Glimpses About Your Community and Mine
Local weather notes for Alabama and Tennessee mixed with social updates. Citations include visits by Birmingham residents to Decatur, a banking student at Baton Rouge, kennel club plans in North Alabama, hospital discharges, and rainfall totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AlabaMa
Tennessee
Fred Bloodworth
Decatur
School of Banking of the South
Baton Rouge, la
North Alabama Kennel Club
Woodall’s
Ruby Jones
Margaret Ann Emens
Anne Coleman
Montgomery
Margaret Ann
American Legion
Anne
Civitan Club
Huntingdon College
A. J. Coleman
East Walnut Street
Margaret
Ann
Redding Emens
Jackson Street
Bids On Sanatorium Are Lower Than Expected
Bids for the 160 bed District One Sanatorium came in lower than forecast. The lowest bid was 794 486 from Daniels Construction of Birmingham. Other bids included Westinghouse elevators 39366 and Chicago Bridge and Iron 15300 for equipment. Officials say the project cost around 867 267 and federal and state funds total 1 200 000 with Hill Burton support. Approval from the U S Public Health Service will follow in about two weeks before concrete bids are let.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dinsmore
District One
Dinsmore
State Health District One Sanatorium
Daniels Construction Company
Birmingham
Westinghouse Corporation
Chicago Bridge and Iron Corp
Wright Company of
Atlanta
Ohio Chemical A
Sanatorium Board
Ewin Engineering Corp
Mobile
Chambers Lumber Company
Athéns
W. K
Upchurch
Montgomery
Briscoe Building Co
Ee Clay H. Dean
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Two Snakes Killed by Two Women in Hillsboro Visit
Miss Louise Cottingham and Miss Marie Cottingham of Hillsboro report that two large poisonous snakes invaded their home Thursday afternoon. One snake measured seven feet long and the other more than six feet as guests were removed and killed.
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Louise
Marie Cottingham
Hillsboro 2
Presbyterians Urge President to Forgo Vatican Representative
MASSANETTA SPRINGS Va June 10 The Presbyterian Church United States General Assembly approved a Norfolk Presbytery overture urging President Truman not to reappoint a representative to the Vatican The moderator Dr Benjamin Rice Lacy Jr of Union Theological Seminary Richmond was tapped to convey the request The assembly also sent revisions of worship and church order to Presbyteries for approval as its sole business session concluded.
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Massanetta Springs
Presbyterian Church
U. S
General Assembly
Truman
Vatican
Norfolk
Virginia Synod
Benjamin Rice Lacy, Jr
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Deadlocked At Athens Plant Over Union Recognition
Electrical workers in Athens wage dispute with the city over union recognition as bargaining agent. City officials say they lack authority to recognize. Conciliatory talks led by John L. Andress of Birmingham ended without settlement. IBEW leader Charles S. Goidel says picket lines will stay and may widen. Mayor Elmer Vinson cites a 1946 attorney general opinion denying city recognition power. See DEADLOCKED on Page 2.
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Athens
John L. Andress
Birmingham
Andress
Charles S. Goidel
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
A. F. of L
Goidel
City Electrical Workers
Elmer Vinson
State
Cipality
Screws
Meighan
Gadsden
Police
Andy Wright Frees Scottsboro Member Heads to Albany Hospital
Andy Wright last of the Scottsboro Boys is released on parole from Kilby Prison after nearly ten years for a rape conviction. He heads to Albany New York to join a hospital job with plans for a new life, saying he bears no malice. 38 year old Wright travels to pick up his wife and son, aided by Dr Allan Knight Chalmers Boston University.
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Montgomery
Ala
Andy Wright
Scottsboro Boys
Albany
N. Y
Th Slim
Kilby
Uwieiahks Senilingla
Notiveman
Wyelsul Sna Bly Vine Leu
Pewn Paperman
Allan Knight Chalmers
Boston University School of Theology
New York
Wright
Tanooga
Tennessee
Decatur Makes Final Push for 20 000 Census Threshold
Decatur aims to add 121 residents to reach a 20 000 population. Residents not counted in April will receive census cards this week, with home visits to verify and credit missing entries. Any unlisted individuals should notify The Daily to aid the drive.
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Decatur
Valley Convicts Included in State Parole Release
Thirty six inmates were freed by the state pardon and parole board last week, among them 99 year old Andy Wright linked to the Scottsboro rape case of 1937. Kenneth McLemore of Lawrence County received five years for manslaughter from a 1946 high school basketball game knife slaying. his sentence was finalized Jan 12 1950 after earlier lighter terms. Tommie Keaton of Cullman Circuit Court received two years for assault with intent to murder after a Sept 21 sentencing.
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Two Valley
Beard
Andy Wright
Scottsboro
Kenneth McLemore
Lawrence County
Billy Burch
Lawrence Circuit Court
McLemore
State Supreme Court
Tommie Keaton
Hit Run Victim Duffie Dies in Gadsden Hospital
Oren Duffie, 35, of Altoona is identified as the man killed in a hit and run near a Gadsden highway. He was found unconscious and died later at a local hospital.
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Gadsden
Ala
Joon
Oren
Duffie
Altoona 3
Gadsden Hospital
Industries Open Doors To Folks For Three Days
Decatur and other Alabama industries host three day open house as part of Alabama Industry Days. Plants such as Southern Steel and Nut Decatur Iron and Steel and Decatur Transit welcome visitors 10 AM to 3 PM with guided tours. Children under 12 are excluded for safety. some plants stay open all three days to rotate employee visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
Alabama Press Association
Associated Industries of Alabama
Southern Steel and Nut
Cooper-Wells Hosiery Mills
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Decatur Transit
Universal Concrete Pipe Co
Alabama Flour Mills
Farm Industries
McGough Bakery
Ingalls Ship Building Corporation
Decatur Box and Basket Factory
Alabama Brick and Tile Co
Wolverine
McGough’s
Four Shot At Dance Injures Four Negros One Arrest Made
Ernest Williams, 21, a gro adm itted shooting at Hosie Russell and another man after a dispute over his wife at a negro high school dance. Williams is held on assault charges. four people were shot, including Russell and Roberta Ellison.
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Ernest Williams
Hosie Russell
Williams
J. B. Whitmire
Russell
Holly Street
Roberta Ellison
East Market Street
Decatur General Hospital
Willie Mae Walton
Alabama Street
A. J. Jones
Vine Street
Jones
Whitmire
James Collier
W. C. Hunter
Fishing Boat Signal Hill Sinks Off San Pedro
Coast Guard rescued 17 of 18 people when the sport fishing boat Signal Hill foundered about 13 miles off San Pedro on a run to Santa Catalina Island. Cause of the sinking was not known.
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San Pedro
Calif
Signal Hill
Coast Guard
Santa Catalina Island
Business Boom For 6 Months Seems Certain
Washington economists foresee six more months of prosperity with rising retail prices and record peacetime assembly lines. Job gains, higher profits, and stock strength contrast with inflation risks in food rents and credit. Housing construction and steel auto demand stay strong, though cautious notes warn of a potential slowdown if buyer spending wanes.
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Washington
Congress
O Neal Proctor First To Leave Hospital
The 15 year old O Neal Proctor is discharged from Decatur General after walking miles on blistered feet to summon aid when his home burned near Courtland three weeks ago. He is seen leaving the hospital with his mother Mrs Proctor and brother Joe remaining bedridden in the facility. O Neal asks that a card of thanks from the Lee family be included on page two.
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O'Neal
Courtland
Decatur General Hospital
Summer School Opens in Decatur Monday
Summer school starts Monday at 8 A M in the junior high school for elementary and high school students. W R Riley leads the first term and W H Jenkins the second term. Instructors include Mary Louise Garrett Florence Smith Mary Robertson Inez McCall and G W Fowler.
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Decatur
W. R. Riley
W. H. Jenkins
Mary Louise Garrett
Florence Smith
Mary Robertson
Inez McCall
G. W. Fowler
Maude Odom
Two Injured When Auto Hits House Near Trinity
An early Friday crash at Alabama Highway 20 and Trinity Lane left George Lawshe and Inez Sneed with injuries and hospital treatment after a Plymouth sedan failed to turn and struck a house owned by John Lyle with about 650 dollars in damages.
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Decatur
Trinity
George Spencer Lawshe
Moulton
Inez Sneed
Decatur General Hospital
J. D. Vinson
Lawshe
Sneed
Alabama Highway 20
Trinity Lane
Vinson
John Lyle
Legion Field
Highway 31
Paul Dempsey
Fourth Avenue
Benjamin Byford
Decatur 2
Lionel Freeman
Dempsey
Byford
Chevrolet
Decatur Teachers Plan Summer Trips Abroad and Across U S
About 20 Decatur teachers from high and elementary schools will travel this summer to Europe Mexico and many U S destinations. Miss Mary Bibb and Miss Kitty Ivy will tour Europe while Miss Marie Roberts and Walter Jackson go to Mexico. Others visit Washington DC Smoky Mountains Florida Peabody College Nashville and South Carolina for graduate work or professional study.
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Mee OU. LS
Mary Bibb
Kitty Ivy
Somerville Road School
Europe
Mexico
Marie Roberts
Walter Jackson
Elizabeth Eich
Mary Robertson
Lillian Odom
Washington, D. C
J. E. Piller
Smoky Mountain
Bill Isbell
U. S
Ers College
Florida
Edna Holland
Roberta Winton
Co. W. Bethany
W. K. Littlefield
Elizabeth Peer
Addie Baker
South Carolina
Annabel
Decatur
Peabody
Peabody College
Nashville
President Says Reds Preparing For Conflict
President Truman accuses the Soviet Union of talking peace while preparing for war in a fiery St Louis speech to 35 000 on the riverfront. He cites 13 references to Russia and condemns communist aggression and a peacetime army urging continued aid to free nations. He warns isolationists endanger peace and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
ST. Louis
Truman
Soviet Russia
Mississippi Riverfront
Soviet Union
Russia
James F. Thompson
Defense
Johnson
Henri Bonnet
Washington
Battery D, Field Artillery
35Th Division
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana
United States
East Berlin
Germany
Forrestal Papers On Amerasia Case Reveal Tense U S Ties
Forrestal personal papers show he advised President Truman before the Amerasia case broke in 1945. He feared the affair would imperil relations with Russia during critical UN negotiations. Justice Department filmed contents after The Washington Star published the story.
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Washington
J V. Forrestal
Amerasia
Truman
Forrestal
Justice Department
Wington Star
Navy
Rais
Russia
United Nations
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Fourth Avenue West
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Finn
Iss Kirk Baker
Denver
Colo
Memphis
Tenn
Elizabeth Grayson
Dee Pullen
Miss Baker
Grayson
R. M. Lanier
Sheffield
M. A. Wooten
Kathleen Hurst
C. Merritt
Byrd Spring
Travis Callanan
Epushier
Ninth Avenue East
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Rebecca Sanders
Seventh Avenue
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Was
Hamil Clinic
Sherry Gayle Maner
Johnston
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Coral Getchell
Sixth Avenue West
Dorothy Cornelius
Oak Street
Walter H. Samuels
Normal
Springfield, Mo
Yesgerday
Loyd West
Sherman West
Eva
TVA
Mary Frances Charles
Commercial Avenue
Mary Ellen O'Bryant
Fifth Avenue West
J. N. Gillispie
Seventh Avenue West
Eva Milton
West Church
J. M. Gary
Milton
J. BE. Hogan
Speake School
Best Hospital
Presbyterians and Sessions
Presbyterian
Andy
Sterchi’s
Sterling F.r Green
Federal Reserve Board
Consumer Credit
O'Neal Proctor
Lee O'Neal
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