Weather and society notes from Decatur area
Partly cloudy today through Tuesday with scattered coastal winds and little temperature change. High 84, low 62 for a 24 hour period. Visits from Mrs. Malone and daughter Ann, and others in town for weekends in Memphis and Miami. Legion post to discuss junior baseball tonight. City court heard multiple cases including drunkenness, prohibition violations, trespass, assault, disorderly conduct, speeding, and DUI. Civic programs at Hotel Lyons and Alabama Automobile Association talk scheduled. Joe Wheeler kiddie band to perform. Brown suitcase found on Tower Avenue turned in to police. Local births and hospital patients listed. Cotton market prices reported at mid day.
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A. M. Roan
D. E. Frederick
Civitan Club
Hotel
Lyons
W. D. Timmons
Birmingham
Alabama Automobile Association
Decatur
Joe Wheeler Kiddie
Kathleen Hopper
Rabies Tests Fail To Find Bites In Local Animals
The Decatur lab examined a dog owned by Ray Bradford but found no rabies bite evidence. A head from another dog owned by A F Lindsey showed no rabies after testing. A cat head from Sheffield contained no rabies. Two rabies treatments were issued to Athens for a cow and two handlers received the shots.
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Ray Bradford
Decatur
Decatur Branch
H. B
Sheffield
Athens
French Children Thankful For Gifts of Local Schools
Letters from French girls at a Correze school express gratitude for supplies sent by Gordon-Bibb pupils last November. Translated by Decatur schools supervisor O S Hagerman the messages praise generosity and note enduring friendship between communities in wartime recovery.
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Gordon-Bibb
Correze
France
O. S. Hagerman
Decatur Schools
Madame Sauviat
Frances Nungester
Adams Resigns Alabama Post
Dr. Ralph E. Adams dean of administration and former acting president at the University of Alabama resigns to become assistant to the president of Coosa River Newsprint Co. effective May 31. The firm builds a $30 million mill at Childersburg. Adams served 26 years at the university.
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Turcalqua
Ala
Ralph E. Adams
University of Alabama
Coosa River Newsprint Co
John M. Gallallee
University
Ed Norton
Newsprint
Adams
Coosa River Company
Alabama Association of Underwriters Opens Convention
The 1948 Alabama Association of Underwriters convention opens in Gadsden today and runs through tomorrow. National Underwriters Association trustee Charlie Currie of Atlanta is slated to address the gathering. Allen Hopkins of Montgomery is president of the Alabama organization.
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Gadsden
Ala
Alabama Association of Underwriters
Charlie Currie
Atlanta
National Underwriters Association
Allen Hopkins
Montgomery
Alabama Organizaon
Mayor Proclaims Fund Drive for War Memorial in Decatur
Mayor H R Summer proclaims a May 10 start for a campaign to raise 6000 by the Disabled American Veterans Wheeler Brown Hendrix chapter to erect a memorial for Morgan County World War II servicemen. Decatur Chamber of Commerce endorses project and directs funds via a citywide drive.
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H. R. Summer
Decatur
Morgan County
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Disabled American Veterans
Wheeler-Brown-Hendrix
Phe Osex
H. R.summer
Ala
Dixie States Rights Conference Shapes Truman Fight
In Jackson Mississippi Dixie states rights democrats met to map a plan to rewrite the Democratic platform to drop civil rights goals and back a states rights candidate. They consider a separate convention if needed and may discuss Senator Walter F George as a possible nominee against Truman. Governor J Strom Thurmond aids the effort while Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright seeks a single man who believes in states rights.
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Jackson
Miss
Dixie
South
National Party
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Truman
Philadelphia
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Mississippi
Democratic State Executive Committee
Walter F. George
Georgia
Russell
Washington
George
Fielding L. Wright
Missippi
Strike to Hit Hard Blows Across Nation
The looming rail strike threatens mass unemployment and food shortages as embargoes, fuel gaps, and halted shipments ripple from California to New York. Bethlehem Steel warns of immediate layoffs for 14,000 workers. auto industry faces shutdowns due to storage limits.
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Chicago
William O'Dwyer
New York
California
Texas
Florida
Bethelehem Steel Company
Defense Plan Strikes Snag on Officers Quarters Funds
Sponsors of a 207.93 million Army construction bill faced a snag over costs for officers' quarters delaying a House vote. The measure would upgrade camps in the U S and bases in Canada and Newfoundland including three secret Air Force sites that would receive 8.5 million. House Republicans weigh flat spending limits while Army engineers seek changes. Other Capitol Hill moves include an Air Force Navy emergency bill, a draft universal training plan, and debate over a bonus recruit plan opposed by President Truman.
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Washington
Canada
Newfoundland
Case R
Bates
Mass
House Armed Services Committee
Case
Army Engineers
National Defense
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Air Force
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Andrews
N.Y
Leo Allen
Ill
House Rules Committee
Congressional
Truman
Round Table Program to Feature Floyd Sherrod Talk
Floyd Sherrod will present a feature discussion to Cub leaders at the Cub Leaders Round Table. The event at Cornelian hotel on May 13 at 7 00 p m includes a dutch dinner and Cub Scout ceremony. Cooper McClannahan Pack 8 Hartselle will MC with Ed Price joining as guest.
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Floyd Sherrod
Cub Leaders Round Table
Cooper McClannahan
Hartselle
Ed Price
Alabama
Civil Rights Battle Opens Over Southern Regional Universities
The senate debated a interstate compact to create regional universities in the South aimed at shared funding for medical dental and veterinary schools If Morse urged an amendment barring race based entrance standards the bill could fail The outcome could endanger Meharry Medical College and delay studies on regional schools as Florida senator Holland warned against potential destruction of the compact
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Washington
Senate
House
Morse
R-Ore
Holland
D-Fla
Dixie Governors
Meharry Medical College For
Nashville
Tenn
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Supply Route To Jerusalem Cleared By Haganah Brigades
Haganah brigades drove Arab forces from the Tel Aviv Jerusalem supply route and opened a path toward Jerusalem as 4,000 troops pressed operations in the Judean hills. Arab barricades remained. fighters reported clashes on all sides near Bab El Wad, ten miles west of Jerusalem.
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Associated Press
Haganah
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Bab el Wad
Jerusalem
Tel ‘Aviv
Mediterranean
Enrico de Nicola
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Korea
Winston Churchill
Amsterdam
Europe
Congress of Europe
Hague
United States
Iban Saud
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Syria
Iraq
Lebanon
Holy Land
United Nations
David Ben-Gurion
Navy Flying Boat Missing on Transisland Flight
Coast Guard reports a Navy PBY flying boat with 12 aboard missing since 2 A M Sunday between Puerto Rico and Cuba. Aerial search led by Guantanamo Bay base, Cuba, continues as the plane, on route Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico to Key West Florida, was due to land at 8 AM.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
Cuba
U. S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Roosevelt Roads
Key West
Demonstration Council To Convene in Athens Tuesday
North Alabama home demonstration club members will gather in Athens on Tuesday May 11 for the district convention at Athens High School. More than 1 000 delegates from 16 countries will attend from 11 A M to 3 P M Speaker will be Mrs John Seibold Guntersville state office will have API extension director P O Davis and Mrs Lillie Maude Alexander present A panel led by four county leaders will follow with music by Limestone county ladies and a Cappella chorus from Ane Bible school
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North Alabama Home Demonstration Club
Athens
Athens High School
Tom Russell
John Seibold
State Home Demonstration Council
Guntersville
P. O. Davis
API
Lillie Maude Alexander
Eldora Tharp
Colbert County
Fannie Faust
Blount County
S. Y. Styles
Cullman County
D. T Thomas
Madison County
Edward Burgess
Dewey Vinson
Limestone County
Cappiella Chorus
Ane Bible School
Truman Seizes Railroads Calls Stay At Work Urging Public Welfare
President Truman ordered government seizure of national railroads as unions threaten a strike. Alvanley Johnston and other leaders urged members to remain on duty while White House talks continued. A fact finding board suggested a 15 1/2 cent hourly rise, rejected by engineers switchmen and firemen seeking about 30 percent.
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Washington
Alvanley Johnston
Johnston
White House
Truman
Pr L
John Steelman
Locomotive Engineers
David B. Robertson
A. J. Glover
Steelman
Kenneth Royall
Roads Prepare for Walk out
The government acted today to take over the nation's railroads to avert a strike set for tomorrow. Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman had failed to resolve differences between the railroads and three operating groups before the intervention.
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Associated Press
John R. Steelman
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J. B. Whitmire
G. M. Davenport
Boston
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Ken Reynolds
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
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