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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
2
General Motors reports most plants operating again after widespread walkouts. A midmorning tally showed 63,400 employees idle due to shutdowns, with peak losses reaching 134,000 workers at 44 plants on Monday.
The article outlines continued pact between free world nations and the Soviet Union focusing on four power conference participation and a Soviet invitation to the chancellor. It states that a primary goal of the upcoming meeting is to clear a path for Germany’s early reunification and asserts neutrality cannot safeguard Germany without collective security arrangements.
Graveside services for Elmer Kirk Sloan 79 were scheduled at 3 30 p m at Wesley s Chapel Huntsville Highway. Sloan a farmer of Athens died Monday at 1 30 a m at Baugh Wiley Clinic Decatur. He is survived by wife Laura Sloan three daughters Mary Elizabeth Norton Frances Thomas and Margaret Smith and three sons Birmingham Paul Harvest grandchild. McConnell Service Funeral Home was in charge.
Labor groups led by the General Confederation of Labor organize mass rallies and a 15 minute sympathy strike as part of Peronist demonstrations honoring Eva Peron. President Peron condemns church leaders for obstructing his late wife’s social program and accuses clergy of spreading rumors abroad.
The article notes that most marble is ancient rock, with large portions dating to the pre Cambrian period. It discusses formation and geological age, highlighting the enduring quality of marble used in construction and sculpture through history.
Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett with Fess Parker shows at 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:30 9:30. Sunset advertises Victor Mature and Jean showings at 7:20 9:30. Hatfield Athens lists The Shang Hatfield Athens Four Guns program.
Anne Pritchett undergoes surgery at Hubbard's Hospital in Montgomery. Lila Pritchett at her sister's bedside. Samuel Dodd Edmondson returns to Auburn to study at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Permit issued for six room house at 1108 3rd St SW costing $8000 to Mrs. D. B. Hurst. Five police docket cases. Arrest for public drunkenness. Counts expected to move to Bank Street Hospital. Camp Winnataska visit. Mrs. Lucy Smith to return home after minor operation. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter meets. Fire at 1155 Ave NW. no loss. Julian Jervis elected Sigma Nu chaplain at Georgia Tech. Melvin Slaten family back from Pascagoula. Barbara Ann Nance and Mrs. W H Nance visiting Austin, Texas. Joe Gisee to visit in Tucson, Arizona.
The obituary details the Rev Turner's long service in the North Alabama Methodist Conference, superseded in 1944, with early career at Birmingham Southern College. Survivors include daughter Helen Turner of Atlanta and sons Holmes, Warren, plus sisters Annie and Flora Turner and five grandchildren.
The Rules Committee moved a Senate measure to the front of the House calendar. The American Bible Society has distributed over 450 million Bibles and Bible parts in 139 years.
Limestone reports 1 700 residents vaccinated with plans for more. Madison County receives vaccine at local offices. Lawrence County delays second shot rollout after late notice of limited supply. Dr Taylor warns timing shifts while Cullman County also holds vaccine stock.
Athens funeral services for Guy W. Leonard set for 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Dr. Ralph Jolly officiating. Leonard, a radio operator for the Athens Police Department as a summer relief worker, died Monday morning after a heart attack at work. Interment will be in Lebanon Cemetery with Masons of Lodge 16 as pallbearers. He is survived by his wife Pattie D. Brown Leonard, one son William Guy Leonard, eight grandchildren, three brothers, four sisters, and several relatives in Athens, Decatur, Nashville, Auburn, Colorado, and Birmingham.
Tass rejects discussing international communism as a proper topic and questions Western concessions. The article notes Eisenhower and Dulles view subversive Cominform activities as a source of tension while Tito’s Yugoslavia negotiations are framed as a Soviet line. The piece argues Washington has yet to offer constructive proposals and assigns blame for the global strain.
Twenty four students were named on the Athens College Dean's List for the spring quarter at Athens. Twenty two more earned B averages to make the second honor list.
A Braille Bible edition requires 20 volumes to cover the text, forming a stack roughly five feet tall. The work highlights the scale of tactile scripture and challenges for readers relying on raised print.
Rev. Joe Weatherly, director of India-Ceylon Youth For Christ, speaks at Moulton Heights Church about his five years in India, 11,000 converts, and opposition from Arya Samaj while noting Nehru’s weak stance on communism. He travels worldwide for Youth For Christ and will return to the U.S. for a year before future foreign work.
Dismissals include Mrs. Joe George of 412 4th Ave SE Mrs. Evelyn Dillashaw of Chattanooga Tenn and Mrs. Bailey Cook and infant son of 1816 16th Ave SE Admissions include Mrs. Luther Fingham of 224 W Wilson.
Mrs. David Leeth and Mrs. Willie B Foote of Hartselle are admitted. Henry Stephenson of Hartselle and Mrs. L B Crow of Decatur are noted, with G L Brindley listed as Hartselle.
Indian diplomat V. K. Krishna Menon said after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower that the release of four airmen by Red China opened the door to possible freedom for the 11 held. He noted further talks with Dulles and predicted a path to reduced tensions with the United States.
Funeral planned for Mrs. W. E. Norris 76, former Decatur resident, at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church Sheffield Wednesday at 3 P M. She died at Colbert County Hospital Sheffield after a long illness. Interment in Edgewood Cemetery North Little Rock Ark Thursday. Survivors include sister Lola Cox Decatur three daughters J A Vernon Sheffield Rev C G Norris Los Angeles thirteen grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Grandsons to pallbear.
Two large trucks on a bridge collided and burst into flames killing three people. The bulldozer truck driver was J. W. Hubbard, 35, of Vance Alabama. Paul and Laura Rex, a Missouri couple, were killed in the watermelons truck from Florida. A fourth truck added to the wreckage on the bridge. Maurice Earil Nichols, 38, of Mt. Dora Florida, drove the produce truck.
Detroit reports that auto industry labor contracts include innovations beyond guaranteed wages. Walter Reuther leads the CIO United Auto Workers in a three year deal worth three quarters of a billion dollars with major auto makers. The agreements extend compulsory union membership to General Motors and include holidays on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, vested pension rights, and extra premiums for Saturdays and holidays.
In Montgomery 220 of 235 delegates seek office as campaign activity heats up on the eve of the Girls State elections with races shaping the final slate.
Baugh-Wiley Clinic dismisses Mrs. J O Ward of Huntsville and notes other patients and addresses including Mrs. Virginia Barnes at Decatur General Hospital 405 Gordon Drive SW Mrs. Duane Taylor 1006 7th Ave SE Mrs. Roy Henderson Decatur 2 Baby William Atkinson Somerville 1 Master Tommy McDaniel Hartselle Rufus Peerson 416 E LaFayette St Mrs Harvey Shook 1502 S Houston Athens Mrs E W Waits Apt 7 West Pauline Jones Decatur 2 Robin Thomas 805 Line St Mrs Josephine Williamson 602 Grant St Miss Mattie Bessles 1802 Locust Billy R Jones 433 Johnston St Master Ricky Bronaugh 1606 Brookmead Rd.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Throneberry at General Hospital on Monday. A daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Davis at Baugh Wiley Clinic last night. Both families reside on Sherman Street and Tower Street respectively.
Hill presses for a safety assessment of the Salk polio vaccine and whether mass inoculation should continue. Hobby objects, urging focus on two free-vaccine proposals and criticizing centralization, discrimination, and assumed lack of local or private initiative in public health.
Curtis Crow, 32, was released on bond after allegedly going to his brother's mother in law home waving a .22 caliber pistol. He did not fire the weapon, according to Hartselle Chief of Police M L Looney.
Morgan County Circuit Court jury settled the City of Decatur versus R. N. Harris Jr. appeal on a pub lic improvement assessment reducing it to 400 dollars. The City assessed 4.50 per front foot totaling 744.89 dollars for pavement on Market Street. Harris argued the value did not rise by that amount. Judge S. A. Lynne presided. Several other cases announced settled today. Grand Jury slated to reconvene at 1 p.m. to report findings.
Fourteen Morgan County parcels produced 505 at a tax sale led by Tax Collector Price Bryant at the county courthouse. The sale, the largest in five years, raised 363.66 over the due 141.34, adding to a surplus fund or the original owner if claimed, with multiple high bidders listed and amounts paid.
Morgan County Bar Association urged the House Committee on Constitution and Elections in Montgomery not to approve a bill stripping the State bar of disciplinary authority over its members. The bill would make attorneys liable to local courts for disbarments. The group met at the Morgan County Courthouse and adopted a resolution backing Huntsville attorney M. H. Lanier for the federal judgeship in the southern district of Alabama.
Jason Smith, 30, of Morgan City, released on one bond for assault and malicious damage. He faced peace proceedings after an incident near Morgan City where a gunfire near a house struck a porch post and damaged the exterior.
Market data shows yellow ear corn at 1.45 per unit and No 2 white and oats at 58c and 72c. Cattle and commercial steers and utility cows range 12.50 to 16.50 and 9.50 to 12.50. Calves bring 17.50 to 19.00. Hogs 180 to 220 pounds average 19.50.
AP reports unsettled markets in North Alabama and North Georgia with lower volumes and falling prices. Brokers note broilers at farms quoted around 27 to 28 cents with 2 to 3 cent losses. most sales at 27 f.o.b and 28 to 23 cents for plant sales.
AP dispatch from Birmingham notes egg market activity with many 5 case loads returned mostly whites and large sizes, plus a few 31 to 36 count and some 28s reflecting varied wholesale quotes.
Cattle market steady in Nashville with 300 head active. Good and choice 450 to 700 pound calves and yearlings at 17.00 to 20.00, commercial 13.00 to 17.00, utilities to 14.00, heifers around 800 pounds and mixed cows 14.50, canners 7.00 to 10.00, bulls 12.50 to 14.75. Feeder cattle 680 pounds 10.00 to 16.00, vealers 1.00, prime 18.00 to 20.00, butchers steady at 600 pounds, sows 500 spots up, ewes 1.00 to 4.00.
New York reports show cotton steady as the market faced light offerings priced around 40 cents a pound. The AP notes buyers remained cautious while mills considered futures and current demand.
Harold Eater Brown, a Cullman County volunteer, will be the only local recruit leaving for the Army in June. He is slated to depart June 22. During a regular dinner at the American Legion Home, the Business and Professional Women's Club will install its new officers: Mrs. Gladys Newman president, Mrs. Maude Patrick vice president, Miss Jane Shelton recording secretary, Miss Doris Jean Northcutt corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Virginia Frutiger treasurer.
The passage notes that devices are operated by a glove like method for hand use while marionettes are controlled by strings. It contrasts glove manipulation with string-based control, implying differing mechanisms of operation.
A two row Form All tractor with cultivator plow is for sale at H. A. Goldens in Austinville. Contact phone 2372 R for details.
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