Weather, church notices, and local appointments in Decatur
The outlook says fair today tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change and fresh north easterly coastal winds. Decatur reports 82 high 60 low for the 24 hour period ending this morning. Local banks will close Thursday for Jefferson Davis birthday observances. The Little Maid sermon by Rev Porter Barrington is at Central Baptist tent on Seventh Ave West. Tennis Sparkman returns from Jefferson hospital Birmingham improved after eye operation. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church holds annual home coming day Sunday near Flint on Bird Springs Road. Curtis Campbell improves after illness treated at Decatur clinic. Mrs Ella Garnett moved to 615 Third Ave W from Decatur General. Alvin McCutcheon treated at Decatur Clinic and back home. Floya Raye and infant daughter moved home in Brown ambulance. Pirsse K Pimble rlake surgical patient at Hamilton Clinic. A railroad retirement board representative will visit the Alabama State Employment office Wednesday. Mrs Oliver Rogers returns from Birmingham to be with mother at Highland Baptist Hospital. William S Hall returns to Chicago after visiting relatives. Alvin Hobbs patient at Decatur General. Dr W P Baugh improving at Baugh and Wiley Clinic. Clark O Powell joins U S Air Force for three years from Falkville High. R C Lambert from Hamilton Clinic Monday. Robert M Brown of Athens has enlisted in the 82nd Airborne Division for three years. See Diary on page two.
Lewis Denies Dixie Parleys Are Required
John L. Lewis argues he is not required to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association under the Taft-Hartley act. He contends the group was excluded from prior talks and that government action to force a contract is improper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Southern
Welly K. Hopkins
Taft-Hartley
Labor Relations Board
Denham
International Typographical Union
Luther M. Swygert
ITU
NLRB
Hopkins
Southern Association
Southern Coal
Joseph E. Moody
Israel Accepts U.N. Palestine Cease Fire Demand
Israel announces unconditional acceptance of the United Nations cease-fire appeal for Palestine. A Jewish interpretation of the terms is included in Tel Aviv’s communication to the UN secretary-general. Arab League leaders meet at Amman to decide their course as the deadline nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Harrelson
United Nations
Security Council
Public Thanks From Miss Jones on Poppy Sale
Miss Ruby S. Jones chaired the American Legion auxiliary poppy sale. Two thousand five hundred poppies, made at the Veterans Hospital in Tuscaloosa, were sold. Proceeds will aid veteran rehabilitation and child welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ruby S. Jones
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Miss Jones
Schools Will Name Boards: Trustees Nominated At Local Schools
County schools will hold nominations for trustees on June 15 at 8 PM in each school building. Patrons, defined as parents or guardians of students and qualified electors in the school territory, will nominate six for each school. The county board will later appoint three trustees from those nominees. Notices are being mailed and posted statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Leeman
County Board of Education
Leeman
Jewish Airmen Bomb Amman In Middle East Conflict
Cairo dispatches report Jewish airmen bombed Amman Jordan a few hours before Arab League leaders discussed a cease fire for the Palestine war. Observers warned of renewed fighting as Tel Aviv faced daily Egyptian air attacks and casualties were tallied from the strike on Amman.
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Cairo
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Abdullah
Jordan
Palestine
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Israel Air Force
Israel
Haifa
Ammen
Tte Security Council
Road Payment Being Studied
Montgomery Alabama June 1 Attorney General Albert A Carmichael said his office is giving close attention to a $10 321 highway funds payment to the McKee Construction Company of Jackson The Montgomery county grand jury urged recovery of the money saying the payment for excavation of hard material was improper while state examiners had questioned its legality
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Albert A. Carmichael
South Alabama
Montgomery County Grand Jury
McKee Construction Company
Jackson
Ward McFarland
Attorney General's Office
Ana Legiet Sc
McKee Company
Carmicheslenid Inc
Church Union Delay Is Urged
The Southern Presbyterian general assembly in Atlanta voted to hold in abeyance for five years a plan to unite with the Presbyterian Church U S A North. It approved a recommendation that the union committee limit its work to exploring cooperation and to complete union plans by March 1 1949 for distribution to all churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
General Assembly
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church U
Southern Presbyterian Assembly Debates Union Plan Changes
The 88th Southern Presbyterian general assembly opened with debate on union plans. Dr L Nelson Bell of Montreat urged delaying action while Dr J R McCain cautioned against forcing union, arguing for a cautious approach to keep church progress on track. Some supporters favored Bell’s substitute plan. others warned shelving it could provoke unrest. CHURCH on Page 2.
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Atlanta
Northern Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
L. Nelson
Bell
Montreat
N C
Union
Southern Church
John Ward
Montgomery
Ala
J. R. McCain
Decatur
Committee On Cooperation and Union
The
Assembly
McCain
Southern General ‘Assembly
Dunbar H. Ogden
New Orleans
Permanent Committee On Union
D. L. Stitt
Austin Theological Seminary
Austin
Texas
Townsend Naval Academy graduate class member listed
Midshipman Herbert Newton Townsend of Decatur is in the 1948 B class of the U S Naval Academy Annapolis Md and will receive his diploma June 4 in Dahlgren Hall The graduation speaker is Secretary of the Navy John L Sullivan Townsend is the son of Mr and Mrs John O Townsend and before entering the academy he attended Decatur high school and Tulane University in Navy V 12 program He earned class numerals in plebe and JV football company fieldball and pushball and held ranks in Brigade organization If he meets requirements he will be commissioned Ensign and hopes to enter aviation
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Herbert Newton Townsend
Seventh Avenue W
Decatur
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Dahlgren Hall
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
John L. Sullivan
Townsend
John O. Townsend
Decatur Senior High School
Tulane University of
U. S. Navy
Aviation
Twenty Two Die As Navy Launch Swamped In Hampton Roads
Twenty two men including nine Marines and 13 Navy sailors perished when a 50 foot open Navy launch swamped near the Kearsarge during Memorial Day liberty. Rear Admiral Sprague reported the loss as the Mediterranean task force delayed. Two Coast Guard ships continued search into the night.
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Harry ¢.Nagh
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
C. A. F. Sprague
Mediterranean
Kearsarge
Norfolk Naval Station
Naval Station
Coast Guard
Decatur Voters Slow at Polls Compared to May Primary
A noon survey of Decatur ballot boxes shows 341 votes today versus over 1,000 by noon May 4. In Hartselle 273 votes were cast from five boxes, Falkville reported 132 from two. Officials expect turnout to rise as voting continues, with boxes at Morgan County Courthouse and other local sites.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
de- Catt Trail
Trollows
Morgan County
Carnegie Library
City-Hall
Braswell's
Namie
Election Night Party At The Daily
The Daily invites the public to attend the election party tonight as returns will be made available as the count is tabulated. The short ballot should show results early with AP wires delivering state race news from all sections. Morgan County officials are asked to phone results to The Daily promptly.
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Associated Press
Wiro
Morgan County
Local Business Listings By Box Number
Box 6 Johnson Street fire hall 29 box 7 Howell's funeral home 22 box 8 Shropshire's store 21 box 9 Allred's store 26 box 10 Benson's store unavailable box 11 Harmon's grocery 12 box 12 Bussey's drug store 22 box 13 Neal Cagie's store 24 box 14 Kim brough grocery 16 box 15 na tional guard armory 31 box 16 American beauty greenhouse 14 box 17 Thornton's grocery unavailable box 18 American home 12 box 19 armory
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Johnson Street
Howell’s Funeral Home
Shropshire’s
Allred’s
Benson’s
Harmon’s Grocery
Bussey’s Drug Store
Neal Cagie's
Kimbrough Grocery
National Guard Armory
American Beauty Greenhouse
Thornton's Grocery
American Am Home
Armory
Delegates To Be Selected In Alabama Runoff Primary
In Birmingham voters faced a runoff to choose eleven of Alabama’s twenty six delegates to the Democratic convention. The remaining fifteen delegates had been elected on May 4.
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Birmingham
Alabama
First Alabama Box Reports Vernon Totals
From Selma via the Associated Press the Vernon box reports voting totals Janean 10 Bonner 10 Stapp 10 Carmichael 10 totaling ten votes for each candidate in the first Alabama box.
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Selma
Associated Press
Alabama
Vernon
Janean
Bonner
Stapp
Carmichael
Delegates threaten walkout over civil rights plank in platform
Eleven of twenty one delegate candidates pledge to walk out if a strong civil rights plank is adopted or if President Truman is nominated. Five of fifteen elected delegates also pledge the walkout. Truman has lost Alabama’s eleven electoral votes for next November. Presidential electors named May 4 are pledged against casting Alabama's vote for or against any other slate.
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Truman
Alabama
Capitol Hill Storms Blow Strong Over Tariffs and Broadcasts
On June 1 Capitol Hill faced storms over tariffs foreign broadcasts and atomic energy. The House Appropriations Committee debated income tax refunds while Senate Finance opened hearings on a one year extension of the reciprocal trade law. Senator Taft clashed with Will Clayton over extending the law and congressional veto powers. Borgia testified on Voice of America scripts and officials familiar with content. Taft warned Republicans may delay confirming atomic energy commission nominees amid a June 19 adjournment deadline.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House Appropriation Committee
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Will Clayton
Clayton
House
Congress
State Department
Tariff Commission
United States
Voice of America
Senate
Rene Borgia
Borgia
Atomic Energy Commission
Holiday Toll Tops 400 Across Nation
The Memorial Day holiday period saw 404 violent deaths from Friday 6 PM to Monday midnight, with traffic accidents causing over half. A capsized launch in Hampton Roads killed 22 Navy and Marine personnel, the largest single accident loss. State tallies include Alabama 3, Florida 70, Georgia 0, Mississippi 20, South Carolina 2, Tennessee 0.
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Associated Press
Vanport
Ore
Navy
Marine Corps
Hampton Roads
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Five Persons Escape Fire Through Window in Birmingham
Five persons crawled through a window to safety as a blaze damaged a nearby dwelling in Birmingham. G. Williams, an official, woke to the fire and alerted others, helping area residents flee the structure.
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Birmingham
G. Williams
Evacuation Ordered Along Columbia River Flood Zone
Northwest faces mass evacuation as the Columbia River flood nears Vanport and surrounding communities. Army engineers warn of rising waters and tolls, with thousands already displaced and estimated damages in the tens of millions.
Truman mobilizes full federal aid for Pacific Northwest flood
President Truman ordered full resources of the federal government mobilized to aid the Pacific Northwest flood disaster. He directed the Army Interior Department and housing officials to study needs and seek additional legislative authority. Maj. General Philip B. Fleming was tasked to coordinate all federal agencies involved.
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Washington
Truman
Pacific Northwes
Army
Interior Department
Philip B. Fleming
Vanport Flood Worsens After Dike Breaches
The flood area tripled when two more dikes broke near the Pacific highway. Three square miles were submerged from Vanport outward, with many homes destroyed or washed away. No bodies yet recovered from Vanport, and some drifted beyond reach. Army engineers investigate the dam failures and the former city’s fate weighs on the Portland Housing Authority as evacuation continues.
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Vanport
Army
Oregons
Portland Housing Authority
Stockyard Blaze Leaves Over $600000 in Losses
A prairie fire at the South St. Paul stockyards caused more than 600000 dollars in damage. The blaze destroyed about a fifth of the yard area and 88 stock cars. 2000 cattle were driven to swampland and 50 head perished. Three firefighters were overcome by smoke but none seriously hurt.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
Mississippi River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ipbonalee
Decatur Weather Bureau
Execatur
Jefferson Davis
Porter Barrington
Central Baptist Church
Seventh Ave. West
Sparkman
Jefferson Hospital
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Flint
Bird Springs Road
Curtis Campbell
Sycamore
Decatur Clinic
Brown’s
Ella Garnett
Decatur General
Third Avenue
Brown's
Alvin McCutcheon
South Avenue.s
Brown's Ambulance
Floya Raye
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Pimberlake
East Church
Hamil Clinic
Railroad Retirement Board
Alabama State Employment Office
Oliver Rogers
Sixth Avenue W
Highland Baptist Hospital
William S. Hall
Chicago
Jim Smith
Dedeceden E
Alvin Hobbs
Tanner
Decatur General Hospital
W. P. Baugh
Clark O. Powell
Jasper Powell
Falkville 1
U. S. Air Force
Clark
Falkville High School
R. C. Lambert
West Court
Hamil Clinic Monay
Robert M. Brown
Athens 7
82Nd Airborne Division
Ocal
Mr. Brown
Piney Chapel School
Dixie
U.n’s
Jerusalem
By Ken Reynolds
BY Max Boyd
By Perry Mullen
Navy Launch
Capitol Oon
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Carolina
Tennessee
Army — Engineers
Portland
Columbia River
Northwest
Land Housing Authority
Kelso
Woodland Kalama
Columbia
North
Jamoudi
Abraham
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