Local births and travel notices from Decatur area
Mr and Mrs Lloyd P Jenkins announce the birth of a son in Texas City Texas named Thomas Allan. Mrs Jenkins is Cat Wylodine Reeves of Deatur. Bonnie Morgan of Hartselle dismissed from Baugh Wiley Clinic. Several residents return home from vacations in Colorado Kansas and West. Attending Southeastern china and jewelry show are Mrs W L Deese and Mrs R F South. The Collinsons return to Philadelphia after visiting Jim Adams and Mrs Adams at 1210 Grant Street. Summer school second semester begins Monday at 8 30 in the high school. Hal Boyle reverses roles for forthcoming convention as Trellis Mae begins dispatches to Monday Daily. People visiting include Mrs Henry Davis of St Petersburg Fla. Simrell family to visit from Los Angeles. Seven cases tried in recorders court with varied charges. Dismissals from Decatur General Hospital listed. See Diary On Page 2.
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Lloyd P. Jenkins
Texas City
Tex
Texas City Hospital
Thomas Allan
Wilbur Peeble
Trellis Mae
Hal Boyle
Wilbur
the Daily
Mussel Fisherman Missing After River Incident near Flint Creek
Relatives report Marion Bowman a 20 year old musseler from Bluff City missing since Friday at 1 PM. His overturned boat was found about three miles downstream near Cave Springs mussel camp on the Tennessee River as rescue teams continue dragging operations.
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Tennessee River
Flint Creek
Marion Bowman
Musseler
Bluff City
Cave Springs
Bowman
Worries Rise Over Civil Rights Split Fear and Party Tactics
Democratic leaders in Chicago debate a civil rights plank to avoid a North South split like 1948. Senators Benton and Lehman push for a strong rights declaration and Senate rule changes to end filibusters. McCormack warns of House hurdles as cloture remains untested. See WORRIED on Page 3.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Chicago
William Benton
Connecticut
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Benton
Lehman
Senate
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Platform Committee
McCormack
House
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
Russell
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Alabama Delegates and Alternates for Chicago Meeting
Alabama's roster lists state at large delegates with choices for president and alternates for the Chicago Democratic convention. Key figures include Sen Lister Hill Sen John Sparkman Mayor W Cooper Green Lt Gov James B Allen Joe S Foster Jr Wallace Pruett Lafayette Patterson Leslie C King and uncommitted ties. District picks name Roland Cooper and John M Coxwell with Russell alignment.
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Chicago
Alabama
Lister Hill
Montgomery
Russell
John Sparkman
Huntsville
W. Cooper Green
Birmingham
James B Allen
Gadsden
Joe S. Foster, Jr
Kefauver
Wallace P. Pruett Jr
Chatom
Lafayette Patterson
Jacksonville
Leslie C. King
Roland Cooper
Camden
John M. Coxwell
Monroeville
Alabama Delegates Gather for National Democratic Convention
Alabama Democratic delegates arrive in Chicago for the national convention, seen as potentially of tremendous importance to the party and state politics. Delegates discuss strategy and issues as the event opens with sponsors and party leaders in attendance.
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Chicago
Alabama
Russell Wins Early Alabama Support In Democratic Race
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia appears set to secure a majority of Alabama's 22 Democratic votes. A Kefauver supporter predicted Russell would get at least 11 or 12 votes as Alabama delegates pledged to Kefauver indicated no objection to yielding first place on the roll call to Georgia. Kefauver plans to lead the first ballot and gain votes on subsequent roll calls.
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Russell
Alabama
Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Fuller Kimbrell
Fayette
Alabama Delegates Face GOP Challenge in Deep South
Alabama delegates confront a tough intra state hurdle as Republicans press for gains, shaping the party's future in the Deep South. Details appear on Page 2.
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Deep South
Alabama
Southern governors and senators patch Russell dispute
In Chicago on July 19 a group of Southern governors and senators appeared to have patched up differences with Sen Richard B Russell over his denunciation of the Taft Hartley Act. Russell had proposed a labor management conference to draft a new law to replace Taft Hartley. The group caucused privately before calling Lee Russell on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Lee Russell
Ike Plans Dixie Campaign On Big Scale
Denver July 19 Eisenhower plans a large scale campaign in the South to win traditionally Democratic states in the November election. Aides work with the Republican national committee on a Dixie invasion aiming for several Southern states. He may visit Louisiana Georgia Texas Florida North Carolina and Virginia with two Florida speeches and whistle stop talks likely. Eisenhower urged a deep South push alongside border states. He was born in Texas and Republicans have not carried a Southern state since 1928.
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Denver
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Georgia
Texas
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Ike
Kentucky
Tennessee
Deep South
C. C. Spades
Jack Porter
Lone Star
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Regulars Are Awarded Seats In Convention
The Democratic National Committee awarded temporary convention seats to anti-Truman delegates from Texas and Mississippi pending a loyalty probe to the 1952 ticket. The move sides with Southern challengers, risking a North South split over civil rights as the Credentials Committee prepares hearings.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Mississippi
National Committee
Credentials
Dixie delegates clash threatens Democratic unity at convention
A bitter row over anti Truman Dixie delegations to Texas and Mississippi split the party, with rival factions threatening bolts if a nominee and platform do not please them. The fight, decided by the credentials committees, heads toward a convention floor showdown next week.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Chicago
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Mississippi
Truce Delegates Meet Again Amid Deadlock Over Prisoner Exchange
Allied and Communist armistice delegates continue executive sessions at Panmunjom with no sign of a break in the prisoner exchange deadlock. The 12th session began with a 29 minute meeting amid a news blackout as reports circulated that the UN Command may resume public reporting, though an Allied spokesman offered no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Panmunjom
United Nations Command
State Senator Ben Fant Dies at 52 in Cullman
State Senator from the eighth district Ben F Fant, 52, of Cullman died Friday night at Cullman Hospital after a heart attack and pneumonia. Services set for 2 30 P M today at Gibbs Chapel Blount County with Rev Bob Sapp officiating and burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include widow Mrs Ben F Fant two sons Alfred and Jimmy Fant two daughters Sybil Tipton and Dona Lou Fant. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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Jpuner
Ben F. Fant
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Gibbs Chapel
Blount County
Bob Sapp
Sen. Fant
Blount, Cullman
Winston
Alfred
Jimmy Fant
Sybil Tipton
Dona Lou Fant
Boaz
Guy Hinsley
G. A. Gorham
Woodrow Harper
H. M. Crawford
Virgil
Herman Smith
J. J. Dunlap
Fred Peinhardt
H. G. Pinkston
Jack Glenn
John C. Sapp
N. C. Denton
G. E. Weaver
John A. Guthrey
Looming Bankruptcy Claim At Red Cross Blood Bank
Al Shelton, Morgan county chair, warns a looming Red Cross blood bank bankruptcy as bloodmobile quotas fall. Dr. F. M. Cook calls emergency Birmingham meeting next Wednesday with Shelton, McNelly, Guyton, Briscoe and other officials to avert service discontinuance. Blood donations have dropped. next bloodmobile stop is August 7 in Hartselle, then September in Decatur.
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Red Cross Blood Ba
Alabama
al Shelton
Morgan County
F. M. Cook
Area Council
Birmingham
Shelton
Bob McNelly
Tom Guyton
Alvis Briscoe
Cook
Red Cross
Hartselle
Decatur
Morriss Selected As Farm Agent Head For New Term
J E Morriss of Wetumpka was chosen to lead the Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents succeeding L T Wagnon of Hartselle as president at the convention closing session. P Granade of Greenville was named vice president and Beverly Holston of Tuscaloosa secretary treasurer.
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Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents
L. T. Wagnon
Hartselle
Country Club
Mr. Wagnon
J. E. Morriss
Wetumpka
C. P. Granade
Greenville
Beverly Holston
Tuscalo
Morriss
Lisby
J.E. Morriss
Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agent
Co. P. Granade
Tuscaloosa
AACAA
R. E. Martin
Andalusia
W. B. Story
Livingston
J. C. Bullington
Jasper
Julian Young
Centre
C. M. Ling
Dothan
F. William Koster
Chemstrand
Koster
Water System Highly Praised in Decatur Alabama
C W White assistant sanitary engineer of the bureau of sanitation praised Decatur Alabama water works after July 15 1952 inspection. He called the filtration plant the most beautiful he has seen and a showplace in Alabama. He lauded manager George Godwin and noted the plant operated efficiently with June records showing full processing capacity.
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Decatur
C. W. White
Bureau of Sanitation
J. H. Johnson
Water Works Board
Alabama
Johnson
George Godwin
AEC Expands to Build a Family of Atomic Arms
The Atomic Energy Commission aims to rapidly expand to a family of atomic weapons with a new $1.26 billion gaseous diffusion plant and major Oak Ridge and Paducah projects. Chairman Gordon Dean says the program will push production of weapon material forward to 1954 and shorten the time to reach stockpile goals by four and a half to five years.
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A. P. Bryan Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Ohio River Valley
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Paducah
Oak Ridge
Gordon Dean
Congress
Department of Defense
Army
Another Joint Peace Effort Is Slated Sunday
Rowland Evans Jr reports that Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers and steel executives will meet at 10 a.m. in Pittsburgh to advance a possible end to the 48 day steel strike. The outcome hinges on Murray conceding more ground and the Wage Policy Committee meeting Monday.
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Rowland Evans, JR
Washington
Philip Murray
Steel
White House
John_R. Steelman
Steelman
Murray
Industry
Pittsburgh
Steel-Workers Union
Five Saved From Flaming Ship by Mercy Liner Gripsholm
The luxury liner Gripsholm rescued 21 crew and officers from the burning freighter Black Gull after a fire raged 65 miles east of Long Island. Forty survivors gathered on a lifeboat as chemicals fueled the blaze and the hull glowed white hot. Benjamin Harrison Namm, store president, described the scene as survivors faced the inferno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Mercer
New York
Gripsholm
Long Island
Atlantic
Benjamin Harrison Namm
Namm-Loeser
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Lamake
Bonnie Morgan
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
May Rogers
Gladys Carter
Mella Garris
Athens
Colorado
Kansas
W. L. Deese
R. F. South
Atlanta
George Collinson
Linda
Jane
Philadelphia
Mrs. Collinson
Jimmy Adams
Adams
Grant Street
Robert Adams
Eva
Henry Davis
St. Petersburg, Fla
FE. B. Simrell
Sue Jett
Paula
Denise
Los Angeles
Recorder’'S
Cee
Foster H. Pointer
Decatur General Hospital
J. P. Sprayberry
Somerville Road
Mack Mazer and Son
Tower Avenue
H. W. Stanford
River
Yau
By Leroy Simms
Russell Breach
Healeh
Dixie
Blood Bank
Dewitt C. Ramsey
The
Aircraft Industries Association
Ellis Arnall
By Ken Reynolds
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