Eight In Jail One To Go In Biggest State Robbery
Eight suspects are jailed in Alabama's largest bank heist case seeking $86 727 stolen from the First National Bank of Jacksonville. FBI reports R C Martin, 35, at large as the only remaining known participant. About $46,000 recovered with more than $40,000 unaccounted. four cars impounded. Bonding company offers a $6000 reward.
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Jacksonville
Ala
Alabama
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
R.C. Martin
First National Bank of Jacksonville
Jesse N. Wood
Rhee Warns of New Attack by Chinese and North Koreans
President Syngman Rhee told the National Assembly in a budget message that Chinese and North Korean Communists are making all out preparations for another invasion similar to the June 1950 aggression. He warned the republic of renewed threats and urged vigilance.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Stock Market Strides Ahead in Sixth Straight Weekly Advance
New York reports a steady stock market advance with 11 new 15 session record highs in six weeks. The Associated Press average closed at 172.50 nearing a previous peak while rails lagged until midweek when rail shares hit a new high before slipping again.
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New York
Associated Press
Rhee asks U S for more aid to deter northern aggression
Rhee appealed to the United States seeking increased military and economic assistance to deter another invasion from the North, signaling ongoing tension and the need for deeper American support in the region.
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Assembly
Rhee
United States
Nicely Joins Chemstrand Research in Decatur Move
Doyle C Nicely relocates from Chicago and Little Rock to Decatur to join The Chemstrand Corp Textile Research Division as a product development specialist. Former roles include The Visking Corp Continental Industrial Engineers Stewart Warner and Indianapolis Power and Light. A native of Connersville Indiana he holds an AB from Earlham College and lives with wife Sally and two children at 1006 Eleventh Ave Court SE in Decatur.
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Doyle C. Nicely
Chemstrand Corp
Frank J. Soday
Nicely
Visking Corp
Little Rock
Ark
Chicago
Chemstrand
Continental Industrial Engineers
Stewart Warner
Bridgeport Brass
Indianapolis Power & Light
Indianapolis
Ind
Connersville
Earlham College
Sally
Susan
John
Eleventh Ave. Court
Decatur
Turns Girl Friend Into Human Torch Novel Assault
Willie Jackson of New Orleans allegedly doused his girl companion with gasoline and struck her with a match in a tavern after anger over laughter at remarks by Betty Jean Watts. Police quoted a frightened witness as saying the assailant asked how he gained nerve to do it. The incident occurred amid a day of nervous market fluctuations with one company dividend passing and another halving payments while General Motors announced a planned half billion dollar expansion, lifting GM stock and blue chips.
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Mobile
Harry Simmons
Willie Jackson
New Orleans
Betty Jean Watts
General Motors
Daily Records Of Transfers And Deeds For Local Lands
A list of daily transfers and deeds shows multiple assignments from individuals to others with varied sums. Notable entries include Osborne Bezanson to Jas D Mc Pherson for 16500 and Harold B White to Yancey V Hughes for 18000, plus corrections and corporate matters.
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Osborne Bezanson
Jas. D. McPherson, Sr
Chester Frost
Gdn
Wm. W. Phillips
Edward England
W. J. Williams
H. H. Higdon
Martha H. Haylock
Ee McAfee
Ed Bavers
J. B. Jernigan
S. D. Garrison
Guy T. Steem
L. C. Pattillo
M. M. Patterson
J. Emerson McCulloch
L. E. Moody
Curtis Geo. Shirley
Lannie L. Clemons
Ana Chenault
James E. Brown
Mary Lee Hood
W. T. Tillery
Fred M. Speake
James O. Segars
Crucie W. Echols
J. B. Robins
Roselawn Cemetery Co
Martha E. Lee
Decatur Land Co
C. E. Hieserman
J. P. Garnett
John Broadus
Orrie Lawrence
Joe Light
R. E. Rogers
E. Clarence Ode
Milo C. Yancey
L. L. Bates
Iris Morgan
Yancey V. Hughes
Harold B. White
Oere Russell
Jno
Bailey Whitehead
Alice
Frederick G. Dinkins
D. B. Morrow
Hugh D. Morrow
Roy W. Ridgeway
Julius Howard Vaughan
Yancey
Ona Garner
Adrian G. Jones
J. L. West
Lucile West Cocke
Leslie D. Compton
Pruitt Walker
Ruby Hogan
Duncan Cotton Co., Inc
SS Class Surprises Mrs. Gladys Ferguson
Mrs Gladys Ferguson of 919 Clark St Austinville welcomed her Sunday School Class from the Austinville Baptist Church for a covered dish dinner and a house warming. The Ruth Sunday School Class presented gifts and cut flowers filled the home. Gladioli from Mrs Lum Ryan and games led to a win for Mrs Minor Hall. The class planned monthly gatherings at members homes.
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Austinville
Gladys Ferguson
Clark St
Ruth
Austinville Baptist Church
Lum Ryan
Minor Hall
Wealthy Texas Publisher Amon G Carter Dies at 75
Amon G. Carter, the multimillionaire publisher of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, died at age 75 in Fort Worth. Rising from a Bowie boarding house dishwasher to a prominent booster of Texas, he helped attract aviation and industry to the area. Citizens named the international airport and administration buildings for him.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Amon G. Carter
Texas
West Texas
Religious Scholar to Speak at Athens
Dr. J. P. Hyatt, Old Testament professor at Vanderbilt School of Religion, will address the First Presbyterian Church of Athens today. He was the sole Southern scholar on the committee for the Revised Standard Version Bible translation first published in 1952.
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J. P. Hyatt
Vanderbilt School of Religion
First Presbyterian Church of
Corn yields remove nitrogen from soil at high rates
A 60 bushel per acre corn crop removes about 95 pounds of nitrogen from an acre of ground, indicating substantial nutrient depletion in the field.
Crowton Valhermosa Road Work Completed Open for Traffic
Upper River Road from Crowton to Valhermosa is finished and open per Morgan County engineer R W Skidmore. Grading and drainage were done by G & R Coal Co with base and paving by J W Gwin Jr Inc. Birmingham. the bridge by Brooks n. The 15 mile project took about 12 months.
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Upper River
Crowton
Valhermosa
R. W. Skidmore
Morgan County
G & R Coal Company
J. W. Gwin, Jr
Road project slowed by weather says Skidmore
Construction progress slowed due to bad weather and the total cost remains untabulated according to Skidmore.
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Skidmore
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Lloyd Little
Huntsville
L. T. Wagnon
Hartselle
Doc Lloyd
Oneonta
E. W. Summers
Hartselle, Ala
Sparkman St
College St
W. Third St
Rome, Ga
Human Torch
Decatur Paint & Wallpaper Co
E. Moulton St
Athens
H. Leon Reeves
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Utfits
Sterchi’s
1St Ave
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