05 May 1950
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1950
Page
1
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Cloudy with a few thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Warm with moderate to fresh south winds along the coast. One disorderly conduct case heard in recorder's court. Local residents travel to Louisville for the Derby. Hospital admissions include Mrs. James Perry and Mrs. Fred Rost. DeMolay Bible dedication at Masonic Hall. Communion at St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday. Two men held on triple charges of public drunkenness. bond set at 500 dollars.
Montgomery Alabama May 5 The legislature gains a new member Frank Tennille a 36 year old furniture store official who unseated Rep Charles M Pinkston in Tuesday's Democratic primary Tennille formerly sang with Bob Crosby and Ben Pollock orchestras before leaving the music world in 1935 after four tours.
Washington informants said an American plan to end the Western occupation of Germany in 18 months will be placed before the Big Three foreign ministers in London next week. Secretary of State Acheson will carry the proposal to Britain and France. The plan would remove civil occupation apparatus but keep Western defense forces to hold a front in the cold war.
The Agriculture Department reports the 1949 U S cotton crop totaled 16,127,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up from 14,877,000 in 1948 and well above the ten year average. Total value for cotton and cottonseed reached about 2.548 billion dollars, lint value 2.262 billion, and cottonseed 286 million. Acreage harvested was 27.23 million acres, with July 1 cultivated at 27.72 million.
Ira B Thompson of Luverne, former legal adviser to Gov. James E. Folsom, lost re election to the Alabama House seat from Crenshaw County. He trailed 644 votes as W S Summerlin led with 1 748. J A McCleod 1 106 and Roy Ric 376. Richardson Ray M Horn were nominated. both are sons of the late Sheriff L F Horn.
Tornadic winds cut a destructive path through West Texas Oklahoma and Kansas last night killing at least one person and injuring about 50. Texas victim Bill Kling 32 died in Perryton while trying to fly to safety. Thirteen injured there four seriously. Kansas reported 37 injuries. Great Bend housing project near an old Army base saw about one third of its 30 frame buildings demolished. Oklahoma hit Fort Supply Cordell Elk City and Washita County with wrecked homes and businesses. Dust storms affected El Paso Lubbock and New Mexico roofs torn off.
Alabama Democrats loyal to the national party triumphed in a divisive battle for the state Democratic executive committee, defeating the Dixiecrat righters who bolted in 1948. Hill and Sparkman led the loyalist effort while McCorvey led the righters, with runoff posts to be decided May 30 and a broad tally showing 38 committee posts won by loyalists to 26 for the righters.
Washington reports detail that William W. Remington of the Commerce Department testified before a committee that he did not know the Manhattan project involved an atom bomb while with the War Production Board. He said he assumed high octane gasoline due to material usage. The hearing addressed communist accusations against him as the Senate debated cuts to foreign aid and the House prepared major appropriations including Atomic Energy and military funding.
State Senator James B. Allen, who led seven in the lieutenant governor race, was promised the support of two defeated foes in the May 30 runoff. Allen and Guy Hardwick of Dothan, also a state senator, are runoff opponents. State Senator David W. Patton of Athens sent his home county support as he placed fifth.
Five top union officials head to Chattanooga today to press for an end to a labor walkout that halted midnight Wednesday and idled about 800 employees from Chattanooga to Jacksonville. Disputes over job suspensions and driver rights fueled the stoppage, with drivers voting to stay off the job until a settlement is reached.
Lawrence county democratic committee resumed counting the last ballots from the Moulton Beat 1 Box 2 as 622 votes were tallied. The impounded box count, overseen by five committee members with eight helpers, followed a Wednesday dispute in the Lawrence county courthouse.
A husky six footer believed by Police Captain Joseph Guillot to be Governor Bonner of Montana was held overnight for drunkenness and released at 5 30 am. He claimed the ID was correct and showed Gov Bonner’s name on his overcoat. The blotter lists him as John Bonner born May 16 1902 occupation governor. No trial scheduled and authorities released him as routine. He telephoned AP from Biloxi Miss and Gov Bonner was due at an Interstate Oil Compact Commission meeting there today.
A Limestone county farmer, Raymond Davis, 29, will be tried in Giles county circuit court Pulaski Tennessee on June 1 for the rock slaying of Mike Kieff 63 of Giles county. Davis confessed stating he killed him with a rock but claimed a slip.
Bob Etheridge 18 of Austinville was injured when an auto jack slipped as a rear wheel ran off its axle. The wheel injured his ankle as his mother Mrs G W Etheridge said. He was taken to General Hospital by ambulance around 8 p m.
The 6th biennial CIO textile union convention in Boston adjourned on a discordant note after a week of debate. Nearly 2,000 delegates split over key issues despite leaders pledging harmony in the union’s interests.
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of flouting international law by misrepresenting the April 8 shooting down of an American Navy plane. The State Department warns Moscow that Russia has no intention of complying with international norms and cannot reconcile with peaceful relations. The note, delivered in Moscow, states the Navy Privateer was unarmed and over open Baltic waters when shot down.
Two Alabama state government workers compete in the May 30 Democratic primary for Secretary of State. Agnes Baggett, a 19 year veteran clerk, faces Mary J. Thompson, secretary to the state supreme court chief justice. If nominated, either woman would be only the second female to win a constitutional office in Alabama. Sabine Pool was the first to win a constitutional post. Baggett, widowed last December, leads Thompson by over 30 votes at one point in early reporting.
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