Decatur Area Weather And Community Notes
Partly cloudy weather continues across Alabama with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the east and south. Tennessee sees some cloudiness with a few thundershowers, low near 65 to 70, Saturday partly cloudy. Local notes include church services by Rev. Paul E. Sides and Rev. K. E. Cummins, plus plans for South Decatur Church of Christ services. Four building permits total $93,650 for June midperiod. Hospitals report admissions and discharges. local baseball tickets valid for weekend games. West Decatur playground opening under lights Saturday night at 8. Noons show 89 degrees, 91 high, and 83 at 8 am with zero rainfall. multiple residents listed for hospital care or medical updates. See DIAKY on Page 2.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Holland Woodard
Alabama Street
Lafayette
Vine
Murray Dodd
Ninth Avenue East
R. L. Nabors
Grant Street
Testimony Begins In Owen Preliminary 315 Shooting Case
In Lawrence County a preliminary hearing opened with witnesses including Gilbert Terry who described the May 7 cafe shooting at Owen s filling station near Courtland. Ed Mack Owen 36 is accused of fatally shooting Grady Terry 20 as bystanders watched.
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Gilbert Terry Jr
Grady Bert Terry
Lawrence County
Ed Mack Owen
Owen
Courtland
Ann Wright
Decatur
Grady Terry
Isaac Johnson
George Johnson
James F. Miller
Russell W. Lynne
Gilbert Terry
Charles Owens
L. V. Hughes
Cary Hotchkiss
Gilbert
Owen Smith
Ed Mack
Smith
Grady
Reynolds
Randal
Hughes
Fathers Having A Tough Time
Local merchants award prizes to new fathers including clothes ice cream cigars and diaper service. Doctors will notify Chamber of Commerce manager Bill Sims when the first baby arrives after midnight Saturday. The Daily plans to publish Dad and Baby photos Monday and possibly include Mom in the family group.
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Doc
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Lee Wok Tock
Investigate Before You Invest Warns Decatur Chamber Chief
D E Frederick chairman of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce retail merchants division urges investigation before soliciting. The new solicitation control plan, now in effect, aims to protect the public and curb unwarranted campaigns. A guiding pamphlet has been distributed and the solicitations committee will review proposals, granting a letter of fee if approved.
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D. E. Frederick
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Crer of Commerce
Harriman Named Special Assistant to President
President Truman announced W Averell Harriman will become special assistant to the President with duties to aid in the nation's international responsibilities. Harriman presently serves as United States special representative in Europe, with Milton Katz nominated to succeed him.
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Washington
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
United States
Europe
Milton Katz
Massache Eurepe
Cere
White House
Charles G. Ross
Wid
Ped Ghar
Harvard
Truman vetoes basing point bill amid pricing dispute
President Truman vetoed the basing point bill, arguing it would obscure existing pricing laws. The measure aimed to let sellers absorb freight and set uniform delivered prices, following a 1948 Supreme Court decision nullifying basing point practices and prompting congressional action.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Kerr Natural Gas
Supreme Court
Cement Institute
Congress
Umpires Get First Appreciation Week in Birmingham
The Birmingham News promotes Umpires Appreciation Week July 9 15 with free admission for city league umpires to Barons games in Rickwood Field. Fans will present gifts during the Southern Association event ending with a fan tribute.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham News
Ricka
Southern Association
Alabama Sweats Through Severe Heat Wave Hit by Southwest Air
Central Alabama baked as thermometers neared 97 degrees with Tuscaloosa and Lake See canes of tone among the hottest spots. Forecasters warned heat would persist as hot dry air from the Southwest drove the high readings across the state.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tuscaloosa Lake
Weather Bureau
Fresh Storm in Amerasia Case
Senator McCarthy escalates the Amerasia dispute accusing Deputy Undersecretary John Peurifoy of offering legal aid and loyalty clearance to a defendant in exchange for favorable testimony. Both men deny the charge as the case triggers renewed Senate probing amid a New York grand jury finding.
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Washington
McCarthy
Amerasia
Congress
Wisconsin Republican
John Peurifoy
Capitol Hill
Peurifoy
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
Larsen
New York
Justice Department
Amerasia Magazine
Grand
Senate Committee
Grand Jury
GOP Decides On Campaign Plan
Republican senatorial candidates align on a campaign plan focusing on alleged Communists in government, the Brannan farm plan, deficit spending, and proposed excise cuts. The survey by the Senatorial Campaign Committee and National Chairman Guy G. Gabrielson covers Iowa South Dakota and California results. Senator Millikin of Colorado leads the slate and faces possible opposition from Rep. John A. Carroll.
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Washington
Guy G. Gabrielson
Iowa
South Dakota
California
Millikin
Colorado
GOP
John A. Carroll
D-Colo
Joint Economic Committee
Truman
McCarthy
R-Wis
Amerasia Magazine
Congress
Gro
Excise tax cuts gain momentum in Congress
The fast moving drive for excise tax cuts advances with Senator Lucas urging Senate action on a near final House bill. The Senate House Economic committee backs cuts while warning of inflation and pressing curbs on red ink spending. House Ways and Means sketches a 1.1 billion dollar reduction on furs jewelry travel ads and movie admissions, offset by possible corporate tax boosts.
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Washington
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
House
Ways and Means
Senate
House Economic Committee
Truman
Power Firms Plan $500 Million Expansion Drive
C B McManus of Southern outlines a ten year program by four subsidiaries Georgia Power Alabama Power Mississippi Power and Gulf Power to spend over 500 million dollars on expanding electric power facilities. The plan aims to meet rising demand and the Southeast's economic growth with 1950 investments totaling 168 million dollars.
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Atlanta
Southern Company
C. B. McManus
Southern
Georgia Power Company
Alabama Power Company
Mississippi Power Company
Gulf Power Company
McManus
Southeast
Butterlogging Expected On Large Scale Next Month
Federal officials prepare to crack down on a nationwide wave of phoney butter sales next month. The FDA seeks nearly a million dollars to enlarge enforcement as 10 000 public eating places may sell oleomargarine as butter in violation of law.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
State National Bid Accepted for Four Toll Bridges
The Alabama Bridge Commission accepted a State National Bank of Decatur bid to issue bonds at 3.89 percent to finance four toll bridges totaling 2.5 million dollars. A Birmingham law firm warned the action could face legal attack while bids from three syndicates ranged 2.99 to 4 percent with up to 3 percent for marketing. Bridges include Dauphin Island link and others across Tombigbee, Tennessee, and Coosa rivers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Bridge Commission
Dauphin Island
Mobile
State National Bank of Decatur
Birmingham
Sadler and
Sadler
Commission
T. A. Crompton
Tombigbee River
Coffeeville
Silas
Clarke
Choctaw Counties
Tennessee
Stevenson
Jackson County
Coosa
Alabama
Verbena
Rockford
Alabama Trucking Fares Under Tight Limits, Senate Hears
Nathan Greenstein of Greenstein Trucking described repeated stops of a Florida bound poultry load in Alabama. He said a 45 foot limit was ignored, with a six inch excess fined $107. The driver altered the bumper to fit Alabama limits and faced further issues in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Nathan Greenstein
Greenstein Trucking Co
Pampano, Fla
Senate
Alabama
Florida
Omaha
Greenstein
Wisconsin
Birmingham Woman Dead From Burns
Mrs. Annie Willie Wadsworth died after being dragged from a blazing Birmingham apartment. She suffered severe burns while attempting to light a gas hot water heater. C. L. Webb, an insurance agent, helped to send her from the scene and inadvertently caused flames to ignite her clothing. She had been released from a hospital two days earlier.
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Ham
Ala
Annie Willie Wadsworth
C. L. “Webb
Seend
Soem
Wadsworth
Third American Taken By FBI
The FBI announced the arrest of David Greenglass a 28 year old former U S Army NCO from Albuquerque New Mexico seized in New York City on espionage charges tied to wartime atomic secrets A second arrest followed in Syracuse New York of Alfred Dean Slack a 44 year old chemist with ties to Fuchs espionage The wave included Dr Sidney Weinbaum a Caltech Jet Propulsion Lab scientist arrested in Pasadena for perjury about Communist ties The cases center on a Red spy network linked to British atomic scientist Fuchs and intermediary Harry Gold
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David Greenglass
U. S. Army
Albuquerque
N. M
Russia
New York City
Greenglass
U. S
FBI
Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred Dean Slack
Fuchs
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
England
New York
Sidney Weinbaum
California Institute of Technology
Weinbaum
Pasadena
Jet-Propulsion Laboratory
London
Gold
Red
Evangelist James Sharpe Killed In Hit By Truck Near Montgomery
Rev. James W. Sharpe 54, a Baptist prison evangelist formerly jailed for murder, was struck on the head by a passing truck mirror after stopping to check a flat on the Troy highway near Montgomery. He had just finished a revival at a Headland prison road camp and was from Bessemer. He was paroled 1942 and pardoned five years later.
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Montgomery
Ala
PA Baptist
Troy
Here
James W. Sharpe
Bessemer
W. B. Paiitter
Sharpe
Headland
Brown's Chapel
Approve Loan for Public Works in Washington
A public works loan is approved in Washington with an estimated cost of 29,000 dollars for a home finance project. The Southern railroad project seeks 360,000 dollars to proceed.
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Washington
Home Finance of Public Works
Ieee Ae Pia Race Southern Railroad
Eae
Federal Power Clears Path for Decatur Gas Delivery by Oct 15
Federal Power Commission approval clears the way for Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas to supply Decatur via an eight inch line from the Tri Cities. Construction priced around 1.5 million with contracts to Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia Decatur and Huntsville. First gas expected September with an interim rate of 3.00 demand and 1.65 cents commodity.
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Decatur City
Federal Power Commission
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Tri
Decatur
Huntsville
W. S. Estep
Alabama-Tennessee
Vernon Crockett
Sheffield
Tri-Cities
Leighton
North Alabama
Senators Hill
Sparkman
Bob Jones
Easter
Selmer Tenn
Liberty Bell replica to visit Decatur Wednesday
Barrett Shelton announces Morgan County volunteer group will host a Liberty Bell replica arrival in Decatur on Wednesday June 21. Officials plan a program with dignitaries and volunteers to mark the event and promote thrift and financial independence for Morgan County.
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Barrett Shelton
Morgan County Volunteer Savings Bonds Committee
Decatur
Shelton
Morgan County
Bellmasters
Liberty Bell
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E. S. Loyd, Sr
Canada
Loyd
H. D. Greer
Paul E. Sides
Columbus, Ga
First Church of the Nazarene
K. E. Cummins
OQ. E. Moss
South Decatur
James P. Bradford
Decatureneral Hospital
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Nellie Owens
Decatur 2
Decatur General Hospital
Margaret Palmer
Florence
James N. Bloodworth
Jimmie Wright
C. C. Wright
Danville 1
Thursy
Herman A. Horton
Oak Street
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Legion Field
Bob Gleason
Legion Baseball Club
Huntsville Boosters
Decatur Park and Recreation Board
West Decatur Playground
the Elks
White Way
TVA
L. L. Tuck
Decatur 1
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Robin Roberts
R. C. Roberts
Buena Vista Circle
Ernest Kerlin
Clifford Odom
Diaky
Moulton
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Virginia
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Robertson
Hutchinson
Byrd
National Editorial Association
Groton
Conn
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