County Board To Make Its Picks Friday
The county superintendent received nominations for 48 men from eight schools for four year school trustee terms. Six names per school were chosen at Friday meetings, with over 200 names to be mailed to the county board. The board will select three trustees from each school's slate at Friday’s meeting.
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H. R. Leeman
Board of Education
Pleasant Hill
Union Hill
Priceville
Moulton Heights
Lawrence Cove
Massey
Austinville
St. John’s
Rudolph Moebes
Emeris White
Roland McWhorter
Raymond Russell
Ambrose Daniel
Mathew Russell
Walter Garner
Arthur Gill
Howard Emmerson
Pete Draper
Sol Davis
F. C. Millton
Paralyzed King Receives Typewriter Ends Letter Flow
After a search the 58 year old paraplegic received a typewriter from well wishers. He writes correspondence and love poetry with professional flair, sending letters as far as Georgia and Mississippi. He says the poems are not much but make a good pastime.
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King
Georgia
Mississippi
James Wadsworth Dies at 74 in New York
Former U S Senator and representative James Wadsworth died in New York at about 7 30 p m EST at an emergency hospital age 74 He headed the commission that drafted universal military training plans and had long battled abdominal cancer after September 1951 surgery The Republican was the third person to serve in the House after Senate service joining Adams and Burton.
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Washington
James W. Wadsworth
U. S
New York
Wadsworth
Amusements listings with film showings and times
The page lists several cinema venues and current films with showtimes. Princess Theatre presents Princess Kangaroo with Peter Lawford Maureen O'Hara at 1:00 2:40 4:25 6:10 7:50 9:35. ROXY shows Quo Vadis with Robert Taylor Deborah Kerr at noon three and six and nine. HATFIELD offers Two Tickets to Broadway with Tony Martin Janet Leigh at 7:30 9:30. MARS Falkville screens Half Angel with Loretta Young Joseph Cotten at 1:30 and 3:15. ELITE presents Bird of Paradise with Louis Jourdan Debra Paget plus Jeff Handler at 2:15 4:15 6:15.
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Princess—Kangaroo
Peter Lawford
Maureen O'Hara
Louis Jourdan
Debra Paget
Jeff Handler
Defense Department reports Corporal Spears wounded in Korea
The Defense Department announced Corporal Bill W. Spears son of Mr and Mrs Calvin L Spears of Decatur was wounded in action in Korea. The piece also notes local visits and social updates from Decatur and surrounding areas, plus crowds at Recorder's Court and church services as well as hospital admissions and weather remarks.
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Defense Department
Bill W. Spears
Calvin L. Spears
Decatur
Korea
Decatur General Hospital
Charles Richard Wages
Jack David Wages
Enolam Blvd
Herman Stover
Second Avenue West
Bruce Ross
Rock Street
Hartselle
Carol Nell Redding
E. C. Redding
W. Moulton St
Martins Injured While Visiting Texas Road Trip
Mrs. Troy Martin and her son Troy Martin Jr. were injured in an auto crash near Greenville while en route to Breckenridge to visit her parents, D. Blount. Mrs. Martin broke a leg and Troy Jr. suffered a broken nose. both recover at home after a brief hospital stay.
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Troy Martin
Troy Martin Jr
Breckenridge
Texas
D. Blount
Greenville
Martin
Sailor Cleared in Accidental Shooting of Divorcee
Milton Florida June 21 A coroner's jury found that Robert M Boothe a Whiting Field sailor accidental shooting caused the death of 17 year old divorcee Mrs Lucille Little Land The jury heard Boothe testify he fired a 22 caliber pistol at the Allentown Alabama woman while riding in a car with another couple he said he mistook the weapon for a toy
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Milton, Fla
W. A. Bonifay
Lucille Little Land
Robert M. Boother
Allentown
Ala
Boothe
Taft And Eisenhower Forces Split Alabama Committee Assignments
Alabama Republicans head to Chicago amid a split between Taft and Eisenhower camps over key committee seats. Curtis Adkins backs Foy Guin for the Credentials Committee while Claude Vardaman tends toward Eisenhower and FEPC issues. Delegation plans include selecting a chair and shaping the platform, with Knowland as a possible vice presidential nominee.
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Adkins
Chicago
Foy Guin
Russellville
Alabama
Taft Guin
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Birmingham
Claude Vardaman
Vardaman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
FEPC
Powers
Sen
Dirksen
Illinois
William F. Knowland
California
GOP
Lattimore Plans Investigated by U S Sleuths
Washington reports an official inquiry into Owen Lattimore's plans to travel possibly to Russia or satellites. The State Department ordered customs exits barred as the probe proceeds. Lattimore denies any Red connections and notes a potential teaching offer in New Delhi which he has declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Lattimore
Russia
Baltimore
Latimore
Johns Hopkins University
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wisc
McCarthy
University of New Delhi
India
New Delhi
Indian Education Ministry
Irish Tourist Board to Open Bureaus in Key Cities
The Irish Tourist Board plans travel bureaus in major centers of the Union to attract visitors. The centers will open ahead of the Festival of Ireland in April 1953 to appeal to American tourists.
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Dublin
Irish Tourist Board
Unities
Decatur Market Quotes for Farm Commodities
Market notes show cotton middling at 38.50 cents and strict low at 37.00. No 2 wheat and onions-free No 2 oats priced at 2.05 and 0.80 dollars respectively. No 2 yellow ear corn at 1.83. Hog prices in Decatur posted at 18.25 cents.
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Decatur
Wall Street Advances Amid Irregular Week Despite Steel Strike
The Associated Press average rose 20 cents for the week to 105.50 as the stock market gained for the fourth of five weeks. Steel strike concerns weighed on steel and allied industries while railroads suffered the heaviest losses. The week showed mild early declines but finished with higher activity and a volume well above a million shares daily. Leading issues included American Natural Gas, Equitable Office Building, Alleghany Corp, Missouri Pacific preferred, and International Telephone with modest gains.
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New York
Associated Press
Association of American Railroads
New York Stock Exchange
American Natural Gas
Equitable Office
Alleghany Corp
Missouri Pacific
International Telephone
Grain futures ease on Chicago Board Trade session
Major grains slipped with wheat and corn down about a cent while rye held firm. Wheat closed 3 4 to 11 8 lower with July at 2.29 2.29 1 8, corn 3 4 13 4 lower to 1.77 7-8 1.78, oats 1 4 7 8 lower, and soybeans mixed around 3.26 1 2 3 4. Lard rose about 3 cents per 100 pounds for July to 11.62.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Both Parties To Engrave Tickets In Chicago Convention
In Chicago on June 21 both the Republican and Democratic parties announce engraved tickets for their nominating conventions next month to prevent counterfeiting and reduce gallery interference. Democratic arrangements chief William Neale Roach recalls counterfeit tickets at the 1944 event. AFL printer Henry Coco warns of possible picketing if printed tickets are used, calling engraving a substitute for printing.
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Chicago
William Neale Roach
Henry L. Coco
Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council
AFL
Charge Renewed Tokyo Peiping Radio Reports Germ Attacks
A Peiping broadcast monitored by the Associated Press claims American planes dropped germ bombs on North Korean prison camps, injuring and infecting a U.S. soldier who is receiving treatment at a POW hospital. The report asserts multiple prisoners are affected.
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Tokyo
Peiping
North Korea
United Nations
Associated Press
Fall Into Crevice Injures Alabama Couple
An Alabama couple Elmer Payne and Ola Mae Payne both 28 were injured early today after falling into a crevice on Lookout Mountain near Gadsden. They were listed in good condition at a Gadsden hospital.
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Gadsden
Alabama
Tocay
Lookout Mountain
Elmer Payne
Ola Mae
UN Braces For New Assaults On Korean Front Hills
American and Filipino infantry brace for new Chinese attacks on Tbone and Pork Chop hills on the western Korean front. The six hour battle Saturday left about 865 casualties, with Chinese casualties possibly near 3,000 over two weeks. A nurse allegedly charged up Pork Chop during the fight.
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Seoul
Chorwon
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
U. S
Gibraltar
Farnell
179Th Regiment
Solidarity To Be Expressed For Korean Truce Talks
United States officials hope a solidarity display with Britain on Korean truce negotiations may aid an armistice. Viscount Alexander arrives to meet Lovett and top officials after praising Allied handling. Acheson begins European trip including Oxford degree and talks with Eden and Schuman.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Defense
Viscount Alexander
Lovett
Korea
Dean Acheson
Oxford University
London
Eden
Schuman
Escaped Convict Recaptured Near Belle Mina
Limestone county sheriff's deputies capture Dave Harris a 20 year old Negro near Belle Mina after he fled from Scottsboro convict camp. Weekend arrests in the district total 12 with two Limestone County other cases plus five in Lawrence County and five across Cullman and Morgan counties.
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Limestone County
Dave Harris
Belle Mina
Scottsboro
Athens
Limestone
Lawrence County
Cullman
Morgan
Sullivan charges conspiracy to defeat Kefauver for nomination
Sen Kefauver campaign manager Gael Sullivan claimed Democratic bosses conspired to deadlock the national convention and push Gov Adlai Stevenson for the presidential nomination. He cited a supposed "smoke-filled room" deal naming Sen Richard Russell as VP and warned the plan would stop Kefauver.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Gael Sullivan
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Sullivan
Ilinois
Gov. Stevenson
W. Averell Harriman
Sen. Russell
Mr. Harriman
Russell
Stevenson
Harriman
Russell Denies Plot Against Kefauver Nomination
Idaho June 21 Senator Richard Russell called the charges that a Steven son Russell ticket plots to block Estes Kefauver from the Democratic nomination utterly without basis of fact Gael Sullivan a Kefauver backer said Russell supporters aim to thwart Kefauver with a ticket led by Adlai Stevenson Illinois governor as presidential nominee and Russell as running mate
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Boise
Idaho
Sen
Richard Russell
Estes Kefauver
Gael Sullivan
Tennessee
Russell
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Pressure to derail Kefauver at Democratic convention
The article reports a alleged plan by political bosses to deadlock the Democratic convention by aligning Adlai Stevenson Harriman and Russell with Kefauver leading delegates. It claims Stevenson would be drafted and Harriman and Russell shift support to him, denying Kefauver a majority.
Political Debate Over Delegates and Possible Ticket Names
General pote criticized a Republican faction in Texas and Louisiana as a fenced in preserve. Reports circulated that President Truman favored a ticket headed by Stevenson with Averell Harriman second, though Short denied backing any specific candidate. Harriman said he would not accept the vice presidency as Kefauver leads with 246, Russell 114.5, needing 616 to win.
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Truman
Capitol Hill
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Short
Declines V. P
Harriman
Omaha
Associated Press
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Woman Lived In Brownsville Log House 92 Years
Laura Cornwell has spent her entire 92 years in a hand hewn log house in Brownsville. Born, raised and married in the same home, she plans to stay there until death. She says home was always the place for her, preferred over anywhere else.
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Brownsville
Tenni
Laura Cornwell
Election Law Changes Eyed By Senate Panel
A Senate rules subcommittee led by Senator Gillette announced a tentative agreement on a new elections law to regulate campaign financing for congressional and presidential races. The panel expects no vote this year and has not fully solved anti smear campaign gaps. The draft would extend federal rules to presidential hopefuls, raise ceilings on fundraising and spending for House and Senate candidates, and require candidates to authorize spending by political committees.
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Washington
Senate Rules
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
House
Senate
U. S
Custody Fight Surrounds Decatur Soldier’s Widow
The article details a custody dispute over a boy following General Tyer’s death in Korea. It contrasts claims of custody by his first wife, the California court writ, and subsequent moves by his second wife in Decatur as the widow prepares for the funeral.
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Tyer
Helen Feltus
Fritz
Pete
Pearl Harbor
Mississippi
Barker
Daily
The
San Francisco Examiner
California
Japan
San Francisco
Austin
Tex
W. A. Bowie
Wage dispute nears end as defense needs push talks
The stalled wage dispute may resume as both sides signal willingness to restart essential production for defense. After the last White House settlement attempt collapsed on June 9 the government planned to move finished steel from struck plants and warehouses to meet defense needs.
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White House
Heat change when dissolving steel with tensioned spring
Heat generated during steel dissolution in acid is slightly higher for a coiled spring under tension than for a non-tensioned spring.
Compromise In Korea Sought Amid Political Crisis
In Pusan on June 22 supporters pressed for a special National Assembly meeting to resolve Korea's crisis. Opponents of President Syngman Rhee boycott, arguing martial law and arrests hinder free function of the assembly. Two constitutional amendments floated: election by people and two-house legislature. cabinet accountability to lawmakers.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
National Assembly
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Assembly
National Congress
Chang Taik Sang
Taft Holds Firm Louisiana Lead For GOP Delegates
In Shreveport Louisiana on June 21 supporters of Senator Taft maintained control of the state Republican central committee. The first four disputes favored Taft backed delegates over Eisenhower with lopsided votes. Only 26 of 101 members were present plus 14 proxies. John Minor Wisdom accused the GOP National Committee of ignoring fair play as Taft loyalists ruled on Taft Eisenhower contests.
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Shreveport
Robert Taft
State
Republican Central Committee
Delates
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
New Orleans
Central Committee
Eisenhower
Ike
John Minor Wisdom
GOP
National Committee
State Central Committee
Escapees in Prison Compound Fire Injures and Kills
A prison breakout led to inmates occupying parts of the compound and several buildings burning. The prison doctor and a radio operator died from their wounds today.
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Roxy
Quo Vadis
Robert Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Mars
Falkville
Angel
Loretta Young
Joseph Cotten
Catur
Rlimale
Mattie Locke
Courtland
B. M. Proctor
John
Don
Roy
New Mexico
W. M. Handley
Madison
Amos C. Dutchman
Danville
Morgan County
F. L. Norwood
Decatur 1
Grate
Recorder’s Court
J. L. Sanderson
Linda
Wanda
Dr. Sanderson
Mrs. J. S. Sanderson
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
P. D. Wilson
Central Baptist Church
Kirby Memorial Chapel
Raymond Whitt Jr
Atlanta
Martins
Sailor
Rex Thomas Montgomery
Curtis
U.S
Wall Street
Kumsong
6Th Division
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Louisiana
Kansas City
7 City Star Company
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