Walker Rites Set For Friday
Services for S A Walker 81 will be at Caddo Congregational church Friday at 2 PM. Burial in adjoining cemetery Highsmith directing. He died Wednesday evening at daughter Renia Speegle’s home after a week of critical illness. He raised in Blount county moved to Lawrence county later to farm. Survivors include three daughters Ida Morgan Dora Lee Standridge and Retna Speegle, 16 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Granddaughters to handle flowers grandsons pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Walker
Dee Montgomery
Caddo
Congregational Church
Highsmith
Quincey
Alton Standridge
Ursa Morgan
Tyler Larry
William Roberts
Filibuster Showdown Shapes Truman Civil Rights Debate
Democratic Senator Lu cas warns today's move may block Truman civil rights efforts for some time. Vice President Barkley’s ruling on a two thirds vote could gag debate, ending the filibuster within hours if upheld. Dixie lawmakers pledge to talk on, while the House labor panel advances bills on Taft Hartley repeal and minimum wage to March 21 debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Barkley
Senate
Dixie
House Labor Subcommittee
Mr. Truman
House
Oleo
Margar
House Agriculture Committee
Hep. Poage
D-Tex
House Labor Committee
Marriage Licenses Recorded in Daily Records
Birmingham residents 34 year old Ruth Moore Powell of 4167 Cliff Road and 34 year old Battles 24 of 3406 Twelfth Avenue N both listed for marriage license in Birmingham.
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Twelfth Avenue
Birmingham
Ruth Moore Powell
Cliff Road
Property transfers listed in local deeds record
Deeds record shows transfers including W Kinney to Gilbert Kinney Realty Investment Co to Carl Gray administrator for 10 dollars. Ivan T Waugh to O S Smith. Alton D Butler to Ruth M Butler for 1 dollar. Morgan County District 1 Tuberculosis Sanatorium trust for 1 dollar. William G Caer Jr to Pat Een ernes to D Z Hamner for 60 dollars. C Holland Cook to Marvin M Banks 9750 dollars. John H Ellenburg to Jarrell Edward Stephens 500 dollars. R T Hanners to Silas H Blevins RS 2 Leng to M H Taylor 1750 dollars. William Mosely Jr to S H Blackell 550. Wieschan to S H Blackai Tien.
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Deeds Ass. W
City Hall Repairs Are Remote Says Mayor Summer
City officials in Summer City report the North side City Hall needs extensive work. Heating and windows fail to seal against cold, roof leaks noted, and many repairs are required before anyone can fix the building. Mayor Summer says immediate repairs are unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coreree
R. Summer
Stocks Show Mixed Early Rally Amid Narrow Gains
Faint rally signs appeared on March 10 with a broad scramble of fractional gains and losses. Notable movers included Steel Bethlemhem General Motors Firestone Caterpillar and United power names, while Amerada Petroleum and others dipped briefly. U S governments held steady in over the counter dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steel
Bethlenhem
General Motors
Firestone
Caterpillar Tractor
Consolidated Edison
Electric, Power and Light
American Smelting
Westinghouse Electric
Philip Morris
U. S. Gypsum
Santa Fe
Great Northern Preferred
Nickel Plate
Skelly Oo -Amerada Petroleum
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
Schenley
Cerro de Pasco
Owens-Illinois
American Woolen
Chesapeake and Ohio
Standard Oil (Nj
Paramount Pictures
American Gas and Electric
American Light and Traction
Gray Miz
Lone Star Gas
Niagara Hudson Power
United Light and Railways
O'Okiep Copper
Consolidated Mining
Pennoad
U. S
Nashville market report lists cattle hogs and lambs prices
Nashville Tennessee and Atlanta Georgia reports show cattle mostly steady with limited good bulls scarce. calves and hogs quoted with higher prices on light receipts. lambs and poultry markets mostly steady with broilers and fryers prices around 26 to 28 cents per pound for various breeds.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Winter Returns with Cold Grip in Decatur
Old Man Winter rages back into Decatur with blustery winds and a frosty morning as temperatures climb from 36 to 38 by midmorning. Yesterday's high reached 65 with a 34 low and about 40 inches of rain noted, while a few snow flurries drifted down in the pre-dawn gusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter
Decatur
Young
Spring
TVA
School Board Gets Charges at Chalkville
Governor Folsom will refer a Birmingham Federation of Labor complaint about Chalkville state training school for girls to the board of trustees. A March 22 meeting was called to consider the request to dismiss superintendent Mary Fowler and assistant Gladys Baggett and remove Mrs. Ryding as chair. The federation alleged abuse of students by handcuffing and hog-tying to beds and forced field work, which officials denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James E.folsom
State Training School For Girls
Chalkville
Birmingham Federation of Labor
Mary Fowler
Gladys Baggett
Ryding
Federation
Lunchroom Survey Underway in Morgan County Schools
Superintendent H. R. Leeman reports a survey of Morgan County lunchroom programs is in progress. The evaluation covers finances sanitation lunches served and storage equipment across 20 facilities serving about 300 students daily, with on the spot inspections by school supervisor Napps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
H. R. Leeman
Sw Napps
Leeman
Ierevemiys
Surprise witness testifies on disposal of Perry jewelry loot
At the Birmingham retrial of J. B. Parsons a witness described how a jewelry package from the 1947 Perry store robbery was moved from Chicago to Alabama and then mailed to Merry. Baker and others faced convictions or new trials linked to the $67,000 theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Perry
J. B. Parsons
Parsons
State Supreme Court
Louis W. Perry
Tony Whitlock
Green Bayou
Tex
Houston
Whitlock
Jack Baker
St. Clair Johnson
Lawrence Duncan
Chicago
Perrys
Alabama
Merry
Fairfield
FBI
Rome
Baker
Mobile
Johnson
Duncan
Flood and Ice Jam Impacts Hit Montana and Nebraska
The Northeast state region faced ice jams on the Elkhorn and Platte Rivers delaying return home for flood victims. Colder air slowed thaw and runoffs in Montana, while Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers caused over 5,000 acres of range land to flood in the northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ltate
Elkhorn
Platte
Montana
Yellowstone
Missouri
Tornadoes Rake Six Southern States
Early spring tornadoes cut a path through six states from Deridder Louisiana to Columbus Georgia injuring scores and killing a student in Terry Mississippi. Damage widens across Whitehaven Tennessee and nearby areas with high winds up to 60 mph and isolated lightning storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Deridder
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Columbus
Phenix City
Ala
United States Weather Bureau
Florida
Terry
Miss
Jackson
Ethel Kendrick
Crystal Springs Clinic
Memphis
Whitehaven
Tenn
Shelby County
Whitehaven High School
Lawrence Calvin
Ripley
Corinth
Gulf Refining Company
Crowley
Vicksburg
Hattiesburg
Robert Gardner
Warren
Eis
Banks
Natchez
Western Union
Train Robberies Chronicle A Storied Railroad Tale
Kansas City march 10 Train robberies form a dramatic chapter in railroad history from 1866 onward. The piece surveys James gang era heists 1930s crimes and notable incidents across multiple states with details on cash values methods and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Baltimore and Ohio
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jesse James
Gadshill
Otterville
Muncie
Kas
James
Retail sector shows December gains in Decatur area
County figures indicate December increases across retail trade with drug stores up 37.5 percent and hardware and farm implement stores up 186 percent. Postal receipts and savings deposits rose while bank debits, building permits, and job placements fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Cowan
State of Alabama
Decatur
Sanitation Drive to Require sewer connections in Decature
City to enforce ordinance making sewer connections mandatory within 200 feet of a line and require septic tanks where lines unavailable. About 300 to 400 open pit privies to be closed. Property owners will receive notices with a ten day window to comply. Jim Petty, Sanitation Officer, announced at the council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decature
Jim Petty
Petty
Storms Strike Alabama and Tennessee High Schools
Electrical storms swept central Alabama injuring a workman in Birmingham while tornadoes damaged the Whitehaven high school in Tennessee and caused $10,000 in harm to concessions near Idle Hour Park. Trees and debris toppled across Marion and Phenix City as twisters and wind gusts disrupted several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
Phenix
Ala
James S. Stiles
Idle Hour Rk
Richard Robeson
Whitehaven
Tenn
Alabama
Birmingham
Marion
Phenixity
Biham Plon Birm
Negro Eme
Petition For New Trial In Damages Suit
A. T. Hanson and B. R. McElroy petition for a new trial in the Kyle Stover vs. G. I. Taxi Co. damages suit. Hearing set for April 2 at 10 a.m. before Judge James H. Crow Jr. The 136 count petition was filed with the Morgan circuit clerk. Stover of Valhermosa Springs was awarded $7,000 in damages. original suit sought $20,000 for injuries from a March 1948 auto accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Hanson
B. R. McElroy
Kyle Stover
G. I. Taxi Company
Hanson and McElroy
James H. Crow Jr
Morgan Circuit
Stover
Valhermosa Springs
Hanson and McElroy Partners
G. I. Taxi Co
Hartselle
Battle Will Be Co Chairman of Barkley Dinner
U S Rep Laurie Battle and two Birmingham men were named co chairmen for the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner to be addressed April 12 by Vice President Alben Barkley. The other co chairmen are Joseph H Brady and William P Engel. Mayor Herbert Meighan announced a $60 000 quota for Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
U. S
Laurie Battle
Alben Barkley
John S. Foster
Joseph H. Brady
Alabama Young Democrats
William P. Engel
Herbert Meighan
Democratic National Party
Alabama
Heart Attack Fatal To Mrs. John Luker
Mrs. John F Luker age 48 died of a heart attack at her home in Hartselle on Wednesday. Peck Funeral Home to announce arrangements. She is survived by her husband five sons and three daughters and several grandchildren. Survivors include Paul Orval Obie James Millard B Pettit Freeman Duncan Selvin and others with two sisters and a brother listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F Wuker
Hartselle
Peck Funeral Home
Luker
Paul
Orval
Gadsden
Obie
Decatur
James
Lacey
Lacey's Spring; Millard, Hartselle 3; Mrs. B. B. Pettit, Gadsden
Freeman Duncan
Selvin
Wooten
Los Angeles
R. L. Beard
Dothan
W. Glass
Welaka
Fila
Hoke Smith
Decatur Groups Weigh Financing for Beautification Program
Civic club representatives met at Why Not Pate morning to discuss funding upkeep for plots and parkways to be spruced up. Mayor H R Summer urged immediate fundraising while Joe Elliott outlined a six month maintenance cost of about 7 50 per month per participating organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Decatur
Why Not P
Joe Elliott
Chamber of Commerce
H. R. Summer
Elliott
Train Robbery Suspects Sought After Ambush on Express
Authorities traced a bold raid on the Ambassador Express to two men seen in Leesburg Virginia and questioned by police there. The pair boarded a bus to Washington where they split up and fled as patrol cars converged. A suitcase and a bag with cloths were found near the stop, with bloodhounds used but no trail established. Police described one suspect as 22 to 25, six feet tall, with a mustache.
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New Mexico Desert
Deming
N.M
California
Saugus
Calif
Pittsburg
Washton
Martinsburg
Leesburg
Washington
21St
K Streets
N. W
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Blue Ridge
Jesse Jamies
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Winchester
W. Wee Se Se
Omnitis
Huntsville quartet to sing at Nazarene Church Sunday
The Griggs quartet from Huntsville will perform special music Sunday morning at the Church of the Nazarene, 510 Seventh Avenue. Mrs. R. H. Nixon of 215 Line Street is slightly improved from a throat infection. A Sunday school training course is planned at Central Baptist church Monday through Friday for workers. Several patients were admitted to Decatur General Hospital yesterday and today, including Mrs. Robert W. Anderson and others. Bishop Clare Purcell will preach at Central Methodist at 10 50 a m Sunday, and Rev G M Davenport will speak at 7 p m on Mary the Mother of Our Lord. Rev H M Layman will speak at Pleasant Hill Baptist Sunday. Public invited.
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Griggs
Huntsville
Church of
R. H. Nixon
215 Line Street
Central Baptist Church
Decatur General Hospital
Robert W. Anderson
Ferry Street
E. W. Pitts
Johnston Street
E. A. Mullican
Decature
H. J. Wenzell
8Th Ave. East
Robert Maschke
Sherman Street
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
Central Methodist Church
G. M. Davenport
Mary
H. M. Layman
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Earmarks Of Sin Revival At Southside Church
Rev H G M Hatler leads revival at Southside Baptist Church tonight at 7 30 with The Ear Marks of Sin. A church spokesman invites all to attend. Friday morning at 10 will feature Shining Lights and Friday night at 7 30 When Sin Overtakes The Sinner. Saturday night continues with Going To Hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Baptist Church
H. G. M. Hatler
Hel
Group Insurance Plan Outlined to City Employees
City hall reports little likelihood that Decatur workers will accept a private group plan. Police and other staff attended a briefing and some expressed preference for the State retirement system, showing little interest in alternative coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Decatur
Police Department
Mrs Frank Namie Injured In Car And Train Collision
Mrs Frank Namie and her husband were in a collision at the Vine Street crossing with a Southern freight train around 10 58 P M They were taken to Hamil Clinic hospital where she was treated for bruises not believed serious Police said Mr Namie was unh harmed by the crash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Namie
West Vine Street
Vine Street
Namie
Hamil Clinic
Square and Round Dances Planned At Local Armory
Cecil Chandler announced that starting tomorrow night the National Guard unit will sponsor authentic square and round dances every Friday at the armory. The dances offer family entertainment and healthful exercise with instructors present at no extra charge. Monte Crowder, with ten years of square dance experience, will conduct the affair. Music begins at 8:00 p.m. each Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Chandler
National Guard
Chandler
Monte Crowder
Train Hold Up Near Baltimore Roofs Tavern Report
An express from Baltimore to Detroit was held up by robbers described as two men aged about 22 to 25, five feet eight inches tall wearing a sports shirt. Witnesses said drinking occurred. investigators initially suspected four robbers after a nearby tavern robbery. Police believed the fireman was forced aboard the tavern as a possible connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Rousch
Baltimore
Detroit
Baltimore and Ohio
British War Widow Sees GI Daughters In Philadelphia Visit
Mrs. Ernest Ridge, 53, visiting the United States from England, says England is better but enjoys meeting her three GI bride daughters in Philadelphia. She plans a quick tour with daughter Mrs. George Burns and will travel to Decatur Alabama then Riverhead New York, staying with family into April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S
England
Ernest Ridge
Riverhead
N. Y
William Farrell
Patent Claim Is Dismissed In War Invention Case
A federal judge in Birmingham dismissed Frederick P. Fulmer's claim against the government for payment over a war time invention. Judge Seybourn Lynne ruled no real contract existed since the invention was not patented and thus not a tangible possession. The 24 page decision marks the first such ruling in a district court under four federal laws. The case's next step was not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Frederick P. Fulmer
U. S
Seybourn Lynne
Fulmer
U. S. Court of Appeals
Justice Department
E. R. Weisbender
Washington, D.C
Global tensions mix with regional crises in 1947 report
The dispatch reports British forces in Aqaba amid unclear moves by Trans-Jordan and Israeli forces near the port. It notes Dutch objections to a UN order on Indonesia and Burma's civil conflict with communists. Burmese defense planning follows Karen threats, while China drafts peace terms with rebels. Li Tsung Jen seeks Ho Ying Chin as premier. Yugoslavia condemns pig killings as economic sabotage. Lord Vansittart warns of communist spies and terrorists in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
J. H. van Royen
Security Council
Indonesia
Burma
Mandalay
Li Tsung-Jen
Ho Ying-Chin
Yugoslavia
Lord Vansittart
House of Lords
England
Espionage Case Involving Copson and Gubitchev Probed
A U S official states immunity not established as Copson and Gubitchev face charges of conspiring to defraud the United States and obstruct Justice and FBI. Copson allegedly possessed defense documents and shared them with the Russian. Gubitchev allegedly sought such materials. The conspiracy counts cite three meetings in Manhattan on Jan 14 Feb 18 and last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the World Organization
Miss Coplan
Gubitchev
United States
Justice Department
FBI
Miss Copson
Miss Coplion
Manhattan
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Wall Street
Stamford
Conn
Boston
Karpis
Alvin Karpis
Garrettsville
Gulf Coast
Kankakee
Bellefontaine
Morgan County Retail Trade Report
Battle
Barkley Dinner
John Luker
S. S
Britain
Denmark
Trans- Jordan Sea Sea
Aqaba
Trans
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