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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
1
A brief look at local happenings in Decatur highlights community concerns, upcoming events, and services. Residents are invited to share activities, volunteer opportunities, and local notices shaping the neighborhood.
The Decatur area notes show the Moose lodge meeting this evening at eight in Moulton Street lodge rooms. Nina Yarbrough has joined H Ferguson Company in Las Vegas Nevada after a plane trip. Two local students attended a Florence State Teachers College camping and outdoor education workshop.
The Weather Bureau in Birmingham forecasts five more days of blistering heat across Alabama with highs in the high 90s to mid 70s and only scattered showers. Weatherman Charles F Bradley says relief from heat and humidity is unlikely, keeping farmers troubled by parched fields. Yesterday's highs ranged from 99 in Tuscaloosa to 92 in Mobile with similar readings expected today.
The Senate Labor Committee approved a bill to let the President seize the steel industry amid a nationwide strike and a second measure to seize any vital defense industry with a congressional veto. Both proposals stem from amendments to controls legislation and their fate in the Senate remains uncertain.
A 1937 Chevrolet driven by William L. Wynn and a 1949 Chevrolet parked at 617 East Moulton Street collided at 5:57 P. M. The moving car struck the parked one from the right front, causing $50 damage to the 1937 and $75 to the 1949 model.
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden held a two hour closed door meeting in London to review problems in Europe and the Middle East. They planned to resume talks that afternoon and a wider three power foreign ministers meeting was anticipated for Friday with Robert Schuman joining.
Three Civitan club officers from Nashville travel to Detroit for the national convention. Paul Sprayberry serves as president, Dr. Kermit Pitt as first vice president, and Hill Woodard as secretary. Sessions are scheduled to run through Thursday.
Carson City reports millionaire La Vere Redfield testified that French divorcee Petite Jean d Arc Michaud hid in his Reno home bedroom to case a $1.5 million burglary. Michaud, 36, is on trial for transporting $147,634 of loot across state lines and sought a loan from Redfield while pursuing revenge.
Savannah Ga two hundred long time Negro prisoners mutinied at Chatham County Work Camp No 2 last night beating five trustees and setting fire to a dormitory. Warden L C Burns said order was restored by nine this morning without force. Sixteen ringleaders were separated and taken to Savannah jail with plans to transfer them to Rock Quarry for incorigibles.
May warmth cut Alabama influenza cases to 325 from 2,280 in April. The State Health Department reported the decline, noting it also beat the May 1951 figure of 654.
Picketing at Farm Industries, Inc. continued today with no setup as plant employees remained out for the twelfth consecutive day. No statement on the strike cause has been issued by union officials or management.
Navy and Air Force fighters pounded four of five hydro-electric targets near the Yalu and Changjin Songchon corridors in Korea for a second straight day. About 200 Navy planes attacked stations while F 84s destroyed two near Changjin reservoir and two on Songchon River. Sabres clashed with MiG 15s south of the Yalu. Patrols increased along a 155 mile front as officials hint at broader strikes to break deadlock in armistice talks.
Gen Nam Il warned UN negotiators that continued prisoner screening at Koje Island could extend the Korean War. Maj Gen William K Harrison replied that the U N must not barter freedom and that individuals have free will. About 45,000 prisoners are being questioned to determine if they want to go home.
Navy planes reported a near total success in strikes on five targets including the Sui ho hydro electric plant near Manchuria on the Yalu River. Air Force officials said direct hits on all targets and all planes returned safely though one carrier plane was shot down and four were damaged with no pilots lost. UN officials declined to reveal who ordered the bombing while observers called the move political rather than military.
Senate Appropriations Committee approves a $1.015 billion bill funding State Justice and Commerce departments and drops a House rider aimed at blocking a Vatican ambassador without congressional approval. The move preserves Truman's ability to appoint an ambassador.
In Shelbyville Tennessee Miss Ftta London 71 was found slain in a thicket, three quarters of a mile from her home where her 80 year old brother Charles T London was discovered murdered in his blood smeared bedroom. Police report items in the room include a blood stained ax handle a butcher knife two straight razors an illegible note and two notes saying I did it in self defense a blood spattered skirt and blouse.
J D Collins was named commander of Morgan County Post No 15, American Legion, at a semi monthly meeting. Elected to serve with him for the coming year were Walter M Penney first vice commander Paul Hutto second vice commander James Bowden adjutant Jack Mason service officer Leo Wright finance officer Joe Pettey chaplain O J Shepard sergeant at arms Frank Brown and Bill Evans trustees.
About 13 000 steelworkers in the independent union at Weirton Steel Co. received a 16 cent an hour rise after peaceful negotiations. The new contract boosts the average hourly rate to around 2.27, versus about 1.95 for CIO workers nationwide. Company president Thomas A. Millsop cited higher steel prices and estimated increased costs at 10 dollars per ton.
In Trafford Alabama two cousins Grady Calvert 45 and Percy Calvert 37 died when gas formed in a dry 25 foot well they were digging near Trafford. They were attempting to deepen the well when the gas claim ended their lives.
The first trickle of defense materials promised to the U S government by the CIO United Steelworkers strike began flowing today. Laminite cement used to test jet engines moved 521 barrels from Buffington Indiana to Studebaker in South Bend Indiana. Finished steel shipments remained stalled in strike bound warehouses and mills as 650000 basic steel workers and over 100000 allied workers stayed idle.
The liner Queen Elizabeth exceeded her own one day record by over a half knot with an average 31.09 knots for a 715 mile stretch from noon Thursday to noon Friday on the New York to Southampton crossing. The 1947 cross averaged 30.52 knots for 702 miles, while the overall crossing average stood at 29.12 knots, behind sister ship Queen Mary’s 31.69 knot record.
Lea Harris a Montgomery attorney leads independent candidates in Alabama threatening a court challenge to remove the regular Democratic presidential slate from the November ballot. He seeks a special legislative session to change the ballot law and argues the regulars were illegally certified. If Gov. Gordon Persons declines, a suit will be filed citing the loyalty pledge signed by May primary candidates.
With 1,206 delegates named for the Republican convention in Chicago, Taft supporters consider MacArthur for second place if Taft leads. MacArthur denies being a candidate, while Democratic delegates near completion favor Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson for the nomination. Stevenson expected to leave hospital after kidney surgery.
Three Southern senators after meeting with President Truman urged him to fill the Tennessee Valley Authority board vacancy before Congress adjourns. The White House nominated Frank A. Waring, but McKellar opposed confirmation and Truman withdrew the nomination. The State Department reportedly wanted Waring in Tokyo as economic counselor.
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