Weather and community notes from Decatur region
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers mainly along the coast. Births announced at Decatur General Hospital include a son for Mr and Mrs William Hillard Athens 4. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Fred Schooley at Hamil Clinic Hospital. Dismissals and admissions noted at Decatur General Hospital and Hamil Clinic. Local church activities include sermons at Memorial Drive Methodist and Central Methodist and Pryor Chapel sing tonight. Six recorder court cases set for afternoon. building permit issued for drug store remodeling at 107 East Moulton Street. Sgt. Ben L. Roper Jr. returns on furlough from three years in Japan.
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Fred Schooley
Decature
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Joe Pettey
E. R. Clements
East
Moulton Street
Ben L. Roper Jr
Ben L. Roper Sr
Roper
Japan
Sparkman Bill Draws Criticism And Praise
A Senate bill by Senator Sparkman proposing $1 billion in federal loans to cooperatives for moderately priced homes drew praise from William Green AFL leader who urged decent housing for those too poor for private builders yet too rich for public housing. Rodney M. Lockwood NAHB president criticized the plan as creating an economic advantage that could eliminate private lenders in home building.
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Washington
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Rodney M. Lockwood
National Association of Home Builders
Green
Lockwood
Senate
Murray Murray Bares Steel Demands New Wage Package
New York July 28 President Philip Murray of the CIO steel workers announced the union seeks a 30 cent per hour package increase, with a fourth round of 12 1/2 cents. The demand includes 11.23 cents for pensions and 6.27 cents for social insurance as hearings open before Truman’s fact finding board to avert a strike. The union cites a current average wage of $1.65 and notes prior round gains of 18 1/2, 15, and 13 cents. The board will also hear pension evidence.
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New York
Philip Murray
CIO Steel Workers
Murray
Truman
Adoption Case Probe Pushed in Alabama
In Bessemer Alabama an unemployed miner remains jailed on a charge he sold his 2 1 2 year old daughter for 500 dollars. Officials probe a report that his other daughter aged 8 months was offered for adoption. Jewel the child lived with W H Sessions cafe owner who started adoption proceedings after paying 500 dollars to Edwards. Edwards admits receiving the money but denies it was a purchase price. Sessions says he paid hoping the man would leave town. Edwards says he agreed to the adoption because he could not provide for the child. He wept during an interview.
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Bessemer
Ala
Alvin Edwards
Lacey Alexander
Edwards
Jewel
W. H. Sessions
Sessions
Bessemer Cafe
Truman Nominates Three To War Claims Commission
President Truman named Daniel Cleary of Iowa Mrs Anceaia Lusk of New Mexico and David N Lewis of New York to the war claims commission each earning twelve thousand dollars yearly. The action was announced from Washington on July 28.
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Washington
Pee Truman
Daniel Cleary
Inois
Anceaia” Z. Lusk
New Mexico
David N. Lewis
New York
War Claims Commission
Injured Atlanta Attorney in Fair Condition After Shooting
Atlanta lawyer John Lockwood remained in fair condition in a city hospital after being shot five times by civil court Judge Robert Carpenter who pursued him through downtown. Lockwood was also injured when he fell into a deep excavation while fleeing. The two men, once close associates, faced nine court suits, including a claim that Carpenter’s wife planned to marry Lockwood. Carpenter was free on $500 bond on a separate shooting charge.
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John P. Lane
Tampa
Fla
Ward C. Cornelius
Lane
Cornelius
D. D. Stephens
Ann Cornelius
Ashburn
Atlanta
John Lockwood
Robert Carpenter
Lockwood
Carpenter
Helen Carpenter
Big event ready at Legion Field for eighteenth horse show
Tonight at 7 30 p m the Decatur Lions Club sponsored Tennessee Valley Horse Show opens on Legion Field. A record crowd is expected for the eighteenth annual event with wagon entries, ribbon girls Gene Brown Mary Ann Bagley Jean Gregg Martha Higdon Carolyn Wade and Ann Wheat plus youngster Garland McRea and pony Trigger escorting them. Judges Burt Hunter and H O Davis set walking and gated horse judging as prizes totaling 1650 are awarded by Lion's president G H Ungester. Bus service runs from Johnston Street and Second Avenue every 30 minutes from 6 30 p m for attendees.
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Decatur Lion’s Club
Legion Field
Sam Wheat
Gene Brown
Mary Ann Bagley
Jean Gregg
Martha Higdon
Carolyn Wade
Ann Wheat
Garland McRea
Clyde McRea
Trigger
Burt Hunter
Lewisburg
Tenn
H. O. Davis
Montgomery
Lion's
G. H. Nungester
Johnston Street
Second Avenue
Chinese Reds Push Forward in Southern China
The Associated Press reports Chinese communist forces advance into Southern China with new gains in Hunan province. Nationalists fear losses around Chuchow near Changsha as rail connections to Hengyang are severed. Sun Li Jen may head the national defense in Chiang Kai Shek’s Formosa plan. See CHINESE on Page 2.
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Associated Press
China
Hunan
Canton
Formosa
Sun Li-Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chuchow
Changsha
Hengyang
Polio cases in 1949 run well ahead of 1944 totals
An Associated Press survey shows 6,935 polio cases and 337 deaths in the U S through July 27 1949, higher than the 4,176 cases at the same date in 1944. The 1944 total eventually reached 19,029, with 27,363 in 1949. The U S Public Health Service cites 6,339 cases as of July 23 1949, 38.4 percent above 1948’s 4,580 through the same date.
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Associated Press
U. S
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington
Marmet seeks iron lungs as polio spike hits West Virginia
Marmet special hospital for poliomyelitis cases issued a call for iron lungs and nurses after five young patients aged 4 to 10 arrived. West Virginia reports 66 cases this year with one death, far above last year. Dr. N. H. Dyer cites heat and low stream levels as factors. cases stem from the Charleston area.
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Marmet
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Marmet Hospital
Charleston
Polio surge hits the nation as heat aids spread
Government data show 1,444 new polio cases in the week ending July 23, a 47.5 percent rise from 1948. The increase is spread across many states with at least 33 reporting higher rates and eight showing declines. nineteen states have exceeded 100 cases this year as the outbreak continues.
Klan Leader Morris Ordered to Explain Missing Records
In Birmingham Alabama on July 28 William Hugh Morris was summoned to appear in open court to explain why he has not produced Klan records for a grand jury as promised in a conditional bond. Judge George Lewis Bailes ordered the hearing after Morris testified an hour before the grand jury in a closed session as investigators probe hooded mob violence by night riders in the district.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Hugh Morris
George Lewis Bailes
Morris
Klan Chief Says Missing Records Found May Be Turned Over
Birmingham July 28 Ku Klux Klan Chief William Hugh Morris told reporters he cannot locate missing Klan records sought by a grand jury investigating hooded night rider violence. He had previously spent 16 days jailed for refusing to bring the records. he now intends to turn them over if found. Morris said they were stolen July 20 and blamed a state supreme court decision for his earlier stance. He announced a public meeting in Bessemer Saturday with speaker Dr Lycurgus Spinks.
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Birmingham
William Hugh Morris
Morris
Supreme Court
High Court
Women Picket In War on Vice in Gary
Gary Indiana July 28 The Gary Women’s Citizens Committee began picketing in a campaign against vice and crime. About a score of locations suspected of gambling and vice were targeted as women wearing W C C arm bands posted themselves. The group formed after a Gary high school teacher was killed by a purse snatcher, a crime unsolved. The pickets will note names of people entering locales and license numbers of cars.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Women’s Citizens Committee
Irs
Eugene Swartz
Russell C. Griffith
Girl Freed of Slaying Her Paramour Faces Life Anew
Joyce Schumaker an 18 year old pale blonde girl was freed by a Lake county jury after about 400 minutes deliberation in the slaying of Carl Reeder 53 a school clerk. The courtroom cheered as the verdict was announced and Joyce spoke of prayers answered. Her mother said the family would move away and she would finish high school.
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Waukegan
Joyce Schumaker
Lake County
Circuit Court
Bobby Soxers
Joyce
Carl Reeder
Edna Schumaker
Waukegan High School
Reeder
Kinea
Michigan Beach
Kanie Beeden
Lations
Education Leaders Plea Trimmed in House Committee
The house ways and means committee cut a major education appropriations bill, approving a $58,112,000 yearly substitute for the next two fiscal years versus the educators demand. The plan adds $6,188,371 annually, partly from a special education trust fund and $2,750,000 from the general fund, with $4,000,000 to preserve teacher salaries. University of Alabama would rise to $2,167,500 and Auburn $1,936,000, based on pro rata requests.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Ways and Means
State Education Department
E. L. Buckner
Cultman County
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At Auburn
Tom Johnston
Mobile
Educatee Education
Acheson warns Soviet danger and urges arms for Europe
Secretary of State Acheson told Congress urgent rearmament of Europe is needed to counter a Soviet threat. He said the Soviet Union sustains the largest peacetime military force and urged quick approval of a 1.45 billion arms program. The Senate redrafted funding for the Marshall Plan as four days of amendments ended with the bill sent back to committee.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Europe
Western Europe
Soviet Union
Free Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Group
Truman assurance blocks sharing atomic secrets without Congress
Secretary of State Acheson relayed President Truman's message after a presidential pledge. Lawmakers heard no decisions will be made on sharing American atomic secrets with Britain and Canada unless Congress participates. Some senators voiced alarm at the talks.
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Truman
Congress
Acheson
Serate-House
Atomic Energy Committee
Britain
Canada
Education Aid Bill Faces House Inaction Despite Compromise
The house avoids action on federal aid to education amid controversy. Three Republicans submitted a measure to grant aid to states strictly by need. It would allow funds to support church-run schools if states choose. The move aims to circumvent a disputed feature in Senate and House proposals.
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House
Senate
Motorcycle Hits Stray Horse and Seaman Is Killed
A 20-year-old merchant seaman, Billy Reece of Chickasaw, died when a motorcycle crashed into a stray horse on Highway 4 near Neely's station viaduct in Prichard, Alabama. His passenger, Betty Marie Chenoworth, 21, of Prichard, suffered severe lacerations. The fatality was counted as the county's 18th traffic death of 1948.
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Reece
Morgan Eyes Loss of Fund on Hartselle Priceville Road
Morgan County may lose government farm to market funds for the Hartselle Priceville road unless a county engineer is hired soon. The Board of Revenue and Control warned contracts must be signed by Oct 1. The post opened June 10 after Thomas J. Arledge’s resignation. no action on a pending applicant has been announced.
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Vic Bubbett
Morgan County
Hartselle
Priceville
Board of Revenue and Control
Thomas J. Arledge
Long Study of TVA Planned by House Subcommittee
In Knoxville on July 28 the House Government Operations subcommittee announced a months long study of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Rep Hardy of Virginia leads the panel after a Muscle Shoals inspection to evaluate TVA operations and guide future congressional consideration.
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Knoxville
Tenn
House Committee On
Tennessee Valley Authority
Public Power Corporation
House
Rep
Hardy
Muscle Shoals
Ala
TVA
Cohen Henchman Edward Herbert Dies of Wounds
Edward Herbert, a henchman of gambler Mickey Cohen, died from shotgun wounds suffered July 20 in an attack by rival gangsters. He had been in critical condition since the shooting, which also struck Cohen and another associate, who were recovering. Herbert earlier escaped 11 gunshots near his apartment.
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Los Angeles
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Mickey Cohen
Herbert
Cohen
Judge Recesses His Court in Communists Trial
Judge Harold R. Medina temporarily left the bench during the communist conspiracy trial, saying he was physically and mentally exhausted. He announced a recess to lie down for a minute, then returned to the courtroom about 30 minutes later and the trial resumed.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
Boswell Admits Letting Convicts Leave Premises
Montgomery Alabama July 28 Frank Boswell state prison director testified before a senate house prison committee that he let at least two convicts leave Kilby prison for private matters and to handle family or tax issues. He cited Lowery a convict from Marengo county and Cotney from Clay county among those granted brief leaves. He said records also show pardon and parole board allowances and noted such actions were practiced in prior administrations. He defended a mixed policy of punishment and rehabilitation while defending his administration against press criticism.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Boswell
Legislative Investigating
Boswell
Leonardy Lowery
Hale County
Lowery
Kilby
Marengo County
Amos Cotney
Anther
Pardon and Parole Board
Cotney
Clay County
George W. Garner
Garner
Sen
T. F. Burnside
DeKalb County
Alabama
Bruce Airey
Howell Turner
Pardons-Parole Board
L. B. Stephens
Fred Rice
B. R. Reeves
Draper Prison
W. H. Swearington
Silas Cater
Montgomery County
W. L.doc Martin
Greene
Cater
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William Hillard
Athens 4
Decatur General Hospital
Bob Clark
Avenue East
Harold Blackwood
West Church Street
Coleen George
Tower Avenue
Jimmy Summerford
L. C. Summerford
Hamil Clinic
Frank Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Deasons
The
Central Methodist Church
J. K. Rogers
Caroline Williams
Mrs
Roy Williams
Decatur 1
Pryor Chapel
Pryor Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Jack Miller
Recorder’s Court
First Methodist Church
Otis E. Kirby
Sparkman
By Ken Reynolds
Lions Horse Show
Press
Stray Horse
Seaman
Morgan
I. B. Rutledge
State Highway Department
Legislative Probe Group
Geoffrey
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