Weather and local notices fill the day in Alabama towns
Partly cloudy and warm today with a forecast of similar conditions tonight and Thursday. In Bowling Green Florida Mrs. B G Kimbril visits Mrs R Q Johnson at 1303 Third Avenue South while Howard Junior Briscoe, son of Mr and Mrs Pete Briscoe at 1414 Fifth Avenue South recovers from an illness. J D Collins of Hartseller reports a strong cotton stand after rains halted planting. FE E Martin also of Hartseller was here on business. J L Appling of AT&T attends a two day telephone conference in Birmingham. Delano Park will show three travelogue films Hawaii the Philippine Islands and Mexico Thursday at 8 pm. Revival at Shoal Creek Baptist church on 22 continues through Aug 5 with Rev Floyd Motes and 15 year old Georgian Charles Watts leading singing. Priceville Community and Youth Club meets Thursday at 7 pm with a Brunswick stew supper. Auburn specialist speaks on Vegetables And Control Of Garden Pests. Lawrence County Singing Convention meets Sunday at Union Grove between Decatur and Moulton on highway. Midway monthly singing Tuesday night. Rev F T Smith of Hartselle preaches at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Sunday at 11 am and 7:30 pm. First Sunday singing at Limestone County courthouse Athens Sunday starting 1:30 pm. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Shoal Creek Baptist Church
Au- 5
Floyd Motes
Fantanes
Charles Watts
Watch Taken From Home Recovered By Decatur Police
Chief J B Whitmire reported the watch belonging to Miss Irene Sales of 120% Wilson Avenue was recovered by Decatur police and returned. A youth held in connection with the incident was released on probation this morning. The watch was recovered at about 9 30 P M Tuesday.
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J. B. Whitmire
Irene Sales
Wilson Avenue
Whitmire
Photographer Walter Durham Found Dead In Studio Apartment
Police identify the body as Walter Durham 30 to 35, a well known Devatur children’s photographer. He apparently died by a 12 gauge shotgun with a fishing line looped through the trigger. Neighbors heard a shot Sunday night as lights were out and an electric fan ran.
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Devatur
J. B. Whitmire
Walter Durham
John McCutcheon
Durham
Harold Watkins
Watkins Grill
Whitmire
Wilbur Couch
Charles Wood
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
Brown
Chilean Copper Supply Periled
The Wall Street Journal reports Chilean government action halting major copper mines amid internal strife. Three mines produce about 35 900 tons monthly, with 8 750 tons lost in a one week shutdown. U S imports rely on Chile as a principal supplier and prolonged closures threaten American copper availability.
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Decatur
Chile
Wolverine Tube Division
The
Wall Street Journal
Thomas J. Keller
U. S
Sarena Permine
Chile Copper Co
Andes Copper
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Kennecott Copper Corp
Russell proposes bi partisan warning to Reds over MacArthur ouster
Senator Russell of Georgia urged a joint statement to US committees warning Moscow not to interpret the MacArthur removal as US internal division. He warned that if Communists believe Americans are divided they will wage war, risking ultimate destruction.
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Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Russia
MacArthur
U. S
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Georgia
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
West Gets Ist Information On Soviet Thinking
West learns Moscow favors a cease fire in Korea and signals a tough path ahead. U S Ambassador Kirk met with Andrei Gromyko while diplomats warned the plan could be opposed. Acheson urged phased Chinese withdrawal beyond the Yalu as best for U S acceptance. State Department seeks elaboration of the proposal with Kirk and Gross at the U N.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
N. Y
Moscow
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Kirk
Washington
Eddy Gilmore
Jacob A. Malik
38Th Parallel
Acheson
Yalu River
Korea
State Department
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
Malik
Nasrella Entezam
U. N. Assembly
Enteram
U. N
Trygve Lie
Norway
Constantin Zinchenko
WEST
Senate Begins Voting Today On Measure To Extend Controls
The Senate opens voting on a bill to extend price wage rent controls under a time limit possibly delivering final passage tonight. House floor action on a new controls bill is uncertain this week as the current authority expires Saturday midnight without extension.
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Senate
Washington
House
Funds Grow for Cancer Victim Bobby Franklin
The Bobby Franklin fund, supported by the American Legion, reached 492.06 today with six more contributions. Contributors include W. F. Post 5180 in Hartselle and W. M. Whittle.
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Bobby Franklin
American Legion
W. F. Post
Hartselle
W. M. Whittle
Alabama House backs elective state board of education
Alabama House education committee backed bills to make the state board elective and have the superintendent appointed by the board. Supporters say it aids long term planning while opponents worry about attracting qualified leaders. No opposition witnesses appeared.
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House Education Committee
Board of Education
Jefferson County
Larry Dumas
Alabama Education Association
PTA
E. B. Norton
Florence State Teachers College
Frank Hardy
Dallas
Dumas
T. L. Bear Jr
Montgomery
Capitol
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance and Taxation Committees
Two Suspects Held On Kidnap Charges In Attack On Bride
Arlington Virginia June 27 two men were held on kidnapping charges after an alleged assault on bride Nancy Ann Hotchkiss. She testified that John Robert Polk 19 claimed to have spent part of the previous night under her bed. Polk denied entering the Hotchkiss apartment Sunday evening.
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Nancy Hotchkiss
Arlington
Riverside Park
John Robert Polk
William Robert Payne
Nancy Ann Hotchkiss
Polk
Hotchkiss
New Terminal Assured Here in Decatur
Decatur secures a potential new truck terminal and a possible trailer manufacturing plant by Wehby Enterprises. Plans include a ten door cross-platform terminal south of Decatur near U S 31 and site options for a trailer plant employing 150 to 250 people. The patent trailer features sectional temperature controls for mixed perishables and dry freight, aiming for 30 foot corrugated steel units.
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Decatur
Jack Wehby
Nashville
Wehby Enterprises
Wehby- Mohawk Freight Lines
U. S. 31
Webby
Wehby
Reds Begin New Build Up as Allies Press Four Areas
Tokyo June 27 Reds started moving fresh troops and supplies to a new buildup area while abandoning another. U N officers warned they can hit anywhere. Chinese forces paused in front of major buildup north of the iron triangle as they dig in on flat ground to shield their positions. See REDS on Page 2.
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Tokyo
United Nations
U.N
Uijongbu
Seoul
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
Kumsong
Inje
Yonchon
Luciano Central Figure in International Dope Ring
A federal narcotics agent testified before a senate crime committee that Charles Lucky Luciano heads a major drug network operating from Italy with gunmen in the United States enforcing orders. He claimed Luciano's profits reach him through international messengers as the probe details Mafia leadership and child drug enslavement.
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John W. Chadwick
Washington
Senate Crime Comms
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Vice
United States
Italy
Charles Siragusa
Luciano
New
Siragusa
Staffs Called From Jobs For Hasty Flights
In Abadan Iran on June 27 the Anglo Iranian Oil company began recalling British staff from oil fields for evacuation by air. The last planeloads of women and children departed for Britain this morning, signaling an emergency evacuation that could mark the demise of Britain's billion dollar oil empire in the region.
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Abadan
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Britain
Acheson says US will not intervene in Iran crisis
Secretary of State Acheson testified there is no thought of US intervention in Iran. He warned the situation is critical and must be solved, amid a question from Rep. Fulton about precedent from Korea.
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U. S
Washington
Acheson
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fulton
D-Pa
Korea
Iran
London likely to approve Operation Exodus soon
Report hints that officials in London plan to proceed with Operation Exodus within hours barring unexpected developments. The move follows prior warnings and signals from government sources on strategic action abroad.
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London
Oil Pumping Stops Today in Iran Oil Field Dispute
Tehran June 27 crude oil pumping at Southern Iran's Aghajari field halted after Anglo-Iranian Oil Company withdrew tankers. Abadan refinery could run 10 to 14 days more before storage runs out. Premier Mossadegh plans cabinet action on nationalization amid evacuation fears and British moves including Mauritius deployment.
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Robert
Hewett
Tehran
Iran
Francis Shepherd
Aghajari
Abadan
Bandar Mashur
Shepherd
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mauritius
U. S
Henry F. Grady
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Communite
B. G. Kimbril
Bowling Green
Florida
R. Q. Johnson
Third Avenue South
Howard Junior Briscoe
Pete Briscoe
Fifth Avenue South
J. D. Collins
Hartseller
Daily Office
Mr. Collins
FE. E. Martin
J. L. Appling
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Birmingham
Organized Reserve Corps
Alabama Military District
Delano Park
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Priceville
Auburn
Lawrence County
Union Grove
Moulton
J. I. Nunn
F. T. Smith
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Limestone County
Athens
NAVY
U.S
Russell. Favors
Reds
Brewster
By Joe Hall
Ala
State Board of Education
Hua
Clen Clements
York
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