Holding Power Of Students Is Cited By Leader
City Superintendent Walter M. Jackson reports Decatur students show stronger school retention. White enrollment rises 609 in five years with high school up 31.9 percent. Negro elementary loses 14.6 percent while Negro high rises 22.4 percent. overall gains and attendance climb. Plans include new Negro High School and expansions across several schools.
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Walter M. Jackson
Civitan Club
Decatur
New Negro High School
Decatur High School
West Decatur Elementy School
Cherrytreet School
Riverside
Gordon Bibb
Carver
Negro High
Negro High School
Cherry Street
Decatur d
Gordon-Bibb
Community notices and church events fill Catur area page
Rev Lee Franklin speaks on Father at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist. J W Motes returns from travels to NC SC and SW Alabama. Youth revival set for July 4 at Flint Baptist. picnic June 19 at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist lawn. God In Our Time sermon at First Presbyterian. Birth of Ricky Lynn to Buddy Knox family. Bethlehem Baptist to baptize at Collier Lake 2:30 Sunday. deacon ordination planned. Dr Robert W Jones to preach at Westminster on Life Is More Than. TVA reports 93 high yesterday. today 81 low 91 noon. Tennessee river levels shown with changes through Friday. Red Cross representative at Birmingham meeting. Oldest and youngest father to be honored at Southside Baptist. Dr T J Chitwood returning from Montevallo. sermons Need Of A Man and Beggars Remade. Several patients admitted or dismissed from Baugh Wiley and Ellis-Meyer clinics and hospitals.
Princess Flaming Feather and Other Screenings
The listing shows showtimes for Princess Flaming Feather with stars Joe Hayden Forrest Tucker and Aileen Whelan followed by Caruso Ann Blyth and hour slots. Sunset Purple Heart Diary with Judd Holdren and The Great Divide stars Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo at evening times. Strands Lone Star with Clark Gable Ava Gardner and Broderick Crawford lists 3 and 9 pm screenings. Elite Carey and Mars with Pier Angell Jobe Ericson present late shows.
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Princess
Flaming Feather
Joe Hayden
Forrest Tucker
Aileen Whelan
Escape Inmate Recaptured With Trooper Aid
Williams aided by State Trooper Raymond Scarrachio rescued an inmate who had escaped Green Haven State Prison while serving a 242 5 year auto theft sentence. The escape occurred Tuesday as Mrs Arnold stalled for time and naneaiers summoned authorities.
Decatur Urges Local Junior College for Youth
A proposal to establish a Decatur Junior College would provide two years of college for local youths and save families money by allowing early higher education at home, benefiting many local students and parents.
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Catur
Decatur
Alabama airport projects move ahead at nine sites
Airport improvement plans are underway or in progress at nine Alabama fields per State Aeronautics Commissioner Asa Rountree Jr. The list covers Anniston Auburn Opelika Birmingham Decatur Dothan Huntsville Montgomery Muscle Shoals Roanoke with bids, renovations, and new runways or lights.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Asa Rountree Jr
Anniston
CAA
Auburn
Opelika
Birmingham
Decatur
Dothan
Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
Roanoke
Truman backs neutral military visitors to Koje prison camps
The White House considered inviting observers from Sweden Switzerland India Pakistan and Indonesia to Korea to inspect UN prison camps and counter Communist propaganda. Senators Russell Fulbright Moody supported the idea while Bridges doubted the need for foreign witnesses. President Truman forwarded the proposal to Lovett noting merit and potential to showcase camp conditions.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Subcommittee
Truman
Russell
D-Ga
Defense Department
Collins
Koje
Congress
Lovett
United Nations
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
Kose Island
Sweden
Switzerland
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Senate
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Moody
D-Mich
Sen. Bridges
R-N.h
Missing After Shift Hopes Rise For Troops
Koje Island Korea troops hunted today for missing soldiers after a night shift. Reports indicate several from the battalion remain unaccounted as search teams sweep the area.
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Robert
Tuckman Koje Island
Korea
U. S
Sorority Girls Sleep In Casino After Landlady Cuts Power
Thirty three Sigma Alpha sorority girls from Miller High slept on the Glynn County Recreation Casino floor after their landlady pulled the fuses at a five apartment beach cottage. The group sought lodging and demanded a $203 refund for remaining rent. Local officials and residents offered help. the landlady offered no refunds.
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Casino
ST. Simons Island
Macon High School
Sigma Alpha
Miller High
Glynn County
Chamber of Commerce
Glynn
Lee Delivers Toleration Speech at Decatur Kiwanis
Ronnie Lee, a Decatur high school graduate, spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Toleration of Diversity as the key to peace. Rev. Lester Mc Manus introduced him, with Redus Collier presiding and Burton Smith welcomed as a new member. Former Gov. James E. Folsom and Bill Burgess attended.
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Ronnie Lee
Decatur High School
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Lester McManus
Boys & Girls
Redus Collier
Burton Smith
Decatur Iron & Steel. Co
James E. Folsom
Bill Burgess
Lee
D.A.R
Voice A U S Embassy Official Confirms Broadcast Suspension
An embassy official said Voice broadcasts were halted last night and no protest was planned locally. He noted any demonstration would originate from Washington. The piece also covers Rhee criticizing Voice editorials, protests by Rhee supporters, and tense political clashes over martial law and assembly leadership.
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U. S
Voice
Washington
Rhee
National Assembly
United Nations
Assembly
Gadsden Etowah Pledge Funds Tuberculosis Hospital Plan
Etowah County and Gadsden pledged 55000 toward a 1200000 tuberculosis hospital serving north and central Alabama. Federal Hill Burton funds 800000 plus state 200000 cover most cost. counties lacked 57000 at yesterday’s meeting. Cherokee 2000 and Calhoun 6000 offered. Clay and St Clair dropped out. Construction 15 to 18 months at Gadsden site.
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Gadsden
Alabama
Etowah County
Hill-Burton
B. G. Gill
Cherokee County
Etowah
Calhoun County
Clay
St. Clair
Dr. Gill
Truckers Oppose Special Speed Limit For Trucks In Alabama Meeting
At a Mobile area Alabama Truckers Association gathering C. J. Hollingsworth and W. F. Woolbridge spoke against a separate truck speed limit, urging uniform limits for trucks and cars as slow trucks cause long highway queues. Gov. Persons dismissed a prior claim that speed laws don t cut accident deaths, calling the remark unworthy. New York City fed milk from New York State and parts of six other states and occasionally two Canadian provinces.
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Alabama
Mobile Area
Alabama Truckers Association
C. J. Hollingsworth
W. F. Woolbridge
Mobile
W. B. Timmons
Alabama Motorists Association
New York City
New York State
Kefauver Campaigns Through North Carolina for Delegates
Sen. Estes Kefauver began a rapid one day swing through North Carolina aiming at the state's 32 Democratic convention votes. His stopover ranged from the mountains to the Piedmont in a goodwill tour that signals his bid while not binding delegates beyond the first ballot. Senator Richard Russell of Georgia also campaigned in Raleigh Charlotte and Elizabeth City in recent days.
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Asheville
Estes Kefauver
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Piedmont
Kefauver
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Raleigh
Charlotte
Elizabeth City
U N spokesman and Harrison clash over armistice talks
The U N spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols says Harrison sought to delay by proposing a recess. Harrison criticizes daily meetings as unproductive but agrees to meet again the next day. The exchange centers on progress toward an armistice and unresolved issues.
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U. N
William P. Nuckols
Harrison
Nam
Market Prices in Decatur Report
Farm markets in Decatur show cotton at middling 38.50 cents and strict low 37.00. No 2 mile 3.10, No 2 wheat new crop 2.13, No 2 oats new crop 78 cents, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs priced at 20.00 cents in Decatur.
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Decatur
Wall Street Closes Mixed Amid Momentum and Rail Buy Support
The New York market opened mixed but moved higher as buyers favored rail stocks and steel issues. Bethlehem Steel, New York Central, Studebaker, and Dow Chemical led gains while Republic Steel, Northern Pacific, Goodrich, and Allied Chemical lagged. volume reached about 1.4 million shares.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
New York Central
Studebaker
Dow Chemical
Republic Steel
Northern Pacific
Goodrich
Allied Chemical
North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm
USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm with adequate offerings and fair to good demand. Farm prices at 10 a m show broilers under 3 pounds at 25 26 cents. dressing plants pay 1 cent higher for delivered supplies.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Grain futures mixed as oats rise and soybeans slip
On the Board of Trade grains showed gains with oats leading the upturn, while soybeans fell back. Soybeans rose early then dipped. the July contract touched 3.32 dollars, just one cent below the OPS ceiling not reached since last May.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Nashville Livestock Prices Report from Federal State Dept
In Nashville Tennessee cattle prices mostly nominal with cows 15.00 to 24.00 for commercial to utility, calves 150 with good to prime 29.00 to 34.00, hogs 190 to 230 at 25 to 50 higher, sows steady, 190 to 230 pound butchers around 20.00 to 20.25, 240 to 290 at 18.75 to 19.00. Sheep 500 head with spring lambs steady, good to prime 26.50 to 28.00, ewes 5.00 to 7.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Taft Backers Rally Over 1944 GOP Convention Rule
Taft supporters cheer a convention rule limiting seating disputes to delegates-at-large while district delegate contests go to state bodies. Taft HQ says Taft will respond to Eisenhower's homecoming in Abilene Kansas and sought equal free air time from networks.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Folsom backs 60 mile hour limit for all
Former Alabama governor James E. Folsom told Knox McRae and Kiwanis members that Alabamians would support a universal 60 mile per hour speed limit. He opposed separate limits for cars trucks and buses and noted his visit included a Wheeler Lake boat trip.
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James E
Big Jim
Folsom
Cullman Insurance
Knox McRae
Alabama
Kiwanis Club
McRae
Wheeler Lake
Eskimos in Greenland Live Far North of Arctic Circle
A report notes that some Greenland Eskimos reside more than 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle, highlighting extreme northern settlements and their remote locations.
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Greenland
Arctic Circle
Oil tests awaited in Pollard field Alabama first Gulf producer
Gulf Refining Co may have its first Pollard field producer in Alabama as coring at 5,837 feet began on the T. R. Miller Co No 1 well near the Allen Moye discovery. Alabama geologist Dr Walter Jones estimates potential output around 500 barrels daily.
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Tuscaloosa
Kirby
Gulf
Pollard Field
Walter E. Jones
Alabama
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Humble
Clarence L. G. Kelly
T. R. Miller Co
Discovery
Senate Seizure Powers Debate Aims for Final Vote
Senators debated limits on seizure authority as amendments were withdrawn or sent to committees. Maybank urged routing seizure plans to the Labor Committee for a separate bill while aiming to resume steel production under Taft-Hartley rules. The Defense Production Act, linking wage and price controls, expires June 30 as talks on steel-for-Korea continue with government officials and Steelman.
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Sen. Case
R-Sd
Sen
Maybank
D-Sd
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Truman
House
Banking Committee
Congress
John R. Steelman
Court reminder on appearance for trial date
Absent reminder states the defendant must appear on the trial date or risk forfeiture of the appearance bond. No notice will be given to defendant or bondsmen unless a legal excuse is shown. Judge Powell urged citizen cooperation in these matters.
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Powell
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Grlimale
Lee Franklin
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
J. W
Bill) Motes
South Carolina
Flint Baptist Church
W. W. Glass
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Buddy Knox
Hartselle 1
Ricky Lynn
Hartselle Hospital
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Collier Lake
Robert W. Jones
Washington College
Tennessee
Westminster Presbyterian Church
TVA
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Florence
Frank Kirby
Morgan County
The
Red Cross
Coordinating Council
Tutwiler Hotel
Southside Baptist Church
T. J. Chitwood
Montevallo
Methodist Church
Central Methodist Church
E. N. Smith
Hanceville
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
J. M. Sams
Sanders Gillespie
Trinity
Augusta Hutson
T. R. Clark
Pulaski, Tenn
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Judy Hutcheson
Dyersburg
Floyd Hudson
Athens 5
Charles E. Cottingham
West. Court Apartments
George Hartselle
Eighth Street East
W. L. Johnson and Son
Fifth Avenue South
Caruso
Mario
Ann Blyth
Judd Holdren
Kirk Douglas
Virginia Mayo
Strand
Clark Gable
Ava Gardner
Broderick Crawford
Carey
Eobe
Mars
Falkville
Teresa
Pier Angell
Jobe Ericson
Kiwanis
Haydon L. Boatner
Boamer
N.C
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Soviet Union
Free Nations
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Robert A. Taft
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Dewey
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