Decatur Man Reports On Trip To GOP Convention
Decatur resident H. G. Red Williams returned from the Philadelphia GOP convention and spoke with The Daily Tuesday. He served as an alternate delegate and met with candidates Dewey and Warren, praising their backgrounds and predicting cabinet roles for Stassen in 1952 while noting strong Southern support for a two party system. Williams said Dewey and Warren would be strong national leaders if Republicans win in November.
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Mary Huffaker
Dewey
Alabama
H. G
Red” Williams
E Daily
Turner Campbell
Scottsboro
Williams
Philadelphia
Tom Dewey
Earl Warren
America
Warren
South
Stassen
Wae
Taft
Decatur
Pfc Wallace Graduates From Information Center Operator Course
Pfc Horace D. Wallace son of Mr and Mrs G F Wallace Hartselle Alabama recently graduated from the Information Center Operator course at Johnson Air Force Base on Honshu Japan He joined the Air Force August 1 1947 at Fort Benning Ga and trained at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas He was stationed in Yokohama Japan December 1947 with the Fifth Air Force and later with the 611th Aircraft and Warning Squadron.
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Tokyo
Japan
Horace D. Wallace
G. F. Wallace
Hartselle 2
Alabama
Johnson Air Force Base
Honshu
Danville
Air Force
Fort Benning
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Yokohama
Fifth Air Force
Occupational Air Force
Korea
Jail Breaker Captured After Walker County Jail Escape
David Taylor, 21, of Jasper, was arrested by highway patrol as he rode in a truck near Jasper. Frank Hill, 21, of Carbon Hill, was recaptured. both men face murder charges in the death of 72-year-old jailer Daniel F. Burkett after a break in at Walker County jail. Deputy Lon Richardson led the manhunt. Burkett died from a skull fracture in Birmingham.
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Jasper
Ala
Walker County
David Taylor
Frank Hill
Carbon Hill
Daniel F. Burkett
Lon Richardson
Hill
Nauvoo
Brick Williams
Eugene Montalbano
Taylor
Mary Taylor
G. B. Baggett
Daniel
Burkett
Birmingham
Lions Plan Tennessee Valley Horse Show at Benson Field
At the Decatur Lions Club meeting plans were laid for the annual Tennessee Valley Horse Show to be held at Benson Field Thursday night July 29 with Nashville organist Leon Cole returning to provide music. Installations of new officers are set for July 6 at Decatur Country Club with a musical program planned. Dr Garrold H Nungester reported on his American Medical Society Convention trip to Chicago and Lions International activities in Europe. New member Claud R Metz joined from Bad Axe Michigan and guest C W Nagle from Statesville North Carolina will transfer soon. Ben L Britnell presided in the absence of Robert A McMasters.
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Decatur Lions Club
Benson Field
Nashville
Leon Cole
Lions Club
Decatur Country Club
Garrold H. Nungester
American Medical Society
Chicago
Lions International
Europe
Claud R. Metz
Bad Axe
Mich
C. W. Nagle
Lions Club of
Statesville
N. C
Decatur
Ben L. Britnell
Robert A. McMasters
Heart position study reframes chest anatomy
A medical note states the human heart is not strictly on the left but near the center of the chest between the lungs, suggesting revised understanding of thoracic anatomy based on imaging observations.
Alabama Election Irregularities Reported Across Counties
Attorney General discussed letters alleging election irregularities from Mobile Washington Choctaw Jefferson St. Clair counties. A Carmichael committee noted concerns about the Holt McDowell Dixon Machine in Jefferson and queried in the First Congressional district and Southwest Alabama counties.
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Black Belt
Jefferson County
Mobile County
Carmichael
St. Clair County
McCorvey
Mobile
Washington
Choctaw, Jefferson
St. Clair
First
Alabama
Office Can Office Can Write Your Senator
A collection of humorous quips and exchanges about politics and boasting. A boastful athlete wagers a wheelbarrow challenge with a stranger, who cautions clever mechanical feats. An Eastern firm learns a salesman is dead in San Francisco and jokes about sending samples back.
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San Francisco
Bank Safe Cracking Duo Shock Decatur Bank
Two safe crackers enter a Decatur bank. One removes shoes to operate the safe dial with his toes while the partner pushes for a quick escape. A witty exchange about fingerprint experts ends the scene as a humorous glimpse of crime and life. The piece shifts to light vignettes including a kitchen sink wedding quip and a note on women in banking. The encounter with a signature on the witness stand adds a comic legal twist.
Former Director of Docks Dies in Mobile Hospital
Pt. E. Sauls 37 a native of Columbus Ga and a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute died in a Mobile hospital after more than a year of ill health. Sauls helped build the Alabama State Docks from 1925 and served as director from 1939 until March 1947 when Gov. Folsom removed him. He later worked for Ryan Steve-Doring Co. Inc. He served as a lieutenant of engineers in World War I. His wife and a son survive.
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Mobile
Ala
Pt. E. Sauls
Alabama State Docks
James E. Folsom
Ryan Steve-Doring Co., Inc
Columbus
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Witness Questions Handwriting While Butter Quotation Appears
A courtroom exchange probes handwriting and certainty as the witness admits inability to write. A separate reflective quote extolls loving one’s work as source of joy, followed by a fact noting the average American consumes about 17 pounds of butter annually.
Ballot irregularities probe argued by party leader in Alabama
Democratic Party chairman Gessner T. McCorvey urged Attorney General Carmichael to investigate alleged ballot irregularities reported to him. Russell county officials said they would not call a special grand jury session, while Chief Justice Gardner said evidence was not sufficient for a special session. McCorvey claimed four of his fellow delegates received no votes in a Phenix City box and sent letters to Carmichael, Gov. Folsom, and the judge.
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Mobile
Ala
Democratic Party
Gessner T. McCorvey
Atty
A. A. Carmichael
McCorvey
Russell County
J. B. Hicks
Phenix City
Lucien D. Gardner
Montgomery
Russell Circuit Court
Gardner
Carmichael
James E. Folsom
Local Family Visits and Births Highlight Austinville Notes
Mrs Reba Sparkman and two children visited her sister in Decatur on Wednesday night while Miss Helen Smith stayed with Mrs Hazel Street in Ardmore. Betty Lou Jackson of Decatur visited Mr and Mrs Wilson Kirby Tuesday night. The Kirby family announces the birth of a 6 pound girl Linda Fay Kirby. The five weeks old baby of Vernie Kirby was at Decatur General hospital for treatment.
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Reba Sparkman
Wilson Kirby
Decatur _ 1
Ohio
Ww. T. Landers
Landersville
Helen Smith
Hazel’ Street
Ardmore 2
Paul Jackson
John L. Jackson
Betty Lou
Decatur
Jessie Kirby
Linda Fay Kirby
Margaret
Vernie Kirby
Catur General Hospital
Irregularities Reported in Russell County Elections
The speaker urges immediate impounding of Russell county ballot boxes in the second primary as frauds are alleged across counties. Carmichael declines to comment on McCorvey's telegram.
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Russell County
Carmichael
McCorvey
Meat prices to rise further this summer and fall
The Agriculture Department predicted higher meat on the hoof prices from current record levels into the summer and early fall, signaling a further boost in retail meat figures. Guam’s transfer from Spain to the United States in 1898 is noted in the same report.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Guam
United States
Spain
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Lyons
Mallock
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Sim
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George
Dallas
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