Weather Outlook and Local Notices From Decatur
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with scattered afternoon thundershowers and gentle to moderate coastal winds. Sheriff reports one arrest for public drunkenness. Decatur Shrine Club to meet Friday at 7 P M at Lyons hotel with dinner in club rooms. membership now about 75 prompting larger quarters. Oscar Helms of Decatur 1 visited this morning. Tuesday building permits: E M Sims add-on at 13823 Magnolia Ave for about 500 dollars. Marvin B Dinsmore five room dwelling at 1601 Eleventh Ave East for about 6500 dollars. Permit issued to R L Hundley for office siding at 907 Ferry Street about 1000 dollars. Mr and Mrs Joe Toone and son returned from Prospect Tenn after death of aunt Zoe Hargrove. Four cases on recorders court docket: violations of prohibition law public drunkenness disorderly conduct and traffic law. Dismissals from Decatur General Hospital listed and admissions noted for A F Hanson and eva Mrs J M Sams. See Diary on Page 2.
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Decatur Shrine Club
Lyons Hotel
Walnut Street
J. B. Harlow
E. M. Sims
Magnolia Avenue
Marvin B. Dinsmore
Eleventh Avenue East
R. L. Hundley
Ferry Street
Reds Tighten Berlin Security Across the Border
In Frankfurt Germany authorities report tighter Soviet style control along the Iron Curtain from the Baltic to Bavaria. Refugee flows shrink as patrols of the Volkspolizei patrol the border and a West German farmer is shot and killed by East police while another farmer is detained after briefly crossing the border.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Vopos
People’s Police
Iron Curtain
Baltic
Bavaria
West Germany
Volkspolizei
Bavarian
Reds Protest POW Handling at Koje Island Talks Resume
The Korean armistice talks resumed as Communists protested new Koje Island bloodshed and repeated old accusations. General Mark Clark, U N Far East commander, said he approved the UN walkout that disrupted talks and drew further Red protests. A letter was delivered to North Korea.
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Munsan
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
U. N
Three MIG-15s Shot Down Near Yalu River Border
U S Sabre pilots claim three Russian built MIG-15s were shot down today near Sinuiju on the Yalu River border amid a clash with seven MIGs and twelve Sabres of the Fourth Fighter Interceptor Wing. Eighteen MIGs were involved in the engagement.
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Seoul
U. S
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Fifth Air Force
Armistice Talks Stalled on Exchange Issue
The UN command endured hostile charges in plenary sessions and praised their own patience. A staff officer delivered the letter to the Reds at Panmunjom just before armistice talks resumed in reply to a prior Red protest. Maj. Gen. Harrison said no progress was made on the exchange blocking issue.
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Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Clark
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
U. N
Wealthy Widow Slain In Greenwich Village
Detectives roamed Greenwich Village in a murder hunt after the slaying of Mrs. Marion G a well to do widow. Investigators found signs of a drinking bout prior to the crime as they seek suspects and motive.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Marion G
Decatur Announces Citywide Address Number Change
Decatur prepares a citywide shift in house numbers and street names. The Daily publishes a full list of old and new addresses with a July 1 deadline to update numbers. The plan came from the City Planning Board after Post Office requests and involves the Electric Department updating records for mail delivery efficiency.
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Decatur
Decatur Post Office
City Planning Board
Decatur City Council
City Electric Department
Electric Department
Post Office
Clark Critic To Be Prosecuted
Army charges veteran sergeant C Dean Chase 24 Salt Lake City with disrespect to a superior officer and orders him court martial. He wrote Gen Mark Clark accusing his handling of a Kose prison camp incident of repugnance and disgrace. Maximum penalty is six months in prison and a bad conduct discharge.
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Monterey
Calif
Army
Mark Clark
Kose
C. Dean Chase
Salt Lake City
Chase
Clark
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Col
Rose Island
Oe Clark
Far East
Colson
Safer Driving Crackdown in Alabama Gains Backing
Governor Gordon Persons orders 50 new patrolmen and directs 120 liquor enforcement agents to arrest traffic violators as part of a hard boiled campaign to curb highway deaths. Cullman Chamber backs stringent license checks and harsh penalties. sheriff cites statewide concern over unlicensed drivers.
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Montgomery
Gordon Persons
State Highway Patrol
Alabama
Cullman
Cullman Chamber of Commerce
Truman Turns to Taft-Hartley in Steel Crisis
The Senate rejects a proposal to grant Truman plant seizure powers under Taft-Hartley as 650000 CIO steel workers strike. Morse argued seizure would not ensure production. 53 to 26 defeat. Taft and other senators pressure use of anti inflation Defense Production Act while Truman contends Taft-Hartley would be worse.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
CIO
Morse
Taft-Hartley
Congress
Hartley
House
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
Taft
Fine Unimpressed By Furore Silent On His Candidate Pick
Pennsylvania Governor John S. Fine remains uncommitted and unimpressed by the convention excitement. He will vote at Chicago next month and his stance is unknown to allies. He believes a large majority of Pennsylvania’s 70 delegates will back the eventual nominee and weighs his influence on others.
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Fine
Furore
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Chicago
Taft Forces In Firm Control Of GOP Convention
Taft supporters seized key convention roles in Chicago ahead of a possible clash over delegations. Gen Douglas MacArthur will speak as Taft backers fill posts including temporary chairman Walter Hallanan platform chair Eugene Millikin and permanent chairman Joseph Martin.
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Associated Press
Robert Taft
Convention Arrangement Committee
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Martin
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
MacArthur
British Deny Fuchs Prisoner Smuggling Rumors
London reports the government denies claims that Klaus Fuchs has been moving material in and out of prison. The 40 year old physicist serving a 14 year sentence for passing atom secrets to Russia reportedly faced alleged contraband including writings in a hollow bed leg a diary and three letters from his father.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
Russia
The
Daily Express
Stafford
Birmingham
Pentonville
the Express
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
Soviet Zone
Germany
Lancaster Is Free On Bond After Appeal
Lancaster was granted bond after appealing a judge’s denial of a new trial. The religious leader, 54, was convicted on adultery and two counts of assault and battery. bond set at 500 for adultery and 300 for each assault count. Witness Etta Owens recanted her prior testimony, saying Lancaster was a man of God.
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Sherman Lancaster
Court of Appeals
Isaac Johnson
Johnson
Lancaster
Etta Owens
Elmer Nix
Nix
Cullman Soldier Picks Up Life With Armored Vest
Pfc. Clarence E. Brown of Cullman credited the Army’s new armored vest for saving his life during a Korean patrol on Tombstone Hill. He was struck in the abdomen and neck by mortar shrapnel but escaped injury, noting he didn’t realize he was hit until examining the vest.
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Clarence E. Brown
Clyde E. Brown
Cullman 6
Army
Tombstone Hill
Brown
Night of Terror Ends in Compound 77 Dispersal
Communist POWs in Compound 77 murdered 15 fellow prisoners and then surrendered to UN troops for dispersal to smaller stockades. American guards confiscated seven leaders, isolated Red chiefs, while others resisted dispersal but complied as troops moved through the area. Ten bodies were found in wells and trenches, with several prisoners escaping barbed wire fences during the night.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
United Nations
Compound
Haydon L. Beatner
Acheson Pushes Treaty Limits on U S Troop Powers
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate foreign relations committee that President powers to send troops abroad are not strengthened by the Western Germany NATO treaty. He said the President has such powers when needed for U S security while urging ratification of the postwar peace pact among the United States Britain France and Western Germany and its protocol.
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Washington
State Acheson
Germany
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Acheson
Capitol Hill
Senate
Britain
France
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Milton -Thompson
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D. W. Mixon
College Avenue
Jerry Jones
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Bruce Williams
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F. M. Benson
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A. F. Hanson
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