Weather and notices from Decatur area daily page
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and a cooler North portion Thursday. Cotton market quotes middling 36.75 and strict low 35.75 at Decatur. Kiwanis breakfast speaker L T Wagnon. Army recruiting reports Grigsby and Shores accepted for ordnance service. Miss Douthit returns from vacation in Tanner. several local residents travel or are noted for various activities. Church services and local club meetings announced. Morgan county unit of the Old Age Pension Association to meet Saturday.
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Decatur
The
Decatur Kiwanis Club
L. T. Wagnon
Morgan County
Hotel
Lyons
J. M. Engle
Alabama Old Age Pension Association
Peracope
Hope for End of Seatrike Brighter Now
Progress toward settling the American shipping tie up was reported on the West and East coasts as a union embargo entered its third day. Labor officials said considerable progress and tentative major‑issue agreements were reached with coast shipowners and unions including CSC and CIO groups.
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New York
John W. Gibson
Nathan Feinsinger
Labor Department
San Francisco
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
CSC
Feinsinger
CIO
Joseph P. Selly
Gibson
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Frank H. Taylor
Gulf Coast
Samuel J. Hogan
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Europe plan formed to draft postwar recovery program
Paris June 18 French and British officials announced approval to convene a European economic commission to draft a continental rehabilitation plan with American aid. A French cabinet spokesman said a joint invitation would go to the Soviet Union to join the commission, formed after talks between Georges Bidault and Ernes Bevin. The discussions align with Secretary of State George C. Marshall’s call for Europeans to initiate a recovery program following his Harvard speech on June 5.
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Paris
France
Britain
Marshall
Europe
Harvard University
Flood Bill Passes Senate to Aid Flooded Regions
The U S Senate approved an emergency 15 million dollar flood aid bill in under a minute to assist midwestern and other flood damaged areas. The measure, already passed by the House, now goes to the President for signature.
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Washington
Senate
Marion H Forcheimer dies suddenly in Mobile
Marion H. Forcheimer 58 a Mobile businessman died suddenly of disease at his home. He led the M. Foden Flour Co Ltd and the M. Forcheimer Grocery Co. Survived by his widow one daughter his mother and a sister.
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Mobile
Marion H. Forcheimer
Toda
M. Foden Flour Co., Ltd
M. Forchheimer Grocery Co
Truman To Decide Labor Bill Friday
President Truman plans a Friday message to Congress on the labor union control bill and will act whether he signs or vetoes. Mail volume shows a heavy majority favoring a veto, with hopes House overrides possible despite Senate uncertainty.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Eben Ayers
White House
Ayers
House
Senate
Halleck
Rayburn
Tex
Hatch
D-N. M
Ives
Two Negroes Rob Motorist in Birmingham Hold Up
Cleve Houston, circulation manager for The News and Age Herald, was robbed by two armed Black men who forced him from his car at a downtown light, drove him around for an hour, then released him with threats to shoot if he informed police. His car was later found abandoned. he lost $29, a watch, and a hat.
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Birmingham
Cleve Houston
Bessemer
News and Age-Herald
Houston
Pratt City
Limestone plan to abolish county fee system and raise salaries
In Limestone county a legislative proposal by Senator David A. Patton and Representative Bunyan D. Broadwater would abolish the county fee system and set most full time officials at a $3,600 yearly net salary. The plan covers probate judge sheriff tax collector tax assessor superintendent of education and Limestone county court judge with expanded powers and jurisdiction. The sheriff would have jail residence use two county cars and four full time deputies funded by the county.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
David A. Patton
Bunyan D. Broadwater
Coats Off Summer Proclaimed For Athens Men
Athens Alabama June 18 1947 Mayor R H Richardson proclaimed Coats Off Summer for all male inhabitants and visitors to Athens under the Limestone County Junior Chamber of Commerce. The measure aims to end the wearing of coats during hot weather effective immediately for the duration of the heat.
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Athens
Ala
R.H. Richardson
Ney
Limestone County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Thomas G. Steele
Alabama
Morgan County Tops Cancer Fund Drive in Alabama
Morgan county surpassed its quota by more than 102 percent in the American Cancer Society drive led by E. W. McLeod with help from Mrs. W. P. Baugh and Mrs. Bertha Timberlake all of Decatur. Mrs. Ray Meade, state commander, praised their outstanding effort and noted funds support education service and research to reduce Alabama cancer deaths.
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Morgan County
Ray Meade
American Cancer Society
E. W. McLeod
W. P. Baugh
Bertha Timberlake
Decatur
McLeod
Baugh
Lee
Mrs. Meade
Alabama
Montgomery payments drop under G L Bill of Rights
The Alabama unemployment aid shows a decline from last year with total benefits reduced to 1 353 740. Recipients rose from 18 745 to 18 170, while earlier in the week reports noted civilian unemployment payments increasing from 598 000 to 675 000 reflecting shifting aid figures.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. L
Darnley
Death in Athens cafe shootout over one dollar debt
Turner Meals, 25, a Negro cook, was killed at six o'clock Tuesday night at an Athens cafe by George Maclin, 27. Maclin fired three shotgun blasts after claiming James Moore owed him a dollar. Maclin, who had borrowed Daley’s shotgun, was captured by police and jailed on a first degree murder warrant. Preliminary hearing set for Friday, June 27.
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Turner
Athens
George Maclin
Meals
Maclin
James Moore
Mears
Atha Daley
Daley
Frank Johnston
Johnston
Limestone
Scales Named Chairman of Two-State Cottonseed Board
Charles M. Scales, Decatur businessman and operator of the Home Oil mill, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Alabama-Florida Cottonseed And Peanut Crushers Association now meeting in Pensacola Florida. R. E. Binion of Birmingham was elected president and T. R. Cain of Montgomery was reelected executive secretary.
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Charles M. Scales
Decatur
Alabama-Florida Cottonseed and Peanut Crushers Association
Pensacola
Fla
Associated Press
R. E. Binion
Birmingham
T. R. Cain
Montgomery
Langford Admits to Killing in Savannah Case
William Matthews Langford, 29, confessed to a murder in Savannah as stated by Solicitor Andrew J. Ryan Jr. The wording and details suggest a confession connected to a marriage dispute or related crime, with Earnest L. referenced in the record.
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Savannah
William Matthews Langford
Andrew J. Ryan Jr
Earnest L
Strike Averted As Third Arbitrator Named
Atlanta reports a threatened transportation strike was dodged after leaders and Georgia officials agreed to appoint a third arbitrator, Dean William H. Hepburn of the University of Alabama law school.
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Atlanta
Georgia
William H. Hepburn
University of Alabama Law School
Dangers Seen in Levying of New Taxation
Alabama business leaders protested proposed expansion of a 2 percent sales tax to many exempted items. Samford warned taxes must not deter growth, while DeBardeleben Neal Rouser argued higher levies would worsen mine and coal industry disadvantages.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Ways and Means
House of Representaives
Samford
Frank Samford
Birmingham
State Chamber of Commerce
Henry T. DeBardeleben
DeBardeleben Coal Corporation
Debardeleben
Phil Neal
Alabama By-Products Corporation
I. W. Rouser
Alabama Mining Institute
Neal
Old Age Tax Frozen Again as House Backs Two Year Pause
The House passed a unanimous bill to freeze the social security payroll tax at current rates for two years. If the Senate and President Truman approve, the move blocks a planned automatic increase totaling about $2 billion annually starting January 1. The bill also provides tax hikes later, raising to 1.5 percent in 1950 and to two percent in 1957, with current revenue around $1.5 billion annually.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Parker Heads Jaycees Here
Charles H. Parker was elected president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and will take office July 1 succeeding Ned Frazier. Alvis G. Briscoe and Sam H. Malone Jr. were named 1st and 2nd vice presidents with a six month board term for several members and one year terms for new officers under a constitutional amendment. Parker was away at the Jaycee national convention in California with Hugh K. Doak and Mahlon Trimble.
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Charles H. Parker
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ned Frazier
Alvis G. Briscoe
Sam H. Malone Jr
Greystone Cafe
John Giles
Herman Nebrig
Newton Powell
Guinnie Puckett
Frank Whisenant
Jaycees
Delano Park
George Weeks
Thre State
Jaycee
Palmer Services Friday Evening
Mrs. W. J. Palmer aged 66 died recently and was found at the Martin residence in line Street. Funeral services are planned Friday evening in Atlanta by Patterson Funeral home with Brown Funeral company handling burial preparations. Survived by son Paul Palmer of Atlanta and two daughters Mrs. Harold Little of Atlanta and Mrs. Stephen H. Anderson of Timmonsville.
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W. J. Palmer
Atlanta
Patterson Funeral Home
Paul Palmer
Harold Little
Stephen H. Anderson
Timmonsville
S. C
Rotary Club Names New Committees for Year
Frank Stone president elect of the Decatur club has announced new committees for the coming year. He succeeds J. Stanley Wyatt who served through 1946 1947. Assignments include Aims and Objects with Stone as chairman Oscar Napps H R Classification with Sam Brown and others. Fellowship chaired by W J Duncan and Eugene Dugger. See CLUB on Page 3.
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Frank Stone
Decatur Rotary Club
Stone
Creations
J. Stanley Wyatt
Aims and Objects
Oscar Napps
H.R
Father kills two children then shoots neighbors in Miami
In Miami on June 18, cafe operator Chris Russell, 59, confessed to killing his son and daughter after fearing they would be placed in a home. He allegedly shot at neighbor Mrs. Freppenen and at others before police intervened. two adults were wounded. Russell, held at police headquarters, faced possible charges as investigators noted his troubled behavior and prior juvenile records.
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Miami
Fla
John L. Deas
Chris Russell
Peggy Russell
John Russell
Walter L. Wolfe
Jackson Memorial
Russell
Deas
B. Freppenen
Wolfe
W. Ira
Haslett
Mrs Chrissinger Called by Death
Mrs. James I. Chrissinger, 86, died Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral or memorial arrangements will be announced by Brown. She was long a resident of Decatur and is survived by a sister Mrs Owen Cook of Eyton IL a nephew Roy Sheets Evansville IN and a niece Joe Young of Melbourne FL.
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James I. Chrissinger
Brown
Chrissinger
Decatur
Owen Cook
Eyton
Roy Sheets
Evansville
Ind
Joe Young
Melbourn
Fla
Goodyear Dealers Attend Three Day School
Eighteen independent Goodyear Tire & Rubber dealers attend a three day school at Hotel Lyons. The event runs through Thursday and includes training sessions and product insights.
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Goodyear
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Hotel Lyons
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