Two Men Freed From Morgan County Jail After Grand Jury
Morgan county grand jury reported insufficient evidence to indict Sam Jr and John Blackwell who had been jailed since March. Blackwell faced burglary charges tied to a local home break. Burton charged with grand larceny for theft of plow tools and scrap iron from a Hartselle resident. The panel led by foreman Dennis McClendon will issue a full report Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Sam Jr
John Blackwell
Blackwell
Burton
Hartselle
Dennis McClendon
Truman defers on MacArthur speech and draft talk in Arkansas
President Truman held a news conference in Arkansas saying he takes a hands off stance on General MacArthur delivering the GOP keynote and has not discussed Pentagon plans. He would contact Army officials if politics breach regulations and gave no clear answer on Stevenson’s draft prospects amid Democratic nomination chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pentagon
Army
Witness: Parker Varies Car Wreck Witness
Police say W. F. Parker of 342 Sherman Street witnessed the wreck. Roberson left the scene and turned toward Danville Road. He ran off the road and into a bank four miles toward Danville. A wrecker hauled the car into town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Parker
Sherman Street
Roberson
Danville
Heat Wave Boils Across Alabama With 100 in Tuscaloosa
Water Tuscaloosa topped the state at 100 degrees yesterday while Selma reached 99 and Mobile 96. The Weather Bureau predicted the heat would persist for at least five days with no break in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Dothan
Mobile
Montgomery
Muscle Shoals
Birmingham
Evergreen
Anniston
Huntsville
Gilmore to be seated as Jefferson County commissioner
June 13 in Birmingham P-E. H. Gilmore will be seated as Jefferson County commissioner Monday after defeating T. C. Pridmore in a runoff. Pridmore had been appointed last March by Gov. Gordon Persons to serve until November when Earl Bruner resigned to enter private business. Bruner’s term expires January 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
E. H. Gilmore
Jefferson County
T. C. Pridmore
Gilmore
Pridmore
Gordon Persons
Earl Bruner
Bruner
For Rent: Furnished 3-Room Garage Apartment
Rent notice for a furnished three room garage apartment at 418 Sherman Street. Contact phone number 2683-R for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Street
Portles Today Showings Mix Stars and Times
The listing presents multiple films and star casts including Princess Flaming Feather with Sterling Hayden Forrest Tucker and Aileen Whelan, plus Fe Great Caruso starring Mario Lanza and Ann Blyth. Showtimes run 1:00 3:05 5:10 7:15 9:20. The Sunset Purple Heart Diary and other titles are shown with various actors and 7:00 9:00 schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess
Flaming Feather
Sterling Hayden
Forrest Tucker
Aileen Whelan
Great Caruso
Mario Lanza
Ann Blyth
Sanders Rites Set Saturday
Final rites for Hubert L Sanders age 36 of 1215 Seventh Avenue East will be held Saturday at 4 PM at Bethel church with Rev B Wallace officiating and Mutual Service directing interment in the adjoining cemetery. Sanders a World War II veteran died today at his residence. Survivors include his mother Mrs J C Sanders Decatur one brother Paul Sanders Decatur three sisters Mrs J F Hitt Birmingham Mrs Clinton White Decatur and Mrs Owen Prince Hartselle. Cousins will serve as pallbearers. He was a member of Shoals Creek Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L. Sanders
Seventh Avenue East
Bethel Church
B. Wallace
Sanders
J. C. Sanders
Decatur
Paul Sanders
J. F. Hitt
Birmingham
Clinton White
Owen Prince
Hartselle
The
Shoals Creek
British Defied As Iranian Oil Goes Out In 3 Tankers
In Rome on June 13 Italian agents said 15 000 tons of Iranian oil are afloat in three tankers headed to Switzerland and Denmark despite British warnings. The shipments follow Iran’s nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and may prompt legal action from Anglo Iranian. The World Court at The Hague is hearing the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Switzerland
Denmark
Iran
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Hague
Luigi Amendini
Italy
High Seas
Student Learns To Beat Heat In Ice Bath Dare
Lonnie Locke a student at Livingston State Teachers College sat in a barrel filled with 100 pounds of crushed ice to beat the heat. He agreed to a $1 wager with Jimmy Barrs but lasted only 15 minutes as the high 90s Fahrenheit pressed on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Ala
Lonnie Locke
Livingston State Teachers College
Locke
Auburn
Jimmy Barrs
Chalkville
Jimmy
Lonnie
Death of Bob Tobe Pigg at 67 in Decatur
Bob Tobe Pigg 67 of 1009 Grant Street died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 last night. Funeral services set for 2 PM Sunday at Brown Funeral Chapel with interment in Roselawn. Survived by three step-daughters Elsa Kirby Annie Lou Kirby Mame Kirby all in Decatur and four step-sons Ed Kirby Bob Kirby J C Kirby Otis Kirby. Pallbearers include the step-sons Quiller Knighten and Scott Cowart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Tobe Pigg
Grant Street
Brown Funeral
Roselawn
Mr. Pigg
Franklin County
Tenn
Elsa Kirby
Annie Lou Kirby
Mame Kirby
Decatur
Ed Kirby
Bob Kirby
J. C. Kirby
Otis Kirby
Kalamazoo
Mich
Katherine Pigg
Ohio
R. E. Quick
Huntsville
Oliver Pigg
Fayetteville
Regional Red Cross Meeting Held in North Alabama Counties
A regional Red Cross meeting for home service workers from North Alabama counties was led by Miss Clara Kelly the Atlanta field representative. The gathering discussed new rules and laws affecting service members veterans and their dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Clara Kelly
Home Service
Atlanta
Carey Blames Big Business for Communist-Dominated Union
James B. Carey CIO union leader testifies to a Senate Labor Subcommittee accusing General Electric of backing a rival Communist dominated United Electrical union to split the industry. He cites a proposed Defense Department committee to assess security risk of unions in defense plants and veto contracts if communist control is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James B. Carey
CIO
Electrical Workers
Senators
Senate
Carey
General Electric Corp
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Cio
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Communist Party
Philip Murray
Defense Department
Cicero landlady sentenced after court outburst
Camille de Rose owner of a Cicero all white apartment building was jailed after bringing a loaded pistol to Criminal Court. She received two years for contempt and an additional year for contempt after a courtroom outburst while serving as a key witness in an embezzlement case involving George C. Adams. A mob riot had previously targeted one building she rented to a Black driver, Harvey Clark Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Camille de Rose
Cicero
Wilbert F. Crowley
Crowley
Criminal Courts
George C. Adams
Harvey Clark Jr
Weather Hottest In St. Louis Since 1914
St Louis endured the hottest June since 1914 with 98 degree highs. Sixteen people treated for heat exhaustion and a 61 year old jail guard, John M Scullin, died from a heart condition aggravated by the heat. By dawn St Louis reached 81 degrees as the hottest spot in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
John M. Scullin
Diver Injured In Rock Collision At Falls
Keith Hammon of Falkville is in serious condition at the Veterans hospital in Nashville after diving from a high bank at Stinsons Falls and striking his head on a rock. He was transported by Drinkard's ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Hammon
J. D. Hammon
Falkville 1
Veterans Hospital
Nashville
Hammon
Stinson's Falls
Cold Springs
Drinkard’s
Roger Bacon and early gunpowder remarks
The note claims Roger Bacon first produced gunpowder that actually exploded though made from impure ingredients as incendiaries of composition had existed earlier. It adds that fossilized sea deaths are more commonly preserved than land deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Bacon
The Obligation to Be Truthful
A moral meditation on truthfulness and the sin of perjury and gossip. It reflects on how false stories harm reputations, cites scriptural lessons from Peter and Jesus, and urges prayer to resist cruel character assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Campbell
Memory Verse Exodus Commandment on False Testimony
A religious memory verse from Exodus 20 16 cautions against bearing false witness against a neighbor. The directive emphasizes honesty and integrity in testimony and personal conduct within a biblical framework.
Sermon on Defilement and Peter's Denial at Caiaphas
A religious reflection discusses defilement coming from within a person rather than external sources. It recounts Jesus teaching in Capernaum and the crowd after His arrest and Peter’s denial before the high priest. The text urges inner purification and fearless witness despite danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Christ
John
Jesus
Annas
Navy finds alcohol boosts mice resistance to radiation
Navy researchers at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory in San Francisco report that mice given an alcohol injection survived medium-dose radiation far more often than untreated mice. About 84 percent survived after exposure versus 0 percent in the no-alcohol group, suggesting a relationship between alcohol amount and survival though a human interpretation remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
San Francisco
Navy
Bank Officials Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
Five former bank officials from New Kensington Meadville and New Alexanderia were sentenced by a Federal District Court for embezzlement. Smeltzer received 10 years for $630,000. Slaugenhaumpt got three years for about $100,000. Cadwell two years for $28,189. Grotefend 15 months for $16,000. Schiarella four years and $5,000 fine for $81,324.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Federal District Court
William Paul Smeltzer
New Kensington First National Bank
Smeltzer
Richard E. Slaugenhaumpt
Meadville
Goldie Cadwell
National Bank of
New Alexanderia
Otto R. Grotefend
First National Bank of
New Kensington
George R. Schiarella
First National Bank of New Kensington
Lumber Kiln Lost In Spectacular Blaze
A large kiln at Griffin Lumber Co. in Bessemer was destroyed by fire last night. Damage was estimated at about $20,000. Firefighters confined the blaze to the kiln and saved a planing mill and offices. Two carloads of lumber were removed from the 86 foot kiln, while four other carloads totaling about 40,000 units were likely lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Griffin Lumber Co
Mt Everest Height Confirmed by National Geographic
The National Geographic Society states Mt Everest stands at 29 002 feet, reaffirming it as the world's highest peak based on their measurements and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Gold Concentration in Sea Water Report
A historic note states the sea holds between 5 and 276 parts of gold per 100 million parts of water. This range reflects early estimates of marine gold content based on ore composition and sampling methods.
Teacher Dies At Moulton
Funeral services for Miss Maggie Barnett 52 longtime Moulton elementary teacher will be at 10 A M tomorrow at Moulton Baptist Church Rev R E Owen to officiate with interment in Iuka Mississippi She was a member of Moulton Baptist Church Survived by one brother Whorley Barnett Cherokee and four sisters Mrs J C Douthit Memphis Mrs J P Scott Jackson Miss Mrs H L Carter Shefield and Mrs T E Lair Nashville The body lies in state at the church this afternoon until the funeral Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Barnett
Moulton
Moulton Baptist Church
R. E. ‘Owen
Iuka
Miss
J. P. Scott
Jackson
H. L. Carter
Sheffield
T. E. Lair
Nashville
M. H. Sandlin
Ed King
J. P. Miller
R. E. Proctor
R. C. Jackson
Elvie O. Terry
Leonard Crow Taken By Death
Funeral services for Leonard Crow, 58, Tanner 1, will be held Saturday at 3 P. M. at the residence of his sister Mrs. N. B. Terry in Athens. Interment will follow in Athens city cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ellen Crow six sons one brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Crow
Tanner
N. B. Terry
Fifth Avenue
Athens
Athens City
Rev
L. M. Smith
Crow
Ellen Crow
Talmadge
Eugene
J. C
Leonard
Bobby
Randy
Frank Crow
Terry
Emma Griffith
Fifth hottest war action this year on southern knob hills
Doughboys with planes tanks and artillery won the southern knob after a 14 hour dawn to dusk fight on Thursday. Chinese counterattacked unsuccessfully twice before dawn Friday and were kept off balance by Allied air and artillery for three hours. Thunderbird Division attacked at dawn and again mid afternoon to take the knob, northeast of two hills Americans won last Saturday as Reds tried to retake them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knob
Thunderbird
Thunderbirds
Hill T
Decatur Schools Report Best Attendance Of The Decade
Decatur city schools posted the best annual attendance in at least ten years with a combined 94.66 percent for white schools. High school led at 95.56 percent from 1202 students, while West Decatur, Riverside, Somerville Road, and Gordon Bibb followed with strong figures despite measles and chicken pox affecting elementary pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur City
Decatur High School
West Decatur
Riverside
Somerville Road
Gordon Bibb
Settlement Ends $2 7 Million Rug Makers Suit
An out of court settlement dismisses a 2.7 million suit by Lawrence Products Co. of Alabama against Arkansas rug manufacturers Monticello Charm Tread Mills Monticello Cotton Mills W D Sweet and Srady Fitts. Terms were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Alabama
Lawrence Products Co., Inc
Arkansas
Harry J. Lemly
Monticello Charm-Tread Mills, Inc
Monticello Cotton Mills, Inc
W. D. Sweet and
Srady Fitts
Markets in Decatur Grain and Hog Prices
Decatur market report shows Middling cotton at 38.50 cents and strict low at 37.00. No 2 mile wheat and onions-free No 2 at 2.10. No 2 oats new crop 78 cents. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs price paid in Decatur at 20 cents per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Prices Report
Federal State Cattle 50 prices nominally steady. Calves 75 good to prime 29.00 to 34.00, utility and commercial 21.00 to 27.00. Hogs 100 choice 190 to 230 pound barrows 20.00 to 20.25, 240 to 290 pound 18.75 to 19.00, 150 to 180 pound 18.50 to 18.75, few sows 450 pounds down about steady at 18.00. Sheep 150 few small lots utility to choke spring lambs 22.00 to 27.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm
In Atlanta the North Georgia live poultry market remains steady to firm with adequate supplies and strong truck demand. Farm trading runs 25 1 2 to 26 1 2 cents. prices for broilers under 3 1 2 pounds are 26 1 2 to 27 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Cotton futures firm on trade and commission house buying
New York cotton futures rose late in the day on active buying from trade firms and commission houses. Prices were up about 80 cents to $1.10 a bale from the prior close with July at 40.32, October at 37.49 and December at 37.16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boatner Breaks Up Red Rule at Koje Island Enclosures
General Boatner reports progress in breaking Red control of POW compounds on Koje Island. Six of Kose’s 17 stockades have emptied and 5,900 civilian internees in Compound 62 pledge to follow orders. About 27,500 prisoners are being dispersed into smaller pens or moved to await completion of new enclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kose
Boatner
Francis Dodd
Koje
Korea
Woman killed in Lincoln bridge wreck near Eastaboga
Mrs. Pearl F. Ray, 48, of near Eastaboga, Ala, died today when her car smashed into a bridge over Blue Eye Creek two miles west of Lincoln. Patrolman Earl Smith said she was alone in the vehicle. She worked at the Bynum Ordnance Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Ala
Pearl F. Ray
Near
Eastaboga
Blue Eye Creek
Earl Smith
Bynum Ordnance Depot
Duran Named Chief At First National Bank of Auburn
Auburn Fred A. Duran Montgomery will become president and chief executive officer of First National Bank of Auburn on July 1. The 14 year veteran of Union Bank and Trust Co. at Montgomery succeeds W. W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Fred A. Duran
Montgomery
First National Bank of A
Union Bank and Trust Co
Calera
Montevallo
Birmingham
Birmingham Southern College
Bankers Mortgage Bond Co
Alabama
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate approves broad defense and price control extensions
The defense bill allocates 2.758 billion for airfields barracks ships and overseas facilities with secrecy measures abroad. House Banking Committee approves price wage and rent controls extended to June 30 1953 while Senate extends them to February 28 with shifts on credit controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
House Banking Committee
House Committee
Second Extortion Demand In Week Reported By Hallinan Wife
Mrs. Vincent Hallinan, wife of the imprisoned Progressive Party presidential candidate, said a telephone voice demanded 5,000 with threats to a family member. She previously reported three calls in one day. Hallinan, an attorney, is jailed for six months for contempt during Harry Bridges perjury case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Calif
Vincent Hallinan
Progressive Party
Hallinan
Harry Bridges
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Scott Lucas
White House
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Sen
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Richard Russell
Portles
Purple Heart Diary
Sereneneees
Jade Leiden
Miia Biahom
Ron Amo Gias
Strand
Lone Star
Clark Gable
Ava Gardner
Broderick Crawford
Harry Carey
W. B. Bates
Red Cross
Big Business
Capernaum
National Council of the Churches of Christ
King’s
Caiaphas
Bogart
Katharine As
Hepburn
Frica Ueen
N. Y. Cotton
Duran
Kurfees
H. Leon Reeves
Eighth Ave
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Jack Jakovac
Mgr
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