Weather and society notes from Decatur area diary page
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon. Social notes report births visits and travel including Mr and Mrs Pete Montgomery announcing a son Donald Andrew and Miss Christine Cheatham visiting Chattanooga. Local church events and hospital notices are listed along with upcoming diary items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Montgomery
Mable Cheatham
Chattanooga, Tenn
Donald Andrew
Christine Cheatham
Chattanooga
Pete Montgomery and Son
Truck Crash Victim Electrocuted Near Athens Kentucky
Thurman Lowell Vanover, 26, Utica Kentucky, died after the truck overturned near Athens. He left the cab, returned to the vehicle, then touched a live wire and was killed instantly. The other rider escaped injury. Patrolman McNeese investigated. body sent to Owensboro for funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman
Lowell Vanover
Utica
Kentucky
Athens
Vanover
Spry
Powers Hospital
McNeese
Highway Patrol
Owensborough
Programs of Show Arrive at Tennessee Valley Horse Show
The Tennessee Valley Horse Show office unveiled the largest 1946 program set, a 68 page edition with owner and address indices. Changes in the 14 class schedule shift junior and two year old walking horses between classes, and the event at Benson Field lists champion five gaited ponies such as Reet Royal and Sailor Boy with their owners and riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Tennessee Valley Horse Show
Second Avenue
Lions Club
Gillie Orr
H. R. Sherrow
Sam Wheat
Benson Field
Reet Royal
Rosemary Ellis
Sparta
Tenn
Deacon Orr
Porter Ellis
Florence
Victory Lane
Thelma
Nancy Ross
Nashville
Betty Sue
Valley View Stables
Tommy Kurkulus
Stream Line
W. S. Hewett
Albertville
Nanett Hewett
Charles E. Byron
Powers Model
N. B. Hardeman
Henderson
Joanne Powers
North Alabama visitors to select 12 county TB board
About 100 visitors from the North Alabama area will come Wednesday to choose a 12 county tuberculosis sanatorium board of directors. The program includes a tour of Morgan county TB facilities, a luncheon, and a business session. Each county board of revenue will name two representatives, and the full 24 member board will then elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
County Boards of Revenue
B. F. Austin
Morgan County TB
Board of Revenue
Mixed Voting Is Old Story In Tennessee
In Tennessee the August 1 primaries will include whites and Negroes with no new restrictions. Negro voters, about 16 percent of the population, mostly back Democrats in cities. East Tennessee is historically light in black votes. The poll tax rules let all eligible participate and no major strife has marked the period, as Tennessee weighs McKellar’s bid for another term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Memphis
The
Blues
Beale Street
East Tennessee
Pye
Rink Hearing Set Over Decatur Skating Rink Nuisance Claim
W N Weaver operator of a Greenwood park roller rink reports 500 signers oppose nuisance charge and seek permission to continue. City of Decatur filed suit alleging operation in residence district. Hearing with Judge Crow scheduled 10 am Wednesday. Weaver to submit petitions and affidavits. the city seeks a temporary injunction. Attorneys Lynne and Harris represent Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Weaver
Greenwood Park
Weaver
Decatur
C” District
Fourth and
Fifth Avenues West
Peach, Caddell and Shanks
James H. Crow Jr
West Decatur
S. A. Lynne
Norman Harris
Athens man recovering after heart attack and stroke
G. B. Bond a 48 year old Athens businessman was reported recovering this morning from a heart attack and stroke suffered Saturday. Bond collapsed at his sandwich shop and was taken to the hospital before being moved to his home at 511 South Clemmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.B. Bond
Athens
Bond
South Clemmons
Officers Face Action in Garsson Munitions Probe
Senate war investigating committee pressed the War Department to discipline high ranking Army officers tied to travel orders for a New York wedding linked to the Garsson munitions case. Records showed six officers traveled on government orders to be in New York for Natalie Garsson's wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Henderson
Washington
Mead
N.Y
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Department
Garsson
New York
Natalie Garsson
Garsson Brothers
Henry and
Murray
Red-Haire Jean Bates
Henry Garsson
Joseph Freeman
Garssons
Hazy
Army
Paul X.english
Chemical Warfare Service
Alden H. Waitt
English
Pierre
Murray Garsson
Natalie
Bates
Freeman
Albert Jacobson
Combine
Twenty Jews Detained After King David Hotel Blast
In Jerusalem today about 20 Jews were detained in connection with yesterday’s King David Hotel bombing that killed or missing 98 people. Rescue workers recovered 41 bodies, with 50 injured still in hospitals and 12 senior British officers listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Caruthers
Jerusalem
King David Hotel
British Army
Palestine Government
Old City
Palestine
Government
Palestine Civil Service
All Palestine
Palestine Post
Weather Favorable For Underwater Atomic Test
A July report from USS Mt. McKinley notes good weather foreseen for Thursday as 75 ships endure underwater detonation effects near Bikini Atoll. Scientists debate shock reach and how much energy remains in water versus air, with no daylight flash expected from the underwater burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
MT. Mckinley
U. S
Bikini
Associated Press
Howard Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Dr. R
Prema Scientific
Saiere
Collection in Relief Drive Planned for City
A house to house canvass for emergency relief cans is set for July 30 in nine city districts. The Decatur Ministerial Association backs the drive with the slogan A can for each member of the family. Milk and soups are especially needed. Church chairmen from nine congregations were named to organize the effort and meet July 29 to plan further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Miller
Decatur Ministerial Association
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Central Baptist
Charles Malone
Central Methodist
Floyd Sherrard
St. John’s Episcopal
Sarah Jefferies
First Christian
Ruth Beasley
Moulton Heights
Louis Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian
Delores Hardage
First Baptist
J. T. Nelson
Memorial Drive
George A. Rice
Zetta Sheats
Willoughby Presbyterian
Luther Sellers
Sixth Avenue
Church of God
Custody Awarded to Grandmother in Morgan County
The court granted custody of Hazel and Gail Jones to paternal grandmother Mrs. Bell Hughes of East Point Georgia by agreement. Judge W H Long presided with witnesses Mrs. Hughes R L Jones Essie Tucker Jones and Nannie Tucker. A welfare report on the children is required every six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Gail Jones
Bell Hughes
East Point
W. H. Long
Hughes
R. L. Jones
Essie Tucker’ Jones
Nannie Tucker
Morgan County Department of Welfare
Jones
Judge Lynne to rule in $21,730 tax suit over Spight trust
Judge Seybourn H. Lynne heard the federal suit in Birmingham seeking a refund of the 1941 42 income tax paid by Home Oil Mill and trustees of the W R Spight Religious and Charitable Trust. Decision expected in the first week of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Oil Mill
Decatur
Annie Lou Spight Burr
James H. Johnson
D. D. Gibson
W. R. Spight
Willingham
Seybourn H. Lynne
Birmingham
Charles H. Eyster
U. S
William Burton
Lynne
Mr. Spight
Senate candidates file pre election expense reports
Three senatorial candidates and Dr. Austin R. Meadows unopposed for state school superintendent filed pre election expense statements with Secretary of State Sibyl Pool in Montgomery. James H. Simpson reported 1261 dollars, Frank W. Boykin 3614 dollars, Thomas H. Maxwell 347 dollars, and Dr. Meadows 18.50 dollars. U S senate candidates may spend up to 10000 dollars under the Alabama corrupt practices act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Austin R. Meadows
Sibyl Pool
James H. Simpson
Birmingham
U. S. Senate
Frank W. Boykin
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Meadows
House Debates OPA Revival as Rent Controls Remain
The House rejected 159 to 128 a motion to strip price controls to rents only, as debate on the compromise OPA bill continues. Leaders expect Truman to sign by nightfall, restoring partial price controls and rent authority while a three member board guides levels and potential restorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Today
OPA
Francis M. Lemay
Rep
Brown
Ohio
Rep. Wolcott
Rmich
Coast House
House
Chester Bowles
Leon Henderson
Philip Murray
CIO
Senate
Truman
Spence
House Banking Committee
Capitol Hill
Paul Porter
Telephone traffic here reaches peak
Decatur residents average 31 796 local calls per business day with a 20 percent rise from last year and 51 percent rise from two years ago. Switchboards are heavily loaded causing brief delays while efforts to expand service continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Mixson
Decatur
Mixson
Ayl
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