Decatur Daily Notices On Visits and Local Activities
Partly cloudy afternoon and night with scattered thundershowers noted for the state. Visits unfold as Arthur Wright family of Birmingham arrives in Decatur to see Huie Wright and Claudia, while Harvey L. Brown of Boise City arrives for relatives. Hospital admissions and discharges, arrests, Rotary meeting plans, and weather details are summarized along with local civic notes.
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Arthur Wright and Son
Birmingham
Decatur
Huie C. Wright
Claudia
Eighth Avenue East
Harvey L. Brown
Boise City
Okla
Mr. Brown
Cimmaron County
Oklahoma
Plane delivers copper tubing to Frigidaire from Decatur
A plane delivered one thousand pounds of copper tubing from the Wolverine plant in Decatur to Frigidaire in Dayton Ohio. The tubing sized .093 inches was flown after a rapid transport effort described as a modern miracle. The Decatur pickup occurred Thursday afternoon with a fast two way turnaround.
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Frigidaire
Wolverine
General Motors
Dayton
Ohio
Decatur
Alabamian in Carolina Trial Opens in Murder Case
In Walhalla South Carolina a Clemson College military instructor Sergeant Edgar Willis Twitty faces a murder charge for killing Ernest Cobb at Cobb's filling station last March. Witnesses include taxi driver James Nix and passenger Kenneth White. Twitty's lawyer is Wallace Johnson. Mrs. Twitty is Mozele Lovett of Haleyville.
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Walhalla
S. C
Clemson College
Ernest Cobb
Westminster
Edgar Willis Twitty
Florence
Ala
Cobb
James Nix
Nix
Kenneth White
Twitty
Wallace Johnson
Haleyville
Mozelle Lovett
Jim Cobb
Sgt. Twitty
State rests in Twitty murder trial after arrest near Cobb place
Sheriff Weathers testified finding a soldier cap near the Cobb place and a German Luger pistol the day after the shooting. Twitty was arrested on a murder charge as Jim Cobb identified the pistol. Mrs Twitty testified about the night of Feb 26 and the events leading to her escape.
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Eddie Weathers
Cobb Place
Twitty
Weathers
Jim Cobb
Mrs. Twitty
Student Aviators Escape Injury After Midair Collision
Two trainee pilots in Navy air basic training escaped injury when their planes collided in midair near Pensacola. One flier parachuted to safety as the left wing of Ens. F. J. Shoemaker’s plane from Scranton, Pennsylvania, struck the right wing of the teammate's aircraft, the Navy reported.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Naval Air Basic Training Command
Ens
F. J. Shoemaker
Scranton
Racial extremism violence in Groveland winds down
In Florida Central groves of unrest ease as National Guardsmen lift patrols after a week of white night rider violence and attacks on Black households. Police report no injuries and say tension declines with guards remaining several days. Local peace officers demand more accurate coverage from northern newspapers.
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Groveland
Fla
Central Florida
Polk City
Stolen Watch Sought After Athens Pool Robbery
Athens police seek a man who bought a stolen watch yesterday. Elvin Wear an Athens College student had his watch and a cigarette lighter stolen from the diving dressing room while swimming. Charles Green of Athens confessed to the robbery and was arrested. The lighter was recovered from a Decatur shop. the watch remains missing. Hearing for Green set for July 29 before Judge Rosenal.
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J. B. Whitmire
Elvin Wear
Athens College
Athens
Wear
Charles Green
Johnson
Limestone County
Decatur
Green
Whitmire
Rosenal
Limestone Sheriff's Office
Senate Set to Vote on Veterans' 52-20 Aid Program
The Senate labor committee voted to extend the 52-20 unemployment aid for veterans for another year. About 600,000 veterans currently receive up to 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, with President Truman urging continued support. The measure, backed by supporters in both chambers, must pass both houses to become law. Rep Rankin notes the program as “sit down money.”
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Senate
House
House Veterans Committee
Rep
Rankin
D.miss
Sheriff Denies Bootlegger Tie in Alabama Impeachment Hearing
Walker County Sheriff Grover B. Baggett testified before the Alabama Supreme Court that he fired his chief deputy over rumored deals with bootleggers. He described background checks on John Fitzpatrick, said no prior questions arose, and recounted a confrontation involving Luther Frost and 70 gallons of whiskey.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walker County
Grover B. Baggett
Baggett
Alabama Supreme Court
John Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Luther Frost
Luther
Frost
Starr Granted Release On Solicitor Motion
James L. Starr was released today on a motion by Circuit Solicitor George Johnson after a preliminary hearing before County Judge W. H. Long. The judge said the release was granted for lack of evidence in the carnal knowledge case.
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James
Starr
W. H. Long
Long
George Johnson
Senate Defeats Move to Revert Appointments Rule
In Montgomery Alabama the Senate rejected 22 to 9 a bid to restore the rules committee’s veto over gubernatorial appointments. The rule, changed this session, would dispatch messages to the committee before floor action. Senator C B Harvey of Blount County spearheaded the effort to revert the rule, but the motion failed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Rules Committee
C. B. Harvey
Blount County
C. B Harvey
Police Chief Updates Country Club Theft Case
Police Chief J B Whitmire says three boys have given statements about the robbery of a purse containing 24 dollars from the Country Club dressing room about 7 30 Monday night. The purse belonged to Miss Jean Gray of Detroit and she was in Decatur visiting relatives. The boys agreed to repay the money and prosecution is not expected.
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J B. Whitmire
Jean Gray
Detroit
Farm plan crushed in House as backers turn to Senate
In Washington on July 22 the House defeated Brannan’s farm subsidy plan 239 to 170, killing the three crop trial run on eggs potatoes and wool. The vote prompts Senate actions led by Elmer Thomas to seek a compromise or repeat next year’s debate amid warnings of a possible repeal of the wartime price supports.
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House
Senate
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Rep. Gore
D-Tenn
Rayburn
Texas
Kanes
Elmer Thomas Doe Ow
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Treasury
Cardinal Criticizes Mrs Roosevelt Over School Aid Stand
Francis Cardinal Spellman attacked Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt over federal funds for parochial and private schools in a public letter. He accused her of anti Catholic bias and said he would respond after her My Day columns. Federal aid to education dominates congressional debate.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cause of Justice
Congress
Truman Gets Atlantic Pact
The North Atlantic treaty passed the Senate 82 to 13 and awaits President Truman’s signature. The pact enables arms support for allies, with over a billion dollars of weapons planned for the coming year and a ban on giving Europe atomic bombs.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Washington
White House
Senate
Truman
America
Truman to send arms program to Congress to back Atlantic pact
President Truman will propose a foreign military aid program to Congress to support the Atlantic pact. Vice President Barkley said the administration will push for authorization and funding this session, with a Sept. 1 target. He noted less debate than for the pact, ratified 82 to 13 by the Senate yesterday.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Charles G. Ross
Truman seeks peacetime Europe alliance with 10 powers
The plan would bind the United States to ten European nations and Canada in a twenty year peacetime military alliance. It targets arms shipments totaling 1.45 billion dollars to Greece and Turkey and faces Senate opposition as critics warn of an arms race and potentialRedistribution to Russia. Administration officials indicate further details appear on Page 2.
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America
Canada
Senate
Greece
Turkey
Russia
Truman
Officers Quit After Confidence Vote in Lanett
Two Lanett police officers Manuel Garner Jr. and Jack McGee resigned despite a city council vote of confidence. Police Chief L D McGhee said they had faced burglary accusations from another officer. The resignations were tendered to Mayor C E Deloach and Councilman E W Blakely amid resident dissatisfaction with council actions.
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Lanett
Ala
London Dock Strike Ends as Workers Vote to Return
London dock workers voted to resume work Monday ending a strike that began June 27 in protest of government policy and a Soviet backed signaled lockout claim. Troops remained on duty to unload essential cargoes as the government extended forces to 11,397.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Victoria Park
Canadian Seamen's Union
CSU
Labor
United States Praised by U N On Pacific Islands Trust
The U N trusteeship council praised U S care for Pacific islands seized from Japan in World War I. A four nation mission will inspect trust territories next spring. Britain France Australia Belgium China Mexico and the Philippines backed the report. United States Russia New Zealand abstained. Costa Rica was absent.
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Lake Success
United States
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Pacific
Japan
Britain
France
Australia
Belgium
China
Mexico
Philippines
Russia
New Zealand
Costa Rica
Pacific Islands
Mass Klan Leader Morris in Jail Contempt Hearing Delayed
In Birmingham Alabama a contempt hearing for Ku Klux Klan leader William Hugh Morris was postponed to tomorrow. Morris has been jailed since July 7 for refusing to produce Klan records before a grand jury as a wave of cross burnings threats and whippings rocks the city. Morris and his attorney Hugh Locke say Morris may seek release on bond and will try to supply records later.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Hugh Morris
Alta L. King
Morris
Hugh Locke
Locke
Tarrant
Lycurgus Spinks
Thomasville
Dr. Spinks
E. P. Pruitt
KKK
Lee
Klan Denied By Minister In Alabama Violent Claims
In Talladega Alabama Rev Alvin Horn pastor of Blue Eye and Pleasant Grove Baptist churches denies state Attorney General Carmichael charges that the Ku Klux Klan caused a wave of violence. He says the Klan did not authorize raids and distant acts do not reflect Klan principles while comparing the Klan to the U S Army and noting rape charges against a single soldier cannot indict the Army.
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Talladega
Ala
Albert A. Carmichael
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Alvin Horn
Blue Eye
Pleasant Grove
Talladega County
Klan
Horn
U. S
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