Hart selle camp meeting opens with 53rd encampment
The 1952 Hart selle camp meeting begins its 53rd year with the first service Thursday at 7 30 PM and continues through Sunday July 13. The inter denominational board invites all devout Christians to attend and public is welcome. Col G R Hundt promoted to full colonel stationed in the Pentagon and his wife is Theda Mae Handley of Decatur. Dr Frank John Soday of Chemstrand Decatur will speak July 16 at 8 AM in McCandless Auditorium on new opportunities and responsibilities for the area.
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Hartselle
G. R. Hundt
Col. Hundt
Pentagon
Washington
Theda Mae Handley
Decatur
Syme
Athens College
Frank John Soday
Chemstrand Corporation
McCandless
Two Bromleys Break Into Jail To Free Brother
In Franklin County Alabama two Bromley brothers broke into Hodges jail to free their jailed sibling. A gun battle occurred but no injuries were reported as authorities pursued the trio through a wooded area near Hodges.
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Bromleys
Brother
Russellville
Ala
Bromley Brothers
Franklin Unty
J. S. Byars
Senate backs Air Force plans to reach 143 wings by 1954
The Senate approved 79 to 0 an amendment to trim seven billion dollars from Air Force funding while authorizing credit contracts for new planes. Sen. O Mahoney seeks a 143 wing Air Force by July 1954, a year earlier than current plans, amid warnings Russia will reach peak power by mid 1954. The Air Force would gain overall flexibility to accelerate the program with credit and cash options.
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Washington
Senate
Air Force
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
House
Sen
O’mahoney
O'Mahoney
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Nathan F. Twining
U. S
Strength Show By UMW Slated
Manchester Kentucky braces for a 2 30 p m United Mine Workers rally as 6000 members gather to press for annexation of the last non union stronghold in eastern Kentucky coal fields. Seventy five deputy sheriffs and city police stand by while families move away amid a recent bridge dynamiting nearby.
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Manchester
Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Clay
Leslie County
UMW
Clay County
Convicted Murderer Baptized At Gadsden
An 16 year old sailor under a 35 year murder sentence was led handcuffed to a stream and baptized into the Church of God. Deputies led James David Higgs of Roanoke Virginia and three other prisoners to the baptism. Higgs was convicted June 16 of the fatal shooting of Marine Pvt Clyde James Shapeley 19 of Attalla.
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Gadsden
Church of God
James David Higgs
Roanoke
Higgs
Clyde James Shapeley
Attalla
Union Talks Today Over Steel Strike Impasse
CIO United Steelworkers leader Philip Murray announces talks set for today with some employers as the union presses to end shutdowns amid a stalemate with the Big Six producers U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Jones and Laughlin Youngstown Sheet and Tube Inland and other firms. Murray calls the Big Six a conspiracy against settlements and hints talks will continue in Pittsburgh and other cities.
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Youngstown
CIO United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Pittsburgh
Big Six
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
UNION
Rape Charge Filed in Winston County Case
A 17-year-old Winston county youth Murphey Brindley was charged with rape by Sheriff W C Waldrop. The alleged assault occurred near Blair at an abandoned house four miles south of Jones Chapel on June 22 after a double date. The girl, 16, described the incident to authorities as neighbors reported suspicious activity.
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Winston County
Cullman County
W.C. Waldrop
Waldrop
Murphey Brindley
Addision
Jean Murphey
Blair
Jones Chapel
Brindley
Murphey
Eleven killed over weekend in Alabama accidents
At least 11 Alabamians died in weekend incidents five drownings and six highway crashes. J H Layton of Irondale tried to save his daughters Alma Faye 11 and June 13 but both drowned in Cahaba River near Birmingham. Other victims included Norman Lee Dempsey 15 of Anniston Phillip Wayne French 3 of Lanett Moses Gilmore 40 of Tuskegee Lonnie Huggins 49 of Haleyville. See page 2 for full list.
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J. H. Layton
Irondale
Cahaba River
Birmingham
Layton
Alma Faye
June Layton
Anniston
Norman Lee Dempsey
Choccolocca Creek
Dempsey
Phillip Wayne French
Lanett
Columbiana
Moses Gilmore
Tuskegee
Franklin County
Haleyville
Lonnie Huggins
Belgrade-Hodges
Take Your Pick He Has All Kinds
Morgan county sheriffs forces arrested one person Saturday on a charge of violation of the prohibition law. Officers found him asleep across a bed in a house with a cardboard box of ice containing beer whiskey and home brew.
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Morgan County Sheriffs Forces
Adlai To Decide Later Attitude Toward Draft
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson said he would decide later on a possible draft for the Democratic nomination, calling it unlikely and noting he is focused on re election. Republicans at Chicago discussed delegate procedures as Taft and Eisenhower jockey for position with votes from Texas Puerto Rico Florida Louisiana Georgia Mississippi Missouri and Kansas shaping the race.
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Adlai
Houston
Tex
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
Associated Press
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Washington
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Denver
Guy Gabrielson
National Committee
Puerto Rico
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Taft
Eisenhower
Truman
Confessed Burglar Committing Suicide After Crime Spree
Millard F. Wright a 42 year old confessed burglar who after brain surgery to curb theft killed himself in a detention cell police found his body Wright had admitted 28 house burglaries in western Pennsylvania and two in West Virginia He left notes asking forgiveness for his victims and loved ones and said he was sentencing himself to death for his evil deeds
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Butler
Millard F. Wright
Butler Barracks
Wright
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Roberta
Dr. Koskoff
Sweyer
Bill Heagy
Chaplain Stremel
Father Hubert
Alabama Heat Eases With No Readings Over 100
Temperatures declined to 84 in Anniston and fell to the nines elsewhere with no 100s recorded. The weather bureau forecast a return to normal levels for a few days and scattered thundershowers across the state. Montgomery mourned a heat exhaustion death of 50 year old Lucille Woody.
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Alabama
Associated Press
Anniston
Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Muscle Shoals
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Evergreen
Dothan
Lucille Woody
Construction Halted At Chemstrand Plant Picket Line Blocks Entrance
Construction at the Chemstrand plant on the Courtland highway halted when a picket line blocked the entrance. The dispute centers on what craft should be assigned to work during motor shaft couplings installation. No strike authorization was given by Carpenters and Millwrights Local 1274 AFL.
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Chemstrand
Courtland Highway
Chemstrand Corporation
Dentley
Daniel Construction Company
R. C. Halbrooks
Carpenters & Millwrights
AFL
Assembly Gets Rhee Ultimatum
President Syngman Rhee gave the National Assembly a deadline to adopt his constitutional amendments or face dissolution. He warned he would act within days to reflect the will of the people, though Korea’s constitution has no clear provision for dissolving the legislature. The feud over a two house system and popular presidential election has intensified since January.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Assembly
Rhee
National Assembly
Rainfall in Korea Slows Frontline Bombing Operations
Three days of heavy rain turn the Korean battlefront into a swamp as Allied planes are grounded. Lt. Gen. Barcus reports limited air activity due to weather and antiaircraft fire across the Yalu, with raids last week destroying 13 power plants in North Korea.
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Seoul
Glenn O. Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Suiho
Yalu River
Manchuria
Barcus
U. N
Red China
North Korea
Baldy Hill
Number Changes Effective Here First Of July
Decatur adopts new street and house numbering effective July 1 with an alphabetical and numerical list published June 11 in The Daily. The Post Office will recognize the new addresses and the Planning Commission with the State Planning Board coordinated the change, Electric Department leading the numbering effort. Citizens received personal notice of their new addresses.
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Decatur
City of Decatur Planning Commission
State Planning Board
Electric Department
Heat Wave Persists Across Nation With Scorching Readings
The heat wave drags on across the South and Midwest as temperatures reach 90s to 108. Rain and wind storms offer brief relief in parts of the East and South, while heat claims near 200 lives and drives crowds to beaches and parks. Deluges from Chicago to Kansas City fail to break the pattern as many endure 100 degree heat.
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Associated Press
Rockies
East
South Atlantic
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Break-In At John Lee Store Yields Reward Offer
No arrests were made this morning as police complete inquiry into the break-in at the John Lee store on Some road. Owner John Lee offered a $100 reward for the burglar's arrest and the return of at least half the goods stolen. Items taken include 245 cartons of cigarettes 14 boxes of cigars two dozen cigarette lighters seven boxes of chewing gum 22 tubes of lipstick and several boxes of fish hooks.
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John Lee
Poli
Present Powers Will Expire At 12 Tonight
President Truman is expected to sign a bob tailed wage price rent control bill today before midnight. The measure would extend controls for ten months and rent controls to September 30 with exceptions, reorganize the Wage Stabilization Board, and remove a costly non rationed price lift. House funds bill totals 10.1 billion and trims foreign aid TVA and other programs. Senate action pending on nine other money bills and the German peace treaty ratification.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
WSB
Wage Stabilization Board
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Germany
Alabama Jaycees Win Honors At Dallas Convention
Alabama Jaycees earned several top awards at the Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Dallas. John Thomas Jr. of Gadsden was named national treasurer and trustee of Tulsa war memorial plans. Billy Irby of Sylacauga won the Clayton Frost award. Four Alabama chambers also won top honors including Birmingham for safety, Decatur for leadership training, Tuscaloosa for fire prevention, and Florence for project of the year.
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Gadsden
Alabama Jaycees
Florence
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