Mrs Corum Called Home in Hillsboro District
Services for Mrs Leana Corum 77 of Hillsboro district will be at Smyrna church Thursday at 2 PM with Rev Paul Lang and Rev Silas Lang officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery per Brown's Funeral Home. She died Monday night at her son G E Corum’s home after a short illness. She leaves three daughters and six sons along with grandchildren and great grandchildren. She belonged to Cottage Grove Church of Christ. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
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Leana
Lee Corum
Smyrna Church
Paul Lang
Silas Lang
Brown
Corum
Hillsboro
W M. Horn
Decature
Joe Putnam
Gay
Mae Tingle
Addison
Ala
J. D
C. C
G. E Moulton
M. F
Camden
N. J
J. G. Monroe
Mich
Dossiah Massey
Decatur
Alex Lang
Texas
Luctanhans
Ateka
Ohio
Cottage Grove
John Marion
Sand
David Corum
Russians Refuse to Leave Frankfurt Mission Building
On February 16 the military governor ordered the repatriation mission to depart by midnight March 1 as DP numbers returning to Russia were negligible. Russians protested as a violation of Yalta Potsdam. American MPs pounded doors and surrounded the building but the Russians refused to move without explicit orders. They were warned deserters if they left without command from Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Yalta
Potsdam
U.S
Clay
Col Sterling Wood
Frankfurt
Vasily L. Agroonov
Russiarv
U. S
Clarence R. Huebner
Berlin
Congress debates loyalty and policy in late session notes
In Congress, Vandenberg cautions loyalty cuts both parties. Senate handles 5.58 billion European Recovery Program study. Veterans pension bill nears House Rules Committee approval. Oleomargarine tax continuance debated before House Agriculture. DP displaced persons bill tested before judiciary subcommittee. Rent control extension eyed amid splits. Sparkman opposes two year plan. House Banking Committee meets as Republicans hedge on tax cuts and push excise taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Vandenberg
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Rules’ Committee
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
House Agriculture Committee
Ugo Carusi
Federal Displaced Persons Commission
Rep. Celler
D-N. Y
Senate Banking Subcommittee
House Banking Committee
House
True
GOP
Jaycees Plan Fall Fair at New Cow Coliseum Site
The Jaycees outline plans for a fall fair to be held in the new cow coliseum under construction on the Joe Wheeler highway just outside the city. They aim to make it an annual event and expand it each year with potential project ideas filling most of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Cow Coliseum
Joe Wheeler
Hoover commission urges major improvements in VA
The Hoover Commission calls for sweeping reforms in the Veterans Administration citing waste and mismanagement in education, insurance, and overall organization. It proposes separating insurance, creating a veterans insurance corporation, moving loan guarantees to FHFA, and building a VA list of certified schools while withholding GI tuition from non listed institutions. The group notes VA spending for 1950 could reach 5.3 billion dollars, about 11 percent of the national budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Veterans Insurance Corporation
Mark Transfer
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Veterans Administration
Military Establishment
Treasury Department
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Iy Estes
Sullivan promoted to vice president of A and P Southern Division
John L. Sullivan of Birmingham rises within A and P Food Stores to lead the Alabama unit since 1945 and now becomes vice president of the Southern Division. The Jacksonville Division president R. M. Smith announced the upgrade citing internal promotion policy. Sullivan, a World War I Marine veteran and former clerk, joined the company in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
Birmingham
A and P Food
Alabama
R. M. Smith
Jacksonville
Smith
A and P
American Legion
John L. Jr
Navy
Revival Is Set At Austinville Baptist Church
A revival begins Sunday at the Austinville Baptist church and runs through March 13 with evening services at seven. Pastor C. L. Stover says the event features plenty of singing and old time preaching. Visiting evangelist Rev. J. P. Drummond of Curry Alabama brings 50 years of pastoral work across Winston Walker and Cullman counties. Heu
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville Baptist Church
C. L. Stover
J. P. Drummond
Curry
Ala
Drummond
Winston
Walker
Cullman
Stover
Skyhigh Rocket Firing Leaves Wac Corporal Missing
The Army reports its 250 mile per hour skyhigh Wac Corporal rocket fired from a V-2 nose was tracked to impact but the final point may never be found. It reached 20 miles altitude and an unprecedented speed while sending data to ground stations during a 12 minute flight over the desert.
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Washington
Wac
Mardi Gras Ends as Lent Replaces Carnival in Mobile
In Mobile Alabama on March 2 the solemnity of Lent replaces the citys long Mardi Gras carnival. The week of revelry concluded with floats from the Order of Myths and Mystics of Time, parades of comic cowboys floral processions Knights of Revelry and a king and queen couple H Austin Pharr Jr and Gebutante Gertrude Smith Atkinson. A spectator was slightly injured when knocked down by a small float as confetti showered the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Order of Myths
H. Austin Pharr, Jr
Gebutante
Gertrude Smith Atkinson
Morgan County Reading Survey Report Preview
Dr. Arville Wheeler from Peabody College will present a partial Morgan county reading survey at the March 5 teachers meeting in Hartselle. The survey of county school children tests reading habits and will be completed in April. Mrs. E. G. Hamilton is to include all Morgan county children in the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arville Wheeler
Peabody College
Nashville
Morgan County
Wheeler
Hartselle
G. Hamilton
Interest groups urged to mobilize for national legislation
Mr Bird urged grass roots action to engage citizens in informing themselves about national affairs. He praised local records on community building but faulted them for weak political education and government reform efforts. Larry J. Dickie of the U S Chamber moderated an open forum answering audience questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Bird
Larry J. Dickie
Southeastern Division
U. S. Chamber
New Bookkeeper Replaces Veteran In Cameron County Sheriff Office
Sheriff Wait Cameron of Houston county has replaced bookkeeper Smith Hall with his brother in law Alto Rhodes after an auditor criticized the office. The state auditor called the administration of official duties unsatisfactory though found no evidence of funds mishandling. Hall had served six years under a former sheriff and two years for Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Wait Cameron
Houston County
Smith Hall
Alto Rhodes
Cameron
Hall
Rhodes
Axis Sally Finishes Testimony in Treason Trial
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally finished six days on the witness stand in a treason case. She testified about wartime Nazi propaganda broadcasts and her personal life as prosecutors seek a conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis Sally
Washington
Mildred E
Axis Sally) Gillars
Ruling Declares County Cannot Spend for Registrar Equipment
The Madison County Board of Commissioners cannot appropriate funds to buy equipment or supplies for the county board of registrars. Attorney General Albert Carmichael issued the advisory opinion to Roy L. Stone, chairman, on March 2 in Montgomery Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Madison County Board of Commissioners
County Board of Registrars
Albert Carmicnne
Roy L. Stone
GOP Plans To Seek Tax Cuts
Washington March 2 Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts announced a GOP plan to cut excise taxes in response to President Truman’s request for more revenue. The policy committee endorsed the measure as immediate and imperative, with 15 Democrats and 10 Republicans on the Ways and Means panel, and five Democrats tipped to join GOP excise tax support to boost business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Truman
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
Military Rites Set for Cpl Raphael B Parker
Full military honors will be accorded Cpl Raphael B Parker at Kendree Methodist church Falkville at 2 p.m. Saturday Rev Woodfin Groves will conduct services Burial will be in Herring cemetery with Brown's directing His body arrives in Decatur on L N No 2 at 3 05 p m Thursday and remains at Brown's chapel until Saturday 1 p m when taken to the church Veterans of Foreign Wars post 4190 will render the honors Six VFW members will pallbear Survivors include his mother Mrs Sallie Parker Decatur his father C H Parker Birmingham a son John Gary Parker South Bend Ind and three brothers Charles H Decatur Ralph J Lipscomb Ala and Herbert Berkeley Calif
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael B. Parker
Kendree Methodist Church
Falkville
Woodfin Groves
Ramoirs— Ell
Herring Cemetery
Brown
Cpl. Parker
Decatur
L&n
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Cpl. Parl
Italy
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Sallie Parker
C. H. Parker
Birmingham
John Gary. Parker
South Bend
Ind
Charles H
Ralph J
Lipscomb
Ala
Herbert
Berkeley
Calif
Glee Club To Be Heard Here At Central Methodist
Ashbury College Men’s Glee Club Wilmore Kentucky will give a sacred concert at Central Methodist church Monday March 21 at 7 30 p m The thirty member group directed by Professor Frank lin D Borland Jr includes quartets soloists and personal testimonies It is the fourteenth annual tour with many members preparing for gospel work including thirteen aiming for ministry and nine for foreign missions The club represents thirteen states and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashbury College
Wilmore
Kentucky
Central Methodist Church
Franklin D. Borland
Glass Club
Christian College
States
China
Steel Finishing Mill Nearly Shut Down by Walkout of Stokers
In Youngstown Ohio on March 2 50 stokers walked out over a two year old grievance at Carnegie Illinois Steel McDonald works causing 90 percent shutdown for a second day. The stoppage layoffs 2150 men and leaves only one of eleven mills running as managers refuse a written guarantee of wage and classification negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
McDonald Works
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Ohio Works
Carolton Group Tours Two Alabama Plants
A Carolton Georgia group visited Alabama operations, touring four Mills and Decatur Grain Cooperative facilities. Led by William Sims of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, the visitors included Glenn Hogan Joan Mauldin Jimmy Hulmes Le Roy Templeton Carl Williamson Tom Wachler Lester Murrah Paul Patton Bob Wood and A P Roongon with plans to depart in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolton
Georgia
Alabama
Four Mills
Decatur Grain Cooperative
William Sims
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Hogan
Joan Mauldin
Jimmy Hulmes
Leroy Templeton
Carl Williamson
Tom Wachler
Lester Murrah
Paul Patton
Bob Wood
A. P. Rooingon
Red Cross Campaign Nears Five Thousand Dollar Goal
The Red Cross fund drive in Morgan County nears the $5,000 mark with progress touted as very good. Campaign chair P Bill Ferguson Jr. urges solicitors to finish assignments and report promptly as reports continue to come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonday
Morgan County
P Bill Ferguson Jr
Ruling On Advertising Costs Of Amendments
Alabama counties must pay the cost of publishing Governor s proclamations on constitutional amendments affecting their counties and related elections. Cities within counties are not obligated. Attorney General Albert Carmichael issued the advisory to Tuscaloosa county attorneys after the state finance department questioned 4433 for amendments four and five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Albert Carmichael
Tuscaloosa County
Ward
State Finance Department
Poultry Market Steady Amid Quality Variations in North Georgia
North Georgia live poultry market unsettled with prices largely unchanged. Demand remains steady as more flocks with colds cause wider quality variation. typical birds run near 3 pounds with larger sizes in surplus. Wet prices FOB farm reflect range: New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses 26.5 to 28.5 cents, Barreda Rock Crosses 25.5 to 27.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Barreda Rock
Nashville Livestock and Cotton Market Report
Nashville market reports cattle calves hogs and New York cotton. Cattle mostly steady with light supply. calves 25 to 31 for best weights. hogs mixed with steady close. New York cotton futures irregular with late gains and weaker close.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Grain futures retreat after heavy U S corn purchases
Chicago trading floor reported strong government purchases of corn from the country aiding the market. Wheat and other grains declined modestly with May corn near 1 1 8 lower, oats mixed, rye steady, soybeans down about a penny, and lard steady to lower for March contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Big Army Bomber Believed Down Over Luzon Mountains
An American B-29 with nine aboard is believed down in the Caraballo mountains of Northern Luzon after last contact 90 miles from Clark Field. Heavy clouds hindered searches. Brig. Gen. Jared Crabb says it was a routine local flight from a U.S. home base and crew names were withheld.
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Manila
Carabello Mountains
Luzon
Oredue
Clark Field Air Base
Clark Field
Jared V. Crabb
U. S. 18Th Fighter Wing
Grand Jury Probe Of Walker Officials Report Due
The final report of a Walker County grand jury investigating county officials is due early next week. The panel recessed until Monday and opened with questions about rumors that some public officials are not performing their duties. Several routine indictments were returned before the recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Ala
Walker
Roy Mayhall
Infant Dies. Graveside Services Scheduled in Somerville
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Printis James of Somerville died Tuesday at 5:30 PM. Graveside services are set for 3:20 PM at Nelsor Cemetery in Somerville, with Berry conducting and Mutual Service directing funeral arrangements. Survived by parents two brothers Herman and Wiley and two sisters Martha Ann and.
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Nelsor
Somerville
Printis James
Berry
Herman
Wiley
Martha ‘Ann
President Truman Receives Very Good Economic Forecast
The White House says Truman holds regular night talks with business, finance, agriculture, and labor leaders to stay informed on the economy. Advisers note bright, promising conditions with unemployment claims down and retail sales up, but warn against psychological fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
John D. Clark
Win G. Nourse
Economic Council
Blair House
Ayers
Keyserling
Senate-House
Jury System Attack Ends in Conspiracy Trial
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina halted the defense assault on the jury system in the eleven top communist leaders case. He denied a motion to dismiss the indictment and signaled the trial would start next Monday, despite earlier calls to delay and claims of discrimination in jury selection. The judge said the communists failed to prove their argument of unfair juror picking. His formal ruling on the jury challenge was due Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Employees Vote To Require Union Shop At Goodyear Mills
Goodyear Decatur Mills workers voted 1056 to 13 in an NLRB election on Tuesday to require union shop membership for continued employment. Local 88 UTWA AFL filed the petition and officials included R T Gardner and Paul P Cooper as election agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Utwa Afl
Utwaafl
NLRB
R. T. Gardner
Paul P. Cooper
Utwa-Afl
Mike Kelly
Mark P. Patterson
Tommie Wilson
Fannie Richardson
Lile L. Spangler
Lois J. Smith
Leacie T. Bolling
House Painter Held Sane Faces Death Sentence
Jesse Carroll of Phenix City Alabama is deemed sane by state doctors after a sanity hearing in Atlanta. The murder defendant in Columbus Georgia now heads back to Judge T Hicks Fort for a new execution date following two prior reprieves and a pardon sanity review.
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Atlanta
Jesse Carroll
Phenix City
Als
Columbus
State Sanity Board
Carroll
T. Hicks Fort
L. V. Strickland
R. W. Bradford
Marion M. Estes
Local Decatur Updates Include Visits and Accidents
Mrs Claud Warren of Little Rock visits sister in Decatur on route home from Pulaski after brother Gilbert Evans death. William Humphrey moved to Pitts Motel from Baugh Wiley hospital. Prayer services at Westminster Church led by Rev Troxler. Various locals visit Decatur on business. Disabled American Veterans meet at 7:30 p m at American Legion home. Multiple local notices on health, birthdays, car accident damages, and police reports.
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Claud Warren
Little Rock
Arkansas
D. E. Wardn
8Th Avenue West
Pulaski
Tennessee
Gilbert Evans
William Humphrey
Baugh-Wiley Hospital
Pitts Motel
Brown's
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John A. Troxler
Yankee Star Out of Action Again Result Of Old Heel Injury
Yankee center fielder Joe DiMaggio was sidelined during spring training with an old heel injury. He left for Baltimore to see Dr. George Bennet at Johns Hopkins Hospital after inflammation flared following an exhibition game.
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Yankee
ST. Petersburg
Fils
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Baltimore
George Bennet
Johns Hopkins Hospital
DiMaggio
Nora
March Winds Sweep Europe Killing Dozens
The March wind battered Europe with gusts up to 90 mph causing at least 28 deaths and widespread damage. Buildings collapsed across Western Germany, a Rome wall fell killing a man, a roof worker died in England, and a British woman perished near her due date. Shipping losses appeared in the Katowice and Marena sinks with crews rescued. Aircraft were grounded and utilities interrupted in several regions.
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London
Europe
Germany
Rome
England
Katowice
North Sea
Marena
Banff
Scotland
Thames Estuary
Berlin
Italy
Mrs. Deene Called Home In Town Creek After Illness
Mrs. Lillie Deene 63 died at 11 P M Tuesday at her daughter’s home in Town Creek after a long illness. Survivors include son Horace four daughters Mrs J C Bradford Mrs W H Norton Mrs W C Norton and Mrs A M Slaton and brothers Claude Norton Ella Norton A A Norton Bill Norton plus sister Mrs Sam Agee and 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Mutual Service Funeral Home. She was a Methodist lifelong Town Creek resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Deene
J. C. Bradford
Town Creek
Mutual Service Funeral Home
Deene
Horace
W. H. Norton
W. C. Norton
Storm Toll Rises Across New England in Severe Winter
Storms sweeping the area caused 23 deaths across the Northeast with six fatalities in Connecticut and six in Massachusetts. Snowfalls reached up to 25 inches in some sections while winds remained strong and skies cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Lake Ontario
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Maine
Detained Suspects Linked to Grave Water Torture Case
Neighbors report Mrs. Beck and Fernandez connected by a correspondence club. Police investigate disappearance of Mrs. Downing after a mother and daughter were slain over the weekend. McMahon quotes details of the confession as officers pursue leads in Pensacola Florida.
Lowndes Legislator Voices Frustration Over School Funding Demands
A Lowndes legislator says residents know the tax take from last year and the new budget needs. He warns he is growing impatient with rising school funding requests and notes that teachers have not learned the word peak yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowndes
Ten Man Race For Commission Posts Set In Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama a ten candidate field is set for the May primary for three city commission seats. Qualifying closed at midnight with Mayor Cooper Green facing Perry Frederick and Bennett T Waites Jr. Associates Eugene Connor and James W Morgan draw opponents including ex congressman Luther Patrick Marston Muir Wade Bradley Howard B Smith and T O Ellis in a diverse slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Cooper Green
Perry Frederick
Bennett T. Waites
Eugene Connor
James W. Morgan Nave
U. S
Luther Patrick
Marston Muir
Ensley
Wade Bradley
Howard B. Smith
T. O. Ellis
Heat Pump Tests In Five Valley Cities Begin
Heat pump tests in five valley cities under a joint University of Tennessee and TVA program have begun. Equipment is buried to collect soil temperature and moisture data at Murfreesboro Iris Jackson Tennessee Cold Mississippi Alabama, with more sites planned in Bristol Virginia Cleveland and Knoxville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Tennessee
TVA
Murfreesboro
Iris
Jackson
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Bristol
Virginia
Cleveland
Knoxville
Tennesee
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Vern Haugland
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administrat
Sullivan
A & P Tea Co
Austinville
Glee Club
Carrolton Group
Red Cross
New Orleans
Texas South Plains
Grand Jury
Goodyear
Srbenal
GME
Ian J. Birdwell
Tanner
H. F. Bailey
W. E. Fairey
Cullman 4
M. A. Bishop
Decatur 1
W. H. Bagley
Danville
Lewis C
Pinky) Brown
Ferry St
Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Robert Lowery Balch
H. E. Balch
Madison
Hamil Clinic
Jeannette Hays
Jano Hays
Athens
Jeannette
Crippled Childrens’ Clinic
Loyd Hays
Jimmy
Judy Hays
Ninth Avenue E
Albert Coefield
Desoto
J. B. Whitmire
Kennedy and
Hyde
R. C. Dumas
Fifth Avenue S
Morgan County Sheriff's Offices
Decatur Fire Department
R. E. Brazier
Fourth Avenue
L. C. Gilliard
Twelfth Avenue
Nashville Veteran's Hospital
Sixth Avenue Church of God
W. H. F. M. Society
C. B. Whitmire
W. J. Williams
Decatur Transit
Mrs. Williams
Akron
Kent
Mrs. Deene
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