and Horace Standridge described the crash. The only damage was to the windshield and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Street
Sixth Avenue
Bob McWhorter
Sherman Street
Henry Johnson
Newcomb Street
G. A. Blackwell
Decatur Pump and Supply Company
Danville Road
W. .C. Hunter
Horace Standridge
Sixth
FBI Probe Sought Over Lapeer Eviction Strife
Lapeer Michigan mayor W E Bowden asked the FBI to investigate possible subversive influence in the eviction dispute. The move followed sympathizers of widow Elizabeth Stevens moving property back onto her padlocked farm in defiance of sheriff's orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapeer, Mich
Lapeer
FBI
Lapeer County
W. E. Bowden
Elizabeth Stevens
Polio outbreak toll rises in Calhoun County
In Anniston a housewife Mrs. Virgil Coker 27 died from polio after her two sons Virgil Jr 5 and Joseph 8 months were reported recovering. The 11th polio death in the county prompted cancellations of children activities and Red Cross bloodmobile postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Virgil Coker
Virgil Jr
Joseph
Mary Cross
Calhoun County
Red Cross
County Health Department
Building Curbs May Be Eased
Washington reports indicate government may ease required cash down payments for homes by September or August if housing starts stay under 1.2 million annually. Federal Reserve Board and HHFA expect a five percent down payment not later than October 1, benefiting buyers of higher priced homes in the 25 thousand dollar plus bracket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Housing Credit
Federal Reserve Board
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
Death Toll Still Showing Decrease in State Reports
Montgomery July 16 reported by the State Highway Patrol shows yesterday’s 13 accidents with 10 injuries 1 death and 5005 dollars damage. A delayed fatality from a July 12 crash raised the toll. compare to last year when 27 accidents 14 injuries 2 deaths and 8580 dollars damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Highway Patrol
Public Urges Citizens to Aid in Burglary Hunt
Public asked to cooperate with police to halt a summer series of burglaries in Decatur. Chief J B Whitmire warns not to use lights to avoid scaring burglars and to call police immediately. Latest break in was at 213 Church Street NE where Frances Nungester slept as burglars took her purse containing cash, rail tickets, glasses, and documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Lisby
Decatur
J.B. Whitmire
Whitmire
R. C. Nungester
Church Street
Frances Nungester
AEA
Millard
Policy Group To Meet Monday
The CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee, 170 members, meets in Pittsburgh Monday to decide the union’s course in the 45 day strike. President Murray and Bethlehem Steel VP Larkin issued a joint statement noting no common ground on the union shop issue and uncertainty over next moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Philip Murray
Murray
Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
White House
John R. Steelman
Stevenson Seen Having Blocked Draft Chances
Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson continues to deny seeking the Democratic nomination. President Truman silent on backing while Kefauver Russell Harriman Kerr Barkley lead AP delegate counts. Connecticut debate introduces Farley as a possible second choice. Ewing urged to run by Black leaders but declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Truman
Thomas J. Gavin
Kansas City
Gavin
White House
McKinney
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Averell Harriman
New York
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Alben Barkley
Associated Press
Kefauver
Russell
Mississippi
Texas
Harriman
Kerr
Barkley
Connecticut
Michael V. Blansfield
James A
Browning
Gael Sullivan
Lee Stevenson
Red China accepts Geneva germ warfare ban on condition
Tokyo July 16 Red China conditionally recognizes the Geneva conventions banning germ warfare and prisoner treatment rules. Peiping radio broadcasts prompted UN officials in Tokyo and Korea to refrain from official comment. Observers saw implications for Korean armistice talks and U S germ warfare charges. Foreign Minister Chou En-lai was quoted in the broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Red China
United Nations
Korea
Peiping Radio
Peiping
Chou
Voice Of America to raise loudness with new transmitters
The State Department announced Voice of America will be amplified now that Russians cannot learn about life in the United States from Amerika magazine, which has been suspended. Radio programs behind the Iron Curtain will be intensified with new transmitters added languages and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Voice of America
W. A
Amerika
Iron Curtain
State Caucus Set Sunday In Alabama Delegation Split
Alabama delegates to the Democratic National Convention hold a Sunday caucus to decide the presidential nomination. The Alabama group, chaired by Sen. Lister Hill, is split between Russell and Kefauver backers with Hill and Sen. John Sparkman on the Russell side. Lt. Gov. James B. Allen and Mayor Cooper Green support Kefauver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Birmingham
Chicago
Congress Hotel
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Lister Hill
Russell
Hill
Sen. Hill
U. S
John Sparkman
Sparkman
James B. Allen
Cooper Green
Three-Vehicle Crash Injures One at Downtown Intersection
At the corner of Fourth Avenue and Johnston Street at 10 AM yesterday a three car collision left Cashin Wheeler with a finger injury. The involved vehicles were a 1949 Mercury convertible, a 1950 GMC pickup owned by Ryan Tire and Battery, and a 1947 Chevrolet coupe driven by Robert Hobson. Police described the sequence with the Chevrolet ramming the Mercury’s left rear fender and the GMC being driven into the Mercury amid the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Avenue
Johnston Street
Cashin Wheeler
10Th Avenue
J. C. Terry
Hillsboro
B. G. Ryan
Ryan Tire and Battery Company
Moulton Street
Robert G. Hobson
Mercury
Chevrolet
W. C. Hunter
Horace Standridge
Johnston
Fourth
Purse Returned After Theft at Long Beach Home
A purse stolen from Mrs. Lydia Perry’s Long Beach residence last week was found on the back door step yesterday. The recovered items included $141, ten dollars more than the amount reported missing, leaving Mrs. Perry puzzled about the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif.p
Lydia Perry
Reds Accused Washington Foreign Policy Shift
Secretary of State Acheson accused the Chinese Communists of violating the Geneva conventions that govern wartime conduct. He spoke as Peiping broadcasts claim that the China Reds would accept the provisions only conditionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Acheson
Peiping
China Reds
Red China signals on Geneva pacts and repatriation terms
Radios quote Chou En Lai saying Geneva protocol of 1925 and 1949 Prisoners of War convention could be observed by others, while Red China itself has not signed either. U N talks at Panmunjom stall over 100000 captured Communists who refuse repatriation amid calls to turn detainees to a third party or humanitarian body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Radio
Chou
China
U. S
Russia
Jacob Malik
United Nations
Red China
Switzerland
Federal Council
Panmunjom
U. N
International Committee of the Red Cross
Two Men Held In Gadsden Minister Kidnapping Case
Police in Tuscaloosa jailed James McGuire Jr. and Freeman Shows on kidnapping charges tied to forcing pastor Ralph Stephens to drive them after a ride near Bessemer. McGuire and Shows claimed they were on a binge and had prior thefts and a robbery near Chattanooga. Shows escaped from city jail a month earlier and has a Tuscaloosa forgery warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Gadsden
Hardin D. Billingsley
James McGuire Jr
Frostburg
Freeman Shows
Centerville
Ala
Ralph Stephens
Billingsley
Stephens
Bessemer
McGuire
Chattanooga
Georgia
Birmingham
J. L. Junkin
Junkin
Tuscaloosa County
Lehman presses for strong civil rights plank at convention
Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York vows a floor fight if needed to secure a civil rights plank at the Democratic national convention. He urges at least the strength of the 1948 platform and endorses a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Commission. Lehman may seek a minority report if the draft omits key civil rights features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Lehman
New York
Lehman
Conrad Hilton
Fepc O. K
Korea
Jets reach Japan on record mass overwater flight
Fifty eight U S Thunderjets landed at Yokota Air Base after a record 10 895 mile overwater flight from Turner Field Albany Ga. One plane exploded over Iwo Jima killing Lt Col Elmer Da Rosa. Gen Weyland hailed it as proof of rapid Far East air power.
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Tokyo
U.S
Yokota Air Force Base
United States
Pacific Ocean
Turner’ Air Force Base
Albany
Iwo Jima
Japan
Elmer da Rosa
Sacramento
Calif
Otto Weyland
U. S. Far East Air Forces
Korea
Far East
David Schilling
Kansas City
Turner Air Base
Weyland
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Peggy Stephenson
Danville
Dorothy Nell Suggs
Moulton
Lewis Suggs
Lizzie Stephenson
Johnnie E. Brown
Josh Boucher
John PD. Boucher
Peoria
Ill
Judy Smith
Lawrenceburg
Gene Richey
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Barbara Ann Bishop
L. Bishop
J. P. Denton
Barkley Street
Frank E. Pike
Camden, Ark
Mary Pike Penney
Sea
Sereere
Iowa and Navy
Rowden
Buraiar
Nungester
White Plains
N. Y
Westchester
Arvey
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Frank McKinney
Jacob M.arvey
Prober
Lansing
Mich
Southern Michigan
Frank G. Millard
Geneva
Department
REDS
Pastor Snatch
U. K
FEPC
Norman Walker
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