Community diary notes and local events update
Weather outlook cooler and clearing this afternoon with a Tuesday mix of sun and clouds aided by light to moderate northerly winds. Harold Carter returns to Morgan County National Bank after an extended illness. Lucian F Bloodworth resumes duties as Liberty National Insurance secretary after illness. Birmingham visitors the Holm family spend weekend with Harry A Wyatt and family. Auburn students Dan and Gil Crane visit, along with Roy Wyatt Jr. from the University of Alabama, for spring break. Euel Garrison attends Chicago dry cleaners convention. City Council meets tonight at 7 at city hall with public hearings on Seventh Avenue West paving and zoning south of Flynn Street. Building permits total $7,500 for two days, including moves of two cabins from All State tourist court and new houses on Fourth Avenue West and Seventh Avenue West. Local residents visit Birmingham and Nashville medical facilities. Mrs. John McBride attends Girl Scout region five job institute in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Valley enjoyed gentle sunshine with mild temperatures, rainfall of .28 inches overnight. Local hospital notes and births announce a daughter at Decatur General Hospital and several admissions and discharges at Hamill Clinic and Decatur General. See diary on page 2.
Plane Crash Kills Father During Visit to Son
A student priest witnessed the deaths of his father Charles W. Judge and a companion Richard G. Gray in a two passenger plane crash near Wernersville. The craft struck a tree on takeoff and nosed into a tennis court. Gray died at Reading General Hospital after severe burns.
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Reading
Wernersville
Charles W. Judge
Long Island
N. Y
Kenneth
St. Isaac
Williston Park
Reading Generalospital
All Kramer
Aerona
Evacuation of Americans Balked by Reds in Shanghai
Communist officials in Shanghai refuse to evacuate more than 1,600 foreign nationals and block entry of two American vessels carrying evacuees. J J Berryman of American President Lines confirms the restriction as tensions rise in the Red-held port. The report also notes Britain receiving 75 U S B 29 bombers as the initial tranche of postwar arms aid.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
J. J. Berryman
Hong Kong
American President Lines
Berryman
APL
Red
Japan
America
Europe
U. S
Britain
Congress
Mass evacuation of Americans halted by Chinese demand
State Department says Chinese communists blocked two landing craft from entering Shanghai to ferry 1600 would be evacuees to the General Gordon and Hong Kong. About 300 Americans among those who had applied to depart aboard the liner tonight while officials continue processing exit permits for leading American businessmen in Shanghai.
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Washington
State Department
China
Shanghai
General Gordon
Gordon
Hong Kong
US Ships First Combat Aircraft to Atlantic Pact Nation
Forty eight Hellcat fighters and Helldiver bombers bound for Bizerte, a North African French base, mark the first American weapons sent to an Atlantic pact nation. More American military equipment is being staged at East Coast ports for Western European aid. In Washington, top officials focus on the Far East as reports say China’s communists face trouble consolidating power. Observers think any communist push into Southeast Asia could be slowed, buying time for Indochina and other nations to bolster defenses. In Saigon, Indochinese rioters clash with police amid embattled fighting.
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Bizerte
North Africa
E State Department
Far East
China
Southeast Asia
United States
Indochina
Daily Editor Named Veep Of State AP
George M. Cox executive editor of The Mobile Press Register named president of the Alabama Associated Press Association succeeding Ben Green of The Tuscaloosa News. Ben Bloodworth of The Decatur Daily elected vice president as 50 state newspaper executives convene in Birmingham for two day session.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Associated Press Association
George M. Cox
Mobile Press Register
Cox
Ben Green
Tuscaloosa News
Ben Bloodworth
Decatur Daily
Associated Press
Frank J. Starzel
New York
Whv
Swallows Return To Mission San Juan Capistrano
Swallows arrived at Mission San Juan Capistrano on St. Joseph’s Day marking their traditional return. The event signals the start of spring lore and local celebration of the historic bird migration.
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Swallows
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Mission San Juan Capistrano
St. Joseph's Day
Truman backs up Secretary amid rumors of replacement
President Truman voiced full support for Secretary of State Acheson and dismissed replacement rumors as baseless. Charles Ross said no change in the State Department head is planned and the president has complete confidence in Acheson. White House sources also floated limited access to loyalty files for senators to inspect, restricted to specific charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Truman
State Acheson
Charles G. Ross
Justice Vinson
Ross
State Department
Secretary of State
White House
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations
Clanton Missing Funds Case Goes Back to March 27
Chilton county missing funds case recessed to March 27 after two defendants were convicted. Former Probate Judge J Lee Smith and ex-clerk Delene B Wyatt were found guilty of embezzlement and second degree forgery respectively. Sentencing delayed to the week of March 27.
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Wyatt
Smith
Last Surviving Child of Hayes Dies in Maine at 82
Frances Fanny Hayes daughter of President Rutherford B. Hayes died in Lewiston Maine at age 82. She was born September 2 1867 during her father’s term as Ohio governor and lived at Spiegel Grove Fremont Ohio. Funeral services are set for Friday at the Hayes homestead with burial in Oakwood family plot.
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Lewiston
Rutherford B. Hayes
S. Frances
Fanny) Hayes
Marcotte
Ohio
White House
Hayes Homestead
Spiegel Grove
Fremont, O
Oakwood
City Beautification Projects Discussed by Decatur Groups
Joe Elliott, city beautification committee chairman, told club representatives that various club plots will be judged in late June with prizes for the top three. James Rankin spoke on the need for city beautification, and clubs reported progress. The American Legion asked for a three foot cement walk at Somerville Road and East Gordon Drive. Mayor Summer offered city labor if cement is supplied. The next meeting is set for the 19th at 3 PM at the Why Not cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Elliott
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
James Rankin
American Legion
Somerville Road
East Gordon Drive
H. R. Summer
Decatur General Hospital
Elliott
Chinatown in Chinatown Under Guard
Police increase patrols in lower Manhattan's Chinatown amid fears of renewed tong warfare between Hip Sing and On Leong. A recent Chinese murder and a suicide are cited as threats to a fragile peace traditionally maintained by the two strongest tongs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chinatown
Hip Sing
On Leong Tongs
Lower Manhattan
Klansmen Parade in Port St Joe Unmasked Speaker Identified
An unidentified speaker addressed robed Klansmen after a parade in Port St Joe Florida. The Klansmen were unmasked and identified as members of the Southern Knights of the KKK.
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Port ST. Joe
Fla
Southern Knights of the
KKK
Red Cross Drive Has Fast Start In Morgan County
A noon report indicates about 4000 of a 13204 goal has been received for the Morgan county Red Cross drive. The drive opened with a kick off at Central Methodist church and aims to finish in a sunrise to sunset collection across the county. If a donor is missed, call 2240 for a pickup and participation is urged from all citizens regardless of creed or color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Michelson
Morgan County
Red Cross
Central Methodist Church
James Rankin
American Red Cross
American Church
Michelson
President Truman to Name AEC Chief and NSRB Chair
Reports indicate President Truman will appoint a new chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission after Donald Dawson arrives for talks at the winter White House. The move may also install a chair for the long vacant National Security Resources Board, with Leon Keyserling likely to become Council of Economic Advisers chair.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Donald Dawson
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Dawson
White House
Eoan
AEC
Edwin G. Nourse
Lewis Carroll
Mr. Truman
Burton E. Stevenson
William D. Hassett
Clark M. Clifford
David K. Niles
Plea of Guilty to Be Received Thursday
A Town Creek man named Matt Jones indicates he will plead guilty to buying and receiving stolen property in Lawrence circuit court at 9 A M on Thursday before Judge Newton B Powell. Powell will conduct an equity hearing in Cullman circuit court Friday at 9 A M.
Editor Asks States Rights Leaders About Alabama Electors
An Alabama editor demands states rights leaders declare if they will divert Alabama's electoral votes from the national Democratic ticket in 1951. Waights M. Taylor of Our Southern Home challenges Gessner McCorvey and Tom Abernathy to a public debate on party loyalty and potential third party or Republican alignment.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Waights
M. Taylor
Livingston
Democratic Committee
Gessner McCorvey
Mobile
Talladega
Tom Abernathy
Abernethy
McCorvey
Truman
Taylor
Frank
Gabrielson
Republican Party
D. Hardy Riddle
Democratic Party
Meighan
Gadsden
Ministers Gather For Annual Evangelism Conference
About 200 Methodist ministers will meet Tuesday and Wednesday at Central Methodist Church for the North Alabama Conference annual evangelism conference. Bishops Roy H. Short and Clare Purcell will headline talks. sessions include devotional addresses, panel discussions on evangelism methods, and community responsibility topics. Rituals and music feature well known church leaders and college musicians.
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Central Methodist Church
North Alabama
Roy H. Short
Florida
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
Short
Ee Room
Bishop Short
Purcell
Ruth Graham
Ruth Peglow
Athens College
A. H. Nabors
W. Nelson Guthrie
E. L. McFee
H. M. Hudson
McCoy Guthrie
A. T. Sprouse
J. L. Williamson
E. S. Butterly
Grant Parrish
J. H. Chitwood
B. F. Tingle
J.W. Cook
Lee Tillery
R. E. Kimbrough
Winter Battle with Brief Counter Attacks
Winter delivered another brief counter attack across portions of the nation. Below normal temperatures stretched from the lower Mississippi Valley to Texas while sleet and freezing rain pelted the Great Lakes region and parts of Missouri and Iowa. Federal forecaster L L Means said the storm was not severe and warming trends would clear the ice glaze before spring at 10 36 CST. The Southeastern states saw rain and the Rocky Mountain region reported both rain and snow. A mountain snowstorm blocked U S Highway 40 east of Salt Lake City. Temperatures elsewhere remained near normal with clear skies.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Great Lakes
Missouri
Iowa
L. L. Means
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Salt Lake City
Utah
Poland Tells U. S. To Reduce its Staff
Poland's government demanded the United States cut its embassy staff in Warsaw by half. Ten officers and men from the Army Navy and Air Attaches would be withdrawn, a move seen as part of a regional trend to shrink Western diplomatic and military postings. Ambassador Waldemar D Gallman declined comment.
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Warsaw
Poland
U. S
Washington
U.S
Waldemar D. Gallman
Price Support Faces Battle in Senate Over Peanuts Cotton
A farm price support bill would loosen controls on peanuts and cotton but tighten them for potatoes. Senator Elmer Thomas, chairing the agriculture debate, warned of possible defeat if Republicans vote against the measure. Senator Aiken predicted a coalition could block the compromise, highlighting a $125 million extra cost for surplus peanuts and cotton. The bill aims to soften cutbacks while potato surpluses loom large in the debate.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Thomas
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Aiken
GOP
Agriculture Committee
South
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Truman
State Department
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Doctors Silent On Sanders Case After Meeting
Officials of the Hillsborough County Medical Society refused to disclose what occurred at a closed meeting about Dr. Hermann N. Sander. A 70 minute session yielded no comment while Sander, acquitted March 9 of murder in the death of cancer patient Abbie Borreto, attended with about 150 members. The society can suspend or expel Sander but lacks legal authority. the state Board of Registration schedules an April 12 hearing in Concord to decide possible action.
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Abbie Borreto
The
County Medical Society
Sander
State Board of Registration For Medicine
Concord
Girl Clerk in Mother's Store Fends Off Bandits
New York report says Evelyn Lanier an all night clerk at her mother's grocery store fired on two holdup men at 5 30 AM EST after five prior robberies. She wounded one suspect in the arm and aided police capture, but now faces a pistol possession charge.
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New York
Evelyn Lanier
Soames
Yesteray
Truck Crash Kills Man Near Duncanville
Albert V. Price 30 of Duncanville died in a truck collision on Highway 31 near Duncanville. Jacob M. Curry of Northport was injured and taken to Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa. The wreck occurred last night.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Albert V. Price
Duncanville
Dockery
Harold
Jacob M. Curry
Northport
Druid City Hospital
Senator Faces McCarthy Criticism as Jesup Denounces Accusations
Ambassador at Large Philip C. Jessup denounces Senator McCarthy's charge of affinity for communist causes as utterly irresponsible. The Senate subcommittee may allow cross examination as McCarthy lists 81 State Department officials labeled as communists. President Truman signals no firing of Acheson. Congress discusses budget cuts, housing, farm price supports, and foreign policy revival. Senator Vandenberg remains ill and absent.
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Washington
Philip C. Jessup
McCarthy
R-Wis
Jessup
Senate
Mesee
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Subcommittee
State Department
Tydings
Department
State Acheson
Key West
Fla
Truman
Tate
China News Says Soviet Troops Guard Rail Towns in Red China
The China news service claimed Russian troops guard vital rail towns between Shanghai and Nanking. It said 4 000 Soviet soldiers arrived February 20 and were dispatched to key rail hubs. No planes pounded Canton Foochow or Amoy, but air fields and Kowloon railways at Canton reportedly were hit and 30 communist aircraft sunk west of Luichow Peninsula.
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Taipei
Formosa
China News Service
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Canton
Foochow
Amoy
Kowloon
Luichow Peninsula
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Harold Carter
Morgan County National Bank
Lucian F. Bloodworth
Decatur
Liberty National Insurance Company
Robert W. Holmquest
Harry A. Wyatt
Dan and
Gil Crane
Auburn
T. G. Crane
Roy Wyatt, Jr
University of Alabama
Euel Garrison
City Hall
Seventh Avenue’ West
Flynn Street
West
Campbell
T. L,rts
W. M. Hale
Fourth Avenue West
C. W. Kaye
Seventh Avenue West
Willie B. Gilliland
Ary
Frances Gilliland
L. C. Gilliland
Diane
Thayers’ Veterans Hospital
Nashville
John McBride
Jackson Street
Oak Ridge
Temn
Girl Scout Region Five
McBride
Girl Scouting
Girl Scout Council
TVA
Thomas Wade
Fifth Avenue West
Hamil Clinic
George Dietz
Prospect Drive
Albert Clapton
Frank Namie
West Vine Street
Hamil Clinic Hospital
W. A. Russell
Gordon Grances
Hartselle
Jim Bennett
Hart- Selle
Decatur Genera Ital
L.A. Sparks
Decatur 2
Line
Saigon
Veep
State
Starzel
AP Association
Wilma Brooks
Questers Club
Winnie Sentiff
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Erskine Chenault
Mothers Club
Fred Hunt
Kiwanis Club
Meredith Woodall
Junior Chamber of ‘Commerce
Raymond Parks
Trawlers Garden Club
Henry Sigmund
Hill Ferguson Jr
Rotary
Ruby S. Jones
American Legion Auxiliary
Frank Troup
Cotillion’ Club
Acheson
Clanton
President Hayes
Maine
Red Cross Drive
Frank Kibry
Frank Whisenant
William Seibert
B. M. Cornell
Sam Patton
Winter
Sanders
Mother's
China News
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