Local Residents News and Hospital Dismissals
A record of visits and travels shows Mrs Louise Cloud of Birmingham holidaying with the Robinsons of Falkville and others visiting in New York and Montreal. Several patients were discharged from Decatur General Hospital including Mrs Enoch Nesmith and Gary Whitehead, with new admissions listed as Morrow and Jacks. Royally, births are announced for Mrs Willard Sherrod and Mr D B Halbrooks, while fishing trips and river stage reports complete the community diary.
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S. E. Patterson
New York
Montreal
Canada
Decatur General Hospital
Enoch Nesmith
Decatur
Robert Huller
Avenue
John Morrow
Falkville
Charles Linderman
Danville
L. C. Jacks
East Church Street
Willard Sherrod
Sixth Avenue, SE
McRae Announces He Will Make Campaign For Mayor
Knox McRae of Decatur, a longtime automobile dealer and former Decatur City Council member, announced on Saturday he will run for mayor in September. He previously directed the state Department of Finance under the Folsom administration and is active in the Central Baptist church Kiwanis and Shrine clubs.
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Knox McRae
Decatur
McRae
State Department of Finance
Folsom
Central Baptist Church
Kiwanis
Shrine Clubs
New Forest Fires Spread Across North Alabama
Fresh forest fires broke out in North Alabama as volunteers battled outbreaks near Pell City Gadsden and Birmingham. Soaking rains were needed to halt the flames roaring through dry brush threatening rural homes and adding to crop losses. A mountain fire near Gadsden was under control with more than 100 men fighting to keep it from Lookout Mountain and Owl's Hollow.
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Associated Press
North Alabama
Pell City
Gadsden
Birmingham
Lookout Mountain
Owl’s Hollow
Nobody Cold But Most Sober In District Saturday Night
Sparse sober crowd observed in Decatur district as weather hampered activity. five “lost weekenders” reported across Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties by press time. Four VPL arrests noted two in Limestone one in Lawrence and one in Morgan. See NOBODY on Page 3.
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Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Press
Morgan County
Limestone County
Iran ready to renew talks on nationalized oil payments
Tehran reports Premier Mossadegh notified Britain Iran is willing to begin talks on paying for nationalized Anglo Iranian Oil Company properties. He formed a firmer cabinet including the war ministry while Britain and the AOIC face a non-competent ICJ ruling.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
War Ministry
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
International Court of Justice
Parley Mossadegh
George Middleton
Bakhtar
Emrooz
Middleton
AOIC
Farouk Abdicates as Egypt’s King in Tank Coup
King Farouk I abdicates ending his reign during a military cleanup. The army declares Crown Prince Ahmed as King Fuad II of Egypt and the Sudan. Lt Gen Mohammed Naguib Bey leads the nearly bloodless coup and surrounds royal palaces in Alexandria. Analysts note exile to Italy aboard the royal yacht with the royal family.
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Edward Pollak
Cairo
Egypt
Farouk I
Mediterranean
Italy
Farouk
Ahmed
Fuad II
Sudan
Mohammed Naguib Bey
Royal Guard
Ras el Tin Palace
Alexandria
Farida
Ferial
Fadia
Morgan Proud Of Native Son Candidate For Vice President
Morgan county hails John Sparkman as Alabama’s first native vice presidential nominee in a century. The Mt Tabor born senator rose from Morgan county High with top grades in English algebra history civics Virgil German and more. Sparkman’s humble family andEarly life details, plus local pride, are chronicled as Morgan friends celebrate the Democratic convention choice.
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Senator Sparkman
Adlai Stephenson
Hartselle
Morgan County
Alabama
John Jackson Sparkman
Mt. Tabor
J. H. Riddle
Sparkman
Whit Sparkman
Jodie Turney
Elliott McCutcheon
John Sparkman
Ac- Lee Morgan
Sparkman Nominated Vice President at Democratic Convention
In Chicago on July 26 excitement rose as the Democratic National Convention nominated Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama for vice president. His wife Mrs Ivo Sparkman recalled an early morning call and the sense of fate shaping the moment. The article notes the dramatic hotel suite setting and the reaction among attendees.
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Claude Pepper
Florida
Sparkman
Ivo Hall
Albertville
Huntsville
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Kiwanis Clubs
Congress
Washington
Chicago
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Ivo Sparkman
Man Named among Top FBI Fugitives Kills Agent in New York
Gerhard Puff, 38, a top 10 FBI fugitive linked to Western bank robberies, walked into an FBI trap at the Congress Hotel in Manhattan. He killed Agent Joseph Brock, 38, and was wounded and captured after a gun battle with about a dozen agents. Two women detained. Puff’s accomplice at large.
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New York
FBI
Manhattan
Gerhard A. Puff
Congress Hotel
Central Park
West 69Th Street
Joseph Brock
Puff
Brock
George Arthur Heroux
Miami
Fla
Eva Peron Dies in Argentina President's Wife
Buenos Aires reports the death of Mrs Eva Peron wife of President Juan D Peron after a long illness hospitals delay official confirmation cancer suspected as cause of death final details not disclosed by authorities
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Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Juan D. Peron
Steel Workers Ordered Back to Work
Washington July 26 President Philip Murray of the CIO steelworkers union ordered his 680000 workers back to mills and mines today ending the strike that halted steel production across the nation. The move restores production and reduces mounting wartime supply pressures.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers Union
Steel strike ends as Alabama mills resume operation
Birmingham reports that the steel strike is over and mills in Alabama will reopen after district United Steelworkers officials said pickets would be removed once a settlement is accepted. Tennessee Coal and Iron Division of U S Steel recalled some workers, but remaining pickets blocked entry at mill gates.
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Birmingham
Serong Steel
Alabama Mills
Steel strike ends with settlement reached, last issue settled
Murray announced the final settlement of the steel strike with complete agreement. Details note possible continuation on page 2 under STEEL.
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Murray
Allied Envoys Quit Parley Over Korean Armistice Talks
Allied negotiators accuse the Communists of hypocrisy and walk out of Panmunjom meeting for a week. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. says he will return August 3 and invites any substantive talks before then. The session ends after the first open meeting in three weeks, following eighteen off the record talks since July 4 that failed to resolve POW exchange as the major obstacle.
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Munsan
William K. Harrison Jr
United Nations
Sparkman Gets Nomination By Acclamation
Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination beside Adlai Stevenson at the 31st national convention in Chicago. The coalition of Illinois and Alabama leaders signaled unity as Kefauver’s backers debated possible roles. Civil rights critics warned Sparkman’s record could hinder Negro voter support.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Chicago
Democratic Party
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Adlai Stevenson
Sparkman
Stevenson
Illinois
South
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson_ anion
Alabama Delegation Celebrates Sparkman VP Nomination
Alabama's delegation to the Democratic National Convention celebrated after Sen. John J. Sparkman of Huntsville was nominated for vice president on a ticket led by Gov. Adlai Stevenson. The early morning decision sparked festivities among state leaders and visitors in Chicago.
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Chicago
Alabama
John J. Sparkman
Huntsville
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sparkman
Stevenson
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Gov. Stevenson
United States
Louise Cloud
J. H. Robinson
Estelle Bates
Bobby and
Johnny Wayne
Dora Robinson
Ardmore,Tenn
Claire Bloodworth
Kimball B. Jones
Jacksonville, Fla
Ben Bloodworth
Estelle Bates and Sons
John D. Robinson
Cove Springs
Leroy Francis
William D. Langley
Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Florence
James M. Bloodworth
Wilbur Kimbrell
Trinity
D. B. Halbrooks
Decatur 3
Ellis- Meyer Hospital
Bert H. Ellis
Beech Street
Clifford E. Penney
West Moulton Street
Loyd Shelton
Memorial Drive
E. F. Powell
John
Bama
University of Alabama
Reese Amis
Huntsville Times
Tuscaloosa
Sparkmans
Herman
Marvin
L & N Railroad Company
Louisville
Gladys
Agnes
Grace
Thelma
Mattie Lou
Elbert Sanders
Barto McCurry
Warrior
Alan
By Ruth Cowan
Bulletin
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
By Leroy Simms
By Ken Reynolds
Junior
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