Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers across the state today. Sermon topic by Dr. Otis E. Kirby is The Effects Of Pentecost. Julian Jervis plans a week in Tupelo with the Stricklands. Local families host relatives and friends visiting from Alabama and other towns. The White Way Milk company area may gain a new playground after ground cleanup, with the City Recreation Board to weigh in. Two Florence dogheads cleared of rabies by Decatur lab. Local enlistees include Mead and Venable. Afternoon showers cooled Decatur with 87 max and 68 min. 0.26 inches of rain in 24 hours. A 14-year-old boy faces carnal knowledge charges in Morgan County jail. Decatur Junior Legion to play New Hope at Legion Memorial Field with Bob Freeman pitching. William D. Sims to attend the Chamber of Commerce Institute at Chapel Hill, N C, as president of the institute’s student body.
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Morgan County
Morgan Sheriff's Office
Cliff
Two Limestone Men Claim Loss Big Sum in Cash
Edgar Ross Quillin 37 is in Morgan county jail on false pretense charges after Huntsville arrest. Quillen and Marvin Wallace of Atlanta are accused of taking 3500 dollars from Limestone county residents through a counterfeit scheme involving a chemical process. They persuaded victims to invest, met at Reece’s farm, then traveled to Huntsville and Decatur before disappearing. Only 15 dollars remained in small bills. investigators traced the case to Athens and Decatur authorities.
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Edgar Ross Quillin
Morgan County
Huntsville
Quillen
Marvin Wallace
Atlanta
Limestone County
Wallace
W. H. Long
Athens
Quillin
Cecil Sanderson
Alabama Highway Patrol
William Basil Reece
Charles Marvin Black
Reece
Decatur
R.A. Troup
The
Highway Patrol
J. B Whitmire
Death of Anne O Beirne in Switzerland
Relatives in Selma report the death of Anne O Beirne age 18 in Switzerland from injuries after diving into a swimming pool. She is the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Frank O Beirne of London and granddaughter of P. O. Thomas of Selma. Her father serves as naval attache to the U S embassy in London. She and her mother lived in Selma from 1941 to 1944.
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Selma
Ala
Anne O’beirne
Switzerland
Frank O’beirne
London
P. O. Thomas
U. S
Coplon Trial Hints at New Red Agent In Moscow Case
Secret FBI report introduced at the Judith Coplon trial in Washington notes a woman who may be a Russian espionage agent with important contacts in the capital. Irina Aleksander is named as the possible agent, and the report links her to officials of the Russian consulate in New York and to gatherings at Very Sandomirsky Dunham’s home.
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Associated Press
FBI
Judith Coplon
Washington
Irina Efimovna Aleksander
Miss Coplon
New York
United Nations
Very Sandomirsky Dunham
Aleksander
Robinson
RED
Edward G. Robinson
Communist Party
Los Angeles
Divorcee and Son Slain in Philadelphia Apartment
A divorcee and her nine year old son were beaten to death with a baseball bat in a downtown Philadelphia apartment last night. Police hold 29 year old truck driver Robert Gemberling on homicide charges after he allegedly confessed for revenge. Authorities said he planned to kill his wife and son but attacked Mrs Mills and her child following heavy drinking.
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Philadelphia
James Kelly
Kelly
Robert Gemberling
Michael Lubowski
Jean Mills
Gemberling
Outlook for industries by Sam Dawson 1948 forecast
Industry forecasters offer predictions across sectors. Retail trade may fall about six percent year over year with basement stores strongest. Oil production may need increase as half-year demand could exceed late 1948 usage. Textile trade faces a potential serious crisis before 1949 ends. See OUTLOOK on Page 2.
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William de Min
Textile Export, Association of the United States
Claudius T. Murchison
Decatur Bell Adds Ten New Telephone Switch Boards
Southern Bell Telephone will install ten new switch boards at the Decatur office to boost capacity by about 20 percent. Four long distance toll boards and six local traffic boards should be ready between September 15 and October 1, Avery Taylor said. At least 700 to 800 new telephones will be placed in use by the new boards, increasing speed of service. Decatur currently operates 6,126 telephones.
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Decatur
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Avery Taylor
Taylor
Directors Resign and Dozen Ousted Doctors Will Return
Milledgeville Georgia June 10 Twelve ousted doctors reclaim positions as State Welfare Director Jack Forrester and Deputy Director T A Dechman resign. Doctors meet to announce rein statement and expect payroll reinstitution tomorrow. Governor to name successor. speculation on W E Ireland or Benton Odom. Medical director Dr Thomas G Peacock to oversee medical and business divisions. peers decline VA offers. Dr George H Green returns at 78 as senior dentist.
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Milledgeville
Milledgeville State Hospital
Jack Forrester
T. A. Dechman
Forrester
Dechman
Iennie
Walenadan
Fiernali Iauneage
Talmadge
W. E. Ireland
Benton Odom
Peacock
Yarbrough
H. Bradford
Veterans Administration Hospital
Augusta
George H. Green
Filibuster Halts Alabama Senate Over Farm Tractor Gas Bill
In Montgomery on June 10 a two hour filibuster blocked a bill to curb state spending. The Alabama House passed a tractor gas refund measure 80 to 10, sending it to the Senate where a similar bill failed two years earlier. The proposal would grant a five cent per gallon rebate for gasoline used in farm tractors. Two House members tried to amend the bill without success.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
House
Wilcox County Taft-Hartley style bill proposed
In Wilcox Alabama Senator Bruce Henderson introduced a local bill patterned after the Taft-Hartley act. The measure defines unfair labor practices requires unions to file annual financial statements and assigns circuit court enforcement. It would take effect only after a county referendum and legislative approval.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Wilcox
Bruce Henderson
Henderson
Senate Delays Mark Alabama Budget Bill With Journal Reading
Rep George Stone of Mobile offered an amendment to include commercial fishing boats in the gasoline tax rebate but was defeated 65 to 21. Rep James Adams of Jefferson sought to exempt county school buses and also lost. Senate used a long journal-reading delay, led by Sen Rankin Fite of Marion, to stall as factions fought spending limits on a bill restricting unauthorised departmental expenditures to only schools and teleomosynary institutions.
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George Stone
Mobile County
James Adams
Jefferson
Senate
Chanbar
Rankin Fite
Marion County
Fite
Girl Fire Eater Found Guilty of Desertion Army
An Air Force court martial convicted Delbert E. Hill of desertion for four years absent from service after World War II. The 35-year-old Philadelphia native, known as a “girl fire-eater” on the English music hall stage, received two years hard labor and a bad conduct discharge. Hill claimed he intended to return and was absent without leave, not a deserter. Prosecutor Captain E. Koontz presented evidence of his July 1945 departure, noting it as a key factor in the charge.
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Carter L. Davidson
Ortonwood
Eng
Air Force
Delbert E. Hill
Donna Delbert
Hill
Japan
E. Koontz
Koontz
Newcastle
Market's Re Opening Will Be Talked Here
Auburn group to meet with local people to discuss reopening of the Decatur curb market. A joint meeting will involve curb market board members, the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, the Auburn extension service, and the state marketing board. Plans include a waiting room and restrooms, with restrooms to operate six days weekly.
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Decatur Curb Market
Decatur Amber of Commerce
Bill Sims
Curb Market Board
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Auburn Extension Service
State Marketing Board
Hartselle
Farmers
Sims
Miners Set to Walk Out as Nation Faces Idle Weeks
Pittsburgh June 10 Most of the nation’s 450 000 coal miners entered the pits for the last full production day in at least a week. President John L. Lewis ordered a one week mining cessation starting Monday to stabilize the industry. Five days after workers return, a 10 day paid vacation begins with $100 per man. Operators may keep pits closed to avoid preparatory work, delaying resumption. UMW negotiations with Southern operators recessed to Tuesday. failure to sign could trigger another walkout. U S Steel talks planned in Philadelphia but no decision yet. Railroads expect pinch from reduced coal movement.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
UMW
Philadelphia
U. S. Steel
Feagin Dies In Monroeville Drug Store
Foy Fitzgerald Feagin, 36, died unexpectedly in Monroeville Alabama yesterday while in his drug store. He was part of a well known South Alabama family. his father was the late Rev. Ben Feagin.
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Foy Feagin
Monroeville
Ala
P—Foy Fitzgerald Feagin
South Alabama
Ben Feagin
Reds Pressed For Solution
Paris June 10 Russia called for a new Big Four conference within three months to draft a German peace treaty. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky proposed that all four powers occupying Germany withdraw their troops one year after a German peace treaty is signed.
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Paris
Russia
Soeviet
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Germany
Berlin rail strike drives weekend talks and Paris deadline
Western power representatives in Berlin pressed the Russians for weekend talks to resolve the Berlin rail strike. Paris ministers set a Monday deadline to settle, or the issue goes to next-day Paris conferences. Western officials say no East-West trade pact until settlement, blaming Moscow for blocking rail access to Berlin. Airlift and trucks keep bringing in supplies as talks stall. See continuation on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Paris
Russia
Germany
Labor Debate To Get Hotter
The senate neared the end of round one general debate in the hot labor fight as talks shift to how to handle strikes that could trigger national emergencies. The administration seeks a Taft Hartley replacement easier on labor while opponents push to keep or modify the act. General debate began this week and three major speeches were planned to end this phase.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
The
Senate
LABOR
Clapp Denies Service Abroad Plan Knowledge
Washington report states Gordon R. Clapp chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority said he had no knowledge his services were sought by military government in Germany. He told newsmen press dispatches were the first indication of such a move and that he is not available, busy with current duties.
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Washington
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Germany
Frankfurt
Clapp
Preston Tucker and Aides Indicted in Car Promotion
Preston Tucker promoter of a venture to mass produce an electric car was indicted on mail fraud SEC violations and conspiracy charges. Seven associates face counts including 25 mail fraud and five SEC violations. The grand jury spent 12 weeks investigating Tucker and his corporation amid long careers in auto industry.
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Chicago
Preston T. Tucker
Gvel
SEC
John P. Barnes
Tucker
Ofae BO
Elgat Gelendants
Securities and Exchange Commission
Calif
Minneapolis
Floyd D. Cerf
Death Sentence Read Again For Jake Bird In Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington June 10 Jake Bird known as noose-cheating heard his death sentence pronounced for the fourth time The judge set July 15 for hanging at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla Bird who killed Mrs Bertha Kludt on October 30 1947 has endured multiple stays and appeals across 14 courtrooms He admitted killings nationwide and taunted reporter James Faber saying he would not be long for this world Six of the people he cursed have died.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jake Bird
Hugh Rosellini
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Bertha Kludt
Bird
U. S. Supreme Court
James
Faber
Tacoma News Tribune
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Bernice Osborne
Gussie May Wright
Crowder, Miss
Eugene Wright
University of Alabama
Wright
Internal Revenue Department
Mobile
William J. Hagerty
Bessemer
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Second Avenue
Lawson Davidson
Civic Club
Davidson
White Way Milk Company
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City Recreation Board
Florence
Decatur Branch
James._P._Mead
Second Street West
J. D. Venable
Elkmont
Mead
Infantry
Venable
U. S. Air Force
Decatur Junior Legion
New Hope
Legion Memorial Field
Bob Freeman
William D. Sims
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Institute
Chapel Hill
N. C
By Ken Reynolds
Coplon
Eastland
Baldwin
Hiss
Chambers
Robert Davis
West Point Atomic Laboratory
American Activities Committee
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
Lomanitz
Co. B. Baldwin
Henry Wallace
D-Miss
Progressive Party
United States
Sam Dawson
Controllers’ Congress
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Eugene Holman
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Thomas G Peacock
T H
Auburn
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Heustiss
Alabama State Marketing Board
Mary Coleman
L. L. Self
John Bagby
L. T. Wagnon
Floyd Baxter Norris
Knoxville
Tenn
Turnkey
Howard Reed
Oklahoma
James Robey
James Welch
Cherokee County
Robey
Norris
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Joe Baxter Henderson
Welch
West
Preston Tucker
Fred Rockelman
Tucker Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
Mitchell W. Dalian
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