Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Partly cloudy outlook for today tonight and Friday with warmer temps. Decatur cotton market noon quotes show middling at 36.25 and strict low at 35.25. Local hospital updates include baby Leroy May's discharge after double pneumonia and Mrs Pattie Francis hospitalized. Notables include H M Watson evangelist, Rev W W Glass sermons, and Easter program plans at First Methodist and Central Baptist. TVA meeting in Huntsville with 250 delegates. weather high near 70. A rabbit sighting on Johnston Street hints at Easter festivities. One vagrancy arrest reported. more in Diary on Page 2.
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Decatur
Quickies By Ken Reynolds
Horoscope column by Ken Reynolds reports an unusually strong Daily W predictions for today. The brief item notes unexpected outcomes and one notable reading event presented in a concise daily blurb.
Rent Control Compromise Passes House in Washington
The House approved a one year extension of rent controls by a 220 to 95 vote, sending the measure to President Truman. The bill preserves local option with federal final say on boosts, after a Senate House conference committee compromise.
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Congress
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House
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Wolcott
Truman proposes UN truce parley for Palestine war
President Truman urged a UN truce talks between Arab and Jewish leaders to halt bloodshed in Palestine. Warren Austin would present the proposal to the Security Council as the United States backs a temporary UN trusteeship, signaling a reversal from the earlier support for partition.
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Truman
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Palestine
Warren Austin
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U. N. Security Council
United States
Austin
Easter Sunrise Service Program at Ben son Field
The program for the Easter sunrise service at six o'clock Sunday morning at Ben son Field includes a sequence of preludes prayers anthems and hymns. It features performances by Decatur high school choirs bands and the congregation with directions by Edmond D Keith and Carl Schwachow and sermons by Rev John Troxler.
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Benson Field
Chambers — Decatur High School
George Rice
Jesus
Mozart
Decatur High School
Carl Roberts
Christ
Lyra Davidica—Congregation
Edmond D. Keith
James G. Wallace
Crusaders
Budgel
Carl Schwachow
Weizmann warns partition clash could spark bloodshed
Dr Chaim Weizmann warned that the United States move to abandon Palestine partition will heighten violence. The remark came as tensions rise over the muddled policy.
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Palestine
Larry Hauck
Chaim Weizmann
General MacArthur Supporters Push Westward Amid Split
MacArthur for President backers press a Western surge but face a fumble over cabinet posts. A national note claimed a four post Westward allocation, later softened to a recommendation with no byline. In California allied groups clash over entering his name in the June 1 GOP primary. Draft club petitions plan to circulate signatures. Allen H Worcester says 53 leaders will seek delegates to the Philadelphia convention.
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Associated Press
Washu
Ervin Hohensee
Ohio
California
Northwest
New York
Hohensee
MacArthur
Allen H. Worcester
Frank F. Merriam
Philadelphia
Joseph Choate
Prayer In Holy Land Marred By Shooting
Christians prayed in Jerusalem on Holy Thursday as Arab‑Jewish clashes raged nearby. Gunfire echoed from a hillside Arab village near Mount Zion while Archbishop Hughes led mass at the Garden of Gethsemane. Night services in Gethsemane were canceled and Arab guards promised safety around the old city walls amid Purim celebrations.
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Holy Land
Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Fayer
Christ
Judas Iscariot
Mount Zion
A Ae Hughes
Catholic Church of
Old City
Rome Printer Strike Ends Amid Trieste Talks
Printers in Rome return to work after a four day walkout ending with a pledge to renew the national printers contract effective April 1. Negotiations with Yugoslavia over Trieste are to proceed in the spirit of Allied support for Italy’s claim to the free 400 square mile zone. Only L Osservatore Romano and The Rome Daily American remained published during the strike.
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Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Foreign Ministry
Nore
Italian Confederation of Labor
Alcide de Gasperi
L’osservatore Romano
Vatican City
Marengo Lad Wins Two Stock Prizes
Roy Jordan a 15 year old Marengo County boy won his second consecutive grand championship at the Demopolis regional fat stock show. An Angus entered by Ray Hamrick Jr. Sumter County 4 H member was named reserve champion. The 60 entries were auctioned today.
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Demopolis
Ala
Roy Jordan
Marengo County
Ampion
Angus
Ray Hamrick
Sumter County
Negro held on murder charge released on bond
Fred White, negro, charged with first degree murder, is out of Morgan county jail on a $2500 bond. He is accused of killing his wife. His trial was delayed due to unusually long trial schedules in Morgan circuit court.
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Fred White
Morgan County
White
Morgan
Warden Reinstated After County Board Ruling
Robert F. McDonald, former deputy warden of the county, was reinstated following a Jefferson County personnel board decision. He had been discharged after a grand jury report described him on duty while intoxicated, and his reinstatement came after a 10 minute hearing in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Robert F. McDonald
Jefferson County Personnel Board
McDonald
Governor's brother-in-law named secret state investigator
Ross Clark, brother-in-law of Gov. James E. Folsom, has served as a confidential state investigator since January 1 on a salary of one dollar a year. The governor's office and executive secretary O H Finney confirmed the arrangement after reports Clark used a state car for what was described as official business. Clark admitted vehicle use but said it was for state duties and declined further comment. State auto use administrator J E Stiefelmeyer said Clark had used a state vehicle but could not recall the duration.
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Montgomery
Ala
Governor's Office
Ross Clark
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Clark
Finney
J. E. Stiefelmeyer
Morgan County Red Cross drive nears goal with $500 short
Morgan county still needs about $500 to reach its Red Cross fund goal for 1948. Joe Lipscomb of the Priceville area turned in $47.36, more than half its quota, as Grace Hogan of Danville reports the town has contributed over half of its $75 quota. Countess Cashin said a Sunday report will be issued, and Roy Fite Decatur, along with county leaders, met to discuss closing plans at 2:30 p.m. at the chapter office.
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Morgan County
Red Cross
Joe Lipscomb
Priceville
Grace Hogan
Danville
Countess Cashin
Sonetay
Fafinity
Roy iFte
Decatur Drive
Robert McNelly
Alvis Briscoe
The
Meter Suit Appeal Will Be In Writing
Decatur's parking meter case moves to the state supreme court. The court will accept the case on March 30 with briefs and no oral argument, per the city attorney's briefing plan.
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Decatur
State Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Truman Uses Law to End Coal Strike
President Truman said he will take necessary steps under the law to settle the coal strike. He cited the fact finding board appointed after mediation failed and said action will follow its April 5 report. The government considers court orders to halt the strike and federal coal saving measures.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United Mine Workers
Factfinding
Sherman Minton
Seventh Circuit Court of A Pals
Chicago
George Waylor
University of Pennsylvania
Ware
Driver Hart in Collision
James Proctor of Hartselle faces reckless driving charges after a collision at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and E Gordon Drive in Nashville. John Bruno of Nashville was injured with a broken collar bone when Proctor failed to stop at a stop sign. damages were $300 to Proctor and $200 to Bruno.
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Nashville
James Proctor
Hartselle
Eighth Avenue
E. Gordon Drive
John Bruno
Weatherly
Sandlin
Proctor
Bruno
Gordon Drive
Price
Stop Russia Policy Endorsed by U S In Germany Plan
Secretary of State Marshall announced that the United States backs General Lucius D. Clay against cooperation with the Soviet backed German peoples congress in the American zone. He labeled the congress a false unity effort and warned it threatens allied control in Germany.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin
Russia
German Peoples Congress
Peoples Congress
Write-In Not Allowed in Alabama May Primary
In Alabama a write in bid against Mrs Lennard Thomas for national committeewoman is blocked by state party rules as only qualified candidates may appear on the ballot. Mrs Brooks Whitton seeks the nomination but cannot have her name written in the May 4 primary under rule No 15. The attorney general notes no write ins for unopposed candidates and no general ballot write ins for this position.
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Lennard Thomas
Democratic National
Alabama
Thomas
Hearing set for Rosa Lee Ingram and sons in death case
Superior court Judge W. M. Harper scheduled a 2 p.m. hearing on a motion for a new trial for Rosa Lee Ingram and her two teenage sons in Americus Georgia. They are under death sentences for the slaying of white tenant farmer John Ethron Stratford after an argument over a male Ingram in Stratford's field. The judge will hear arguments in chambers and the condemned trio were not expected to attend.
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Americus
Superior Court
W. M. Harper
Rosa Lee Ingram
John Ethron Stratford
Ingrams
Stratford
Harper
City Officials Meet to Discuss Municipal Problems
Frank Livingston president of the Alabama League of Municipalities keynoted a district meeting of about 60 city officials at Decatur city hall. Mayor H. R. Summer welcomed attendees as Ed E. Reid outlined the agenda for round table discussions.
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Frank Livingston
Alabama League of Municipalities
Livingston
Decatur City Hall
Ment
H. R. Summer
Decatur
Ed E. Reid
League
Mr. Livingston
Tuscaloosa
Summer
Revenue gaps push city funding cooperation urged
A statewide meeting discusses municipal finances noting federal revenues rose 320 percent and state revenues 138 percent between 1931 and 1941, while municipalities grew only 2.5 percent. Mr Livingston urges unity to tackle the revenue problem. City details follow on page 3.
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Livingston
Expansion of Armed Force Now Plea
Washington March The nation's top military leaders urged immediate expansion of the services and a military draft for men 19 to 25. Forrestal outlined plans for 349,800 more personnel, $3 billion in authority, universal military training and a three year timeline, with details to follow behind closed doors.
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Presbyterian Program of Progress
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TVA
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