Weather and local notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today through Tuesday. Decatur reported 85 high 69 low and trace rainfall in the last 24 hours. Local items include trips to Washington Philadelphia and New York and a Farm Ponds Management School in Auburn. Public notices note arrests for reckless driving vagrancy rent office hours and a tuberculosis sanatorium board meeting. A rabid dog head from Elam Hamilton was reported.
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Decatur Weather Bureau
Elam B. Hamilton
H. C. Jones
Athens
Decatur
Hamilton
Soldier Jumps From Plane to See Newborn Child
A hitchhiking Army corporal with an opened parachute said he bailed from a transport to reach home and see his newborn. He planned to jump over Oklahoma but landed near Memphis Tennessee after a miscalculation. identified as Lee Orange of Arnadarko Oklahoma. Orange was turned over to Army authorities at Hot Springs.
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Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma
Memphis
Tenn
R. E. Bennett
Lee Orange
Arnadarko
Okla
Orange
Pastas
Hot Springs
New Floods Threaten Portland Dikes Across Northwest
In a fresh effort to hold the Columbia flood front, 26 Army engineers rushed to critical points from Portland to the Pacific. The crest drove water into Portland and Vancouver areas as 26 dead, 52 missing, about 60,000 homeless and $140 million in damage marked the toll.
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Portland
Ore
Army
Columbia River
Pacific
Army Engineer Corps
Great River
Columbia
Fraser
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver
Wife Is Held In Mercy Killing Of Paralyzed Husband
Mrs. Mary B. Blackford 55 pleads innocent to murdering her bedridden husband Walter M. Blackford 61 with a bread knife. Held without bail, case continued to June 17. Blackford, a wealthy paper executive, was slain in bed in Longmeadow after a May stroke left him paralyzed. Police cite possible mercy killing and a prior suicide attempt by carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Springfield
Mass
Mary B. Blackford
Walter M. Blackford
Longmeadow May
Honor Student Dies Before Degree Conferred
Con nel E. Ray, a pre med honors student and Phi Beta Kappa member at the University of Alabama, died in Birmingham. His father C E Ray will receive the bachelor of arts degree on his son's behalf. the Rays live in Livingston Alabama.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Connel E. Ray
Birmingham
Ray
Phi Beta
Forday
Takens
C. E. Ray
Rays
Livingston
Two Children Die In North Alabama Traffic Mishaps
Two children died in auto accidents in North Alabama last weekend. Peggy Gale Clayton aged four was struck by a car about seven miles northeast of Birmingham while picking berries. Jesse McMurry Weathers aged six fell from a moving vehicle near Athens. he was the son of Staff Sgt and Mrs Jesse Weathers of Huntsville. More than twenty others were injured in related incidents.
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Birmingham
Ala
North
Alabama
Peggy Gale Clayton
Jesse McMurry Weathers
Athens
Jesse Weathers
Huntsville
Bernadotte Delivers Truce Plan Amid Palestinian Armistice Talks
Count Folke Bernadotte presents a start time and four week armistice proposal for Palestine to six Arab nations as fighting persists. Arab League delays meeting, while Jews claim gains around Tel Aviv and in the Tulkarm Jenin Nablus triangle. Syrian forces bolster the north front as Yemen joins the alliance against Israel. Bernadotte works to reconcile Jewish immigration demands with Arab objections during the ceasefire talks.
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Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Tel Aviv
Tulkarm-Jenin-Nabulus
Bernadotte
United Nations
Israel
Jerusalem
Vote Unlikely On School Aid
Washington June 7 President proffered and party leaders say a House vote on the federal education aid bill is unlikely before June 19 or beyond. Rep Wheeler filed a petition to force a vote but has fewer than 100 of the 218 required signatures. If achieved, rules delay action until the second Monday after reaching 218. The bill would authorize a federal appropriation of 1,000,000 to help states operate schools.
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Ashington
House
Congress
Education and Labor Committee
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
Carmichael Wins Delegates Opposes Convention Walkout
Alabama Attorney General Albert A. Carmichael won the runoff for a Democratic National Convention delegate seat by 728 votes over Gessner T. McCorvey. Carmichael says Alabamians overwhelmingly oppose bolting and a civil rights plank, despite McCorvey advocating a walkout if Truman is nominated.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert A. Carmichael
Alabama
Carmichael
Gessner T. McCorvey
Walter J. Price
McCorvey
Truman
Price
Allied Plan Of German Zone Rule Is Bared
Washington reports a five point Western plan to create a separate federal government in Western Germany. The proposal faces Russian opposition and may trigger a Paris battle but could require no new US congressional action. Measures to deter further German aggression accompany the plan.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
London
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Low Countries
Paris
State Department
Truman
Marshall
Six Nation pact on Germany approved by British cabinet
London reports the British cabinet quickly backed the six nation German treaty. France faced opposition at home with warnings of a national disaster while aides expect the national assembly to approve after heated debate. The pact details were handed to Marshal Sokolovsky in Berlin by Allied governors. Moscow radio quoted Pravda predicting nonrecognition by peace loving peoples and Germans.
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London
Germany
France
Foreign Ministry
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Berlin
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Allied chiefs to set steps for Western Germany reconstruction
The article outlines a plan starting with an authorization meeting of Allied military chiefs and Western German state heads, followed by electing a delegate to a constituent assembly and drafting a constitution. Ratification by the German people and possible boundary revisions are to be considered, with French concerns noted.
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Germany
Swank Copa Cabana Night Club Destroyed by Fire
Fire at the Copa Cabana on Miami Beach gutted the club early today causing an estimated 200000 dollars in loss. Policeman H L Perdue reported triggering the alarm around 4 am after a terrific explosion preceded the blaze which left only the outside wall standing. The venue had closed shortly before the fire.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Florida
D. C. Kennett
H. L. Perdue
Ill and Exhausted Benes Resigns as Czech President
Prague report notes Eduard Benes aged 64 resigns rather than sign a new communist drafted constitution. Premier Gottwald cabinet accepts, retains Benes salary and home at Lang. Benes had served 11 years in two terms with five years left in his current term.
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A. J. Goldberg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Benes
Klement Gottwald
Lang
Gottwald
Munich
Truman Seeks First Ballot Nomination As South Contends
Despite a Nebraska flare up Southern leaders hint at forming a anti Truman faction. Georgia Senators George and Russell touted to lead a separate ticket if a Dixie group forms. Truman pushes a West tour as delegates head for a first ballot bid while states assign convention votes.
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Nebraska
South
Truman
Washington
Walter George
Richard Russell
Georgia
Mr. Truman
Alabama
Texas
Philadelphia
Dixie
House of Representatives
Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
Oklahoma
Poe
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Colorado
Minnesota
William Ritchie
Lewis Warns Coal Operators in New Wage Talks
John L. Lewis denounces coal operators as fat cats as 400,000 United Mine Workers press for wage gains. He demands guaranteed benefits from a 1947 welfare fund tied up by court action and says bargaining started only under duress. Federal court orders forced talks with Joseph Moody of the Southern Coal Producers' Association.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Lewis
UMW
United Mine Workers’ Union
Jam Lt. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Moody
Truck Wrecks Man Arrested In Bailey Clanton Incident
Bailey Clanton 23 awaiting transfer to Morgan County jail after a Sunday morning wreck of a Swift Ice Cream truck near the airport in Limestone County. Police say the truck was stolen, overturned multiple times, and Clanton was found unconscious. no charges yet. He left his home to visit his brother but did not reach the address.
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Weatherly
Clanton
Fourth Street
Market Street
Mr. Weatherly
Fence Encloses Morgan County School Bus Shop on Highway 31
A seven foot high steel fence now surrounds Morgan County school bus shop on Highway 31. The project creates secure storage for 60 regular buses and two extras, keeping vehicles ready for summer maintenance. County Superintendent H R announced the completion Monday morning. Formerly drivers kept buses at home, but the new yard eases overhaul and repair work.
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Morgan County
H. R. County
Driver Still In Hospital After Athens Jeep Crash
Lawrence Willard Buchanan of Athens remains hospitalized with severe facial injuries after a jeep chase by Highway Patrolmen ended in a crash in Athens late Saturday. He faces charges of driving while intoxicated. His wife Opal Christine Buchanan and passenger Carlisle Grisham were treated and released. Marie Fisk Collier, driving the other vehicle, was uninjured. Patrolmen Edgeman and Coleman pursued the jeep for about five miles after a red light violation. Property damages were about 500 dollars.
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Lawrence Willard
Buchanan
Athens 2
Powers Hospital
Athens
W. B. Little
Highway Patrol
Opal Christine Buchanan
Carlisle S. Grisham
Marie Fisk Collier
Edgeman
Coleman
Little
Washington Street
Highway 72
Tax Official Shoots Self in Montgomery Hotel
Montgomery June 7 coroner reports Lee M Rotharmel 50 chief of the tobacco tax division of the State Revenue Department shot himself in his hotel room. A note read I am tired and he had been ill the previous day. Rotharmel joined the state Revenue Department in 1939 becoming tobacco tax chief in 1941.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lee M. Rotharmel
Tobacco Tax Division
State Revenue Department
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Rotharme
R. Silver
Birmingham
Senate Votes Down Langer Effort 67 to 7
The Senate rejected a proposal by Senator Langer to bar race segregation in the armed services by a 67 to 7 vote. The move aimed at amending the draft bill, signaling retreat from a broader fight on segregation and reflecting resistance to Southern filibuster threats.
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Senate
Langer Effort
Washington
Armed Services
Langer R
Laboragement Relations
A W. Ford
Califor Packing Corp
House
William D. Day
Kansas City
National Association of Real Boards
Davis
Vandenberg
Millikin
R-Cole
Wiley
R-Wis
J Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gates
Thomas L. Owens
Dean of Republican Senators Will Not Seek Another Term
The Senate's oldest member Arthur Capper of Kansas will retire and not seek re election. He indicated no plans to withdraw from the race despite private doubts from friends and years of service since 1918. Capper, age nearing 70, has served since 1918 and won elections in 1930 1936 and 1918.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Capper
William L. White
Emporia Gazette
Roy A Roberts
City Star
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O. V. Blankenship
Donald Lee Blankenship
City
New York
Charles Chance
Norris, Tenn
Larry Miller
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Farm Fish Pond
H. S. Scinigle
Farm Ponds Department
Albert Jervis
Tulsa
Annie Morris
Omaha, Neb
Mrs
Walter Morris
Abe. Powell
George Hardy
Howard Powell
Guntersville
Clif Penney
Joe Beams
Marvin Rivers
Shirley Ranager
Corbin, Ky
C. B. Humphrey
E. R. Carter Jr
Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Soldier
Youngster
By Ken Reynolds
Claude W. Wood
Brooklyn
Wood
Utica
N. Y
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Yemen
Carmichael Og
Swank Night Club
Blaze
By Jack Bell
Bama
John M.‘Gallalee
University of ‘Alabama
Board of Trustees
Gallalee
Gadsden
Mobile
Amos
Alexandre
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