Plane propeller maims Hartselle man at airfield
Comer Hammett of College Street Hartselle was struck by a plane propeller while bystanders watched a post flight group. He suffered loss of his left eye a broken arm and a fractured skull. He was taken to Decatur General hospital and later to Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville for treatment.
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Vic Babbitt
Comer Hammett
College St
Hartselle
Hammett
Comer Tankersley
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Tankersley
Hamett
Comeram
Anthony
Larry
Henry Smith
Smith
Sparkman
Claude
Bethany
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Peck, Hartselle
Weather and local notices from Decatur area press
Weather outlook for the state calls for showers this afternoon and tonight with colder air late. Tuesday looks mostly cloudy and colder with northwest winds along the coast. Local items report visits, illnesses, road and church activities, and a city hall meeting upcoming.
Carl Patterson Elected Director of National Cotton Council
L. D. Patterson has been elected president of the Alabama Florida unit of the National Cotton Council and named to the board of directors of the national group at a San Francisco meeting. The Patterson family learned of the telegram today and plan to return to Decatur via Salt Lake City after attending the convention.
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L. D. Patterson
National Cotton Council
National Group
Council
San Francisco
Georgia Probes Liquor Racket Swindle
State Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine said Georgia is probing reports of a $500000 liquor smuggling racket. Large volumes bypass warehouses and may use counterfeit stamps, with an estimated 5000 cases monthly and $500000 annual warehouse charges. Seizures include 7202 cases valued at $4000 in Savannah and 103 cases valued at $6000 in Douglas.
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Atlanta
Charles Redwine
Georgia
Redwine
Savannah
Douglas
Revenue Department
City Council to Hold Two Meetings on Paving Project
Decatur's city council schedules two sessions this afternoon at 2 and 3 oclock. The 2pm meeting will hear protests on a Peeving paving plan. The 3pm session will vote to issue bonds to fund the paving estimated at 90000 dollars. Clay Callaham owns most property along the affected streets and petitions for the improvements. The works aim to boost development of Park Circle into a premier residential area.
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Decatur
New Park Circle
Clay Callaham
Court To Rule On Segregation Dining Car Rules
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if dining car rules on Southern railroads discriminate against negroes. The court set aside a Taft Hartley related moot ruling from New Hampshire and held Hawaiian territorial courts first decide on a language teaching law. The dining car case came from a Baltimore district court decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Hampshire Supreme Court
New Hampshire
High Court
Federal District Court
Hawaii
Frankfurter
Rutledge
U. S. District Court
Baltimore
Truman Film Seizure At Key West On Vacation Flight
White House seizes newsreel films taken by Paramount News NBC TV AP International News Acme pictures during a Key West flight. Photographers destroyed their film as confiscation occurred while President Truman swam at the enlisted men's beach and waved from the shore. Charles G Ross and Admiral Dennison were present when reporters landed after a 45 minute flight extended 30 minutes.
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Key West
Fla
White House
Paramount News
NBC Television
Associated Press
International News
Acme News
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Charles G. Ross
Robert L. Dennison
Ross
Man Released on Bond in Larceny Case
A man was released on a $750 bond from Morgan county jail Sunday after being arrested Saturday on grand larceny charges. Deputies Gar land Nuby and James Barne reported he stole five fish nets owned by C. A. Ezell valued at $50, per a warrant sworn by Judge W. H. Long.
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Morgan County
Garland Nuby
James Barne
Youngblood
C. A. Ezell
W. H. Long
Boyd Approved By Committee As Mine Chief
The Senate Interior Committee approved President Truman's nomination of James Boyd to head the Bureau of Mines. The vote was 10 to 1 with Senator Millikin dissenting. A two week coal miners holiday was called by John L. Lewis to protest the nomination. In Pittsburgh about 437,000 miners stayed off work halting east of the Mississippi, tightening coal stocks.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
Miners Union
Boyd
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Alabama Coal Miners Walk Out in Solidarity
Idle since March 14, about 18 000 Alabama coal workers joined a two week walkout led by John L. Lewis in protest of Dr James Boyd appointment as director of the Federal Bureau of Mines. Most Alabama mines closed except Alabama Fuel and Iron Co. and independent unions at Acmar and Margaret. Rail crews serving coal fields also laid off across the region.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi Rivers
John L. Lewis
Alabama Fuel and Iron Co
Acmar
Margaret
St. Clair County
United Mine Workers
Lewis
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Louisville
Nashville
Southern
Frisco
Diggers Begin Two-Week Layoff Amid Miner Memorial Plan
Miners halt work for two weeks in response to John L. Lewis call for a memorial for dead and injured miners. Protests arise against Dr. James Boyd as director of the U S Bureau of Mines. Idle workers span ten states including West Virginia and Pennsylvania, with exemptions for about 32 000 UMW miners in Western states. Pennsylvania dominates U S anthracite output, trailing only West Virginia.
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John L. Lewis
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illnois
Alabama
Ohio
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Maryland
Lewis
UMW
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Utah
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Washington
Kansas
Missouri
United States
West
Soviet Switch In High Offices Is Announced
The Soviet Presidium freed Nikolai Voznesensky from the planning commission chair and deputy prime minister post and named M S Saburov to the post. Molotov and Mikoyan also relinquished foreign posts but remained deputy prime ministers. Five Western European nations examine Western alliance talks in Washington ahead of a broader North Atlantic pact entry. Iceland hesitates on bases while Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg push economic union on July 1 1950.
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Supreme Soviet
Nikolai A. Voznesensky
Luburo
State Planning Commission
M. S. Saburov
Planning Commission
Voznesensky
V. M. Molotov
A. I.mikoyan
Washington
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Canada
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Bjarni Benediktsson
Hague
Rainy Interlude Stalls WinterSpring Weather Battle
The article notes a stalemate between old man winter and young miss spring as rain clouds move in. Morning temperatures from 8 A.M. to noon rise from 45 to 52 degrees, with yesterday’s high 59 and low 41. TVA substation reports 0.7 inches of rain.
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Winter
Young Miss
Frosty-Beard
TVA
Hoover Commission urges placing Selective Service under Labor Department
The Hoover Commission recommends congress place the Selective Service system in the Labor Department and transfer several other agencies to strengthen that department. Dean Acheson dissented along with James Forrestal and Carter Manasco. all 12 members explored civilian leadership for the system. The report argues manpower policy ties to Labor and warns against expanding bureaucratic overhead.
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Harold W. Ward Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Labor Department
Herbert Hoover
Commission
Dean Acheson
Defense
James Vorrestal
Carter Manasco
Ala
Selective
Jal
Manasco
Iment
Sbuttive Service
Rng Commission
Acer
Ellis to Be Absent From Talladega Event
Alabama political scene notes Handy Ellis former Democratic delegation chair will be absent from Talladega gathering as he and colleagues prepare for upcoming party duties.
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Ellis
Talladega
Ala
Handy Ellis
Alabama
Suspect Held In Truck Robbery
Mobile police say a man sought in a $15,664 armored truck theft is held in Jacksonville Florida. David Leroy Deas 37 is identified for extradition to Mobile as authorities pursue charges including grand larceny.
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Mobile
Ala
Dudley E. McFadyen
Jacksonville
Fla
McFadyen
David Leroy Deas
Carl M. Booth
Talley Rolli
Medric Buba
Tallahassee
Fuller Warren
First National Bank
Armored Car Service, Inc
Deas
Millionaire tied to grand jury probe over wiretapping
Clendenin J. Ryan a prominent civic reformer says he was offered an ambassadorial post to France if he ceased attacking Mayor William O Dwyer, a claim he made while preparing to testify before a Manhattan grand jury investigating a wiretapping plot against city officials. District Attorney Hogan said ex-detective Kenneth Ryan promised to surrender within an hour.
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William O'Dwyer
John Murtagh
New York
City Hall
O'Dwyer
William Whalen
Eft
William O’brien
New . York
Clendenin J. Ryan
France
William O’dwyer
Ryan
Benjamiin Sonnenberg
Sonnenberg
Senate
New York County
Manhattan
Grand Jury
Frank S. Hogan
Kenneth E. Ryan
Clendenin
Fiorello
H. la Guardia
O‘dwyer
Kenneth Ryan
Hogan
Trained Seals Put On Fancy Capers Aboard Vessel
In Mobile Alabama on March 14 two trained seals performed aboard the passenger ship SS Alcoa Cavalier. Captain John W. Tiebor, bringing the animals back from Venezuela, opened the cage door and the larger seal Charles began a flop dance on deck while Gimli wandered toward the Mobile river in the pursuit.
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Mobile
Ala
Alcoa Cavali
John W. Tiebor
Venezuela
Charle
Hile
Gimli
Russell Says Fix Terms For Ending Debate
Washington reports a new filibuster peace conference aims to end a 13 day senate deadlock. Majority Leader Lucas and GOP leaders join administration factions and Southern Democrats to seek rule changes and a smooth path for civil rights legislation amid ongoing negotiations and threats of objection.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
Administration Democrats
GOP
Morse
R-Ore
TVA Fight Delays Funds for Tennessee Valley Plant
Senator McKellar of Tennessee, chairing the Senate Appropriations Committee, scheduled a Wednesday session for further consideration of a deficiency appropriation bill after a filibuster fight. The bill seeks 2,500 dollars to begin work on the TVA proposed steam plant at New Johnsonville, Tennessee, with members from Northern and Southern democrats and Republicans meeting in caucus.
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Washington
TVA
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley, Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Filibuster debates on two thirds rule in Senate
Dixie lawmakers continued a filibuster starting February 28 to block debate limits in the Senate. Administration opposition stalled a compromise that would allow a two thirds vote to end debate, while Southern Democrats pressed for a constitutional two thirds threshold. Senators Ellender and Taft signaled ongoing talks as Wherry met with Southern leaders to seek agreement.
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Dixie
Senate Iine
Lucas
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Neb
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