Ford Rejects New Union Wages Plan Ahead Of Strike
Norman Walker and Glenn Engle Ost report Ford rejected a CIO United Auto Workers wage settlement and said it is preparing for a possible strike Monday. John S. Bugas said Ford matched GM’s offer and proposed a separate unemployment compensation plan. UAW President Walter Reuther warned a strike at midnight Sunday unless a drastic shift occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Glenn Engle
Ford * OO
John S. Bugas
Ford
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAQ
Walter Reuthers
Buge
UAW
Bugas
Hunger or Hunter Hidden in the Young Idealist’s Sig Nature
The note argues the writer’s silent ego and need for a new life beyond normality. It contrasts death with pursuit of a guiding ideal, concluding the signature LODESTAR signals a young idealist seeking depth over prisonlike conformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Burial Today for Mrs Eliza Deford at Fayetteville area
Interment for 86 year old Mrs Eliza Deford of 1015 6th Ave SE is planned today near Fayetteville Tennessee. Funeral services are at Brown Funeral Home with Irven Lee officiating. Survivors include her brother C Halbert of Decatur and Mrs Martha Jane Harwell and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Deford
6Th Ave
Halbert
Fayetteville
Tenn
Brown Funeral Home
Theatre Film Showtimes Roundup
The listing compiles cinema showings across multiple venues with titles such as The Prodigal and The Atomic Kid featuring Lana Edmund Purdom Mickey Rooney and Robert Strauss, plus Knights of the Round Table with Robert Taylor Ava Gardner at ROXY. Also noted are Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Hartselle, Captain Lightfoot at BAremp Athens and Susan Slept Here at MARS Falkville with times including 1 30 and 3 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy
The
Atomic Kid
Mickey ‘Rooney
Robert Strauss
Knights of the Round Table
Robert Taylor
Ava Gardner
NAACP Urges Local Boards to Enforce May 31 Ruling
NAACP branches told to petition school boards to comply with the May 31 order. Georgia predicted to require legal action to enforce the decision as Griffin vows to resist, threatening withholding public funds if integration proceeds in summer. He hints at a more costly, “private plan” for Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Georgia
Griffin
Roanoke Pastor Accepts Call to Athens First Baptist
Athens First Baptist Church has chosen Dr Earl Trent of Roanoke Alabama as its next pastor to begin July 15 He is 48 and has served as missionary with the Jefferson County Baptist Association and pastored several Central and South Alabama churches Trent and his wife and three children will relocate as he assumes duties Atlanta? Correction: none. Clifton Allen of the Nashville Baptist Sunday School board now leads services at Athens church
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Athens
First Baptist Church
Earl Trent
Roanoke
Ala
Jefferson County Baptist Association
Alabama
Trent
Clifton Allen
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Athens Church
Mrs Dora Chambers Dies In Cullman Services Today
Mrs Dora Minnie Chambers, 77, dies Friday at 3 p m at daughter Cora Lee Closson's Cullman home. Services set for 2 p m today at Bethsadia Church conducted by Rev Payne and Rev Gilbert Speake. Interment in Bethsadia Cemetery Moss Service Funeral Home directing. Survivors include daughter Mrs Closson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Bethsadia Church
Dora Minnie Chambers
Cora Lee Closson
Denson St
Chambers
Payne
Gilbert
Bethsadia Cemetery
Moss Service Funeral Home
Closson
Local notes of graduates and community notices
Various items: Milton Herrin sails on a Naval ROTC summer cruise visiting Spain France Cuba and England after a four year scholarship. Auburn University graduates Richard Kirby receives AB and a $25 sociology award. Community events include Wheeler Area Girl Scout Board meeting and Priceville Home Demonstration Club gathering. Local moves and hospital notes plus ministerial events at Logan Church. Three arrests reported by Sheriff Jimmie Collier's office for reckless driving liquor law violations and drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Herrin
J. M. Herrin
Gordon Drive
Auburn
Norfolk
Naval R.O.T.C
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Herrin
Spain
France
Cuba
England
Decatur High School
Former Decaturite Dies in Cincinnati Ohio
Mrs. Eula Landers, formerly of Decatur, died Friday at 8 a.m. at her Cincinnati home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown Funeral Home. The body is to be transported to Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Hastings
Nora Hodges
Decatur General Hospital
Hastings
Eula Landers
Decatur
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fuller Jurors Due At Hearing
At least four jurors who convicted Albert Fuller for the A L Patterson murder have been summoned for a retrial motion hearing next Tuesday. Also summoned are George Rogers and Drew Redden, attorneys who defended Arch Ferrell, Phenix City prosecutor, who was acquitted for the Patterson murder. Fuller, 38, a former Phenix City deputy sheriff, was convicted last March and sentenced to life. He filed 90 reasons for a new trial, mostly technical, with some arguing the verdict did not fit the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
George Rogers
Drew Redden
Arch Ferrell
Phenix City
Patterson
Fuller
Morgan County considers one united charitable drive
Spokesmen on the Board of Directors voted to join in a consolidated drive if the movement takes effect. The Red Cross backs the plan and estimates a $96,000 county-wide goal from 8,000 of 14,000 Morgan County families donating $12 annually. A nine-member budget committee would allocate funds among 21 agencies, with communities voting credit for their residents. Local chapters and Tuscaloosa County officials will review the united organization's constitution before broader coordination with 37 towns and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Red Cross
Morgan County
L. T. Wagnon
Shelton
Morgan
Carl Hoyer
Community Chest
Decatur
United Appeal
Community Chest Board
Tuscaloosa County
Andrew Penn
Chapel Hill
Flint
Hartselle
Jones School
Massey
Mt. Zion
Pleasant Hill
Round Top
Trinity
Landers Family Remembers Wife and Mother in Cincinnati Obituary
At 5 59 p m today the obituary notes the death of a Cincinnati resident survived by husband W P Landers and three sons John Charles Wayne two daughters Zula Bellomo Carolyn Ann Landers and two sisters Thelma Luallen and Irene Dodson in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Landers
John
Charles
Wayne
Zula Bellomo
Carolyn Ann Landers
Thelma Luallen
Irene Dodson
Cincinnati
New Minister James W Falkner Joins City Church
James W Falkner begins duties as minister of the Gospel at Grant Street Church of Christ Decatur after 11 years in ministry. He comes from Gloster Street Church of Christ Tupelo Mississippi where he served five years. Falkner, Birmingham native and Freed Harding College alum, has led churches in Martin Tennessee Red Bank Chattanooga Florida Polatka and Winfield. He is married with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Falkner
Grant Street Church of Christ
Falkner
Decatur
Gloster Street Church of Christ
Tupelo
Miss
Birmingham
Freed-Hardeman College
Henderson
Church of Christ
the Red Bank Church of Christ
Chattanooga
Tenn
Polatka Church of Christ
Polatka, Fla
Winfield Church of Christ
Winfield, Ala
Summer Boswell Contends for Renewal in Folsom Admin Debate
Summer Boswell, director through the first Folsom administration, remains around the legislature as a five week regular session unfolds. He is expected to seek reinstatement if a change occurs, but efforts to restore the prisons provoke a likely bitter fight and delay reduces passage chances given other pending measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boswell
Folsom
Three Suffer Minor Injuries In Lawrence
Two wrecks in Lawrence County on Saturday afternoon and night caused minor injuries to three people. At 4:30 p.m. in Landersville Mrs. Virginia Martin of Mt Hope collided with a tractor. She received shock treatment. At 8 p.m. two miles west of Moulton on Highway 24 a passenger Eugene Reeves in Homer Goodin's car and driver Alfred Spiller sustained minor injuries.
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Lawrence County
Landersville
Virginia Martin
Mt. Hope
Martin
Moulton
Eugene Reeves
Homer Goodin
Alfred Spiller
Tractor Accident Fatal To Waldrop Youth Of Wren
James Gilbert Waldrop 17 died of chest injuries after a trailer wheel crushed him on the Wren area Parker farm. Dalmer Parker drove the tractor. Esley Knox was aboard. He died at Lawrence County Hospital after transport from Moulton Clinic. Services were held at Lebanon Church of God. Burial Hogan Cemetery Speake Community. Survivors include parents six siblings and grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
James Gilbert Waldrop
W. G. Parker
Wren
Dalmer Parker
Waldrop
Esley Knox
Moulton Clinic
Lawrence County Hospital
Brown
Lebanon Church of God
Kyle McWhorter
Hogan Cemetery
Grady Waldrop
Helen
Hazel
Dorothy Sue
Carolyn Ann
Charles
Edward
Rayburn
Carl
Douglas
Ira Waldrop
Decatur
Drivers Charged In City Mishaps
Two men were arrested by city police Saturday for traffic violations after separate crashes. Joel D. Printe, 22, put up a 25 dollar bond on a reckless driving charge following a 1951 Chevrolet collision with a 1952 Chevrolet trailer truck at 6th Ave and Johnston St. William Barton, 33, was the truck driver. Artis Johnson, 40, of Mayor Motor Co., was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving without a license after his 1952 Chevrolet hit a 1947 Plymouth at Church St and 6th Ave. Mildred Hamilton reported injuries to her vehicle. Police officers Smith and Taylor investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel D. Printe
Woodland Ave
Cleveland
6Th Ave
Johnston St
William 0. Barton
Gordon St
Montgomery
Pete Thompson
Artis Johnson
Maynor Motor Co
Plymouth
Church_ St
Mildred Hamilton
3Rd Ave
Smith and Taylor
British Rail Strike Threatens Ships and Economy
British strike violence hinted as four trans Atlantic liners halt service including the Mauretania. Stockport nonstriking officials report strikers threatening crews on thousands of trains. Prime Minister Eden to address nation warning of economic ruin if deadlock endures. government to requisition coal transport to factories and plants at risk of closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Frost
London
Britain
Mauretania
Stockport
Eden
Queen Elizabeth
Graduation program features valedictory and salutatory by students
Seniors Joe Hardin and Jo Ann Short deliver valedictory and salutatory addresses while Wayne Williams reads the president’s challenge. The senior chorus performs Be Thou Our Guide Oh Master Let Me Walk With Thee Send Down Thy Truth Oh God Dear Lord and Father of Mankind and Onward Ye People. Dr Clifton J Allen will give the baccalaureate sermon at 8 15 pm in the school auditorium and Dr Hubert Searcy Huntington College president will deliver the commencement address tomorrow night at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hardin
Jo Ann Short
Wayne Williams
Clifton J. Allen
The
Baptist Sunday School Board
Hubert Searcy
Huntington College
Mrs Minnie Runge of Falkville 3 Dies Rites Set
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Belle Runge, 74, longtime Falkville 3 resident, are set for 3 p.m. at Union Hill. She died Friday at her home and will be buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Morgan County. Survived by her husband C T Runge and ten children, including G C Runge, C R Runge, Otis Runge, Annie Marlow, Atlas Kinney, Azalee Ergles, Beulah Prothro, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Minnie Belle Runge
Falkville
Union Hill
C. F. Runge
C. R. Runge
Mansfield
Ohio
Otis Runge
Annie Marlow
Atlas Kinney
Azalee Ergles
Beulah Prothro
Rosenburg
Tex
Nebraska man seeks 3 bedroom home near high school
A Nebraska man wants to buy a three bedroom home near the local high school. The note lists Earl Glenn as the realtor with a phone number for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Earl Glenn
Prayer Note Baffles Family In Tragic Houston Death
Katherine Henderson Mims aged 17 was found shot in her bedroom in Houston Texas. A pistol lay beside her and a note bearing a prayer was discovered. Parents Bert and Mrs Mims heard a noise around 9 30 p m and found their daughter an hour later. A recent illness had kept her under medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Katherine Henderson Mims
Bert Mims
Mims
Katherine
Town Creek Pair Held For Rape
Two Town Creek youths Charles Goins 19 and Travis Tidwell 27 remained jailed in Rockford Illinois on rape charges. They were picked up last week after a warrant sworn by Earl Dawsey Rockford. They plan to fight extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Town Creek
Charles Goins
Travis Tidwell
Rockford
Ill
Earl Dawsey
Tito's Stance Questioned After Belgrade Mission
West officials study Marshal Tito's true position amid a concluded mission to Belgrade. They seek his military posture should Soviet aggression threaten Europe, noting Tito's receipt of Western aid, mainly from the United States, to bolster Free Europe defenses. Congress debates tying Yugoslav aid to conditions after Tito-Russia talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Europe
Tito
United States
Free
Congress
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
House
Senate
Market Report Summary of Grain Livestock Prices
No. 2 yellow ear corn sells around 1.48 dollars with a 14.50 to 18.00 range. Commercial and see cows bring 9.50 to 12.00. Calves from choice to prime dealers range 17.50 to 19.50. Hog prices for 180 to 220 pounds are about 18.75 dollars.
Rites Conducted For J B Sheats Of Vinemont
Funeral services for John B. Sheats 53 of Vinemont were held at Powell Chapel with Rev. Harry Cook officiating and interment in the adjoining cemetery. He died Thursday at his home. Survivors include his wife Roberta Powell a son Ogle six daughters and two sisters. Interment directed by Moss Service Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
John B. Sheats
Vinemont
Harry Cook
Powell Chapel
Sheats
Moss Service Funeral Home
Roberta Powell
Ogle
Cora Lee Ball
Ina Pope
Ruby Johnson
Hartselle
Dean Sheats
Weekend Toll Rises With At Least Seven Dead in Alabama
The Associated Press reports a deadly start to the dangerous weekend on Alabama highways. Victims include John Pitts a 50 year old pedestrian killed in Birmingham. Winfred Liles 24 Andalusia struck by an L and N freight train. two youths in a head on crash on U S 98 near Daphne. Maude Stallworth 45 Frisco City welfare worker. Marcus Haley 38 Abbeville hit by a hit and run. David Braxton 17 thrown from a truck near Selma. Police note multiple injuries and ongoing investigations into the crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
John Pitts
Birmingham
Winfred M. Liles
Andalusia
River Falls
L&n
W. S. McGaughy
Liles
South Alabama
U.S. 98
Daphne
Ala
Gerald Nathan Pierce
Mobile
Henry Lewis Peters
Montrose
Pierce
Peters
Maude McMillan Stallworth
State Patrol
Selma
Indictments allege payroll padding involving Slate family
Lawmakers face three false pretense indictments against Roy Wallace Slate and forgery charges for Board of Revenue checks totaling 318.01. Slate condemns the charges as political. Ex-Limestone County Solicitor Steele to aid in trial alongside Circuit Solicitor Johnson. Slate is Morgan County Solicitor Ralph Slate’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slate
Roy Wallace
Board of Revenue
John Wright
L. F. Marlow
Limestone County
Thomas G. Steele
Circuit
George Johnson
Wallace
Morgan County
Ralph Slate
Dairies Switch Milk Sales Across States After Price Gap
Todd shifts milk purchases below Alabama prices into Mississippi and Tennessee, taking share from Alabama dairymen and affecting the state market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Tobacco production rises in Turkey in 1954
The Turks used 60.7 million pounds of Turkish tobacco in 1954, up from under 40 million pounds a decade earlier.
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CIO Auto
Princess — the Prodigal
Lana Edmund Purdom
Jane Powell
Howard Keel
Ana Lynn
Mars
Susan
Dick Powell
Debbie Reynolds
Dora Chambers
John R. Jenkins
G. A. Jenkins
12Th Ave
Wheeler Area
Girl Scout Board
Girl Scout Littlehouse
Holmes Turner
Otis E. Kirby
Birmingham Southern College
Richard
Kirby
George Stuart
Edgar
Idaho
National Forest
Tom Stewart, Jr
Daytona Beach
Fla
Priceville Home Demonstration Club
O. N. Williams
11Th, Ave
John McCutcheon
Coffee Memorial Hospital
Florence
Memorial Drive
A. M. Armor
Herman Free
Donald H. Thomas
North Alabama
the Methodist Church
Logan Church
Logan
Decatur Ministerial Association
All States Cafe
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Jimmie Collier
Kizzie Swann
9Th Ave
City Church
J. W. Falkner
Lawrence
Minnie Runge of
Austinville
Berlin Golden
Decatur Markets
J. B. Sheats
Todd
Vine St
D. S. Echols
Williams Auto Parts
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