Two Admit Burglary in Decatur Area
Police report two youths, Stealman and Lambert, confessed to a burglary at 1004 18th Ave SE in Decatur. They allegedly stole bread, then went to Decatur High School, divided the loot, and rode a bus to McCain Tennessee before returning at 6 30 pm. Lambert will face Probate Court due to being under 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Long
Bouigame
East Banss
18Th Ave
Stealman
Lambert
Decatur High School
McCain
Tenn
Decatur
Ferrell blamed in murder case tied to numbers racket
Deason testified that Ferrell and Fuller murdered Patterson in Ferrell's hometown while a lurid painting by Deason loomed as a background for the crime, placing them at the scene at the time of the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deason
Ferrell
Fuller
Patterson
Hospitals Record Dismissals and Admissions by Area
The column lists hospital dismissals and admissions across multiple institutions including T H Hospital and Decatur General Hospital. Names such as William A. Burton Mrs Fred Sittason Joe A Terry Marion Lee Counts Mrs J H Carter and infant son Mrs Guy Nelson Willingham Sheila Sims and others appear along with addresses in Athens Madison Decatur Hartselle Nashville and Tanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sittason
Columbia Circle
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
W. O. Terry, Jr
Hartselle
Marion Lee
5Th Ave
J. H. Carter
Athens
Guy Nelson
Joe A. Terry
James O. Orman
J. T. Harbin
Madison
Decatur General Hospital
Ohare King, Jr
6Th Ave
Doyle Gist
Eeeees Et Willingham
Russe Viriidle
Sheila Sims
Danville
Ted Fuller
Grant St
Allen A. Brown
J. Neal McClanahan
Nashville
Tenn
Willie McDougald
Trinity
Princess The Naked Alibi at the Roxies and Sunset
The page lists film showtimes for Princess The Naked Alibi at the Roxy with 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 9 30 and Casanova Brown at the Roxie with 1 00 2 40 4 20 6 00 7 40 9 20 plus Woman's World at Sunset with 7 00 and Keel at 7 00 and other reels noted by abbreviations and misread names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy
Casanova Brown
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Student Parade Marks Courtland Centennial Education Event
The Courtland Junior High School held a Centennial of public education parade with about 450 students marching through the school and downtown. Hazlewood High School band from Town Creek led with instructor and police escort. The 9th grade class donated a flagpole and flag from Woodmen of the World Town Creek. dedication is planned Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland
Alabama
Hazlewood High School
Town Creek
Courtland School
Courtland Junior High School
Woodmen of the World
Insurance Firm Builds New Office in Decatur
The Liberty National operation expands with a new one story building on Ferry Street replacing the old office. Dr J L Brakefield said the 3000 square foot brick tile building will be air conditioned and paneled with a green tile front and asphalt tile floors. Baker and Shaw hold a 38900 dollar contract for the project with 30 employees to operate the Morgan County site and a 175 to 250 foot customer parking area planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Ferry St
J. L. Brakefield
Decatur
J. H. Turner
Liberty National
Brakefield
Daily This
Morgan County
Baker and Shaw
Showdown over farm supports bill before House vote
Democrats supported the bill while Republicans lined up in opposition. The bill would scrap the administration program of supports from 82 to 90 percent of parity and replace it with a rigid 90 percent parity program in effect until this year. Parity defines a fair return for farmers relative to costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Services Thursday For Mrs McCurry Of Athens Rt 8
Funeral services for Lizzie Dean McCurry 66 of Athens Route 8 are set for Thursday at 3 p m at Mt Pisgah Baptist Church with Rev Alton McMillan officiating. She died Tuesday at 5 50 p m at Athens Limestone Hospital and is in state at the McCurry home. She leaves three daughters Glenn Dean Eddie Mae Motieres and Mattie Sue Cook all of Athens Route 8 one son H E McCurry of Athens Route 7 three sisters Mary Martin Minnie Mee Elwee and another, and a brother Dallas Tex.
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Athens
Lizzie Dean McCurry
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Alton McMillan
McCurry
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Bocy
Glenn Dean
Eddie Mae Motiers
Mattie Sue Cook
42 Brownies Prepare For Intermediate Move
Brownies moving up to Intermediates at a Sunday fly-up on May 22 with attendees eligible to join the Intermediate Day Camp in July. Details were shared at a Wheeler Area Girl Scout Board meeting led by Mrs. Holmes Turner with Mrs. Eldridge Guire announcing Day Camp dates July 18 to 22 in Flint Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lee
Oes
Wheeler Area Girl Scout Board
Holmes Turner
Girl Scout Promise
Eldridge Guire
Norman. Stiles
Girl Scout Senior Planning Board
Harold Hull
Leaders Club
Littlehouse
Jesse Stimson
National Registration
Reynolds To Direct Weekend Camporee at Local Scout Event
John A. Reynolds will direct the Boy Scout Camporee this weekend here. He earned his Eagle rank from Uncle Dan Beard at the 1935 Boy Scout Jamboree and has attended camps in Pensacola and Birmingham. Reynolds served as a Marine Corps officer in World War II and participated in the Marshall Islands campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Reynolds
Dan Beard
Pensacola
Camp Andrews
Birmingham
Reynolds
Marine Corps
Marshall
Mass Picketing Hearing In Alabama Proceeds
A Birmingham hearing on dissolving an injunction against mass picketing at Southern Bell proceeds for a third day. Four striking CIO CWA members refuse to answer, citing self incrimination, amid violence questions. Judge Robert Giles presides as Waldrop Kinard and others previously refused to testify.
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Birmingham
Bell
Communications Workers
CIO
David E. Kines
Lipscomb
Ala
Kines
R. E. Clevinger
Robert Giles
CWA
Southern Bell Exchange
A. A. Waldrop
James E. Kinard
Boy reports binding by man in city yard incident
Homer Lee Rollins 13 says a Negro man bound and gagged him in the back yard of 405 1th Ave SW Monday afternoon. Police chief J B Whitmire said investigators cannot locate witnesses who saw the assailant or the boy tied and are checking the case thoroughly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Lee Rollins
Lth
Ave
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Modern Art Museum Assured For Birmingham
Birmingham officials moved toward a new modern art museum after agreeing to terms in the will of Mrs. Helen Wells widow of Oscar Wells. The city must provide a site for the building as specified in the decedent step. The bequest totals nearly one million dollars for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Helen Wells
Oscar Wells
Campaign and Okinawa Camp Service Record
He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean conflict but saw no overseas service. The details reference his campaign and Okinawa camp experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campaign
Okinawa
Marine Corps
L N Told to Stop Using Unqualified Rail Workers
The PSC upheld a union complaint after a two day hearing that L N operated trains with personnel not licensed under state law. The commission ordered L N to halt using unqualified workers until examined and licensed, despite four of thirteen having taken exams. The Railroad Brotherhood argued experience should suffice during the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PSC
L&n
Railroad Brotherhood
Florence Pair Shot To Death in Florence Alabama
A 32-year-old mother Mrs W F Martin and a man E H Crumb were found shot to death in the living room of Martin's Florence home. Both victims were clothed and had three gunshot wounds to the chest. An 18‑month‑old daughter was unharmed beside her mother. Coroner W R Chisholm reported the bodies were found by Mrs Molly Walker around 7 a.m. by the Martin residence. the husband and a 10-year-old son were away. Martin ran a local furniture store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
W. F. Martin
E. H. Crumb
W. R. Chisholm
Molly Walker
Martin
President sees bright prospects for two long strikes settlement
The President said settlements in the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and Southern Bell strikes look very near. He noted no federal intervention unless a strike becomes a national emergency, and reaffirmed support for a 101 billion dollar highway program as governors back it. A Senate subcommittee led by Gore shelved the old program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Southern Bell Telephone System
Senate
Gore
D-Tenn
Matsu
Eisenhower
Ae Oe
Formosa
Painter Killed at Gorgas Alabama
The widow of Harry Nick and four Birmingham children mourn his death in Gorgas Alabama. He is survived by his wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorgas
Ala
Harry Nick
Birmingham
Local notices and community events from Decatur area
A collage of social items reports the Vaughan family touring Florence for a piano quartet with Oliver Brazzelle Florence Philip Scoggins Jasper and Dexter Montgomery Decatur residents Wayne Vaughan a Florence freshman majoring in business administration is a 1954 Decatur High School graduate The Blue S Baptist Church hosts a Mother's Day program with services and dinner A Morris boy placed in a boarding home by welfare officials returns later and a 1953 Plymouth coupe is recovered after a theft report City court records list fourteen cases with various charges Permits issued for remodeling a store and for a storm pit Local civic church and social engagements are noted along with a birth announcement for a Decatur family and church tonight schedules
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W. C. Vaughan
Decatur
Florence
Wayne
Oliver Brazzelle
Philip Scoggins
Jasper
Dexter Montgomery
Golden
Miss
Vaughan
Decatur High School
Neal Cagle
Charlie Edwards
Vaughans
Refuge Help Sent To California Fire?
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge manager Charles Parker and maintenance supervisor Henry Grammer left yesterday to help fight a large fire in the Okefenokee Swamp area spanning Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida. They picked up a trailer at Santee Refuge in South Carolina then went to Macon to load a bulldozer before joining the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Charles Parker
Henry Grammer
Okefinokee Swamp
Georgia
Florida
Santee Refuge
South Carolina
Macon
Drunk Charge Ends Probation For Man
Judge W. H. Long revoked probation of Albert Goulden after a recent arrest. Goulden was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three months for assault with a weapon, to be served at hard labor for three months and twenty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Long
Albert Goulden
Ogee
Bation
Three Americans Out Of Eight Age Daylight Saving Time
Three of eight Americans aged daylight saving time in a brief civic note. Trucks carry 89 percent of U S food to its first market amid supply chain context and regional distribution.
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U.S
North Alabama Poultry Market Report Update
North Alabama markets show steady offerings as 24 hour price data through 10:30 a.m. Wednesday indicate most birds delivered to plants. North Georgia markets at 10 a.m. report typical farm prices around 25 to 26 percent with most birds at 26 percent.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Alabama
Atlanta
North Georgia
Birmingham Market Prices Report
Market report from Birmingham notes wholesale prices for various cottons. Prices range for large and medium lots with quality levels cited, including 4-43 and 3-41 standards, with a high turnover of mostly white textiles and a noted 60 per cent figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eee
Ries
Steers and heifers market notes with varied prices
The report shows scarce steadies and weak bulls with limited steer volumes. Commercial and 900-1000 lb steers bring 17.00 to 21.00, 550-756 lb calves and yearlings at 13.50 to 15.25, and cows range 7.50 to 13.60 with canners and cutters at 7.50 to 10.60. Vealers and butcher items noted with regional sale locations.
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L St
Births in Athens and Elkmont Area Hospitals
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Billy Tinnon of Athens at Athens Limestone Hospital on Monday. A son born to Mr and Mrs L B Plunk of Athens at Athens Limestone Hospital on Monday. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Robison of Elkmont at Athens Limestone and Seeley. A son to Mr at Douglas Broadway Limestone Hospital Ti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Tanner School
Charlie Page
Charles David Page
Charlie
Millie Page
Lee
Billy Tinnon
Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
L. B. Plunk
Lewis Robison
Elkmont
Athens Limestone
Seeely
Douglas Broadway
Limestone Hospital
Burial Rites Held for Rev. Father Stephen Radtke
Burial rites conducted for Rev. Father Stephen Radtke a Benedictine monk and head of the English department at St Bernard College at St Bernard Abbey Cemetery Tuesday. He was ordained per clerical records.
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Cullman
Stephen Radtke
St. Bernard College
St. Bernard Abbey
Father Radtke
For Rent Listings Include Furnished 2 Bedroom House
Incomplete ad notes a five room house for rent and a completely furnished two bedroom unit at 106s 9th St SE with phone contact 2429-1. Also mentions closing out top quality Holland grown bulbs by Previt Simms & Sons at Moulten St with phone 2837.
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Air
St. SE
Simms & Sons
Moulten St
Hughston Begins Five Year Term In Kilby Prison
George Hughston, moved from Morgan County jail to Kilby prison in Montgomery, started a five year sentence for embezzlement and grand larceny exceeding $19,000 from Tennessee Valley Cooperative. He pleaded guilty before Judge Newton Powell. probation was denied. Virgil Crow, in a separate case, received seven years for carnal knowledge and also reported to Kilby. Crow’s probation request was denied after appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hughston
Morgan County
Kilby
Montgomery
Tennessee Valley Cooperative, Inc
Hughston
Newton Powell
Virgil Crow
Crow
Court of Appeals
Dynamite Damages Alabama Repeater Station Near Pell City
In Pell City Alabama a small building housing a telephone repeater station was dynamited today. no one was inside. In Nashville Tennessee a railroad worker was shot and slightly wounded at a downtown terminal. A suburban loading tower collapsed on a Tennessee Central Railway track last night. Police said R A Ferrick of Ashland City Tennessee was shot from an open car and charged with intent to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Pell City
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Central Railway
R. A. Ferrick
Ashland City
Serisietody
Alabama Legislature Begins Amid Anti Poll Tactics
Gov. Folsom opened the 1955 Legislature asking for finance bills to fund two fiscal years until general and edification appropriation acts pass. A House Judiciary bill by Rep. J. Brassell of Bac Beach set penalties at one to five years and fines to $5,000. A Senate subcommittee of six will study reapportionment plans. Sen. Boutwell and Sen. Eddins discussed changes to representation, with no immediate action. Rep. Woodrow Alben’s loan overpayment recovery bill went to a three member House subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Folsom
House Ways and Means
Judiciary Group
Rep. J. Brassell
Bac Beach
Senate Judiciary Committee
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson
E. O. Eddins
Marengo
Boutwell
Woodrow Alben
Calhoun
House Business and Labor Committee
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William A. Burton
7Th St
Clifton
2Nd St
Comer Blevins
Loyd A. Birdwell
Aaa
Princess — the
Sterling Hayden
Gloria Grahame
Woman's World
Chfa
June Allyson
Keel
Raaeae
Rose Marie
Ann How
The Oute_ Derek
Joan Evans
Modern Art Museum
B’ham
Blue S Baptist Church
Reh
Morris
Decatur Boat Harbor
Bill Pugh
Morgan County Welfare Department
Porter Huffman
Welfare Department
Morris Welfare Department
Pugh
J. R. Horton
Mills Motors
Abe. Powell
NW Railroad St
City Hall
2Nd Ave
Hubert Lynch
J. D. Sims
Beech St
Highway Patrol
Jimmie Collier
H. Harrison Hill
Alabama Association of Circuit Court Clerks and Registers
Redmont Hotel
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Decatur Masonic Temple
G. M. Yea
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Young
Jean Huie
J. R. Huie
Central Methodist Church
T. J. Chitwood
Refuge
Decatur Markets
New York
Acme Steel
Allis
I” & West
Calumet & H Trac
Radio Cp
Gago & Ohio
Colg Palm
Col
Diveo Co du Pont Texas
Pc&o &P Everary UN of Cal UN Pac
Fila P&l
Warner Pic S Steel
West UN Tel
Orleans
Penn
Princess
Warner Bros
Warnercolor
Wmore
Hunter-Malone Francis
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