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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1952
Page
1
Clear to partly cloudy and mild this afternoon through Wednesday. Decoration at New Canaan cemetery Sunday May 18 with all invited. Local hospital and clinic discharges and admissions listed for Decatur area along with births at Decatur General Hospital and notable visits. See DIARY on Page 2.
Brig Gen Charles F Colson was removed as Koje Island commandant days after striking a controversial deal with Red POWs for the release of his predecessor Brig Gen Francis T Dodd. Gen Mark Clark ordered a full Pentagon report while Gen James Van Fleet named Brig Gen Hayden Boatner to lead the 80 000 man post. Dodd was reassigned to U S Eighth Army headquarters and Colson to a return to duty at the 1st Corps in Korea.
Decatur barber William M. Shumate suffered severe injuries in a fall on the stairway at 406 Bank Street last night. He was listed in critical condition at Decatur General Hospital but showed some improvement today. he had operated his shop in Decatur for many years.
Senator Kem called for a wider extension of the Senate inquiry into government grain shortages and related issues, naming several cities as sites for further investigation. He opposed plans to wrap up the Agriculture Committee probe this week as the Elections Subcommittee continued hearings on Senator McCarthy’s fitness. The first witness, Carl Strandlund, said a $10,000 payment to McCarthy in 1948 for housing brochure work was not illegal. Lustron Corp. had heavily borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Morgan county circuit court with Judge S A Lynne presiding disposed of more than half of 62 cases set yesterday. The list shows settlements and default judgments in several matters including Pal Brave company v R B Harrison and Pure Oil company v Austin L Sims, among others, plus dismissals such as Embalmers Supply v E L Drinkard and Grace Echols v D S Echols.
Crestview Florida police chief reports a development in the 12 year old murder of former chief Lester Wilson. A man surrendered in Weldon North Carolina claiming involvement and naming four others. The slaying remains unsolved.
Brewton Alabama reports Humble Oil & Refining Co found 26 feet of oil sands in Crosby No 1 test well with tests near 6000 feet. The Crosby well lies west of the Allen Moye No 2 project as a potential fourth producer in Pollard Field this week.
Justice John L. Goodwyn of Montgomery led Alabama Democratic primary results with more than 168,889 votes for Supreme Court justice. He defeated former State Senator Broughton Lamberth who received 102,772. State party officials released the official counts.
The Taft Eisenhower contest for Republican delegates tightens after Rhode Island and Wyoming results, shifting momentum toward Taft in key states with 16 Republican and 20 Democratic delegate slots at the July Chicago convention. A write in Eisenhower effort persists, while most Wyoming Rhode Island delegates stay noncommittal or Taft aligned.
The World Health Organization announced a global polio campaign using modern medical methods. Studies will examine diagnosis prevention and treatment across many countries with laboratories set up at key points to identify virus types.
An unemployed 20 year old, Lawrence Goldsby, grabbed a policeman’s revolver on a Cleveland bus and killed four people including a patrolman and two women who complained of molestation. Three men overpowered him after the weapon clicked empty. Witness Ted Connors, 24, described the moments before the restraint. Annabelle Frankie, 24, cried out My hair is burning and prompted intervention.
The Wage Stabilization Board opened formal talks with oil companies and unionists to speed settlements in the national interest. About 90,000 oil workers remain on strike, with unions insisting on a settlement before returning to work and President Truman weighing emergency powers.
In Munsan Korea a Communist truce delegation accuses the U N Command of barbarous treatment of prisoners of war after an Allied plane killed a delegation member. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy denounces the claim as a vicious propaganda blast widening the breach.
American Sabre pilots shot down four Communist MIG-15s in two clashes over North Korea today, announced by the Fifth Air Force. Eighth Army ground troops reported at least 100 enemy killed in patrol skirmishes.
Gen Nam Il delivers a 31 minute address at a full dress armistice session focusing on prisoners as the main obstacle to a peace accord. He accuses an Allied plane of strafing a Red truce convoy while the Allies promise an investigation. Joy notes twelve days of plenaries aim to reach an armistice. The UN reaffirms a firm final position.
Bonn officials said threats or terror from the East will not stop West Germany from joining the West on the path to unity in peace and freedom in an official information bulletin.
American officials report Russian forces have sealed both ends of the Berlin Helmstedt Autobahn. Allied patrol cars cannot enter from either direction for five days. Eastbound patrols were turned back at the Helmstedt checkpoint without explanation this morning.
East Germany launched a nerve war and a riot at Essen protesting West Germany's peace pact. A young Communist was killed in clashes with police as Walter Ulbricht pledged further Berlin pressure while Chancellor Adenauer prepared to resume talks with Allied commissioners to push the contract toward conclusion.
President and Mrs. Truman hosted congressional couples at the White House yesterday. About 650 guests attended a one hour reception, shorter than prior diplomatic and press gatherings, according to White House aides.
A bomb blast at the main post office killed three people and seriously injured two others in the city. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as investigators cordoned off the area and began examining the device and surrounding damage. Authorities did not yet disclose suspects or motives.
Supreme Court heard major arguments in the steel seizure case as the administration argued the country is at war and seizing steel mills was the only way to keep them operating President Truman sought to assure continued operation and defend the move.
Philip Murray charged that America's steel industry violates all rules of common decency by refusing to negotiate a new wage contract with the CIO United Steelworkers. At the union's sixth biennial convention in Philadelphia, about 3,000 delegates stood to cheer as Murray implied the possibility of another strike.
The article covers the second day of Supreme Court arguments over presidential powers. Davis, for steel companies, rebuts government seizure of mills as unlawful, urging judges to uphold a district court ruling. Perlman faced rapid questions as the justices questioned potential constitutional limits and timing remain uncertain.
The State Highway Patrol plans an intensive enforcement in Birmingham to catch drivers without licenses. Alabama reports 830,000 licensed drivers while about 200,000 more are believed to be driving unlicensed. Road blocks will check cars on streets and highways.
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