East Morgan Seeks Rural Phone Service in Morgan County
East Morgan residents form organization to push rural telephone service. Nine directors are elected and 29 members join as REA aid and Southern Bell plans are explored. A survey planned for Cotaco school as community mobilizes for broader regional access.
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Morgan County
Cotaco High School
Cotaco
L. E. Wooten
Union Hill
Lacey's Spring
Valdermosa
Talucah
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Wooten Con
John Sparkman
Rea
Fred Nance
Chattanooga
Nance
R. A. Gamble
Hobson Mahan
Nancé
Friends and foes of Truman control program brace for conferees
Washington July 21 Friends and foes of the Truman economic controls program prepare for a Senate house conference to draft legislation for the President. The panel includes five senators Maybank Fulbright Robertson Capehart Bricker and seven representatives Spence Brown Patman Rains Wolcott Gamble Talle. The House passed a year extension of wage price and rent controls and the group aims for a conclusion by week’s end. The White House mid year report goes to Congress Monday as Truman weighs opposed positions. In Atlanta the South weighs school segregation options as a Supreme Court case seeks guidance on local control.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Fulbright
D-Ark
Robertson
D-Va
Capehart
R-Ind
Bricker
Ohio
Spence
D-Ky
Brown
D-Ga
Patman
Texas
Rains
D-Ala
Wolcott
R-Mich
Gamble
Talle
Iowa
Congress
Rep
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Friend
Atlanta
U.S. Supreme Court
Southern Regional Council
High Court
Clarendon County
S.C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Community glimpses and events from Decatur area
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thunder showers forecast for the state. Local residents Ira Schnell heads to Atlanta for a beft show while veterans from Alabama return home aboard the General William Weigel in San Francisco. Dick Hundley of Decatur earns a bachelor of laws at the University of Alabama. Church services at Nazarene invite public attendance.
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Navy
William Weigel
San Francisco
Alabama
Donald O. Gray
Cullman J
Himmie L. Todd
Cullman
University of Alabama
Dick Hundley
Decatur
Church of the Nazarene
Seventh Avenue West
H. M. Watson
Wagnon Heads State Agents
L T Wagnon of Morgan county was elected president of the Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents. New officers begin Jan 1: E Morriss co president C P Grenade secretary treasurer H A Ponder, A V Culpepper, J W Langston, Clinton Johns directors. P O Davis praised agents for boosting farm production.
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Birmingham
L. T. Wagnon
Morgan County
Alabama _ Association of County Agricultural Agents
E. Morriss
Elmore
County
C. P. Grenade
Butler
H. A. Ponder
Franklin
A. V. Culpepper
Monroe
J. W. Langston
Pike
Clinton Johns
Jefferson
Confederate Drum Roll Still Heard at Manassas Anniversary
In Manassas Virginia on July 21 an old Confederate kettle drum was tapped to honor veterans of the first battle of Manassas. John Kerr 82 of Staunton Sons of Confederate Veterans rolled the drum and wreaths were laid by Virginia South Carolina and state societies honoring Generals Jackson Lee and Bartow.
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Manassas
John Kerr
Staunton
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Jackson, Lee
Bartow
Virginia
South Carolina
Flood's Punch Falls Short Of Haymaker That Was Expected
The Mississippi rose to 40.2 feet around noon in St. Louis with crest forecast at 40.3 feet, three inches below the 1844 all time high. Downtown and waterfront areas faced rising water as industrial sites felt the impact though city residents stayed calm. Flood-control officials projected waterfront damage near 4 million dollars, aided by earlier warning that reduced losses compared with 1947. See FLOOD'S On Page 2.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Orrwesvan
Missouri
Kansas City
Num
Morton Meyer
Progress in Iranian talks edges toward renewal
Averell Harriman, President Truman's envoy, moved closer to renewing discussions between Iran and Britain over oil. Iran's Allahayah Saleh said progress was made after a meeting with Harriman. A joint Iranian British American oil marketing venture was among the options considered.
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Robert B. Hewett
Tehran
Iran
Averell Harriman
Truman
Allahayah Saleh
Francis Shepherd
Parliamentary
Saleh
Harriman
Burlington Mills to Idle Some Plants
Lack of new orders will force shutdowns at Burlington Mills Corporation plants in the coming weeks. Officials said Greensboro weaving plant will close next week with others adopting five day, half day, or full shutdown schedules. Poor market conditions blamed for the cutbacks across major textile plants in the region.
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Greensboro
N. C
Bur‘Tington “Mills Corporation
Passports Cancelled for Two Missing Officials in Mystery
British Foreign Office confirms two missing figures, a scientist and an official, had their passports cancelled. The scientist is Dr E H Burhop, 40, Australian physics lecturer at the University of London, once involved with the atomic project in America. Burhop says he was to travel to Moscow but declined further comment.
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Foreign Office
William Ridsdale
Ridsdale
Society For Cultural Relations
E. H. Burhop
Burhop
Moscow
University of London
Atom Scientists
Association of Scientific Workers
Atomic Energy Project
America
Fight Between King's Sons Sparks Jordan Crisis in Jerusalem
In Cairo July 21 the Arab Legion aided police to round up over 100 suspected oppositionists in old Jerusalem for questioning in King Abdullah's assassination. Tensions rose as Abdullah’s two eldest sons contend for succession, with Crown Prince Talal upset by a regency granted to his brother Naif.
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Cairo
Jordan
Arab Legion
Old Jerusalem
Abdullah
Ballot On Gas Tax Hike Looms for Morgan County
Morgan county voters may decide on a one cent gasoline tax to fund roads and bridges. Representative Noble Russell and Luther Roberts advertise the act enabling a vote and the Morgan Board of Revenue and Control would need to adopt a resolution declaring necessity.
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Morgan County
Noble Russell
Luther Roberts
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Somerville Soldier Serving With Forces in Korea
Cpl Laurice Garner, son of Mr and Mrs J O Garner of Somerville, is now serving with the armed forces in Korea.
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Somerville
Korea
Laurice
Garner
J. O. Garner
Selma Leads State in 100 Degree Heat This Week
The U S weather bureau said Selma was the hottest reporting point in Alabama with four days of 100 degree readings this week, Tuscaloosa had three such days. Locals say actual temps were about two degrees lower than Craig Field, yet it remains intensely hot. Residents cool by swimming fishing and country driving as Valley Creek park draws visitors. No heat prostration cases reported. Cecil Moorer created a traffic stepping window display painted to resemble falling snow.
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Birmingham
U. S. Weather Bureau Today
Selma
Valley Creek State Park
Cecil Moorer
Heart attack tied to Alabama visitor's death in jail
PASCAGALA Miss July 21 Sheriff Guy Krebs announced no foul play in the death of James O Smith of Lineville Alabama who died of a heart attack after being picked up in an intoxicated state. He fell at a tourist court sustaining head cuts and bruises. Cleopatra anecdote appears as stray text in the report.
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Pascagala
Miss
Guy Krebs
James O. Smith
Lineville
Ala
Krebs
Smith
Vanished four engine plane hunted off Alaska coast
A four engined Korean airlift DC-4 transport with 38 aboard disappeared along the Alaska Panhandle coast. Distress signals were reported by Canadian Pacific Airlines heard at Anchorage and Cranbrook, as the outboard airlift plane sent its last contact at 12 17 AM PS off Cape Spencer.
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Vancouver
B. C
Alaska Panhandle
Canadian Pacific Airlines
CPA
Anchorage
Alaska
Cranbrook
Cape Spencer
Dynamiting Blamed In Coal Region Labor Tensions
Police probe into a dynamiting amid coal mine labor strife. damage estimated between 5000 and 8000 dollars. Officials report miners at Dante Clincheo divisions may be recalled as negotiations continue between Cli field Coal Corp and United Workers over wage and water-rate disputes affecting workers on company property.
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Segwesy
acSruchkertendl
Norton
Hibbetts
Clifield Coal Corporation
United Workers
Dante Clincheo
Dante
Clincheco
Amazon River's Atlantic Flow Estimated at Five Million Gallons
The Amazon River pours into the Atlantic Ocean at an estimated rate of five million gallons per second, highlighting the vast scale of South America's longest waterway and its impact on regional coastal dynamics.
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Amazon
Atlantic Ocean
UN Stand Brings Recess In Armistice Talks
United Nations delegates refuse to discuss troop withdrawals in Korea prompting the Chinese Reds to call a recess in cease fire negotiations until July 25. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy says the pause serves no useful purpose while Red leaders seek Peiping guidance ahead of potential large scale action.
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U. N
Korea
Peiping
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Perjury Case Against Wood Mistrial in Alabama
Washington county legislator J Emmett Wood faced a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict after two days. Circuit Judge Eugene Carter dismissed the panel as they split 75 to 84 favoring acquittal at times. The solicitor said he would retry in November on charges of lying to a parole investigating committee.
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Montgomery
Ala
Washington County
J. Emmett Wood
Eugene Carter
William F. Thetford
Legislative
Roy Drinkard
Cullman
Parole Board
Bill Drinkard
Tommy Vinson
Glen Vinson
Vinson
Drinkard
Wood
One Dead In Six Accidents In Central Tennessee Valley
Six traffic accidents, one fatal and six people hospitalized, occurred in the Central Tennessee Valley. Walter Heflin Pitt, 40, died in a truck overturn seven miles north of Moulton. James Hollis Coffee, 37, of Moulton, suffered severe injuries. J F Templeton, 52, of Fayetteville, treated for chest injuries after a Pine Dale crash. Others remaining in Decatur General Hospital include Willie Curtiss Weaver, Lee Berryman, Mildred Patterson, and Herman Lambert with internal injuries. Nonfatal U S 31 crash caused about 750 dollars in damage to Frank Simmons and Joseph Jackson Keenum vehicles. Keenum cited for faulty brakes.
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Tennessee
Walter Heflin Pitt
Trinity 1
Carpenter
Moulton
Mountain Home
Highway Patrol
James Hollis Coffee
Farmer
Irwin-Dyar Hospital
J. F. Templeton
Fayetteville
Tenn
Fayettevlle Hospital
Temleton
Pine Dale
Iles
Ardmore
Decatur General Hospital
Willie Curtiss Weaver
Fourth Avenue South
Lee Berryman
Railroad Street
Mildred Patterson
Mooresville
Greenbriar
Herman Lambert
East Wilson
Lambert
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
U. S
Alabama
Tech
Beasley
Frank Simmons
South Athens
Joseph Jackson Keenum
Cyprus
Decatur
Keenum
Simmons
Carl Edgeman
Two Escapees Still At Large From Dothan Jail
Two jailbreakers Mayo and Williams remained at large in Alabama after fleeing from Houston County Jailer Eck Granger. A 15 officer posse, FBI agent, and tracking dogs failed to find their trail in the woods east of Dothan where they allegedly forced a driver to aid their escape. Mayo faces burglary charges and warrants in Ozark Panama City and City, while Williams had a three year sentence and awaiting appeal action.
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Dothan
Ala
Houston County
Eck Granger
Liberty
J. C. Mayo
Hubert Williams
FBI
Here
Hilliard Suggs
Mayo
Ozark
Panama City
Fla
City
Liams
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Skinny worms headline
Ken Reynolds writes a brief society snippet titled Skinny little worms not the bait shop kind featured with Daily Want Ads. The item reflects a playful column tone in a small town newspaper.
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Bait Shop
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