Weekend Weather and Local Notes From Decatur
Weather across Alabama and Tennessee predicts partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers Sunday and warm humid conditions. Rev B C Carr will preach on The Security Of The Believer at his tent revival on Church and Olive Street. Local residents and visitors travel for family visits, fishing reports, and community events, with notes on temperatures and rainfall totals, plus several social mentions and a Recorder's Court roundup.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Rev
B. C. Carr
Church and
Olive Street
Rayburn praises TVA era progress and wartime aid stance
Speaker Sam Rayburn told Athens crowds that fear and depression are unfounded and praised U S aid to Europe as a path to lasting peace. He noted TVA's successes since 1934 and cited economic gains under government planning, alongside leaders and officials from Alabama and nearby cities attending the 15 year TVA celebration.
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Sam Rayburn
Athens
TVA
VU. S
Europe
Rayburn
Albama
Bob Jones
Gordon Clapp
Hartselle
Gross
Scottsboro
TVA Rayburn
Gulping a Live Hard Shelled Crab Stuns Chester
ChesterPa June 25 Lawrence Johnson a 34 year old stevedore drank a live one and a half pound hard shelled crab on a dare. He felt stomach unease then entered Chester hospital for x rays. He recovered and plans to defend his new title against all comers.
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Chester
Lawrence Johnson
Johnson
Chester Hospital
Decatur Board Eyes School Bid Meetings
Decatur school board will meet Monday afternoon with architect and low bidders to decide whether to proceed with construction or delay. Bids exceeded expectations, forcing cost adjustments to meet equipment needs. Attending are Raymond Sizemore, the architect, Forcum James, F. N. Thompson, and other officials.
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Decatur
Raymond Sizemore
Montgomery
Forcum James
Memphis
General Contractors
F. N. Thompson
Birmingham
Thompson
West Decatur
Arthur A. Jones
F. L. Chenault
Bruce Spencer
Julian Harris
Emmett McClary
Walter Ja
Mr. Sizemore
Jackson
Sgt Betterton's Body Sent Home For Burial
Mr and Mrs Hubert M Betterton of Hariselie have learned their son Hubert M Betterton Jr. was killed in 1944 when the B 17 he crewed was shot down over Holland. He was 20 at his death.
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Hubert M. Betterton
Hariselie
Hubert M. Betterton, Jr
Sergeant Betterton
Holland
Betterton
Ends Ordered To Rail Strike Ends Ordered To Rail Strike
Western commanders ordered 14 000 Berlin rail strikers back to work with full West mark wages. Unemployment relief is cut off for those not returning by Tuesday, except those quitting the Soviet controlled railway. Mayor Reuter said settlement likely. non communist strikers plan a meeting. The strike, now 35 days old, paralyzed Berlin’s economy, costing relief nearly 379 000 West marks weekly.
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Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Non-Communist Union
NGO
Driver Test Pass Rate in Limestone County
Records show 85 Limestone County residents took the driver test in two weeks but only 30 earned licenses. Of those tested 36 failed rules, 14 failed driving, 1 failed eye, and 4 cars failed the test. Seven failed the eye test and 71 cars were not up to standard. Officer H L Hester urges study of the manual, car checks, and not to be discouraged by early failures.
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Morgan
Limestone County
H. L. Hester
Highway Patrol
Athens Joins TVA Celebration With 20000 Parade
Athens marked its fifteenth year of TVA power with a four to eight deep crowd and a 25 float parade featuring graduates, clowns, and bands from Huntsville Decatur Haleyville and Florence. After the procession the crowd saw exhibits in the high school gym and a VFW sponsored barbecue. See 20000 on Page 2.
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Athens
TVA
Alabama
Sam Rayburn
Harry Osttrell
Boys’ Industrial School
Birmingham
Florence
DuPuy Twins
Jack DuPuy
Barbara Bailey
VFW
Weather Records Well Mixed Over Old Man U S A
Cooler air spread over the Northern Rocky Mountains and North Dakota while much of the nation stayed hot and humid. High humidity and above normal temperatures lingered in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys with local storms in the Great Lakes region. Las Vegas hit 108 degrees as the Southwest stayed very warm.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
East Gulf States
Las Vegas
Nev
Man Wins Big With Phantom Voice On Radio
Rush Clarke, a 51 year old former employee of a Columbia Broadpany, won $27,000 in prizes from the radio phantom voice program for guessing a phrase related to Gertrude Ederle. The event, noted in New York on June 25, details a cash prize total of $52,000 across the competition.
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New York
Columbia Broadpany
Rush Clarke
Clarke
Idea
Gertrude
Toak Biles Ederle
Crop Controls Seem Certain
The senate agriculture committee approved new federal controls to curb cotton planting and marketing. Chairman Elmer Thomas said carryover stands at about 10 million bales and current law would allot 27.5 million acres next year, implying a possible 20 million bale crop. The plan sets a national base of 22.3 million acres reflecting shifts from deep South lands.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Deep South
Allied Airlift Nears Record as Berlin Supplies Rise
Berlin report says Allied airlift nears its wartime peak, hauling 1,943,000 tons by its first birthday. In the last 12 days it averaged 8,200 tons daily, with June’s forecast at 205. A week ending today delivered 58,586.6 tons, just 2,881 tons shy of May’s all time weekly record during the blockade.
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Berlin
U. S
Russia
Court upholds injunctive halt on courthouse tax
The Alabama Supreme Court largely sustains a preliminary injunction blocking Lawrence county from collecting a three mill courthouse tax. It reverses parts of the Lawrence Circuit Court ruling in a tax suit brought by state Rep. J B Richardson against the Lawrence Board of Revenue. The decision notes the bondholders may not be party to the suit, and fines the three mill tax’s current and future collection. The case marks a historic circuit court ruling on revenue collection by a governing body. Attorneys Norman and Julian Harris represent Richardson, while R L Almon and S A Lynne defend the Lawrence board.
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Alabama Supreme Court
Lawrence County
Board of Avenue and Control
Lawrence Circuit Court
Lawrence Board of Revenue
J.B
Doe) Richardson
Brown
Foster
Lawson
Crow
Lawrence
Richardson
Alabama
Norman and
Julian Harris
Lawrence Board
R. L. Almon
S. A. Lynne
End of WWII era controls nears as 1949 budget cuts loom
Washington reports rapid wind down of federal controls from war to postwar boom. By next Thursday is the 1949 fiscal year end and many controls will expire including consumer credit limits for autos and bank reserve anti inflation rules freeing about 800 million dollars. Priorities will still exist to aid fertilizer exports and other goods for U S foreign policy. Some measures like alloy antimony regulation vanish though likely to be renewed. fats oils and rice import controls may end too. Selective service may face liquidation if funds remain short.
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Washington
U. S
Selective Service
Senate
No Action Taken On Falkville School Trustee Resignations
Morgan County Board of Education met to discuss the resignations of three Falkville district trustees Homer Summerford F R Minter and H D Anders who said the resignations were under consideration following B G Smiths resignation as principal. The meeting approved annual employment for office and shop personnel effective July 1 and noted ongoing vocational agricultural programs in Hartselle.
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Falkville
Morgan County Board of Education
B. G. Smith
Homer Summerford
F. R. Minter
H. D. Anders
County Board of Education
County School Board
Irving Sheats
Birmingham
Hartselle
Boll Weevil Invades Morgan County Cotton Early
Reports to the county agent and field inspections show boll weevils in Morgan County cotton this spring with large numbers and signs of danger to the crop. The Alabama Polytechnic Institute advises control insecticides for 1949 including toxaphene 20 percent and BHC DDT mixtures. toxaphene treats boll weevil and other pests but not heavy aphid outbreaks.
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Morgan County
L. T. Wagnon
Agricultural Experiment Station
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Depository Has Boy Prisoner in Savannah Bank Incident
A frightened boy was rescued after friends lured him into a bank depository through an open curb service door. They shut the outer door trapping him inside until a bank official arrived with keys and freed him. No motive or payoff is recorded.
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Savannah
Robert Fennell
Robert
Flash Flood Kills 52 in Pachuca Mexico Town
A half hour flash flood swept into Pachuca from surrounding hills last night killing 52 people, including six children. Bodies were found in the streets and ditches, some in six to eight foot torrents.
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Pachuca
Mexico
Klan Leader Orders No Hooded Garb In Alabama
In Birmingham the head of the Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc Dr E P Pruitt ordered members to discard visors Las masks will be worn only at initiation and similar ceremonies The order is permanent Lawmakers move to ban masks and unmasking bills face swift passage FBI and civil rights probes ordered into night riding and mob violence in Alabama with state officials pushing to revoke the Klan charter
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Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc
Pruitt
Henry H. Mize
Tuscaloosa
William Beck
State House
Dr. Pruitt
U. S
Tom Clark
FBI
Congressional
Washington
James E. Folsom
Bandit Loses Nerve When He Meets More Bandits
A young man in a tan suit robbed a Baltimore telegraph office and fled after the night manager James Pennypacker refused the hold up. The gunman, armed with a 32 revolver, demanded cash but was deterred when Pennypacker stood firm. The suspect appeared to be about 26.
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Bandit
Baltimore
Telegraph
James Pennypacker
Pennypacker
Pennysacker
Penny
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