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14 Mar 1948
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1948
Page
1
Weekend Weather And Local Notices In Decatur
Warmer Monday with partly cloudy skies and mild temps. Northeast to East winds on the coast shift to Southeast Monday. Local notes include residents in Tuscaloosa for a state basketball tournament and several hospital transfers. Elks to host Disabled American Veterans April 1 dinner meeting. No arrests reported. city firemen extinguished three grass fires. Hospital moves involve Brown's ambulance transports to Vanderbilt and Birmingham. Florence State Teachers College concert at Kilby Auditorium features University of Alabama string quartet. admission free. Measles illness at the Posey home noted. Duff's new apartment construction underway. Local civic items and appointments wrap with Ken Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Florence State Teachers College
University of Alabama
Kilby Auditorium
Debussy
William Presser
Florence
Tschaikowsky
Life sentence meted Moore in Norris slaying
Charlie Moore a 22 year old tied to the Norris case faces life imprisonment after a five hour jury verdict of first degree murder in Morgan circuit court. Defense argued Moore is mentally underprivileged and influenced by others. The court noted paroles are not within its authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kem Metzger
Charlie Moore
Pennry
A. H. Norris
Newton Powell
Morgan Circuit Court
Pri
Pagplé
Powell
William Eyster
George Johnson
Phillip Shanks
Moore
Norris
J. P. Campbell
Virgil Wimberly
Afpcare
Bale to Acre Club Forming in Alabama 1948 Promote by O N Andrews
Extension cotton specialist O N Andrews urges Alabama county agents to form Bale Per Acre Clubs modeled after the successful Alabama program. Members must average a bale per acre on all cotton land, with guidance on land quality variety and fertilization to reach the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
O. N. Andrews
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
FFA
TVA Inquiry to Question TVA Independence and Finances
A three week Senate Public Works subcommittee inquiry will probe the Tennessee Valley Authority. Questions target independence from Congress, director performance, and the agency finances as the 800 million dollar body faces possible reform. Hearings may occur in Washington and in the Tennessee Valley regions including Knoxville Chattanooga or Muscle Shoals. Senator Malone proposes significant changes to the 1933 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Snyder
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Civil Service System
Senate Public Works
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Malone
R-New
Tennessee
Kenneth D. McKellar
Memph
Lumber Purchased for Decatur Stadium Seats
Decatur schools awarded a 20000 foot heart redwood contract for stadium seating. Stone Lumber Company, low bidder, will ship from the West Coast within sixty days. Stone Construction lays out the stadium while Brewton, Alabama progress continues and iron and steel work nears May completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
West Coast
School Board
Heart
Stone Lumber Company
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Stone
Bodies of Three Heroes Unclaimed in Atlanta
In Atlanta on March 1 three World War I soldiers rest in co opted caskets as Lt. Col. John H. Pruitt reports extensive searches found no relatives. The deceased are Second Lt. William E. Smith wife Katherine T. Smith, S Sgt Yerger A. Smith widow Yvonne Y. Smith, and Pfc William T. Allison son Minnie A. Whitey. Pruitt notes many next of kin fail to notify changes of address delaying repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
John H. Pruitt
Wiliam E. Smith
USA
Katherine T. Smith
Yerger A
Miners Pension Fight Gains Steam With UMW Push
John L. Lewis escalates drive for pensions by sending circulars to about 400000 bituminous miners in 28 states. He demands $100 monthly pensions for those 60 and older with 20 years in mining, funded by a 10 cent a ton welfare royalty now near $30 million, while operators question sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ponce .Rho
John P. Busare
District Five
Pennsylvania
UMW
Noreatic
Long respiration attempt ends in death in Griffin home
Raymond McKibbon, 51, died at his Griffin home after 15 hours of artificial respiration for a lung ailment. He stopped breathing at 2 PM yesterday. his son Joe and Dr. Bill King worked with him until 6:30 PM, then firemen and a Red Cross team arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Raymond McKibbon
McKibbon
Joe McKibbon
Bill King
Atbreathe
Czech envoy defies Reds amid UN credential crisis
Prague fires Dr. Jan Papanek as Czechoslovak UN delegate after he defies Prague by continuing in his post. He accuses Russia of aiding the coup and seeks a UN Security Council investigation. Papanek vows to act unless recalled in writing by President Benes. The UN faces a credential dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Carpenter Lake
Prague
Jan Papanek
United Nations
Papanek
Washington
U. N
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Benes
Chilesterday
Security Council
U.N
Drive’s Goal Now in Sight
The Morgan county Red Cross drive nears its $13,500 target with only $1,200 left. Rev Otto Henderson leads Falkville area efforts as other towns report progress though Eva and Danville have not contributed. Roy Fite Jr the city Red Cross chairman urges remaining donors to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Red Cross
Otto Henderson
Falkville and Vicinity
Lacey's
Spring
Hartselle
Trinity
Priceville
Eva
Danville
Senators Push Night Vote on ERP Aid Package
Washington March 13 Weary senators pressed toward a final vote on the 5 3 billion European recovery program amid a series of amendments and speeches. Amendments included sending surplus farm products to Europe and a rejected 21 monthly pension addition for American old age recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wherry
Nebraska
Stoor
Farieee
Europe
Williams
D-Ky
Morse
R-Ore
Cordon
R-Wash
Thye
R-Minn
George
D-Ga
Magnuson
O’daniel
D-Tex
Johnston
D-Sc
Treasury
England
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wreckage Found of Shanghai to St Paul Airliner
A search plane sighted a smashed Northwest Airlines transport on Mount Sanford Alaska after the Shanghai to St Paul charter vanished with 30 aboard. The wreckage bore a Northwest insignia at 8 500 feet with no sign of life. A fire was seen on the mountain slope and ground party delivery appears unlikely due to rugged terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Army Public Relations Office
Northwest Airlines
Mount Sanford
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Gulkana
Shanghai
New York
Fickle March Dons Spring Dress Across Midwest
March finally shows spring mood as southwest winds ease the long cold spell. Warmer weather forecast for the East and Southeast with above normal temps in the Midwest. Chicago expected to rise to 42 after a one degree above the record low. Sub zero readings persist across the upper Mississippi Valley and New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
midWest
South Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi River
Upper Lakes
New York
New England
Pressmen accuse Klan clash near Columbus
In Columbus Georgia three reporters Jim Bellows Carlton Johnson and photographer Joe Talbot were assaulted while covering a Ku Klux Klan cross burning near Shiloh Pine Mountain. Police arrested them near Manchester for drunkenness bonds set at eight dollars seventy five cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hevend
Aew
Gia Ku Klux
A. H. Chapman
The
Jim Bellows
Carlton Johnson
Joe Talbot
KKK
Shiloh
Samuel Green
Atlanta
Georgia Klan
Pine Mountain
Green
Anchester
E. T. Keevle
Governors Discuss Guard Commander in 31st Division
Governors of Alabama and Mississippi discussed appointing a commander for the 31st National Guard division if Major General John Persons retires. Governor Folsom said Mississippi would have the time. he avoided confirming Persons' retirement plans. General Persons is a World War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
31St National Guard
John Persons
Birmingham
Folsom
Persons
General Persons
Fielding Wright
Decatur Schools to Change Program of Studies Next Year
The Decatur city schools will modify the program of studies in Riverside and the junior high levels next year. Changes include home economics for girls and industrial arts for boys in eighth grade, civics for all junior II students, optional algebra start in junior III, and choices between Latin and general science in junior III. Latin starts in 1948-49 at both high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur City
Riverside
Dent
Southern Governors unite to oppose Truman civil rights push
Trouble grows for President Truman as six Southern governors pledge to withhold electoral votes from any candidate backing Truman civil rights. Secretary Anderson resigns to seek a Senate seat in New Mexico, planning to stay until summer adjournment. Hatch may join federal bench path. Taft criticizes Democrats amid looming November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Anderson
Senate
Truman
Capitol Hill
New Mexico
Congress
Carl Hatch
Wright
Mississippi
Jester
Texas
Folsom
Alabama
Thompson
Georgia
Thurmond
South Carolina
Laney
Arkansas
Hatch
Claude R. Wickard
Dono Ao
Eben Ayers
Ayers
Taft
Ohio
Sparkman D
Ala
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