Community notices and ongoing meetings in Decatur area
Weather outlook shows cloudy intervals with scattered thundershowers, south winds Friday. Two week tent meeting on Tenth Avenue West led by Rev H M Watson. Sermons on Beatitudes by Rev Victor Dawe at Westside Presbyterian. Alabama Old Age Pension meeting at Morgan County Courthouse Saturday at ten. Other church services listed with sermon topics. Local births, hospital updates, building permit issued, and arrests reported. See diary on Page 2.
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Tenth Avenue West
H. M. Watson
Church of the Nazarene
Victor G. Dawe
Westside Presbyterian Church
H. J. Stewart
Alabama Old Age Pension Association Inc
Morgan County
J. M. Engle
Cotton weevil outbreak alarms Tennessee Valley farmers meeting urged
A Morgan County Farm Workers meeting at Hartselle named to address an alarming boll weevil infestation threatening young cotton in Morgan Blount Cullman Walker Franklin counties. Auburn officials and bankers signaled urgent action with growers to dust now using toxaphone or DDT BHC mixes while avoiding wet foliage.
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Tennessee
Hartselle
Morgan County Farm Workers Group
C. T. Cash
Methodist Church
Daily Today
P. O. Davis
Auburn
Alabama
Morgan
Blount
Cullman
Walker
Franklin
F. S. Arant
W. A. Ruffin
Ruffin
Slight Injury In Crash Here
One slight injury was reported this week from traffic accidents investigated by the city police. Da vid M. Couch, 327 Johnston Street, is a cut on his forehead in an accident at Walnut and Bank s s intersection. Monday at 12:30 Involved were a 1940 Chevrolet, driven by Martha Jean Holloman, 209 Seventh Avenue West, and Couch's 1950 Harley Davidson. Of ficers Alex Terry and Wade Jacobs investigated. A second accident occurred Tues day at 4:30 P. M., at Second Street and Fifth Avenue West. Involved were: a 1936 Chevrolet driven Gilbert Bryant Cox, 621 Eleven Avenue West, and a 1933 Chevro- 5 driven by L. C. Roycroft, 1102 to the Cox vehicle, to Roycroft' heavy 's car, was were Officers Landers and
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David M. Couch
Johnston Street
Walnut
Banks S
Martha Jean Holloman
Seventh Avenue West
Couch
Alex Terry
Wade Jacobs
Second Street
Fifth Avenue West
Gilbert Bryant Cox
Eleven Avenue West
L. C. Roycroft
Cox
Roycroft
New Rail Strike Threat Shocks Midwest Workers
Fifty lines in bold print describe a warning of a strike by 6000 switchmen from ten midwestern and western railroads. AFL Switchmen Union of North America threatens Tuesday morning action over a 40 hour work week and 48 hour demands. The revolt targets Chicago Great Western Chicago Rock Island and Davenport Rock Island Northwestern Denver and other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL Switchmen's Union of North America
Arthur J. Glover
Glover
Chicao Great Western
Rock and
Jffc
Davenport
Rock Island
Northwestern
Denver
Federal rent controls approved by House Banking Committee
The House Banking Committee voted 13 to 4 to extend federal rent control to June 30, 1951 with local option provisions. Cities can vote out controls. once ended, ceilings may not be reinstated. Automatic end date remains December 31 if not extended. President Truman supported renewal citing potential nationwide rent spikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
House
Spence
D-Ky
Truman
Congress
Blood donors answer call as two more volunteers join
Cliff Odom, chairman of the Blood Donors' club, announced two more donors have answered the call. Both donors possess negative blood types and help meet immediate needs, though emergencies may still arise. The club stresses need for B type as well as A and O. Three of five donors have saved a woman at Decatur General hospital with a serious blood disease.
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Cliff Odom
Odom
Decatur General Hospital
Two Men Arrested In Raids Thursday
Two men were charged with violating the prohibition law after raids Thursday. Hyve was arrested in a 10 A.M. raid and Mc Whorter about noon, according to the Sheriff.
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Hyve
McWhorter
Alabama Newsprint Plant Brings Local Paper To Decatur Daily
The Coosa Pines Alabama newsprint mill, built at a cost of 32 million dollars, produces Alabama made newsprint for decatur daily. J R Greer supervises the first run which proceeds without trouble as 700 Alabamians are employed at the new plant and train in this new industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Decatur Daily
J. R. Geer
Coosa River
Herman Free
Roy Black
Daily Press Room
Coosa Pines
J. R. Greer
Coosa
Newspaper Group Attacked During Klan Meeting Observation
Four newsmen covering a suspected Ku Klux Klan reorganization in Hialeah were attacked by armed guards. Miami Daily News photographer Paul Nielson knocked down two Klansmen, one fled into a drainage canal, and a Miami Shores police officer was named among the attackers. The reporters were Haines Colbert and Don Petit, Jay Mo, and Nielson. Petit reported the Klansmen planned 500 new applications and 500 renewals.
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Miami, Fla
Hialeah
Miami Daily News
Paul Nielson
Miami Shores
Haines Colbert
Don Petit
Jay Mo
Hialeah Home News
Nielson
Petit
The
Daily News
TVA to Pay About 6 Million in Taxes for 1950 Fiscal Year
TVA and its power distributors plan about 6 million dollars in taxes or taxes in lieu for the year ending June 30 1950. TVA general manager George F Gant notes 2.84 million more than previous property taxes on reservoir lands and private power properties. Pays to seven states and 135 counties total 2.4707 million with a 420 255 rise from 1949. Municipal distributors may add about 3.5 million in taxes or taxes in lieu.
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TVA
George F. Gant
Gant
Tennessee Valley
Military Sub District Opens Doors for Armed Forces Day
Decatur military sub-district invites public to visit and inspect facilities on Armed Force Day from 10 30 A M to 3 30 P M at 299 Bank Street. Unified Armed Forces Day showcases Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps under Defense. Local staff, led by Lt Col Galt, explains reservist records and updates.
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Edward A. Galt
Decatur Military Sub-District
Armed Force
Bank Street
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Decatur
Istothe Sie
Franklin
Limestone
Lawrence
Morgan
Ison
Joon, Marshall
DeKalb
Jackson Counties
FEPC Vote Forecast in Senate Faces Deliberation
Washington May 18 The Senate debates the FEPC bill as supporters and opponents hedge on timing. A cloture petition signed by 40 senators seeks to end delay, with 64 votes needed to cap debate. Senator Long labels the FEPC a monstrosity while railing against its proposed enforcement of anti discrimination laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
FEPC
Lucas
Illinois
Murray
D-Mont
Federal Commission
Long
D-La
Atlanta Bus Drivers Go On Strike For Higher Wages
About 1,300 trolley and bus drivers in Atlanta walked off the job at midnight, halting city transit. They demand raising the base wage from 1.35 to 1.43 per hour and a new pension plan, while the company cites financial limits. Police mobilized to manage expected traffic snarls as workers drive their own cars. Mayor Hartsfield urged wartime car pooling to ease the disruption.
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Atlanta
Union
William Hartsfield
Surburban
Dope Ring Breakup Tangles New York Heroin and Mexican Marijuana
Federal and local officers say they dismantled a $1,000,000 narcotics ring that bought heroin from New York racketeers and smuggled marijuana from Mexico. About 50 people were arrested in raids on Gulf Coast area rooms and houses. Preliminary hearings were held for several federal narcotic charges.
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Galveston
Tex
New York
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Rudolph Achee
Four Bids Placed For Lafayette Street School Building
Four bids were received for the Lafayette Street school building at the school board office. President Arthur A. Jones and Superintendent Walter Jackson indicated bids are too low and all bids will be rejected at the upcoming board meeting. The Lafayette Street school will be abandoned at the end of the current school year.
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Lafayette Street
Arthur A. Jones
Walter Jackson
Russell Speake
Jones
Jackson
Southern Bell and CIO Reach New Contract Accord
After over four months negotiators announced a new contract between Southern Bell Telephone and the CIO Communications Workers of America affecting more than 43,000 non supervisory workers in nine Southeastern states. No general wage hike. instead wage scale revisions to reach top level in six and a half years, plus reclassification in 27 cities. Rates may rise to cover the agreement with final costs pending union ratification.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Company
CIO Communication Workers of America
Southeast
Southeastern
Southern Bell
W. A. Smallwood
CWA
Hal Dumas
Dumas
Southern
Decatur Edition of Upstream Highlights Local Growth
The March April issue of Upstream the Coast Guard Auxiliary publication was guest edited by Decatur flotilla members. It focuses on the Ten nessee Valley with Decatur growth history and waterfront industry. Rear Admiral L W Perkins lauds the new flotilla and volunteers who produced the issue.
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U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Coast Guard District Two
Coast Guard
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
L. W. Perkins
Second Coast Guard District
Rochester
Minn
Ald Neher
Ross Williams
Gilbert
Atlantic Group Sets Up In London Talks
The North Atlantic Council orders a permanent defense committee of deputy foreign ministers from 12 pact nations to direct a central command for Western Europe. An American likely heads the body, as Dean Acheson touts progress toward collective security and continued U.S. ties post Marshall Plan.
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Preas
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Western
Europe
Atlantic
London
U. S
Dean Acheson
Acheson
France
Britain
Canada
United States
Lipstree
W. Averell Harriman
Communist Party
Weather Fair In Most of U S
Weather fair in most of the United States with isolated showers over the Northern Rockies and parts of the Middle Atlantic. Temperatures near normal, cool in the Northern Great Lakes and Pacific Northwest, with lows near freezing in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Grand Marais
Mich
Great Rae
Rockies
Middle Atlantic States
Presidio
Tex
Duluth
Minn
Manitoba
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Edgar L. Henson
St. John's Episcopal Church
R. L. Baker
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
J. R. Moore
Decature
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Life Unlimited
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Hettie Aycock
Nashville
Helen Herndon
East Moulton Street
Bureau of Mines of Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Frederick
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Comer Tankersley
C. Slate
Jimmie Barnes
A. W. Barnes
Decatur 1
Delores Sarter
Hamil Clinic
Bisng
Robert Couch
Fifth Avenue South
Decatur General , Hospital
Ronald Breckenridge
Seventh Street South
Jacky Power
J. O. Power
Endlam Boule 7
Decaeneral Hospital
Pr Tae
Peald
Ars
House Committee
Forest
Atlantic Group Command
Talks
By Ken Reynolds
Socay
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