Community notices span talks and travel across town
Senior assembly participants at Montevallo will speak at Central Methodist church service. North Alabama Presbytery meets Monday in Gadsden for ministry candidates ordination. Verdon Lowery improving after Birmingham treatment and expects to return home today. G H Nungester family to return today from Gatlinburg vacation. Rising Sun lodge 29 calls a Monday meeting for work and examinations. All Masons requested to attend. Hugh Strickland of Tupelo visited relatives here. Lila and Anne Pritchett travel in St Petersburg and plan Montgomery and Atlanta stops before Decatur return. Brown Danville 3 was in town Saturday. Mrs Buford P Barnett attends summer school at State Teachers College, Troy. Helen and Bobby Jervis visited relatives in Tupe lo. Pvt James A Willis completed basic training at Fort Lee. Decatur city library closes Sundays and Tuesday nights for summer. resumption in September if demand exists. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Decatur City
Man Returns Home After 31 Years Walk Out
Bennett Cole, 28, disappeared from Vine mont 3 thirty one years ago and reappeared at sister Flora Braswell’s home. He has since lived on a sheep ranch in Oklahoma and traveled to Ohio and California, offering little explanation for his departure.
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Bennett Cole
Vinemont 3
Bennett
Flora_ Braswell
Oklahoma
Ohio
California
Escapees Are Taken In Battle
Police fought a blazing gun battle today in Brazil recapturing 22 of nearly 300 convicts who escaped from Anchieta Island prison after taking guards weapons and killing 15. The Blond Devil was among those captured. One convict was killed and another wounded as federal troops air force planes and navy boats pursued the escapees toward Parati and surrounding towns.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Anchieta Island
Ubatuba
Sao Vicente
Caraguatuba
Parati
Sadi Ferreira
Oswaldo Silva
Dangler Guimaraes
Anchieta
Back Broken Man Keeps Pen Pals Via Typewriter
A. H. King of Decatur, paralyzed after a 12 foot fall in 1948, turns to letter writing from bed. He communicates with pen pals through a typewriter, aided by neighbors and a radio program that connected him to others.
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A. H. King
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Decature
Mr. King
Morgan County
Some Relief Is Felt From Heat
Birmingham reports gradual relief from a heat wave as clouds and scattered showers kept Alabama temperatures in the 90s. Forecasters warn that no lasting cool air is seen yet and highs near 100 expect return. Rains are needed soon to prevent damage to crops and pastures across the state.
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Birmingham
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
Motorists Slow In Alabama Fines Rise With Crackdown
Alabama motorists reduce speed arrests after Governor Persons orders strict enforcement. The Decatur Patrol reports June arrests about half of May with Lawrence County leading counts on Alabama 20. Fines shown include $10 plus costs for speeding at ten miles over limit.
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Alabama
Highway Patrol
Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
ABC
Some Steel For Defense May Be Made This Week
A high administration official predicted resumed steel production for defense needs within a week. Partial output would come from mills set up to make high alloy steel for tanks and bullets amid a nationwide strike now in its 20th day. The government weighs use of Taft Hartley or a possible seizure law to end the dispute.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
CIO
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
CIO Steelworkers Union
Custody Of Heroic Tyer's Son Sought
The Decatur woman Mrs A W Tyer seeks custody of her foster son Pete after her husband brigadier general in the Air Force died in the Sea of Japan. The boy's biological mother has filed for custody in Montgomery. The funeral is to be held in Arlington Cemetery.
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Tyer
Decatur
Japan
Air Force
Sea of Japan
Far East
Montgomery
A. W.tyer
Pete
Mona Tyer
A. W. Tyer
Mona
Based Controls Plan Under Fire From Congress Debate
Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam warned price decontrol would trigger sharp cost increases making current prices look like bargains. Price Administrator Ellis Arnall backed him calling decontrol unworkable and said he might seek to drop price controls entirely if the House amendment becomes law. Putnam accused the House of a consumer-hostile move by approving an exemption for nonrationed items. He urged lawmakers to rethink their positions when action resumes on the De Act Arnall.
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Washington
Roger L. Putnam
Ellis Arnall
Putnam
Congress
Arnall
Eastern Labor Press
House
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Five Killed In State Accidents
Five people died in Alabama over the weekend in separate crashes and a home accident. Gadsden fishermen H D Sims, James C Ward, and Roy Camp perished when their light plane struck tree tops near the Gadsden airport en route to a fishing trip in Panama City. Haleyville bridegroom R D Howell died from an electric shock while moving a water heater. Jim M Gaylor of Alabama City was killed in a collision of a car and a State Highway patrol vehicle.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Gadsden
H. D. Sims
James C. Ward
Boat Rt. 2
Roy Camp
Ward
Camp
Panama City
Fla
Haleyville
R. D. Howell
Haleyville High
Shirley Sue Knight
Jim M.gaylor
Local Boat Races Slated Sunday Afternoon
Eight races planned between the railroad and highway bridges. About five to ten thousand spectators expected at the boat harbor with the judge's stand on the bank nearby.
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Om Sant
Boat Harbor
Brerbor
Satellites Mobilized In Soviet Diplomatic Push
London reports Russia mobilized its satellites in a diplomatic offensive aiming to thwart a West German Western European pact. The Czech National Assembly urged Britain France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg to oppose ratification of the Western peace contract and back a four power conference to draft a German peace treaty on Soviet terms. Hungary and Poland echoed appeals as East European parliaments align with the push.
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London
Russia
Czechoslovak National Assembly
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
Josef Ullrich
Hungary
Poland
Budapest
Moscow
Traffic Jurist Raps Governor Traffic Jurist Raps Governor
A Tuscaloosa judge urged Gov. Gordon Persons to keep out of traffic court business while a Bessemer jurist invited the governor to sit on the bench and advise on traffic cases. The governor ordered examiners to audit courts in Huntsville, Tuscaloosa and Bessemer to ensure fines are imposed per law as part of his highway safety drive. Judge Invites Governor Judge Edward H. Saunders of the Bessemer Civil Misdemeanors Court welcomed the governor to sit with him on such cases. Judge Eugene Bailey of Tuscaloosa County Inferior Court retorted that Persons should run the Auburn football team and let him handle traffic.
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Tuscaloosa
Gordon Persons
Bessemer
State Examiners Office
Huntsville
Edward H. Saunders
Eugene Bailey
Tuscaloosa County
Auburn
Sparkman predicts Russell will enter convention with delegates
Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama forecast that Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia will enter the Democratic National Convention with about 200 delegates and gain as balloting progresses. He cited Russell's late start and solid progress, especially in the Midwest, and said Alabama will give Russell 15 of its 22 votes.
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Wilbur Jennings
Washington
John”J. Sparkman
Ala
Richard Russell
Georgia
Sparkman
Russell
Midwest
Georgia Democrat
Ruecesall
Alabama
Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
Texas Steal Accusation by General Sparks Convention Row
Sen Robert A Taft sought peace with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower on policy and the Texas delegate fight but the general charged Taft forces with a ruthless steal of Texas convention votes. The disputed outcome centered on Lone Star State loyalties and leadership.
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Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas
Indiana Gov Schricker to seek U S Senate seat
Indiana Governor Henry F Schricker announced he will run for the U S Senate against Republican William E Jenner. The move boosts Democratic hopes for November and supports the belief that Adlai E Stevenson will be the party's presidential nominee. Indiana is expected to send about 30 uninstructed delegates to the national convention in Chicago, most likely favoring Stevenson.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Henry F. Schricker
U. S. Senate
William E. Jenner
Hoosier
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
Stevenson
Texas steers toward Democratic and Republican Pledges
In a Dallas speech a Texas event features pushes for Adlai Stevenson while the White House denies any bid for the nomination. Taft shows confidence in a rapid Republican win and Eisenhower travels from Denver to Denison Texas for a birthplace visit and tour through Texas and Nevada.
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Taft
Washington
Eisenhower
Denver
Denison
Texas
Nevada
Dallas
Contract For Plant Signed In Moult on
A contract to bring four shirt manufacturing plants to Moule ton was signed by L K Gay president of the Moulton Business Men's Organization. The group will provide a $46 000 building and lease to David Parker for a shirt making operation expected to employ up to 250 people. Initial staffing may be 75 to 100 workers. A meeting will select a site and set construction dates. Parker, former operator of a similar plant in Woodbury Tennessee, said machinery and installation will begin when the building is completed.
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Mouleton
L. K. Gay
Moulton Business Men’s Organization
Moulton Group
David Parker
Gay
Parker
Woodbury
Tenn
UGE
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North Alabama
Verdon Lowery
the Daily
G. H. Nungester
Gatlinburg,Tenn
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A. M
Hugh Strickland
Tupelo, Miss
Lila
Anne Pritchett
St. Petersburg
Atlanta
Brown
Danville
Buford P. Barnett
State Teachers College
Troy
Helen
Bobby Jervis
Mrs
Tupelo
Miss
James A. Willis
J. L. Willis
Marjory Willis
Somerville
Quartermaster Replacement Training Center
Fort Lee
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AL Funderburke
King
New York
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G W. Barker
West Moulton Street
Mona Barker
Barkers
Natchez
State
Paign
General Rips
Schricker
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White House
Adlai. Stevenson
Ilinois
Joseph Short
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