Decatur News Briefs Include Events and Weather Outlook
Weather: partly cloudy with showers this afternoon and Thursday. Cotton market: middling 35.95, strict low 34.95. Elizabeth Morris invited to a career conference at Alabama College in July. Sam W. Brown in Pensacola hospital. Joe Starnes to speak at Kiwanis on TVA legislation. Kiwanis international convention in Chicago attendees listed. Local notices on hospital moves and surgeries. Fire at 604 Second Ave N caused by overheated plate, no damage. Prayers and church events scheduled at First Presbyterian and Central Methodist.
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Decatur
Elizabeth Morris
Cotaco High School
Alabama College
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Business Standards Currenatee
A. L. Johnson
Starnes
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chicago
Decatur Club
John A. Caddell
International Committee
Ewell K. Gregg
W. W. Glass
Kenneth Thomas
Alabama Kiwanis District
Second Avenue North
Quickies by Ken Reynolds
A quirky line notes a character described as a pure thoroughbred, with the Daily Want Ad declaring him 100 percent dogi. The brief item plays on slang and humor from the page.
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Daily Want
China protests to Moscow over Outer Mongolian invasion
A Chinese government spokesman accused Russia of partial responsibility for an Outer Mongolian raid into Sinkiang. Chinese forces repelled the attack with warplanes, while reports said four planes bore Russian markings. Two Chinese soldiers were killed. several Mongols reported killed.
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Nanking
Russia
China
Sinkiang
Moscow
Chang Yuan-Chang
Foreign Office
Central
Outer Mongolia
Peitashan
Tihwa
Truman urges canal work and world recovery aid
President Truman told Canadian Parliament the United States will back peaceful nations and promote world recovery by aiding those making the maximum contribution. He urged completion of the St Lawrence project and hinted at continued aid for Greek Turkish relief and other devastated countries, stressing partnership with neighbors.
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Ernest Vaccaro
Ottawa
Truman
United States
St. Lawrence
Canada
Fugitives From Mannheim Prison Captured in France
Four of eight GI escapees from Mannheim Heidelberg prison were caught by French police in Mirecourt near Nancy after hijacking a car on the autobahn. A Negro soldier, James Itfield of Birmingham Alabama, was detained elsewhere. two fugitives remain at large as 400 troops search rural woods.
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Heidelberg
Mannheim
France
U. S
Mirecourt
Nancy
Mannheim-Heidelberg
James Itfield
Birmingham
Ala
130Th Station
Gore and Kefauver split over TVA bill
Tennessee congressmen Gore and Kefauver, both Democrats, will oppose each other on a proposal to require TVA to repay the Treasury for its power system over 40 years. Gore supports the plan despite flaws, while Kefauver lines up against it, signaling a split in the party amid the 1948 primary.
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V Valley Authority
Gore
Kefauver
TVA
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
New Farm Aid Plan Outlined To Stabilize Prices
Washington June 11 A government plan to keep farm prices steady features a buying pool that would buy non perishable products at a fair price and sell when scarce A special tax on first sales would fund pool losses John Brandt of Minneapolis presented the plan to the House Agriculture Committee as it studies a long range federal program Meanwhile a $58 856 257 appropriation bill for year end expenses including Veterans Administration costs advances through the House and the Senate debates the Bulwinkle railroad rate bill continues on Page 2.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
John Brandt
Minneapolis
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
House Agriculture Committee
House
Veterans Administration
Senate
Mrs Hundley Dies In Decatur After Long Illness
Mrs Louise F Hundley aged 59 died Tuesday at her home 508 Gordon Drive East after a long illness. A Decatur resident formerly from Madison county she will be buried in Elmwood cemetery. Funeral at Ridout's chapel Thursday at 3 o'clock conducted by Dr Henry Edmonds. Survived by husband R L Hundley two sons Aubrey Ivy Birmingham and R H Hundley Jr Decatur daughter Katherine Ivy Decatur sister Mrs E M Ivy Birmingham and brothers Windham Fletcher Indianola and Leslie Fletcher Las Cruces New Mexico.
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Louise F. Hundley
Gordon Drive
East
Hundley
Decatur
Madison Coun
Birmingham
Brown Funeral Company
Ridout’s Chapel
Henry Edmonds
Elmwood Cemetery
R. L. Hundley
Katherine Ivy
Aubrey Ivy
R. H. Hundley Jr
E. M. Ivy
Windham Fletcher
Indianola
Oes Leslie Fletcher
Las Cruces
N. M
Elizabeth speaks as future queen in London ceremony
Princess speaks as future queen after receiving the freedom of the city of London. She addresses a large audience of dignitaries, an honor previously conferred only on Florence Nightingale and the Baroness Burdett Coutts.
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London
Prin
Florence Nightingale
Baroness Burdett Coutts
Country Club in Decatur Announces Sold Memberships
Decatur Country Club board meeting reveals all 190 memberships sold and a waiting list formed. A8000000 authorized capital was noted as $60,000 with a clubhouse one quarter completed and a finance committee named to secure funds. Completion set for Sept 1 by EM Morrow Construction Co.
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Decatur Country Club
T. J. Cottingham
Julian Harris
John A. Caddell
Joel Duncan
Board of Directors
E M. Morrow Construction Co
Fred Emens
Farm Plan Gives Signal for Chamber of Commerce Effort
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce farm committee was told to proceed at its June board meeting. The group plans extensive programs this year needing about 2500 dollars to fund. A committee may be appointed to raise the shortfall. Reports from agriculture, industrials, highways and aviation were heard. Treasurer Raymond Britain said data on building a new hotel was available at the chamber office.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Lyons
James L. Rankin
Ames H. Johnson
Decatur Chamber
U. S. Chamber
Washington
Raymond Britain
Aot
Chamber of Commerce
McBride Injured in Shop Accident
John G. McBride of 624 Fourth Avenue West suffered severe cuts to his left hand when struck by lumber in his shop on Fourth Avenue and Holly Street. The 2:30 PM accident left him alone in the shop and he was hospitalized at Doom General for treatment. His condition was reported improved today.
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John G. McBride
Fourth Avenue West
Fourth Avenue
Hollytreet
McBride
Doom General Hospital
Hearings Arranged On Several Acts In Alabama Legislature
Alabama lawmakers focus on routine measures while scheduling hearings on controversial bills. The senate finance committee set hearings on Rankin Fite’s judicial circuit plan and general education funding. A companion hearing on extending workers compensation coverage to occupational diseases was scheduled. The houseWays and Means postponed a bill to separate public account examiners from the finance department, with a later hearing planned for next Wednesday. The tuberculosis exam measure advanced in substance, with final vote deferred. The joint committee examined higher education appropriations requests as lawmakers considered Gov. Folsom nominees for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The house passed bills requiring syphilis blood tests before marriage and authorizing racial segregation on buses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate Finance and Taxation
Rankin Fite
Marion County
Fite
Marion
Winston Counties
Russell
Blount
St. Claire
Walker
Etowah
House
Ways and Means
Bullock County
Willis L. Mellwain
Finance Department
Wilcox County
Bruce Henderson
Senate Finance Committee
Institutions of Higher Learning
Senate
James E. Folsom
Alabama Polytechnic
Robert H. Brown
Opelika
Joe Davis
Albertville
Folsom
Frank Head
Shelby
Charles H. Ramey
Hale County
Mayor Vann Halts Lynching in Hartsboro Rescue
In Hartsboro Alabama a 19 year old Black man Jimmy Harris was saved from a lynch mob by Mayor Hart Vann and local officials who argued for due process after a White woman reported an attempted rape. Harris was bound and beaten but released after the crowd relented.
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Hartsboro
Ala
Hart Vann
Jimmy Harris
Harris
Vann
H. M. Rutherford
Phil
H. T. Ellison
Godwin Bush
Jackson
Rich Square
N. C
Bush
Reuben Streetman
Interior Painting and Repair Underway at Decatur General
Painting and interior repair work is in progress across all three floors of Decatur General Hospital. Crews are repainting walls and ceilings as part of a broad improvement project, upgrading the hospital’s appearance from roof to basement.
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Decatur General Hospital
George Urges Tax Cut Bill Signed By Truman
Senator George of Georgia urged Secretary Snyder to press President Truman to sign a 4 billion dollar tax reduction bill. He warned a veto could delay any tax relief until late 1948 and noted Democratic hesitation on overriding a veto. Page 4 continues.
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Jack Bell
Washington
George
D.-Ga
Snyder
I Taxion
United States denounces Bulgaria in Petkov arrest
The United States protests the arrest of anti-communist Nicola Petkov in Bulgaria calling the trial a test for Bulgaria and free peoples. A State Department note also cites a possible UN backed motion on Hungary and reports on Austrian political tension and Balkan summit talks with Tito and Groza.
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Washington
United States
Nicola Petkov
Bulgaria
State Department
Petkov
Associated Press
Hungary
United Nations
Austria
Meanw
Pinceratiee Toceeeniet
Gruber
Lynn Hein
Fischer
Russia
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Romania
Petru Groza
Soviet Union
Lajos Dinnyes
National Assembly
North Alabama farm agents meet on sheep dairy beef plans
Ten counties represented at a Hotel Lyons gathering led by L L Self to discuss a sheep production program and dairy show plans for next spring. The group studies spraying animals and farm buildings with DDT and reviews Belle Mina experiment results.
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North Alabama
Hotel Lyons
L. L. Self
North District
Belle Mina
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John Patterson
Alfred Bingham
Northern Illinois School of Optometry
Sam Burns
Decature
Morgan County
Nancy Caretta Johnson
Noble Johnson
Line Street
Emens Clinic
Master Hilliard
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Leonard Wallacer
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Hatfield's Lake
Fellowship of Evangelism of
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G. M. Davenper
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Women’s Auxiliary
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Virginia van der Veer
Washington Service
Tennessee House
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Ieff
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