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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1951
Page
1
Allied Tanks And Infantry Press In Korea Front
Communist troops retreated along a 100 mile Korean front as Allied tanks and infantry pursued. U.S. forces gained up to 15 miles, recaptured road centers, and the 10th corps joined the attack in East central Korea. Marines, the second infantry division, and others struck Hangye and Kapyong as Chinese forces pulled back north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U. S. Tenth Corps
Korea
Fifth Red
Tenth
Hangye
Kapyong
Seoul
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
Nazarene revival continues with Evangelist Posey messages
The Nazarene church revival runs through the week with Evangelist Lewis Posey bringing the messages. The public is invited to attend. Dr. Neil Kirk attended a chiropractic meeting in Haleyville with twenty doctors present. Dr. Earl Striplin discussed new methods. Mr. and Mrs. Myers and others visited relatives in nearby towns. A singing event is planned for the fourth Sunday at New Salem church with J. Matt Chenault inviting singers from Morgan and Lawrence counties. The Nakaniskis returned home after a visit with Decatur relatives. Georgia Southern and Florida Railway won the National Safety Council award for employee safety. the line reported a 4.07 per million hours casualty rate. Mrs. Ben Bloodworth and Marian visited Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Nazarene Church
Lewis Posey
Neil Kirk
Haleyville
Earl Striplin
Louisville
New Salem Church
J. Matt Chenault
Morgan
Lawrence Counties
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
Southern Railway System
National Safety Council
Gs&F’s
Morris Alabama Speed Trap Raises Driver Arrests
Morris Alabama near US 31 is seen as a speed trap after several motorists were stopped and fined in the past days. Miss Florence Adams, Harold Michelson, and Lawson Draper were arrested for speeding, each paying fines. deceptive stops occurred two miles out of town near blinker lights and a 35 mph limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Alabama
Warrior
Florence Adams
Decatur
Harold Michelson
Lawson Draper
Athens
Miss Adams
Draper
Michelson
Elk River Hatchery Tract Transferred To TVA
President Truman issued an executive order transferring 192 acres in Limestone county Alabama from the Interior Department to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Elk River hatchery land had earlier been moved from TVA to the Interior Department to permit establishment and operation of the hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Limestone County
Alabama
Interior Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Elk River
Wheeler
TVA
O. Lloyd Meecheam
Game Fish and Hatch
Schulberg Deserts Communists Over Literary Control
Novelist Budd Schulberg testified before the American activities committee that aggressive communist efforts to dictate his literary output drove him from the party. He recalled joining a Marx study group in 1937 and leaving in 1939 at age 25, citing party discipline and a shift toward alliance with Hitler as reasons. He stated he never renewed party ties in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budd Schulberg
House
American Activities Committee
Sammy
Hollywood
Schulberg
Young Communist League
Hitler
Communist Party
un-American Activities Committee
Richard Collins
Ring Lardner Jr
Jose Ferrer
Fuel Regulation Issue Sparks Sharp Alabama Debate
The Alabama Legislature debated whether the Public Service Commission should regulate the butane and propane gas industry. PSC supporters cited consumer complaints about service and prices, while dealers urged a separate commission. Testimony featured PSC President Jack Owen and lawmakers, with legality contested but a constitutional view offered by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Public Service Commission
House Business and Labor
Senate Finance and Taxation
PSC
House
Jack Owen
Roy McClendon
Chambers County
Henry White
Cullman
Amos Jones
Lauderdale
Owen
White
Si Garrett
Joe Sullivan
Mobile
Sullivan
UEL
Beef Price Leak Will Be Probed
Washington May 23 Congressional committees probe government price controls after cattlemen reported assurances of no rollback only to face a 10 percent OPS rollback on cattle. Eric Johnston and Michael V. DiSalle were summoned as lawmakers seek exact statements. Page references follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
D-Nc
Eric Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
Brannan
Johnston
DiSalle
OPS
Opposition to TVA gas use in coal plants voiced by Perkins
Rep. Perkins of Kentucky protests TVA plans to substitute gas for coal at the New Johnsonville and Kingston steam plants in Tennessee and for atomic developments near Paducah Kentucky and Aiken South Carolina. He warns gas would hurt coal industry and mobilization efforts while urging continued coal use as the economical fuel. Senator Clements supports the protest and other coal state lawmakers are expected to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perkins
D-Ky
TVA
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Clements
Johnsonville
Kingston
Gordon Tine
TVA Board
Posar
Edmondson Arrested After Madison County Wreck
G H Edmondson of Vinemont is held in Madison County jail on charges of driving while intoxicated after a Sunday afternoon crash on Highway 72. He was moved from the hospital. Mrs Jewel Adams of Decatur died en route to the hospital. services were held yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Edmondson
Vinemont
Madison County
Edmondson
Jewel Adams
Decatur
Ways and Means Approves 12% Income Tax Hike
In a stormy session the house ways and means committee voted for a flat 12 percent increase for individual income taxpayers and a boost in the excess profits tax on corporations. Republicans labeled the changes railroaded through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
South Carolina School Segregation Case to Open
The NAACP leads a challenge to South Carolina's racial school segregation in a federal three judge court in Charleston. The case tests state police power and equal facilities doctrine with an inevitable appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The outcome could affect other segregated states and many state schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court of the United States
Bradley Admits Korea Fight Hinders U S Global Reach
General Omar Bradley told senators that U S forces in Korea limit capacity to counter possible Russian aggression elsewhere. He highlighted Iran’s oil wealth as a danger and opposed the strategy proposed by General Douglas MacArthur as a quick end to the Korean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omar Bradley
Korea
U. S
Iran
Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Acheson Denies Peace Feelers Amid Diffuse China Talk
Secretary of State Acheson said peace feelers from the Red Chinese were unknown and that any settlement would require talks if possible. He defended Dean Rusk's New York remarks and warned against overreading policy shifts. He also urged Britain and Iran to settle their oil dispute and commented on MacArthur’s controversial policies and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Korea
Dean Rusk
New York
United States
China
Rusk
Formosa
Taft
R-O
Republican Congress
Free World
Britain
Iran
Quizzel
Brewster
Chiefs of Staff
Flanders
Bradley
MacArthur
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hunt Extended For Missing Tot
Santa Ana California May 23 The intensive search for missing 10 year old Patricia Jean Hull stretched into remote Orange County areas. Sheriff James A Musick said water behind two dams would be dragged as volunteers Marines deputies and Boy Scouts continued questioning Henry Ford McCracken 34 a guitarist. McCracken admitted attending the same matinee but denied leaving the theater with the child. Bloodstains were found at his cabin and a special county grand jury session was called for Friday to consider murder kidnapping and child stealing charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
Patricia Jean Hull
Orange County
James A. Musick
Henry Ford McCracken
Musick
Klamath Falls
Ore
Patricia
McCracken
Buena Park
James L. Davis
Vaughan Predicted MacArthur Would Be Right In The Middle
Morgan county residents recall a 1947 forecast by P. H. Vaughan that General MacArthur would be at the center of a major event involving Truman and Marshall. He made the prediction when dividing 28.7 acres south of Cedar Lake Road between the B-Line and the railroad right of way. The three streets laid out in order are Marshall MacArthur and Truman Avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
MacArthur
Truman
Marshall
P. H. Vaughan
Cedar Lake Road
Camp appointed as Marshall county sheriff by governor
Governor Gordon Persons named J. M. Camp of Albertville as Marshall County sheriff to replace the slain E. M. Boyles. The term runs until January 1955. Sheriff Boyles was among four men killed in a gun battle near Boaz last Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Montgomery
Ala
Gordon Persons
J. M. Camp
Albertville
Marshall County
E. M. Boyles
Boyles
Boaz
County Agents hail breaking of dry spell
County agents report a rain event in central Tennessee valleys may end drought risk and aid cotton and corn stands. In Morgan, Limestone, Cullman, and Lawrence counties, forecasts show 50 to 80 percent of cotton up with replants noted in Lawrence. Limestone reports 40 percent yet to stand. Morgan corn shows a good stand improving with rain. Lawrence corn similar, about half planted, some fields not up. T. V. A. substation in Decatur recorded .27 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Morgan
Limestone
Cullman
Lawrence
Morgan County
L. T. Wagnon
Wagnon
Lawrence County
Sam McClendon
F. K. Agee
Auburn
Valley
McClendon
Agee
Decatur
Iran Tension Mounts as Nationalization Push Escalates
In Tehran on May 23 tension rose as 30 000 Muslims vowed to wage a holy war to nationalize Iran oil, prompting 24 hour police and troop patrols and a rally where a resolution condemning the United States and Britain drew loud cheers from religious leaders and Premier Mossadegh allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Hewett
Tehran
Iran
United States
Britain
Mohammed Mossadegh
Chamstabadi
Aheddim Islam
Fighters For Islam
Persian Gulf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clen Clements
Robert Myers
Kathy Diane
Alfred Prater
A. F. Myers
Hartselle
Ralph Nakaniski
Waukegan, Ill
Sam Turner
Fourth Avenue West
Nakaniskis
G. W. Etheridge
R. J. Thompson
Martha Jan
Columbia, South Carolina
Cpl
Thomas Jordan
Pvt. Etheridge
Fort Jackson
Ben Bloodworth
Marian
Birmingham
HALTI
Elk’ River Hatchery
Barney Livingstone
Dillon Graham
IVA
Madison
Bulletin
NAACP
Clarendon County
U.S
Reds
Hunt
Vaughan
By Vic Bubbett
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Gamdener
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