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Weather report notes considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers in the east and south, then partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with variable coastal winds. Local notes include visits by Betty Sue Tedford and Mary Eunice McAnally to Athens, and updates on residents including Crippled Children’s Clinic patient Larry Brazelton and others in Decatur and nearby towns.
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Betty Sue Tedford
Mary Eunice McAnally
Mary Eunice
Mrs. Flemon Smith
Athens
Carnation Plans Triple North Alabama Milk Output
Carnation Company plans to triple milk production in the Decatur area over the next five years through a lease of the Alabama Dairy Products cheese plant. Casto Jarvis will become plant manager, and Alabama Dairy Products will shift cheese production to Carnation’s evaporated milk operations while remaining a corporate entity.
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North
Alabama
North Alabama
Casto Jarvis
Alabama Dairy Products Company
Carnation Company
Decatur
Jarvis
Carnation
Mle Sallic
Mr. Jarvis
Vern P. Melhuish
Extension of
Southern Division
Farm Service Department of
G. W. Humphrey
Southern Railway
Alabama Dairy Products
W. W. Dinsmore
R. E. Rogers
Leroy McEntire
Withers G. Peebles
Charles H. Eyster
E. M. Chenault
Barrett Shelton
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Decatur Corporation
Harold Henegar
Nelle’ M. Jarvis
Alabama ,Dairy Products Company
Sparta
Pulaski
Brooks Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Maury Gene Brooks 18 killed Monday night in an automobile accident near Henderson Tennessee will be held at 5 PM today at Ninth Street Methodist Church with Rev Otis Kirby officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery Brown's directing The body was returned to Decatur Tuesday and will be taken to the parents residence 701 Ninth Street South today where the cortege will start for the church at 445 PM Survivors include his widow Faye parents Mr and Mrs James C Brooks one sister Mrs Loyd Ward and uncles and brothers in law pallbearers are his uncles and brothers in law Injured in the crash Mrs Faye Brooks and Mrs Felton Goodson were reported not doing well in Memorial Hospital Jackson Tennessee Mrs Brooks leg broken shoulder crushed and body lacerations Mrs Goodson internals underwent an operation Tuesday morning Mr Goodson slightly injured
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Maury Gene Brooks
Henderson
Tenn
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Otis Kirby
City Cemetery
Brown
Decatur-Tues
Ninth Street S
Brooks
Faye
James C. Brooks
Loyd Ward
Decatur
Faye Brooks
Felton Goodson
Memorial Hospital
Jackson
Internal Klan Struggle Splits Georgia Clans Forming New Group
Atlanta report details a rift within the Ku Klux Klan as two Klaverns secede to form The Original Southern Klans Inc. Grand Dragon Samuel Green labels the deserters Bolshevik Klans. The new charter in Columbus names Alton E. Pate as front man.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Green
Klaverns
Manchester
Columbus
New
Klan
Alton E. Pate
Par
Ellis Chosen Permanent Chairman by Walkout Delegation
Leaders of the walkout faction say former Lt. Gov. Handy Ellis of Columbiana is elected permanent chairman of Alabama s 26 member democratic convention delegation. John Mandeville of Mobile reports 11 of 14 walkout delegates arrived and supported Ellis with commitments from three absentees E C Boswell L A Farmer and H M Abercrombie. See Ellis on Page 2.
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Mobile
Handy Ellis
Columbiana
Alabama
John Mandeville
Ellis
E. C. Boswell
Geneva
L. A. Farmer
H. M. Abercrombie
Decatur Boy Passes Annapolis Physical
Carol Smith Jr. of 707 Jackson Street was to be inducted into the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis after passing a physical examination in Annapolis Tuesday. He was valedictorian of Decatur High School’s senior class and a letterman on the undefeated Red Raiders last season, active in Episco pal Church of Alabama youth work.
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Carol Smith Jr
Jackson Street
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Smith
Carolith Sr
Decatur
Red Raiders
Episcopal Church of Alabama
Alabama Delegates Write Stand on Civil Rights
Alabama delegates to the Democratic national convention finalize a civil rights stance centered on states rights. Former Gov Chauncey Sparks reports responses from 12 of 26 delegates and four alternates, most favoring rights reserved to the states and citing voting, lynching, segregation and employment as state matters. The compilation is to guide platform wording ahead of the convention.
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Eufaula
Ala
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Sparks
National Party
D. Hardy Riddle
Talladega
Agate At
Last British Troops Leave Palestine
Haifa reports mark end of 31 years of British military occupation as the last troops depart. British commander Gen MacMillan is the final serviceman to leave aboard a landing craft after the union jack was raised from the harbor office. UN observers to supervise Haifa port as 25 000 Jewish refugees stranded by Cyprus evacuation are slated for immediate transfer to Palestine.
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Robert Hewett
Haifa
Israel
Palestine
Holy Land
Gordon H. A. MacMillan
Britain
United Nations
Cairo
Jamil “Mgardam Bey
Joseph Hoffman
Baltimore
U. N
Cyprus
Negro Locomotive Fireman sues railroads for race bias
In Birmingham on June 30 testimony continued in a circuit court case where B. W. Steele a Black locomotive fireman claims Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire Engineers discriminated against him. He says a 1941 agreement divided seniority brackets between non promotable Black and promotable white firemen.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
B. W. Steele
The
Union
Sen
Crusade for Children Funds Rise in Morgan County
Morgan County donations for the Crusade for Children total $1,280.80 reported by county chair Marvin Eubanks. He said many workers in Decatur and other areas remain to be heard from and urged contributors to call 2115 for pickup or mail to The Decatur Daily.
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Marvin Eubanks
Morgan County
Crusade For
Decatur
Eubanks
Big Cat Seen Near Wheeler Refuge Mystery Stalls
A letter to the editor reports residents west of Decatur are unsettled by a mysterious cat like animal. Wheeler Refuge officials say no unusual wildlife or tracks have been observed and Bobcats are not present in the refuge. Refuge Manager Lawrence S. Givens confirms beavers and foxes exist but no confirmation of a big cat visit.
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Decatur
Wheeler _ National _ Wildlife Refuge
Morgan
Lawrence County
Wheeler National , Wildlife Refuge
Henry H. Grammer
False scare over Russian barrage balloon near Berlin
A single Russian barrage balloon near Magdeburg caused a false alarming air alert over Berlin as pilots were told to fly above 5,000 feet. Officials later confirmed the balloon limits to 1,500 feet and said only one balloon exists on site.
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Berlin
Ber
Magdeburg
U.S
U. S. Air Force
Frankfurt
McCorvey backs Southern electors vow against civil rights nominees
Mobile report says Alabama Democratic Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey pledges Alabama 11 electoral votes to a candidate he deems best for the South and not Harry S. Truman or any on a civil rights platform. Bloodworth, editor of The Daily, attends a McCorvey dinner in Mobile while remaining an elector pledge.
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Ben Bloodworth
The
Daily
Mobile
McCovey
Bloodworth
Ala
Alabarha
South
Gessner T. McCorvey
Harry
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Ei Wute
McCorvey
Colmer
US Nearing An Agreement With Tito
The United States and Yugoslavia edge toward a final financial settlement that could net Marshal Tito's government about 30 million dollars. Negotiations center on US claims for American property nationalized in Yugoslavia and Tito's claims to frozen assets, with both sides seeking a near 20 to 50 million dollar range.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Tito
Tragedy Ends Fishing Trip Off Cedar Key
A fishing boat Hazel exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico leaving 14 aboard. Survivors Mrs Merle Potts and Mrs Henry May of Ocala told of three days without food or water. Bodies of Mrs Ted Hill and Mrs William Sanders were recovered while four other survivors were missing and believed alive.
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Cedar Key
Fila
Gulf of Mexico
Hazel
Merle Potts
Henry May
Ocala
Dad” Collier
Seashore Island
Ted Hill
Snake Key
Clyde Coulter
William Sanders
Salem Musleh
Levy
G. T. Robaire
Seosaes
Sanders
Turner Flees After Jumping From Moving Truck
Troy Turner, a street gang member, rode in a truck by the L N shop on Fourth Avenue Tuesday morning and jumped off to run on foot. He escaped the guard’s pursuit and was reported still running at 11 AM.
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Troy Turner
Turner
L and N
Fourth Avenue
Still Attempt RR Settlement
Washington June 30 Prospects for settlement of the rail dispute brightened as White House pressed for action. The heads of three rail unions met with carrier representatives in a four hour session led by Presidential Assistant John R Steelman. No immediate results were announced but a settlement plan was considered.
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Washington
White House
John .R. Steelman
Steelman
Alvanley Johnston
David B. Robertson
Arthur J. Glover
Farm Session Held by Auburn Extension in Courthouse
About 45 people attend a Auburn extension service meeting in the courthouse. Representatives from Lawrence Limestone Madison Cullman and Morgan counties discuss plans to carry out the farm program in North Alabama. L L Self and Horace Edmonson lead the session with PMA county committees and agents.
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Auburn Farm Exteliion Service
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Cullman
Morgan
North
Alabama
L. L. Self
Horace Edmondson
Extension Services
PMA
Court Of Appeals Reverses Three Lawrence Verdicts
The Court of Appeals reversed three Lawrence county verdicts this morning sending them back to the circuit court for action. Albert Blasengame had his five year sentence for assault with intent to murder reversed as evidence may prove rape but not the specific intent charge. Kenneth McLemore’s 10 year second degree murder verdict was reversed due to a juror being excused without defense knowledge. James B. Harris’s manslaughter sentence of three years was reversed for prejudicial argument.
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Lawrence County
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Albert Blasengame
Kenneth McLemore
James B. Harris
Robert B. Norwood
Harris
Town Creek
Wathh
Yugoslavia Declares Independence Amid Balkan Bloc Talk
Sofia reports Bulgaria says its relations with Yugoslavia remain solid despite the Cominform blast against Marshal Tito. No direct reply to the Yugoslav party proposal for a Balkan bloc on national equality.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Tito
Yugoslav Communist Party
Balkan
Otechestven Front
Yugoslav Communists Claim Independence From Outside Domination
The Yugoslav communist party announced independence from outside domination and condemned Cominform as lies. It proposed a Balkan bloc with Bulgaria and Albania and urged strengthening the Yugoslav army to safeguard the country’s freedom and independence.
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London
Yugoslav Communist Party
Marshal Tito
Red
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
Tito Appears in Belgrade Amid Cold War Tension
Yugoslavia's Tito surfaced near Belgrade after Monday's Cominform attack on his leadership. The Belgrade appearance was watched by Tanjug with Tito remaining elusive while British diplomats debate Kremlin influence and Yugoslavia’s split stance. Truman leads Pennsylvania delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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Tito
London
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tanjug
Russia
Kremlin
Charles Peake
Belgarde
Frank Dixon
Prague
Peake
Cominform
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