Weather outlook and church sermons anchor local notes
Partly cloudy this afternoon with scattered showers and moderate southerly winds on the coast. Rev. Eugene M. Chapman of St. John's Episcopal Church will discuss There Is A Lad Here on Sunday morning and Rev. E N Chandler of Sixteenth Avenue Baptist will speak on An Unashamed Christian. The note then lists local hospital updates and visits, including Lois Lowery improving at Jefferson-Hillman, and various residents and visitors from Decatur, Athens, Sardis, and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Chapman
St. John’s Episcopal Church
E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Lois Lowery
Amingham
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Temperatures Rise as Noon Mark Reaches 76 Degrees
The day begins at 60 degrees at 8 am with a steady climb to 63 at 9 am 69 at 10 am and 75 by 11 am. A light drizzle was possible with a trace of rain noted at the TVA station. Yesterday’s high reached 62 and the 24 hour low was 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Lewis Orders Idle Miners End Their Memorial Holiday
Pittsburgh March 24 John L Lewis ordered 463000 idle coal miners east of the Mississippi to return to work Monday March 28. An executive order said the memorial period will terminate and production may resume in all mines on that date. The move ends a 14 day stoppage to protest Dr James Boyd leading the U S Bureau of Mines and to honor dead and injured workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Lewis
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
U. S
One Killed One Hurt In Wreck Near Jesup Georgia
An Atlantic Coast Line passenger train collided head on with a freight engine near Jesup Georgia. Engineer James Paul Parrish 51 of Savannah was killed. Fireman Willie Murray of Savannah was badly burned and not expected to survive. Twenty five passengers escaped injury as cars derailed. The wreck damaged both engines but trains remained on tracks despite the impact. ACL officials did not release full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Atlantic Coast Line
Here
James Paul Parrish
Savannah
Henry St
Waycross
Willie Murray
ACL
Wilmington
N. C
Youth Killed In Crash on Eve of 19th Anniversary
James Edward Sandridge died after a head on collision between his motorcycle and a truck on Nick Davis Road near Athens. He would have turned 19 today. He was rushed to Powers hospital but died at 4 20 p m. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Leon Sandridge and two sisters. Funeral planned at Corinth Church of God with burial at Donalto Bottoms cemetery near Ardmore. The truck driver fled and authorities have not yet filed a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Sandridge
Nick-Davis Road
Athens
Young Sandridge
Sandridge
Truc
Leon Sandridge
Mattie Robinson
Corinth Church
Church of God Cinne
Two Killed In Hotel Blaze At Dixieland Hotel
In WAVERLY Tennessee fire swept the two story Dixieland hotel killing G B Reed of Goodlettsville who leaped from a second floor window and Ariel Lewis of Memphis found dead in his room. About 20 guests escaped uninjured as firemen fought the blaze two hours. Lewis died in route to Memphis. Reed was a salesman for American Snuff Co. and Lewis was connected with Nicky Lumber. Damage estimated at 12000 to 15000 dollars.
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Waverly
Tenn
Dixieland
Grady Gray
Gray
G. B. Reed
Goodlettsville
Nashville
Ariel Lewis
Memphis
Reed
American Snuff Company
Lewis
Nicky
Allie Rogers
Hottest Car in Town Sparks Two Fire Calls
Alfred Dunn of Decatur drove the so called hottest car in town on Trinity Road when it caught fire twice. The Decatur fire department responded first at 3 55 p m to the damaged interior and flames. A second trip took the car to a garage for repairs and a third call was for a separate auto fire in the 1700 block Twelfth Avenue East with no reported loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dunn
Decatur 1
Decatur Fire Department
Trinity Road
Twelfth Avenue E
Falkville Area Plans to Plant Sericea As Acre Signups Grow
Falkville residents joined a series of meetings to plant sericea with 146 acres signed last night at Falkville High School. Through this meeting 1 164 acres have been signed for spring planting as agricultural leaders outline uses from meadows to soil improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Falkville High School
Wade West
R. M. Chapman
Chapman
Falk
FSA
L. T. Douglas
C. C. Vinson
Everett Blevins
K. N. Tucker
Soil Conservation
Ralph Summerford
Howard P. Winsett
Albert A. Owens
William H. Ryan
Mansel Millican
Baren Braswell
James R. Houston
Hill Hails Vote on TVA Plant
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama applauded senate appropriations committee approval of 2 500 to begin construction of the TVA steam plant at New Johnsonville Tennessee. He said the plant will meet a threatened 1951 power shortage and balance TVA hydro facilities with steam capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lister Hill
Alabama
Senate Appropriations Committee
TVA
New Johnsonville
Tennessee
Hill
Appropriations Committee
Johnsonville
Congress near agreement on rent controls
The administration backed labor bill cleared for action in both chambers. The House rejected the veterans pension bill by a single vote 209 to 208, effectively killing it for this Congress. A new pension bill could return later. The Senate and House labor bills move to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner Act provisions with admin tweaks. Rent controls face a 12 to 15 month extension with limited increases, leading to a final compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rge
Washington
House
Senate
Veterans Committee
Rankin
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
VFW Aids Decatur Baseball Park With Seats Donation
The VFW Post 4190 and the Veigxans of Foreign Wars join the American Legion to back Legion Memorial Field in Decatur. Joe Morrison announces purchase of twenty grandstand seats worth 500 dollars to provide for underprivileged children. New VFW commander leads community efforts. installation by W D Partlow Jr with officers Mason Pierce Walter Todd Jr and others.
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Decatur Post
Veigxans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Legion Memorial Field
Decatur
VFW
Joe Morrison
W. D. Partlow Jr
Tuscaloosa
Mason Pierce
Walter Todd Jr
Stamp-Book Plan Aims to Expand Social Security Coverage
President Truman proposes a stamp-book tax system to fund a broad expansion of social security. The plan would extend coverage from 30 million to 50 million workers and double benefits, adding a new disability program. Opponents push back on higher tax take, while farm operators and urban self employed workers would gain eligibility. The administration argues the move is needed to prevent destitution and widen protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. LE May
Washington
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
House Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Ali
West German State Faces Strong Opposition Across Parties
The plan for a Western German state meets rising resistance from communists and others including the French military government and a nationalist group. Observers now fear the effort may fail, risking shifts in American and British policy if Bonn’s constitutional assembly cannot approve a Western German constitution. Bonn presented a draft to the Allied governors, who urged changes reducing federal power and increasing state authority.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Socialist
Bonn
U. S
Britain
France
Former Wizard of Klan Escapes Parole Officer
Edward Young Clarke, 73, former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, escaped from a parole supervisor at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station during transfer from New York to the federal prison at Atlanta. Parole supervisor Fred Kendrick reported Clarke vanished amid crowd while buying tickets for a train to the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edward Young Clarke
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania Railroad
30Th Street
Clarke
New York
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Fred C. Kendrick
Board of Pardons
Kendrick
Gadsden Man Shot by Masked Prowler at Door
A Gadsden man, Bragg, was called to the door by a masked prowler with a shotgun and shot in the left arm. He was taken to a local hospital where the arm was removed. Police Chief Fayn reported no arrest in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Bragg
Fayn
Pacts in View for East Med and Asia-Pacific Alliances
Washington, March 24. Proposals for non Communist defense pacts are expected after the Atlantic treaty moves. Two alliance ideas loom: an Eastern Mediterranean Near Eastern pact led by Iran Turkey and Greece and a Southeast Asian Southwest Pacific system to counter communist gains in China. Foreign ministers and Bevin Acheson may discuss next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Iran
Turkey
Greece
China
Senate
Bevin
Acheson
Truman
State Department
United Nations
Atlantic Alliance
Taxi injunction hearing delayed to April ninth
Final hearing on the injunction against G I Taxi and Stanford Taxi by Rodgers and Rodgers bus line of Hartselle is postponed to April 9 at 9 am Judge Newton B Powell granted the extension after the plaintiff asked to present new documentary evidence The defense accepted the new time and the hearing to halt taxi operations between Hartselle and prog ram omen t remains on probation by the state com
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Taxi Company
Stanford Taxi Company
Rodgers and Rodgers Bus Line
Hartselle
Newton B. Powell
Levee Breach Floods Sugar Belt Near Port Allen
A Mississippi River levee crevasse near Port Allen Louisiana flooded about eight square miles of sugar land. About 200 residents remained in the area with 700 in surrounding areas potentially endangered. Rescue boats evacuated residents as engineers planned to divert floodwaters into a drainage canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Rogers
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Paul Love
Mulatto Bend
Wilkinson Plantation
Port Allen
Bayous Grosse Tete
Plaquemine
Scherhayder
Highway 190
B. C. Young
T. W. Henderson
East Baton Rouge Parish
Mississippi Valley
Two Counties Fund TB Sanatorium in North Alabama
W. W. Dinsmore announced contributions from Limestone and Lauderdale counties toward a tuberculosis sanatorium in district one. Limestone sent 6000 dollars and Lauderdale 3000 dollars as part of a state funded project totaling about 600000 dollars with twelve counties contributing one third of construction costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dinsmore
North Alabama
District One
Limestone County
Lauderdale County
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