Weather Outlook and Local Births in Morgan County
Partly cloudy today with scattered showers in the south this afternoon and southeast coast winds. Mr and Mrs D F Beard announce the birth of a daughter at Decatur General hospital Saturday. Admitted to Decatur General hospital Friday night were Lorine Chunn J E Briscoe. The Board of Registrars for Morgan county will be in session June 9 and 16. Dismissals and visits noted at Decatur General hospital and Baugh Wiley clinic. Local movements include Walter Robertson visiting and Carolyn Elmer traveling to Evansville Ind. Summer school opens Monday with sessions for high school and elementary students. Ben Bloodworth attends the Alabama Associated Press meeting in Birmingham. Frabhiseur family from Guntersville visiting. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Associated Press
D. F. Beard
Morgan County
Dana Bailey
Truman Denies Air Supremacy Is Lost To Foe
President Truman warned Russia may plot new Koreas but said U S air supremacy in Korea is such we can bomb the enemy at will. He claimed in Korea our planes have knocked the Russians out at the rate of eight to one and attacked Taft critics and defense cuts. He spoke to about 4 000 at Shrine Mosque in Springfield and led the 35th Division reunion parade to crowds estimated up to 150 000.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Springfield
Truman
Russia
Korea
Shrine Mosque
W. E. Hamilton
Ralph Langston
Congress
Bee Line Highway Association Forms To Modernize U S 31
A group in Birmingham forms the Bee Line Highway Association to promote modernization and advertising of U S 31 from Nashville to the Gulf of Mexico. Ervin Jackson of Jackson Securities in Birmingham serves as president with Cliff Stiles of Redmont Hotel as secretary treasurer. Alabama is divided into three zones North central and South with three vice presidents elected by about 100 attendees at the Lee GROUP meeting.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gulf of Mexico
Bee Line Highway Association
Ervin Jackson
Jackson Securities and Investment Company
Birmingham
Cliff Stiles
Redmant Tel
Alabama
Lee Group
Walter L. Morris 48 Dies in Omaha Heart Attack
Walter L. Morris of Decatur formerly, 48, died Friday night at his Omaha home after a recent illness. Funeral plans pending with Brown's. body to return to Decatur for burial in Hart Selle family plot. Survived by wife Janis, daughter Ann of Omaha, and mother Mrs. Annie L. Morris, Decatur. He left Decatur in 1928 after years with Decatur Iron & Steel Co. Previously in Memphis with the Uni-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Morris
Decatur
Omaha
Nebraska
Hartselle
Brown's
Morris
Janis
Ann
Neb
Annie L. Morris
East Vine Street
Decatur Iron & Steel Cam
Memphis
Uni
Raids cap new French policy crackdown tightens
Paris reports today describe fresh raids as part of Antoine Pinay's hard line against Communists in France. Police targeted the International Workers Movement and the French Union Information Agency in Paris and offices in Brest Lorient and Toulon dock workers union papers were seized to bolster charges against Jacques Duclos and 163 others.
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Preston Grover
Paris
France
Antoine Pinay
Beaune
International Workers Movement
French Union Information Agency
Interior Ministry
Red Front
Brest
Lorient
Jacques Duclos
Toulon
Court To Decide 2 Segregation Appeals
The Supreme Court will rule on two segregation appeals set for this term end. Negro parents claim their children’s constitutional rights were violated by school segregation in Topeka Kansas and Clarendon County South Carolina. Lower courts upheld segregation under earlier rulings that it is permissible if equal facilities exist.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kans
Clarendon County
S. C
Tragic Drowning Ends Wading Afternoon Of Two Girls
A 7 year old and a younger girl died after stepping into nine foot water while wading near their home on Flint Creek. Neighbors and four searchers found the bodies after a long rescue attempt. Funeral services set for Valley Springs Church with Mutual Service in Cullman directing.
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Flint Creek
Kenneth Morgan
Country Club
Valley Springs
Cullman
Gilbert Speake
Barbara Gail Doss
Decature
Alfred Doss
Carl Camp
Optimism Bred By Steel Talks
Optimism rose from talks between steel industry officials and CIO steelworkers led by Philip Murray. Both sides kept silent after an all day White House session with no public statements, planning a fourth day of bargaining.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
White House
Michigan Man Held For Passing Bad 30 Dollar Check
John William Landi a 23 year old Italian is held in City jail after allegedly cashing a bogus thirty dollar check at the City Park Flower Shop and attempting another at the American Beauty Greenhouse and Houser's Florist. Chief Whitmire says he will likely be charged with false pretense.
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John William Landi
City Park
J. B. Whitmire
Landi
Whitmire
The
Daily
Michigan
Moulton Street
Houser
Bank Street
C. M. Kennedy
Ernest Bowman
W. C. Hunter Landi
Decatur Kiwanis Backs Mobile Man For Trustee Post
The Decatur Kiwanis Club supports Albert Tully of Mobile for membership on Kiwanis International’s board of trustees. The Decatur club and Alabama Kiwanis groups back Tully as Frank Troup attends the International meeting in Seattle June 15 to 17 with over 10 000 Kiwanis from the U S Canada Alaska and Hawaii. The five day program features speakers including George A Drew J D Grey and James M oe Hollywood.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Seattle
Washington
Frank Troup
Decatur Club
Alabama Kiwanis
Albert Tully
Mobile
Alabama
Kiwanis International
Wlud
Presluem Redus Collier
The
United, Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
American Bar Association
George A. Drew
House of Commons
Ottawa
J. D. Grey
First Baptist Church of
New Orleans
Southern Bapist Convention
James M.oe Hollywood
Allies Stroll Out Of Parley At Panmunjom
General Harrison led the UN delegation from the Panmunjom tent for a three day recess while the Communists kept talking on the deadlocked prisoner exchange issue. Harrison said the Allies would not return before June 11 and liaison officers would handle matters in the interim. North Korean Gen Nam II pressed for a top level plenary session at 11 a.m. but no decision was announced.
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George McArthur Munsan
Korea
William K. Harrison
Reds
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Harrison
Nam II
Red
Quiet Weekend In Alabama Regions Reports Two Arrests
A Saturday night round up across Limestone, Morgan, Lawrence and Cullman counties showed a quiet weekend with only two arrests reported by sheriffs' offices. Names and charges were not disclosed in the readable text.
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Limestone
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman
Eisenhower Open to Talks with Stalin If Needed
General Dwight D. Eisenhower said he would go anywhere and do anything to promote peace even possible talks with Prime Minister Stalin but doubted such a meeting would help solve the problem. He spoke at a news conference in New York amid noisy questions and applause.
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Belman Morin
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pago
Stalin
Eisenhower
Abilenne
Emmanuel M. Josephson
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Taft Sweeps Indiana Meet
Taft sweeps Indiana delegates as Sen Robert A Taft seeks all 32 GOP national convention slots. An Indiana delegate questions a pledge to vote for Chiolaw until released while Tafts rival Eisenhower says he would meet with Premier Stalin if possible.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Indiana
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Stalin
Russia
Refugees Cross Border As Peds Build Up Force
Thousands of East Germans flee toward the Bonn republic as Soviet backed forces arm and expand in schools factories and allied areas. East Berlin premade army units and FDJ youth trains to 25 divisions with 375000 men. High schools teach firearms military comms and dynamics while factory militia form. East German Foreign Minister Dertinger defends rearmament as a shield against warmongers.
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Berlin
East Germany
Bonn Republic
East Berlin
Free German Youth
FDJ
ADN
George Dertinger
Leipzig
Auer
People’s Police
50 MPH Limit If Deaths Continue
Governor Gordon Persons vows drastic action to curb highway fatalities after eight more deaths push Alabama total to at least 23 since May 30. He may order a 60 to 50 mile per hour limit and strictly enforce it if deaths do not reverse in two weeks. Nine killed in separate crashes this week including four boys and one man, and four women near Huntsville.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Widnesday
Atlanta
Huntsville
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Lea Ay Rare
Decatur General Hospital
Lorine Chunn
J. E. Briscoe
Somerville 2
B. W. Mixon
College Avenue
James S. Pirkle
Ninth Avenue East
Joe Lee
Breckinridge
Ernest G. Goodwin
Ninth Avenue West
Baugh - Wiley Clinic
Johnnie West
F. M. Dodson
Lle
R. C. Montgomand
Aldean Morgan
Avenue East
Lera Moore
Fifth Avenue East
Walter Robertson
Decautr
Carolyn Elmer
W. A. Elier
Evansville
Ind
Gordon-Bibb School
Ben Bloodworth
Alabama Associated Press Group
Clifford Frabhiseur
Barbara
Patsy
Guntersville
U.N
Brenda
Mickey Doss
Walter Morris
Aecess
Court Om
Mickey
Thomas and
Eugene Ferguson
Talmadge Wright
K. D. Morgan
Brown’s
City Electric Department
Fire Department
Bert Ellis
City Police
Highway Patrol
Steel
Tke
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