Decatur Area News Briefs Include Events and Notables
Local social notes list attendees at a Birmingham baseball game including Verdon Lowery and the Mc Duff family. Calls for AA and Junior Chamber meetings, a Cullman resident fined for firearm possession on Wheeler refuge, and Vacation Bible School at Northside Baptist. Also notes visits by Mrs. Comer Lott, highway official Lawrence Tucker, and a series of hospital updates and births at Decatur General.
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Cullman County
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Justice of the Peace
G. W. Norwood
Wildlife Refuge
Jews Accuse Foes of Attack Amid UN Truce Terms
Reports from Philadelphia and Cairo describe tensions as Jewish and Arab forces clash after a UN imposed truce. Wallace delegates move toward a Philadelphia convention while Israeli and Arab forces engage in offensives and cease fire deadlines loom.
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United Nations
Four Die in Separate Crashes Near Dothan Alabama
Four persons were killed in two highway crashes near Dothan Alabama with no other serious injuries. Doc May 55 and two of his children Clarence 2 and Lauria Kathryn 6 died in a truck auto collision. Ewell James Forehand 32 of Ashford was killed when a car overturned five miles south of Dothan. Two other May children Tom 3 and Calvin 8 and Arthur Hampton Jr 16 were injured seriously. The truck driver Kenneth D Brooks of Miami Florida escaped injury. No charges were filed.
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W. A. Norris
State Patrol
Doc” May
Midland City
Clarence
Lauria Kathryn
Ewell James
Ashford
Ala
Here
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Tom
Calvin
Arthur Hampton, Jr
Hampton
Mays
Norris
Kenneth D. Brooks
Miami
FTA
Brooks
Patrol plans to build new state highway patrol substations
Public Safety Director Jake Mitchell announced bids will open August 5 for new substations in Birmingham Evergreen and Hamilton, with sites donated by local and state governments. More stations are planned, including Gadsden, but land is not yet secured. Only $100 was allocated, with hopes for land free or cheap and construction to proceed as funds allow.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
Jake Mitchell
Birmingham
Evergreen
Hamilton
Mitchell
Gadsden
Allotments Made To Push Marshal Plan
Paul G. Hoffman announced tentative July to September allotments totaling 1.1188 billion dollars for the Marshall Plan countries. Britain leads with 325 million, France 251 million, Italy 148 million, with loans and outright grants included.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Great Britain
France
Italy
Water Safety Demonstration at Cisco Harbor
About 150 people watched Morgan County Red Cross and Yacht Club demonstrators show water safety skills Sunday afternoon in Cisco Harbor. George Porter led the program with four Red Cross representatives. Gordon Esterline assisted as regional water safety contact. Morgan County Red Cross personnel Horace Broom Sidney Chenault Billy Weaver and Betty Gunn participated.
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Yacht Club
Cisco Harbor
George Porter
Red Cross
Gordon Esterline
Southeastern Area Water Safety Services
American Red Cross
Horace Broom
Sidney Chenault
Billy Weaver
Betty Gunn
Ford Walkout Cleared As UAW CIO Approves Strike
The CIO UAW executive board cleared the way for a Ford Motor Co strike after unanimous approval. No date set, but the Ford negotiating committee may call 116,000 workers in 46 plants nationwide when ready. Ken Bannon led the request from the UAW CIO Ford department.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers Executive Board
Ford Negotiating Committee
Ken Bannon
Uaw-Cio
Ford Department
Local Business Holds Above Year Ago Levels in June
The University of Alabama Bureau of Business Research reports June activity mostly steady from May but well above June last year. Debits to depositors declined 140 percent from May on a daily average basis, while savings deposits dipped 0.5 percent from May. Postal savings and building permits are noted as part of the June totals with June balances 38 percent above year ago figures.
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Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
H. H. Chapman
Decatur
Uee
Truman Sets Controls Plea For Congress
President Truman plans an administration bill at the start of the extra session to tackle rising living costs. Charles G. Ross said the proposal will implement much of the ten point anti inflation program and may be part of a broad inclusive message to Congress on price control housing civil rights and federal aid to education.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Ross
Berlin
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
Paduch
Woman Found Dead at Home in Decatur
Mrs. E. W. Laxson 72 died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday at 1823 Seventh Avenue E. Funeral rites set for Tuesday at 4 PM at Ninth Street Methodist Church with Rev. O. S. Gamble officiating. Interment City Cemetery. Mutual Service directing. Survived by husband two daughters four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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E. W. Laxson
O. S. Gamble
City Cemetery
French Premier Faces Crisis on Military Budget
Paris reports Premier Robert Schuman facing a crisis as the government debates a 305 billion franc military budget. A defeat could trigger elections sought by Gaullist followers, with Radical Socialists opposing the expenditure and Teitgen’s stance cited.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Henri Teitgen
Ruhr Steel Output Hits Postwar High in June
Berlin reports Ruhr steel production reached a new postwar record in June as the American occupation authority notes dismantling of plants for reparations largely ended. Bizonia's steel ingot output rose 71 percent year over year to 377,750 tons in June, with second quarter up over 55 percent. Currency reform briefly unsettled business, raising unemployment and shrinking openings, while food supplies improved with a June total of 714,944 tons supported by bread grain and flour at 429,501 tons.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Germany
Western
Bizonia
Polio Outbreak Could Be North Carolina’s Worst
North Carolina reports 679 polio cases for the year, 197 new cases last week, amid a national campaign by the Infantile Paralysis Foundation to set up emergency convalescent units. Camp Sutton near Charlotte will host 70 beds, expandable to 360, with additional units planned at Camp Butner and Camp Mackall. Dr J W R Norton outlines an epidemic area from Asheville to Raleigh.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
National Foundation For
Camp Sutton
Charlotte
Camp Butner
Durham
Camp MacKall
J. W. R Norton
Asheville
Negro Girl Faces City Court For Leaving Scene
Police report a black girl, alleged to have left the scene of a collision, set to appear in city court this morning. Chief J B Whitmire notes the car involved may be the one driven by the girl. Earlier arrests include two for fighting, two for violating the prohibition law, eight for drunkenness, fifteen for gambling and one for petit larceny.
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J. B .Whitmire
Reoderie
Jones
Campaign Plans For Dixie Candidates In The Solid South
Southern democrats gathered in Birmingham on July 19 to map strategy for defeating President Truman in the Solid South. They endorsed Gov. J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for president and Gov Fielding L Wright of Mississippi for vice president, opposing civil rights legislation pushed by Truman and backed by the convention.
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J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
United States
Birmingham
Pripo
Truman
Solid South
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Thurmond weighs post on Truman campaign role
Governor Strom Thurmond, cited as a Southern Democratic presidential candidate, has given no decision on retaining or resigning his seat on the national Democratic Executive Committee. He said he would support efforts to ensure President Truman's defeat and noted his May 19 election to the committee after a South Carolina intra-party fight.
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Columbia
S. C
Strom Thurmond
National Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
Southern campaign denounces Truman over segregation and employment law
At a 7500 cheering rally in the South speakers attacked President Truman for supporting civil rights and fair employment. Plans for Thurmond Wright tickets remain unannounced with state-by-state tactics to oppose Truman. Gov See on campaign trail.
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Mr. Truman
Man Held Here For Stabbing in Somerville
Oscar Bradford 51 of Somerville is held on suspicion of stabbing Ransom, 37, also of Somerville, at Johnson's cafe after a gun argument over a riding horse. Ransom, owner of a Somerville general merchandise store, remained seriously injured at Decatur General Hospital after blood transfusions. Bradford was arrested at his home around 2:30 AM by Sheriff Co. B. Humphrey and Deputy Garland Nuby.
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Somerville
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Fig Actioas
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Somervil
Decatur General Hospital
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Co. B. Humphrey
Garland Nuby
Ransom
Humphrey
Tributes Paid Gen Pershing Ends a Long Military Career
John Joseph Pershing cavalryman dies at 87 in Arlington National Cemetery. His career spans the Southwest campaigns, the Spanish American War, the Philippines, and command of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. The nation lauds him with the title General of the Armies and a presidential farewell.
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John Joseph Pershing
Arlington
Green Hills
National Military Cemetery
Spain
Philippines
France
George Washington
Diplomats Prepare New Western Plan Over Berlin Blockade
Washington officials report a White House meeting with President Truman and top Army and diplomatic chiefs to shape a new action program against the Berlin blockade. Potential steps include notes to Moscow, curbs on Soviet ship movements, possible U.N. appeal, and a direct convoy to Berlin if needed.
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Truman
White House
Berlin
William H. Draper Jr
Iron Curtain
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Paris
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Suez
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Red Army
Next Move In Berlin Talked By Western Governors
Three Western military governors met four hours in blockade Berlin to discuss plans for a projected government in Western Germany. An American spokesman said the Russian land blockade was not discussed. In Washington Truman summoned top Army and diplomats to the White House to discuss the grave problem.
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Germany
Washington
Truman
White House
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