Weather and church notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy outlook for today tonight and Friday with gentle to moderate winds along the coast. Sunday church service at Memorial Drive Methodist begins 10 55 with Rev R L Baker preaching on O Kingdom Of Joy. Wednesday ended Central Methodist daily vacation Bible school with over two hundred enrolled and thanks given to Mrs Julia Levin and thirty six helpers.
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Memorial Drive
Central Methodist Church
Julia Levin
Central Church
President Truman pushes Brannan farm plan this session
Washington reports President Truman urged quick passage of the Brannan farm program, seeking subsidies to bridge gap between market prices and a set fair return. He disputed Democratic conference delay talk and promised swift action on reorganization measures to accelerate Capitol Hill projects. Senate approved three amendments to the labor bill and began a fourth aimed at See BRANNAN on Page 2.
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Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Capitol
Lucas
Hoover Commission
House
Senate
Brannan
Truman Scoffs At Spy Scare And Espionage Trials
President Truman dismissed the spy scare as headline hunting and postwar hysteria while Justice Department prosecutions for espionage continued. Former official Alger Hiss faced perjury charges as John W. Davis testified on his character. Judith Coplon’s espionage trial proceedings were delayed to next day with her expected testimony as a key witness.
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Associated Press
Truman
Justice Department
Washington
Judith Coplen
Raymond P. Whearty
Miss Coplon
Davis
New York
John W. Davis
State Department
Alger Hiss
Seamen Wage Increases To Be Ratified By Unions
More than 60 000 seamen receive wage hikes in contracts by two CIO maritime unions and shipowners in New York. The settlements include a 750 monthly clothing allowance and must be ratified by union members. The old contract expired last midnight. In South Bend a Bendix strike continues for 58 days with no end in sight. On the West Coast CIO warehouse workers strike San Francisco area over higher wages, affecting about 6 000 workers across 200 firms.
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Associated Press
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
New York
National Maritime Union
American Radio Association
South Bend
Ind
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Ciouaw
West Coast
San Francisco
New Hate Club Now Reported
ATLANTA June 16. Hom er Loomis Jr convicted leader of the Columbians Inc accused with other former Columbians of heading a new hate organization the American Bilbo Club. An affidavit by Clarence H Knight 26 of Cobb county says Loomis aided by Loomis Sr formed the group while Loomis faced an a v trial before Judge Clark Edwards. Knight notes Loomis riot conviction on February 15 1947 and 12 months in prison and that the ABC emblem with letters ABC was attached to the affidavit. See NEW on Page 2.
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Atlanta
Homer Loomis, Jr
the Columbians, Inc
American Bilbe Club
Clarence H. Knight
Cobb
County
Loomis
Clark Edwards
Alberton
Fulton
William Hall
Hall
Edwards
Georgia
Homer L. Loomis
American Bilbo Club
Kight
ABC
Burl H. Blackwell Suicide at Oak Ridge
Burl H Blackwell 38 year old carpenter moved to Oak Ridge from Athens Alabama shot himself at the atomic energy plant Wednesday. Police Chief C T Vettel quoted Mrs Blackwell who found him in the bathroom with a shotgun wound in the chest after a gunshot. No motive established and no inquest reported. Blackwell had been employed at the plant.
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Burl H Blackwell
H Carpenter
Oak Ridge
Athens
Ala
Associated Press
C. T. Vettel
Blackwell
Victim of Raiders in Alabama Threatens Gun Usage
In Birmingham on June 16 a 31 year old white Navy veteran, Billy Guyton Stovall, said he would get a gun and knew how to use it after being flogged by a white robed gang. Stovall described six to eight hooded men dragging him from his home, driving him to a remote area, and beating him with a leather belt about 20 times. He said the attack occurred after they claimed he left his children alone and denied other accusations. He and his two children were at home when the assault happened, and Stovall walked home barefoot for about 10 miles before a car picked him up.
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Alabama
Billy Guy Stovall
Birmingham
Ala
Jimmy
Stovall
Billy Guyton Stovall
Elaine
John T. Caldwell
Montevallo School
A. R. Meadows
Florence
Jacksonville
Livingston
Troy
Dr. Meadows
Johnson Wins Salary Plea In Morgan County Case
The Alabama Court of Appeals upheld Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell ordering the Morgan Board of Revenue and Control to pay Circuit Solicitor George C. Johnson 485 in back salaries. The decision follows Johnson's 100 a month raise claim from 1947 tied to added duties. Morgan County plans to appeal while seeking a rehearing or certiorari.
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Alabama Court of Appeals
Newton B. Powell
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
George C. Johnson
Robert B. Harward
Ben Britnell
Britnell
Thomas G. Steele
Athens
Johnson
Sim L. Howell
Julian Harris
Court of Appeals
Alabama Supreme Court
Harris
Morgan Board
Morgan
Dixie optimism on Southeast business for third quarter
Livestock, grain, cement show mixed outlooks from Southeast shippers advisory board covering Alabama through Lifewithina, with carloadings forecast to fall 10.9 percent year over year but live stock up 20 percent, grain and flour up 15 percent, and chemicals up 5 percent.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Southeast Shippers Advisory Board
Representatives of Agriculture, Commerce, Finance, Industry
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Lifewithina
Alabama bill curbs investigators pay from specific appropriation
Alabama lawmakers moved to limit governor investigators to salaries funded only by a legislative appropriation, with the measure clearing the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee. The bill does not specify the number of investigators but imposes strict pay limits. House Ways and Means discussed appropriations for Alabama College at Montevallo and four state teachers colleges, seeking increases to cover operations and staff costs amid shrinking funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Finances and Taxation Committee
James S. Coleman
Greene County
James E. Folsom
Coleman
State Revenue Department
House
Ways and Means
Alabama College
Montevallo
Teachers ’Colleges
Paris Parley In Final Hours
The four power council of foreign ministers met for 90 minutes in a secret session. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky left the room as Western colleagues considered his remarks. A full later session was anticipated with briefing officers present to publicize proceedings.
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Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Four foreign ministers push Berlin and Austria deals
In Paris the Big Four foreign ministers pressed toward two broad agreements on Berlin and Austria. They aim to finish by tonight though US and USSR sources doubt completion before Saturday. Concrete Berlin arrangements under discussion would bar trade restrictions and revive East West Germany trade. They also tackle the Berlin railway strike and East West traffic issues in Berlin. Britain nears a five year trade pact with Yugoslavia. Belgrade says the pact may cover about $800 million. PARIS on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Austria
Germany
Britain
Ened Tite
Yugoslavia
London
Charles Peake
Belgrade
Sister of Slain Girl Breaks Down on Witness Stand
MILWAUKEE June 16 Mrs Kathleen Birmingham Babich broke down today while testifying that she had considered the possibility that her husband knew something about her slain sister disappearance. The 18 year old wife of Milton Babich is accused of murdering Patricia Birmingham. Babich lost her composure under cross examination by District Attorney William Mc Cauley. See SISTER on Page 2.
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Milwaukee
Kathleen Birmingham Babich
Milton Babich
Patricia
Birmingham
William McCauley
Two Injured in Area Accidents
Two persons were injured Wednesday in automobile accidents in Limestone and Lawrence counties with total vehicle damage estimated at 1350 dollars. In Decatur Demp D. Davis suffered a fractured pelvis and internal injuries when wet pavement caused a passing vehicle to skid into his pickup one and one half miles east of Courtland. Mrs Cleo Vay Pitts treated for minor abrasions at an Athens hospital after a collision eight miles east of Athens. Samuel Herman Hirsh of Atlanta skidded on the rain slick road into Davis as he passed on state highway 20 about 1:15 AM with 650 dollars to Hirsh and 1100 dollars to Davis in damage. Pitts reportedly passed Bloodworth on U S 72 when Bloodworth turned left, with Pitts's 150 dollars and Bloodworth's 100 dollars in damage. Pitts was found driving without a license. See TWO on Page 2.
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Limestone
Lawrence
Decatur
Demp D. Davis
Wheeler
Courtland
Cleo Vay Pitts
Nashville
Athens
L. S. Bryant
Atlanta
Samuel Herman Hirsh
Davis
Woman And Her Daughter Pushed From Moving Car
An Atlanta woman Mary McGuire, 35, and her daughter were beaten and pushed from a moving car on a Alabama highway near Abbeville. W. H. Wild, 37, of Atlanta, was arrested nearby on drunken driving and two counts of assault. The pair were en route to Panama City when the argument began. Both victims hospitalized with bruises and lacerations. neither in serious condition.
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Phenix City
Ala
Atlanta
Alabama
Russell County
Albert Fuller
Fuller
Mary McGuire
W. H. Wild
Abbeville
McGuire Vetster
Panama City
Fla
Wild
Ville
Decatur Bonds Sell At 2.94 Percent For New Schools
Decatur voters approved funds for a $1,500,000 serial bond issue to build a new elementary on Danville Road and a large high school near Delano Park. Bonds sold at 2.94 percent to a syndicate led by Sterne, Agee & Leach with first principal due in 1952 and semiannual interest. Occupancy hoped for fall term 1950 with tax proceeds covering retirement.
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Decatur
Walter G. Jackson
Sterne, Agee and Leach
Stubbs, Smith and Lombardo
Thorton Mohr and Company
First National Bank of Birmingham
First National Bank of Montgomery
Hendrix-Mayes
Watkins and Morrow and Company
Jackson
Danville Road
Delano Park
Meat Prices Show Decline Across Markets This Week
Retail meat prices eased slowly after a month of advances with wide regional variation. Wholesale quotes suggested moderate cuts for weekend shopping, while poultry and dairy held steady. Peas rose while snap beans cantaloupes celery and lettuce dropped. Lamb led declines up to nine cents per pound wholesale and six at retail as ample lamb supply aided by shipments from Kentucky and Tampa. Beef and pork prices also eased due to ample supplies.
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Kentucky
Tuamp
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