Weather outlook and local notes from Decatur and area
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers forecast for northwest today and for north and west tonight and Friday in east and south. Not quite as warm in northwest tonight and north and west central portions Friday. Moderate southerly winds along the coast. Mrs. James H. Abrams of Whitmire South Carolina visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Weaver in Decatur. Mrs. J. F. Compton and Mrs. Robert Matthews of Demopolis Alabama visiting the Weaver home. Sgt. Ellis E. Brown receives his discharge aboard the La Grande Victory after fourteen months in the Army. His wife Evelyn Brothers Brown and sons Don and Jerry reside in Danville. Wallace Flannagan, seaman second class, aboard USS Blue Ridge, will take part in atomic tests at Bikini Atoll carrying observers. City Clerk Joe Pettey confirms the anti noise ordinance remains in effect. Vernon McGwier returns from New York on Belk-Hudson business. Hoss Burns reports on remedies and jokes about turpentine. Decatur residents John H. Russell and D. E. Braswell visit on business. Chief of Police J. B. Whitmire returns from Peace Officer’s Convention in Montgomery. Two building permits issued: Lonnie Reese to build a four room and bath home at 600 East Moulton Street ($1,800) and Pearl and Bessie Baker to build a $2,500 five room frame house at 1200 Seventh Street. Linda Webb, Missah Webb, and Janie Ruth Sharp noted in music school activities in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis E
Buster) Brown
E. A. Brown
Evelyn Brothers Brown and Sons
Don and
Jerry
Danville
Joe Pettey
Lonnie Reese
Moulton Street
Pearl
Bessie Baker
Seventh Street
Vinson Fight Aims To Open Confirmation Debate
Senator Moore signals possible floor remarks as the Senate Judiciary Committee approves Fred M. Vinson as the 13th Chief Justice. McCarran reports unanimous panel support aside from one member seeking to speak on the floor. Creel’s complaint over a receiver ship case paused deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moore
D.-Okla
Fred. M. Vinson
United States
Vinson
Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D.-Nev
Senate
Edmund J. Creel
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert H. Jackson
Senator Ferguson Outlines Pearl Harbor Report Focus
Senator Ferguson of Michigan described fixing responsibility as the toughest issue in the months long congressional Pearl Harbor investigation. He said other points were less difficult but pinpointing where individual responsibility began and ended raises delicate questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ferguson
Mich
Pearl Harbor
Grand Mufti Gets asylum in Egypt
Egypt will grant asylum to Haj Amin al Husseini the Mufti of Jerusalem foreign minister Lub the decision cited the Egyptian constitution preventing turning over political refugees. The Mufti, who fled Palestine and was in exile since 1937, arrived at Cairo and met King Farouk signaling sanctuary.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile Kingdom
Haj Amin al Husseini
Jerusalem
France
Farouk
Haj Amin
Hitler
Palestine
Lufti el Said Pasha
Mufti
Fafti Pasha
Abdin
Middle East
Holy Land
Alabama Supreme Court Upheld Hospital Debt Plan
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the state may acquire Jefferson Hospital in Birmingham from surplus funds. It upheld dismissing the injunction sought by State Superintendent E B Norton to block using state money to take over a $1.2 million Reconstruction Finance mortgage for the medical center tied to the University of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
State of Alabama
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham
Walter B. Jones
Supreme Court
E. B. Norton
University of Alabama
Uni Board of Trustees
Bir
Norton
Alabama
Bowles Hints He Will Quit If Inflation Bills Fail
Economic Stabilizer Bowles suggested he may resign if price control bills fail to pass. He declined to comment directly on resignation but likened the choice to a life or death question and warned against any concession that would bring inflation. He urged a veto if Congress sends an inadequate bill and warned of rising costs and unrest if prices remain unrestrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Bowles
House-Senate
Acheson
Wyatt
Wallace
Jeabor
Congress
Truman
TVA Dam Fund Is Requested For Watauga And Holston Dams
Senate appropriations committee hearing urged a $17,666,000 increase to TVA 1947 funding starting July 1 to allow simultaneous work on Watauga and South Holston dams. Lilienthal testified dams are sound projects interrupted by war and needed for power and protection. Senators McKellar and Stewart said they will press the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Wautauga
South Holston
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Ponies
Tennessee
Elizabethton
Kings
Lilienthal
House
McKellar
Stewart
Senate
Georgia Moves To Dissolve Ku Klux Klan Charters
Georgia filed a quo warranto suit in Fulton County seeking to dissolve the Klan charter, alleging the group aims to seize state government, organize officials and workers, and spread violence and intolerance. The action names Klan leaders and cites past acts against citizens while detailing Georgia’s plan to curb the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Klan
State Legal Department
Arnall
Georgia
Cook
Samuel H. Green
G. T. Brown
S. W. Roper
Cyclops
Oakland City
B. G. Orwell
Duke
Roper
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Eugene Talmadge
Dr. Green
Stone Mountain
MISSING GEMS ARE RESTORED
Mrs. Mary Turley Royer of 812 Line Street had jewels stolen from her home June 7. After a 12 day search the missing purse and valuables were found Wednesday afternoon in her dining room. About 2 p.m. yesterday the purse with jewelry and $35 to $40 in bills was recovered with about $20 missing. Police had no clue to the return until the intruder possibly felt guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Turley Royer
Line Street
Judge Lynne Rules on Veteran Rights in Birmingham
Pre Federal Judge Seybourn H. Lynne ruled that a veteran is not entitled to restoration of a job or shift on return from service. The suit by John Albert Grubbs against Ingalls Iron Works Co. claimed he worked day shift before Navy induction on May 15 1943 and upon return was assigned to the night shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Seybourn H. Lynne
John Albert Grubbs
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Here
Grubbs
Navy
Damage case heard in Morgan County circuit court
John Walls sues James R. McCutcheon and others for 5000 dollars in damages from injuries claimed on the Lacey's Spring highway about 20 miles from Decatur. Walls is represented by J. N. Powell. McCutcheon by Charles Eyster. Judge Crow presides as the June term opens with civil jury cases this week and criminal and capital cases set for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walls
James R. McCutcheon
Walls
Lacey's Spring
Decatur
Ed Fowler
McCutcheon
Charles Eyster
Wades
James H. Crow Jr
Morgan County
Swift Takes Office Today as Alabama Senator
George R Swift was sworn in as Alabama senator today, administered by Senator Hoey. The 58 year old former highway director will serve the unexpired Bankhead term through January 1949 and will not seek re election. He was appointed by Governor Chauncey Sparks and thanked colleagues and family at the ceremony in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Mahan JR
Washington
George Robinson Swift
Alabama
Hoey
Swift
Hill
Ala
Atmore
Sumnberman
John H. Bankhead
Chauncey Sparks
House of Representatives
Robin Jr
Ira P. Swift
Barbara
Rep
Monasco
Dala
KDKE
Hobbs
D-Ala
Senate
Congress
Tension Mounting As Battle Nears
Political tension grows at the Alabama state capitol as the Democratic party holds a meeting to set dates for a special primary and potential runoff for the U.S. Senate race. Chairman Gessner McCorvey proposes August 20 for the first primary and September 17 for the second with a Nov. 5 special election to fill the late John H. Bankhead seat. Governor Chauncey Sparks comments on developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U. S
Democratic Executive Committee
Gessner T. McCorvey
John H. Bankhead
Chauncey Sparks
New Speed Mark Is Set by Plane
The XA 26F flying at Wright Field set a 413 mph record on a 1000 kilometer loop to St Louis and back. The partly jet propelled plane, carrying 1000 kg, left Dayton at 11 07 am EST and returned after 1 hour 30 minutes 50 seconds over 22 000 feet. Radar tracked its turnabout at St Louis.
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Dayton
U.S. Army
Wright Field
St. Louis
Jewel Theft in Batavia Aboard Occupation Loot
A Japanese secret police officer hid a vast jewel treasure looted during the occupation of the Dutch East Indies. His Eurasian mistress selected about $6 000 000 in jewels, while investigators report arrests among British and Japanese personnel and a loot total reportedly near 30 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
England
Netherlands East Indies
Hesse
WAC
Germany
Hiroshi Nakamura
Batavia State
Sene House Conferees Near Agreement on Draft Age
Senate and House conferees failed to settle 18 year old draft terms today. Elbert Thomas said an agreement was expected this afternoon. Debate centered on drafting 18 year olds as a last resort and possible exemptions for 18 year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate-house
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate
House
Gurney
R.-S.d
War Department
Walter G. Andrews
R.-N.y
Thomas
Andrews
House Representatives
Rep
D.-La
Austin
R.-Vt
Bridges
R.-N.h
Hill
D.-Ala
Johnson
D.-Colo
Downey
D.-Calif
May
D.-Ky
R-Mo
R.-N
Thomason
D.-Tex
Sparkman
R.N.Y
Brooks
Continental
United States
Son of editor struck by polio in Lauderdale County
Two new poliomyelitis cases in Lauderdale County raise total since May 21 to 48. The victims include a white baby girl and nine year old William Wray Eckl, son of Florence Times editor Louis Eckl. The county population is given as 46,230 in 1940 with current estimates up to 60,000.
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Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
William Wray Eckl
Louis Eckl
Eckl
Florence Times
New Arrests Expected in Hesse Jewels Theft Case
The U S Army European provost marshal says more arrests may occur soon in the multi million dollar theft of the Hesse family jewels. All accused principals are already under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Captain's Jeep Returns Home From Overseas War Service
Captain Hank Hansell arrives in Decatur with a veteran jeep that served in the latter days of the war. The vehicle was bought from Paris authorities and shipped by Army transport to the United States, arriving as the Captain reached New York before driving the jeep home to Decatur. The story highlights the Captain's fondness for his overseas service.
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Decatur
Hank Hansell
Alabama
Paris
United States
New York
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James H. Abrams
Whitmire
S. C
Elbert Weaver
J. F. Compton
Robert Matthews
Dermopolis
Weaver
Wallace Flannagan
Wilson Avenue
Blue Ridge
Bikini Atoll
Vernon McGwier
Belk-Hudson
A. L
Hoss” Burns
Sterchi
H. P
Dick” Still
United States Employment Service
Burns
Decatur Kiwanis
John H. Russell
Decatur 3
Lawrence F. Miller
Guntersville Dam
Pickwick Dam
D. E. Braswell
J. B. Whitmire
P. R. Isley
Wuay
Missah Webb
Tuskeegee
Jones
Linda Bowen
Falkville
Decatur General Hospital
Tommy Johnson
Railroad Street
Jasper Kelley
Vaughan's School of Music
Janie Ruth Sharp
Decatur 2
Vaughan’s School of Music
Ken Reynolds
Sapa Ceom
Marshall Jacobs
Coshocton
Ohio
Lonnie Cosmar
Marshall
Lonnie
By Max Boyd
Bill
KKK
Congress Party
Paul Mason
New Delhi
Jawaharlal
Neru
Kashmir
Maulana Azad
Pandit Nehru
India
Nehru
Domel
Srinagar
Dewan Chamanlal
Kashmir National Conference
Maharajjah
Hari Singh
Kashmr
Northwest Frontier
Punjab
Khan Sahib
Azad
Judgerlynne
Pacific Area
Pacific
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