Courtroom reports and regional updates from Decatur area
One man faced driving without license and another for disorderly conduct in recorder's court this morning. Port er Vaughn seriously ill at Mes ter clinic in Birmingham. Miss Mary Eleanor Terry and Miss Ann Effae Davis returned home after a week with Miss Frances Cokeley in Gadsden. Rev H M Layman to preach ordination sermon at Round Island Baptist church Friday night and speak at a home coming service at Vinemont Sunday morning. Sheriff’s forces arrested a person on a peace proceedings count. No evening service at First Christian church. Rev Lee Franklin to preach at Sixteenth Ave Baptist on worship. Decatur’s weather forecast shows 94 at noon, 103 yesterday high, TVA readings midweek. river stages listed for several towns. Rev Clyde Martin to hold prayer services tonight at Central Baptist. Margaret Ann McCutcheon hosted Sheriff John McCutcheon. Mrs John D Wilkin admitted to Decatur General hospital. T J Chitwood to lead prayer at Central Methodist with choir rehearsal afterward. See DIARY On Page 2.
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H. M. Layman
Round Island
Saucers Held To Be No Peril
Air Force experts say radar can mislead on unidentified flying objects and that many sightings are false radar echoes. Investigations at Wright-Patterson Field found radar returns traced to ice formations in the sky after aircraft were sent to verify reports.
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Washington
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
New Voices Join GOP Harmony Chorus
Two Republican senators Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Hugh Butler of Nebraska joined the Eisenhower faction after backing Taft at the convention. Their switch followed a convention clash and signaled unity amid lingering Democrat discord in the South.
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Associated Press
South
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Dirksen
Gov
Southern Governors to Confer on Presidential Support
Louisiana Democratic leader N B Carstarphen said governors of Louisiana South Carolina Virginia and Georgia would meet to decide whether to back the Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson. He doubted Alabama would join due to loyalty to Senator Sparkman. Outcome unknown whether to support Stevenson or Eisenhower.
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New York
Louisiana
N. B. Carstarphen
Democratic State Central Committee of
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Carstarphen
Alabama
John J. Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dewey to Attend Eisenhower Strategy Conferences in Denver
Thomas E. Dewey announced via his office that he will fly to Denver Saturday for a weekend series of Eisenhower campaign strategy conferences. Butler backed Eisenhower predicting victory in Nebraska and urging Taft to engage in the campaign to win the White House. In Indiana, the pre convention Eisenhower committee stayed in existence but will cooperate with the pro Taft Republican group.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Denver
Butler
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Taft
White House
Indiana
Virginia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
James F. Byrnes
Richmond News Leader
Richmond
Floyd Johnson Found Dead in Decatur Area
Funeral services for Floyd Gus Johnson aged 43 were set for 3 p m at Bear Creek Baptist Church with Rev Ledbetter. Coroner Joe Morrison ruled death natural. body found in dense thicket west of L N tracks behind Brock and Spight wholesale on Bank Street. Police investigated three men tied to the case. one released after illness, another released, and a third held on related charges.
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Floyd Gus Johnson
Decatur
Bear Creek
Smith Ledbetter
Mutual Service
J. B. Whitmire
Johnson
L. and N. Tracks
Brock and Spight Wholesale
Bank Street
Joe Morrison
Floyd
Echols Scheduled For New Trial In Morgan County
Willie Echols was slated for a new trial in Morgan county court on a second degree manslaughter charge after a jury reduced the original murder charge in a prior proceeding. The session also continued the case of Louis M. Chaffin charged with driving while intoxicated, with W. H. Long presiding.
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Willie Echols
Morgan County
Echols
Louis M. Chaffin
W. H. Long
McMahon Death Tightens Battle for Senate Control
Washington reports the death of Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut tightens the race for Senate control in November. The vacancy reduces the Democrat majority to three with 35 seats at stake. Republicans must win 23 to gain a bare majority, while Democrats need 14 to retain control.
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Washington
Sen. Brien. McMahon
D-Conn
Senate
McMahon
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presi- Lee McMahon
Six Miles Of Road Would Straighten Entire Route
Gadsden and Decatur unite to urge the Alabama Highway Department to extend paving in a six mile straight route from Memphis to Atlanta via Summit Alabama. Delegations from both chambers of commerce met to press for a safer shorter road to boost tourism and traffic. Attending were Adolph Reich Don Hill E D Langford from Gadsden and Joe Elliott William Sims R W Orr Rutledge S Thomas Barrett Shelton from Decatur.
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Gadsden-Decatur
Gadsden and
Decatur Chambers of Commerce
Memphis
Atlanta
Decatur
Gadsden
Don Hill
William Sims
Joe Elliott
Decatur Chamber of Commerce Road Committee
E. D. Langford
A. P. Reich
State Highway Department
Decatur and
Operations Price Stabilization to cut 60 percent staff
The Atlanta OPS regional office and nine district offices will be reduced by 60 percent effective September 1 following Congress budget cuts. Total personnel drop from 255 to 140 in Atlanta. other offices from 80 to 11 in Birmingham and similar cuts in Miami Memphis Savannah Columbia Jackson Jacksonville Montgomery and Nashville.
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Atlanta
George D. Patterson Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Congress
Miami
Memphis
Savannah
Columbia
S. C
Jackson
Miss
Jacksonville
Fla
Montgomery
Nashville
Patterson
OPS
Washington
John McGehee to Lead Decatur Chest Drive This Year
John McGehee will lead the Decatur Community Chest drive this year. The announcement came at noon from Hill Fergueson, chairman of the board of directors selection committee, and W. K. Wilder and Redus Collier, associate committee members. Collier chaired last year’s drive.
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John McGehee
Decatur
Hill Fergueson
W. K. Wilder
Redus Collier
Collier
Government issues order raising steel prices from July 26
The Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall signed a special OPS order allowing mills to raise ceiling prices on all steels delivered on or after July 26. Arnall had opposed increases and gave no comment as the language stresses the measure is official and mandatory.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Arnall
Lewis Opens Talks With Soft Coal Industry
John L. Lewis has begun discussions with a major share of the soft coal industry, signaling groundwork for full scale contract negotiations. An informed source says Lewis had his first conference with the industry yesterday.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
Price Boost Directive Curbs OPS Authority Over Steel Ceilings
The directive from Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman limits the Office of Price Stabilization and its director by depriving them of independent discretion over steel prices. It states the price directive removes OPS from policy control and any jurisdiction or determination concerning steel ceilings.
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Defense
Minor Action On War Front Near Old Baldy Stationed
Rain drenched the Korean battle front for sixth straight day and limited ground contact to brief patrol exchanges. On the western front near Old Baldy U N troops counterattacked a second time against a Reds position seized by 200 Reds. An artillery barrage and Allied infantry failed to dislodge the Reds. The U N Eighth Army offered no late report on the second attack. Night B 26 and B 29 bomb runs on frontline targets left warplanes mostly grounded.
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Seoul
Korea
Old Baldy
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Arms production slowed by foreign aid cuts
Secretary Acheson said congressional cuts in foreign aid will stretch out military production in the Western world. He spoke amid French requests for a large arms purchase for Atlantic Alliance armies and noted the impact on allied supply plans.
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Washington
Acheson
France
Record Heat and Drought Sweep Dixie and Northeast
Extreme heat and drought grip the South and Midwest as temperatures top 100 in multiple cities including Huntsville Columbia and Tuscaloosa. The USDA declares Tennessee a disaster area and Massachusetts seeks a federal disaster declaration as rainfall remains scarce and crops suffer across regions.
Governor Gordon Persons backs Stevenson Sparkman ticket
Montgomery Alabama Gov. Gordon Persons pledged to vote the straight Democratic ticket in November for Gov. Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. He said he supports Stevenson for a year and a half and will give full backing in the presidential race, noting Southern states debate civil rights plank.
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Montgomery
Adlai Stevenson
Sap
John Sparkman
Gordon Persons
Stevenson
Sparkman
Chicago
General Van Fleet Assesses Korea Armistice Prospects
General James A. Van Fleet said there is less chance for an armistice in Korea today than ever before, signaling a hard line in negotiations and ongoing military considerations.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Record Heat Wave grips Alabama statewide
Alabama endured a 12th straight day of temperatures above 100 with Huntsville at 108 the hottest in the state and Birmingham near a record high. Other readings included Tuscaloosa 107, Birmingham 106, Anniston 102, Selma 101, Montgomery 100, Dothan 98, Mobile 96 as humidity worsened the heat and scattered thundershowers were possible later.
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Southeastern States
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Arkansas
Huntsville
Ala
Anderson
S. C
Columbia
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Muscle Shoals
Rome Ga
North
Weather Bureau
Defense to Get Big Steel Share
The Pentagon foresees military orders consuming about 30 percent of the nation’s steel for the next six months, up from 15 percent during the strike recovery. Officials say civilian supply will shrink temporarily and prioritize military needs.
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Washington .P
Pentagon
Defense
Morgan Leads State In Tax Amortization Certification
Private investments totaling 195 million dollars in Tennessee Valley Authority area manufacturing facilities were certified under the federal tax amortization program for 1950 to 1952. TVA notes state certificates amount to 1.7 percent of national total with significant credits for Chemstrand in Decatur Alabama and Bowater near Charleston Tennessee, plus Wolverine Tube Division in Morgan County.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
National Production Administration
Chemstrand Corp
Decatur
Ala
Morgan County
Wolverine
Bowater
Charleston
Alabama
Etowah County
Colbert County
FHA To Declare An Emergency Area in State
The Daily reports Alabama will be declared a drouth emergency area after Senate contact with the Farmers Home Administration. Julian Brown confirms information is at FHA Washington and funds for disaster loans will follow. Tennessee has already been designated a drought disaster area with automatic loan authorization. The Daily sought state and federal steps for Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties.
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South
Massachusetts
Texas
Gulf States
South Atlantic States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Lister
Hill
Dillard
B. Lasseter
Farmers Home Administration
Alabama
Drouth
Hills
Julian Brown
FHA
Montgomery
Alabama Drouth
Grouth
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brown
Misssissippi
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ardmore
Wage Controls Extended to Nine Small Businesses
Nine types of small business enterprises have been placed under wage controls by Economic Stabilizer Roger L Putnam. The list includes trucking outfits tool and die shops automotive repair logging operations and sawmills all Alaska concerns and other small businesses with significant non wage income or expected to hire more than eight employees. Congress had exempted small businesses employing eight or fewer from wage controls but allowed the President to reimpose if needed.
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Washington
Roger L. Putnam
Alaska
Congress
Truman
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