Weather and community notes in Decatur Daily diary
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thundershowers and southeasterly winds along the coast. Lutheran Men meet Tuesday at 7 30. Rev John T Younger to speak at Westminster Church service today. Navy discharges include Robert Newsom and James A Roberts Jr at San Pedro and San Pedro respectively. Local visits and family news from Cullman Warrior Louisville and Fosterville areas. VFW Post 4190 to meet Monday night. Red Cross calls and hospital transfers noted. Diary page mentions Stamps Music School program in Dallas and upcoming church messages.
Robin Swift Is New Senator
Two Negroes slain. Versey Glass 29 died at Cedar Lake from a shotgun wound after confessing to his wife he killed Clara Mae Dancy. Her body was found hidden near the L and N tracks south of the Austinville crossing. Authorities say the death was tied to personal safety and subsequent self-inflicted gunshot wound by Glass.
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Versey Glass
Clara Mae Dancy
J. B. Whitmire
Glass
L. and N
Austinville Crossing
W. T. Willoughby
Bey
T. Howell
Whitmire
Cedar Lake
Decatur
Clara Mae Daney
Willoughby
Hye
Clara Mae
Justice of the Peace
George W. Norwood
Morgan County
Frank Sandlin
Bill Parker
W. C. Hunter
J. W. McCall
J. P. Dunlap
Austinville
L. and
Howell
Molotov Concedes Austria and Monitors Italian Crisis
Soviet foreign minister Molotov agreed to add Austria to the foreign ministers conference agenda and urged watching the Italian situation to prevent a rebirth of fascism. He reversed prior policy by saying Austria should be studied as a problem and cited 1943 Moscow declaration on Italy.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Austria
Molotov
Washington
France
Russia
Britain
Italy
Moscow
United States
Three Weeks Will Decide Peace Efforts in Paris and New York
A Baruch atomic control plan advances a U S peace framework as a Paris foreign ministers conference opens. Washington weighs atom progress and Paris talks for a cooperative settlement with Russia, warning of no simple path to lasting peace if powers fail to unite.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
United Nations
Bernard Baruch
Paris
Russia
New York
White House
State Department
Unions Start Back to Work After Averted Ship Strike
The CMU led by Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran announced a $2,000,000 strike fund and world wide meetings to prepare for new contract negotiations set for Sept. 30. Joint conferences with maritime unions of other nations are planned to avert future crises.
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Washington
CISO
Maritimes union workers return as ratification grips ports
Nation wide back to work moves followed a last minute settlement in Washington on the maritime wage dispute. About 30 000 NMU members in New York City voted to end the stoppage while Philadelphias 500 seamen ratified and Baltimore Charleston and Norfolk port towns resumed duties. Pacific coast ports remained largely idle awaiting referendum results and a Seattle strike affected 7 000 workers.
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Washington
Committee For Maritime Unity
New York City
National Maritime Union
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
S. C
CMU
NMU
Savannah
Mobile
Boston
Norfolk
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Truman Unveils 12 Point Plan to Unify Armed Services
President Truman proposed a 12 point program to unify the armed services with a single national defense department headed by a secretary of cabinet rank. He endorsed the plan as supported by the Army and Navy and noted progress toward compromise with Patterson and Forrestal.
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Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Naval— Committee
Department of National Defense
Council of National Defense
Patterson
Forrestal
Senate Military Affairs Comittee
Thomas
Utah
Hill
Ala
Austin
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Walsh
Mass
Expenditures Committee
White House
Council of Common Defense
National Security Resources Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central
Benjamin Martin Sr. Rites Today at First Baptist
Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Martin Sr. of Decatur will be held at 4 p.m. today at the First Baptist church with Rev. Jesse Rogers officiating. He died of a heart attack Friday at 1 p.m. at his home on Line Street after months of illness. Born August 18, 1881 near Leighton, he worked in the laundry business here for 41 years and held roles in the Southern Laundry Owners Association and Kiwanis. Burial is in the city cemetery. pallbearers include Warner Fussell and Paul Morrison.
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Benjamin Franklin Martin Sr
Decatur
Jesse Rogers
First Baptist Church
Martin
Line Street
Leighton
Lawrence County
Rising Sun Lodge
Southern Laundry Owners Asociation
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Baptist Church
City
Brown
Kiwanis Club
Rising Sun Lodge 29
Warner Fussell
New Orleans
Paul Morrison
Dave Perkins
Russia Key in Atom Plan Amid Debates at UN
United Nations atomic energy commission members signaled that approval of an international control plan would be a long process with Russia's attitude as the pivotal factor. The Baruch proposal would halt US bomb production and transfer atomic secrets to a world authority, contingent on major powers relinquishing veto rights and enforcing penalties for violations. российский делегат молчит. британские делегаты рассматривают дополнительные гарантии. See RUSSIA Page 2. Greenwood Park dedication marks Decatur city growth with Mayor H R Summer praising recreation efforts and the park land lease to West Decatur.
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Max Harrelson
New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
International Atomic Development Authority
Baruch
Security Council
Alexander Cadogan
Atomic Development Authority
Andrei A. Gromoyko
Moscow
Rus
Seneca Burr
West
Decatur
B. L. Malone
Greenwood
Quince Eddens
Park and Recreation Board
Greenwood Park Committee
Park Commission
Eddens
M. E. Edwards
W. J. Williams
Thomas Harvey
Leonard Moody
J.e.blair
Carl. Allgood
Joh McBride
Katherine Hoppers
Norman Laffey
Case Bill Backers Call Off Their Fight
Backers of the vetoed Case labor disputes bill say they will pause the effort and push a modified Truman emergency strike control plan instead. They aim to add only sections Truman accepts while holding off the Case measure until next year. Rep. Case and Rep. Cox dispute the surrender interpretation and insist they seek a constructive result rather than a vetoed bill.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Truman
Sas
Congress
Biemiller
D-Wis
Case
Rep. Case
R-Sd
Cox
D-Ga
Swift named to temporary Senate seat in Alabama
Fifty eight year old Robin Swift state highway director and lumber man was named to the late John H Bankhead’s Senate seat. Gov Chauncey Sparks announced the appointment and Swift will serve until November 5 when a successor is chosen. Rep John Sparkman and Rep Frank Boykin announced they will run in the special Democratic primary for the unexpired term. The state Democratic executive committee will set the primary date next Saturday with a runoff possible. early scheduling suggests August as the likely time. Swift’s career began in 1927 in the Baldwin county state house. he served in the state senate in 1935 and was renomination in last month’s Democratic primary.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robin Swift
South Alabama
John H. Bankhead
U. S. Senate
Swift
Chauncey Sparks
Bankhead
John Sparkman
Huntsville
Frank Boykin
Mobile
Senate
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Gessner T. McCorvey
Baldwin County
State House of Representatives
State Senate
Swift declines run for Bankhead vacancy in Senate
Robin Swift, newly appointed U S senator and Alabama highway director, says he will not run in November to fill the unexpired term of the late John H Bankhead. He would serve until voters choose a successor on Nov 5. Governor Sparks had limited interim appointees to non candidates, and Swift has been nominated for another state senate term starting January.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robin Swift
U. S
John H. Bankhead
Swift
Bankhead
Chauncey Sparks
State Senate
Swift Heads Alabama Highway Department War Era Plans
Gov. Sparks appointed the silver-haired Swift as head of the State Highway Department. During the war years plans advanced for Alabama's peacetime roadbuilding program, with contracts already set totaling over 10 million dollars. Simultaneously Rodgers was named highway director, replacing the assistant.
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Sparks
Swift
State
Alabama
Congress
E. N. Rodgers
Rodgers
Georgia seeks to dissolve Ku Klux Klan nationwide
Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook under Governor Arnall aims to dissolve the Klan as a national organization. He says the suit seeks to cancel the national charter and will be filed next week with Dan Duke assisting. Cook vows strong measures and plans to return from a New York hearing to proceed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Arnall
Ku Klux Klan
Eugene Cook
Cook
Dan Duke
New York
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