Decatur News Briefs Local Weather and Events
Weather outlook for today remains clear to partly cloudy with gentle to moderate westerly winds on the coast. Sheriff forces report no arrests yesterday. Charline Stephens of Huntsville visits Decatur relatives. Recorder's court docket lists three intoxication cases. Local residents visit and attend church revival announcements. Several hospital admissions and discharges noted at Decatur General. Funeral attendance for Mrs. Bennett in Hartford, Ky. Naval and military training updates for local residents. Community visitors from Laredo and Winnataska camps referenced. Church sermon topics and joint services announced for Sunday and midweek sessions. See DIARY on Page 2.
Get Tough Orders To Stop Killings On State Roads
Governor Gordon Persons order 50 new highway patrolmen to curb Alabama traffic tolls and empower liquor law agents to aid in catching speeders. He warns judges to stop leniency and urges media to publish accident pictures to deter violations. He cites Lamar County arrests as evidence of lax enforcement.
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J. H. Hale
Highway Patrol
W. B. Little
Hale
Sgt. Little
Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Alabama
Katy
Persons
State Patrol
Lamar County
No Tolerance For Speed Violations Emphasized
State police across Alabama vow strict enforcement of a 60 mph day limit and 40 mph truck cap with no tolerance. Decatur post CPO Sgt W B Little says three to four new patrolmen will join to curb speeding, aiming to reduce traffic deaths amid a statewide crackdown.
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Gordon Persons
Montgomery
W. B. Little
Decatur Post
Little
Absent Jurors Ordered Back to Court for Warning
Circuit Judge Newton B Powell announced that jurors summoned for the June 9 week who did not report and are not excused must appear Monday June 16 at 9 AM to show cause for failing to serve. He warned that willful disregard of summons imposes a duty on those who do appear. Bondsmen with cases in circuit court are instructed to note absences.
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Circuit
Newton B. Powell
Circuit Court
Powell
J W Cunninghams Hip Is Broken After Fall
J W Cunningham of Mc Neill apartments is in Dentar General hospital after a fall yesterday that caused a broken hip. Mrs Cunningham said a operation to set pins in the hip is expected today. The accident occurred at or near the courthouse.
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J. W. Cunninghan McNeill
Dentar General Hospital
France Seeks Big Four Conference on Germany
A French spokesman said France favors a Big Four meeting on Germany but below foreign ministers level, to discuss precise immediate issues. Britain shares a similar view, urging proper preparation before any four-power talks.
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Paris
France
Germany
Britain
Foreign Office
London
Tug-Of-War For Delegate Votes Swings To N. Y.
The Taft Eisenhower contest for the GOP nomination narrows to New York delegates after meetings with New Jersey’s 38 member delegation. Taft and Eisenhower each seek fence-riders as total delegates chosen nears 604 needed for nomination. Democratic tally shows Kefauver leading with 246 votes, Harriman and Russell close behind.
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Associated Press
New York City
New Jersey
Dwight Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
New York
Eisenhower
Taft
Connecticut
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Richard Russell
Demos
Harriman
West
Kefauver
North Carolina
Russell
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Rhode Island
Vermont
Maine
Republican Club
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Michigan
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Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Voice of America banned on South Korea government network
In Pusan June 12 the South Korean government bans Voice of America broadcasts over its 10 station network. Officials cite bitter anti government content and editorial excerpts from U S and foreign papers criticizing President Syngman Rhee. The VOA says the network carried broadcasts as courtesy. Seoul vows not to let government radio be used to attack its own leaders.
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Voice of America
South Korea
Pusan
Korea
Voice
U. S
Syngman Rhee
Tha Tl & Stata Mane
Eee
Ere
Claréhice Ryee
Office of Public Information
Ryee
ROK Safest
Escaped Convict Fatally Stabs 9-Year-Old Hostage in Escape Bid
An escaped convict in Carmel New York stabbed 9 year old Betty Lou Arnold to death while trying to seize a getaway car. He was shot by police officer Alex Williams and surrendered after three bullets struck him. Betty Lou were the daughter of a local hardware merchant and was left with her mother as the scene unfolded.
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Carmel
N. Y
Alex Williams
Snyder
Betty Lou Arnold
Williams
Betty Lou
Mrs. Snyder
Abston Resigns Post As Mentor At Morgan High
Bill Abston resigns as Morgan High head coach to become assistant at Dothan High. He previously coached all sports at Hartselle High last year, and submitted his resignation to Superintendent Leeman and Principal Darden. Officials have no definite replacement yet. He came to Hartselle from Marengo County High at Thomaston and played halfback for Alabama from 1946 to 1950.
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Bill Abston
Morgan County
Dothan High School
Abston
Hartselle
H. R. Leeman
David Darden
Marengo County High School
Thomaston
University of Alabama
Eisenhower Opposed German Division and Berlin Isolation
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told New Jersey Republicans he opposed dividing Germany into separate zones and opposed isolating Berlin. He said he did not participate in Yalta or Potsdam decisions and that his advice was not accepted. He blamed the European Advisory Commission for setting the zones and Berlin’s status.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Berlin
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Yalta
Potsdam
European Advisory Commission
London
Leipzig
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
Death Claims Harry Frahn in Nashville Early Morning
Harry Frahn of Fatherland Street Nashville died at 4 30 this morning in a Nashville hospital after a period of illness He was about 68 years old His brother Albert Frahn of Decatur died here last Friday and was buried Monday His sister Mrs Claude Aycock of Moulton Street left for Nashville to arrange funeral for another brother Lawrence Frahn of East Moulton Street who has been ill at home
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Harry Frahn
Fatherland St
Nashville
Albert Frahn
Decatur
Claude A. Aycock
Moulton St
Lawrence Frahn
East
Auto crash injures two women near Greenville Alabama
An automobile went out of control and wrecked on a highway near Greenville injuring two women, Leona Stinson and Claudie Duke. The accident occurred near Rankin Har ford, Me zie, Ala, with rankin har ford misspelled in fragmentary report.
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Greenville
Ala
Rankin Harford
Leona Stinson
Claudie Duke
Reds Soften Denunciations at Panmunjom Talks
In Korea at Panmunjom Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said North Korean Gen. Nam Il softened his anti Allied stance but held firm on prisoner exchange, the last obstacle to an armistice. Harrison said he found Nam’s omission of Koje Island camps insignificant and warned no further concessions would be made on April 28.
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Munsan
Korea
William K. Harrison
U. N
Nam Il
Koje Island
Harrison
Reds
Panmunjom
Allied prisoner proposal sparks new session set for 11 a m
The United Nations holds firm refusing to force repatriation for about 100 000 internees who indicated willingness to rejoin the Reds Meanwhile Communists demand return of all 169 000 Allied held personnel Nam criticizes Allied prisoner policy as violating the Geneva convention and widening the breach A plan from April 28 removed a ban on airfield reconstruction and excluded Russia as a neutral participant See REDS On Page 2
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U. N
Nam
Pris
Russia
Senators plan later effort to adopt plan
The Senate approved extending wage price and rent controls through February 28 and included a provision urging President Truman to use the Taft Hartley Act in the steel strike. A House committee defeated a proposal to empower Truman to seize and operate the steel mills, a move the Senate had rebuffed earlier.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Congress
CIO
Houseing Committee
Rep. Bolling
D-Mo
House Committee
Unprepared for Koje Revolt Raises Korean Prison Camp Strain
Army high command told Congress there were not enough troops to control Communist riot ers at Koje Island prison camp and that outbreaks caught them unawares. Pace and Gen Collins testified before a House subcommittee, noting 132000 prisoners were guarded by 2500 to 2800 South Korean troops under American supervision.
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Russell Baines
Washington
Army High Command
Congress
Korea
Koje Island
Army
House
Pace
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