Mouls ton Heights School 7:30 Tonight Graduation Exercises
Twenty seven juniors graduate at Mouls ton Heights with ceremonies at 7:30. Speeches by Jeanette White Norma Jean McEntire and F D Folette follow a piano solo. Attendees include Edna Ethridge who gives the class last will and testament and Martha Lou Campbell the valedictory.
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Moulston Heights
Jeanette White
Norma Jean McEntire
F. D. Folette
yAfter
Olene Bullard
Ruby Thrasher
Edna Ethridge
Martha Lou Campbell
Oscar L. Napps
L. FE. Wooten
Levi Smith
Lelton Fuller
Irene Johnson
Ray Smith
Lewis Key
Bible School to Open Here
The annual daily vacation Bible school opens at 8 30 Monday morning at the Sixth Avenue Church of God. Registration Sunday morning with Sunday school pupils. Mrs. Gertrude Evans of Louisville Kentucky will supervise. Courses include studies and crafts for ages four to 16. Rev R F Miller states all children are invited.
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Sixth Avenue Church of God
Gertrude Evans
Louisville
Anderson College
Anderson
Ind
Evans
R. F. Miller
Engineer Named for State Parks Expansion
Montgomery May 24 The state Conservation Department has employed Roy E Parks of Centerville as a parks engineer. He will assist in planning expansion at existing state parks or new ones proposed later.
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Montgomery
State Conservation Department
Roy E.parke
Centerville
Markets at a Glance in New York May 24
Stocks steady with selective rail rally. Bonds irregular while rails advance. Cotton mixed with liquidation and mill buying. Oats firm with short covering. Hogs active and steady, top 14.85. Cattle generally steady at 50.0. Gents towers not top, market slim.
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New York
Burleson to Deliver Baccalaureate at Hartselle First Methodist
Burleson will give the baccalaureate address at 8 o'clock Sunday night in Hartsville's First Methodist Church. Forty-one seniors graduate. Pro cessional God of Our Fathers. Hymn All Hail the Power of Jesus Name. Rev Edwin Branscomb offers prayer and benediction. Choir sings Are Ye Able Beautiful Savior. Edwin C. Price makes announcements. Recessional March from Aida. Garden Club number two decorates.
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Burleson
First Methodist
Hartselle
Warren
Coy Stephenson
Jesus
Edwin Branscomb
Edwin C. Price
Branscomb
Aida
Garden Club
Juniors Honor Roll Names Listed From Local School
The ninth grade honors list includes Mariah Watson Carolyn Wade Doria Lee Wiggins Dorothy Wooten Billy Ray Sparkman Kenneth Wells Dorothy Woodruff Charles Weir Donald Warren Austine Tay Winn Weaver Floyd Vaughan Eugene Tom Charles Voehringer J.P. Vaughan. Eighth and seventh grade lists follow with multiple students named for coad and second honors.
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Mariah Watson
Carolyn Wade
Dorsia Lee
Wiggins
Dorothy Wooten
Billy Ray Sparkman
Kenneth Wells
Dorothy Woodruff
Charles Weir
Donald Warren
Austine Tay~Winn
Weaver
Floyd Vaughan
Eugene Tom
Charles Voehringer
J.P. Vaughan
Jimmy Tatum
Brewer Kenton
Alfred Matthews
Needham Long
Betty Fay Julian
Joy Bolin
Mary Ann Bagley
Mary Ann Blackwell
Glenn Green
Benny Ray -Flack
Fennell Garnett
Barara Hardin
Shirley Hill
Betty Zane Douthitt
Charles Mixson
Mary Penn
Billie Carolyn Owen
Marlene McBride
Kathleen Lively
Peggy Johnson
Eleanor Gregg
Mary Caudill
Mary Ann Catlett
Bonnie Bolding
Elsie Crow
Joanne Reeves
Shirley Williams
Jeanne Warren
Krell Napps
Ferrill Wen‘zell
Ruby Jewel Houser
Ann _ Coleman
Jewel Tucker
Katie Weatherly
Ruth Ann Town
Eleanor Hamilton
Sandra Davis
Darwin Davis
Dorothy Jean Key
Charlotte Orr
Linda Breeding
Jack Buchanan
Harriet Higdon
Lewis Dement
J. P. Vaughan
Charles Voehrinzer
Scott McClanahan
Joanne Clayton
Louise Self
Binford Layton
Jean Lawrence
Marie Mooney
Jean Gregg
Don Shelton
Carolyn el
Navy germ warfare talks raise fears of broad attack
Navy officials discuss contagious germs and the potential for bombs to spread disease with a single operation. A committee member notes planes could destroy entire crops in the Dakotas. The Navy confirms germ warfare research at a university, calling the disease centuries old and highly deadly.
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Dakotas
Navy
University of CalifTclousre
Stolen Bicycle Recovered After School Day Theft
A bicycle stolen from Somerville Road school during a student program was quickly recovered by Decatur police. A juvenile was questioned and reportedly directed officers to where the bike had been hidden in bushes away from the school. the bike sustained no major damage.
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Somerville Road
Young Mack Graham
Decatur
Certificates Awarded to 55 Students at Somerville Road School
Acting Superintendent O Hagerman presented certificates to 55 sixth graders at Somerville Road School, 2d graders at Lafayette, and 70 at Gordon-Bibb. Rev Davenport addressed the program with music by students and solos, followed by benediction from Rev Radford.
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Hagerman
Somerville Road School
Lafayette
Gordon-Bibb “Sch
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist . Church
Ruth
America
TL. C. Radford
Letha Nan
Jo Ann Parker
Donizetti
Frances
Nungester
J. D. Reed
Alabama
Russen
Louise Ryan
Lafayette School
Betty Jo Wear
Crawford
Land of Miné
Finlandia
Sibelius
Radford
Bobby Brown
Cecil Monk
Doyle Hood
Jean Steenson
Edna Fay Askenburg
Ronnie Lee
Bobby Burk
Johnny
Hawkins
Janice Turner
Betty Fay Halbrooks
Joan Taylor
Evelyn Maples
Patsy Stephenson
Mertice
Carpenter
Shirley
Compton
Eloise Compton
Helen Sue
Kilby
Mary Elizabeth Poole
Jewel Anderson
Hoyt Alvis
Eddean Balch
Bryant Barefoot
Hazel Beavers
Earl Benfield
Jimmy Berry
Bradstan
Mryon Melton
Wanda Lee Mills
Ben Murphy
Billy Nichols
Roland Oliver
Elbert Pentecost Jr
Early Price
Leon Simmons
Billy Terry
James Vickers
Carl Woods
Betty Sue Payne
Robert Lee Campbell
Jimmie Cooper
Frank Mack Graham
Hershel Hannah
Alfred Hill
Ronald Newsom
Ray Nixon
Raymond Nixon
Joseph Parham
Frank Payne
Douglas McCowan
Betty Jane Andrews
Sally Rae Bryan
Dorothy Pearl Daily
Billie Doris Hooper
Mary Frances Johnson
Nell Lee
Jane Micheal
Doris Ann Moe
Edna Temple
Marvaline May
Agnes Waldrip
Gordon-Bibb-school
Sarah Ruth Aday
Betty Joss Bailey
Ann Tile
Dorothy Virginia Birdwell
Frank James Blackwell
Walter Samuel Bolin
Shirley Jo
Ann” Birdwell
Eugene__Brown
Marjorie Cain
George Cassimus
Mildred Clardy
Billy Couch
Billy Don Cox
Gerald Hamilton Craig
Margaret Ann Emeris
Donald Engle
Alfred Gay
Clara Gay
Mary Louise Gibson
Jay-A- Griffin Wilma
Louise Hartselle
Sue Gail Howell
Doris June James
Barbara Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Gracie Kent
Sarah Frances Lamon
Eloise Latham
Donald Lawrence
Willa Glen Lawrence
Homer Lee
Paddy Loosier
Betty Jean Martin
Homer Massey
Betty June McGar
Leonard Allan Moody
Bobbie Mac Mooney
Odean Morrow
Elese Murdock
Lou Ann Murphree
Beverly Jean Nebrig
Letha
Nan Parker
Zack Perry
Nancy Phillips
Lorene Pickens
Charles Polk
Virgil Pressner
Evelyn Putman
Elaine Reed
Clark Rountree
David Thompson Rowe
Mary Kate Sanderson
Glen Sears
Phillip Seibert
Nationwide Crisis Grips U S Transport System
Steelman offered no comment as talks stalled today amid fuel shortages and fears of a prolonged emergency. Government mobilized airplanes trucks and boats to move food medicines and vital supplies while brownouts and embargoes strain daily life. Congress pressed leaders to end rail and coal paralysis with new measures as 14 hour sessions stretched into the night.
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Steelman
Senate ends long Labor bill debate with Byrd amendment passed
In a turbulent session the Senate moved toward decisive voting after ten days of debate on labor disputes. Pepper set a postwar record with four hours forty three minutes on the floor. The Byrd amendment passed, though it must return to the House for action amid charges of filibuster and partisan rhetoric. Senator Walsh warned of consequences of acting in passion.
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Dustry
Senate
Pepper
Taylor
Idaho
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hoey
House
Walsh
D. Mass
Glass Reelected by Knights Templar in Alabama
Rev. W W Glass pastor of First Presbyterian church was reelected grand prelate of the Knights Templar Alabama commandery at a Birmingham meeting last night. A Parker Mize of Tuscaloosa was elected one commander succeeding P W Gay of Birmingham.
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W W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Knights Templar
Alabama
Order
Birmingham
A. Parker Mize
Tuscaloosa
P. W. Gay
Nation Reels As Greatest Rail Strike Paralyzes U S
The nation faced a massive rail strike that halted transport and threatened food supplies. The Post Office embargo limited service, and President Truman considered a joint session appeal for authority. Livestock receipts fell as much as 60 percent as shipments paused.
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Post Office Department
Byrd
D-Va
White House
Truman
Congress
BTU Workers Here Sunday in Morgan County Campaign
John Jeffers a Baptist state BTU secretary will lead visiting BTU workers from Tennessee California and Alabama beginning May 26. The team will teach Methods and Stewardship with sessions at the First Baptist church including a mass meeting Sunday at 2 30 pm and daily leadership classes during the first week of the BTU enlargement campaign.
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John Jeffers
Alabama
Morgan County
BTU
Tennessee
California
Clay I. Hudson
Southern Baptist Convention
Russell Ware
Cynthia Jo Hall
Young Peoples
Nelson Duke
Tom Nelson
Nina Tyler
Idelle Pettey
Janette
Local Red Cross Worker Returns. Alaskan Air Corps Enlistee
Betty Hulse resumes duty at the Red Cross office after a two week illness absence. James S. Cottle from Baileyton enlists in the Army Air Corps for three years and will be stationed in Alaska. Morgan County jail holds Prentiss Brown on prohibition charges after arrest by local and state officers. Central Methodist church youth plan a 7 pm gathering at the church to discuss gulf coast seafood industry. Rail traffic stalls nationwide as unions strike. Birmingham and Montgomery offices report no trains moving. Two Birmingham papers run with minimal ads due to newsprint shortage, planning four weeks with reduced capacity. Mobile port crippled by state dock workers walkout, with trucks and barges rerouted to maintain essential shipments.
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Railway Express
Birmingham
Montgomery
George C. Wendling
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Central of Georgia
Western
Alabama
M.B. Black
Atlantic Coast Line
Morning Age Herald
Afternoon News
Mobile
Alabama State Docks Railways
C. W. Irving
Federal
Barge Lines
J. W. Rodriguez
Port Birmingham
Bess Pesteca Co
Rail strike ripples across multiple sectors and cities
Items from New York Pittsburgh and Washington describe a rail strike's disruption. Train crews shout all aboard at 125th Street while officials warn of global prestige damage and potential food shortages. In Pittsburgh 350 carloads of livestock are held, and the Navy imposes travel limits while Marines and inactive reservists are released from duty to ease transport limits.
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Pittsburgh
New York
New York Central
125Th Street
Washington
Navy
Army
Rail unions idle rates across states after truce
Rail workers faced widespread idleness as 23 000 miners in Alabama were idle and Illinois reported 17 000 idle. Indiana had 7 000 of 8 000 idle, Kentucky saw about 20 000 of 55 000 absent, and Utah with 5 000 UMW members had full swing. Other states ranged 750 to 5 500 idle.
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Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Utah
UMW
Funeral services for Mrs Georgie Long at Flint
Mrs Georgie Long 60 died Thursday morning at 10 45 in Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Flint. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 pm at Salem Methodist church Limestone county with Mutual Service directing. She is survived by son Burren Long Madison county. Interment in church cemetery.
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Georgie Long
Morgan County
Flint
Salem Methodist Church
Limestone County
Buren Long
Madison County
Soft coal strike looms as CP A warns of idle mines
The Civilian Production Administration warned next week of shutdowns if the coal strike continues. Soft coal mines under federal control face closure. 400000 miners are idle and steel mills inch toward early closings. Food and transport are strained as trains halt and cities report stored perishables. Emergency measures mobilize non-rail transit. travelers flood hotels with cots in public spaces. Rail centers show paralyzed service though some routes attempt limited operation.
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Chicago
Office of Defense Transportation
Rail strike slows Decatur freight and groceries
J J Hardwick of L and N said three long distance freight trains stopped in Decatur after the four oclock strike deadline. Crews of five trains scheduled to leave since then have not reported. Yards hold many empty cars and groceries report limited stock with no imminent shortage, while meat supplies remain scarce.
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J. J. Hardwick
L. and
Decatur
Hardwick
State Industries Hard Hit By Strike
Rail service collapse during the second day of a nationwide railway workers strike cripples Alabama industries. Dairies in the Birmingham area report milk shortages and seek trucked supply. 16 000 gallons weekly from Wisconsin to Foremost Dairies and 2 500 gallons weekly from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Southern Dairies. Petroleum officials warn of gasoline and oil shortages in rural areas while terminals stay stocked. Bus lines run with extra sections to move stranded passengers as Ocean shipping from Mobile halts. Baldwin County predicts a 1 500 000 dollar crop losses due to transport stoppage. Mobile fishermen call the strike paralyzing.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Birmingham
Foremost Dairies
Wisconsin
Southern Dairies
Minnesota
Julian McRae
Greyhound Bis Lines
Mobile
MNRRA
Europe
China
Baldwin County
Frank G. Turner
Mail Curtailment Is Ordered By P. O.
Washington reports non local mail restricted to first class and air mail with plan to move long haul letters by plane. Army Navy and commercial airlines to share air transport duties while commercial carriers handle air mail. Local and nonrailroad mail exempted. 16 ounce weight limit applies to letter mail.
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Washington
Robert Ramspeck
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
Navy
Commercial
Navy Air Transport
Post Office Department
Gally
Robert E. Hannigan
VFW Officer Leads New Members Ceremony
Twenty five new members of Decatur Post 4190 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars took part in the formal obligation ceremony at the American Legion hall. Doyce Faughender from Kansas City officiated and discussed VFW aims and pending legislation including a terminal leave pay and adjusted service pay bonus bill. Commander Charles Harvey announced the post will sponsor Tuesday wrestling matches at Benson Field at 8:30.
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Decatur
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion Hall
Doyce Faughender
VFW
Kansas City
Faughender
Congress
Charles Harvey
Post 4190
Benson Field
Postal Service Urges Essential Mail During Railroad Strike
Field postal officials authorize contracting without bidding for mail transport where needed. Mail remains a priority and will move via available rail, planes, buses, interurbans, power boats, and star routes. Public cooperation urged to avoid nonessential circulars, with embargo power at local postmasters' discretion.
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Postal Service
Highway Star
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