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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1950
Page
1
Partly cloudy outlook with scattered thundershowers across North and Central sections. Local residents, including Jimmy Coutsas and Buford Bowman, are mentioned along with building permits, hospital admissions, births, and meetings. Morgan County Selective Service hours and Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting noted. See Diary on Page 2.
A hearing on a petition for a new trial for Robert Baker, who faces 15 years for armed robbery, is set for 9 am July 26. The defense claims prejudicial conduct and improper confession admission occurred at the trial. Baker is one of four charged in the Lonnie Morris store robbery near Danville last February.
Alabama labor disputes ending in strikes are rising, state Labor Director R. R. Wade reports. From Oct 1 to July 13 the department investigated 129 cases, with 18 developing into walkouts and 11,100 workers affected at Be bard Manufacturing Co in Bessemer and other sites including City Lines drivers and Thomas Jefferson Hotel employees.
A Cullman county farmer, Thomas Francis Payne, 68, died in Cullman county hospital from fractures after a robbery and beating near midnight Thursday. Sheriff Shelley Hyatt said an assault charge against 38 year old Andrew Jackson was upgraded to first degree murder.
Gov. James E. Folsom signed a legislative act raising the entrance age for Alabama public schools. Beginning next fall, children may enter first grade if they are six years old on or before October 1. The measure passed the legislature last week before adjournment.
The City Council accepted site number two for a negro federal housing project in Decatur, bounded by Washington Street Southern railroad Davis Street and Walnut Street after considering three sites. Officials pledged to work with housing authorities on the project.
William H. Garner, 20, of Lily Pond in Hartselle, is held in Morgan county jail on a charge of incident to serious case. He confronted Arwillie Reeves with intent to cause serious harm. Reeves’ condition is not serious. Garner has been held since Saturday. arrest by W. H. Kirkpatrick and Deputy Garland.
Two Memphis boys, held yesterday by the Athens department, were identified as escapees from the Industrial School. Chief Frank noted their disappearance followed their return from a school activity.
Reporter William R. Moore cites firsthand accounts from the Nineteenth Regiment describing North Korean forces killing thirty wounded American soldiers on litters after a Kum River assault. Witnesses say mortarmen were also killed after their tubes were burned and arm injuries reported. The incident follows a Sunday night Red push that drove Americans back toward defense lines north of Taejon.
The fourth American linked to Russia's Klaus Fuchs spy ring was seized at his New York home by the FBI. Julius Rosenberg, 32, an engineer, was charged with conspiracy to commit espionage and held on $100,000 bail awaiting a July 31 federal hearing. He claimed innocence as FBI Director J Edgar Hoover called him an important link in the Soviet apparatus.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean described leading an infantry push at a Kum river roadblock during heavy fighting. He said North Korean forces had not broken American lines north of Taejon and that Reds had not massed tanks across the river. Dean recounted ordering his jeep ahead of two tanks and guiding relief units forward to bolster the front.
General Evangeline Booth retired commander of the Salvation Army died at 84 in Hartsdale New York after more than a year of illness and a final coma. Born in London on Christmas Day 1865 she lived a life closely tied to the Army’s expansion and leadership following her father General William Booth’s founding.
Far Eastern headquarters cautioned readers not to view any current signs as a turning point. They note stiffening on the front with more artillery and air support though time is needed to blunt advances. Casualties rise as supply limits and fuel pressures affect enemy tanks near the battle zone. A Navy officer reports Allied ships along the South Korean east coast have created difficult conditions for the enemy.
Rain lashed broad swaths from the Western plateau to the Northeast with heavy falls in Dayton Ohio Guymon Oklahoma and parts of the lower Great Lakes region. The shower line stretched through the Ohio valley into Arkansas Oklahoma and southern Kansas and Missouri with the Northern Rocky Mountains also seeing showers. The central states faced less humidity while the Northeast stayed warm and sticky. Yesterday's high temperatures reached 105 in Phoenix and 104 in Yuma.
President Truman will seeks broader authority and funding to meet the Korea crisis. He plans two Wednesday messages, urging an additional 5 to 6 billion dollars in military spending and permission to raise armed forces by about 770 thousand men. The move also envisions limited controls to direct steel and other materials to arms production by voluntary means if possible.
Paris reports a United Nations group states no biological harm results from marriages between races. The document rejects claims that human hybrids exhibit undesirable physical or mental traits and notes no inherent racial differences harming offspring.
The Democratic Executive Committee chairmen announced August 22 as the special election date to nominate Lawrence County solicitor. The 16 member committee will meet Thursday at 10 A.M. A prior May 2 primary produced conflicting results between R. E. Proctor and Tom Pettus. Proctor resigned after a grand jury report noting an error in the certified count. Both attorneys say they will run again.
Congress prepares for a Truman address detailing a national defense blueprint. The president may seek about 6 billion dollars, authority to expand armed forces by 770000 personnel, and steel and materials controls. Senate probes probe profiteering and wartime economy. measures move forward without a vote.
The communist drive near Taejon was at a standstill as American and Australian air power hit North Korean tanks and trucks. Frontline reports say Taejon was evacuated, and U S forces held ground north and west of the city amid quiet on the overall front.
Lawrence County farmers and others will discuss cotton pest control at a Thursday afternoon meeting at two oclock. W A Ruffin of Auburn will be present to share insights. All county farmers were extended an invitation.
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