Local VFW Opens Meeting Tonight at 7:45
Recorder's court sentences list shows 17 cases heard this morning with nine charged with disorderly conduct three with intoxication on streets two for speeding two for violating prohibition and one for blocking a driveway. Taft Casey and family stayed with Miss Nell Safley in Wadsworth Street while Edward Davies returned from a Denver trip. Master Sergeant Joseph H Lorenzo wounded in action in Korea, Marine Corps member, per Defense Department release.
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Recorder’s Court
Defense Department
Joseph Henry Lorenza
Joseph H. Lorenzo
Third Avenue, East
Korea
Marine Corps
Youth Confesses He Killed Father in Decatur
A 17 year old, James Braswell of 19 East Church Street, admitted stabbing his father O S Braswell, 40, with an eight inch butcher knife last night. He said he acted after his father beat his mother and a two year old sister and that his father cursed the family during the fishing trip return. He was held in Decatur city jail for further investigation.
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Decatur City
James Braswell
East Church Street
O. S. Braswell
Braswell
Joe Morrison
Morrison
Petrology trip and council notes in local diary
Mr and Mrs Herman Clark and son Steve travel to Petrolia Pennsylvania to visit Mr Clark's sister Mrs Andy Tomasello and Mr Tomasello with Miss Emma Clark of Gadsden. City Council holds semi monthly meeting at 7 pm. attendees may raise matters. John West at Mayo Clinic. Miss Margaret Alexander improving after surgery at Colonial Hospital Rochester Minnesota. Miss Avarene Moses returns to Florence after visiting relatives. Sheriff reports one man arrested near Danville for illegal liquor, seven gallons homebrew seized, five others jailed for public drunkenness. John Raper of Decatur and Mrs A T Faulkner plus Miss Sue Faulkner and Max Partain visit Pensacola Florida. See Diary on Page 2.
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Herman Clark
Steve
Petrolia
Penn
Clark
Andy Tomasello
Tomasello
Emma Clark
Gadsden
Canada
John McCutcheon
Danville
A. T. Faulkner
Sue Faulkner
Max Partain
Pensacola, Fla
Foe Driven Off Old Baldy Crest in Korean Front Action
United Nations infantrymen on the Korean western front drove Chinese forces from the crest of Old Baldy after a heavy barrage by artillery, tanks, and planes. Gen. Mark Clark’s Tokyo headquarters claimed the height west of Chorwon was captured, but frontline reports described the crest as a no man’s land with U N troops dug below it and an Eighth Army officer saying it was not secured.
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Seoul
United Nations
Old Baldy
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Chorwon
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
Boy shoots father in self defense in Rome
An 11 year old boy told police he shot and killed his father to stop the man’s beatings of the boy’s mother. Charles A. Ross, 48, a former cafe operator, was killed at his home about 1 30 this morning. The boy, also named Charles A. Ross, was held by juvenile authorities pending an inquest. Police say the father returned home at about 10 30 last night and began beating the mother with a stick. The boy said I stood it as long as I could and then I shot him.
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Rome
Charles A. Ross
Smith Horton
Slayer On Page 2 See See See
A youth, driven by violence in the home, stabbed his father after years of abuse. The 14 year old claimed he killed the man in self defense during an attack in the Braswell family residence. Police continue to investigate the fatal stabbing as a case reported in local crime records.
Clark Says Reds Double Aerial Power In Korea
General Mark W. Clark says the Reds have doubled their air ground strength in Korea during truce talks but cannot sustain a major offensive for more than two to three weeks. He credits Communist supply but notes UN air attacks hinder movement while Allied training and defenses have improved without more troops.
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Washington
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Qavan Fails To Form Cabinet After Riots In Tehran
Premier Ahmed Qavam resigns after hours of violence in Tehran and other cities as he fails to form a government to break Iran oil deadlock. In the clashes police fire, tear gas and bayonets. about twenty killed. Crowds march toward former premier Mossadegh’s residence.
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Tehran
Iran
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Mohammed Mossadegh
Qavan
Trails Of Vapor Over Decatur Spark Birmingham Raid Theory
At noon, eight sky objects over Decatur left long vapor trails fueling Birmingham raid speculation. An airport source suggested jet bombers from Columbus, Ohio pass Decatur en route to Birmingham, flying about thirty thousand feet high.
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Decatur
Columbus
Ohio
Birmingham
Florida man dies in wreck near Cullman
A 73 year old Florida man died from a broken neck when a wet pavement skid caused a car to roll over and pin him beneath it five and a half miles south of Cullman on U S Highway 31. His death raised Alabama weekend fatalities to at least three. The victim Louis Franklin Rogers of Panama City was a passenger in a car driven by his daughter Rosa Nell Rogers of Valparaiso. He fell from the car during the crash and died at the scene.
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Florida
Cullman
U. S. Highway 31
Alabama
Louis Franklin Rogers
Panama City
Fla
Rosa Nell Rogers
Valparaiso
Cullman County
Highway Patrol
Moss Service
McConnell Service
Athens
Huey Bee
Skipperville
Ozark
State Patrol
Ozark-Clapton
Dennis Holland
Flat Rock
Repudiation Of Pact Charged By CIO Leader
Pittsburgh report cites CIO United Steelworkers president Philip Murray claiming the steel industry repudiated a June strike settlement. Murray said Republic Steel President Charles White proposed a union shop basis that would let workers withdraw from the union after a set period, a plan he says the industry refused to pursue. The Wage-policy committee examined a 50 day walkout affecting over 1.5 million workers and heard of a memorandum of understanding favoring union shop terms that elder executives pressed for.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Steel Corporation
Murray
USW
Charles White
Republic Steel
White
Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem
John Morse
Larkin
Morse
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Plan
White House
Lee
Two Armed Men Defend Leather Bag Money as Savings
Dallas police arrested a 25 year old cab driver and a 19 year old plumber's helper from Mineral Wells Texas sleeping in a car at 4 am with a leather bag containing 1300 dollars. The men insisted the cash was their life savings and said the pistols protected it. Police planned to return them to Mineral Wells to face possible burglary charges tied to an auto store theft last Tuesday.
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Dallas
Mineral Wells
Tex
Democrats Open Convention Amid Civil Rights Debate
The Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago amid uncertainty over platform and presidential candidates. Northern leaders push for a strong civil rights plank with concrete plans, while Southern delegates prefer harmony and oppose binding mechanics. Five candidates vie for the nomination as Adlai Stevenson declines the bid.
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Edwin
Harkinson
Chicago
Dixie Bolt
Truman
Sens
Herbert Lehman
New York
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
William Benton
Connecticut
Congress
Jack Bell
Russell Group Takes Alabama By Storm At Democratic Convention
Alabama delegates voted 12 to 9 14 to back Georgia Senator Richard Russell for the presidential nomination with Kefauver supporters losing control. Lafayette Patterson announced his half vote for Adlai Stevenson while Fuller Kimbrell won the Ke fauver post as vice chairman. Delegates eye Eisenhower and a civil rights plank as platform talks proceed in a tense session at the stock yards arena.
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Leroy Simms
Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Alabama
Russell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Fuller Kimbrell
Fayette
W. Cooper Green
Birmingham
Harmony
Kimbrell
Social Security Benefits Increase Under New Law
Beneficiaries in the area will see higher Social Security payments after President Truman signed the amendments last Friday. The first increased checks will be for September and mailed in October. No application is needed, and payments may not be split among all family members. The monthly benefit rises to 75 dollars from 50, and self employed workers may earn up to 900 dollars yearly while still collecting benefits.
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Truman
Ware Foster
Decatur Social Security Office
Social Security Administration
Mr. Foster
Democrats Open 31st National Convention in Chicago
Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago gave Gov. Adlai Stevenson a standing ovation as he addressed the gathering. Despite his stated disinterest in the party's presidential nomination, many delegates expressed support for Stevenson ahead of next Friday's nomination decision against Eisenhower.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Drowned fisherman Marion Bomar's funeral held at Shoal Creek
Funeral services for Marion Bomar, 21, a mussel fisherman from Bluff City, were held at Shoal Creek Baptist Church after his body was recovered from the Tennessee River. Rev. Bethea Stedham officiated with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Bomar is survived by his wife Margie, a son Marion Jr., his parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bomar, two brothers Milton and Melvin, and a sister Irene, all of Somerville.
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Marion Bomar
Bluff City
Tennessee
Shoal Creek Baptist Church
Bethea Stedham
Bomar
Flint Creek
Margie Bomar
Marion Bomar, Jr
Walter Bomar
Milton
Melvin Bomar
Irene Bomar
Somerville 2
Montgomery Accident Comparison Highlights Daily Toll
Highway Patrol reports yesterday there were 27 accidents with 23 injuries 5 deaths and 12360 dollars property damage. The same day last year recorded 21 accidents 22 injuries 1 death and 16040 dollars property loss.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Tehachapi Earthquake Kills at Least Nine In California
A violent pre dawn quake struck Tehachapi California causing collapsed buildings and many injuries. Rescue crews faced blocked roads and downed power lines as officials reported heavy damage and a likely larger death toll. The quake was felt across much of California and Nevada with the Ridge Route highway blocked by a massive earth slide near Gorman. Ambulances and sheriff cars sought an old route through the hills to reach survivors.
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Tehachapi
Calif
Los Angeles
California
Here
Little Mountain
F.—D. Jones
Bakersville
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Jones
Bakersfield
Mojave
Tehachapa
San Francisco
Nevada
Gorman
Nine Prisoners Escape K. C. Jail
Nine inmates fled from the Jackson county jail in Kansas City after using acetylene torches to cut steel doors on the 12th floor. An accused slayer, Joseph Nastasio Jr., 25, led the escape, tying a jailer and slipping down stairs with others. Three had been recaptured, including Tony Barcus, 17, who said two men in civilian clothing aided the escape.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Joseph Nastasio Jr
Truman
Tony Barcus
Dayton
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Taft Casey
Anniston
Nell Safley
Wadsworth Street
Edward Davies
Denver
Charles H. Eyster Jr
Ray Tucker
Sue Ann
Patsy
Tuscaloosa
Io Wees
Fathe
Slayer
John West
Mayo Clinic
Margaret Alexander
Colonial Hospital
Rochester
Minn
First Avenue
Avarene Moses
Florence
John Raper
Decatur 3
Old Baldy Crest
Tay
James
Reds
Platform Group
Mississippi
Texas
Stevenson Talked
Dlinois
Stevenson Lafayette Patterson
Iinois
Patterson
Rus- Lee Russell
Paul Douglas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
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