Weather and local notes from a Morgan county diary
Partly cloudy outlook with scattered thundershowers and light coastal winds. Senator Noble Russell returns to Montgomery for sessions as Roland H. Gray visits Goodyear Decatur Mills. Community events include Central Methodist Church banquets and youth assembly speeches at Alabama College Montevallo. Sheriff reports grand larceny arrest. D A V Auxiliary to map church relations. multiple sermons and pulpit exchanges noted. No local wrecks reported. see DIARY on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Levin
Alberta Hervey
Joan Grizzard
Alabama College
Montevallo
Central Methodist Church
Great Crowd Due At Athens Celebration
Athens marks the 15th anniversary of TVA power with a Saturday celebration drawing an estimated ten to twenty thousand attendees. A parade will start at 10 a.m. from the public square, passing Limestone County institutes and North Alabama cities toward Athens High School stadium, with guests led by Speaker Sam Rayburn and visiting senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
TVA Power
Limestone County
North Alabama
Athens High School
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Group To Meet To Study Cost Of The Project
Pryor airport runway project costs will be discussed Monday at 2 P M in Mayor John Caddell's office. Airport engineer Carol Smith completed plans for a 4000 foot runway 2000 feet of taxiways and an airport to highway road. Local government representatives Athens Decatur Morgan County and Limestone County will share costs with Athens and Limestone at 10 percent each Decatur 48 percent and Morgan 32 percent. The North South runway will be 150 feet wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryor Airport
John Caddell
H. R. Summer
Carol Smith
Municipal Airport Board
Tacy W. Hill
Summer
Decatur
Elmer Vinson
Athens
Sim L Howell
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
J. M. Holt
Limestone Revenue and Control Board
Smith and Caddell
U. S. 31
Limestone County
Morgan County
Jefferson-Hillman Baby Born to 13-Year-Old Mother
In Birmingham on June 23 a newborn boy at Jefferson-Hillman hospital marks an unusual case as his mother, 13 year old Katherine Elizabeth Love, ran away last September to wed the boy's father in Mississippi. The infant weighs seven pounds, 11 ounces and the Loves reside with Mrs. Love's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Joseph Love Jr
Jefferson- Hillman Hospital
Katherine
Elizabeth Love
Mississippi
Military Fund Cut Proposed By Vermonter
A Vermonter Senator proposes a 3 billion dollar cut in next year s military spending as the United States eyes a larger share of its budget for military preparations. President Truman signs an 862.6 million deficiency bill while other appropriations move. Acheson urges speed in arming Europe and Vandenberg backs action on both NATO pact and arms program. House debate on public housing continues with a clash between Sabath and Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Flanders
R-Vi
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Flanders
United States
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Acheson
Europe
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senators
Rep. Sabath
Stout
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
Archbishop Beran Arrests and West Berlin Strike Turmoil
A Vatican source says Archbishop Josef Beran faces imminent arrest by Czechoslovakian authorities over anti-state activities. The Vatican criticizes Catholic Action as a tool to split church unity and bring education under state control. Meanwhile West Berlin railway workers push a strike with plans to run freight trains, provoking a clash with authorities and possible emergency service restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vatican
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Beran
Catholic Action Society
West Berlin
West Germany
UGO
Shanghai
Britain
Husband and Wife Injured in Crash Near Prattville
A man and wife were hurt in a car rollover near Prattville, with the husband described as critical. The injured are identified as Mr and Mrs Ted Osborne Jr of Selma. State Patrolman Jos Melton quoted the 28-year-old Osborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prattville
Ala
Ted Osborne Jr
7Th Ave
Selma
Jos Melton
Osborne
Decatur Receives Coliseum Title Transfer
The City of Decatur gained title to the coliseum this morning in Mayor H R Summer’s office. The agricultural exhibition plant valued at 65000 to 70000 dollars will be turned over to the coliseum board for operation. Transfer from the Alabama Agricultural Center to the city was effected by T C Reid director with Moreland Smith and Ewell Gregg attending along with local coliseum board members Charles Rountree Sam Lile and Emmette Burran. Reid noted Decatur coliseum is one of three in the state with others at Demopolis Andalusia and a fourth under construction at Dadeville. Begun In July construction of the coliseum See DECATUR on Page 2
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Decatur
H. R. Summer
Coliseum Board
Alabama Agricultural Center
T. C. Reid
Moreland Smith
Montgomery
Ewell Gregg
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Coliseum
Charles Rountree
Sam Lile
Emmette Barran
Reid
Decatur Coliseum
Demopolis
Andalusia
Agricultural Center
Dadeville
Six Hosiery Machines Return From Germany To Reinstate Industry
Six knitting machines originally purchased from Germany are being returned to the country to reestablish its hosiery industry in the Allied zones under the Marshall Plan. The last of five machines from the Decatur plant is shipped today by trailer to Norfolk and then to Nuremberg. Each 24,000 pound machine, installed as 51 gauge sheerders, can produce one part of hose per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lloyd L. Lively
Alabama
Decatur
J. B. Hewitt
Norfolk
Nurenberg
East Germany
Lively
North Carolina
Hewitt
Higher Salary For Governor Wins Support
A Alabama legislative panel endorsed raising the governors pay from 6000 to 10000 a year while preserving his current salary during office. The measure limits expenditure reporting and tightens purse strings through a new contingent and emergency fund framework. House and senate committees pressed on with other bills as backlogs linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Finance and Taxation
Senate
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Senate Finance Committee
House
Slim Thomas Verdict Upheld In Grand Larceny Case
Alabama court of appeals upheld a five year sentence for grand larceny against James Martin Slim Thomas who was found guilty in Morgan circuit court for stealing chalk dogs from Robert L Lakey on June 23 1948 During the fray Junior Woodruff was killed by Lokey The decision was handed down Tuesday by Judge Robert B Carr and filed Wednesday in Morgan circuit clerk Russell Lynnes office An appeal for rehearing may be filed within 15 days with a further writ to the supreme court possible if denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Martin
Slim) Thomas
Alabama Court of Appeals
Thomas
Morgan Circuit
Robert L. Lakey
Junior Woodruff
Lokey
Robert B. Carr
H. Harrison Hill
Russell Lynne
The
Daily
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Lynne
Congressmen to Arrive at Pryor Field for TVA Visit
The Daily received a telegram from Congressman Robert Jones stating the housing bill was postponed as the house did not finish consideration in time for the delegation’s TVA inspection trip. Speaker Rayburn Senator Sparkman Senator Hill and Jones would arrive at Pryor Field around 11 am Saturday June 25. Several other house members planned to join for the Athens celebration and TVA property inspection in Tennessee and Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jones
House
TVA
Rayburn
Sparkman
Hill
Pryor Field
Athens
Tennessee
Alabama
Parade Invitees Foresee Band Concert and Barbecue at Stadium
Lister Hill and John Sparkman along with Rep Robert E Jones Governor James E Folsom Gordon R Clapp TVA chairman Mayor Cooper Green and Birmingham leaders have been invited to attend a parade and related events. A band concert follows at the stadium at 11 o clock with a barbecue at noon and a 1 30 pm speaking program including an invocation by Dr Robert N Simpson of the First Christian Church. See ANNIVERSARY on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Robert E. Jones
James E. Folsom
Gordon R. Clapp
TVA
Cooper Green
Birmingham
North Alabama
Tennessee
Robert N. Simpson
First Christian Church
Cross Burned Near Home of Farmer in Goshen Community
In Goshen near Troy Alabama, a cross was burned last night near farmer Tyre Flowers age 50. Neighbor Levi Goshen saw a car drive away as flames started. Flowers knew no reason for the act and warned that if the perpetrators return they will be sorry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Goshen
Tyre Flowers
Levi Goshen
Flowers
Power Commission Finds TVA Cost Allocation Reasonable
The Power Commission said TVA's method allocating costs among navigation flood control and power is reasonable and should be accepted under the TVA act. The study, done with Army cooperation, reviewed 16 reservoir projects and a joint cost pool of 7.262 million for flood, 478 thousand for power, with remaining costs split among the functions. The commission estimated 30 percent of costs to navigation, 30 to flood control, and 40 to power, using a ratio based on alternative justifiable expenditures.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Judith Coplon Defends Self Against Espionage Charges
Judith Coplon cried out in Washington that she is not given a full chance to defend herself against espionage charges. She complained of being kept in a strait jacket as prosecutors refused to release records of her work as a Justice Department political analyst. The judge upheld the refusal. The cross examination touched on her desire to visit Russia and a prior perjury trial related to Alger Hiss.
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Associated Press
Judith Coplon
Washington
Justice Department
Albert L. Reeves
Miss Coplon
Russia
John M. Kelley Jr
Soviet Union
FBI
Moscow
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
Woodstock
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Er Catlett
Judith
Death toll in Japanese typhoon fixed at 143
Rural police in Southern Japan on Tuesday set the official death toll at 143 after a devastating typhoon. Areas near Tokyo and other prefectures faced widespread damage with missing persons and extensive flooding.
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Tokyo
Japan
Groups Move To Curb Raids In Alabama
In Birmingham area residents formed a permanent coalition to fight white robed night riders. The mass meeting with 200 groups endorsed decency and law and order, vowing to cooperate with authorities. Congress ordered a civil rights probe of mob violence in Alabama. Alabama lawmakers push to outlaw masks after Klan opposition. John Temple Graves urged dissolution of the Klan, noting it has strong public opinion for arrests. A five member panel was named to form a 15 person permanent group. See GROUPS on Page 2.
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Ee Ae Ala
Birmingham
Congress
Washington
Rep. Celler
Alabama
Senate
House
John Temple Graves
Birmingham Post
Wheelbarrow ride to Detroit enters third day
Jacksonville Florida June 23 Mrs Julia Roka St Clair and her son Delphie press toward Detroit in a wheelbarrow journey. Barefoot travel yields blistered heels yet Mrs St Clair remains buoyant as the pair nears the Georgia line on day three of their remarkable trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Julia Roka St. Clair
Delphie
Georgia Line
Detroit
Youngstown Pool Closed Over Racism Incident
In Youngstown Ohio on June 23 the only pool closed after racial tension as Nathaniel C. Lee a Negro member of a NAACP committee and his three children faced threats from about 1000 swimmers. Park officials plan to reopen all city pools today and police were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Park Commission
Nathaniel C. Lee
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Lee
Polt
Bruce Hamm
United Workers For Dry County Rally Planned Here
The United Workers For a Dry County will hold a rally here on June 26 at Southside Baptist Church. Local pastors are urged to attend with congregations. Rev. J. R. Swedenburg of the Alabama Temperance Alliance will speak, with plans to assist officers in dry efforts in Morgan county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Workers For
Dry County
Southside Baptist Church
J. R. Swedenburg
Alabama Temperance Alliance
Morgan County
Major Lovett to Meet Aviation Cadet Board on July 6
Major James K. Lovett will meet the aviation cadet board on July 6 at the U S Army and Air Forces recruiting office starting at 8 A M. Interested boys should report for mental examinations at the recruiting office and will take physical exams at Maxwell Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovett
Aviation Cadet Board
James K. Lovett
Air Corps
U. S. Army and Air Forces Recruiting Office
Maxwell Field
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Aimpges
U. S
Noble Russell
Roland H. Gray
Cedartown
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Haywood. Reams
Hartselle
G. M. Davenport
Life of
David
Sheriff's Office
James Southers
Flint
Sheriff's
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Garland Nuby
D. A. V. Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Paul Thompson
Otis E. Kirby
First Methodist Church
God
Neely D. Crawford
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Victor Dawes
Westside Presbyterian
R. L. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Olin Ray
Walding’s Chapel
Fred Johnson
Rence
Rufus Underwood
Grant Street Church of Christ
Tuscaloosa
Sixth Stret Church of Christ
Highway Patrol
Sabath
E. E. Cox
Georgia
Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois
Jefferson-Hillman
By Ken Reynolds
Rose Marie Counch
Universal-International Studio
Hollywood
Audie Murphy
Solons
Slim’ Thomas
Cross
Farmer
Senate Committee On Public Works
Malone
R-Nev
McKellar
D-Tenn
Mass Meeting
Youngstown Pool
Een
SSO
Tet Oe
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