Community notices and campus activities in Morgan County
Ice cream supper planned Saturday at 7 30 p m at Morgan County 4 H Clubhouse Cole Springs sponsored by Gandy s Cove Methodist Youth Fellowship with proceeds for church work Public invited Ernest T Branum recovering after major surgery at University Hospital Birmingham in Room 842 Public invited to an evening of games at 7 30 tonight at the D A V Home on Railroad Street sponsored by D A V Chapter 11 Jimmy Tucker son of Mrs W B Lanier tapped for Freshman Advisory Council at University of Alabama Wesley Foundation he also stars in Wesley Players production Priceville Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at 2 pm at Mrs J C White s home attendance urged Among out of town mourners for W S Sherrill funeral here were Mrs R B Hobbs Flint Mich Mrs Ward Livingston Flint Mich Mr and Mrs Otto Hawkins Birmingham Mrs Bill Alan and Billie Stevenson Miss Shirley Norton Brunswick Ohio and Mrs Elizabeth Kelly Birmingham George Godwin led Pi Kappa Alpha in Mortar Board Sphinx Sing at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Pi Kappa Alpha and Tri Delta won the event with songs Then Mr and Mrs William H Robinson Mansfield Ohio visiting Pleasant Hill and Priceville neon sign at Decatur Cotton OH Co damaged by fire at 4 35 am Firefighters responded Overparking charges head the city recorder s court docket along with no drivers license running stop sign intoxicated on public street reckless driving prohibition violations One man charged with assault to murder in shooting of Samuel Thomas Decatur 29 was moved to Morgan County jail and posted 750 bond Thomas treated at Decatur General Hospital See Diary page 2.
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Morgan County 4-H
Cole Springs
Gandy’s Cove Methodist Youth Fellowship
W. S. Sherrill
Courtland
R. B. Hobbs
Flint
Mich
Ward Livingston
Otto Hawkins
Birmingham
Bill Alan
Billie
Stevenson
Shirley Norton
Brunswick
Ohio
Elizabeth Kelly
George Godwin
George H. Godwin
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Pi Kappa Alpha
Tri Delta Sorority
Beck Surrenders On Income Tax Evasion Count
Washington Teamsters Union President Dave Beck surrendered today on an indictment accusing him of income tax evasion. He posted $5,000 bond pending arraignment May 13 and was fingerprinted before being taken to court. The Tacoma indictment alleges Beck evaded more than $56,000 in 1950 taxes and conspired in a false return forBuilding Association expenditures.
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Washington
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Teamster Union
Tacoma
Wash
Beck
U.S. Dist
Edward M. Curran
Teamsters’ Joint Council No. 28 Building Assn
Seattle
Gangland war looms after Costello shot in New York
A gunman shot gambler Frank Costello near Central Park West prompting a major manhunt with sixty detectives and six superior officers. Police posted two detectives in Costello's lobby while questioning a taxi driver and the doorman. Costello survived with a scalp wound and said he did not know why he was targeted as officials warned of possible underworld violence.
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Costello
Central Park West
James B. Leggett
Pete Keith
Leggett
Issue Of DST Seems In Lap Of Councilmen
Decatur faces a city council decision on summer Daylight Saving Time. Mayor Knox L. McRae says no proclamation can be signed without council authorization. A Chamber of Commerce resolution urged the change and a chamber poll found 71 percent of about 1,000 voters favored it.
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Decatur
Knox L. McRae
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Office
6th Fleet Ends Quick Trip East
Washington reports major 6th Fleet ships leaving the eastern Mediterranean where they were rushed during the Jordan crisis. They return to the central Mediterranean to participate in NATO naval exercises already scheduled.
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Washington
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Jordan
Floods Ravage Wichita Falls and North Central Texas
Floods continue to strand residents as Wichita Falls braces for its worst flood in seven years. Heavy rains push the Wichita River and Holiday Creek higher, while the Sabine River tops near 40 feet in Gladewater. Red Cross shelters prepared as waters rise and dwellings remain flooded.
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Dallas
Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita F. 'S
Oklahoma
Sabine
Deweyville
Wichita
Gladewater
Severe storm warning issued for parts of Alabama and Georgia
The Weather Bureau issued a noon to 6 p.m. est severe storm warning for east central Alabama and west central Georgia with no forecast of tornadoes. The alert covers a broad region and urges caution as conditions develop.
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Montgomery
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
House Appropriations Panel Blocks 50 Million Flood Insurance Fund
The House Appropriations Committee rejected a 50 million dollar allotment for the federal flood insurance program. It approved an omnibus appropriation totaling 79,840,788 dollars for miscellaneous agencies to cover the remaining two months of the current fiscal year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Atlanta Bandits In $19,000 Grab
Two men wearing stockings on their heads robbed the Citizens and Southern National Bank on 10th Street before opening. They held up two employees as money was moved to a drive in window, took about $19,253, and fled to a parked car. Witnesses described them as stocky and middle aged with revolvers.
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Atlanta
10Th Street
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Betty Cawley
Gene Jolly
Jolly
Milestone in Battle Against High Blood Pressure
In Cleveland a research team announced the synthesis of the elusive twin of a substance linked to high blood pressure. The breakthrough allows global researchers to search for the chemical and develop blood tests to aid diagnosis and treatment. The substance is an enzyme named Angiotonin-Ll.
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Cleveland Ww
No Medical Report About McCarthy Spirit After His Condemnation
James Marlow notes McCarthy died of liver disease 29 months after the Senate condemned him on December 2, 1954. He argues the senator’s spirit seemed broken, retreating into silence and obscurity, while the firebrand figure faded from news and Senate attention.
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Washington P
Sen. McCarthy
MacCarthy
Dulles Urges Russians to Permit Unified Germany
Secretary of State Dulles called on the Soviet Union to end Germany's division, saying the split is unjust and intolerable. He spoke to the North Atlantic Council after Brentano urged quick reunification as elections approach in September.
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Bonn
Germany
Dulles
Russia
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Soviet Union
Lega
Heinrich von Brentano
Brentano
Konrad Adenauer
von Brentano
Federal
German Republic
East Germany
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Forces
See Dulles
Tennessee River readings and weather summary from Keller Bridge
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.37 feet this morning, down 0.08 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 555.67 feet. Yesterday’s high was 81 and the low 62, today’s 11 am temperature 73. Rainfall in the 24 hours to 7:30 am was 1.19 inches. Forecast calls for mainly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms today, partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, cooler tonight, high 78 today and 79 Saturday.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Roosevelt Initiates Petition To Force Rights Bill Floor
Rep Roosevelt of California leads a petition to bypass the Rules Committee and force a House vote on the civil rights bill. Signatures from a majority would trigger action as early as May 27. Howard Smith, a Rules Committee chair, opposes the bill, while Celler faces questions from the Judiciary Committee.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Rules Committee
D-Calif
House
Howard Smith
D-Va
Celler
Cny
Judiciary Committee
Smith
Europe Sheds No Tears For Sen. McCarthy
Western Europe papers react strongly to the death of Senator Joseph R McCarthy. Front pages in Britain and Rome publish harsh editorials branding him a witch hunter and leader of frantic anti communist hysteria. Moscow Tass accuses McCarthy of reactionary influence and fear.
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London
Europe
Joseph R.mccarthy
Wisconsin
France
McCarthy
Daily Telegraph
Paris Liberation
Rome
Sen. McCarthy
Dagbladet
Oslo
Moscow
Tass
Sen
Albertville Scene For White Trial
GUNTERSVILLE Alabama Emory C White 53 free on 10000 bond and his wife 27 held in jail in Marshall County as they await trial on murder charges in the slaying of Victor Falster 34 in a case tied to Whites business near Albertville. The trial is eyed for early July in Albertville with accomplice details cited by Sheriff L P Dickson.
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Guntersville
Ala
Emory C. White
Nashville, Tenn
Albertville
Woodrow Hendrix Starts One Year Jail Term
Woodrow Hendrix former police chief at Town Creek began a one year sentence in Lawrence County Jail after a manslaughter conviction for the shooting of J. W. Tidwell during an arrest on a misdemeanor charge. He did not appeal for probation and voluntarily reported to serve. Hendrix had sought probation twice before, both requests denied.
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Moulton
Woodrow Hendrix
Town Creek
Lawrence County
Lawrence
J. W. Tidwell
Hendrix
CAB Man Has Explaining To Do
Washington Senator Jack son D Washington said Raymond Sawyer a Civil Aeronautics Board official has a lot of explaining to do despite denial he leaked a major CAB decision. Henderson testified he named Sawyer as possible source after a CAB route award. the hearing was postponed due to Sen. McCarthy's death.
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Washington
Jackson
D-Wash
Raymond Sawyer
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. McCarthy
Sawyer
CAB
Bureau of Air Operations
Laurence Henderson
Senate
Henderson
Aue
Forrester A. Clark
Boston
Northeast
ICC Again OKs Rail Fare Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized six eastern railroads to raise first class passenger fares by about 15 percent, bringing total increases to about 20 percent above January 1931 levels. The railroads affected are Chesapeake & Ohio New York Central Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania- Reading Seashore Lines
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Senator McCarthy Lauded and Condemned in Death
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin died at 47 from acute liver inflammation after a period of illness. His death narrows the GOP to 46 seats with 49 Democrats, and a special election may fill his seat. McCarthy's career featured anti Communist crusades, clashes with the Army, and a later eclipse, drawing praise as a fighting patriot and criticism as a witch hunter.
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Fred S$. Hoffman
Washington P
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Army
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
White House
Truman
New York
Sheriff Collier and Wife Suffer Serious Injuries in Wreck
Morgan County sheriff Jimmie Collier and his wife were injured when his car avoided a vehicle that pulled into the path of the car south of Spring Hill Tennessee. Mrs Collier sustained knee injuries as the patrol car struck a telegraph pole and was heavily damaged.
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Morgan County
Jimmie Collier
Nashville
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Ernest T. Branum
University Hospital
D.A.V
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D.A.V. Chapter 11
Jimmy Tucker
W. B. Lanier
Sherman Sr
University of Alabama
Wesley Foundation
Wesley
Wesley Players
Abraham
Issaac
Pricevile Home Demonstration Club
J. C. White
William H. Robinson
Mansfield
Bruce Mitchell
Pleasant Hill
Fred Robinson
Priceville
Decatur Cotton OH Co
W. Moulton St
City Recorder’s Court
George Miller
Samuel Thomas
Thomas
Decatur General Hospital
U. S
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Buckley
Frank Costello
Mobile
Recorder’s Court
Leon McIintyre
America
U.S. Senate
William E. Borah
Idaho
Atlanta Bandits
Joe McCarthy
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
Joseph N. Welch
Arthur Gavshon
L. P. Dickson
Cab Man
ICC
Okehs
Sheriff Collier
By Ken Reynolds
Alvin
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