Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon and tonight with a forecast of similar conditions Thursday. East to southeast winds on the coast. Otto Nebrig is resting well at Decatur General Hospital after an earlier operation. Bonnie Jean Lawrence returned to Charleston after visiting her sister in Somerville. Rev. John B. Cunningham will speak at First Presbyterian Church on Day By Day. Kroger buys local farm products. 4 H and FFA beef cattle show sale yielded purchases totaling $1,502.86. School pageant may be presented Friday night at the high school stadium after weather caused postponement. City Council to amend zoning laws. Birth announcements and hospital admissions listed. Police report pre-arrests for alcohol violations, drunkenness, and speeding. Chamber of Commerce office staff prepared for summer. Kiwanis meeting planned. revival prayers and a film program noted. Demolay Knights Templar to confer orders on Raymond J. Clark and Huland H. Ryan. Page 32 includes diary.
Cullman Readies Ninth Strawberry Festival and Crownings
A United Nations message opens Cullman county’s ninth Strawberry Festival and Fair led by John A. Keyser and Pie England. Queen Blakemore IX and King Blakemore IX will be crowned at St Bernard College gym. Two days feature school acts, a 65 unit parade, a lake picnic, band concerts, and a community sing.
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Linton Burkett
United Nations
John A. Keyser
Pie England
Official Records Division
U. N
Cullman County
Cullman
St. Bernard College Gym
Keyser
Queen Blakemore IX
King Blakemore IX
Charlotte Marie Rosson
Edward Earl Chandler
Robert A. Schaefer
Reuters
British Broadcasting Company
Cullman County High School
D. Raya Thompson
King
Death Sentence Meted Today by Jefferson Jury
Homer G. Odum, 23, was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the February 9 slaying of elderly storekeeper William Alexander McDonald, 71, in Birmingham. The jury deliberated 45 minutes before fixing the penalty. Odum protested his intent, while McDonald was robbed of 159 dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Homer G. Odum
Odum
William Alexander McDonald
Robert J. Wheeler
McDonald
Fire crews battle triple blaze at Robinson Sales basement
Decatur fire department logged three fires in eighteen hours with sirens wailing after a three day quiet period. A heavy smoke basement blaze at Robinson Sales, 200 West Vine Street, caused about 2000 dollars in damages. Chief Floyd Elkins cited a stair and elevator shaft blaze with no determined cause.
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Decatur Fire Department
Robinson Sales Company
West Vine Street
Floyd Elkins
Fred Robinson
Birms
Talks at Ford Are Continued
The Associated Press reports union leaders and Ford officials moved to avert a major 1949 strike. UAW planned to strike two Ford plants tomorrow noon, affecting about 63 500 workers unless a settlement on speed up is reached.
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Associated Press
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ford
River Rouge
Bendix
South Bend
Ind
Nash and Packard
New England
Yankee
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
New Mexico
President Truman Considers Turning Case to the People
President Truman weighs taking his labor reform battle directly to the public after the House defeated the Taft Hartley repeal. The Wood labor bill passed 217 to 203 with 71 Democrats voting for and 146 Republicans opposing, signaling a political setback for the president and potential shifts in support for his agenda.
Mosquito Breeding Areas Destroyed by Pump Stations Near Decatur
More than 1800 acres of anopheline mosquito breeding in Wheeler reservoir will be eliminated this season with two pumping stations. The Buckeye Blackwell station near Decatur is nearly finished and the Harris Sweetwater station across the river from Decatur is nearly completed.
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Wheeler Reservoir
Buckeye-Blackwell
Decatur
Harris-Sweetwater
Truman Wins Repeal Fight and Sends Labor Bill Back
In Washington on May 4, Truman democrats won a vote to recommit the Wood labor bill. The margin was 212 to 209 leaving the House with no labor bill before adjournment and ending the stalemate in the repeal battle.
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Washington
Truman
House
Alabama House Votes on Wood Labor Bill Substitute
Alabama members voted Tuesday night on the Wood substitute for the administration’s labor bill. Andrews Battle Boykin and Grant supported the substitute while Rains Jones and Elliott voted against it. Herbs favored the substitute. Degraffenreid was absent.
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Alabama
House
Andrews
Battle
Boykin
Grant
Rains
Jones
Elliott
Herbs
Degraffenreid
Wood Bill Wields Senate Gamble in Taft Hartley Clash
The House backed the Woods bill by 217 to 203 amid party friction as leaders debate repealing Taft Hartley provisions. Administration allies secured the necessary eight votes overnight to move the bill toward a cooler status, while the recommittal vote split along party lines. The result tempers a rebuff to President Truman and signals ongoing Senate consideration.
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Senate
Truman
Four Men Trapped in Burning Mine Near Girardville
Four miners are entombed 800 feet underground in Gilberton Coal Co No 5 colliery near Girardville Pa after a fire sparked by a wiring short. Rescue teams pumped air but water pumps failed and officials fear drownings while ventilating and locating the men William O Brien 53 Raymond Eye 35 William Kelly 49 Joseph Wowak 34 are named as trapped workers with mine officials unsure of their condition.
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Girardville
Gilberton Coal Company
Pennsylvania
William O’brien
William Kelly
Shenandoah
Joseph Wowak
Raymond Eye
Elmer Christ
Michael Caufield
Patton and Fire Exchange Sharp Words on Jobs Curbs
In Montgomery on May 4 1949 the Senate judiciary committee favored two bills from Senator Patton to bar legislators from state payroll jobs and from serving on state boards. A clash with Senator Rankin Fite highlighted the debate over the governor’s appointments to education and Auburn board positions. The finance committee backed a merit system survey to reclassify all state jobs and ensure equal pay. The legislature also weighed Gov. Folsom’s request for nearly 59 million dollars in new taxes. See PATTON on Page 2.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
David A. Patton
Limestone County
Folsom
State Board of Education
Board of Trustees
Auburn
Patton
Rankin Fite
Marion County
State Schol Board
Fite
Senate Finance
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson
George Quarles
Dallas
W. H. Terry
Change In Aid Bill Studied By Senate
The Senate studied a $300 million federal aid to education bill and considered stripping funds from states that do not need or want it. Senator Tydings argued for targeting aid to underfunded per pupil expenditure states while others warned it could delay passage. Senator Lodge's attempt to add a civil rights amendment failed.
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John Chadwich
Washington
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Wherry
Nebraska
Senator Myers
Pennsylvania
Lodge
Rmass
Cross Burned at Falkville Sparks Tense Night
Falkville in Morgan county saw its first cross burning in months on the Falkville high school playing field late Tuesday night. Principal B G Smith nearby says he found out this morning and knew nothing about the incident. Police investigated similar incidents in Decatur months earlier with no arrests and no reason given. no Klansman reorganization is known.
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Falkville
Morgan County
Falkville High School
B.G. Smith
Decatur
Decatur City Cemetery
Negro Is Arrested Here For Colbert County
Chief of Police J B Whitmire reports Les Keys a negro arrested here today on a warrant from Colbert County Sheriff Lee McCorkle charging receiving stolen goods He is accused of buying stolen inner tubes Officer J H Collier and James P Self made the arrest.
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J. B. Whitmire
Les Keys
Lee McCorkle
Colbert County
J. H. Collier
James P. Self
No One Hurt As Trains Hit In Georgia Wreck
At FARMER Georgia the Seminole passenger train was sideswiped by the City of Miami on a siding. No injuries reported though six were hurt according to Atlantic Coast Line. The northbound City of Miami struck a sleeper and a coach. the Seminole engine overturned muscle and two cars damaged. Passengers moved to other cars and the Seminole continued south. A replacement unit was sent from Waycross.
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Farmer
Seminole
What Would You Do If You Were This Boy's Father
Arthur Everett profiles Harry Lepsester seeking his missing son Nathan a 21 year old Brooklyn native who disappeared with an American bomber in 1944 in France. The father travels to France to verify sightings and pursue a living image of his son amid wartime grief and public interest.
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Arthur Everett
New York
Harry Lepsester
Nathan
France
Four Powers Agree to Lift Berlin Blockade and Meet
The Big Four powers in New York announce mutual lifting of all restrictions in Germany and plan a foreign ministers conference likely on May 12 and May 23. The U S statement follows a two hour UN meeting with Jessup Malik Cadogan and Chauvel, noting agreement on main principles and pending details.
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New York
Berlin
Germany
United States
United Nations
London
U.S
Philip C. Jessup
Jakob A. .Malik
Soviet Union
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Jean Chauvel
France
Porter McKeever
Chinese Reds Grab Towns
The Big Four meet in New York to discuss lifting the Berlin blockade and reciprocal restrictions. Talks between Dr. Philip C. Jessup and Jakob Malik progress to detailed arrangements. Meanwhile communist forces advance in South China taking Hangchow and moving toward Nanking and Shanghai. The U S consulate in Canton warns American women and children to evacuate interior South China cities.
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Associated Press
United States
Russia
Britain
France
New York
Berlin
U. S
United Nations
Philip C. Jessup
Jakob Malik
Soviet Union
Park Avenue
Hangchow
Shanghai
South China
Nanking
Red
N. Hangs Chow
Canton
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Otto Nebrig
Decatur General Hospital
Bonnie Jean Lawrence
Charleston
S. C
Guy Bishop Sr
Somerville
John B. Cunningham
Cas
Virginia
W. W. Glass
Oak Street
Cunningham
First Presbyterian Church
Elmer Bishop
Krogers Grocery
Nashville
Kroger Company
Kroger
Walter Jackson
School of Missions At
the Egg
Presbyterian Church
Neely D. Crawford
Harold Dietz
Fifth Avenue South
L. P. Branum
Grant Street
William C. Smith
Hartselle
Max E. Slate
Eighth Street
East
Decature General Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
M.C. Lyle
Sixth Avenue West
Hotel Lyons
Bill Wright
George Little
Twelfth Avenue East
Hamil Clinic
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Abraham
Ninth Street Methodist Church
District Methodist Conference
Order of the Illustrious Order of the Red Cross
Knight of Malta
Raymond J. Clark
Huland H. Ryan
Knights Templar
Knights Templars
By Ken Reynolds
Strawberry
Chicago
Ralph Palmer
Palmers
Union Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles Limited
Palmer
Omaha
Fire Department
California
Ithaca
N. Y
Jack Bell
Lean Tech Congress
D-Tenn
Labor Committee
Capitol Hill
D-Fila
Ars
By Max Hall
Fire
Cross
Brooklyn
Harry
Anahie Wan
Big 4
London Dispatch
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