Local News Briefs From Decatur and Surrounding Areas
Weather outlook calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with moderate variable winds along the coast. Community notices include several court docket items on prohibition law violations and reckless driving, plus a tonsillectomy at Ellis-Meyer Hospital. Building permits issued for a four room dwelling and a dwelling expansion with barbecue pit. visitors from Birmingham and Florida are in town. honors include a Montevallo college honor student. Military updates report Sgt Ott C Farris set to visit Florence and recruit for the Marine Corps. Pfc Roy L Matson wounded in action in Korea. local business and social updates wrap the page.
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Ott C. Farris
United States Marine Corps Reoffice
Florence
Decatur
Farris
U. S. Marine Corps
Hidden Airfield Raked By Allies
Allied fighter bombers struck a hidden communist airfield less than 100 miles north of western Korea. The Fifth Air Force said bombers damaged runways and fuel depots as red ground troops pressed attacks on heights guarding approaches to Seoul. Major James Crutchfield of Graceville Florida called the airbase the hottest target in North Korea.
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Milo Farneti
Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
James Crutchfield
Grace Ville
Fla
North Korea
Shift Of Envoys May Presage Red Cold War
Washington reports a Soviet diplomat reshuffle signaling potential major Kremlin moves aimed at splitting Britain and the United States. Experts weigh theories of renewed hard line diplomacy versus efforts to ease tensions and project new faces in London Washington Berlin and Peiping amid mounting Western strains.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Moscow
Britain
U.S
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Andrei Oe
Lenon
No. 3
Red Gromyko
V. M. Molotov
Politburo
Andrei Vishinsky
Kremlin
London
U. S
Berlin
Red China
Peiping
Germany
Korea
Refusal to Take Dare Costs Man His Life at Lake
Cullman police report 28 year old cab driver Curtis Kilpatrick drowned at Sportsman Lake near Cullman after accepting a dare to swim across. His companion Hansel Morgan watched as Kilpatrick went under and could not be saved. Divers recovered Kilpatrick's body from 12 feet of water after hours of searching.
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Cullman
Sportsman’s Lake
Curtis Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Hansel Morgan
Morgan
Venezuela rounds up 300 Communists after Moscow break
In a nationwide sweep, Venezuela detained about 300 Communists after severing diplomatic ties with Russia. Police shut Centro Venezolano Sovietico, accusing it of Communist propaganda. Two Russians linked to the Soviet embassy allegedly entered as couriers with special passports.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Russia
Centro Venezolano Sovietico
Moscow
Nikolai Yagoushhev
Mexico City
Two Florence youths burned in highway crash near Town Creek
At 2 PM Saturday a 1951 Mercury collided with a 1951 Dodge truck on Highway 101 six miles north of Town Creek. Paul Davis 18 and Luther Davis 16 suffered third degree burns and were hospitalized in Sheffield after the truck exploded and left occupants aflame. The Mercury was driven by M. R. Montgomery of Moulton with an unidentified passenger. the truck owner was See See.
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Florence
Paul
Luther Davis
Colbert County Hospital
Sheffield
Town Creek
Highway Patrol
Paul Davis
Jack Davis
Mercury
M. R. Montgomery
Moulton
Governor Goes On Road Patrol
Governor Gordon Persons joined highway patrol duties to study traffic dangers. Patrol Sgt. R C Brooks was forced off the road and overturned near Opelika on U S 231. The driver Sgt. Thomas E Holden faced reckless driving charges after side swiping Brooks.
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Ft. Benning
Joe Gafford
Holden
Brooks
Highway Patrol
Tom Carlisle
Carlisle
Dixiegops Accused by CIO Over Labor Stance
The CIO News accuses Senate Republicans and Southern Democrats of kicking American labor in the face amid the Byrd amendment and a 80 day no strike Taft Hartley order. The steel strike has cut production by 88 percent with nearly 30 million tons lost as Truman faces seizure options.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
CIO Today
Senate
CIO News
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
House
Congress
The
Labor Organization
CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
White House
Rhee Criticized by Russell During Campaign Stop
Senator Richard B. Russell visiting Des Moines in support of his presidential bid accused South Korean leader Syngman Rhee of unwittingly aiding the Communist cause through his stance toward the United States and United Nations. Russell urged respect for South Korea’s democratic process, noting the assembly elected Rhee and could choose a new leader who governs as a democrat.
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Des Moines
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Towa
Rhee
South Korea
United States
United Nations
Golden Atomic Ages Foreseen
President Truman linked atomic energy to a golden future while dedicating the first atomic powered submarine keel. He attacked Eisenhower as a bargain counter national security salesman and said only Soviet Russia blocks widespread atomic power for business, farms and homes.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Groton
Conn
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Reds Subdued By Tear Gas
American guards used tear gas grenades on three new prison stockades at Koje Island Korea as North Korean prisoners defied orders. Troops forced 900 rebels into a corridor near compound 606, seizing 15 Red leaders and freeing 273 prisoners who claimed anti-Communist stances. Earlier 500 inmates in another compound filed for fingerprinting but surrendered after gas volleys.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
Korea
Compound 606
Picket Line Formed At Farm Industries Plant
Employees of Farm Industries, Inc. staged a strike with pickets in front of the plant. Union representatives declined to comment, while company officials said the walkout began Friday afternoon. Unofficial reports cite wage and union membership as underlying issues.
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Farm Industries, Inc
C.so
Eisenhower Delivers Off-Cuff Detroit Speech Rallying Support
General Eisenhower told Detroit crowds he is strictly a no-deal man with no political debts while tossing aside prepared remarks. He urged unity against Communism and urged Americans to live by the Golden Rule as Michigan GOP delegates weigh influence in a tight convention fight.
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Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Olympia Stadium
Michigan
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
City Hall
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
Blast Earthquake Reported Near Philadelphia Area
Police scour the Southwest Philadelphia area to trace a reported blast earth quake that damaged Darby and prompted hundreds to rush outdoors. An airport tower reported a large blast from the air southwest of Philadelphia and observed shattered six by windows in Darby with no definite cause identified.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Darby
Philadelphia International Airport
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Alabama College
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Frank E. Terry
Hillsboro
Defense Department
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Marine Corps
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Cullman County
Lacon Mountain
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