Weather and community notes from Decatur district
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Alabama and Tennessee with scattered thundershowers. Local items report a marked parade of hospital discharges and births, school and church notices, and several residents traveling to conferences in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Corporal Milford Cross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bolan Cross, recent sharpshooter with 166 of 200 on Osaka Castle range, is with the 25th Infantry Division. Joe Barthelemy, proprietor of The Louisanne, may have received a long distance Father’s Day call from Elberta, Canada. Public hearing on paving Eighth Avenue West set for tonight.
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Milford Cross
Bolan C. ‘Cross
Keeler
Osaka Castle
Osaka
Honshu
Japan
Cross
25Th Quartermaster Company
25Th Infantry Division
Joe Barthelemy
Louisanne
Joe
Joe Jr
Elberta
Canada
Goud
Standard Oil Company
Rent Control Extended as Tax Bill Moves Ahead
A six month extension of rent control was approved by a senate house conference committee, while the Ways and Means Committee trimmed the tax on economy cigarettes. President Truman may request 300 million dollars for a hydrogen bomb, and the Senate readies a vote on a broader social security program. The peacetime draft act extension also opens for debate as urged by leaders.
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Washington
Senate House Conference
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Congress
Senate
Doughton
D-Nc
Rayburn
White House
Fruman
Lucas
Illinois
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Millikin
R-Colo
Mobile bus strike talks continue in Alabama
Mobile officials and AFL street rail and motor coach employees union meet under State Labor Director R R Wade to settle a five day bus strike. Federal conciliator John L Cone of Atlanta departed after repairs broke down and caused delays.
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Mobile
Ala
R. R. Wade
Mobile City
AFL
Ahe
John L. Cone
Atlanta
Heat Deluge Tops Alabama With Record Temperatures
No relief from heat as Alabama endures two more days of blistering weather. Thermometers hit 99 at Selma Evergreen and Tuscaloosa while Birmingham reached a record 96. In a separate item Roy Gholson, 16, of Bayview attempted a creek dive and could not swim. Inez Gilmore, a local Black resident, drowned in the War with no further details.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Selma
Evergreen
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Ester
North Alabama
Roy Gholson
Bayview
Inez Gilmore
Man Smashes Drive In and Then a Truck in Morning Crash
Marvin Rivers an employee of B Denbo reportedly drove a 1936 Dodge into the 31 Drive In restaurant at about six A M then struck a 1947 Studebaker truck owned by J W McCant and parked near his home. Damage estimated at 800 to the building 100 to the truck and 200 to the car. Police Chief J B Whitmire notes potential DWI penalty up to 100 or 100 days. Investigating officers include Sgt J T Broadrick and Cpls J E Simp and Ernest Bowman.
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J. B. Whitmire
Marvin Rivers
River
Drive- Inn
B. Denbo
Rivers
Studebaker
J. W. McCant
Midwest Chill and Flood Warnings Persist Across Regions
The region records chilly weather with highs around 55 and lows near 36 in Wisconsin and Illinois, while the Pacific Northwest braces for flood risks as rivers rise. National guardsmen assist dikes in Idaho as Bonners Ferry reports 8 feet above flood stage and Columbia River may reach 24.3 feet at Vancouver this week.
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Pacific Northwest
Kootenai
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
National
Weather Bureau
Columbia River
Vancouver
Wash
Sentencing Of Labor Official Postponed
In Mobile Alabama on June 19 a former labor official facing conspiracy to assault a WABB engineer Dean Durham at the transmitter station had sentencing postponed for a week while counsel reviews the case. Trial dates for four others are not set and may move to the fall with circuit court proceedings continuing.
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Mobile
Ala
WABB
Dean Durham
Robert Vogeler May Be Freed This Week
Vienna reports indicate Robert A. Vogeler American business executive jailed in Hungary on espionage charges may be released within several days. Hungarian officials have given no firm promise, but transfer to U S officials on Tuesday or Wednesday is possible.
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Vienna
Austria
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Vogeler
U. S
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lucile
New York
Bob
Sanders
Prese
MacArthur Calls for Material Help for Formosa
General Douglas MacArthur urged prompt U S material aid for Formosa during high level talks in Tokyo. He outlined plans to Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and General Omar Bradley and discussed a possible early separate peace with Japan and keeping U S bases. The talks focused on military needs with political issues to be tackled by John Foster Dulles.
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Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Tokyo
United States
Far East
Louis Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Japan
MacArthur
Orient
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Shigeru Yoshida
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Europe
Ruhr
Communist Party
North West
Phalia
Vienna
Bert A. Vogeler
U. S
Hungary
Vogeler
Quake Tremors Felt In Knoxville Area
Rumbling earthquake tremor stirred residents within about a 15 mile radius from Knoxville to Maryville Tennessee last night. No injuries were reported and authorities noted shaken buildings. State Highway Patrol said its division headquarters was rattled and communications centers were flooded with calls. No damage reported early today.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Here
Maryville
State Highway Patrol
Tax Boost Of Half Billion To Go Before Committee
Washington reports that the House Ways and Means committee rejected a proposal to cut the federal tax on economy brand cigarettes and cleared the way for a vote on raising corporate taxes by about 500 million dollars annually. The move aims to avoid a veto by offsetting revenue with higher taxes elsewhere, amid administration concerns.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Milk strikes ease as Washington dairy talks settle
Washington dairy workers win a 5 12 day week with the same six day pay, and Sunday closings are dropped. A nearby western Pennsylvania six day strike continues as deliveries fail in seven counties near Pittsburgh. Los Angeles bakery workers join a 35 hour week demand while AFL transit walkouts disrupt city life.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
California
Portland
Seattle
Bremerton
Everett
Wash
AFL
Washington
Dairies
Five In Danger As Boat Burns In Tennessee River
Five Decatur youngsters faced danger when their boat motor caught fire on the Tennessee River. All escaped unharmed after being rescued by Robert Lovelady aided by a life preserver while Elizabeth Pirie, unable to swim, relied on flotation. The two weeks old motor and wooden seats were destroyed.
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Decatur
Tennessee
J. D. Davis
Robert Lovelady
Jack Davis
Sandra Davis
Darwin Davis
Elizabeth Pirie
Evelyn Hunt Sanders
Newnan
Elizabeth
Davis
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Three drownings occur in Morgan County within 24 hours
Howard Niles of Oden Ridge dies while swimming at Red Bank branch near Decatur. In another incident near Claybridge at the Morgan Madison line, Cricket Youngblood and Leona Woodard drown when their flat bottom skiff overturns with five aboard. The group had been in Decatur seeking work and were returning home when the tragedy struck.
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Morgan County
Red Bank Branch
Decatur
Howard Niles
Oden Ridge
Cricket Youngblood
Leona Woodard
Claybridge
Morgan-Madison Line
Cecil
Deer Springs
Death toll climbs from Alabama weekend accidents
Eleven people died in Alabama incidents over the weekend, five by drowning or water incidents along the Tennessee river and Warrior river, four in auto crashes, and two from a train and a fire. Names include Leona Woodward Crickett Youngblood Raymond Cowen Inez Gilmore Roy Gholson Henry Almaroad John Kennemer Henry Clay with fatalities across Madison County Tuscaloosa Anniston Athens Heflin. Military police and coast guards searched rivers for missing divers.
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Alabama
Madison County
Tennessee River
Leona Woodward
Crickett Youngblood
Whitesburg
Raymond Cowen
Redstone Arsenal
Coast
Henry Almaroad
Anniston
John Kennemer
Athens
Ala
Henry Clay
Heflin
Alabama lawmakers adjourn no action after special reapportionment session
In Montgomery Alabama the 1947 special session ended without passage of reapportionment measures or a sine die adjournment. Governor James E Fol som urged action to expand the Senate to 67 seats or call a constitutional convention. He criticized 1901 rules and warned the lame duck legislature to fulfill its oath.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
James E. Folsom
House
Folsom
Broughton Lamberth
Tallapoosa County
Lamberth
R. J. Lowe
Madison
J. C. Inter
State Supreme Court
Tennessee River
Gulf
Chattahoochee River
Mississippi Line
Decatur Census Effort Checks 200 Prospects to Boost Figures
Decatur workers began checking over 200 prospects for the census to raise the city population beyond 20 000. Early April misses were reported by cards and calls to The Daily indicating more than 200 people were omitted. Checkers aim to present a report to the Huntsville census office.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Eene
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Tom Lovett
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Decatur General Hospital
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Howard Patton
Decatur 3
Decatur General
J. R. Campbell
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
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H.R. Summer
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Virginia Beach
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Robert Vogeler
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Red Bank
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Eva 1
Levoyd
Cecil Bogle
H. L. Drinkard
Daily
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