Weekend church services and local hospital news
Dr. Robert S Waldrop will preach at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Congregations of First Methodist and First Presbyterian will worship together Sunday evening at 7 30 at the First Methodist Church. Don Esty of Miami will deliver the sermon Does God Care. Sgt Richard L Staab discharged at Camp Gordon Ga after serving in Korea and Japan returns home. Hospital updates list several local patients and discharges at Decatur General Hospital including Mrs H M Betterton Leon Holmes Billy Joe Ferguson Mrs Charles McCrary and infant son J W Filler Mrs Emmett West and infant son and others. See Diary on Page 2.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Methodist
First Presbyterian Churches
First Methodist Church
Don Esty
Miami
W. W. Glass
Richard L. Staab
Camp Gordon
Staab
National Guard
Korea
Japan
Decatur Warmth Eases Slightly After 103 Day
Old Sol relented with a 96 degree high in Decatur at 2 PM, seven degrees cooler than Wednesdays 103. TVA substation logged 86 at 7 AM and 96 at noon. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies today and tonight.
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Old Sol
Decatur
TVA
Acheson Faces Calling Down Over Apology
Secretary of State Acheson faced Senate criticism over a reported apology to Britain for not informing in advance of the North Korean power stations bombing. Senators Bridges and Knowland demanded full text of remarks and clarification, noting alleged miscommunication about notifying British leaders before the raid.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Britain
Sen. Bridges
R-N.h
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
London
Field Marshall Lord Alexander
Selwyn Lloyd
State
Defense Department
State Department
United States
Labor Party
Decatur Gas Fitting Permits Required by July 15
The city gas board warns Decatur residents that gas fitting work requires a permit by July 15. Forms are at the city clerk’s office and unpermitted work will be barred. Installations must be inspected by the city gas inspector Bill Freeman before gas is obtained.
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Decatur
City Gas Board
Bill Freeman
Truman Names Georgia Man To TVA Board
President Truman today sent to the Senate the nomination of Raymond Ross Paty of Georgia to be a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. His term would expire in 1960.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Raymond Ross Paty
Georgia
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ike Accuses Demos As Taff Hits General
General Dwight Eisenhower denounces the Democrats as entrenched and complacent in a Denver speech aimed at youth, urging tougher stance on Russia and Korea. The piece tracks Taft’s response, Dewey’s strategy, and AP’s delegate tally across the GOP and Democratic races with Harriman, Russell, Kefauver contending for nominations.
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Ike
Dwight Eisenhower
Denver
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
China
Balkan
Baltic States
GOP
Ohio
Robert Taft
Taft
Washington
Dewey
New York
Thomas Dewey
Truman
Chicago
David Ingalls
Associated Press
Averell Harriman
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Harriman
Russell
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauvef
Trial Of Justice Of Peace For Murder Goes To Jury
Closing arguments concluded in the murder trial of Justice of the Peace Fred Gold 51 accused of stabbing textile worker Ealy Wimberly 39 at Lincoln Mills after a heated exchange The victim died about three hours later. State agent C J Rehling cited a blood clot reaching the heart as the cause of death.
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Huntsville
Justice of the Peace
Fred Gold
Ealy Wimberly
Wimberly
Lincoln Mills
Gold
Madison County
Gentle
C. J. Rehling
Auburn
Steel strike costs near a billion dollars in lost production
Pittsburgh June 27 The nationwide steel strike has cost steel companies nearly a billion dollars in lost production as 650 000 CIO United Steelworkers strike since June 2. Vitally needed steel sells at 110 a ton and six major producers rejected a compromise union shop proposal citing compulsion. Clarence B Randall Inland Steel Co. says a union shop is the core issue and blames President Truman for the halt in production. See STRIKE On Page 2.
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Pittsburgh
America
Philip Murray
CIO
United
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Co
East Chicago
Ind
Randall
Truman
Murray
Thieves Nab World Exhibit Paintings in Paris Museum
Two youths attempted a dawn theft at the Paris Museum of Modern Art. Renoir La Baigneuse valued at about 40 million francs [roughly $100,000] and Bonnard self-portrait valued at about 20 million francs were sliced from frames with a razor. A guard arrested them. restoration is possible to hide the cuts.
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Paris
Paris Museum of Modern Art
Renoir
Chicago Art Institute
George Wildenstein
New York
Home Fire Brings Aid To Cecil Little Family Near Five Points
A Decatur fire destroyed the Cecil Little home near Five Points while the family was away in Chattanooga. Immediate neighborhood relief effort led by Shirley Collier James Johnson and Floyd Dobbins drew in contributions from local merchants including Exchange Furniture Dinsmore Brothers Sterchi Brothers Goodyear Service Station Smith Motors and others, brightening their outlook.
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Cecil Little
Five Points
Chattanooga
Shirley Collier
James Johnson
Floyd Dobbins
Decatur
Exchange Furniture Company
Dinsmore Brothers
H. Ryan
Hunter Furniture Company
Sterchi Brothers
Shumake Furniture Company
Wykers
Goodyear Service Station
Smith Motors
UN Recesses Talks After Walkout at Panmunjom
Allied truce negotiators walked out of the armistice tent for the third time this month as Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr declared a three day recess. North Korean Gen Nam II demanded another meeting while yelling during the walkout.
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Munsan
William K. Harrison
Panmunjom
Harrison
Nam II
U. N
Nam
U.S
Wreck Toll Higher Than Year Ago With One Death
Montgomery area reports show 19 wrecks and one death on the day, with seven injuries and $6,995 in property damage. The prior year recorded 11 accidents, 11 injuries, no deaths, and $5,435 damage.
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Montgomery
Y. Day
Highway Patrol
Prison Riot Ends Quickly at Kentucky State Prison
Eddyville Ky June 27 guards restored order within a half hour of a second mutiny at the state prison. Warden Jess Buchanan said no injuries occurred unlike yesterday when eight prisoners were wounded and a guard hurt. About 30 prisoners raided the commissary as guards with submachine guns forced loot recovery and recaptured cells. State police remained at the penitentiary for days. None of yesterday s 300 participants joined today's disturbance.
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Eddyville
Jess Buchanan
Break-in Report At Willo Products. Glasses Missing
Police investigated a Willo Products break-in on First Avenue West last night. Entry was through a roof vent. only change from a soft drink box and a pair of eye glasses were reported missing. Tracks on the roof suggest barefoot youngsters committed the entry. Detective Pack Self investigated.
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Willo Products Company
First Avenue West
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Pack Self
House approves subsidy setup for Merchant Navy
The House passed a bill to establish subsidies to build up the American Merchant Marine with funds for foreign trade ship construction. Senate approval was possible after conference to reconcile differences. Congress raced to finish 1952 business as debate continued on foreign aid and immigration measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Senate House
Truman
Sena Te House
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Seagram Distillers Corp
Victor A. Fischer
Counties Must Ask For Road Money Before June 30
Montgomery Attorney General S. Garrett rules counties must apply for federal funds for secondary roads before June 30 or the money reverts to the State Highway Department. Highway Director W Guerry Pruett requested the opinion for Covington County. The ruling states the county board can legally purchase an automobile for each member for use in duties.
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Montgomery
Heat wave persists as eastern regions cool briefly
The nation endures a severe heat spell with the death toll rising to 44 and thousands suffering heat prostrations. Temperatures hovered around 100 in the affected eastern half while the South faced crop damage threats as a cooling front moved into the Great Lakes region and Indiana Illinois and Ohio.
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Associated Press
Canada
Carlier
Canadian
Plains
Great Lakes
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
New England
New York State
Atlantic
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylee
Administration Leaders Make Last-Gasp Try
Administration forces mounted a last-gasp bid to keep price and wage controls as Congress debates a final bill. A joint committee drafted new terms while House and Senate bill differences center on continuing or ending price wage and rent controls. Both chambers urged Truman to use Taft Hartley to curb the steel strike, with presidents options uncertain.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
UN Forces Hit North Korean Hydro Plants and Hills Fight
Allied bombers struck two Changjin power stations and a third facility near Fusen as U N troops stormed two Chinese battalions on western fronts. Eighth Army logged 177 Chinese deaths and 107 wounded as bayonets and flamethrowers aided infantry in rugged hill battles near Chorwon.
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Seoul
North Korea
U. N
Fifth Air Force
Changjin
Chosin
Air Force
Fusen
Eighth Army
T-bone Hill
Chorwon
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Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
Leon Holmes
Billy Joe Ferguson
Falkville 1
Decatur General
Charles McCrary
Eighth Avenue West
C. A. Mohler
Seventh Avenue East
Harry Wiggins
Arnold Hopper
Decatur 2
John T. Roberts
Wells Street
Hollis West
Sixth Avenue East
Faye E. Mullins
Cornelian
Cora Lee English
Danville
Lillian Sharp
Decatur 1
J. W. Filler
Jackson Street
Emmett West
Decatur 3
J. E. Mills
Jan
Don
Mangum
Okla
Wellington
Tex
Jimmy Birdwell
A. H. Bolding
East Wilson Avenue
Ellis-Meyer Clinic
Conrad Strickland, Jr
Constance
Hot Springs
Ark
Conrad Strickland
Moulton Heights
City Water Service
12Th Avenue
Moulton Road
County of Morgan
Water Department
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Merchant Navy
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