Andrew Wiley Dies Suddenly at 60 in Danville
Andrew D. Wiley 60 retired railroad conductor died suddenly at his home 622 Seventh Avenue West after returning from a doctor's visit. Funeral at South Side Baptist Church Friday at 10 A M with Rev. W. J. Johnson. burial in city cemetery. Survived by wife Minnie L. Wiley two daughters Mrs R E Deese of Parkin Ark and Mrs Roy M Black of Decatur. mother Mrs J E Wiley of Danville four sisters and three brothers. He worked 30 years with L N in Eastern Kentucky and retired four years ago. member of the Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew D. Wiley
Seventh Avenue West
Southside Baptist Church
W. J. Johnson
Brown
Minnie L. Wiley
R. E. Deese
Parkin
Ark
Roy M. Black
Decatur
J. E. Wiley
Danville
J. W. Dutton
Previtt Free
Charles D. Jacobs
Annie L. Wiley
John
William
Paul Wiley
Wiley
Lawrence County
Kentucky
The
Masons
Hawaii Haze Linked to Stratospheric Salts and Dust
Scientists note 22 percent of suspended particles were salt as haze spread from Wake Island to Honolulu. Meteorologist Robert H. Simpson suggests stratospheric winds carried salt and sulfur west of Wake, with return flow at lower levels bringing particles to Hawaii. Wake visibility was one mile. Honolulu two to three miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schram
Mauna Loa
Robert H. Simpson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wake Island
Honolulu
Simpson
Wake
Hawaii
Safety Habits Could Cut Farm Accidents
Auburn Alabama June 15. A P I Extension Director P O Davis says safety habits could cut farm accidents which cause 1 5 million disabling injuries and 17 500 deaths annually. He cites losses over 1 000 000 000 dollars and a 35 dollar annual tax per farm resident. Davis urges learning and practicing safety rules to eliminate unsafe habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
U. S
A. P. I. Extension
P. .O. Davis
Davis
Tindin
National Safety Council
Policeman and three Negroes to trial in Lewis death
Phenix City Alabama June 15 a former Columbus Georgia police officer Otis C Smith and three Negroes Homer Coleman James Bynum Sr and Mybra of Seale were charged with murder in the death of Rozell Lewis whose mutilated body was found on a road May 1. An eyewitness said Lewis was cut and knocked down before being run over by two cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix City
Ala
Columbus, Ga
Otis C. Smith
Ralph Matthews, Jr
Homer Coleman
Columbus
James Bynum
Seale
Alay
Rozell Lewis
Rains Save Sinful Virginia City Fire
A providential rain stopped a major blaze in Virginia City Nevada amid dry tinder and windy conditions. Flames devoured Wells Express Co post office and the George T Marye building as firemen fought with little water. the rain abruptly halted the fire, saving the town from a repeat of the 1875 disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Wells Express Co
George T. Marye
Funeral Friday for R. Cooper longshore company president
Funeral services will be held Friday for R. Cooper 73 a longtime Alabama shipper and leader in the stevedoring industry He served as president of the Cooper Stevedoring Co of Mobile and of the Cooper Terminal Co in East St Louis and had been active in the field for years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Tomor R. Cooper
Wideoonhoring Company
Sint
Notice of Construction Project Claim Deadline
Legal notice states that EF Besa Tamo completes work on a school project in Eden completion and city board claims must be presented by a stated deadline. No other specifics or entities are clearly identifiable in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Thompson
Otur
Ala
Decatur Hospital Updates and Local Notices
Discharges and admissions at Decatur General and Baugh Wiley clinic are reported along with two driving without license cases to be tried in Recorder's court. Other items note a missing person, building permits, weather readings, and Oakley Gagner Jr presenting the season’s first horned toad at Joe Wheeler school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley Gagner, Jr
Oakley
Joe Wheeler
Truck Crash Destroys Athens Load Blazing Tractor Trailer
A Memphis bound load of green tomatoes, a 1945 tractor-trailer, and a Farmall tractor burned five miles west of Athens on Highway 72 about 8:30 p m. Loss was estimated at 6800 dollars. Driver Clyde McDaniels of College Park Ga said he was blinded by a rear light. Farmall driver Ross Garner was slightly injured. Investigation postponed until daylight. trailer fire likely from a short. J D Vinson assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Athens
O'Neal Coleman
Ross Henry Garner
Athens 2
Coleman &Aid
Clyde McDaniels
College Park
L. M. Thomas
Atlanta
Coleman
McDaniel
J. D. Vinson
North Alabama Men Nominees for Conservation Director
Representatives of 15 sportsmen and conservation clubs nominated two North Alabama men for state conservation director. E. P. Garrett, Colbert County schools vocational agriculture supervisor, and John B. Thornton, Jefferson County Sportsmen's Association president, will be sent to Gov Gordon Persons. Attendees from 10 counties included Lt. Gov. and several legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
North Alabama
E. P. Garrett
Veterans Administration Program
Colbert County
John B. Thornton
Jefferson County Sportsmen's Association
Gordon Persons
James G. Adams
James B. Allen
Gadsden
Paul Coburn
Garrett
Festival selects Queen for Grand Bay Watermelon Festival
A 1950 Grand Bay High School student was chosen as festival queen for the town’s Watermelon Festival to be held June 28. The queen was selected by a vote of the Grand Bay student body at the high school where the parade queen contest debuted last year. The event is sponsored by the Grand Bay Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breitline Poer
and Bay
Pope
Grand Bay
F. Wways
Court Refuses Order In Third District Election Contest
The Alabama Supreme Court refused to issue a writ of prohibition blocking a lower court from handling an election contest in the Third congressional district. States Righters argued Judge Bowen Simmons lacked jurisdiction to halt hearings and questioned the subcommittee’s authority to hear the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
National Party
Democratic Executive Committee
Joel B- Brown
Democratic Party
States Righters
Bowen Simmons
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
Simmons
Surpreme
Supreme Court
Victor Smith
Birmingham
Judge Simmons
State Committee
Richard T. Rives
Athens College Dedication War Heroes Parade and Time Capsule
Ruth Peglow led a Star Spangled Banner performance as General Chase and veterans joined a parade including Athens police and the 1343rd Engineer battalion. J W Carter and others helped unveil two Athens College girls and a copper time capsule sealed for a century. A luncheon featured Dorothea James and Ruth Peglow with remarks by General Chase praising unity and criticizing Philippine graft while disputing Communist fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Peglow
College Music
General Chase
1343Rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Athens
Alabama State Police
J. W. Carter
Paul H. Gilliam
Henry L. Kennedy
Ralph E. Kaucher
J. L. Cowart
Athens High School
Athens College
Edna ‘Gist
Rogersville
Ruth Jane Grooms
Joseph P. Stacey
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Dorothea James
Daisy Fai
Perry B.) James
College
Henry H. Balch
Huntsville
Balch
Athens College Alumni Association
Washington
Far East
MacArthur
Japan
Philippines
China
United States
Gen. Chase
United States urges Russia to join Westerns on Austrian high commissioners
The United States asked Russia to cooperate with the big three Western powers in appointing civilian high commissioners to replace military authorities in Austria. A Monday note from Ambassador Alan G. Kirk in Moscow also urged Moscow to work with the West to ease the occupation burden on Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
United States
Austria
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Decatur Market Report Highlights Grain and Livestock Prices
Market items show Cotton middling at 34 cents, cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton, broilers 25 cents delivered, hens 18 cents, hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen. Corn ear 1.42, shelled 1.48, oats 75 cents, barley 1.05, wheat and oats noted with onion-free bases.
Wall Street closes mixed after morning rally fades
A morning stock rally fizzled by afternoon with gains shifting to losses. Steels autos and rails led activity as Canadian Pacific St Paul Baltimore Ohio Republic Steel and others rose while General Motors Goodyear Sears United Aircraft American Telephone and Dow Chemical lagged. Missouri Kansas Texas bonds spiked while U S governments held steady in over the counter trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul
Baltimore & Ohio
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Goodrich
Caterpillar Tractor
Schenley
Hiram ° Walker
Distillers Corp
Philco Radio Corp
Western Union DuPont
American Tobacco
Armour
Standard Oil (Nj
U S. Gypsum
General Motors
Goodyear
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
Air Reduction
Allied Chemical
Dow
Cotton futures wobble on slow trade as government moves boost selling
New York June 15 Cotton futures showed irregular activity with early losses of up to 60 cents a bale amid liquidation and hedging. Prices steadied as demand and short covering appeared, while government movements into the free market drove substantial selling. Weekly loan repossessions rose to 149,224 bales for the week ended June 8. Late afternoon quotes: July 33.65, October 32.92, December 32.84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poultry Market Report From Atlanta Narrow Range
North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm with good demand and adequate supplies. Prices paid FOB farm Wednesday afternoon and this morning ranged for broilers and fryers of all weights from 24 to 26 cents, mostly 24.5 to 25 cents with truckers mostly paying 25 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 15
Nashville Tennessee federal state agriculture report shows cattle steady to weak with cows and calves varying by grade. Vealers and hogs mostly steady with weights 180 to 250 pounds at around 19.50 to 28.00, lambs opening slow though bids drifted lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Grain futures slip across board on July soybeans
Chicago grain markets opened with a 10 cent drop as July soybeans led declines. Wheat fell about 1 3 4 to a shade under 2.09, corn down around 11 2 to 11 1 2, oats 1 7 8 to 3 3 8 lower, and lard futures slid 17 to 37 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Humor Of Spike Jones Revue Proves Popular With Public
Hollywood writer Hubbard Keavy reports Spike Jones's comedic revue draws big crowds paying about 25 000 dollars weekly. Jones favors loud gags like belches and banging instruments, notes the nervous Queen For A Day contestant as a highlight, and outlines plans to produce own TV films to preserve his joke timing for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard Keavy
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Spike Jones
Spike
Negro Teachers Stand Accused In South Carolina Cheating Case
In Laurens South Carolina the first trial in a year long state probe of teacher exam cheating began with Ulysses S Grant Sweeney 40 former Greenville county school principal among 800 accused of conspiracy to defraud the state. Two others pleaded guilty with sentences pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens
S.C
Ulysses S. Grant Sweeney
Greenville County
South Carolina
Federal District Court
Rail yard masters urged to a 40 hour week nationwide
The board backed a 40 hour week for about 4,000 railroad yard masters across 66 major railroads represented by the Railroad Yard Masters of North America. It proposed an 18 cent hourly raise but rejected full maintenance of take home pay and time and a half for Sundays and holidays. Overtime would start after 40 hours weekly, with a aim for yard workers to have Saturdays and Sundays off where practicable. The report noted both sides were near agreement but left details to be worked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Mobile Port Shipping Rebounds With May Increase
Port of Mobile shows a rise in May handling 6 868 railway freight cars of foreign cargo since last September with exports up 43 percent from May 1949. State Docks Director E S Morgan cited a combination of factors as the cause of the pickup as imports continued climbing.
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Mobila
Mobile
E. S. Morgan
Bupceaier
BAK Eoe Ag
Morgan
U S Gives Philippines War Installations
U S military installations valued at 8 500 000 were given today to the Philippine government. They include utilities bar racks and other buildings at Fort McKinley and Nichols Field. Title remains with the United States but will revert to the Philippines in March 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
U. S
Fort McKinley
Nichols Field
Philippines
President Truman Watches Marines Display Fighting Power
President Truman visits Quantico to observe Marine units in a mock assault on a fortified beach using rifles flame throwers tanks and aircraft. He then views first of its kind helicopter assisted troop landings as part of the field demonstration after arriving aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
Truman
Marine Corps
Williamsburg
Potomac River
Hampton and Roos win semifinals in Birmingham golf
Favored Helen Hampton of Chattanooga defeats Mrs Harry Webb of Huntsville 3 and 2 to reach the final. Mrs Frank Roos of Mobile upsets Mrs Harold McCall of Tuscaloosa 4 and 3 to advance. Weibo Birmingham Country Club hosts the women’s invitation event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Helen Hampton
Chattanooga
Frank Roos
Mobile
Birmingham Country Club
Miss Hampton
Harry Webb
Huntsville
Roos
Harold McCall
Tuscaloosa
Fourteen Valley Youths Enlist in Armed Forces
Fourteen Valley youths enlist at the Decatur Army Air Force recruiting station per MSgt. Judd Mason. Enlistees in the Air Force include Hollis James, Arvil Moses, Louis Vaughan, Harold White, Edgar Pannel, Vernon Collins, Morris Baugh, and Lawrence Freeman. Additional enlistments include Willie Prince in the Air Force and William Brown, Robert Jackson, and William Winchester in the regular Army. White, a Morgan County High School senior, spoke of his lifelong Air Force motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Decatur Army Air Force
Judd Mason
Air Force
Hollis R. James
Lacon
Arvil L. Moses
Chestnut
Louis M. Vaughan
Twelfth Avenue East
Hartselle
Edgar Pannel
Somerville
Vernon Riley Collins
Capshaw
Morris D. Baugh
Athens
Robert M. Jackson
Mt. Hope
William J. Winchester
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Andrew Wiley
Nev
Lilmale
Loyd West
Sherman West
Decatur General Hospital
J.B. Wiley
Twilight McWhorter
Danville Road
James P. Bradford
Recorders Court
Liam Johnson
Namie‘ Store
J. B. Whitmire
Bernice Kay, Hartselle
A. L
Boyer
Fifth Avenue South
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
George M. Sims
Fourth Avenue East
E. C. Harrison
Third Avenue East
R. C. Hodges
Ora McDoyle
Decatur 3
Harry Bridges
Decatur 2
TVA
Isaac Johnson
Moulton
VFW
Somerville Road School
Shirley Ange
Elizabeth Pirie
Rita Baker
Pat Edwards
Pat Watkins
Wall Street
Catalina
Kedsmen
CHAMP
Panamas
Stetson
NOR East
REGAL
Patterson
Bank St
Dad
Norwood
Pop
Pennleigh
W.T. Grant CO
Second Avenue
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