Weather and church notices from Decatur area diary
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and Friday and early tonight. Gentle to moderate southerly winds on the coast. Rev RL Baker will speak Sunday on The Voice That Wakes The Dead at Memorial Drive Methodist. Central Methodist junior board meets Tuesday at 7 at Why-Not-Cafe. Rev HM Layman to fill pulpit at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist. Rev E M Chapman preaches In God Is My Trust at St Johns Episcopal. Mrs Sterling Sledge moved to Jefferson Hospital from Hamill Clinic. Admitted to Decatur General: W D Moore and James M McMullin. Admitted late Wednesday: Paul McEntire, Mrs Ray Montgomery, Randall Palmer. High 24h temp 91, min 78, today 85. No rain. Births at Decatur General: a son to Mr and Mrs Love tiddy. a daughter to Mr and Mrs J E Brown. W H Brown in fair condition at Decatur General. Births at Hamill Clinic: Mr and Mrs George McDowell a son. Mr and Mrs Homer Terry a daughter. Dismissals: Mrs Joe Joseph. Fire dept reports slight loss from jeep blaze on U S 31 North. Robert T Harris and George Wallace Sr. return to Ft Walton for several days. Families plan visit to Ft Walton. John A Caddell returns from Montgomery after Alabama Bar Association meeting. Rev G M Davenport speaks on The First Skyscraper Sunday 10:50, and Man Does Not Stand Alone at 7:30. County Bible school clinic at Baptist church 2:30 Sunday afternoon. Alvis Associational superintendent in church. See Diary on Page 2. Quickies by Ken Reynolds.
Fear Expressed Red Scientists Test Isotopes
Washington June 9 The congressional investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission opened with testimony about radioactive materials sent to foreign countries that could aid germ warfare research. Lewis L. Strauss, the lone AEC member who opposed exporting isotopes in 1947, testified before the joint senate house committee.
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Washington
Congressional Investigation
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Joint
Senate-House Committee
Lewis L. Strauss
Polls Ban Delayed In Washington Civil Rights Action
A House administration subcommittee voted 4 to 3 to defer action on anti poll tax legislation. The panel will await House judiciary committee review of a proposed constitutional amendment letting states decide on outlawing poll taxes. Full committee may reverse next Wednesday.
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Washington
House Administration
House Judiciary Committee
Full
Administration
Burleson
D-Tex
Harrison
D-Va
Rep. Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Truman
Isotopes and Russian access linked to U S material use
Strauss testified that no isotopes were shipped to the Soviets but Russian scientists might visit labs using American supplied material. The piece notes isotopes as radioactive elements and mentions armed services committees in both houses of Congress being at work.
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Strauss
Armed Services Committees
Congress
Miss Trafford Heads to Virginia for Summer Teaching
British exchange teacher Miss Eileen Trafford, a Decatur faculty member for a year, will leave Saturday for Radford College Virginia to teach the summer quarter before returning to England. Fellow teacher Miss Zelma Parker will come home to Decatur in August to resume geography instruction for junior high. The exchange program supports international understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Trafford
Decatur School
Virginia
Radford College
Trafford
England
Zelma Parker
Decatur
Operators Lash Lewis Call For Miner Walk-Out Declare Action Breach
United Mine Workers move to a week long strike starting Monday under John L Lewis aimed at curbing coal overproduction. The plan, backed by some producers, faces dissent from industry groups who say the contract does not permit the action. The move is timed to strengthen bargaining for a new contract as parties await talks and potential fallout from Taft Hartley and intra union tensions.
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Lash Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pittsburgh
J. Atlee Schafer
American Retail Coal Association
Cleveland
Charleston
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Producers’ Association
UMW
John L
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Murray
Green
Russians Beat Off Hoodlums at Berlin Railway HQ
In Berlin 200 rail way strikers invaded the American sector control building. Four Russian officers beat back the mob as U S authorities reinforced with German police. The incident followed a complaint by Soviet Commandant Alexander Kotikov and prompted guards at the headquarters.
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Daniel Deluce
Berlin
U. S
Alexander Kotikov
Spree Canal
Cabana
Stalin
Lenin
Frank Howley
Howley
Nanking
China
Retail meat prices inch up as buyers resist
Retail meat prices rise slightly this week while buyer resistance grows and larger meat shipments arrive. Wholesale and livestock price downtrends continue, poultry and eggs edge up slightly, butter is easier, and vegetables show broad price declines.
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Associated Press
Church Organist Named Sheriff to Succeed Husband
In Tallahassee Florida Mrs J R Cooksey a 49 year old church organist is appointed Jefferson county sheriff to succeed her husband J R Cooksey who died Sunday Her term ends January 1951 She is a mother of three sons and plans to run only if she chooses to after the unexpired term She was born near Moultrie Georgia and has lived in Monticello 33 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Jefferson County
J. R. Cooksey
Moultrie
Monticello
Thousand Attending Future Farmers Unit Meeting at Auburn
More than 1,000 Alabama youths gather for the 20th annual convention of the state Association of Future Farmers of America in Auburn. Dr. Ralph B. Craughon and Wilbur Hutsell addressed the group, with Bob B. Erwin of Glencoe winning the oratorical contest.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
State Association of Future Farmers of America
Ralph B. Craughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Wilbur Hutsell
Bob B. Erwin
Glencoe
Political Pal of Talmadge Raps Governor
Milledgeville story reports Roy Harris of Augusta blasting Gov. Herman Talmadge as the Milledgeville state hospital dispute continues. Twelve doctors fired after resigning moved to new jobs as welfare issues and personnel probes unfold with state boards and committees pursuing a full inquiry.
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Milledgeville
Talmadge
State Hospital
Herman Talmadge
Roy Harris
Augusta
Harris
Atlanta
Jack Forrester
State Social Security Board
Senate Welfare Committee
Senate Committee
Social Security Board
Forrester
T. A. Dec
Three Killed In Sudden Blow In Belvidere Nebraska
A tornado struck Belvidere Nebraska near suppertime killing three people in a cafe dance hall and injuring seven others. The dead include 11 year old Orville Bell Jr and Dwayne Kilcaid 22 from Marysville Kansas and Elmer Pelage 29.
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Belvidere
Neb
Nebraska
Orville Bell Jr
Dwayne Kilcaid
Marysville
Kas
Elmer Pelage
Hebron
Hastings
Metcalfe Freed on New Bond in Terrell Slaying Case
Al Metcalfe, Morgan City store owner, was released on a new bond today after a previous $5,000 bail was canceled and he was rearrested. The state alleges his store was the scene of a fatal beating that killed James Emory Terrell.
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al Metcalfe
James Emory Terrell
Metcalfe
Morgan City
Terrell
Minister Warned to Lay Off Peach Festival Dance
Baptist pastor Rev. R. W. Stuckey said a phone call demanded he cancel the annual peach festival dance. He cancelled the event citing a preference for more wholesome entertainment during the festival in Clanton Alabama.
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Clanton
Ala
R. W. Stuckey
Reds Expected To Reject Plan
The Associated Press reports Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky will reject Dean Acheson’s Berlin blockade proposal at the Paris talks. The Western plan links easing the Berlin dispute to an East West trade accord, while railway tensions flare in the Soviet controlled zone and red guards clash with workers.
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Associated Press
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Berlin
U. S
Dean Acheson
Foreign Ministers
Paris
West
Germany
West Berlin
Airport Board Sets Meeting On Pryor Field Expansion
Mayor H R Summer said the municipal airport board will meet soon to discuss costs and plans for Pryor Field improvements. Carol C Smith aims to finish drawings for a 4000 foot runway 150 feet wide, 2000 feet of taxiways, and a 1000 foot airport to highway connecting road. Attending are Tracy Hill and Asa Rountree Jr. with board members including Elmer Vinson Sim Howell J M Holt and John Caddell.
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H. R. Summer
Municipal Airport Board
Carol C. Smith
Smith
Pryor Field
Tracy W. Hill
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Asa Rountree Jr
Mayor Summer
Decatur
Elmer Vinson
Athens
Sim L. Howell
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Athens Man In Critical Accident Improves At Hospital
Thomas Edison McCravy of Athens is improving after a Tuesday night automobile crash four miles south of Athens. He suffered a broken jaw and fractured skull and is described as resting fairly well by Athens hospital officials.
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Thomas Edison McCravy
Athens
Yacht Club Plans Barge Cruise Up Tennessee River
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club members and their spouses or dates are invited to a Sunday evening barge cruise on the Tennessee River. The boat departs the TVA dock at 3 15 PM and returns around 11 PM with picnic lunch, soft drinks, and supper provided. guests should bring wraps raincoats and additional picnic items as desired. the vessel can accommodate up to 150 people.
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Yacht Club
Tennessee
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Clifford Vaughan
TVA
McCartney Street
Milk Control Board Is Saved By House Group
The Alabama House Ways and Means Committee killed six of Gov. James E. Folsom's tax bills including increases to sales and income taxes. A bill to abolish the milk control board was postponed indefinitely by the Agriculture Committee. Other measures would raise use and service taxes and adjust corporate income tax structure. Delegates from service companies protested a proposed 2 percent tax on their firms.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Ways and Means Committee
James E. Folsom
House Agriculture Committee
Frank Haynes
Franklin
State Milk Control Board
Alabama
Charlie Norman
Bullock
Norman Harris
Morgan
R. D. Bell
J. R. Maumenee
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipouilding Corp
Mobile
Joan Ward
State Chamber of Commerce
Three Negroes Charged in Florida Merchant Slaying
Indictments for first degree murder returned against George Woolfolk, D. Robinson, and James McDonald in the June killing of storekeeper Dave Silcox in Starke Florida. The men, jailed at Raiford prison, admit robbing in Jacksonville and a shooting at Ocala. Woolfolk also admits killing Mrs Mary Faust Jones in Columbus Georgia. They face trial in Starke at an early date as authorities stated.
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P. D. Reddish
Jacksonville
Ocala
Silcox
Also Mentioned on This Page
RL. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Central Methodist Church
H. M. Layman
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
E. M. Chapman
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Decatur General Hospital
W. D. Moore
Sixth Avenue South
James M. McMullin
J.T. McMullin
Tanner
Paul McEntire
Ray Montgomery
Jackson
Randall Palmer
C. W. Palmer
Thomas L. Lovetiddy
Fifteenth Avenue East
Decatur Genertal
J. EF. Brown
W. H. Brown
Morgan Sanitation
George McDowell
East LaFayette
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Homer Terry
Seventh Avenue, South
Hamil Clinic’ Hospital
Hamil Clinic
Joe Joseph
Grove
Decatur Fire Department
Robert T. Harris
George Wallace Sr
Ft. Walton, Fla
Roy Street
Robert Street
Paul Buchanan
John R. Gilbert
Clyta Lee Gilliam
Bill Brown
Ft. Walton
Fila
John A. Caddell
Alabama Barsociation Commission
G. M. Davenport
Baptist Church
Alvis
By Ken Reynolds
Daily Want
BY Jack Rutledge
Miss Trafford
Norman Walker
Florida
Barbara Manning
Los Angeles
Fuller Warren
Ward Plunkett
Miss Manning
Gov. Warren
Kist
Central America
California
Texas
Federal State Market News Service
Sheriff
Future Farmers Unit
Pal
West Point
Janice P. Walker
Tenn
John E. Miller
U. S. Military Academy
Miller
Aberdeen
S. D
Reds
Milk Control Board
Clamous
Harles
Rae
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