Weather and church notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional rain in the extreme north tonight. Winter returns with a 35 to 61 degree day and 0.34 inches of rainfall. Rev. Morgan preaches at Mt View church Sunday 11 AM. sermons on Keeping Faith In Jesus and The Authority Of The Church follow elsewhere in the community. The Athens Bible chorus programs and rabies test results for a Sheffield dog are noted along with multiple church services and community updates. Local residents Damsgard and Vaughn are cited for events and musings on local happenings.
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Cester
Folsom Returns to Alabama as Paternity Suit Is Fueiled Politics
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom flies home to tend to state business after declaring that politics drives the paternity suit filed by Christine Putnam Johnston. Kenneth G. Griffith labels the suit a political move as Folsom plans to argue for states' title to tidelands before a Senate House subcommittee. Folsom visited Walter Reed Hospital to see Army Lt. James Mitchell, son of the safety director, amid intense media attention in Washington.
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A. F.mahan JR
Washington Service
Washington
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Christine Putnam Johnston
Hanceville
Alabbam
Kenneth G. Griffith
Griffith
Tidelands
Senate-House
Clark
Krug
Auto
Walter Reed Hospital
James Mitchell
J. D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Johnston
Christine. Johnston
Cullman
Ala
James Douglas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Goodyear Cuts Production Affecting Thousands Of Workers
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co announced a 30 percent production cut at its local plant, impacting about 7 000 workers who will work 18 to 30 hours weekly. Total local employment is around 20 000. Sales fell in January and February, though peacetime highs were maintained. The CIO United Rubber Workers union seeks a 30 percent wage hike this year. Similar cuts are planned at five other U S plants.
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Cio-United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear
United States
Gadsden
Ala
Los Angeles
Jackson
Mich
St. Mary’s
Muncie, Ind
Windsor, Vt
New Bedford, Mass
Topeka, Kas
Plant One Cut Back At Goodyear Decatur Mills
Charles W. Young, superintendent, announced a five day 40 hour week for Goodyear Decatur Mills employees due to lower Akron production. Employees in Plants 2 and 3 remain on a six day schedule. Plant I is the oldest mill in Decatur.
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Charles W. Young
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Akron
Goodyear
Decatur
Goodyear Mills
Held for breaking peeping tom law in Atlanta
Landlady accuses tenant H Richardson of secretly recording intimate conversations in bathroom and bedroom using a microphone dropped through a hot air conduit and then playing the tapes for his family. Richardson denies the charge. judge orders him held in $100 bond for criminal court.
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Atlanta
Fulton
E. M. Shepherd
Quincy Arnold
H. Richardson
Arnold
Richardson
Bids Sought on Seats for Decatur High Stadium
Decatur seeks bids for 20 000 board feet of redwood to furnish 6 100 seats for the new high school stadium. Seats will mount on steel brackets attached to the deck and consist of two 2 by 6 inch boards bolted together. Redwood chosen for durability. higher initial cost but lower maintenance. Stone Construction Co. nearly finishes crating for site as weather allows footings to be poured.
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Decatur
City Board of Education
the Daily
Stone Construction Company
Dog Search Under Way For Rabies Case In Texas
A five year old boy, Bingham Edwards, was bitten February 23 by a large shaggy dog believed to be part collie. Parents seek information about the dog to decide on anti rabies treatment for the child, while veterinarians monitor the animal’s condition. The dog escaped confinement and has not been located with clues directed to Dr. and Mrs. Edwards at the listed address.
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Bingham Edwards
M. E. Edwards
Edwards
Decatur Alabama Rises From Slump To Success Story
The Christian Science Monitor features Decatur Alabama in Water Power Sparks A Town by Sidney Ross. The piece highlights industrial growth through local initiative and TVA, showing Southeaste etals Alabama Flour Mills and Ingalls Shipyards as symbols of transformation along the Tennessee River.
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Decatur
America
Christian Science Monitor
Sidney Ross
The
Monitor
Ala
Alabama
Ingalls
TVA
Tennessee
New Czech envoy heads for Washington after coup
Irvin Munk named minister counsellor to Washington and slated to become charge d affaires as Prague reshapes its diplomatic staff after Juraj Slavik quits in protest. State Department plans to maintain relations while Britain and France join in condemning the communist seizure. Slavik pledges to act for Czech democracy but offers no concrete steps.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Irvin Munk
Prague
New York
Juraj Slavik
State Department
United States
Klement Gottwald
Robert A. Lovett
Britain
France
Europe
Praguevik
Poland
Hungary
Slavik
Labor Leader Harold Christoffel Found Guilty
Harold Christoffel former head of the Allis Chalmers Local 248 CIO and Fordham University associate was found guilty by a federal jury on six counts of perjury for denying Communist ties before the House Labor Committee. Sentencing delayed pending motions.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Harold Christoffel
District of Columbia
Decatur Transit fares debated as council delays rise
Decatur officials postponed a fare increase for buses and taxis to April 5 after a 3-2 vote. Transit president W. J. Williams cited higher insurance costs 23.4 percent and rising fuel and wage pressures, warning service curtailment if rates are not allowed to rise. He noted loans totaling 78 000 dollars since 1947 and questioned driver pay.
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Catur
Ci Soanelt
Decatur Asit’s
H. R. Summer
City of
Decatur
Decatur Transit
Williams
W. J. Williams
Council
Clifton Long Acquitted by Morgan Jury
Clifton Long was found not guilty of second degree murder in the death of his uncle Johnnie Jones after a two day trial. The jury deliberated two and a half hours. Long testified that the shooting was accidental during a struggle over a gun.
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Clifton Long
Johnnie Jones
Long
Noble Russell
Melvin Hutson
Jones
Pen
Echols
Willie Lee Echols
Somerville 1
Nella June Maples
Somerville
Decatur
Nella June
Highway Patrol
Mary Puckett
Ralph Blankenship
Puckett
Rube McCarley
Priceville
Tom Guyton
Two Pittsburgh youths near death in Tennessee case
In Nashville a 32 day reprieve spared Richard Reilly from death by electric chair just before dawn. His companion Daniel Budzynski had his death sentence commuted to 99 years after his sweetheart Jeanne Clair Lucas traveled from Pittsburgh and arrived to wed him if needed. The pair were convicted for the Memphis clothing merchant murder on November 21, 1946. Miss Lucas postponed plans and headed home after the commutation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pittsburgh
Jim McCord
Richard Reilly
Reilly
State Penitentiary
Daniel Budzynsky
Guv McCord
Budzynski
Jeanne Clair Lucas
Samuel Colsky
Memphis
Miss Lucas
Juke Boxes Approved for 128 Licenses in Alabama
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approved 128 juke box licenses, 86 in Montgomery, with authorizations for beer dealers in 11 counties. Counties include Baldwin, Bullock, Colbert, Covington, Escambia, Lee, Henry, Perry, Pike, and Dallas. The board discussed stock purchases ahead of a new price list due April 1 and noted a vacancy in the control coordinator’s position.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
F. H. Fielder
Baldwin
Bullock
Colbert
Covington
Escambia
Lee
Henry
Perry
Pike
Dallas
Gould Beech
Ed Purvis
Bell Gregory
Plans Set for Epworth Training Conference
Plans are shaped for the Epworth training conference to be held at the Methodist church on March 15. All young people are urged to attend and supper will be served each evening at six in the church basement.
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Epworth
The
Methodist Church
Dixie Rebels in Setback and Backing for MacArthur
The Dixie rebels faced a setback in efforts to remove Truman from Southern ballots while New England Democrats urged General MacArthur as a Democratic nominee. Virginia lawmakers rejected a bill barring Truman’s name, and Curley with Ely and Murphy pushed MacArthur's bid, hoping for a party shift ahead of the Philadelphia convention. A New York campaign committee planned a national poll to test support for MacArthur.
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Associated Press
President Truman
Virginia
Truman
New England
Boston
James M. Curley
Douglas MacArthur
Curley
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Japan
Ely
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Murphy
Philadelphia
MacArthur
New York
Warren Wright
Chicago
Legion Membership Theme Of Meeting In Decatur
A district Legion conference on membership growth is set for Sunday in Decatur with Mor gan county post 15 hosting. District commander Carl A Morning Jr. will preside as former Congressman Joe Starnes and Alabama Legionnaire editor Florence speak on the program and the house to house membership drive.
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American Legion
Decatur
Morgan County
North Alabama
Legion
Carl A. Morning Jr
Huntsville
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Starnes
Harold S. May
Florence
The
Alabama Legionnaire
Assembly
Morning
Albert Thorn
Hanceville
John E. Drinkard
Parkvilleg View Base
H. R. Summer of
Morring
John Troxler
Decatur Legion
Alabama Supreme Court upholds residence requirement in divorce law
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled the 1945 quickie divorce act invalid when both spouses were outside Alabama. The decision preserves the one-year Alabama residency rule for divorce jurisdiction. The case involved Doris Tate Jennings of Union South Carolina and John Wesley Jennings of Fort Mill South Carolina, who sought a divorce under the act. Justice Davis T. Stakely wrote the unanimous opinion.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
North Alabama
South Carolina
Doris Tate Jennings
Union
S. C
John Wesley Jennings
Fort Mill
Jennings
W. J. Haralson
Marshall County
Haralson
Davis T. Stakely
Paul J. Hooton
Randolph
Red Cross fund reaches nine thousand eighty five in Morgan county drive
The Morgan county Red Cross campaign nears its 1948 goal as contributions total 9085 with a county target of 13500. Annie Craig led the Lawrence Cove district with 17 and Otto Henderson reports strong progress in Falkville and Belk Hudson headquarters will close today with contributions moved to the courthouse annex. Texas City reports it surpassed its quota on day one of the 1948 drive.
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Morgan County
Annie Craig
Lawrence Cove
Falkville
Otto Henderson
Belk- Hudson
Morgan County Red Cross
Texas City
Red Cross
Noesne
Morgan County Fund
New Transit Building Under Construction in Decatur
Officials confirm a privately funded Decatur Transit building is under construction to improve cab and bus equipment efficiency. The low ceiling shop will be replaced to lower costs and keep rates reasonable.
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Decatur Transit
the Daily
Ie Corporation
Offic
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