Weather outlook and community notices from Decatur area
Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight and again Thursday in the east. Cooler to the north and west Thursday with fresh to strong southeast and south winds along the coast shifting to northwest and diminishing. Tom Pettus of Moulton will speak at Flint Baptist Church Thursday night. public invited. K. N. Tucker of Hartselle visits today. Community activities include a children’s moving pictures show Saturday at Sixth Avenue Church of God, and a mid week prayer service at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Church board officers listed and annual election held at Lyons Hotel with committee reports. Local police report minor crime activity including double parking, speeding, a drunkenness case, and a disorderly conduct case in the past 24 hours. Building permit issued to J. D. Sherman for a residence at 220 0th Avenue West valued at $4,750. A community singing at Church of the Nazarene Friday at 7:30 p.m. announced. located on Seventh Avenue West. Birth announcements include a daughter born at Decatur General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hill of Danville 2 and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Holland Atkins of 906 Sherman. Admittances and discharges at Decatur General and Baugh-Wiley clinic noted. flu case and various patient movements listed. See DIARY on Page 2.
Sharpshooter Dead From Accidental Front Gun Incident
James Foster Howell, 22, a Marine veteran and drugstore employee, died from a self inflicted bullet wound in a Birmingham shooting gallery. Witnesses said he fired at targets, believed the .42 caliber gun was empty, then fired twice. the second shot hit him in the temple. Coroner ruled accidental death.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Foster Howell
Joe L. Hilderbrand
Final Sericea Meeting Held In Somerville
Somerville hosts the final sericea meeting of Morgan county after three weeks and 1711 signed acres. L T Wagnon opened with R M Chapman of Soil Conservation showing sericea use on farms. Winners of seed drawing were William Wade Jr and Geo Johnson.
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Somerville
Morgan County
L. T. Wagnon
R. M. Chapman
Soil Conservation
Mr. Wagnon
William T. Wade Jr
Geo. Johnson
Casto Jarvis
Carnation Co
Pete Cortner
Carnation
Decatur
B. G. Ryan
K. N. Tucker
W. C. Russell
Delmus Campbell
Bobby Russell
William T. Wade, Jr
George Johnston
Curtis Sharp
W. H. Lemay
H. E. Cryer
Glenn T. Watkins
Church Picket Line Is Banned In Alabama Case
A National Labor Relations Board examiner ruled that picketing of church and Salvation Army sites at Anniston Alabama by plumbers constitutes a secondary boycott against Collins Heating and Plumbing Co. The ruling, if not contested, becomes a board order.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Salvation Army
Annistery
Ala
Maurice M. Miller
Pettus-Banister Co
Anniston
Oeal
Plumbers’ Union
Gadsden
Collins Heating and Plumbing Co
Miller
AFL Building Trades Unions
Robert Hadaway
Collins
Tornado Rips Three Towns in Oklahoma
A spring tornado outbreak hit Canton Longdale and Blackwell in Oklahoma. Two people died in Canton and Longdale, 12 injured across all three towns, with high property damage. The dead include 12 year old Larry Arnold and 32 year old Charles Stowers.
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Canton
Okla
Oklahoma
Longdale
Blackwell
Here
Little Longdale
Oklahoma City
Larry Arnold
Charles Stowers
Rain Expected Yet In Decatur Weather Beats
Decatur eyes a light rain forecast as temperatures hover around the mid to upper sixties. TVA sub station readings show 68 at 9 AM 67 at 10 and 11 AM and 70 at noon. Yesterday's high reached 74 by 4 PM.
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Decatur
TVA
Five State Departments Brought Under Budget Act
Five major state departments under Gov. Folsom have been placed under the state budget control act. The departments are highway prison industrial relations state docks and terminals and the Alabama system. Budget director Bill Drinkard says they must prepare budgets for public hearings before the budget commission on April 4. Some agencies oppose the move noting money must be in hand before spending.
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Montgomery
State Budget Control Act
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Innate Finance
Bill Drinkard
Drinkard
Te Budget Commission
Are
Mckoald
Her
Madlions
Syrian army leader seizes control in Damascus coup
Brig Hosny El Zaim, commander of the Syrian army, took over the government saying the regime faced internal and external attacks and misrepresentation of the army. He pledged a local movement with no foreign aims and planned to hand power to a new cabinet advised by Speaker Faris Bey El Khouri. The UN was informed, noting Syria’s commitment to democracy and existing accords, as rioting followed Arab disappointment over the Palestine war. Premier Jamil Mardam Bey resigned and fled. Khaled Bey Azem’s cabinet had been negotiating with Israel.
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Associated Press
Hosny el Zaim
Syrian Army
Syria
House of Representatives
el Zaim
Damascus
Faris Bey el Khouri
Palesti
Israel
Jamil Mardam Bey
Mardam Bey
Khaled Bey Azem
Azem
Rent Curb Bill Given Truman
A rent control bill backed as a victory for tenants was due to be signed by President Truman within a day. The measure extends controls 15 months and allows de control by local areas with governor approval. It faces a crackdown on a rent black market and promises lenders a fair net operating income.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Patman
D-Tex
ECA
Senate
Young Fairbanks To Be Knighted By King of England
Hollywood reports that Douglas Fairbanks Jr. has been named honorary knight commander of the British Empire for his work in Anglo American relations and his chairmanship of Care. The actor, 39, said he is speechless and surprised by the joint notification from the British consulates in Hollywood and Washington. A formal ceremony at Buckingham Palace is planned for late spring or early summer.
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Hollywood
Doug Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Washington
Intendonsty Ae
Buckingham Palace
Hill and Colleagues Propose Voluntary Health Insurance Bill
Five U S senators including Hill propose a voluntary health insurance plan to provide hospital and medical care for all. The bill uses federal funds to assist states, aims to finance existing systems, and avoids a compulsory national program. It would extend government aid to those unable to pay and create non profit prepaid plans with service cards. See MEDICAL on Page 2.
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EDWIN _B. HARKINSON
Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Truman
Congress
Hill
O’conor
D-Md
Withers
D-Ky
Aiken
R-Vt
Morse
R-Ore
Alabama
Justice Button
Supreme Court
Ohio
Gilson Colby Engel
Pennsylvania State Medical Society
Paul Magnuson
Veterans Administration
American Hospital Association
Tuscaloosa Dry Victory Narrow by County Vote
In Tuscaloosa County a special election narrowly defeated a proposal to legalize whisky sales. Unofficial tallies show 4,648 against with 4,648 for. city results favored legal sales 3,048 to 2,706. Official canvass to follow.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
Man killed in Alabama highway incident near Selma
Selma man died in a highway crash on a stretch of the Atlanta highway according to Highway Patrolman E D Watts the fatal incident occurred in March.
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Ala
Selma
Atlanta
E. D. Watts
Price Order On Milk Appealed
A Birmingham milk distributors spokesman said a court appeal will challenge an Alabama Milk Control Board price order. The plan targets the portion setting the price distributors pay producers, arguing costs have shifted. The board cut grade A milk prices statewide from 24 to 22 cents in Mobile and Birmingham and to 21 cents in multiple cities. The board’s ruling followed hearings statewide.
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Birmingham
Alabama Milk Control Board
Sidney W. Smyer
Smyer
Circat
Mobile
Montgomery
Anniston
Gadsden
Tri-Cities
Talladega
Tuscaloosa
Tuskegee
Union Springs
James F. Stoner
Red Cross Drive Nears Goal in Morgan County
One hundred seven dollars separate Morgan County from the $12 735 Red Cross fund drive target. The till shows $12 628 so far with Red Cross month ending tomorrow and Flint’s lead urged for unreported communities to complete drives. D D Norris of Flint chairs the drive.
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Morgan County
Flint
D. D. Norris
Flint Drive
Military Cost Hikers Urged
Rep Vinson urges Congress to boost President Truman s military budget by 1 6 million 159 600 for the year starting July 1, warning that peace time forces are too small The plan would push the budget toward 16 5 billion while opposition to universal military training remains weak Vinson criticizes shortfalls in air defense and urges greater funding for planes and missiles according to joint chiefs of staff guidance.
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Washington
Vinson D-Gai
Congress
Truman
Vinson
House Appropriations Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Navy
Georgia
British Mother of Three GI War Brides Sees Life in U S
Mrs. Margaret Ridge of London travels the United States to meet the families of her three daughters who married American soldiers. In Decatur she visits daughter Mrs. Winifred Burns and plans to visit Germantown and Riverhead noting she has three daughters and three grandchildren in the U S with two more on the way. The story traces how blitz days led to daughters meeting American husbands and starting marriages that grew into a large transatlantic family network.
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U. S
Associated Press
Margaret Ridge
New Gardens
London
Decatur
England
Ridge
United States
Winifred Burns
Germantown
May Farrell
Riverhead
Long Island
N. Y
Alice McBride
van Sutithobtien
Toene
Judge Refuses Motion to Dismiss Taylor Case in Birmingham
In Birmingham on March 30 circuit court Judge George Bailes overruled a defense bid to dismiss Idaho Senator Glen Taylor's appeal of a disorderly conduct conviction. Taylor faces a May 5 arrest history and a jury trial request was also denied as the city braces for a segregation era courtroom scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
George Lewis Bailes
Taylor
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Arthur Shores
Tayior
Eugene Connor
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Bailes
Morel Montgomery
Banker Missing as Branch Vault Stripped of 690000
New York report says a branch bank vault was stripped of 690000 in cash and bonds. Assistant manager Richard H. Crowe, 41, is sought on a 13 state grand larceny alert after disappearing from his Staten Island home and failing to report to National City Bank at 195 Broadway. The vault was found empty at opening. Crowe had returned to work a week earlier after treatment for a nervous breakdown.
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New York
Richard H. Crowe
Crowe
National City Bank
Broadway
Grover C. Brown
Honore
Staten Island
James J. McNamee
The
Said
McNamee
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Petent
Ijpule
Tom Pettus
Moulton
Flint Baptist Church
Hartselle
Mny
Sixth Avenue
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Lloyd L. Lively
Tressurer
William S. Kirby
Lyons Hotel
J. D. Sherman
Church of the Nazarene
Seventh Avenue West
Homer Hill
Danville 2
Decatur General Hospital
Holland Atkins
Sherman
Finley Reid Benson
Oak
Joe Hardin
Hillsboro
T. W. Black
Sixth Avenue West
Rufus Campbell
Ida Waldrop
Walter Jackson
Sherman Street
Decatur General
Nell Stevenson
Elkton
Tenn
C. A. Couch
Union Grove
Robert Edwards
Trinity
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Earl Brewer
Paul White
Russellville
Rufus Warren
B. W. Cloer
Fourth Avenue South
Hamil Clinic
Allison Smith
McNeill Apartments
Brown
By Ken Reynolds
Jimmy Montgomery
Hot Springs
Ark
Boys Clubs of America
Budget
United Nations
Rhodes
Ralph J. Bunche
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
Western Europe
Young Fairbanks
King of England
Sue Howell
Maid of Cotton
Bakersfield
Calif
Bobby
Big Ben
Sue
Memphis
Red Cross
Camus Horddi
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