Morgan Man Killed by Auto in Morgan County
Funeral services for C. K. Hall who died Sunday when struck by a car at the Union Hill and Roads intersection near Morgan county were set with burial in a neighboring cemetery. Eva Enoch Clements, 17, driver of the automobile, faced reckless driving and license charges but pled guilty to the latter. Hall survived by wife, a daughter and three sons. Rev Otto Henderson to officiate with listed pallbearers.
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C. K. Hall
Peck
Hartselle i
Union Hill
Eva
Enoch Clements
Morgan County
Bev Howell
Clements W
Weston
Union
Howell
Clements
O. K. Hall
Hall
Justice of the Peace
G. W. Norwood
Cave Springs
Ughter
Rader Hale
Falkle
Elva Hall
Mansid
Carl Hall
Birming
Tisy
Forest Bates
Lan
Elva Hale
Mansfield
R. G. Hall
Lacon
W. J. Hall
Falkville
R. G.falkville
Ehmer Hall
Nash
Roy Flack Wins Prize At Alabama Diversified Occupation Clubs Meet
The tenth annual Diversified Occupation Clubs Alabama convention met in Tuscaloosa on April 29 to May 1 with attendees from Decatur including Miss Davis Benny Ray Flack J Sherrod Clifford Campbell Ber Taylor Ben Lee and Mrs Hardy E Davis Plans for next year were formed and officers elected Benny Ray Flack won a state essay prize in the event The club aims to aid students with vocational courses taught in Alabama schools The convention honored 350 attendees housed in Northington barracks Officers for the coming year included Ronald Allen president Fay Lec ter first vice president Phillip Stanley second vice president Jean Stewart secretary Wallace Hudson treasurer
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Miss Davis
Benny Ray Flack
J. Sherrod
Clifford Campbell
Ber Taylor
Ben Lee
the Peron
Hardy E. Davis
Adents
Vention
Northington Bis
Ronald Allen
Montgomy
Fay Lecter
Tallassee
Phillip Stanley
Opp
Secret
Jean Stewart
Gadsden
Treaurer
Wallace Hudson
Piedmont
Britain imposes broad price freeze on consumer goods
A government order freezes most non essential British consumer goods at December January levels to curb inflation. Jewelry tobacco newspapers and essential items stay out. The move targets wage and price restraint while officials urge voluntary cuts by firms to reduce prices and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INDON
Sf Trade
Sa Eaceiance
Riverside Wins Spot on Executive Council
Riverside high school secured a position on the executive council representing 40 high schools in the eighth district of the Alabama Education Association. The honor was conferred at a state meeting of senior high students in Birmingham on Saturday with Riverside students John Well, John Arantz, and Roy Freefield in attendance.
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Riverside High School
Alabama Edens Association
Birmingham
Posiy Offield High
Bessemer Nigh
High
Riverside
John Well
The
Studens
Jonn Arantz
Roy Free
Market Roundup Mixed Oil Prices and Grain Shifts
North Georgia live poultry market unsettled with irregular prices and ample demand. Fryers priced 35 to 37 cents FOB farm. birds weighed 21 to 23 pounds. Chicago grains drifted lower on rain in Kansas. wheat May 2.42 3/4 to 2.43. corn 2.19 3/4 to 2.20. oats 1.08 7/8. soybeans up 1 cent. New York stocks higher with rails and industrials gaining. cotton uneven. Hog prices soft. top cattle at 32.00.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Chicago
Board ‘of Trade
Kansas
New York
New York Cotton Drops as Liquidation Deepens
In New York May cotton futures tumble to intraday lows with losses exceeding 4.50 a bale as stop loss selling intensifies. Mill buying and short covering lift prices about 1 per bale from the lows before closing 35 cents lower than the previous close. nearby May and other futures show substantial declines.
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New York
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed as Cattle and Hogs Slip
Nashville Tenn May 3 cattle prices show cattle 700 with higher cows steers and heifers selling steady to strong some resistance and slow to moderate activity bulls steady most small lots under 800 lb 24 to 28 dollars per cwt. hogs 1000 head mostly 25 lower top 20.75 sows down 50 to 15.00 lambs steady aged sheep up 2 dollars springers 26 to 28 dollars shorn ewes 10.50 to 12.00
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Kiney
Courtland Police Chief and Officer Die in Double Shooting
Two Courtland men, Chief McCormack and Holderfield, were killed in a gunfight. AP reports four bullets from McCormack and six from Holderfield. Funeral services set for Holderfield Tuesday at Courtland Methodist Church and for McCormack at Popular Creek Church near Leighton. Surviving families include wives, children, and extended relatives. Masons to pallbear and handle graveside rites.
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Decatur General
Brown's
Associated Press
McCormack
Courtland
Holderfield
W. A. Toms
Courtland Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Loyd
Williams
Chester Wyley
Elbert
Sheffield
Luther
Fred
Williams, Jr
Oscar Holderfield
John H. Holderfield
George
Louisville
Joe
Creek
Bethel Reeves
Don Hill
W. Adams
Athens
Gilbert
Thrashers
Birmingham
Blake
Jordan
Moulton
Popular Creek Church
Leighton
Ih Charfe
Katie Lee
Hazel McCormack
Bobby
Earl
Benny McCormack
D. H. McCormack
Bessie Johnson
Mavalene Posey
Lucille Cox
Frank McGormack
Arkansas
Mek Bey
Ater
John
Bruce Named Chief ERP Aide
Howard Bruce of Maryland was nominated as deputy administrator for economic cooperation under Paul Hoffman to lead the European Recovery program. Bruce, a Baltimore industrialist, chairs Worthington Pump and Maryland Dry Dock and serves on several boards. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for World War II service and was born August 31, 1879 in Richmond Virginia.
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Washington
Howard Bruce
Maryland
Economic Coopera
Bruce
Baltimore
Democratic National Committee
Paul Hoffman
Army Service Forces
Aerate
Truman
Bruce Was
Richmond, Va
Labor Crisis Is Critical as Strikes Loom Next Week
The Associated Press reports mounting labor tensions in rail and auto sectors as walkouts threaten next week. The National Railroad Mediation Board resumes talks in Chicago aiming to avert a strike by about 190,000 railroad workers scheduled for May 11, after three years of fruitless conferences.
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Associated Press
Railroad
CIO
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Confernes
Chicago
Frank Douglas
Cavalcade of Amusements Arrives for Opening Night
Arrival of the Cavalcade of Amusements show train from Gadsden reached the 4th Street L & N tracks late yesterday. Unloading continued through the night and morning with extra local help. Gates open at 6 PM at American Legion Field on Bee Line highway 31 and operate nightly through Saturday. The grounds host 20 stage shows 30 major rides and many midway attractions. Neonized exhibits bill the Al Wagner state fair show as the world’s largest portable amusement park. Decatur Transit Co offers special bus service to the main gates.
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Gadsden
American Legion
Decatur Transit Co
Tornado Toll Rises Across West Virginia Kentucky Oklahoma
A series of tornadoes devastated West Virginia towns including Alpha Mount Clare and Clarksburg areas injuring many and causing fires. In Kentucky Alpha suffered major church damage with 125 attending services and at least 15 injured. Oklahoma and Kansas also saw fatalities and injuries in Bernice and Grand Lake regions as multiple twisters struck. Rescue crews hunted for victims while hospitals operated at full capacity and gas lines failed in Mount Clare.
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Kentucky
Alpha
Clinton
Davis Chapel
Wiley Gregory
Albany
Monti
West Virginia
Hupp Hill
W. Va
Clarksburg
J. J. Martin
Mount Clare
Lawrence McKinney
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Grand Lake
Bernice
Whiteoak
Grove
Erie
Kans
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wins 1947 Pulitzer for Mine Disaster Coverage
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch earned the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its extensive coverage of the Centralia mine disaster in Missouri and the subsequent reforms in mine safety laws and regulations. The award highlights the paper’s persistent reporting and the impact of its follow-up work.
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New York
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Today
Centralia, Ml
Teachers Meeting In Morgan County Setas Final Session
The Morgan County teachers will hold the last meeting of the year on Wednesday at 1 30 P M in Hartselle at Morgan County High. Miss Teasley of Scott Foresman and Company will discuss reading improvements with Morgan County teachers. The topic will guide a prolonged reading study planned for 1948 49 school year.
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Morgan County High
Hartselle
Teasley
Scott, Foresman and Company
Morgan County
Stassen Drive Tests Ohio Delegates In GOP Fight
Republicans in Ohio brace for a high stakes battle as Stassen backers seek a large delegate win amid Taft and Taft Hartley labor law opposition. The drive follows earlier successes in Nebraska and Wisconsin with party leaders aiming to leverage Illinois and Pennsylvania support to limit Stassen.
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Stassen
Orchard
Illinois
Gen. Douglas
MacArthur
Taft
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Hirgo
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oregon
Ohio
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Stassenbackers
Minnesota
Fratt
Washington
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
McGrath Speech Montages Split the Alabama Democratic Watch
MOBILE Alabama May 3 A Alabama political leader said J Howard McGraths civil rights talk would not alter positions. Gessner T McCorvey chairman of the state party accuses Truman of seeking laws objectionable to the South. Alabama Democrats head to a primary with civil rights as the main issue.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Congress
South
McCorvey
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman Sees Danger Ahead for World Future
President Truman warned that this year may determine the world s future in a greeting to the AFI Upholsterers convention. He urged support for liberty and preservation of free peoples rights as Americans vow to defend their way of life. AFL President Green predicted a startling political upheaval in November if prices stay high and industrial leaders resist wage gains.
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Washington
Truman
AFI
International Convention
United States
AFL
William Green
Alabama delegates weigh forks in Folsom Eisenhower split
State party survey shows 10 of 21 delegates back Folsom, 29 oppose, 45 noncommittal. Twenty one back Eisenhower, eight undecided. electors split with seven silent, no firm Truman support. McCovey proposes a walkout route to Eisenhower. primary highlights include Sparkman facing Hamm and debate over Marshall Plan. Local races and statewide offices fill the ballot as Folsom predicts a convention mandate.
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Folsom
James E. Folsom
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gessner T. McCovey
Alabama
Eisenhower
Truman
John Sparkman
Philip J. Hamm
Senate
Sparkman
Hamin
Public Service Commission
Hamm
Washington
War News and Global Replies From Front Lines to Bogota
Dispatches describe no Damascus attack visible and troops unaccounted at Katana camp amid Arab denials of Palestine operations. Haifa reinforcement decisions follow, while Jerusalem’s monir suburg truce holds. U S draft bill advances in Washington and Salt Lake City fate noted. Hodge warns of North Korean communist moves as Bogota closes Pan American conference with a 21 nation pact.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Associated Press
Damascus
Baniyas
Dan
Dafne
Goodwin
Syria
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
al Sayed Shukri al Kawatly
Haifa
London War Office
Jerusalem
Katamon Suburg
Jerusalme
Nebi Samuel
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
House Armed Services Committee
Washington
U. S
Salt Lake City
Ben. MacArthur
Despotsi
John R. Hodge
S. S
Korea
Bogota
Jeff Ballentine Dies After Stroke At Chattanooga Work Site
Jeff Ballentine a longtime Elliot Transfer employee in Decatur died from a stroke Friday while working in Chattanooga for the company. He was 30 years with the firm and son of the late Proc Ballentine. He leaves brothers and sisters a wife a child and his mother. Funeral arrangements will be made.
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Jeff Ballentine
Elliot Transfer Company
Chattanooga
Jeff
Proc Ballentine
Decatur
Decatur Jaycees Elect Parker At Mobile Convention
State Junior Chamber of Commerce Vice-President Charles Parker of Decatur and other Decatur Jaycees returned from Mobile after a two day convention. Parker was elected to the state office with fellow Decatur representatives Frank Whisenant Sam Evans Billy Steed Dick Allis and Ned Frazier reporting a successful trip. Other local notes include church socials community meeting for an improvement project and updates from Decatur General Hospital with several admissions and births.
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State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles Parker
Decatur
Chiang Pledges Fight On Reds Amid Civil War Strife
Chiang Kai-shek vowed to crush the Chinese communists even if it kills him as dissension grows within his party. Reports from Shanghai and Nanking describe rising war talk across Manchuria and the Yangtze valley. Communists reportedly gain in Shantung while flood pressures push the yuan lower to 850,000 per dollar.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
Peiping
Manchuria
North China
Yangtze Valley
Chiang
Shantung Peninsula
Yellow Sea
Tientsin
Changlo
U. S
Kuomintang
Government Party
Man Confesses to Forging Church Checks in Greenville
Harvey Bates of Greenville pleaded guilty to forging two checks on the Church of God. Before Circuit Judge Newton-Powell he sought probation though a non resident status means probation officer findings will take days. Bates admitted writing a $50 and a $20 check claiming electrical work for the church. He counterfeited the Church of God by writing The Church of God above Sam H. Stone's name on one check.
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Harvey Bates
Greenville
S.C
Church of God
Newton- Powell
Alabama
Bates
Sam H. Stone
Congress Weighs Broad Draft and Tax Bills on Floor
Congress moves draft measure from committee to floor outlining manpower targets for Army Air Force Navy and Marines and exemptions for veterans and ministers. It also allows possible seizure of plant capacity for armament orders and raises doctor and dentist inclusion. Senate fights housing loans and oleomargarine tax repeal as Cain and Maybank push competing paths.
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Armed Forces
Army
Air Force
Navy and
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Rep
Towe
Rnj
House Rules Committee
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Senate
Cain
House
House Gop
Agriculture Committee
Finance Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
Tragedy At Polytechnic Soldier Buried In Moulton
Daniel Byars served with distinction in Patton's Third Army as a forward observer and adjutant. He earned the Soldier's Medal Bronze Star and seven battle stars before returning to Alabama Polytechnic Institute for his degree. The body arrives in Moulton Monday evening. survivors include his parents and relatives. pallbearers named.
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Byars
Aabama Polytechnic Institute
Church of Christ
Moulton
Earl Hodson
Hollis McCarty
Bobby Pickens
Walker McCullough
Wasson Glenn
Laron Hurst
Tom McCullough, Jr
Howard Burch
Senator Taylor Reflects on Birmingham Arrest Experience
Idaho Senator Taylor told the senate he doubts he would be alive if he had provoked police by talking back after his arrest in Birmingham Alabama. He described officers driving him along lonely open country road to jail.
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Washington
Taylor
Idaho
The
Senate Today
Birmingham
Ala
Cubbers Plan May 12 Meeting for Pack Training
Cubbers of the Tennessee Council will gather at the Cornelis hotel on Thursday May 12 to map program planning for Cub packs. Cooper-McClanahan, Pack 8 cubmaster in Hartelle, leads the session with Mrs. George Godwin of Decatur assisting in den and pack skill instruction. The goal is to teach meeting conduct and Cub recruitment. A Dutch dinner starts the 7:00 p.m. program as representatives from Athens Huntsville Cullman Moulton and Hartselle attend, with Decatur hosts hosting out-of-town groups.
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Cubbers
Tennessee Council
Cornelis Hotel
Athens
Huntsville
Cullman
Moulton
Hartselle
Decatur
Tidwell Rites Held Monday
Final rites for Mrs Lillie moti Tidwell were conducted at Blue Springs with Rev Howard Netherly officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery under Peck of Hartselle directing. Surviving are two daughters and five sons, plus a brother and two sisters.
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Q. L. Tidwell
Athens
Blue Springs
Peck
Hartselle
Howard Netherly
Aaron Smith
Ed Smallwood
Fayne Peck
Huel St. John
Mark Leeth
Albert Fower
Lillie Mot i
Clarence
Mabrey
Birmingham
J . Scrump
Nade
James E
O. L
Ernest M. Winemonst
Curtis Mason
Horace Lamz
Somerville
Ethelle Idaho
Cullman
Elmer Rose
Pedtia
Election Boxes Listed for Primary Voting at Multiple Locals
Voters may cast ballots at the 19 locations including Absentees Courthouse Box 1 through Box 19 in various streets and stores. Primary results may be delayed due to the long county ticket while taxi referendum results are expected earlier. A public election night party at The Daily office invites all, free of charge. Decatur election officers are reminded to call in and have The Daily cover the charges when counts are finished.
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Carnegie Library
Railroad Street
Rf Hall
Braswell's Grocery
Third Avenue West
Namies
Fifth Avenue West
Wohnston Street City Hall
Homeland Grocery Company
Jackson Street
Shropshire's
Fourth Avenue South
Allred’s
Sixth Avenue South
Benson’s
19Th Avenue East
Harmon's
Fairview
Bussey’s Drug
Austinville
Neal Cagle
Moulton Heights
Kimbrough’s
Grant Street
Armory
American Beauty Greenhouse
Moulton Street
Thornton's
Sixth Avenue West
American Legion Home
Bank Street
Decatur
Liquor Board Hearing Touches Advertising and Appointments
Marion said a Virginia liquor board member heard a remark to Calvert vice president about sales staff changes in Alabama. Martinson asked the board to note Calvert’s refusal of political appointments and the company’s ability only to cancel local ads, not national contracts. The board also adopted a Montgomery office fire safety program.
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Marion
Virginia Liquor Control Board
R. M. Bullington
Calvert
Alabama
Martinson
Calvert's
Montgomery
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Auto
Roy Flack
Executive Council
St.Joseph
DR. C. P. Stinson
O. D
Johnston Street
Wall Street Poultry
ERP
West Milford
Lost Creek
Wolf Summit
Quiet Dell
McGrath
Vernon Gibbons
Albany Station
Cubden
Toight
Carlisle
Ninth Avenue
Austinville Church of God
John—H. Peach
Peach, Caddell & Shanks
St. Vincent's Hospital
Clyde M. Overall
Manchester
Ethel Overall
R. C. Partlow
Rufus Partlow
LeRoy McEntire Jr
Decature
Camp Frazier
Frank Yaney
Tennessee Valley Council
Linda Sellers
Falkville 2
Dennis McMeans
Decatur 1
L. D. Collins
Somerville 2
Decatur General Hospital
Linda Evans
Decatur 2
John L. Speake
Seventh Avenue S
Horace Nickens
Tanner
Nanar
Edward A. Johnson
Detroit
Reds
Man
Tidwell
Edi
1St Ave
Grant St
Old Curb Market
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