Weather and community notes in Decatur diary and brief updates
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. scattered showers possible in the northern portion. Dr. Henry Heerschap and Mrs Heerschap from Philadelphia will preach at Westminster Presbyterian on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Phil Baugh of Memphis visit family in Decatur then plan a Daytona Beach trip. Several hospital moves and medical updates at Decatur General and Hamil Clinic. Cotton market quotes steady at middling around 35.20 and strict low 34.20. Local births, illnesses, and visits. Mayo Clinic patient James L Rankin to be released. Regular church services planned. updates on C E Story in Nashville and Decatur improving at home. QUICKIES column included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Heerschap
Philadelphia
Decatur
Maryville College
Dr. Heerschap
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Phil Baugh
Memphis, Tenn
W. P. Baugh
Sherman Street
Daytona Beach
Fla
Miss Betty Ruth Moore 15 Dies After Lacon Mountain Truck Crash
Miss Betty Ruth Moore died at Decatur General Hospital after injuries from a truck crash on Lacon Mountain last Saturday night. Four were injured. three others were discharged to their homes in Tarrant City. The driver L Miller said a crowding car caused the truck to drift off the pavement and hit guardrails while returning to the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Ruth Moore
Decatur General Hospital
Brown
Birmingham
Miss Moore
Lacon Mountain
Tarrant City
Ala
Antone Neey Patel
Petro
L. Miller
Miller
Eva
Ruby Joyce Miller
J. L. Miller
J. O. Hayden Wee
Trapped Men Die in Blaze Near Montgomery
Two unidentified men died in a truck wreck seven miles west of Montgomery on U S highway 80 after the cab plunged into a ditch. The driver may have fallen asleep, and rescuers could not free them before the blaze. The truck was registered to A T Mason of Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Tom Carlisle
A. T. Mason
North 19Th St
Birmingham
Carlisle
W. L. Bass
Liquor Law Enforcement Branch
State Department of Public Safety
Bass
Pageke
Crackdown Warning On False Unemployment Claims In Morgan County
State and county officers warn of penalties for false unemployment claims. A Decatur woman faces three charges for making false statements about Social Security funds while working for a Decatur industry. Case to be tried in Morgan County Court before Judge W. H. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Morgan County
Phillip Shanks
Phil Kingsley
Department of Industrial Relations
W. H. Long
President Truman May Stay In Kansas City
President Truman and his wife faced the possibility of remaining in Kansas City as his ailing mother, Martha E. Truman, showed little improvement. Doctors reported her condition unchanged, and the White House functioned from Mrs. Truman’s home while the president weighed his duties in Washington against long bedside vigil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Grand View
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Kansas City
Wallace H. Graham
Washington
Graham
White House
Service Stars To Be Returned To Men Of First Christian
The First Christian church on Moulton Street will honor returning service members by presenting stars from the service flag in special folders at the 11 o’clock Sunday service. If a man cannot attend, a relative will receive his star. The list of honored men includes Ralph W. Lindsey Emmett L. Murrah Herschell E. McKelvey Robert Ray Reece G. Robertson Louis Safley Norman Safley Fred L. Smith Paul Stroud Jack H. Thomas and Lester E Thrasher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Moulton Street
Robert Glenn
Thompson
Boone
Ralph W. Lindsey
Emmett L. Murrah
Herschell E. McKelvey
Robert Ray
Reece G. Robertson
Louis Safley
Norman Safley
Fred L. Smith
Paul Stroud
Jack H. Thomas
Lester E Thrasher
House Group Slashes Budget For Agriculture Dept
The House appropriations committee recommended a 32 percent cut of 381 million to the Agriculture Department for the new fiscal year, with total spending projected at 807 million. Major reductions hit Farmers Home Administration Soil Conservation Service crop insurance and school lunch. The plan follows weeks of hearings and disputes with Secretary Anderson who warned cuts would impair essential farm services.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Agriculture Department
Department
House
Farmers’ Home Administration
Old Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Anderson
Patrol urges public to yield right of way for emergencies
Inspector W. B. Little of the Alabama Highway Patrol in Decatur urged motorists to yield to ambulances and patrol cars on emergency runs. He noted sirens or blinking red lights signal an emergency and said no accidents have yet occurred due to drivers failing to yield.
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W. B. Little
Alabama Highway Patrol
Decatur
Little
Balkan Group Names 3 Nations in Frontier Report
Geneva May 23 The Balkans investigation commission to the United Nations Security Council urged action against armed bands violating Balkan frontiers and blamed Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria for supporting guerrilla activity in Northern Greece. It called for frontier conventions and a supervising commission to monitor violations and refugee flows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Fischer
Geneva
1Lnation Balkans Investigation Commission
United Nations Security Council
Balkan
U. N
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
United Nations
Security Council
Good Crowd at Danville Bank Night Attendance
A strong turnout filled the Danville community hall for Bank Night on Thursday. Led by D. C. Prince from the county agent's office, about 90 residents attended as they discussed the breeding program, though the interest did not urge further county efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
D. C. Prince
Community Meetings in Moulton Heights Set for Monday
A local notice invites residents to Monday at 7 30 p m for community meetings in Moulton Heights. Attending are Kinson Arthur Owens J French H M Russell Wallace Meadows Alvis Briscoe and G H Burt with Wagon County Agent's office coordinating attendance. Prizes include 14 at each meeting and a chance at a $50 grand prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Heights
Kinson
Arthur Owens
W. J. French
H. M. Russell
Wallace Meadows
Alvis Briscoe
G. H. Burt
Winners listed at Danville meeting draw large crowd
Fun and excitement marked the Danville gathering as the winner displayed a 100 pound bag of fertilizer and opened his prize package. Recipients included L. H. Harrison Wayne McAbee James H. Tanner Brandon Sandlin David G. Bullard W Bullard James G. Roper Orr Nathan Tomlinson M. C. Sims and W. G. Orr.
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Danville
L. H. Harrison
Wayne McAbee
James H. Tanner
Brandon 5An
Ae. . Sandlin
David G. Bullard
W Bullard
James G. Roper
An Orr
Nathan Tomlinson
M. C. Sims
W. G. Orr
I never aid anything in the way of putting pressure on any Army officers
A May remark asserts a stance against pressuring Army officers. The quote appears in a historical context, reflecting a claimant's denial of coercive actions toward military leadership.
Ex-House Banker Romney Sentenced in Shortage Case
Kenneth Romney former House sergeant at arms was given one to three years in federal prison for concealing a 143 863 shortage in his office accounts. Judge Holtzoff noted the long-ago timing and let Romney stay free on bond pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kenneth ‘Romney
House
William H. Collings
United States Court of Appeals
Holtzoff
Romney
Federal District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
John H. Smithwick
C.henge
Georia
Homney
Smithwick
Frank J. Mahoney
House of Representatives
Bee Invasion Of Hartselle Ends As Officer Rescues Bees
City policeman Webster of Hartselle saved the business district from a bee swarm that settled on a traffic light at Main Street and U S 31. The bees moved under an old Ford bumper before Webster captured them in a keg, ending the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Hartselle
Main Street
U. S. 31
Alabama Legislature Ends Special Session on Tax Measure
The Alabama legislature adjourned sine die after approving a constitutional amendment diverting state income tax revenues to teacher salaries. The measure, to be voted on August 26 with three local acts, sets aside about 1.5 million for homestead exemptions and directs current surpluses toward a school building program after retiring tax bonds and old debt. The session began May 13 and resumes June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
New Yardmaster Appointed by L&N at Decatur
The L and N railroad announces W. E. Morriss as general yardmaster at Decatur in a newly created role to speed terminal movements and accelerate through train service. J. J. Hardwick had been serving as freight agent and yardmaster. Morriss will supervise yard and terminal operations full time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L & N Railroad
W. E. Morriss
Decatur
J. J. Hardwick
Mr. Morriss
Pearl Collier Charged With Grand Larceny
Pearl Collier, a Negro and construction worker at the Baugh infirmary project, was charged with grand larceny after deputies arrested him at Morgan county jail. He allegedly stole a hat, shoes, a billfold, keys, pants, and a shotgun from Farmer Brooks near Cedar Lake. an opal and keys were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Collier
Collier
Morgan County
Garland Nuby
Leon Posey
New Baugh Infirmary
Farmer Brooks
Cedar Lake
Coler
Sequatchee merchant to close store at tax deadline
Sequatchie Tenn May 23 A local store owner will close his general shop at midnight May 31 when Tennessee’s new two percent sales tax takes effect. Publisher Hill of The Sequachee News said he will sell off remaining stock to avoid jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequatchie
Tenn
Will C. Hill
Tennessee
Hill
Sequachee News
Jasper
Paraguayan rebels claim bombardment of S O California ship
A rebel radio in Paraguay asserted that a loyalist plane bombarded the Uraguary, a Standard Oil of California ship, south of Concepcion as reported by ASA Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio
DE Janerio
U. S
Uraguary
Standard Oil Co. of
California
Concepcion
ASA Press
Nation Reacts to Greenville Lynch Verdict
Numerous newspapers condemned the jury acquittal of 28 men in the Greenville South Carolina lynching trial while noting a potential precedent. Editorials from Times-Picayune and others praised law and warned mobs, with varied streetwise rhetoric about justice and interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Greenville
S. C
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Soresom
Times-Picayune
Willie “ Earle
New York
Masked band abducts Black prisoner from Northampton jail
Sheriff A C Stephen son reports Buddy Bush a 24 year old Black man was taken from the Jackson county jail by masked men at 2 am. He faced an attempted rape charge and a lynching fear was voiced. No clue to whereabouts as white men allegedly handed him over.
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Jackson
N. C
A. C. Stephenson
Northampton County
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Rich Square
North Carolina
Green S. C
News-Herald
Muboro
E. D. Edwards
Edwards
Bush
Square
Frank Outland
Federal Power Commission holds gas pipeline hearing in Chattanooga
Five FPC officials hear petitions by Southern Natural Gas East Tennessee Natural Gas and Alabama Tennessee Rural Gas for new lines and capacity. Proposed routes include arteries to Lexington Mississippi and Muscle Shoals with costs ranging from millions to ten million dollars and service to North Georgia communities. The hearing spans several weeks as the firms seek authority to extend existing systems and deliver gas to additional towns and industrial plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Ten
Federal Power Commission
Southern Natural Gas Com
East Tennessee Natural Gas Cpany
Alabama-Tennessee Rural Gas Company
Southern
Nooga
North Georgia
Lexington
Miss
East Tennessee
Terville
Tenn
Knoxville
M Shoals
Ala
William L. Brunner
FPC
Southern Natural
Alabama
Inclu
Decatur
Florence
Hirsville
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Calshoun
Servin
Muscle Seties Company
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Austin
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A. J. Goodwin
Hillsboro
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Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Courtland Road
S. C. Maulsby
Anna M. St. Clair
Mem-Tenn
Frank A. Cory
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L. B. Hammond
Steppville
Moulton Heights Church
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C. E. Story
Nashville
J. F. Trotman
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