Local notices and community events in Decatur area
Weather outlook notes Sunday thundershowers and fresh southerly winds along the coast. Homecoming planned at Belle Mina Methodist church with invitation to former members. Communion at St John s Episcopal with Rev Parkman. Morning prayer at Grace church in Cullman. Several hospital admissions and discharges in Decatur General Hospital and associated addresses. Vacation Bible school starts at Austinville Church of Christ. Local society notes birth announcements and residents visiting or moving between Decatur and Birmingham. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Belle Mina Methodist Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Edgar M. Parkman
Gadsden
Grace Church
Cullman
Huntsville
Goodyear Decatur Mills Negotiations Continue
Negotiations between management and Local No. 88 UTWA workers at Goodyear Decatur Mills remained in progress. President Thomas Wilson called a Sunday meeting aimed at preparing for the reopening of No. 1 mill and the continuation of plants 2 and 3, with turnout planned for all members.
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Putetives
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Thomas Wilson
UTWA
United Tex- Workers of America
AFL
Et Tanaheee Peatverside High School
Ate Coats Deest
Eine Jie
Decatur Population 19 879 In Preliminary Census
The preliminary census total for Decatur is 19 879 with Morgan county at 52 861 and Hartselle at 3 403. Supervisor Milton Grisham Jr. notes figures may revise after non resident adjustments and routine checks. Official numbers to be released later by the Census Bureau. Comparison with 1930 1940 and 1950 figures highlighted.
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Decatur
Milton C. Grisham Jr
Morgan County
Hartselle
Mr. Grisham
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D. C
Huntsville Census Shows City Growth and County Shift
Preliminary 1950 census data place Greater Huntsville population at 38 153 and the city at 16 406, with Madison county rising to 73 032 from 66 317 in 1940. Rural-to-town movement noted as Jackson county loses residents while Scottsboro nearly doubles.
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Huntsville
Ala
Greater
Madison County
Scottsboro
Jackson County
Decatur Population Shifts From 1930 to 1950 Projections
The piece traces Decatur's population drop in the 1930s after the L and N railroad shops closed, with figures showing 15,593 in 1930 and 16,604 in 1940 and a possible fall to about 12,000 during the era. It notes a late 1930s to 1940s rebound toward 20 000 locally and up to 25 000 in the Greater Decatur area by 1950 projections.
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Decatur
Europe to Cut Cotton Buying
An Agricultural Department report says European countries plan to buy cotton abroad using their currencies as Marshall Plan wind down prompts new colonial ventures and possible rayon substitution. It notes European mills remain a major overseas market for U.S. cotton and cites quality improvements boosting demand despite evolving spinners’ needs.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Agriculture Department
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Europe
Grand Jury to Be Organized in Morgan County Court
The Morgan County circuit court begins its first session since 1949 with Judge Newton B. Powell presiding at 9 a.m. Monday. Circuit Solicitor George Johnson and County Solicitor Phillip Shanks assist, as 58 civil cases and a large docket await two weeks of jury trials. Criminal trials start the week of June 19. arraignments are set June 8 at 3 30 p.m.
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Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
George Johnson
Athens
Phillip .Shanks
Decatur
W. T. Rawleigh Co
James O. McGuire
Ray Childs
Brown
GRAND
Full Powers to Contest Group Chosen for Alabama Contests
Mobile Alabama June 3 full authority to hear Alabama s third district election contests was placed in the hands of a sub committee today State Chair Gessner T McCorvey Democratic executive committee gave the sub committee full command The hearing is set for June 12 at a location to be decided by the sub committee The sub committee chairman will exercise any power McCorvey could in the contests Finding will be final Members include H M Abercrombie Birmingham William E Johnson Mobile H Coleman Long Uniontown Frank J Mizell Jr Montgomery and J Herbert Meighan Gadsden Birmingham attorney William S Pritchard filed the contest challenging the elections of four national See FULL on Page 8
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Gessner T. McCorvey
Democratic Executive Committee
McCorvey
States Rights Democrats
J. Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
H.M. Abercrombie
Birmingham
William E. Johnson
H. Coleman Long
Uniontown
Frank J. Mizell Jr
Montgomery
William S. Pritchard
Western Europe moves toward a supranational plan on coal and steel
Six European nations France Western Germany Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg agreed in principle to a Schuman plan that would cede major coal and steel decisions to an international authority, with Britain waiting for details. Delegates meet June 15 to finalize terms while Belgium faces a king Leopold election. A communist petition against the atomic bomb draws 100 million signatures amid world tension.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Canada
Mexico
Venezuela
Robert Schuman
Leopold
Switzerland
Europe
Japan
Lucky Father to Get Deluge of Gifts on His Day
Decatur merchants join the Chamber of Commerce to honor the first baby born between midnight June 17 and midnight June 18. Local doctors will notify the Chamber secretary of the earliest birth that date. Merchants pledged gifts and more sponsors are being invited. a full list will run in the Decatur Daily.
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Decatur
Retail Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Sims
Decatur Daily
Red-Haired Woman And Two Men Flee Georgia Tennessee Dragnet
Two state police manhunt for a red-haired woman and two armed men concluded with fugitives slipping away. Officers blocked routes from Ranger Georgia and chased clues across Chattahoochee forest. a 1948 Dodge led to a new trail but campsites and a heel print yielded little. Suspects Fred Scroggins and William Parker identified. woman scarred between eyes remains unnamed.
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Calhoun
Georgia
Tennessee
Watson Sims Calhoun
Ranger
Chattahoochee National Forest
Fred Scroggins
William J. Parker
Huntsville
Ala
Osage Election Campaigns Include Barbecue Tents
Rival Osage candidates in Oklahoma began a tribal primary campaign with barbecue offerings at campaign teespees. Voters 1,709 are eligible to cast ballots Monday at the agency for a principal chief, an assistant chief, and 24 council members. John Oberly and Simon Henderson led the food driven bid.
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Pawhuska
Okla
John Oberly
Simon Henderson
Proctor Fund Near $2,000 Raised for Fire Stricken Family
The Proctor Fund closed Saturday after hundreds contributed close to $2,000 for a fire stricken tenant farmer family. West Decatur residents led with a house to house canvass collecting pennies to dollars, totaling $203.47. Alabama Hosiery Mills workers donated $100.32, L and N Oakworth yards workers added $6 to reach $100, Decatur Daily staff gave $37. See PROCTOR on Page 2.
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Alabama Hosiery Mills
Oakworth
Decatur Daily
Traffic Toll Drops During Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press tally shows 79 violent deaths by Saturday night, down from 90 at the same point last week. The count, from Friday 6 PM to Tuesday midnight, breaks down into 45 traffic fatalities, eight drownings, and 26 miscellaneous deaths across six states.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Klan Motorcade in Jacksonville Sparks Cross Burning
A 78-car Ku Klux Klan motorcade robed and masked members paraded through downtown Jacksonville to a Southside site where a 15-foot cross was lit and burned. Leaflets from the group urged white Protestant Americans to join the fight against communism. The city denied downtown Hemming Park permits and required no masks and traffic compliance.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Wake Up America
Klan
Association of Carolina Klans
Hemming Park
Bill Hendrix
Tall
Russell Not to Run for House Speaker
Rep. Noble Russell of Morgan County notified Gov nominee Gordon Persons and Rep. Brown of his support for Roberts Brown as House leader. Other potential candidates Walter Givhan Pelham Merrill Clebourn and George Wallace had withdrawn. Brown appears to have a clear path to the speakership as Russell confirms he will not run.
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Roberts Brown
Opelika
House
Noble Russell
Morgan
Gordon Persons
Rep. Brown
Brown
Walter Givhan
Dallas County
Pelham Merrill
Clebourn
George Wallace
Barbour
House of Representatives
Rep
Russell
State Senate
Morgan County
Alabama
Graft Executions Ordered in Formosa by Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei Formosa report states Chiang Kai-shek Sohhay ordered immediate execution for any official found guilty of graft or pocketing funds. The edict extends liability to those who shield others from graft or who assist in concealment.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek Sohhay Met
Galveston Deluge Tops June Rainfall Across Several States
Widespread heavy rains from Texas to Ohio drenched many cities with the Galveston flood reaching 14.21 inches in outlying Western Galveston. The storm system stretched from the Gulf coast through Arkansas and Ohio with record June rainfall in Chicago and flooding in basements and streets. A nun died by electrocution in a flooded Colorado home and snow lingered in the Rockies with unseasonably cold spells in Wyoming and Montana.
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Associated Press
Texas
Ohio
Galveston
Lake Charles
Brownsville
Tex
Chicago
Indianapolis
Lansing
Mich
Gulf
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Lander
Wyo
Big Piney
Butte
Mont
Bismarck
N. D
Land Qo’ Lakes
Wis
Rain Heaviest For 50 Years
Galveston Texas reports the heaviest rain in half a century flooding the island port. The storm caused widespread property damage estimated around four hundred thousand dollars after a crest of water up to 12 inches in the business district. No deaths or serious injuries were reported as skies cleared by afternoon and commerce began to resume.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
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Marvin Cameron
A. C. Cameron
Moulton 1
Decatur General Hospital
Howell Bolan
Nineteenth Avenue East
Melba Jean Langford
West
Moulton Street
Frank Williams
Johnson City
Tenn
Carmen Taylor
Sixth Avenue South
Edward White
Decatur 3
Austinville Church of Christ
Mary Lee Armstrong
L. E Armstrong, Hartseller
H. M. Singleton
Eighth Avenue West
Priceville
Ere
Royal Henderson
Olin M. Looney
Athens 7
Yacht Club
Finley Island
John White
W. A. Baldwin
Decatur 2
Elise Watkins
Hillsboro 2
J.F. Roger
Trinity 1
Morris Ford
American Public Works Administration
Ford
Charles Shackelford
Courtla
Hamil Clinic
William S. Turner
Eleventh Avenue West
Martin L. Turner
Eighth Avenue East
John H. Collier
Jackson Street
Vera McClendon
Seventh Avenue South
VFW
Ruth Driver
VFW_Auxiliary
Helen Todd
Minnie Goodlett
Ben Belew
Bertha Timberlake
Dorothy Floyd
Madison
Circuit Court
Czechoslovakia
Swatow
Red-Head
Proctor
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Cuba
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
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