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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1954
Page
1
A brief community update highlights local happenings and notable points of interest. It outlines small events, services, and resources affecting residents, with a focus on practical information and neighborhood concerns.
The Highway Patrol reported no traffic accidents in the four county district over the weekend. City Council to meet at 7 PM in city hall. James Morris McCutcheon is visiting Detroit relatives. Roy Seitz, ex Decatur resident, sprained ankle at Southeastern Metals in Birmingham. Pvt Earl F. Hargitt Jr. graduated from Signal School at Fort Monmouth NJ. He attended Perkinston Junior College before enlisting in 1953. Mrs Howard Slaughter and son Phil visit Fort Worth relatives. Morgan County sheriff arrests four over weekend on insanity, assault, and drunkenness charges. Pvt Winston Ridgeway to report to Fort Huachuca after basic training at Camp Gordon. Roger Hoover undergoes eye operation at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital. See DIARY on Page 2.
The boat harbor tackle shop was robbed last night marking a second break in 30 days. Store manager Herman Schnur reported to police. Entry was through a rear window after glass was broken. Missing items include four fishing reels 12 casting lines one fly line 12 spinner lures five glass casting rods six cartons of cigarettes 28 cigars 24 sandwiches and unknown crackers and cookies.
Secretary of Defense Wilson told graduates at the University of South Carolina that a third world war is not the answer to stopping communism. He urged countering false ideas with truth and superior philosophy while warning against pursuing war as a solution. He stressed remaining militarily strong and outlined three Russian threats: psychological propaganda economic control and military aggression.
Written plea from J. Robert Oppenheimer heads to the Atomic Energy Commission as a three member board finds him loyal but too risky for access to secrets. Attorneys seek direct commission review and oral arguments are limited to a later date.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge read 21.72 feet this morning. The TVA Substation notes yesterday's high reached 85 at 2 p.m. This morning temperature was 76 with fair skies and warm afternoon showers expected. Highs: today 88, tonight 65, tomorrow 93.
The Supreme Court with a 5 to 3 vote sustains the core requirement of the lobbying registration law, while not ruling on penalties. The act mandates registration and financial reporting by those seeking to influence legislation, with penalties including fines imprisonment or both and a three year ban from lobbying.
Auburns Alabama Polytechnic Institute trustees will hear a Supreme Court anti segregation ruling briefing and discuss a faculty dispute in the School of Architecture. President Ralph Craughon favors delaying policy changes until final court decisions next fall as the budget proposal of over 11 million dollars is likely to be approved. The meeting opens at 11 a m and press access is noted.
The State Department confirms Eleanor Roosevelt plans to travel to Moscow in July via Finland on assignment for Look Magazine. She holds a diplomatic type passport and must obtain visas for Russia and other Iron Curtain states.
About 26 farm youths from 13 North Alabama counties will contest the final round of the 1954 Tennessee Valley Cooperatives essay contest at Decatur Country Club. Winners from Lauderdale Madison Marshall Blount and DeKalb counties compete for a trip to Cornell University to attend the American Institute of Cooperatives youth session.
Limestone County deputies Wallace Coleman D. W. Brown and C. C. Davis razed a 60 gallon still near Dogwood Flats about 10 miles southeast of Athens at 10 am yesterday. The whiskey had already been run from the apparatus and no arrests were made.
Merchants in Decatur praise the first Decatur Days event as the largest trade promotion in city history. About 200 retailers joined in the two day effort, with many reporting increased sales and strong turnout. Participants including J D Gray and several shop owners call for a permanent annual event.
About three dozen motorists were rescued from Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park after a blizzard trapped cars in three foot drifts. Seven to nine vehicles remained stalled as rescuers escorted the rest down to Estes Park. Visibility was near zero and snow continued to fall.
Courtland police report thieves pried open a safe at Leonard Crook Furniture, netting about 950 dollars in small bills and coins. The safe was moved by cart and recovered near Foster Bridge road, while remaining papers stayed undisturbed. Investigators including Chief Clarence Harris, Gaither Terry, and state officers pursue leads.
In Brice's Crossroads Mississippi 8000 spectators watch a Civil War reenactment recreating the 1862 clash. Rebels win as photographers capture the scene while nurses in 1864 attire tend the wounded and the dead lie beyond the sunlit field.
SAUK CITY Wis The Joe Must Go Club failed to collect the 403 904 signatures required by law to recall Sen McCarthy R Wis The group did not report its total signatures but said they are heartened by the response and will study future recall efforts.
Three Decatur women were elected to state offices at the annual convention of the DAV Auxiliary Department of Alabama. Mrs. Louise Hines was elected adjutant and Mrs. Lucy Walker was elected as auxiliary dex Chapter 11.
A head on crash on Maryland Route 416 near Lyons Creek killed ten people, eight in one car and two in the other. Drivers were Robert E. Abell and Clarence M. Thomas with victims including John P. Schweinhout, Robert Lee Schweinhout, Milton E. Stottermeyer, Earl S. McCreagy, Mrs. Benjamin Thomas, Norman T. Carey, Helen P. Carey, and an unidentified 19 year old. Police report one car crossed into the wrong lane on a curve. all occupants perished. Bodies were moved to an Owings funeral home.
The Associated Press reports Alabama weekend fatalities include Luther Berry 29 of Grove Oak drowned in the Tennessee River near Guntersville while fishing with his brother. Ed Kimbrough of Westfield drowned in the Warrior River near the Tuscaloosa Greene County line. The period marked one of the lowest tolls in weeks.
Washington may be shaping Schine denial as he challenges Secretary Stevens sworn testimony that Schine started a telephone talk on October 21 about his Army future. The hearing will reveal more Cohn Stevens conversations not yet on the record as McCarthy aides press for full testimony.
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