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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
1
Weather Outlook and Local Notices From Decatur
Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon night and Saturday with scattered thundershowers in Alabama. District engineer Robert W. McCracken was in Birmingham on business. Mr. and Mrs Hugh Strickland and two children of Tupelo Miss arrive for visit with Mr and Mrs Conrad Strickland. They are joined by Julian Jervis. Mr and Mrs Oneal Sharp and daughters depart for Anderson Ind to attend the Church of God international camp meeting. The Sharp children visit relatives in Somerset Ky while parents attend the meeting. Bill Sims leaves for Chapel Hill NC to attend Southeastern Institute of the Chamber of Commerce. He graduates this year and will teach and serve on examinations committee as school term runs June 17 to 23. Father’s Day sermon by Dr P D Wilson at First Methodist at 10:55 AM with evening sermon on “The Majesty of Morality” at 7:30 PM. Private Clifton Hurley of Moulton graduates from Brooke Army Medical Center and will be reassigned or join a hospital unit. Vacation Bible school program at Central Baptist closes Friday night at 7:30 PM directed by Bettie Shannon. Mrs Jane Taylor of Bowling Green KY visits Decatur this week. See DIARY On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sims
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chapel Hill
N. C
Southeastern Institute of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
University of North Carolina
Sims
P. D. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Clifton Hurley
B. Hurley
Moulton
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Central Baptist Church
Bettie Shannon
Howard College
Johnson says fear of recognizing Reds shaped policy
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson told the Senate MacArthur inquiry that he feared U S moves toward recognizing Red China and possible UN membership for communists. He defended MacArthur's Inchon decision and questioned early State Department drafts on China and Formosa in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis Johnson
Secretary of Defense
United States
China
Johnson
Senate
MacArthur
State Department
United Nations
Security Council
Douglas MacArthur
Inchon
Korea
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Chiang Kai- Shek
Defense Department
Formosa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Korea
Mac- Lee Johnson
Dean Acheson
Acheson
White House
Alabama Heart Chapter Donates Funds for Cardiac Research
The Morgan chapter of the Alabama Heart Association contributes 500 dollars to a cardiac catheterization research program at the Medical College of Alabama Birmingham. Funds, joined by other chapters, will support Dr. Richard Bing's catheterization salary. County chapter allows any doctor to send patients to the Birmingham heart clinic for Dr. Bing’s services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Alabama Heart Association
Medical College of Alabama
Birmingham
Heart
Richard Bing
Bing
Murder Charge In Death Of Girl Review
In Wedowee Alabama the Randolph county grand jury will review murder charges in the poison death of a four year old girl. Audrey Holloway 42 bound over on a murder count with bond set at 1500. Geraldine Sheppard the victim’s name. Corinne Sheppard and Aubrey Holloway also arrested. Insurance on the girl noted by deputy sheriff. Jury meets in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedowee
Ala
Randolph County
H. M. Britton
Audrey Holloway
Geraldine Sheppard
Corinne Sheppard
Aubrey Holloway
Britton
E. L. Chase
Armed Convicts Still At Large
Three armed youths from Draper prison near Montgomery kidnapped a woman and two children in a bid for freedom. The fugitives Charles Roland Campbell 19 Crampton Wright 22 Fred Noe 16 were identified as part of a five prisoner escape. A 100 mile wild ride ended with Mrs Cargile and her son and a friend found safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
Highway Patrol
Draper
Montgomery
Charles Roland Campbell
Bessemer
Crampton Harris Wright
Childersburg
Fred Noe
Anniston
Noe
Draper Grave Pit
Arnie Joe Chambers
Charles
Cindy Gober
General Rains Begin Over Parched Alabama
Rain spreads across Alabama after two months of drought with the Western portion receiving light falls and forecasts of statewide showers today and tonight. Crop losses statewide are estimated at 150 million dollars, with temperatures ranging from 87 at Muscle Shoals to 92 at Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Frank Stewart
Muscle Shoals
Mobile
Wage Board approves nine cent GE wage hike in U S
The Wage Stabilization Board approved a nine cent hourly increase for 100,000 General Electric workers not covered by the CIO IUE cost of living clause. The decision, via the review and appeals board, aims to restore pre pact relations between GE unions and salaried workers. About half the workers were unorganized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
General Electric Corp
Cio-International Union of Electrical Workers
CIO
Wage Board
Rent Controls Extended By Senate Committee
Senate banking committee moves to extend federal rent controls beyond June 30 and cover critical defense areas. No time limit set. Decision to avoid commercial property controls. state local rents stay unless national standard exceeded for six months. Designation of critical defense areas by Defense Secretary and mobilization chief. likely includes army camps and key defense production centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Benton
D-Conn
Keep Alabama Green Campaign For Fall
A keep Alabama green campaign to prevent forest fires will start early this fall. Approved by the Alabama Forest Products Association board in Hartsboro the program is a cooperative effort of schools civic and farm groups individuals and state agencies. President W A Belcher estimates 2000 or more will attend the Montgomery launch this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Forest Products Association
Hartsboro
W. A. Belcher
The
Forest Products Association
Flood Damage Estimated At 1.27 Million Along Tombigbee And Warrior
Alabama suffered heavy rain flooding with Colonel W. K. Wilson Jr. estimating spring flood damage at 1.268 million dollars along the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Col. W. K. Wilson Jr
U. S
Tombigbee
Warrior Rivers
President Rhee Works Rice Paddy on Farmer's Day
President Syngman Rhee, 76, labored in a rice paddy in Pusan as South Korea marked Farmer's Day amid ongoing food shortages. The completion of tasks was reported as a symbol of national resolve despite the drought and economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Car Overturns On Slick Road Driver Unhurt
Cpl. Bill Daily of Decatur escaped injury when his 1947 Chevrolet sport coupe overturned two to three times on U S 31 between Falkville and Cullman. The air force serviceman, returning to Lawson Air Force Base near Columbus, Ga, said he was traveling about 60 mph on slick pavement and managed to stop the vehicle. Daily, who enlisted ten months ago after graduating from Decatur High School, was unhurt and expected to return to base Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Bill Daily
Decatur
U. S. 31
Falkville
Cullman
Clifton Daily
Lawson Air Force Base
Columbus
Daily
Air Base
Air Force
Decatur High School
Price-Cutting Debate Reaches Alabama Legislature
The Alabama legislature considers a bill to ban selling cigarets below cost aimed at big chains to curb price-cutting. The measure, sponsored by Sen Lawrence K Andrews, says not a fair trade law and aligns with a 3 percent sales tax plan debated in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullock County
Lawrence K. Andrews
Andrews
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
Houses
Edith Bailey
Gadsden
Jefferson County
James Adams
E. W. Skidmore
Tuscaloosa
Amos Jones
Lauderdale
Judson Locke
Perry
James H. Faulkner
Baldwin
House
Jesse Adams
Dale
Fire at Montreal Hospice for Aged and Orphans
A five story Hospice St. Cunegonde in midtown Montreal caught fire. Within an hour 40 people remained trapped as four floors burned and roof sections collapsed. Firefighters rescued many occupants while nuns and a priest assisted in evacuations. two deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Hospice
George Tyler Dies in Field at Arab Marshall County
George Tyler a 59 year old farmer of Arab Marshall County was found dead Monday evening beside a cultivator plow after lunch. He leaves a widow Mrs Francis Tyler and multiple children including sons Ber ford Herman Milford Gary Harold and daughters Geneiva Couch and Josie Fay. Funeral services were held June 13 at Union Grove Morgan County conducted by Rev Rollings Clemmons with burial at Pruitt s Brown Service Funeral Home Arab directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tyler
Marshall County
Tyler
Francis Tyler
Berford
Herman
Milford
Gary
Lacey
Spring Rt. 1
Harold
Camp Edwards
Mass
Geneiva Couch
Redstone Park
Huntsville
Josie Fay
Union Grove
Morgan County
Rollings Clemmons
Albertville
Pruitt
Brown
Arab
Search for missing man after drowning report near Arkansas River
Ben Stofer was among spectators as police and firemen searched the Arkansas river bank for a man believed drowned. Mrs Stofer and two friends alerted authorities after failing to locate him while fishing, planning to leave when the alarm was raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson, Kas
Ben Stofer
Arkansas River
UN Tank Columns Meet Battle On Central Front
Fresh Red troops dig in on rain swept eastern Korea ridges as UN tank columns clash on the central front. Patrolling units advance toward Kumsong while Chupa and Kumhwa patrols engage Chinese forces amid intermittent fire. U N fighter bombers hit Reds on the Kumsong river bank as North Korean artillery lambasts the new Red defense line. Western front patrols extend four miles with light contact. Secretary Finletter says US could counter Chinese air power with planes in Japan and Korea, while Reds may have 3,000 planes in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Kumsong
Chupa
Kumhwa
U. N
George A. McArthur
Yanggu-Inje
McArthur
Yanggu
Inje
Stan Carter
U. S. Eighth Army
Kumhwa-Chorwon-Pyong¢ang
Iron Triangle
Finletter
Korea
Suwon
Seoul
Wedemeyer Granted Retirement as Sixth Army Chief
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, 56, has been granted retirement by the Department of the Army. He will be relieved as Sixth Army commander on July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Department of the Army
Sixth Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert W. McCracken
Southern Bellelephone Co
Birmingm
Hugh Strickland
Tupelo
Conrad Strickland
Julian Jervis
Oneal Sharp
Wanda
Shirley
Decatur 2
Anderson, Ind
Church of God
Helen
Hugh
Brenda Sharp
Mrs
Lloyd Sharp
Somerville 1
Anderson
Ind
Jane Taylor
Bowling Green
Kentucky
J. A. Taylor
Floyd Miles
Wage Board UK
UPI
Chorwon
U. S. Fortenberry
Atlanta
Glenn Troutman
Herndon
Georgia
Pfc
Luther H. Story
Americus
Home For
Clen Clements
Tokyo
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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