Decatur Weather and Local Activities Snippets
Mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and Friday. Decatur bureau reports 86 high 69 low and .02 inch rainfall. Nine Valley farmers fly Pryor Field to Auburn for Alabama Flying Farmers meeting. Local residents referenced include John Taylor Wilson Tay a ae sie meee dr. and Doc Carl of Tuscaloosa.
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Decatur Weather Bureau
Pryor Field
Auburn
Alabama
John Taylor
Wilson Taya Ae Sie
Tg Nithers Peebles
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
John Rawford
Dennis McLendon
Willie Mack
Paul McRae
John Collier
Doc Carl
Tuscaloosa
Mystery of Green Rain Explained in Birmingham
Pedestrians reported green slicks on downtown streets after a heavy shower. War surplus store operators revealed they dumped green coloring from a life jacket material to aid air rescues, creating a visible emerald sheen described as pretty.
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Birmingham
States Rights National Drive Is Taking Shape
The States' Rights campaign to August 11 aims to build a major national political group. Governors Thurmond and Wright announced the drive with a July rally in Texas and Jackson headquarters opening August 9. Merrit Gibson treasurer and Wallace named national figurehead signal broad mobilization in multiple states.
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Columbia
S. C
J. Strom Thurent
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Houston
Texas
Ben Laney
Arkansas
South
Alabama rights committeemen prepare statewide Thurmond Wright support
Birmingham reports the Alabama executive committee of the states rights group met to draft a price plan backing Thurmond Wright for the presidential ticket. Former Gov. Frank M. Dixon and eight others outlined organizational steps for all 67 counties as 11 Democratic electors planned to convene at 2 p.m. to discuss electoral college support.
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Birmingham
Alabama States Rights Committee
Thurmond-Wright
Frank M. Dixon
J. Strom Thurmond
South
Al Metcalf Re arrested In Morg City Shooting Case
Al Metcalf aged 53 was re arrested after a year old assault with intent to murder case involving the shooting of Boyd Edward Irvin in Morg City. The case has been docketed for a fifth time after irregularities over a key witness name and prior continuances. Metcalf posted 750 bond and was jailed in Morgan County awaiting further proceedings.
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al Metcalf
Metcalf
Boyd Edward Irvin
Morg City
Morgan County
Edward Irvin Maples
Irvin
Kirkpatrick
Nuby
Memorial to Two Yanks Erected by Berlin Group
Western Berlin honors two American fliers Lt Charles H King and Lt Robert W Stuber who died delivering food to the blockaded city. The plaque at the crash site in the apartment building expresses Berliners gratitude and vows to remember their sacrifice.
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Berlin
Charles H .King
Britton
S.D
Robert W Stuber
Arlington
Calif
Wiesbaden
Southerners Open Fight on Anti-Dixie Law
In Washington on July 29, Southern senators began filibuster tactics against anti-poll tax legislation. The move signals extensive debate with likely little immediate action. Paul Porter presented a bill to the House Banking Committee seeking price controls and rationing powers aimed at lowering living costs by November 1947, drawing GOP opposition and claims of presidential overreach.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Paul Porter
OPA
House Banking Committee
Segregation ban bill seeks to overturn Truman order
The bill by Rep Winstead would allow a volunteer to declare unit preference at enlistment and require officers to assign personnel accordingly. It also sets up a commission to investigate segregation in the armed services and would nullify the president’s anti segregation order.
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Washington
Truman
Armed Services
Rep
Winstead
Federal Reserve Proposes Reserve Increases to Curb Inflation
Across the capitol Thomas B. McCabe explains to the senate banking committee the administration's anti inflation plan calling for more reserves for banks to restrict lending and slow price rise. House actions on anti-poll tax legislation progress as Senator Russell moves to delay.
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Capitol
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Senate ‘Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Porter
House Committee
House
Wherry
Neb
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Goulds Check Aired in Suit Against Frank J Gould
In New York a federal suit charges Frank Jay Gould stopped payment on a 400000 dollar check given to Mme Anne Wilbert De Sairigne for sheltering him from Nazis. De Sairigne seeks jury verdict to collect the amount she advanced during wartime.
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New York
Frank Jay Gould
Mme
Anne Wilbert de Sairigne
Mme. de Sairigne
Gould
Juan-Les-Pins
French Riviera
France
Paris
Riviera
United States Trust Co
Waynesburg Pa Bets On Rain As Drought Drips On
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania on July 29 observers faced dry skies and betting fever led by attorney John Dailey who plans a rain forecast gamble. He bets against rain with a hat as the stake and predicts famed entertainer Charlie McCarthy will provide the donation.
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Waynesburg
John Dailey
Dailey
Charlie McCarthy
Entertainment Fame
All Set For Show Tonight At Benson Field
Exhibitors arrive by noon for the Tennessee Valley Horse Show in Decatur with over 100 entries. The event, fifth year sponsored by the Decatur Lions Club, will start at 7 30 p.m. with Gilbert Orr announcing and Leon Cole at the Hammond organ. Dr Walton H Anderson serves as ringmaster and Dr Ray Ashwander as official veterinarian. Judges Owen Haley and George H Booth will preside over gaited and walking divisions, with a prize pool over 1600 dollars.
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Decatur Lions Club
Sam Wheat
Benson Field
Gilbert M. Orr
Columbia, Tenn
Leon Cole
Nashville
Tenn
Hammond Organ
Walton H. Anderson
Decatur
Ty Winco AP Easter
Athens
Ray Ashwander
Ben Britnell
Owen Haley
Danville
George H. Booth
Tupelo
Miss
Lions Club
Truman Seeks TVA and Flood Control Funding
President Truman asked Congress for 56 million dollars to advance federal power and flood control programs. He proposed 4 million for a New Johnsonville Tennessee Valley Authority steam plant, 21.8 million for flood control, and 10.6 million for rivers and harbors, with 2 million for the Jim Woodruff dam project on the Chattahoochee Flint Apalachicola system.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Tusday
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Army Rivers and Harbors
Jim Woodruff Dam
Chattahooche-Flint - Apatlachicole
Explosion at Farben plant devastates Ludwigshafen area
German investigators ruled out communist charges that the Farben chemical complex produced war materiel. The disaster killed or vanished hundreds as 22,000 workers were employed at the largest plant in the French occupation zone. Fire and toxic fumes hampered rescue efforts amid ongoing explosions.
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James. J. Devlin
Ludwigshafen
Germany
Farben
Rhine
Mannheim
U. S. Army
Berlin
I. G. Farben Industries Trust
18 Die in Alfa Airlines Flying Boat Crash Near Buenos Aires
Maritime police report 18 killed and four injured after Alfa Airlines four engine flying boat crash landed in fog on the Plate River near Buenos Aires. The ship carried 18 passengers and five crewmen from Rosario. one passenger was unharmed. Details remain with authorities.
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Buenos Aires
Alfa Airlines
Rosario
Plate River
Alfa
Two Children Made Wards of State in Judge Almon's Edict
Alma Jean and Gurney Franklin Roberts were declared permanent wards of the state by Judge T. C. Almon in juvenile court after a petition by their mother Mattie Lou Roberts. The siblings, aged five years and two months, were reportedly beaten and treated for bruises and malnutrition at Decatur General hospital. Alma Jean was moved to a foster home in the Somerville area, while Gurney Franklin remained hospitalized pending placement.
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Almon
Alma Jean
Gurney Franklin Roberts
T. C. Almon
Mattie Lou Roberts
Lacey's
Decatur General Hospital
Frank
Child Welfare Department
Somerville
Gurney Franklin
Fam
Bevin Signals Possible British Demobilization Halt
Britain weighs delaying demobilization as tension with Russia deepens. Bevin told the House of Commons a decision will come in a few days and noted allied diplomacy with the United States and France in Moscow aims to ease the Berlin blockade and avert wider conflict.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
West
House of As
Britain
United States
France
Berlin
Bevin
House of Commons
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Molotov
Smith Takes Peace Plans
U. S. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith left Tempelhof airfield for Moscow carrying plans for the Western Allies next step to settle the German crisis. He was joined by Frank Roberts and envoys from Britain and France, expected to make oral overtures to the Soviet side.
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Berlin
U. S
Walter‘ Bedell Smith
Tempelhof Airfield
Moscow
Frank Roberts
Smith
Britain
France
Draftees Get Word of Cheer
The Army reports 18 085 volunteers in early July, more than half the 30 000 monthly target, as Lt General Willard S Paul notes many three year enlistments expire and an intensive drive seeks repeat enlistments while a manpower stockpile is prepared to draw from starting October 1.
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Willard S. Paul
Paul
Flying Farmers Group Will Be Formed in State
Farmers from across Alabama gathered in Auburn to organize the Alabama Flying Farmers Association a unit of the National Flying Farmers Group which promotes aviation in farming and farm to city travel State Senator Bruce Henderson spoke along with Robert H Pitts and others at the API led program including Dr R B Craughon P O Davis and Agriculture Commissioner Haygood Patterson
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Flying Farmers Association
National
Flying Farmers Group
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Robert H. Pitts
Department of Aeronautics
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
R. B. Craughon
API
P. O. Davis
Haygood Patterson
Sanity Hearing Sought for Howard Rice Death Row Case
In Montgomery on July 29 a clemency hearing sought a state ordered mental examination for condemned Howard Rice before deciding on execution. Assistant AG Bowen Simmons urged the test while Circuit Solicitor Boggs argued the Supreme Court already ruled no insanity evidence was presented at trial.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Bowen Simmons
Howard Rice
Kilby
Greene County
T. S. Boggs
State Supreme Court
Rice
Stassen Named New Penn President
Harold E. Stassen was named the University of Pennsylvania's new president at a trustees meeting. The 41 year old former Minnesota governor will become the university's youngest president subject to a September board vote and will begin duties at the start of the university year.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
George William McClelland
Minnesota
Tast Monte
Dewey
Lang Lang Lang slay trial jury charged before lunch
James Lester Lang faces potential first or second degree murder verdict for the slaying of Christine Haynie as jurors weighed the case. Defense attorney Russell Lynne argued insufficient evidence and questioned shoe tracks and timing while Phillip Shanks and George Johnson urged conviction on circumstantial grounds.
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James Lester Law
Christine Haynie
Newton B. Powell
Langett
Russell Lynne
George Johnson
Philip Shanks
O’ Lang
Lynne
Lang
Rowell
Johnson
Shanks
Haynie
Communist Party Chairman Surrenders After Grand Jury Indictment
New York state Communist Party chairman Robert G. Thompson surrendered at the federal courthouse with attorney Abraham Unger. He is one of 12 top communists indicted for advocating violent overthrow. nine others have surrendered, two remain at large, and charges stem from the indictment issued July 20.
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Communist Party
New York
Robert G. Thompson
Thompson
Abraham Unger
William Foster
U. S
Man who buzzed UN with dynamite held on bail
Lupina Stephen J. 36 a former Air Forces gunner from Connecticut was arraigned in Mineola on $25,000 bail for illegally possessing weapons after he allegedly buzzed United Nations headquarters with a rented plane and a stick of dynamite to “wake up” the world to peace. He surrendered in New Haven last week.
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Mineola
N. Y
Air Forces
United Nations
Stephen J. Lupina
Connecticut
U. N
District Court
Albert C. Moore
New Haven
Conn
Supina
Moore
Disabled Vets To Meet Tonight at Legion Home
The Disabled American Veterans plan a 7 30 p m meeting at the Legion home. All disabled veterans are urged to attend as plans for a large gathering and a supper are to be arranged. Show interest in the organization by joining.
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Legion
Legion Home
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