Weekend visits and local notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy Sunday with southerly winds. Ben Russell, former Decatur pitcher, now a government employee in St. Louis, plans a weekend visit home. Joe Calvin leaves for Camp Gordon for three weeks of Army staff school. Mrs. Albert Jervis of Tulsa will visit Huntsville. Mrs. George Wells and brother visit Nashville. Meadows couple write from Fort Worth about floods and water shortages. Edward Davies travels to Cincinnati. Hospital admissions and discharges noted. Local court cases listed. Building permit issued for a garage. Church services and Rotary meeting planned. Florence State Teachers College graduates batch listed. Judge Almon and family travel back from trip. Various local residents noted visiting friends. See DIARY on Page 2.
Pulpit Committee Elected for Central Baptist Church
The Central Baptist Church formed a pulpit committee to pick a successor to Rev. Paul Roberts who resigned to take a pastorate in Oklahoma. Judge James H. Crow Nathan Pryor and David Dee named to the committee which will choose four more members. Roberts will preach the baccalaureate sermon here before his resignation takes full effect in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Roberts
Central Baptist Church
James H. Crow
Nathan Pryor
David Dee
Menage
Central
Roberts
Oklahoma
VA Office In Decatur Not To Be Closed
Harley A. Smith, manager of the VA regional office in Montgomery, assures Decatur veterans that the Decatur VA office will not cease operations despite budget cuts. He notes some personnel reductions and explains the nonestablishment of a Decatur medical clinic, yet affirms continued services to about 49 651 area veterans and ongoing operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ts Assurance
Smith
Harley A. Smith
Veterans Administration
Montgomery
North Alabama
Mr. Smith
Mr. Shelton
North
Alabama
Congress
Cold War on Bee Invasion Front at Hogan Store
Bees linger inside the Hogan store in Danville as of Saturday, calming shoppers and keeping to the hollow wall spaces. A resident suggested burning sulphur to drive them out, a tactic the management is considering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Danville
the Daily
Ford Talks In New Failure
Detroit May 21 peace talks again failed to settle the 17 day Ford strike. Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers set another session for tomorrow as a threatened bolt looms. The recess followed the company rejecting a UAW proposal and the union urging 40 Michigan citizens to hear the issues firsthand. Walter Reuther urged top company officials to join leaders in a public airing Tuesday night of the speedup dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Michigan
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Henry Ford
John S. Bugas
Boy tears as 12 year old sells pony Cocoa for funeral costs
In Jamestown Pennsylvania a 12 year old boy named Jackie Lillie parts with his sorrel pony Cocoa after his mother's death and dwindling family savings. The auctioneer John Reimold handles the sale as the boy faces the loss of his best friend and playmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Jackie Lillie
Kinsman
Jackie
Homer
John Reimold
Negro Family Quits Home After Bomb Threat
In Birmingham on May 21 a negro family led by Willie German evacuated a newly moved into home after a man claiming Klan officer status warned of bombing. City official Hagood ordered departure from a white zoned North Smithfield area near earlier attacked homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Willie German
H E. Hagood
Hagood
Smithfield
Robert E. Jee
Ku Klux Klan
Bipartisan plan eyed to cut billions from 1949 50 budget
Senator Taft forecasts solid GOP support for a $1.5 to $2 billion economy plan. Senators Russell and Cordon are drafting a percentage cut applied to most government appropriations for the year starting July 1. Democrats, led by Senator Lucas, signal possible support to reduce the Treasury deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Russell
D-Ga
Cordon
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Lucas
Illinois
Rites For Mrs Wooten Held In Helena
Funeral services for Mrs Charles A Wooten mother of Mrs R Warr of Decatur were held Saturday afternoon in Helena Arkansas. Burial followed in Helena cemetery. Mrs Wooten died Friday after months of ill health leaving husband Charles A Wooten two daughters Mrs Orr and Mrs John I McRee Jr of Helena and a son Charles A Wooten Jr of San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Wooten
R. Warr
Decatur
Helena
Arkansas
Wooten
Orr
John I. McRee, Jr
Charles A. Wooten Jr
San Diego
Cal
Handsome New Baseball Plant Here Dedicated
De catur's new American Legion baseball plant was dedicated Saturday night as a memorial to Morgan county men who gave their all for their country. City Recorder James N. Bloodworth led ceremonies with a high school band playing and four Boy Scouts raising the flag while the Star Spangled Banner opened the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
American Legion
Morgan County
City Recorder
James N. Bloodworth
Glennon Family Heads to Birmingham for Nixon Meeting
Eddie Glennon and his wife and son hurried from the Legion Field memorial to Nashville to meet Willard Nixon ex Auburn ace who has just been released to the Birmingham Barons by the Boston Red Sox Nixon had been stationed in Louisville this season prior to traveling to Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Glennon
Glennon
Eddie, Jr
Legion Field Memorial Field
Nashville
Willard Nixon
Auburn
Birmingham Barons
Boston Red Sox
Nixon
Birmingham
Louisville
Stadium dedication honors fallen soldiers and local veterans
Reverend John A. Troxler led a prayer at the Morgan County Legion event while post commander Jimmy Williams credited citizens and businesses for stadium construction. He thanked VFW and DAV for aid and urged boys to learn fair play as the field honors those who died for their country. The program featured Decatur old tim ers A L McCauley J N Hendrix and Walter H Lorber, manager Bob McNelly, and Eddie Glennon of the Birmingham Barons. Local scenes mixed with a note on the seeing eye dog story from Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Speaks Bloodworth
Jimmy Williams
VFW
DAV
Williams
Decatur
A. L. McCauley
J. N. Hendrix
Walter H. Lorber
Bob McNelly
Eddie Glennon
Birmingham Barons
Tall McNelly
Glennon
Attempted seizure of Wannsee station shocks Berlin
In Berlin Westerners clashed with Russian sector police as strikers tried to seize the Wannsee elevated train station. Gunfire wounded a man. Soviet troops guarded trains across sectors while freight and passenger services stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wannsee
West Berlin
Wannssee-Zehlendorf
Potsdam
New air service from Atlanta to Memphis starts June 1
Southern Airways announces start of daily Atlanta Memphis service with three rebuilt DC-3 aircraft. The flight departs Atlanta 7:30 am BST and arrives Memphis 9:45 am CST, with stops at Gadsden Birmingham Tuscaloosa Columbus MS. return from Memphis at 4 pm daily reaching Atlanta 8:15 pm EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Airways, Inc
Atlanta
Memphis
Frank Hulse
Hulse
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Columbus
Miss
Western foe Formed For Big Four Talks on Germany
Paris May 21 The foreign ministers of Britain the United States and France met to form a Western front for the Big Four on a German settlement. Acheson Dulles Jessup Harriman Bevin Schuman and Vishinsky arrived as talks began and discussed strategy drafted by their advisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Joseph E. Dynam
Paris
Britain
United States
France
Russia
U. S
Dean Acheson
Truman
Independence
John Foster Dulles
Robert
Philip C. Jessup
W. Averell Harriman
Bevin
Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
Plomatic
Queen Mother and resident tour new low cost flats
London report says a radio broadcast brought Mrs Mary Ann Stygel 81 to a royal visit with Queen Mary who praised the new apartments. The program highlighted tenants moved into low cost flats with a refrigerator electric stove and labor saving devices described as heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mary Ann Stygel
Queen Mary
Mary
Purse Snatching Suspect Nabs After Pursuit Near Daily Office
A negro was taken into custody Saturday night after snatching a purse from Helen Jeffreys near The Daily office. Clarence Worley and Marvin Johnson, spotting the fleeing man, pursued by car and on foot, cornered him near The Daily and the Eyster buildings. Firemen retrieved a knife from the suspect as police were alerted by Mrs. Robinson and Goidel drug store signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jeffreys
Clarence Worley
Marvin Johnson
Daily Office
Second Avenue
Second Street
Worley
Johnson
Jim Robinson
Clear Definition On Divorce Laws Voted by Church
The Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to define divorce and remarriage rules after a high profile marriage. The action followed Lana Turner and Henry J. Topping's 1948 wedding. The assembly also approved an overhaul to reduce synods from 40 to about 12 with 200000 members each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Lana Turner
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Stewart P. MacLennan
Hollywood
Calif.) Presbyterian Church
Topping
Arlene Judge
Assembly
Lewis Begins Formal Talks With Southern Operators
John L. Lewis will start formal negotiations with Southern coal operators on Wednesday. Reports say he may pursue informal, unpublicized talks with Northern operators and present the Southern group with a take it or leave it offer. Lewis has asked for talks with United States Steel Corporation, owner of large coal mines. Harry Moses said he has no arrangement to talk with Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern
Souttherners
Lewis
Bluefield
W. Va
United States Steel Corporation
Harry Moses
Wounded witness improving after fatal incident in Morgan City
James Otis Wilson, a key state witness in the James Emory Terrell murder case, is reported improving from critical condition after slashing his neck with a straight razor in a Morgan City car. He received three transfusions and spent a night described as fair. his further need for treatment remains uncertain. Wilson was found in the back seat by passerby Charles Robert Tuck and was brought to Decatur by J.J. Leach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Otis Wilson
Morgan
James Emory Terrell
Wilson
J.J. Leach
Morgan City
Leach
Decatur
Charles Robert Tuck
Tuck
Terrell
Union Grove
al Metcalfe
Jodie Hicks
Marshall County
Cooking School Plans Reached at the Princess Theater
The Decatur Electric Department sponsors a three day cooking show at the Princess theater from May 24 to 26. Miss Dorothy Barbee TVA district home economist directs demonstrations of electric cooking using automatic clocks on ranges and other devices. Prizes will be awarded each morning as housewives learn economical meal planning and preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theater
Princess
Decatur Electric Department
Q. E. Eddens
City Electric Department
Eddens
Electric Department
Seven Reported Dead in Storms Across Three States
Tornadoes ripped Illinois Indiana and Missouri Saturday night killing seven and injuring at least several. Twisters hit near Palestine and crossed to Alton Wood River Hart area north of Palestine and Terre Haute areas. One man died in Terre Haute as Red Cross tallies damages between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Palestine
Illinois-Indiana Line
Alton
Wood River
Hart
Red Cross
Terre Haute
Shelburn
Bond Granted in Rape Case Against Gene Herndon
Athens May 21 A Limestone County judge granted bail of 1500 to Gene Herndon 31 a Mobile electrical worker after he had denied bond Friday in a rape charge hearing State witness Miss Dugger testified that on May 9 10 Herndon drove her to Hatfields Lake and then toward Huntsville where he attacked her on a country road and again near the quarry in Athens before taking her to her home The rape charges will be heard again by the Limestone County grand jury on the fourth Monday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Gene Herndon
Mobile _ electrical worker
David L. Rosenau, Jr
Herndon
Rosenall
W. W. Malone
Rosenal
Malone
Bond
Limestone County
Grand Jury
Miss Dugger
Hatfield's Lake
Victory Electric Company
Ed Pan-Am
Hatfield’s Lake
Decatur
Huntsville
Homer French
Arsenal Blows Up in Shanghai Amid War Turmoil
A major explosion rocked Shanghai at the Kiangnan arsenal and dockyard on the Whangpoo river three miles from the city center. Fires erupted around the city as fighting continued with unclear causes and authorities offered few explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Shanghai
Kiangnan
Whangpoo River
Pootung
Whangpoo
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Ye WU
Ben Russell
St. Louis
Joe Calvin
Camp Gordon
Army School Staff
Reserve Corps
Albert Jervis
Tulsa, Okla
Frank Hestzler
George Wells
W.Q
Roanoke
James Meadows
Worth
Wallace Meadows
Edward Davies
Cincinnati
Hamil Clinic
J. L. Flack
Church Street
C. M. Morris
Canal Street
Bill Johnson
Carlton Owens
Jefferson Hospital
Recorder’s Court
S. S. Brock
Fifth Avenue West
Church of God
Seventh Avenue
Eighth Street South
Serj Gin
Rotary
Florence State Teachers College
Aubrey Jackson
Anderson
Mildred Whitehead
Rogersville
Angela Fergerson
Mr. Hope
Dorothy Nelson
Don Jones
Moulton
Coy Copeland
Town Creek
Joseph Jones
Susie Bittick Odom
Charles D. Smith
Oliver W. Holmes
Douglas Holt
T. C. Almon
Judge Almon
George C. Almon
Macon
Mrs
Rex Poll
Isippi
Capt
T. C. Lowery
Verdon Lowery
Guntersville
O. F. Lowery
Ormond, Fla
By Ken Reynolds
John A. Troxler
Louise Pickens
Morristown
N. J
Lady
Louise
Montgomery Advertiser-Journal
Purse
Moses
Rosenau
Arsenal
Clemons
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