Knowland attacks aid to Communist nations at Legion event
Senator Knowland told American Legionnaires at their 38th anniversary that the United States should not embark on a program to rescue the Communist from its own alleged evils. He warned against aiding immunist dominated nations and framed the issue as a moral stand for free Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Knowland
Senate
California Republican
American Legionnaires
United States
Hong Kong
China
Formosa
Foreign Ministry
Peiping Radio
Uncle set Philadelphia blaze that killed three children
In North Philadelphia a 17 year old uncle allegedly started a basement fire after failing to find a pair of dungarees. The flames, ignited after midnight, killed three children as eight people slept upstairs. police say he acted in anger to create excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Millard T. Meers
David Thomas
Thomas
Meers
Eisenhower and Montgomery tour Gettysburg battlefield
President Eisenhower and British Field Marshal Montgomery visited Gettysburg to discuss strategy while inspecting a British breech loading gun at the Eternal Peace Light near the battlefield’s start. The two veterans toured historic sites and recalled Civil War memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Viscount Montgomery
Montgomery
Eternal Peace Light
Defense budget criticism and calls for unjustified cuts
Wilson defends an austere defense program amid cross party criticism. He recalls 1953 budget reductions due to nonessential carry-overs and notes Congress added 900 million dollars last year despite Defense assurances. He argues current demands seek unjustified cuts to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Department of Defense
Cotton Seed Offer For Planting Certified and Bedders
DPL-15 and Empire cotton seed advertised for planting by Paul C. Davis at E Moulton Street. Phone 327.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Paul C. Davis
E. Moulton ST
City Planning meeting set for Monday at city hall
Regular May meeting of the City Planning Commission is scheduled Monday at 4 p.m. at the city hall. The column also notes multiple local incidents including a two-vehicle wreck at 4th Ave and Prospect Dr SE with light damage, plus numerous court dispositions and social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission
Elnor Rouse
4Th Ave. SE
Samuel T. Christin
Cedar St
4Th Ave
Prospect Dr. SE
6Th Ave
Prospect Dr. SE Friday
DeSoto
Charles A. Yeager
Holly Pond
Oldsmobile
T. McKell
Birmingham
Hudson
Grover Roland Spean
Elna Daubenspeck
Somerville Rd
Local post office cuts hit substitute clerks and hours
A local resolution condemns a 24 hour weekly reduction for substitute clerks and cites a meager $46.08 weekly saving while forcing Sunday work. An audit shows only three of seven windows operated with $381.02 in receipts Thursday afternoon. Self says budget constraints drive service cuts and staff impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Emergence of New Nuclear Powers and Disarmament Outlook
Policymakers fear wider access to atomic weapons beyond the Big Three and the costs of control. Officials in Moscow share concern over international security and the Soviet worry about U S and allies holding an edge in weapons development. President Eisenhower warned that disarmament talks may start with a "test tube operation" during a recent news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Washington
London
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
State subsidies spur private school leasing amid integration debate
Lawmakers push plans to fund leasing of school property to private firms to run “free private schools” while RC Rep Gregory Oakley moves to regulate the public to private switch and to close schools facing integration. Sen Gerald Bradford proposes closing any public school with integrated white and Negro pupils and transferring students and staff elsewhere. The Freedom of Choice amendment is part of a broader program to keep Negroes out of white schools. A year earlier the Legislature passed a placement law granting local boards broad attendance authority without race to decide school placement based on space, background, ability, and safety factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Oakley
Wilcox County
Gerald Bradford
Clarke County
Bradford
Alabama
Boards of Education
Wray Funeral Today At Cullman Christian Church
Funeral services for Ramon L. Wray 64 of Cullman are set for 3 p m today at the First Christian Church with Rev Sam A McCook officiating. Interment will follow at City Cemetery Moss Service Funeral Home in charge. Survived by six daughters two sons and other relatives.
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Cullman
Ramon L. Wray
First Christian Church
Sam A. McCook
Wray
Loyd- Nolan Hospital
Birmingham
City Cemetery
Moss Service Funeral Home
Ed Spincer
Henry Cook
Berlie Harris
Bill Tucker
Conrad Newell
Don Lonergan
Buford and
Earl
Marley S. Hull Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for Marley S. Hull ninety nine, Tanner 1, are set for 2 this afternoon at McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donn Robb and Rev. W B Strong officiating. Hull died Friday at 5 20 p m at Athens Limestone Hospital after a period as a patient. He is survived by brother Morris Hull Athens 7 sister Mrs Anna Shiebla Hagerstown Ind ten nieces and nephews with nephews serving as pallbearers. Interment will be in Athens City Cemetery under McConnell supervision.
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Athens
Marley S. Hull
Tanner
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Donn Robb
W. B. Strong
Hull
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Morris Hull
Athens 7
Anna—Shiebla
Hagerstown
Ind
Marvin Daniel Rites At Liberty Church
Funeral services for Marvin Daniel 77 held at Liberty Methodist Church with the Rev W G Rhodes officiating. Interment follows at the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include wife Minnie Daniel five daughters one son 36 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body at Browns Funeral Home in Moulton until 1 40 p.m. today.
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Marvin Daniel
Moulton 2
Liberty Methodist Church
W. G. Rhodes
Brown
Moulton
Daniel
Browns Funeral Home
Minnie Daniel
Ruby Adair
Willie Taylor
Mabel McCool
Nashville
Effie Jean Millkin
Christine Hayes
Greenville
Tenn
Berlyn Daniel
Danville
Charlie Barnes
Woodrow Early
Tony Hill
Buford Shelton
Virgil Sandlin
Elmer Lee Sandlin
Local Buyers Pay Premiums For 4 H Beef Show
The Negro Tenn es see Valley Fat Stock show sale featured a champion steer bought by Why Not Care and Pitts Motel for .50 per pound at 875 pounds. Reserve Champion from Madison County weighed 940 pounds and was shown by R Spraggin bought by Decatur Kiwanis Club for .30 per pound. Local buyers including Chemstrand Lyons Hotel Arrow Provisions Third St Drive In and others paid premiums. multiple stores and grocers are listed as buyers.
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Annie O. Troupe
Limestone County
Why Not Care
Pitts Motel
R. Spraggin
Madison County
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Chemstrand
Lyons Hotel
Arrow Provisions
31 Drive In
Decatur Rest Home
Nelms and Son
Decatur Super Market
Suggs Grocery
Parks Grocery
P and H Super Market
Third St
Blackwood Grocery
Murdock Grocery
Jack Sherman
Vaughan’s
Countywide levy eyed to fund Lawrence school construction
A proposed one cent county tax would raise about 65 000 yearly for Lawrence schools for construction. Hazlewood PTA's Town Creek drive wanes as county plan gains traction. Senators Calvin and Lee consider bills with or without referendum as several county schools seek expansion including a new high school at Moulton.
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Lawrence
Town Creek
Hazlewood Pta
Russell Armstrong
Lawrence County
Sen
Calvin
Lee
Moulton
Young Rebels Face Trouble Inc Germany
In Berlin on May 11 East Germany cracked down on 122 protestor students from Humboldt University veterinary college third-year class. They faced loyalty oath demands or permanent expulsion. Their dean Prof. Gunter Schuetzler had fled to West Berlin and was accused of instigating the demonstrations inspired by Polish and Hungarian uprisings.
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Berlin
East Germany
Veterinary College of
East Berlin
Humboldt University
Gunter Schuetzler
Scheutzler
West Berlin
DAV Auxiliary Here Installs Officers
Officers of Ladies Auxiliary to DAV Chapter 11 were installed Thursday evening by Mrs. Stella Clark from Huntsville as state commander. New officers include Commander Mrs. John Sherrod and Senior Vice Commander Mrs. Rosemary Callahan, with Grace Narmore as Junior Vice Commander and Louise Hine as treasurer. Local members attended at the DAV Home on Railroad Street and heard talks from Mrs. Clark, Elbert Chandler, and Butler Hine. Local chapter members elected Mrs. Lucy Walker of Decatur as Northern Area commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
DAV
Stella Clark
Huntsville
John Sherrod
Rosemary Callahan
Grace Narmore
Louise Hine
Gennie Hames
Neppie Lanier
Alverna Hames
Nina Hames
Railroad St
Lucy Walker
Decatur
Clark
Elbert Chandler
Butler Hine
Cotton pests threaten Lawrence as boll weevils eyed
Extension officials report good outlook for fruit and vegetables with no major weather damage. In Lawrence County, however, fire ants and possible boll weevil pressure raise concern while limestone and Morgan counties show replanting and drought stresses.
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Ally Good
Lawrence
Sam McClendon
API Extension
W. A. Ruffin
Ruffin
Limestone
Morgan
F. K. Agee
Morgan, Assn
Charles Rutledge
George Woodroof
Hartselle 2
Hartselle
Austinville
Ryan’s Cross Roads
Eva
Wren
State Extension Service
Limestone County
Agee
State convention chapter in June in Tuscaloosa
Readable fragment notes a chapter at the state convention held in June in Tuscaloosa with attendees Mrs Walker Mrs Callahan and Mrs Hine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Callahan
Hine
Tanner Shooting Under Sheriff Investigation in Limestone County
The Limestone County sheriff reports Elmer McNairy, 40, was shot in the chest with a .22 rifle Saturday at his home near Leonard's Store. Mrs. McNairy says her husband held the gun when it discharged. the rifle had been used to kill hogs earlier that day. He is in serious condition at Athens Limestone Hospital. Sheriff Clyde Ennis continues the investigation.
Dodson Baby Born At Decatur General Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Roy W Dodson of 113 Austinville Road at Decatur General Hospital on Saturday.
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Morgan County
Decatur General Hospital
Janet Grant Gaylor
Beech St
M. H. Widner
Trinity
Zohn D. Moss
Chestnut St
Charles Arban
Robert Holmes
7Th Ave
James G. Thrasher
Melvin Key
Olive St
Fred Linley
Market St
Mark Klein
5Th Ave
Monroe C. Dobbs
Decatur
Milton Greg Morehead
Stratford Rd
Roy W. Dodson
Austinville Rd
Konlad Terry Cornelious
Madison
Horace Knight
Loring Ave
Earl Hargrove
Engelhardt Seeks Abolition of Macon County
State Sen. Sam Engelhardt said he will push a bill to abolish Macon County to prevent Negro political control in the Black Belt. The plan would merge Macon’s population with Montgomery Elmore Bullock Russell and Lee counties, creating a fusion of communities.
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Montgomery
Sam Engelhardt
Engelhardt
Mobile Press Register Capital
Ted Pearson
Macon County
Elmore
Bullock
Russell
Lee
Markets Highlight Nicelot Bulk Trade
Markets show a bulk trade with Nicelot No. 1 to 3 weighing 190 to 240 pounds traded around 17.50 per unit.
Cullman Plant Highlight Draws 191 at Luncheon
King Pharr plant in Cullman showcased its impact with a 191 attendee luncheon at the All-Steak Cafe. Local leaders praised the facility as essential to farmers and business, noting 2,000 county growers and over 30 million cans produced annually. The plant employs 500–600 in peak season with a weekly payroll over $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Frank Stitt
Cullman Chamber of Commerce
Cullman
King Pharr
Johnson Funeral Today At Home Of The W P Sneed
Athens report says Mrs Emma Sandusky Johnson 75 of 533 Francis St Sr Birmingham dies while visiting her sister Mrs Sneed. Funeral 11 30 at W P Sneed residence New Cut Rd with Doyle Banta and graveside Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham at 3 30. Survived by daughter Mrs John E Evans Birmingham two sons Marvin A New Orleans Clyde Y Fulton Miss one sister Mrs W P Sneed five grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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Athens
Emma Sandusky Johnson
Francis St., Sr
Birmingham
Doyle Banta
W. P. Sneed
New Cut Rd
Johnson
Sneed
Elmwood Cemetery
C. A .Norred
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Chiropractic Clinic to Open Here on May Twenty Seventh
Dr Judson Pitts announced he has leased 601 9th Street SE and will remodel to open a chiropractic clinic around May 27. A Lincoln Alabama native and Palmer School graduate, he is married to Joan Strok with daughter Sandra Lynn. The Pitts favor Decatur as a future home seeking a top local clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Pitts
9Th Street
Pitts
Lincoln
Alabama
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Davenport
Iowa
Joan Strok
Sandra Lynn
Decatur
Dr. Pitts
Adv
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Hussein
Liberated Arab Front
Jordan
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Wilson
Church of Christ
Somerville Road
11Th St. St. Decatur
James D. Wallace
Mt. Pleasant
Maury County Hospital
Columbia
Wallace
First Presbyterian Church
City Recorder’s Court
George Walker DeLoache
DeLoache
Roosevelt Johnson
Emma Lee Washington
Elnora Johnson
Frank Philpot
Joe Philpot
Atlanta
J. M. Philpot
Jeffrey
Washington, D.C
City Animal Shelter
George Collier
Poundmaster
Mizpah
Order of the Eastern Star
C. B. Kent
Virginia Johnson Sims
West Moulton St
Willard Neill McKay
Lawrence County Exchange
Lee Ogle
Tommy
Cleveland Ave
Japan
Pat Bedsole
Monta Faye Rodgers
Hillsboro
Judson College
Sam H. Wheat
Miss Ann Wheat
Vanderbilt University
Nashvile
Mr. and
Mrs
Joe Dwain Curry
Malcolm Edward Edwards, Jr
M. E. Edwards
Woodland Ave
Country Club
Bob Quinn
North Alabama
National Association of Cost Accountants
R. D. Meredith, Jr
Stephenson
Mobile
J. Grady Shaw
Decaur
Prsiden
Joseph S. Bynum
The
Military Academy of
Turkey
U.S.- West Point
City of Decatur
Decatur Fence Co
the Animal Shelter
Claude Martin
Bridgeport
Evelenia Davis
Patricia Davis
Davises
Theodore Lockwood
Cullman Christian Church
Liberty Church
Trouble Inc
Germany
DAV Auxiliary
McClendon
Courtland Town Creek Valley
Arizona
Phoenix
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Edward Vernon
Lawrence Washington
Admiral Vernon
Henry Joe Fuller
Somerville
Wade H. Link
3Rd St
Rachel Ray
Athens Limestone Hospital
Clifton Perryman
Diane Thorn
Chester Nichols
Bruce Sherrill
John Nelson
Cecil
Nave
Karl R. Burgreen
Ada Holt
Elkmont
James McMeans
Welcome Collins
Little Nancy Callaway
Donald Miller
Chiropractic
Decatur Transit
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