Community and school notes and pool schedule
Paradise Swimming Pool opens Saturday with summer hours 1 p m to 5 p m and 6 p m to 10 p m Monday through Saturday and 1 p m to 6 p m on Sunday. Admission 15 cents for under 16 and 35 cents for older. Also a Saturday singing at Johnson's Chapel Church. Bur L Oliver among 450 graduates at Emory University to receive a Bachelor of Divinity. Evening of Games tonight at the Moose Home Moulton St. Women of the Moose sponsor. Sheriff reports multiple arrests and a 14 year old held for theft in Morgan County jail yard. Lula Mae Boggs vacationing in St Petersburg Florida. See Diary on Page 2.
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Paradise Swimming Pool
Decatur
Burl L. Oliver
15Th Ave
Emory University
Oliver
B. L. Oliver
Moose
Moulton St
The
Women of the Moose
Jimmie Collier
Morgan County
First Of Big Three Events Tonight At Decatur High
The first of Decatur High School seniors big three events occurs tonight at 8 with class night including a tableau entr'acte and scenes under the theme Students Face the Challenge of a New World. Wayne Williams leads. Valedictorian Joe Hardin Jr and Salutatorian Jo Ann Short will speak. Baccalaureate is Sunday at 8 15 and exercises Monday at 8.
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Decatur High School
Wayne Williams
Joe Hardin
Jo Ann Short
Auto Industry Talks Centre On Ford Unemployment Pay Boost
Detroit reports say Ford and the UAW focused on how much Ford would supplement unemployment pay under a new contract. Ford reportedly accepted the principle of supplementation, but exact terms varied with one account suggesting 26 weeks at the same level, while another cited broader guarantees.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO United Auto
UAW
General Motors Corp
Detroit Times
General Motors
Times
Ex-Con Admitting In Bank Robbery Case In Alabama
Ex convict Joe Paul Andrews, 34, admitted his guilt as part of a four man gang that robbed the First National Bank of Jacksonville Alabama on May 20. Authorities say about 27 000 was found in his car and 9 600 was taken from another suspect Alton D Ellis 41 of Clearwater Florida faces 75 000 bond in Las Vegas Nevada. Andrews is described by the FBI as the brains of the operation and was arrested in Clearwater.
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Tampa
Fla
Alabama
First National Bank
Jacksonville
Ala
Joe Paul Andrews
U. S. Commisgr
Paul Pinkerton
Birmingham
Las Vegas
Nev
Alton D. Ellis
Clearwater, Fla
Andrews
Ellis
FBI
Clearwater
Death of Indian priest in Chicago hospital stabbing
Police investigate the stabbing death of 40 year old Indian Roman Catholic priest Father Chiramal founder and director of Boys Town in India. He collapsed at the Little Sisters of the Poor residence near West Side before dying at Mother Cabrini Hospital.
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Chicago
India
Father Chiramal
Mother Cabrini Hospital
Little Sisters of the Poor
Near West Side
Boys Town
Rotary International
United States
Albert Dismaracis
Belle Mina hosts 4 H oratory essay contest today
Orator-essayists from 15 North Alabama counties compete at Belle Mina Experiment Station with a Purdue University trip as top prize and a $200 state cash award. Tennessee Valley Cooperatives sponsors. Participants include James Thomas of Athens High School and Miss Robbie Will Davis of Elkmont. Essay topic is Why The American Farmer Needs Cooperatives.
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North Alabama
Belle Mina Experiment Station
American Institute of Cooperatives
Purdue University
LaFayette
Ind
Belle Mina
Tennessee Valley Cooperatives
Limestone County
James Thomas
Athens High School
Robbie Will Davis
Elkmont
Young Thomas
J. L. Thomas
Miss Davis
W. D. Davis
Rape Suspect Reeves Sentenced to Death Again
In Montgomery a 19 year old Black man, Jeremiah Reeves, was sentenced to death again for raping a white housewife in 1952 after his earlier conviction was reversed by the U S Supreme Court. Special Judge James J Carter will set an execution date at 2 15 p m, with automatic review by the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
U. S. Supreme Court
James J. Carter
Jeremiah Reeves
Kilby
Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Reeves
Birmingham Atty
Peter A. Hallan
Four Robbers Loot Cleveland Trust Branch in Opening Day Heist
Police report four gunmen roped off the Cleveland Trust Co branch on its first day of operations. Wearing stockings and armed, they fled in a car after ransacking the West Side office and taking cash from several drawers. Initial estimates put losses around 50 000 dollars. Two drawers were packed with currency as the bandits escaped.
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Cleveland (P
Cleveland Trust Co
West Side
Charge Dropped Against L. Reid in Jefferson County Case
In Birmingham circuit court Lamar Reid former Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee chairman had vote stealing charges dismissed. He received a $500 fine and a suspended six month prison term for negligence in delaying vote returns in the Democratic primary last June 1. The case tied to 600 added votes in Lee Porter’s bid for attorney general. Arch Ferrell was acquitted and S Garrett not yet tried.
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Birmingham
Lamar Reid
Jefferson County
Democratic Executive Committee
Reid
Robert J. Wheeler
Gh Pees Seeee
Emmett Perry
Lee Porter
A. L. Patterson
Phenix City
Arch Ferrell
Phenix
Atty
S. Garrett
Menon in London With Peace Plan
Indian envoy V. K. Menon arrives in London with a proposal to unite the United States and Red China for Formosan peace talks. He may meet Prime Minister Eden and Foreign Secretary Macmillan before moving to Canada and a United Nations session in New York.
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London
V. K. Krishna Menon
United States
Red China
Peiping
Menon
Nehru
Britain
Eden
Harold Macmillan
Canada
Lester Pearson
United Nations
New York
Dulles Menon
British Paper Urges Scrapping Rail System for Highways
The Evening Standard argues Britain should scrap its strike torn rail network and convert main line railbeds into high speed roadways for passenger and goods traffic. It cites Brig General T S Lloyd’s wartime suggestion of rail removal and highway expansion as a solution.
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London
The
Evening Standard
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
T. S. Lloyd
War Office
Evening Stone
Decatur Daily Staffer Honored at FHA Conference
Alan Maynard Layman farm editor and circulation manager of The Decatur Daily is one of four to receive honorary memberships from the Alabama Association of Future Homemakers of America during the 19th annual state convention. Bonnie Gates was elected president, and 250 girls from 63 chapters will receive the state homemaker degree of achievement.
Uranium Rush Near Kern River Opens Today
About 200 men camped at Hobo Springs Kern River area as 2914 acres of public land open for mineral staking. 53 armed posse members and several physicians accompany the scene to police the rush expected to begin at noon EST near Miracle Mine 160 miles north of Los Angeles. The mine has shipped 48 tons of ore for $2600, though it was later bought.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
Kern River Canyon
Kern County Sheriff's Posse
Galyen
Los Angeles
California
Methodists Shift Ministers Today
In Montgomery Alabama the annual minister assignments in the Alabama Methodist conference will be read by Bishop Clare Purcell between 8 PM and midnight with potential delay to tomorrow morning. About 300 ministers across Alabama and West Florida face reassignments amid a tense agenda. Delegates also rejected a milder substitute and backed a resolution opposing forced racial integration in Southern churches.
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Montgomery
Alabama Methodist Conference
Clare Purcell
Alabama
West Florida
General Methodist Conference
G. Stanley Frazer
Aid Program Speeds To House After Senate Approval
President Eisenhower's 3. Billion foreign aid bill sped to the House after Senate approval without a money cut. Final Senate vote 59 to 18 with 11 Republicans and seven Democrats against. Some senators dissatisfied warned future money bills must be separate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Appropriations Committee
Ike
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.67 feet, down 0.9 feet in 24 hours. Yesterday’s high reached 87 and the low 63. Today’s 8 am temperature is 74. Expect sunny and warm conditions today and Saturday, with fair and mild tonight. Highs: today 88, tonight 58, Saturday high 88.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
Blue Tongue Disease Causes Sighted Joy and Alarm
In Brooklyn, children tasted blue powder from a can near the Navy yard at dismissal time. Tongues turned blue, prompting mothers to rush kids to Cumberland Hospital. A hospital test showed the powder caused harmless blue tongues. kids were kept overnight for observation.
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New York
Brooklyn
Cumberland Hospital
Navy Yard
Jeff Davis Birthday Puzzles Tie Bank Vault in Bonanzagram
The note teases a Bonanzagram puzzle with a birthday clue for Jeff Davis. The vault at State National Bank opens tomorrow morning, locking in the old solution. A $225 prize awaits correct answers, with a $250 prize for the next puzzle.
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Katie
Jeff Davis
State National Bank
Official of Local Industry Succumbs At Scottsboro
Ja cobs 62 a Scottsboro banker and district leader died after a brief illness. He was president of J. C. Jacobs Banking Co. and a Scottsboro Board of Education member. He served as deacon of First Baptist Church and trustee of Kate Duncan Smith DAR School at Grant. He is survived by his widow, a son, a daughter, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were set for today at the First Baptist Church in Scottsboro.
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First Baptist Church
Scottsboro
Oeaoes
Awe Jacobs
Reuben
Alabama
Brick and Tile Co
Decatur
Jacobs
J. C. Jacobs Banking Co
R. M. Lane
Stat
Peru
Yugoslav Leader Echoing Kremlin On Two Issues
Belgrade Yugoslavia Tito hosts Khrushchev Bulganin and Mikoyan on an eight day visit. The group signs a declaration supporting Peiping Formosa and a seat for Red China at the United Nations. Khrushchev did not sign the document.
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Kremlin
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Formosa
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Peiping
Washington
State Department
Vatican weighs excommunication for Juan Peron over church clash
A Vatican monsignor said President Juan D. Peron sins gravely in the Argentina church state feud and may face excommunication. He is accused along with lawmakers who backed divorce laws and church-school education changes, signaling a possible, near-term sanction by Rome.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Argentina
Congregation of the Holy Office
Pope Pius XII
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Decatur Daily
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