Decatur Daily Weather Outlook and Local Notices
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers near the coast Thursday. High 78 low 55 for the 24 hour period. Decatur cotton market noon quotation middl e 37.50. DeMolay Commandery No. 14 Knights Templar to meet at Masonic temple tomorrow night at 7:30. R. T.Sheppard requests all local Knights attend. Mid week prayer service at First Presbyterian at 2:36 with pastor Rev. W. W. Glass. Choir practice after service. Athletic committee present Saturday noon. Messages from Dr and Mrs B. S. Kennedy on world tour from Shanghai. Sixteenth Avenue WMS met for program on Labors Together in Our Denomination given by Milared Taylor circle. Mrs L. C. Radford birthday shower. Mrs Joe Joseph and infant son Grove Street dismissed from Hamilton clinic. Bobby Francis surgical patient at Hamilton clinic. Mrs J. N. Noe dismissed from Hamilton clinic. City police report arrests for shooting disorders intoxication assaults violating laws. Prayer service tonight 7:30 at Westminster church followed by joint session and Sunday school teachers meeting. Choir practice 8:30. Mrs Frank H. Kirby and George Porter at district water safety meeting in Huntsville. See Diary On Page two.
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DeMolay Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
R. T.sheppard
Wee Girs
Sixteenth Avenue W.ms
Milared Taylor
Alabama May Place General Before Party
Eisenhower may be named at the Democratic convention, with Alabama electors pledged to Truman but ready to walk out if civil rights planks gain approval. Southern rebels rally around Eisenhower while leaders seek unity via convention chair selections. Dewey and Stassen duel for Oregon votes.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Truman
Alabama
Mr. Truman
Hill
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Roosevelt
Chicago
Columbia University
J. Howard McGrath
Philadelphia
Senate
Barkley
House
Rayburn
South Carolina
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Oregon
Governor Folsom Withdraws From Presidential Nomination
Governor James E. Folsom of Alabama announced he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination and will go to the national convention only as a delegate. He said the May primary mandate is to stay and govern Alabama with his focus on his duties and family.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Alabama
Talks on UMW Row Collapse
John L. Lewis faced fair labor practices accusations as talks with soft coal operators broke down after two days. The Southern mine owners asked the NLRB to obtain a court order to compel bargaining while labor talks moved on in meat, railroad, and automobile sectors with looming strikes and wage issues.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
CIO
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Soldier Guilty of Insulting 2 Reds in Army Court
FRANKFURT Germany May 19 Proc. Robert Osolinski of Perth Amboy New Jersey was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 300 for profanely insulting two Russian majors Vasilii Ignatiev and Nikolai Galkin. Cpl. John R Murphy of Indianapolis Indiana was acquitted, having tried to calm his friend.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Robert Osolinski
Perth Amboy
N. J
John R. Murphy
Indianapolis
Ind
Osolinski
U. S. Army
Murphy
Vasilii Ignatiev
Nikolai Galkin
Memorial Service Planned at Bellview Baptist Church
A memorial service will be held at Bellview Baptist church on the fifth Sunday in May. The cemetery will be cleaned Thursday afternoon May 27, and friends are invited. Following the service a basket dinner will be served on the grounds.
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Bellview Baptist Church
Jaycees to Protest Power Curbs and Nominate Leaders
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce reports its nominations led by Alvis Briscoe and Joe Renneker for president. Election set for June at the first club meeting. A resolution orders letters to senate appropriations committee members. The meeting featured talks on TVA steam plants and a local driving course plan with AAA involvement.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Alvis Briscoe
Joe Renneker
Senate
Jimmy Bloodworth
TVA
New Johnsonville
Fenn
Bill Sims
Necstar
Crescent Amusement Sues City Over Amusement Tax
Crescent Amusement company files suit against Decatur seeking a declaratory judgement over an amusement tax levy. Circuit Judge Newton Powell hears demurrers as John A. Caddell presents city contentions and Charles Eyster Sr. defends the ordinance repeal issue. The company operates the Princess Roxy and Capitol theatres.
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Crescent Amusement Company
Newton Powell
Charles Eyster Sr
The
Amusement Company
Créscent Amusement
Princess
Roxy
Capitol
Governor Denied Entrance at Georgia Labor Convention
Governor M. E. Thompson arrived at the Georgia Federation of Labor convention in Brunswick to deliver an address but was barred by delegates who voted not to hear him and Herman Talmadge. AFL leader George Googe warned against ascribing political motives to the event amid anti closed shop legislation.
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Brunswick
M. E. Thompson
Georgia Federation of Labor
Herman Talmadge
George Googe
Charles B. Gramling
Atlanta
Federation
Princess Margaret Rose Contracts Measles at Balmoral
Buckingham Palace reports Princess Margaret Rose, age 17, has measles while at Balmoral in Scotland. Illness described as uncomplicated with no complications observed. royal physicians monitoring her progress.
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London
Margaret Rose
Buckingham Palace
Balmoral
Scotland
Stanley Hewett
John West
Draft Stalled On Race Issue In The Senate
Senate Republicans fail to bridge race and draft dispute as Southern Democrats push to require service with same race. Senator Russell insists individuals drafted or enlisted should not have to serve with other races, opposing mixed units. A GOP compromise would let military secretaries decide unit racial status, but Russell says not a solution. The bill centers on selective service revival and a reserve training plan, with next steps in Senate expected.
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Edwin G. Rarkinson
Washington
Senate
Senator Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Nao White
Armed Services
GOP
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Truman
Downtown Warrior Fire Destroys Stores as Wind Shifts
A downtown Warrior Alabama fire caused about 100000 in damage early today. Fire chief Early Caldwell credited a wind shift with saving the town. Sanders mercantile store Allbritton cafe beauty parlor and five residences were destroyed. Fire crews from Birmingham and Cullman arrived after a two hour blaze began around 2 AM. The cause is under investigation.
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Warrior
Ala
Early Caldwell
Sanders Mercantile
Allbritton Cafe
L A. Bowers
Birmingham
Cullman
Caldiwel
Caldwell
Oleomargarine Hearing Focuses on Speculation Angles
Rep August H Andresen of Minnesota alleged Proctor and Gamble profited 338400 in a cottonseed oil corner used in butter substitute. He claimed the soap firm and Best Foods Corp controlled the May market, driving price rises from 29.75 to 43 cents, as testimony was postponed to tomorrow.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
Rminn
Proctor and Gamble Company
Andresen
House
Best Foods Corp
Alabama Group Seeks TVA Steam Plant Hearing Support
Alabama figures led by James N Bloodworth Decatur attorney Hulett Jackson Florence city commissioner and chamber secretary Charles Shaver Huntsville attorney will represent Alabama before a Senate subcommittee in Washington next week to press for a 4 million appropriation for a New Johnsonville steam plant TVA says steam power is needed to prevent shortages by 1952 and to sustain rural electrification and industrial growth petitions circulate in Decatur Tri Cities and Huntsville areas.
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Alabama
Washington
People Home
Decatur
Tri-Cities
Huntsville
Congress
Tennessee
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Kenneth McKellar
Tom Stewart
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Party Leader To Be Honored At Birmingham Rally
Pi Plans laid out a Gessner McCorvey Day democratic rally in Birmingham on May 23 to honor the state party executive committee chairman who led a walkout movement over civil rights in the platform. Speakers include Fielding Wright and Ben Laney.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gessner McCorvey
Sid Smyer
John Chichester
Democratic Executive Committee
Alabama
McCorvey
Truman
Mississippi
Fielding -Wright
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Albert Stapp
Hardy Riddle
Talladega
J. Miller Bonner
Camden
James E. Folsom
Albert Carmichael
Joe J. Money
Smyer
U S Soviet Talks Up in Question After Stalin Wallace Reply
The Moscow radio reports the U S State Department contradicted itself by rejecting Wallace Stalin bilateral talks. Secretary Marshall says future Soviet cooperation will depend on Stalin sincerity and that he might meet Molotov in Washington if possible. He notes limited recent cooperation and cites a ten day gap since talks with Molotov.
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London
Moscow
U. S. State Department
Russia
United States
Washington
Marshall
Stalin
Molotov
United Nations
W. B. Smith
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Stairs
Republicans Select Delegates at Eighth District Session
Eighth district delegates gathered in Huntsville to nominate a delegate to the national convention, a candidate for elector, and a candidate for congress. W Turner Campbell was named delegate, H G Williams T G Ethr and Harry Frahn sought the congress seat, with W J Kennemer elected elector.
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W. Turner Campbell
Jackson County
Philadelphia
Arthur South
Florence
H.G. “Rei
W.J. Kennemer
Jackson Nee
Florente
Congress
Eighth
H. G. Williams
Decatur
T. G. Ethr
Town Creek
Harry Frahn
A. Ae
Willes Witeives
Jerusalem Battle Deepens as Jewish Defenders Hold Key Areas
Reports from Jerusalem say Arab forces advanced into the old city while Jewish units resisted in Sheik Jarrah and Mt. Scopus except for a Hadassah hospital. Haganah and Irgun units seized Sarafand camp near Tel Aviv as UN negotiations for a cease fire continued amid global Cold War maneuvering.
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Old
Jerusalem
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Haganah
Irgui Zvai Leumi
Tel Aviv
Zion Gate
de Luce
Cairo
Arab League
Britain
China
Stalin
Rehovia
David
Arab Legion
Sheik Jarrah
Mt. Scopus
Hadassah
Hebrew University
Sarafand
Ramle
Irgé@n
Zvai Leumi
United Nations Truce Commission
Fuping
West Hopeh
Mao Tung
Linfen
Shansi
Laohokow
Hankow
U. S
St. Henry Wallace
Wallace
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Hamil Cinic
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Hartselle
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J. N. Noe
Fourth Avenue W
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Frank H. Kirby
George Porter
Morgan County Red Cross Chapter
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Palmolive Peet Co
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Tucker
Sam Malone
Ben LeDuke
Gene Allford
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Sonny Seers
Jewel R. McWhorter
Jack Mason
Lee Deal
Sam Evens
Ned
Lee
John A. Caddell
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