Partly cloudy outlook and local notices from Decatur
Partly cloudy today through Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. No major temperature changes expected. Obituaries and notes include a birth at Baugh Wiley Clinic, DoD Korea casualties Lt. injured and Pfc. Key wounded, plus multiple hospital admissions. Merchants meeting at City Electric auditorium for July promotion plan. Revival at Central Methodist Church scheduled daily for two weeks. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Alabama
George LaBoon
Merchants Committee
City Electric Auditorium
Merchants Division
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Central Methodist Church
T. J. Chitwood
Eddie Self
Alabama nurserymen endure costly winter freeze losses
Alabama nurserymen say stock losses from last winter's severe freeze exceed 5 million dollars with potential totals reaching 10 million as reports come in. President Paul Guthrie of the Alabama Nurserymen and Floriculture Association told the annual convention the freeze was the worst in at least 17 years and will take ten years to replace the killed stock.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Paul Guthrie
Alabama Nurserymen’s
Guthrie
Wedemeyer backs MacArthur's hard line on China bases
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer told senators he would back Gen. Douglas MacArthur's proposals to bomb Red China bases and blockade the coast even if it risks war with another country. He criticized policies he saw as unrealistic and said his earlier policy suggestions were not adopted, defending MacArthur against criticism in the Senate inquiry.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Douglas MacArthur
Red
China
Senate
MacArthur
Wedemeyer
Pacific
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Department
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Acheson
Formosa
South Korea
Ko- Lee
Harry Cain
R-Wash
William F. Knowland
Falkville Road to Cost More as Drainage Added
Morgan County board heard Falkville E va road needs 19 848 for five drainage structures not in original contract. Financing split state and county. The panel also approved natural gas heating for the courthouse and a 1275 payment on U S 31 right of way cases. State will reimburse the county for right of way payments.
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Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Falkville-Eva Road
U. S
Roy Bridges
Nal Iaw
Stronger Economic Controls Sought By President Still Is Wide-Open Question
President Truman pushes for a two year extension of the defense production act with added anti inflation powers as a key 1953 policy. Congress begins closed door talks while public debate grows among farm groups business sectors and labor unions. He plans a nationwide radio speech to stress inflation urgency.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Taft
Ohio
WINX
Meet Your Congress
Michael V. di Salle
Philadelphia
New York
Roger Fleming
Farm Bureau Federation
James Carey
CIO
Emerg
Traffic Deaths Move Up Again In Central Valley
A 12 year old Louise Wilson of Harvest died when she fell from the back of a flatbed truck at Lock's Crossroads near Elkmont. The incident occurred about 11 15 A M Sunday as the truck moved after stopping for an intersection. Three other children riding with her escaped with cuts and bruises. The driver was Henry J Whitehead. Statewide, six more deaths were reported in traffic accidents.
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Central Valley
Madison County
Elkmont
Lock’s Crossroads
Louise Wilson
Harvest
Ted Beasley
Wilson
Beasley
Robert George
Toney
Robert Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead
Henry J. Whitehead
Jack Wright
Selma
Selma Baseball Park
Decatur Visited by Chemstrand Officials and Wives
Three Chemstrand executives and their spouses toured Decatur this week end. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Bezanson, Mr. and Mrs. William Koster, and Dr. and Mrs. Frank Soday. They arrived by plane and car to view homes and Chemstrand construction.
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Decatur
Chemstrand
Osborne Bezanson
William Koster
Frank
Bezanson
Chemstrand Corporation
Koster
Soday
Chemstrand Construction
Bezan
Iran Replies To Truman Appeals Over Oil Row
Tehran replies to President Truman's call for moderation over Iran's oil nationalization. Grady summoned to deliver the reply as Britain and Iran push talks on the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company assets. Iran to negotiate with private company officials as Abadan refinery examines take over impacts.
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Iran
Truman
Tehran
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Bagher Kazemi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
London
F. Mohammed Mossadegh
Abadan
Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Marshall Says Reds Have Got Selves In Difficult Spot
U S Defense Secretary Marshall arrives in Tokyo after saying the Chinese Reds have landed in a difficult situation and predicts no early peace move. He doubts a prolonged Korean war but sees potential long tension and plans further talks with Ridgway and Yoshida on Japan’s defense.
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Marshall
Reds
William Jordan
Tokyo
U. S
Washington
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Constellation
Haneda
Ridgway
America
Eighth Army
New Terminal Under Way For Baggett Transportation Co
Construction began on a motor freight terminal for Baggett Transportation Co of Birmingham. The one story brick and glass building on Courtland highway near Decatur will cost over 20000 dollars and be completed in 100 days. The site spans 250 feet by 500 feet in Paul Penney addition with no current water or rail facilities.
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Baggett Transportation Co
Birmingham
Courtland Highway
Decatur
Stone Construction Company
Joe Phillips
Baggett
North
Alabama
Huntsville
Sheffield
Paul Penney
Major nylon yarn plant to be built in Florida by Chemstrand
Chemstrand announced a new plant near Pensacola Florida to produce about 50 million pounds of nylon yarn annually. The facility will cover 2000 acres on the Escambia river about 12 miles north of Pensacola and employ 3000 to 4000 people.
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Philadelphia
Pensacola
Fla
Chemstrand Corporation
Chemstrand
Osborne Bezanson
U. S
Escambia River
Bezanson
Wilmington
Del
Crawford H Greenewalt
du Pont de Nemours& Co
Benzanson
Florida
Decatur
Alabama
Artillery Clash Rages on Korean Front With Heavy Shelling
Allied troops face intensified Red artillery east of the Hwachon reservoir as 105 mm shells rain down daily. Officers report shortages and ongoing counterattacks amid vast, partly captured ammo of U.S., Chinese, Russian, and Czechoslovak origin.
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Korea
Hwachon
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Seoul
Second Week Of Court Opened In Circuit Court
The second week of circuit court opened with Judge Newton B. Powell on the bench. Four highway condemnation suits are set this week: Ira Summerford and others versus Morgan County. Homer T. Summerford and others versus Morgan County. D. Homer Hill and others versus Morgan County. and Homer Hill and others versus Morgan County. In the first week, jury awards favored property owners along the proposed new highway 31. P. P. Shipp and others received 2100 dollars, above the appraiser's 1000 dollar valuation, and F. M. Hart and others were awarded 3000 dollars, with the appraisers' 6000 dollar value.
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Newton B. Powell
Ira Summerford
Morgan County
Homer T. Summerford
D. Homer Hill
Homer Hill
P. P. Shipp
F. M. Hart
Allied forces push into North Korea near Kumsong action
Allied troops and tanks penetrated toward Kumsong 12 miles northeast of Kumhwa as they struck the communist iron triangle. Eighth Army advances up to 4500 yards were met by Chinese heavy fire, with two frontal assaults repulsed and a third called off at dusk.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Eighth Army
Kumsong
Kumhwa
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang Triangle
38Th Parallel
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Mason City
Illinois
R. C. Hill
4Th Ave. E
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Department of Defense Today
William H. Key
Hattie Key
Hamilton
Charlie Posey
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North Jefferson Street
Athens
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Decatur General Hospital
M. €. Linderman
Decatur 1
Aaron T. Montgomery
International Association of Public Employment Services
Rapid City
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Black Hills
Mount Rushmore
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W. T. Minor
Trinity
St. Louis
Texas A. A. Company
Minor
Fort Worth
Texas
W. T. Wyatt
Gen. Wedemeyer
Falkville Road
By Joseph C. Goodwin
Girl
By James M. Long
Saito
Vasiliy Elistratov
Salzburg
Austria
Maj
G. E. Hartel
Frankfurt
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Chorwon
38Th
Chelieh
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U.N
Pyonggang
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George C. Marshall
Korean Front
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