Weather and Religious Notices From Decatur Area
Cloudy and warmer with possible rain in the north this afternoon and tonight Friday showers and cooler conditions in the north and west with southeast coastal winds. A free Christian Science lecture by Cecil F. Denton is set for 8 pm at the Christian Science church corner Johnston Street and 6th Avenue. Rev W W Glass will preach The Throne of God at First Presbyterian Sunday morning. A Sixth Avenue Church of God pageant How Much Owest Thou My Lord will be directed by Mrs Tassie Bran ford. Rev E N Chandler will speak at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist on From A Cross To A Crown. Central Baptist Sunday school aims for 1,000 attendees. Memorial Drive Methodist invites a sermon The New Commandment. Local hospital notes include Mrs John E Sherrod home after major surgery, Sarah Elliott admitted to Decatur Ocean, a son born to Mr and Mrs Herman Brady in Decatur at Baugh Wiley clinic, Mrs L E Wright dismissed from Baugh Wiley. Frank Troup attended the Ice Follies in Birmingham. E C Halbert is a patient at Jefferson hospital. Bishop's Supper for First Methodist youth at six with a seven o'clock program and offerings. Police court reports note three cases today including prohibition and two driving without license. Central Methodist church stewards oversee dedication week services. sermons listed for Central Metro church. Hamil Clinic reports admissions and dismissals. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Christian Science Church
Johnston Street
6Th Avenue
Cecil F. Denton
First Church of Christ,Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
New Elementary School Planned On Danville Road
A new elementary school costing 300 000 dollars will be built on the western edge of the city along Danville Road. It will house 400 students from first through sixth grade and replace Wardene and Joe Wheeler schools by June 1. The building sits on the highest point west of the water storage tank with the main entrance facing Wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Wardene
Joe Wheeler
Danville Road
Priceville Leads in Signing Sericea Acres Planted
Priceville held the lead in a sericea signing campaign with 182 acres planned for planting this spring. A. B. Sharp headed signers with 50 acres, while James H. Blackwood and two others tied for second with 12 to 15 acres each. The meeting, part of a veterans training group, featured slides by R. M. Chapman and remarks by county agent L. T. Wagnon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priceville
A. B. Sharp
Robert M. Gilbert
John Collier
James H. Blackwood
Lamar Speake
John Taylor
White
J. C. White
L. T. Wagnon
R. M. Chapman
The
Soil Conservation Service
Casto Jarvis
H. B. Thornhill
C. T. Cash
Weather Cuts Coal Supplies Threaten Miners and Homes
Wintry blasts heighten coal worries as a four day old protest halts work for about 463000 miners. Bituminous centers report adequate retail stocks unless stoppage extends or cold persists, while U S Steel vows to keep normal operations and industry leaders urge end to the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Ralph Taggart
Anthracite Operations Association
Wilkes- Barre
John L. Lewis
Offers To Trade Family And Cows For Farm Equity
Arkansas farmer Tommy Reynolds proposed trading his wife Alma and their two daughters and cows for his wife’s share of a Huntsville area farm in a divorce case heard by Chancery Judge John K. Butt. The judge advised reconciliation and took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Ark
Arkansas
Chancery
John K. Butt
Huntsville
Madison County
Alma Reynolds
Tommy Reynolds
Butt
Reynolds
Mrs. Reynolds
Congress Losing Grip on 81st Session Says Leaders
Congressional leaders privately say Democrats lost control of the 81st Congress despite majorities in both houses. A Republican and Southern Democrat coalition could dominate, endangering President Truman's fair deal. They cite rent bill amendments, filibuster clashes, and Wallgren nomination defeat as signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Moh Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Bell Expansion Program To Meet Decatur Demand
The Bell Telephone Company announces a $265000 expansion in Decatur to serve 776 applicants and beyond. W L Hinds says total telephones in use on March 1 reached 6356, a wartime high, with nine new central office positions and massive underground conduits along Fourth Avenue. A 2121 pair main cable and 130825 feet of new aerial cable will boost capacity for years. See BELL on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Bell .Telephone Company
Decatur Exchange
W. L. Hinds
Decatur
Fourth Avenue
Big Ditch
Hinds
Bell System
Johnston Street
Seventh Street
Exchange
Murky Skies Over Decatur With Drizzle Threat
Murky skies replace wintry sun in Decatur as Old Man Winter and Miss Spring pause. Temperature climbs slowly from 49 at 8 A M to 58 at noon while clouds stay dark and rain holds off. TVA substation readings for the morning track 49 to 58 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Man Winter
Miss Spring
Decatur
TVA
Mandamus Sought Over Back Salary for Circuit Solicitor
George Johnson petitions for a mandamus to force Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control to pay $435 in back salary and $25 monthly as increase after the 1947 legislative act. Hearing set for 9 a m April 1 before Judge Newton B Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Eighth District Circuit
Sim L. Howell
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Newton B. Powell
H. Harrison Hill
Johnson
Eighth Judicial District
Eighth District
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Ben L. Britnell
Britnell
Control Board
Marion County Pays One Third Toward Sanatorium
Marion County has paid one third of its pledge for the North Alabama tuberculosis sanatorium at Flint. Dinsmore, secretary treasurer at District I Tuberculosis Sanatorium, reported receiving a check for 4000 dollars toward the county’s 12000 dollar commitment. North Alabama counties cover one third of the project with the state and federal governments funding the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
North Alabama
Renw
Dinsmore
Flint
Welder Fatally Burned When Spark Ignites Clothing
MOBILE Ala March 17 A shipyard worker Hubert Thomas 36 father of three died from burns after a welding torch spark set fire to his clothes Fellow worker Jud Rolston was burned on hands and arms trying to beat out the flames Officials said the men were with a barge repair crew last night and Thomas died several hours later in a hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Hubert Thomas
Jud Rolston
Thomas
Rolston
Two More To Snub Dinner In Alabama Race
Two more states rights leaders join the boycott of the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Birmingham planned for April 12 where Alben Barkley will speak. The $15 plate fund raiser aims to support the national Democratic Party as Dixon and Wilkinson refuse attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alben Barkley
National Democratic Party
Frank Dixon
Horace Wilkinson
Dixon
Restar
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
Marion Rushton
Montgomery
Alabama
Lennard Thomas
Charles J. Sharp
Mabel Jones West
Four Nations Expected to Join NATO Pact
Four more nations Denmark Iceland Portugal and Italy were invited to join the United States and seven other nations in a North Atlantic defense pact. Britain protested that Italy might widen the alliance southward while American and French governments argued Italy’s westward stance justified inclusion. In Rome communist deputies held an all night session delaying a treaty vote while criticizing the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Denmark
Iceland
Portugal
Italy
United States
France
Britain
Canada
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Two Accidents Reported in Decatur Yesterday
Police recorded two crashes in Decatur yesterday afternoon. One involved Samuel Lewis Maniv and William W Lambert with about 550 dollars in damage and no injuries. The other collision on Bank Street involved Corrione Sheffield and Sammie Matthews near East Church Street and West Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Samuel Lewis Maniv
Buena Vista Circle
William W. Lambert
Fourth Avenue
Grant Street
Manly
Lambert
Fire destroys cottonseed plant in Decatur
Decatur suffered a major blaze at the Southern Cotton Oil Co cottonseed building with about 150000 dollars in damage. Fires also hit homes of J. E. Spain Hartselle and Bill Little Falkville causing additional losses. No injuries were reported and fire crews contained the flames after 40 to 45 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Southern Cotton Oil Co
J. E. Spain
Hartselle
Bill Little
Falkville
Maurice Means
A. B. W. Hogan
Floyd Elkins
T. M. Harvey
Harvey
New Orleans
S.F. Hosey
Hosey
C. F. Agrell
Deal Rumors Stir Senate Over Civil Rights Rule
Senator Morse reports rumors of a republican Dixie Democrat deal to pass anti poll tax legislation as part of a compromise rule to curb debate. Taft says key civil rights features could pass if majority leader presses for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Throne of God
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Tassie Branford
E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church
R. L. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
John E. Sherrod
Ferry St
Decatur General Hospital
Sarah Elliott
Decatur Ocean Hospital
Herman Brady
Decatur 3
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
L. E. Wright
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Frank Troup
E. C. Halbert
Sixth Avenue South
Jefferson Hospital
First Methodist Church
J. B. Whitmire
Central Methodist Church
G. M. Davenport
Christ's Flattery
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Samuel Allen
S. I. Nichols
Seventh Avenue West
Carl McDonald
New School
Sericea
Sharp
Union Hill School
Johnnie B. Burns
Milton M. Baldwin
Frank C. Collier
Cecil B. Crawford
Roman Higdon
Ben Collier
Ed C. Sharp
James D. Johnston
Olney N. Stringer
Paul Blagburn
Wim ViiiTy Congress
BY Jack Rutledge
Martin
Bell
the Church
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Sam Hobbs
Mandamus
Associated Press
BY Vic Bubbett
Guins Wine
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