Decatur weather and city notices in brief
Warmer Sunday with scattered showers in the South. Parking hour limits set in Decatur starting Monday on Second Avenue Bank Street and Moulton Street one hour. side streets two hours. alleys and prohibited zones no parking. Mayor Summer recovering from tonsil operation. Dog control and cooperation noted by Chief J B Whitmire. Several residents and visitors mentioned including pilots at Pryor Field and local hospital news. By Ken Reynolds.
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Decatur
Second Avenue
Bank Street
Moulton Street
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Alabama lawmakers resume sixth session amid budget battles
Alabama legislators return to the capitol for the sixth time this year to tackle the second phase of a sweeping fiscal program amid debates over labor, election reform, liquor control, and funding for teacher salaries and old age benefits. The session restarts June 3 after a Jefferson Davis birthday holiday shift, with Gov. Folsom calling a special session to seek an income tax diversion amendment.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
Alabama
Jefferson Davis
James E. Folsom
House
Senate
Gov. Folsom
Coal Strike Threat Looms Over U.S. Talks Collapse
Washington dispatch reports that negotiators led by John L. Lewis fail to agree on a 35 cent hourly raise, escalating a potential July 1 mine walkout amid national emergency strike legislation and a presidential decision on a possible veto. Northern and Western operators offer 15 cents, citing steel and auto pay patterns.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
World Tragedies Of Air Claim 175 In Few Days
A worldwide string of air crashes in recent days has claimed 175 lives and left 26 injured with three missing. Major incidents include Eastern Airlines DC-4 near Port Deposit Maryland with 53 dead and United Airlines crash in New York causing 41 deaths.
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LaGuardia Field
New York
United Airlines
Associated Press
United States
Eastern Airlines
Port Deposit
United Air Lines
Tokyo
Tachikawa
Icelanding Airways
Iceland
Tillburg
Netherlands
Argentina
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bogota
Columbia
Litchfield
England
Holiday Toll Of Lives Still Soars
The Memorial Day holiday record shows at least 277 killed in three days with automobiles as the leading cause. A separate incident mentions a person pushed into the back road, indicating fatal traffic events during the period.
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Associated Press
Truman Cancels His Alaskan Vacation
President Truman signs a 350 million foreign relief bill and tightens his schedule after visiting his ailing mother. He plans two brief June trips to Kansas City and Ottawa to address parliament, postponing a hoped Alaskan goodwill visit.
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Truman
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Kansas City
Ottawa
Canada
Stroup Dies After Lumber Yard Accident
Tilden S. Stroup aged 67 was fatally injured Saturday morning when crushed between two trucks at Valley Coal and Lumber where he worked two years. The accident at 9:30 involved a Murdoch truck, a youth in the cab, and a faulty door lock. Funeral services set for Monday at Austinville Baptist Church with interment in Roselawn Cemetery. Stroup leaves a wife, four sons Willie, Leonard, J C, M T Stroup, two daughters Beatrice Elkins and Ollie Smith, four brothers, two sisters, and fifteen grandchildren.
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Tilden S. Stroup
Valley Coal & Lumber Company
Stroup
Hamil
Tom D. Edgil
Gordon Murdock
Murdock
Austinville
M. T. Stroup
Austinville Baptist Church
Roselawn
Howell Funeral Home
Mr. Stroup
Willie Stroup
Tennessee
Leonard Stroup
Michigan
J._C. Stroup
Hartselle
Beatrice Elkins
Decatur
Ollie Smith
Joe
Bev
Barrett
John Stroup
Pearl Baker
Mattie West
Hungary Welcomes Communist Premier After Coup
In Budapest on May 31 a cabinet statement named Lajos Dinnyesi as Hungary’s new prime minister succeeding Ferenc Nagy. Officials fear Soviet troops will train Hungarian forces and warn the West Hungary is lost. A cabinet note also hints at September general elections, seen by anti communist leaders as a likely bloodless victory for the communists.
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Jack Guiin
Budapest
Lajos Dinnyese
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
Ee Ie
Victoa
Lumberjack Ernest Alloway Loses Both Legs
In Rome Georgia on May 31 a lumberjack named Ernest Alloway, 28, was crushed by a falling tree. He lost one leg on Friday and a second today after the mishap while felling trees along a creek bank. He remained conscious throughout as bystanders helped.
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Rome
Ernest Alloway
Lloway
Alloway
Graduates to hear Dobbins at Decatur High Monday Night
About 90 students are to complete their high school program this week at Decatur Senior High School with graduation Monday at 8 PM. Charles Dobbins editor of The Montgomery Advertiser will deliver the principal address as part of a program announced by principal W. T. Jordan.
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Decatur Senior High School
Charles Dobbins
Montgomery Advertiser
Dobbins
Columbia University
University of Wisconsin
Anniston
Ala
Pacific
Alabama
The
Advertiser
W. T. Jordan
Wilson—Glee Club
Walter M. Jackson
Klemm—Glee— Club
DAR
Rotary Club
Congress faces June deadline with big appropriation jam
Washington May 31. With a June 30 deadline looming lawmakers foresee a tight path for appropriation bills while other business moves cleanly. GOP leaders say the session should adjourn on schedule July 31 as twelve big bills must be enacted for the new fiscal year.
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William F. Arrogast
Washington
Congress
Rep. Halleck
Ind
House
GOP
Senate
Marshall
Truman
White House
United States
International Refugee Organization
State Department
Voice of America
Greece
Turkey
India Prepares for Bloodshed on Eve of Momentous Week
Reports from New Delhi claim gun running troop movements and arming of religious communities on the eve of a pivotal week in India's history. Unconfirmed but circulating amid tense national mood and heightened security measures.
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Walter J. Mason
New Delhi
India
Local Physician Wins Civitan Award For Fine Job
Dr. A. M. Roan a prominent Decatur physician and civic worker received the Civitan International award at the Miami Beach convention for recruiting new members. The 28th annual event also honored Bethesda Maryland for outstanding work. Delegates from the Decatur club expect to return home this weekend.
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A. M. Roan
Decatur
Civitan International
Miami Beach
Fla
Associated Press
Bethesda
Maryland
Roan
Civitan Club
Decatur Club
Jaycees Will Whop It Up at National Convention
Decatur sends three Jaycees Mahlon Trimble Hugh K Doak and Charles Parker to Long Beach California for the Junior Chamber of Commerce convention They carry a thousand copies of the Jaycee Journal a publicity issue highlighting Decatur industry agriculture recreation utilities history and local photographs to promote the city against California and Florida advertisers.
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Decatur
Jaycees
California
Long Beach
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mahlon Trimble
Hugh K. Doak
Charles Parker
Jaycee Journal
Jounal
Florida
Plane test at Pryor Field for TVA duster
Charles E. Bradford of Muscle Shoals testifies the TVA duster plane at Pryor Field to prepare for summer dusting on Wheeler Lake reservoir. The Stearman duster plane is permanently based at Pryor Field. Dusting aids malaria control, alongside lake level adjustments to eradicate larvae.
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Charles E. Bradford
Muscle Shoals
Pryor Field
TVA
Wheeler Lake
Stearman
Four Killed In Magnolia Bus Crash
A pre dawn collision near Magnolia Mississippi between a Greyhound bus with 17 passengers and a heavy truck killed four people including a one year old. Injured included the infant's mother and sister and were treated at Magnolia Brookhaven and McComb hospitals.
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Magnolia
Miss
Greyhound
C. T. Simmons
Joy Fay Bardwell
Brookhaven
Alice Jackson Russell
Wesson
Ovid West
Jackson
Joe Myles
Arcadia
Evalyn Bardwell
Lorena Bardwell
Elizabeth Gordon
Biloxi
Denon Russell
Gus Williams
Belzoni
McComb
Simmons
Jim * Tatumee Company
Harvey
Local Rotarians Head to Rotary International Convention
J Stanley Wyatt Lawson Davidson of Decatur and Dr Ross Currier of Hartselle depart today with their wives to attend the Rotary International Convention in San Francisco California. They will travel by the Southern route to the West coast return via the Northern route in about a week.
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J. Stanley Wyatt
Lawson Davidson
Decatur
Ross Currier
Hartselle
Rotary International
San Francisco
Cal
Wyatt
Davidson
Currier
California
West Coast
Veto Likely To Kill Tax Reduction In 1947
Washington May 31 Senator Taft said if President Truman vetoes the tax reduction bill Congress will likely pass a final form next week and that action could kill any income tax cut this year. He argued surplus funds permit tax relief and debt payment despite possible deficits. He doubted Congress will revisit taxes this session.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Leedey Tornado Wipes Large Part Of Oklahoma Town
Leedey Oklahoma reports most of the town destroyed by a tornado striking at 9 05 p m emergency lines and a town water system hit five bodies recovered so far search and aid efforts underway with ambulances doctors and supplies urgently needed.
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Leedey
Okla
Jack Sapp
Oklahoma City
Sapp
Tornado hits Leedey area reports spread to nearby towns
Wichita Falls Texas May 3 Lewis Cloyd railroad agent said a tornado struck Leedey station in the district and the North section of the town. He rushed to Hammon to relay word and casualties were not learned. The storm moved toward Camargo and Vici Oklahoma.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Lewis Cloyd
Okla
Katy
Leedey Station
Cloyd
Hammon
Camargo
Vici
Oklahoma Tornado Impacts Arnett and Higgins Texas
A tornado today struck near Arnett Oklahoma after tearing through Higgins Texas causing telephone circuits to fail. Reports said the twister skirted Shattuck area with no further damage noted. Arnett population 529 earlier reported.
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Higgins
Santa Feera
Tex
Twister
ACL Plans Coast Wide Service After Merger
President C McD Davis of Atlantic Coast Line stated the railroad intends to serve the Florida coast impartially after the pending merger with the East Coast Railway is consummated. The formal statement clarifies ACL's commitment to the entire Coast system.
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Wilmington
N. C
McD. Davis
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
ACL
da East Coast Railway
Florida
Davis
Oncle Bud by Bill Baldwis
Oncle Bud details a quirky hobbyist story written by Bill Baldwis. The piece focuses on a community figure known as Oncle Bud and his playful antics within the local scene.
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Birmingham
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