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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1951
Page
1
Partly cloudy weather outlook for Alabama with afternoon and evening thundershowers. Community items note Maynard Layman recovering in a wheelchair after a courthouse porch fall in Athens. Visits from Sgt. Louis A. Garrett and Kiwanis events in Decatur. Local clinic admissions and hospital updates plus a highway 20 wreck near Decatur.
Four persons were placed in Morgan county jail Monday by the sheriff's force. James Woodruff aged 31 and Carolyn Scott aged 38 face assault with intent to murder in a case stemming from a cutting scrape. The others were jailed on prohibition violations and a public drunkenness count.
Mobilization Chief Charles E Wilson rejects cattle industry calls for price relief saying rollbacks are firm and no rationing plan exists. He notes no change to 10 percent live cattle rollback and 4.5 percent adjustments in August and October while urging continued supply for 150 million Americans. OPS moves could raise hot dog prices as beef cost increases trigger price adjustments. Kam See ROLLBACKS On Page 2.
Mayor John Burleson reports a thunderstorm outage after a lightning strike knocked out Morgan County lines between Decatur and Hartselle. About 150 complaints came in within 50 minutes as linemen work to locate damaged lines and restore service, with two to three hours expected for normal service to resume.
A compromise ends a 11 day filibuster in the Alabama senate and opens the way for consideration of a three percent sales tax bill. The body voted 22 to 13 to postpone action on reapportionment to the 24th legislative day, while house action on the tax awaits regular order. Lt. Gov. James B. Allen moved to reconvene after a recess to summon absent members.
A three year old girl, Jerry Fay Dickey of Gadsden, suffered a fractured arm when the car driven by H. O. Dickey rolled over on Courtland road about one mile from the Hillsboro junction. Patrolman R. L. Evans said a wagon pulled onto the road while the vehicle was rounding a curve, causing the crash.
Hartselle city leaders plan talks with state highway engineers to lower 2 100 feet of the main 10 inch water line supplying a 50 000 gallon tank. The cut requires as much as 11 feet in places and triggers health department purge rules if supply is interrupted beyond four hours.
A 16 year old girl testified at a state hearing on dope traffic among teens describing how starting with a dance encounter led to marijuana cocaine and heroin. She recounted burglaries mental institution rehabilitation and eventual attempts to reform aided by a new relationship. Attorney General Goldstein linked narcotics to crime while urging action.
William L. Chenault former Decatur city solicitor was formally appointed city recorder by a short City Council session. The move comes after the council accepted the resignation of James N. Bloodworth who was appointed acting county solicitor to fill the vacancy created by Ralph Slate's resignation on May 28.
Prime Minister Mohammed Mossa degh sent a letter to Washington through the U S embassy assuring President Truman that Iran's move to nationalize its oil industry will not threaten world oil supplies or international harmony. The envoy spoke from Tehran’s parliament building.
June 12 report says British aircraft carriers Warrior and Triumph arrived at Famagusta harbor. Disembarkation of 2981 parachute troops began at once, to be moved to camps and some stationed at the airport. Troops bolster Mediterranean garrisons amid Middle East tensions and Iran oil crisis.
The letter from Prime Minister Mossadegh was disclosed as Anglo Iranian officials planned courtesy calls on government leaders ahead of negotiations on Iran's oil nationalization. The letter responded to President Truman's appeal for modification and negotiation on the volatile oil matter.
Laverne Alabama June 12 a 48 year old garage owner Marvin Hall fatally wounded his brother Amos about 40. He cradled the dying man in his lap until officers arrived Amos died en route to a hospital He was charged with murder after the shooting at Marvin Halls home near the Crenshaw Montgomery county line Both men had been drinking Amos threatened him and Marvin fired a .38 caliber pistol into the head.
Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer told a Senate inquiry he asked for seven American divisions to guard Manchuria from Soviet penetration after Japan's defeat and to secure Japanese arms for Chinese nationalists, but Gen MacArthur declined. He criticized Truman Korea policy and suggested troop withdrawal, with retirement imminent at 55.
North Alabama servicemen under the Army rotation system are to arrive in Seattle around June 9. The group includes Cpl Hollis L. Ward Decatur Sgt John H Nave Molton Pfc Arlis Reynolds Guntersville Cpl Clayton J Smith Huntsville Jake W Walker Bridgeport Cpl Millard F Williams Guntersville Cpl Theliman G Winfrey Boat 4 Sgt Henry W Woody Jr Cullman Cpl Walter T Brown Cullman 7 Sgt David L Byrd Cross
Tokyo June 12 three long columns of Reds fled through East Korea to dodge Allied tanks in the iron triangle. UN troops mopped up Reds around Chorwon and Kumhwa as China heads for the hills. Reports say Reds may be forming a new force 30 miles NW of Seoul near Kae song Korangpo.
Decatur man Jesse Roster Hoover, 38, of 208 West Gordon Drive, fell from an elevator while loading a cotton trailer late Monday. He was treated at Jasper hospital for head injuries, admitted about 5:30 PM and released this morning. a bystander helped break his fall. His daughter Robbie Hines, 10, reported the bag ripped and a man on the ground helped prevent a worse outcome.
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