Community notices and medical updates from Decatur
Local column lists hospital stays births and recoveries at Decatur General and Baugh-Wiley clinic. Names include Walter Cole Hartselle Estelle Hampton Austinville and O R Austin Birmingham. Also reports appendectomies tonsil removals and discharges with weather and crime brief notes.
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Walter Cole
Hartselle
Estelle Hampton
Austinville
O. R. Austin
Birmingham
Little Dixie Johnson
Nashville
Vanderbilt Hospital
Lumber Truck And Car Crash In Surginer Alabama
A lumber truck and a 1950 Ford car collided last night near Hancey on a Monroe County road in Surginer Alabama. Officers reported the lumber truck had a blowout, then the Ford rear collided with the truck as it pulled away. No injuries were listed.
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Surginer
Ala
Monroe Coun
Hancey
John Ae
Othe
Armed Forces Committees Approve 2 Manpower Bills
Congress armed services committees cleared legislation to raise manpower ceilings and extend enlistments for one year. Senate action hoped soon with Tydings aiming to move quickly, while the House schedule set for next Tuesday. Senate vote was unanimous. House favored 18 to 1 with Rep. Towe opposing.
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Washington
Congressional Armed Services Committees
Senate
House
Tydings
D-Md
Court Upheld Lawrence Act in Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court ruled the December 13 1949 Lawrence county school tax amendment valid despite advertising date mix ups in one county and a typographical error in bond issue notices. Justices Brown Foster Livingston Simpson Stakeley held canvassed votes stand. Lawson dissented. The ruling affirmed the $90 000 bond issue maturities were clear to voters.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
James E. Folsom
Lawrence County
Baldwin County
Brown
Foster
Livingston
Simpson
Stakeley
Justice Lawson
Miner Shot To Death In Duel
In a roadhouse near Birmingham a 37 year old miner Judd Stone of Sayre died from a leg gunshot after an argument with Hollis Morris 34 Bessem who was jailed awaiting coroner. A coroner's inquest was scheduled as Deputy Sheriff Earl Cooper said one man challenged a fight and Morris admitted the shooting when detained by Patrolman Charlie Roberts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Judd Stone
Sayre
Hollis Morris
Bessem
Earl Cooper
Charlie Roberts
Jasper Highway
Morris
Senate panel backs immediate tax hike for pay as you go
Washington observes the Senate House Economic Committee unanimously endorsing an immediate tax increase to enforce a pay as you go system amid the Korean crisis. Chairman O Mahoney signals a ten percent rise for individuals, though no figures are set.
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Washington
Senate-House
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
House
Senate
Congress Debates Extension of Military Enlistments
House and Senate bills consider extending voluntary enlistment terms for one year after current authorizations. The House proposal leaves the expiration date open while the Senate permits extensions until next July 9, affecting volunteers whose terms would otherwise end in 1951 and beyond.
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Truman
Senate
Bond Set In Morgan County Diamond Row Incident
A $750 appearance bond was set for Lesley Owens Jr. 24 held on a recharging assault to murder charge in Morgan County jail. Owens reportedly attacked during a sandlot baseball game injuring Harry Thomas 36 who suffered a fractured skull. Thomas received care at Arab hospital then the veterans hospital in Nashville. A knife found at the scene is held as evidence.
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Lesley Owens Jr
Morgan County
Murer
Morgan City
Harry Thomas
C. B. Humphrey
Thomas
Veterans’ Hospital
Nashville
Humphrey
American Negro Troops Take Yechon From Korean Reds
United States infantry forces captured Yechon in South Korea after a 16 hour battle with North Korean troops. The victory marked the first sizable American ground success in the Korean War. Casualties were light and enemy losses unknown.
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Tom Lambert
South Korea
Yechon
Yechan
Yehan H
North Koreans Fail To Follow Up Taejon Fall
Tokyo reports say the U S 24th division held high ground southeast of Taejon as Reds failed to press their advance. General Dean remained unaccounted for while MacArthur noted no confirmation of his status. Red armor was knocked out by GI rocket launchers in heavy fighting and no new attack had begun by late afternoon.
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Tokyo
Taejon
MacArthur
William F. Dean
General Dean
Army
24Th
U. S
Associated Press
William R. Moore
Korea
Moore
East Germany Rally Touts Bond With Soviet Bloc Leaders
Berlin hosts 4000 communist faithful as Wilhelm Pieck pledges to fight with Russia in any new war. Figures like Suslov, Duclos, Togliatti, and satellite delegates attend the East German party conference amid Western speculation on future moves and postwar strategy.
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Berlin
East Germany
Russia
North Korea
Kim Il Sen
Stalin
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Wilhelm Pieck
M. A. Suslov
Moscow
Jacques Duclos
France
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Cominform
Hopeful Dean Safe Amid Taejon Battle
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, missing for hours in Taejon, was last seen directing a bazooka team against North Korean tanks. Staff expressed hope he would escape, noting he helped ammunition and fire in the crush as the city fell and tanks advanced. Witnesses recalled his direct frontline leadership even as shelling intensified.
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William R. Moore
O. P. H. King
Korea
William F. Dean
Taejon
U. S. Twentyfourth
Dean
Cpl
A Vargason
Newark Valley
N. Y
Vargason
Ordnance Job is Well Done by 31st Infantry Division
Lt. Col. Herbert B. Quinn of the 31st Infantry Division Alabama National Guard says ordnance service during a Fort McClellan encampment was performed capably by dodesawa technicians under his supervision. He notes responsibility for repairs to vehicles tanks instruments small arms artillery and allocations have been carried out efficiently.
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Herbert B. Quinn
31St Infantry Division
Alabama National Guard
Dodesawa
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Quinn
Decatur
Colonel Quinn
Southern Plea To Cancel Two Trains Upheld
A three judge federal court in Montgomery Alabama upheld the Southern Railway plea to discontinue daily passenger service between Chattanooga Tennessee and Tuscaloosa Alabama. The ruling will be appealed to the U S Supreme Court with the Alabama Public Service Commission opposing the move and arguing service could be improved to reduce losses. Judges Leon McCord C B Kenner and Seybourn Lynne heard the case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Chattanooga Tenn
Tuscumbia
U. S. Supreme Court
Richard T. Rives
Alabama Public Service Commission
Southern
U. S
Leon McCord
C. B. Kennamer
Seybourn Lynne
Birmingham
Two Huntsville Mill Convicts Paroled After Nine Days
Howard Bullion aged 28 and Will Ingram aged 45 were paroled from Kilby prison after nine days of 14 month sentences for shooting into a non-striker's house during a walkout at a Huntsville textile mill. Parole board members Bill Drinkard and Glen Vinson signed the paroles.
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Montgomery
Ala
Huntsville
Howard Bullion
Will Ingram
Bill Drinkard
Glen Vinson
Kilby
Drinkard
Vinson
Capital Talks War Controls in Congress Debates
Washington today debated price and excess profits taxes to curb Korean war profiteering. Administration aides say votes are ready to pass the economic control bill, though some Democrats and Republicans seek limits. Senate hearings on the same plan begin Monday as troops measures move quickly through House and Senate committees.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Truman
Administration
Senate Banking Committee
GOP
Douglas
D-Ili
Banking Committee
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Limestone Negro Pays With His Life In Triple Execution
In Alabama Kilby prison, a 23-year-old white youth and two Black men were executed by electric chair for murder. Homer Garland Odom, Claude Sints, and Joe Keith Jr. died within minutes, marking the state's first triple electrocution in ten years. Odom, 29, waved to Warden Garner and spoke, while the other two were strapped and pronounced dead minutes apart.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Alabama
Homer Garland Odom
Claude Sints
Joe Keith Jr
Odom
George Garner
Garner
William Alexander
Keith
Thomas G. Sede
Stan Coueenen
Ax Mae
Area Battalion Subject To New Army Summons
The Army announced it is calling non-divisional National Guard and reserve units to active duty. The area National Guard battalion, including units from Hartselle Athens Tar and the local area, is reportedly affected though exact numbers were not disclosed. The plan foresees units being alerted about 30 days before movement with voluntary service sought for certain officers and skilled personnel.
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Army
Washington
Hartselle
Athens
Oftar
Associated Press
National Guard
Department of the Army
Mobilization Plans Pushed
Washington July 21 The armed forces moved quickly to boost fighting manpower on both Capitol Hill and in the field The Marine Corps called up all ground forces in its organized reserve about 47000 officers and men The Navy said air reserve units about 9000 officers and 30000 men are going on active duty The Army alerted combat troops in six continental areas for movement to the Far East The Air Force may order some reservists into uniform after a week The services seek to reach the 2005882 man limit as Congress weighs lifting the cap and extending enlistment hitches by 12 months Senator Gurney urged restoring World War II family allotments for servicemen while women's roles are noted as a factor in the discussions MOBILIZATION on Page 2
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Capitol Hill
Marine Corps
Navy
Far East
Air Force
Congress
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Gurney
R-S. D
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