Weather and community notes from Decatur and region
Clearing and colder in Alabama with frost in the far south tonight. North warm with afternoon sun Saturday. Local remarks about a 29 degree 24 hour low and a cotton market quote near 34.75 middling. Local names tied to hospital moves births and civic duties appear with brief notices and brief sports and diary items.
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Alabama
Owence
Eto Pon
Decatur
Sefficial Weather Bureau
Truman Faces Great Crisis in World Politics
President Truman pledges full U S political power and prestige to block communism including in China. Secretary Marshall warns the world crisis is inflamed by misunderstanding and anger as policy outlines aim to speed European recovery, Western unity, and world peace while curbing communist governments.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
China
Marshall
Russia
Federal Council of Churches
Senate
House
United States
Europe
Defendant denies Norris store presence in murder case
Charlie Moore on trial for first degree murder testified he was not in Norris's store when proprietor A. H. Norris was shot and said he did not know contents of a four page confession before signing it. He said he cannot read and was 16 when he left school. the car ride involved Virgil and J. D. Moore planning a store robbery for money to cover bad checks.
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Charlie Moore
Norris
A. H. Norris
Morgan Circuit Court
Newton Powell
Moore
William Eyster
Decatur
Wimberly
J. D. Moore
J. P. Campbell
Virgil
Melvin Wimberly
Charlie
Jim Decatur
Campbell
Caddo
Belle View Church
Renew Canal Fund Request For Tennessee Tombigbee Link
Washington reports the South renewed its push for a canal connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers. Three senators and two representatives urged a Senate appropriations subcommittee to provide 1 500 000 dollars to begin the project.
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Washington
South
Tennessee
Tombigbee
Senate Appropriations
Army Engineers
Budget Bureau
House
Sparkman
Ala
National Defense Standpoint.” Senators Hill
D-Ala
Eastland
D-Miss
A. Feringa
Army
Joe Carl Lancaster Hopes For End Of Lengthy Murder Hearing
The Charlie Moore murder trial drags into its fourth day with a young observer, Joe Carl Lancaster, five, grandson of Mrs. W. L. Eubanks. The boy sits with state attorneys and reporters, drawing and eating candy between testimonies, hoping for a quick finish to return to his dog and daily life.
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Charlie Moore
Joe Carl Lancaster
W. L. Eubanks
Olive Street
Eubanks
A. H. Norris
Joe Carl
Craig Field
Selma
Raiders Take First Round
Decatur Red Raiders defeated Foley 49 to 27 in the state basketball tournament first round. Joe Brewer led scoring with 16 points, Woodruff 12, Free 11, Walton 12 for Foley, as Decatur advances to the quarter finals to face Sidney Lanier of Montgomery at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
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Hap Halbrooks
T Ala
Mar
Decatur Red Raiders
Foley
Raiders
Sidney Lanier
Montgomery
Red and Black
Decatur
Joe Brewer
Aubrey Free
Woodruff
Free
Caldwell
Moulton Wins Opening Tuscaloosa Basketball Game
Powerful Moulton of the seventh district defeated Tuscaloosa county 26 to 21 in the first round of the Alabama high school tournament. Moulton, with 30 wins and one loss, led 17 to 10 at halftime as Tuscaloosa fought back.
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Moulton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
Gunfire Steady on the Czech Borders
A report from Hof Germany says Czechs flee under constant gunfire near the border. An 18 year old man was killed and a woman wounded as guards deter escapes toward the U S zone. Those captured face five to twenty years in prison.
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Hof
Germany
Nor Tce
U. S
Baker resigns from Auburn news bureau post
John Newton Baker resigns as head of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute news bureau. Acting President Ralph B. Craughon says Baker, also a professor of journalism, will become director of public relations at Yorke State University.
Southern Democrats face split over Civil Rights push
Senators Hill and Sparkman urge party unity as a White House meeting looms. President Truman signals no civil rights bills for now and leaves Congress to draft its own measures, fueling Dixie Democrats' demand for accountability and political leverage.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Dixie
Alabama
Hill
Sparkman
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Dixie Democrats
Democrats Debate Civil Rights Plan at DNC Meeting
The Democratic National Executive Committee debated President Truman's civil rights program without action. Afterward members met with the President and Mrs. Truman at the White House. Indiana national committeeman Frank McHale said no official action occurred as the committee is not a policy making body. He added that the party’s voice lies with the convention set for July in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Democratic National Executive Committee
Presidentruman
Truman
White House
Frank McHale
Indiana
McHale
Philadelphia
Southern governors press for renewed civil rights stand
The Southern governors meeting to oppose civil rights measures faces a tough stance. Governor Thurmond chairs the civil rights panel and plans secret talks with national Chairman McGrath. Other participants include Robert Figg, and the group plans to present a solid anti poll tax and anti-Jim Crow line.
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J. Howard McGrath
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Southern governors + civil rights committee
Waller
James F. Tigrnes
Robert M. Figg
McGrath
Senate Lines Up 10 Lower Tax Reduction
Senate leaders laid out a $4.7 billion tax cut bill for action next week. The policy committee set the goal as debate may start midweek with final action by week’s end. The finance committee voted 10 to 1 to cut $1.8 billion from the House bill already passed February 2. The plan keeps rates largely similar to the House bill with tiered cuts and after-deduction application. The measure would alter personal exemptions and allow income splitting beyond community property states, with a maximum deduction raise to $1,000. The cut would take effect January 1.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House
Millikin
R-Colo
Three-Unit Apartment House Under Construction at Oak and Lafayette
Wilson Taylor Sr constructing a brick veneer three apartment house at the corner of Oak and Lafayette Streets. The building will be electrically heated with a concrete front porch and private Oak Street entrances. Lower floor will house Mr and Mrs Taylor, upper two four-room flats with baths. projected cost about 25000 dollars.
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Oak and
Lafayette Streets
Wilson Taylor
Taylor
Murphy
the Daily
Decatur Girls Celebrate Birthday and Scout Growth
Girl Scouts nationwide celebrate their 101st birthday, recalling Savannah Georgia origins in 1912. In Decatur a party is planned at the Littlehouse at 3 30 p m with Wanda Harris and local leaders urging more volunteers to fill troop leader and adviser roles.
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Decatur
Girl Scouts
All American Girl Scouts
Savannah
Georgia
Girl Scout Littlehouse
Wanda Harris
Wheeler
New Board
Scout World
Paul Robinson
Kissin Jim Smiles Across Fifth Avenue Crowd
Alabama Governor Big Jim Folsom kisses fashion models on Fifth Avenue in New York after a sidewalk event. Reporters and a few women watched as he declared New York girls the prettiest outside Alabama and enjoyed the scene before skipping an Empire State Building visit. Christine Johnston questions linger over alleged common law marriage.
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New York
Alabama
Big Jim Folsom
Fifth Avenue
Folsom
Empire State Building
Christine Johnston
Big Jim
Waldorf-Astoria
Meyers Fate Goes to Jury in Perjury Case
A federal jury began evidence in the Meyers perjury case after Judge Holtzoff charged the panel. The 52 year old ex general faces up to 30 years if found guilty on three counts. Cooperator Lamarre testified that Meyers urged the witness to lie about $150,000 wartime cuts from Aviation Electric in Dayton. Internal Revenue filed a separate tax fraud complaint charging Meyers with falsifying a 1941 return by $26,708.98.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Meyers
Senate
Bleriot Harre
Aviation Electric Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Lamarre
Air Forces
U. S. Internal Revenue
Aviation Electric
U. S
Ray O'Donnell
Masaryk Memorial Rites Held in Masaryktown Florida
Memorial services for Jan Masaryk Czechoslovak foreign minister who died earlier this week were observed in Masaryktown Florida. Sixty townspeople gathered in the town hall as flags flew at half staff and the altar bore flowers and candles. Mayor Andrew Kana recalled Masaryk's life and nationhood to the assembled audience.
Vanderbilt coach Norman Cooper resigns for Kansas job
Norman Cooper announced today his resignation as Vanderbilt University line coach to take the same post at the University of Kansas. He will assist J. Y. for Kansas.
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Vandy Nashv
Tenn
Norman Cooper
Vanderbilt
University of Kansas
Cooper
J. Y
Vote Tonight Shapes European Recovery Plan Debate
Secretary of State Marshall says world crisis heightens the Senate vote on the European recovery program. The key issue is whether the plan's first year funding should be 5.3 billion or reduced to 4.0 billion dollars. The bill’s fate hinges on late tonight or tomorrow approval and delivery of Western Europe aid.
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Oliver W. DE Wolf
Washington
Marshall
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Western
Europe
Deadlines Set By Senate Republicans For Tax Cut and Foreign Policy Action
In Walington on March 12, Republican policy makers set two deadlines. The first calls for final action next week on a 4.7 billion tax cut bill. The second targets action on all major foreign policy measures by April, following a forenoon session.
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Walington
Senate
Senate debates Marshall Plan as deadline nears
President urges quick approval of the aid program to keep non communist nations supplied until Marshall Plan help arrives. Taft proposes a $1.3 billion cut amid GOP divisions while House Republicans back a two section bill extending aid to Greece Turkey China and discussing Western Europe. Senate action totals $570 million in economic aid for China with more expected.
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Senate
Taft
Wherry
Neb
Ball
Minn
Ber
Vandenberg
Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Greece
They
Eaton
RNJ
Europe
Turkey
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