Belleview preacher to speak at Belleview Sunday
Local items note Rev L C Hill, former Belleview church pastor, will preach at Belleview Sunday with friends invited. Ice cream supper by Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary at Delano park at seven tonight. Hospital notices list admissions and dismissals at Hamil Clinic and Decatur General. Weather outlook for today and Saturday predicts partly cloudy skies with fair tonight and light coastal winds.
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L. C. Hill
Birmingham
Belleview Church
Belleview
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Delano Park
Divorce Grounds Over Lap Sitting In TV Drama
In Los Angeles on July 29 Judge Frank G Swain granted dancer Lee Radford a divorce from Charles Radford aviation executive after she testified he shoved her off when she tried to sit on his lap during TV viewing. He offered no word of protest nor did he explain the shove.
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Los Angeles
Frank G. Swain
Lee Radford
Charles Radford
Radford
Lions Club Hosts 18th Tennessee Valley Horse Show
About 3500 spectators watched 123 horses perform in the eighteenth annual Tennessee Valley horse show. Ace's Sun Rise, owned by H. H. Wilkinson of Fort Worth and ridden by Auburn Gray, won the final five gaited stake. Arletta's Shining Hour, owned by Gwen Mill Farms and ridden by Dr. M. W. Sanford, earned the floral horse shoe. Lions club officials, judges, and announcer Eddie Bryant headed a cohesive program with tributes to longtime worker Gilly Orr and a musical interlude by Leon Cole.
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Eddie Bryant
Walking Horse
Burt Hunter
Lewisburg
Tenn
H. H. Wilkinson
Fort Worth
Tex
Auburn Gray
H. O. Davis
Montgomery
Arletta
Shining Hour
Gwen Mill Farms
Opelika
Ben Britnell
Garland McRae
Clyde McRae
Mary Ann Bagley
Gene Brown
Jean Gregg
Martha Higdon
Carolyn Wade
Ann Wheat
Garland
Trigger
Britnell
Cole
Winners At Show Given
Winners at show given class one local amateur walking horses first Gay Hi Boy owned and ridden by Bill Caughren Athens second Nellie Donn owned by Magnusson and Gilbert Athens M L Magnusson riding third Little Joe owned and ridden by G M Jacobs Decatur fourth Billy owned and ridden by Kenneth Watson Decatur fifth Sylvia owned by Earnest Murrah Athens Willie Young riding sixth Blanco Beauty owned by J A Boyle Decatur Floyd Hathcoat riding class two locaponies first Betty Blue owned by Judy and Lynn Gilbert Athens Betty Witty riding second Pistol Pete owned by R L Bradford Athens Betty Bradford riding third Bit Of Heaven owned by White Way Stables Decatur Martha Winton riding fourth Merry Man owned by Witts Stable Athens Tom Darnell riding fifth Glenn Augur Lad owned by C H Jones Francis Roach riding sixth Little Joe owned by G M Jacobs Decatur ridden by Jacklyn Jacobs class three three gaited ponies first Judy Canova owned by Country Club Stables Murfreesboro Tenn Ben Rawlins riding second Kalarama Honey owned and ridden by Marian Williams Nashville See WINNERS on Page 2
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Gay Hi Boy
Bill Caughren
Athens
Nellie Donn
Magnusson
Gilbert
M. L. Magnusson
Little Joe
G M. Jacobs
Decatur
Billy
Kenneth Watson
Sylvia
Earnest Murrah
Willie Young
Blanco Beauty
J. A. Boyle
Floyd Hathcoat
Locaponies
Betty Blue
Judy
Lynn Gilbert
Betty Witty
Pistol Pete
R. L. Bradford
Betty Bradford
Bit of Heaven
White Way Stables
Martha Winton
Merry Man
Witts
Tom Darnell
Glenn Augur Lad
C. H. Jones
Francis Roach
G. M. Jacobs
Jacklyn Jacobs
Judy Canova
Country Club Stables
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Ben Rawlins
Kalarama Honey
Marian Williams
Nashville
Marriage Benefit Backed by New Jersey Ruling
A New Jersey ruling declares that workers who take time off to marry and are fired are entitled to unemployment compensation if they gave advance notice to their employer. Taking leave for marriage after proper notice is not misconduct, the division states.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey —. A
Chiens Akansa Te Amend Security
Tennessee Valley horseshow lights up Legion field showring
A 123-horse, four-hour Tennesse Valley horseshow drew 3,500 spectators to Decatur's Legion field last night. Lions' club transformed the park with flowers and bunting as Leon Cole of Nashville led the crowd, judges H O Davis and Burt Hunter worked the ring, Moose Sherrow served as ring master, and Dr Ray Ashwander cared for the mounts.
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Legion Field
Lions’ Club
Decatur
Nashville
Leon Cole
H. O. Davis
Montgomery
Burt Hunter
Lewisburg
Tenn
H. R
Moose) Sherrow
Ray Ashwander
Arms Plan Has No Troop Goal
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson told the HouseForeign Affairs Committee that the administration arms program does not call for sending any additional U S troops to Europe. The plan would supply equipment and training from excess or reserve stocks without weakening U S forces.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
U .S
Europe
Johnson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Acheson
Truman
Armed Services
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Clark
McGrath
Sen
War Surplus Abroad Sold For Fraction Of Cost
Secretary of State Acheson reported to Congress that American war surpluses left abroad were sold for about 20 cents on the dollar of their 10 billion production cost. The Foreign Liquidation Commission ended June 30 after realizing roughly 2 billion dollars, including 84.56 million valued assets given to UNRRA.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Foreign Liquidation Commissioner
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Thornton Sentenced to Life for Alton Belk Merchant Slaying
Pierce W. Thornton received a life term for shooting and killing a Belk merchant in E Sentene. The jury deliberated about four hours before the verdict. Thornton had been jailed since the September shooting amid a dispute over a $700 loan.
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Ala
Pierce W. Thornton
Belk
Oe Thornton
Burdo
Thornton
Taylor
Thorni A Gee
New York Reports 42 Polio Cases in One Day
New York health department reported 42 new infantile paralysis cases, the highest 24 hour total this year, raising the year’s total to 306. Two deaths occurred in the same 24-hour period, lifting year deaths to 19. 289 cases have been recorded since July 1.
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New York City
New York
Health Department
Morris Given Until Monday To Bare Lists
Birmingham July 29 A circuit court gave Klan Leader William Hugh Morris until Monday to produce secret records for a grand jury probing flogging and mob violence. Morris, held in contempt after 16 days in jail, says records were stolen. Attorney Hugh Locke seeks more time. Judge Bailes weighs further delay as state urges immediate jail return.
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Morris
Birmingham
Ala
William Hugh Morris
George Lewis Bailes
Hugh Locke
Banker's Arrest Ties to Policy Probe in Numbers Ring
Dennison Duble, former secretary manager of the Cincinnati Clearing House Association, was booked on conspiracy and conspiracy to contrive a lottery charges tied to a supposed $50,000,000-a-year crooked numbers ring. He faced fingerprinting after being processed at the Elizabeth Street station. Seventeen people have been taken in three states, following Monday raids including a Newark, New Jersey home.
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New York
Dennison Duble
Cincinnati Clearing House Association
Ohio
Elizabeth Street
Cincinnati Clearing House
Clearing House
Wall Street
Duble
Newark
N. J
Hearing Slated Next Week on Alabama Prison System
A legislative committee set another hearing on Alabama prisons for next week after sharp criticism of Director Frank Boswell. Austin E. MacCormick of the Osburn Association read a letter accusing Boswell of brutal punishments and lax prison conditions, and of being criticized by many. Gov Folsom called him the best, which MacCormick rejected as ridiculous. Boswell and prison officials testified as personnel chiefs noted classification matters and suggested a board run the department rather than four-year director terms.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Frank Boswell
Austin E. MacCormick
Osburn Association of New York
Paul Meeks
Jefferson County
Vuska
Boswell
McCormack
James E. Folsom
McCormick
Browder
Stanley Frazer
Robin Swift
Escambia
Rea
Atlantic Pact Update and Far East Fighting Report
The French upper house ratified the North Atlantic treaty, sending it to President Auriol for signature, with Dutch approval awaited within two weeks. In China, communist forces push toward Changteh in Hunan as Nationalists defend Kweiyang area. U S armed services leaders lobby Congress for Truman’s 1.45 billion aid program to arm allies, while exploratory talks on atomic information sharing among the United States Britain and Canada are planned.
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Associated Press
United States
Vincent Auriol
Hunan
Changteh
Chang-Sha
Kweiyang
Canton
U. S
American Congress
Truman
Atlantic
Jeep Accident Fatal To Man Lozo Mote
Lozo Mote was killed in a Jeep accident near Priceville about 9 30 p m Thursday Morgan Coroner Joe Morrison says No injuries to a second man Thomas Nave were reported by Morrison Mote died when the jeep lost control at high speed and overturned Services for Mote are set for Saturday at 3 30 p m at Friendship church Rev Betha Stedham to conduct the rites Burial under Mutual Service will follow in the adjoining cemetery He is survived by his parents four brothers three sisters and a grandfather Pallbearers are Ruel Owens Harvey Nave Elza Hallman Billy Bishop Evernette Hampton Marshall Williams and Walter Shaw.
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Lozo Mote
Hartselle
Priceville
Morgan
Joe Morrison
Thomas Nave
Morrison
Mote
Friendship Church
Betha Stedham
Herman L. Motes
Wayman
Windell
Paul
Thomas
Helen
Linda
Hazel
S. E. Owens
Decatur
Ruel
Theft of Seed Charged to Two Limestone Men
Limestone sheriff reports W Luke Coffman 40 and sonWilliam Coffman 22 admitted theft of 550 pounds crimson clover seed from Charles Spencer farm Limestone county about two weeks ago. They are farmers working for W B Reese on his southwest Limestone farm. They sold seed in town and were apprehended there. Both were reported arrested Wednesday before Judge R.
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Limestone Sheriff's Office
W. Luke Coffman
William and Coffman
Charles Spencer
Limestone County
W. B. Reese
Leslie Nelson
W. Luke
Limestone A R
Degatur Poj
Desertion charge linked to adoption sale probe in Alabama
In Bessemer Alabama an unemployed miner Seamon Alvin Edwards 26 is charged with desertion and non-support for allegedly selling his daughter Jewel Viree Edwards 2 to W H Sessions for 500 with plans for adoption. Sessions admitted giving the money but denied it was payment. A second baby Sandra Lee eight months old was reportedly offered for adoption for 600. Edwards is jailed on a 500 bond and probation revoked.
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Jewel Virce Edwards
Bessemer
Ala
W. H. Sessions
L. A. Edwards
Lacey Alexander
Edwards
W H. Sessions
Jewel Viree Edwards
Sessions
Lily Pond Death Held Accident
Mrs. Burton E. Austin, 53, died in a lily pond at her Palm Beach home. an apparent loss of balance while reaching for lilies. Found by her husband, Dr. Austin, head of the county health department. Funeral Sunday at Memorial Presbyterian Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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West Palm Beach
Flia
Burton E. Austin
Austin
Palm Beach County
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Death of Mrs Burton F Austin Shocks Decatur Friends
Mrs Burton F Austin dies, reported by Associated Press wives. Dr and Mrs Austin lived in Decatur years ago when he served Morgan County health officer. He later did health work in Montgomery and for several years served as state health officer.
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Burton F. Austin
Associated Press
Austin
Decatur
Morgan County Department of Health
Montgomery
Transportation of Untaxed Liquor Charged to Man
A Lawrence County man, Jones Grady Moody Jr. 23, is in jail facing charges of transporting untaxed whiskey. He was arrested yesterday at 7:30 by Garland Nuby. Sheriff B. Humphrey reports Moody had seven gallons of untaxed liquor in a 1940 Ford, with a second man eluding capture.
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Lawrence County
Jones Grady Moody Jr
Garland Nuby
Co. B. Humphrey
Humphrey
Moody
Justices Will Say If Harris Bill Now Law
The Alabama Supreme Court was asked to rule if Rep Norman Harris bill to end rent control has become law without Gov Folsoms signature. The House adopted the resolution after Folsom sent the bill back but timing left the question unsettled as Tuesday was the deadline. The measure would lift rent controls effective May 10 next year.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Alabama
Norman Harris
Morgan County
House of Representatives
Harris
James E. Folsom
House
Folsom
George Hawkins
Truman
Supreme Court
Senate
Revenue Department
Bill
Silas D. Cater
Constitution Committee
Cater
Girl Jumped Into Ice Truck To Escape Heat
Atlanta police identified 21 year old Ann Warren of Ridge as the woman who jumped into an ice delivery truck early this morning to escape the heat. She had set off a false fire alarm drawing firemen downtown. The incident followed a 94 degree day with 93 forecast for today.
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Atlanta
Bill Jay
C. M. Kennedy
Ann Warren
Ridge
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