Weather and church notices brighten Decatur week
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with much colder tonight lows 22 to 30 in north and central areas and 28 to 36 in extreme south winds northerly along the coast. Midweek prayer service at First Presbyterian is Wednesday at 7 30 at 619 Line Street home of Mr and Mrs Garner Pride. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church young women meet Thursday at 6 at Mrs Joe Owens home. The Decatur fire department responded to an oil stove blaze at 609 Sixth Avenue West with no loss. The Women’s Society of Christian Service leads Week of Dedication at Central Methodist tonight at 7 30 emphasizing home dedication. Revival at Southside Baptist draws good attendance with Rev H G M H atler of Princeton Ky speaking on The Curse Of God’s Law and John Hammatt of Caneyville Ky leading singing. Betty Lile county education clerk back at work after illness. St John’s Episcopal sermon Sunday is Be It Unto Me According To Thy Word by Rev E M Chapman. Twins Martha Dianne and Mary Suzanne born to Mr and Mrs Anthony J Kelley of Birmingham. Mrs Benson Bryant Jr recovering in Huntsville after operation. Mr and Mrs William E Tiller hosted his brother and family Arnold McCravey of Belle Mina. Lucille Thornton slowly recovering in Jefferson Hospital Birmingham from burns two months old. Mrs Thornton’s cousin Mrs William E Tiller reports. Mrs Filer visited. Board of Christian Education of First Methodist meets tonight at 7 in church parlor. Fifth fellowship supper and study at First Methodist Wednesday at 6 30 in basement. study by Wesleyan Service Guild. film A Methodist Tours Brazil. Old Age Pension Group meets Saturday at 10 at courthouse. all interested urged to attend. See Diary on Page 2.
June Bug In Early Quventence At Hughes Poultry House
Ken Reynolds reports a June bug captured by S. T. Hughes on Twelfth Avenue West, Decatur. The insect appeared early as a warm, ninety degree heat in the Hughes poultry house where chicks are housed, suggesting favorable weather for an early bug.
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S. T. Hughes
Twelfth Avenue West
Decatur
Hughes Poultry House
Mr. Bug
Ryan Farmers Sign Slips To Plant Sericea
Members of the Ryan Community club signed slips indicating they will plant 104 acres of sericea in the community this spring. The meeting was held in the school lunch room with 300 people from Ryans and Hulace attending. Master of ceremonies was L T Wagnon. A U S Department of Agriculture film More Milk was shown. 1,500 pounds of seed will be given to communities. See RYAN on Page 2.
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Ryan Community Club
Ryans
Hulace
J. N. Cook
Randolph Ryan
Dewitt Crawford
Lillie Ryan
Loy Cook
Maggie Hamilton
Lillie Stewart
Eva Thompson
Kate Light
Frances Hyatt
Sue Crawford
Carolyn Sue Ryan
L.T. Wagnon
Morgan County
Ryan
H. N. Tucker
John Parrish
Auburn
Alabama
Sericca
Parrish
Casto Jarvis
Carnation
Wagnon
Jarvis
L. H. Douglas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Salary Raise Denied by Morgan County Board of Revenue
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control rejected a request to raise the circuit solicitor George Johnson’s salary by 100 dollars monthly. The action cited a Sept 17 1947 state law limited to Mobile County. The board approved 16765 80 in claims and noted total expenditures were about average for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Sim L. Howell
Chaiman
Control Board
Mobile County
George Johnson
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Ben L., Britnell
Thomas G. Steele
Howell
Decatur Paving Bonds Sold At Record Low Interest
Seven bidders competed as Decatur sold 90 000 paving bonds to finance Park Circle improvements. The issue drew three major buyers at par with 2 1 4 percent interest and a premium yielding an average 2 18 40 per hundred dollars over ten years, best in city history. protests by three property owners including I M Murphy spurred hearings before unanimous ordinances approved. buyers were Cumberland Securities Corporation Trust Company of Georgia and George M Wood and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Park Circle
Clay Callaham
I. M. Murphy
J. D. Sims
A. B. Sims
Murphy
Cumberland Securities Corporation, Trust Company of Georgia
George M. Wood and Company
Winston County Pays Off TB Sanatorium Pledge in Full
Winston County today paid 6500 dollars in full for the North Alabama tuberculosis sanatorium. The release by W W Dinsmore notes Winston is the third of twelve counties to complete its pledge as part of a one third local contribution to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston County
North Alabama
W. W. Dinsmore
Winston
Madison
Morgan
Lauderdale
Cullman
State of
Alabama
Army Warehouse Fire Destroys Oakland Waterfront Dock
A massive blaze on the Oakland West Coast waterfront destroyed a large Army warehouse and damaged two ships. Oil drums exploded, fires reached 700 feet, and nearby Army families were evacuated as investigators consider sabotage. Two soldiers were slightly hurt.
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Big Army
Oakland
James Thomas
Calif
Daince
Truman hosts George C. Marshall for lunch in Key West
President Truman invites former Secretary of State George C. Marshall to lunch in Key West aboard the Independence. Marshall, who quit the cabinet in January after kidney surgery, travels with William D. Pawley. Chief Justice Vinson to attend. Press Secretary Ross defends news ban on beach photographs citing privacy and security concerns.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
George C. Marshall
Miami
William D. Pawley
Brazil
Marshall
Charles G. Ross
Vinson
Ross
Navy
Robert L. Dennison
James J. Rowley
Secret Service
Mr. Truman
Pants Burglar Returns To Mobile In Annual Visit
The pants burglar pierced a dining room window screen and slipped inside a Mobile residence last night marking his yearly spring visit, as Mobile police note the incident occurs each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Reds Shake Up Top Soviet Leadership In 1949
The Soviet leadership reshuffle replaces vice presidents Nikifor Natalevich and Georgi Sturua with Vasily Oszloy and Vasily Gogla. Voznesensky leaves as planning commission chairman. Saburov takes the post. Golyakov is replaced by Volin as supreme court president. 1949 military budget set at 79 billion rubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Nikifor Natalevich
Georgi Sturua
Vasily Oszloy
Vasily Gogla
Nikolai A. Voznesensky
Planning Commission
Maxim S. Saburov
Ivan T. Golyakov
Supreme Court
A. A. Volin
V. M. Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Morgan county Red Cross drive tops goal with local gifts
Hill Ferguson Jr reports Morgan county communities exceed targets with Danville $66.50 Lacey's Spring $50 Hartselle $884.60 and Decatur area $1 239 raising county total to $10 540 35. He urges prompt reporting and additional donations to close the campaign.
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Lacey
Danville
Hartselle
Red Cross
Hill Ferguson, Jr
Ferguson
R. A. Gamble
Miss Grace Hogan
Doyle Yates
Morgan County
Decatur
R. W. Orr
County Drive
Rail Idleness Grows as Pinch Hits Coal Fields
Pittsburgh March 15 Idleness spreads through coal regions as John L Lewis leads a two week mine stoppage. Railroads fear layoffs for over 62 000 workers while steel output nears record levels. Bethlehem Steel warns coal reserves will last only weeks. National Coal stockpile expected to drop by 20 million tons by March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gib Staley
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
American Steel and Iron Institute
Bethlehem Steel
Mrs Thomas Target Of Democratic Jefferson Jackson Dinner
In Birmingham on March 15 three new statements joined the controversy over the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner set for April 12. Mrs Lennard Thomas of Montgomery criticized dinner arrangements while Vice President Alben Barkley will speak. The $15 plate event aims to raise $60 000 for Alabama party treasury. Two Birmingham women Mrs Charles J Sharp and Mrs Mabel Jones West answered Mrs Thomas noting disagreements over venue and committee roles.
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Birmingham
Lennard Thomas
Montgomery
Thomas
Alben Barkley
Alabama
Charles J. Sharp
Mabel Jones West
Sharp
W Est
Customer shoots barber after unsatisfactory haircut in Glasgow
In Glasgow Kentucky on March 15 a barbershop customer shot Floyd Cook a 55 year old barber after being unhappy with a haircut. Sheriff B Y Spillman named J M Taylor 50 a Barren county oil well worker as the suspect. Cook was wounded three times with one bullet paralyzing below the waist and he remained in serious condition at the hospital. Taylor said he brooded over the incident after the haircut yesterday and decided to shoot.
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Glasgow
Floyd Cook
B. Y. Spillman
Spillman
J. M. Taylor
Barren County
Cook
Taylor
Gremlins Blamed for Georgia Power Transformer Failure
Georgia power service failed nationwide after a 60 000 kilowatt transformer at the Atkinson plant failed causing automatic shutdown of three more units. The Arkwright plant near Macon also tripped as load rose. Officials said the cause was unknown and service soon resumed with trackless trolleys out for nearly an hour.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Power Company
Atkinson
Here
Arkwright
Macon
Man Injured By Plane Near Hartselle
Hammett of Hartselle remained critically injured and under treatment at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Doctors called his condition somewhat better but still critical after being struck by rotating propeller blades at a local flying field on Sunday.
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Comer Hammett
Hartselle
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
William Meacham
Hammett
Claude J. Bethany
Austinville Road
Decatur
Bethany
Henry Smith
Bettany
Smith
Finger Wave Brush Off Worth Fortune in Suit
Miss Lesle B. Campos, a deaf mute, sues Gleason B. Grizzard claiming a finger wave brush off and engagement deceit valued at 50 000 dollars. She alleges Grizzard paid attention then withdrew marriage promises, causing public mockery among deaf mute friends. Trial set for April.
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Atlanta
Gleason B. Grizzard
Lesle B. Campos
Miss Campos
Grizzard
Three More Building Permits Are Issued Here
City records show additional permits granted to T. C. Milam for a room at 1802 Fifth Avenue East for 500 dollars F. L. Chenault Jr for garage apartment renovation at 450 Jackson for 4750 dollars and M. Bober for three rooms and a path at Frazier addition for 1800 dollars
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T. C. Milam
Fifth Avenue East
F. L. Chenault, Jr
Jackson
M. Bober
Path
Frazier
Captive Love Child Sparkles in World Reveal
Boston report outlines Gerald Sullivan a pale blue eyed boy of nearly 14 who after being kept hidden by his mother for years drew many adoption offers. He fled a brick tenement but was halted by police and taken to a private home as court action moves to determine his custody and potential state placement.
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Boston
Gerald Sullivan
Gerald
Lye
Pennesa
Byrd's Ballot Turns Table On Truman's Pat
The House voted 198 to 150 to add a home rule amendment to the federal rent control bill allowing states counties and cities to decide rent control locally Local governing bodies could end rent control at any time The vote was by nose count with a roll call to follow
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Washington
House
Senate Rejects Wallgren for NSRB Chair Amid Rent Control Vote
Washington March 15 The senate armed services committee rejected President Truman's nomination of Mon C. Wallgren as chairman of the National Security Resources Board. The house prepared to vote on extending rent controls due to expire March 31. Filibuster talks continued with no immediate end, as Southern senators pressed for a driver’s seat in ongoing conferences over possible compromises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rutledge
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Senate
House
Capitol
Section Approved In Rent Control Bill In Washington
The house passed a section of its rent control bill allowing de control in 100 or more of 598 areas. The provision gives the housing expeditor power to re establish rent ceilings if he deems it advisable after they are lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Tighe Woods
Congress
Senate Deadlock Drafters Fail To Forge Plan
Democrats led by Illinois Majority Leader Lucas meet to chart a pro session strategy but produce no new plan. Lucas aims for a compromise or adjournment to clear the slate for pressing legislation, while Southern leaders keep filibuster rights to block civil rights changes, seeking a future win.
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Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Ager
Truman
Old Man Winter Holds City In Chill Amid Sunshine Duel
Daily weather notes show a stubborn chill with temperatures around 37 at 8 am rising to 39 by noon. The forecast mentions yesterday’s high of 55 with partial sunshine aiding a slight daytime uptick.
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First Presbyterian Church
Garner Pride
Line Street
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Joe Owens
Decatur Fire Department
Sixth Avenue W
Women's Society
Christian Service
Central Methodist Church
Southside Baptist Church
H. G. M. Hatler
Princeton
John Hammatt
Caneyville
Betty Lile
County Board of Education
E. M. Chapman
St. John's Episcopal Church
Anthony J. Kelley
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Martha Dianne
Mary Suzanne
Benson Bryant Jr
Huntsville
Hamil Clinic
William E. Tiller
Arnold McCravey
Belle Mina
Lucille Thornton
Jefferson Hosital
Thornton
Filer
Board of Christian Education of
The
First Methodist Church
Herbert, Jr
H. A. Golden
Wesleyan Service Guild
By Ken Reynolds
Ryan Farmers
By Vic Smith
William Cox
Arrow
Martinez
George Brown
Army
Geo
Marshall Truman
Reds
the Church
RAIL
Love Child
Wonders of
Byrd
Pat
Talkathon
Byrd’s
Old Man Winter
City
Winter
Red Mercury
Miss Spring
Red
TVA
Teumous
Grover Ie
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