Flood Sweeps Oklahoma Cities as Rains Persist
Overnight rains worsen floods across Oklahoma driving thousands from homes. Guthrie, 30 miles north of Oklahoma City, reels as Cottonwood creek swells, five to seven feet depths in affected blocks. Red Cross counts over 1,000 homeless and widespread property damage across 30 blocks underwater.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cottonwood Creek
Guthrie
Olahoiga City
Red Cross
Guthie
New Road Project Declared State Responsibility by Morgan Board
Morgan Revenue and Control Board chairman Sim L Howell announced that the construction of the Moulton Decatur highway is a state responsibility with Ward McFarland confirming the state will build it. McFarland also said the state will straighten U S 31. The remarks came during a Montgomery meeting of county officials seeking highway funding and cooperation. The board cited about 15 million dollars in federal aid for Alabama primary roads and offered to assist on state and federal road efforts.
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Moulton-Decatur
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Sim L. Howell
Ward McFarland
Morgan Group
Howell
McFarland
U. S. 31
Morgan
Morgan Revenue and Control Board
Association of County Commissioners
Montgomery
Powell
Alabama
Morgan Board
Clyde McRae
Decatur business_man
Secretary Acheson Heads to Paris for German Talks
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson leaves for the Paris foreign ministers conference on Germany. He aims to safeguard Western Europe’s recovery and political stability, not seek a mere East West accord. Russia is viewed as the principal adversary alongside the Western powers.
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Associated Press
U. S
Dean Acheson
Paris
Germany
America
Britain
France
Russia
Yelta
Acheson
Europe
Dedication Set For Saturday Evening at 8:00
The Decatur post of the American Legion plans a Saturday eight o clock dedication of a new baseball plant. A game with the Florence Raiders features old timers A L Mccauley Newt Hendrix and Walter Sorber plus notable figures Eddie Glennon and Freddie Singeton.
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American Legion
South
Legion
Florence
A. L. McCauley
J. N
Newt) Hendrix
Walter H
Sox
Birmingham Barons
Toronto
Buffalo
Eddie Glennon
Birmingham
Freddie Singeton
Three Cars Condemned for Whiskey Transport
Three seized cars were condemned in hearings before Circuit Judge Newton B Powell. A 1934 Chevrolet owned by Elbert Scott seized March 25 by Sheriff C Bibb Humphrey. a 1939 Packard belonging to Gordon Alexander seized March 17 by the Decatur police. and a 1936 Chevrolet owned by Fred Mitchell seized by police were condemned on the relation of County Solicitor Phillip Shanks.
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Newton B. Powell
Elbert Scott
C. Bibb
Humphrey
Gordon Alexander
Decatur
Fred Mitchell
Fe Mitchell
Labor Relations of TVA Get Praise in Congress Report
A congressional committee report calls TVA labor relations excellent. Senator Murray cites harmony over conflicts and lists eight reasons, including TVA work policy force account, fair dealing with labor, trust in TVA motives, and capable local labor leaders.
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Labor Relations
TVA
Congress
Harry Snyder
Washington Service
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congressional Committee
Murray ¢D-Mont
Joint Committee On
Labor-Management Relations
Ees
Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council
Alley Cil
Seenaaek
Gambeeet
ITVA
Georgia Appointment Seen as Victory For Democrats In Harmony
President Truman nominates Abraham Benjamin Conger as federal judge in Georgia with support from Senator George of Georgia. The move signals possible progress on Southern appointments and comes amid Democratic tensions over civil rights policy and new taxes.
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Georgia
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Abraham Benjamin Conger
Conger
Senator George
D-Ga
Mr. Tremar
George
Mississippi
Senator Stennis
D-Miss
J. P. Coleman
McGrath
White House
Stennis
Coleman
DAV's New Officials Installed at Local Ceremony
Harold Smith is the new commander of the local Disabled American Veterans unit after an installation ceremony with J. Paul Pitt of Montgomery presiding. Large attendance noted as officials for the upcoming term assumed duties. See DAV on Page 2.
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Harold Smith
Disabled American Veterans
J. Paul Pitt
DAV National Service Officer
Montgomery
Reds and Economy Dominate Congressional Action
In Washington on May 20 three committees examined ways to curb Reds’ influence in government and economy. The Senate discussed a $751 million river harbor and flood control appropriation while a subcommittee revealed a Boston hospital scholar, with $3,750 from the Atomic Energy Commission, lacks security clearance for access to secret information amid alleged derogatory data.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Boston
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Clark
House Judiciary
Legisla
Bond Denied In Rape Hearing Against Gene Herndon
Gene Herndon a mobile electric company employee was held for Limestone county jury action without bond after a preliminary hearing before County Judge D L Rosenau The state presented six witnesses with Eunice Dugger as principal witness She testified she knew Herndon as a cafe customer and had been living with Mrs Homer French She said he asked for dates and arrangements were made for the following night
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Athens
Gene Herndon
Mobile Electric Company
Limestone
D. L. Rosenau
Rosenau
Thomas G. Steele
Herndon
W. W. Malone, Jr
Judge Kinney Heart Victim Dies at 41 in Cullman
Judge Horace Hamilton Kinney, 41, of Cullman died Friday morning after a heart attack. Funeral services Sunday at two from the D. T. Kinney residence with M. E. F. Patton officiating. Burial at Cullman under Mutual Service. Kinney, a native of Aberdeen Mississippi, was a 1930 UM law graduate, former county solicitor, probate judge, and former owner of The Cullman Source. He recently disposed of those interests and was a part owner of WHOS in Decatur. He left a mother and one uncle in Cullman.
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Horace Hamilton Kinney
Cullman
D.T. Kinney
M. E F. Patton
Church of Christ
Mutual Service
J__D Mitchell
Luther Tucker
Hartwell Spéegle
Walker McAfee
Terre
Dixie Pastor Is New Moderator Of Presbyterians
Knoxvilles Dr. Clifford Edward Sarbour was elected moderator of the Presbyterian church at the opening session of the southern assembly held in Buffalo. He becomes the first Reuthesner to hold the office since Civil War days, signaling potential unity for the church in the region.
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Buffalo
Presbstatas
Knoxville
Tenn
Clifford Edward Sarbour
Second Presbyterian Church
Reuthesner
Fireworks Ban Sparks Torrid Senate Debate
In Montgomery May 20 the Alabama Senate debated a bill to outlaw fireworks, narrowing to a question of procedure as members adjourned for Tuesday without a vote. Senators charged administration moves aimed at delaying action on the clerk hire fund, while the measure would ban sale manufacture and possession of firecrackers statewide with limited exemptions. The session also approved a $20,000 deficit appropriation for out of state college training for negro students.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
Folsom Administration
Ben Glover
Washington County
James B. Allen
Etowah
Tom Blake Howle
Calhoun
Sen. Allen
Inter
House
Mother of Infant Girl Tries To Recall Her Identity
In Mobile on May 20 a 19-year-old New Orleans mother identified as Mrs. Marjorie Givens Alford attempted to recall her name after a memory lapse. She entered a downtown doctor’s office with her 4 month old daughter Paula Louise and a packed suitcase, while the baby was in another ward. Detectives Brunson and Prine reported the incident and the woman’s claim of amnesia.
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Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
City Hospital
Marjorie Givens Alford
Paula Louise
John Brunson
Hugh Prine
Alford
Milledgeville prison break leads to chase by posse
A six man armed escape from a state prison farm triggered a chase toward Gordon and Milledgeville Georgia. One guard was wounded and a road foreman disarmed. The fugitives fled in a pickup with four shotguns and three pistols. A minister was left stranded as the posse pursued.
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Milledgeville
Gordon
State Hospital For
Clyde Berry
Berry
Morgan Heads Civitan Club Wayne Wilson to Lead Civitan
Morgan will be the new Civitan president in Decatur succeeding Newton B. Powell. Dr. R. H. Parks becomes first vice president, Mahlon Yarbrough elected second vice president, Harold Carter continues as treasurer, and a new board of directors includes W. H. Brown and others.
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Wilson Morgan
Civitan
Decatur Club
Newton B. Powell
R. H. Parks
Morgan
Mahlon Yarbrough
Watson Carlisle
Harold Carter
W. H. Brown
W. F. Frazier
Frank Clements
T. E. Putnam
D. E. Frederick
George Perry
Germans Observe Tennessee Valley Government Ties
Fifteen German state and local government officials toured the Tennessee Valley area with focus on cooperation among local state and federal governments and TVA relations. They dined with City officials in Decatur and made a study trip under a US military government cultural program before returning to Chicago.
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Decatur
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Hotel Lyons
H. R. Summer
Rutledge Thomas
John A. Caddell
Hermen Hinz
Germany
U.S
Barrett Shelton
Maynard Layman
Lee Civil Administration Division
Office of Military Government For
E. 60Th Street
Chicago
Chief Asserts Wilson Said He Swung Razor
James Otis Wilson a star state witness in the Al Metcalfe Jodie Hicks murder trials admitted cutting his own throat while seated in a Morgan City front yard car. Chief Whitmire said Wilson was gravely injured with a jugular cut and transfusions under way. Witness Charles Robert Tuck reported blood on the door, and Wilson said he was struck in the head earlier and returned to pull Hicks to safety.
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James Otis Wilson
Morgan Courthouse
J.B. Whitmire
Wilson
J. J. Leacht
Morgan City
Charles Robert Tuck
Tuck
Decature General Hospital
Brown
Whitmire
Leach
Decatur
T. E. Griffin
Metcalfe
Terrell
Hicks
John Terrell
C. B. Humphrey
Some Seniors See Some Seniors Fish
About 30 Decatur high school seniors will tour New Orleans tonight by a Pan-American attached car. Another 60 seniors plan a Wheeler Dam fishing trip Saturday with Miss Mary Robertson supervising the anglers.
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Decatur High School
New Orleans
Wheeler Dam
W. T. Jordan
Helen Mattox
Carl Schwachow
Mary Robertson
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Sixth Avenue
Hamil Clinic
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Hartsille
F. H. Wells
Wadsworth Street
S. W. Owens
Rogersville
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J. B. Gurley
Somerville
J. H. Shaw
Ernest Ivy
Decatur General Hospital
Herbert Black
Jack Smith
Fourth Avenue
William Herchenhahn
Market Street
Z. H. Hughes
Wilder Farms
Sam Pruett
Sherman’ Street
R. B. Linder
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