Community Notes and Local Appointments Reflect Decatur News
Partly cloudy weather outlook for today through Thursday with scattered thundershowers and light coastal winds. Local happenings include Scofield Bible class Thursday at 7:30 with the Bakers. naval reserve recruit Tommie Lee Stutts in training at Great Lakes. Army reserve meeting at the Decatur sub-district HQ tonight. Births, hospital visits, and civic events fill the day, including birthdays celebrated for Dr. Methwin and Mrs. Kirk, a DAV Auxiliary gathering, and church and school notices. Temperature readings show a noon 81, max 83, no rainfall in 24 hours. local banker E W McLeod attends Mobile convention.
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TVA
U. S
Weather Observer
Wallace's Progressives Picket White House for FEPC Passage
Members of Henry A. Wallace's progressive party marched before the White House urging passage of the FEPC bill. They plan daily picketing 11 AM to 5 PM until the Senate acts, seeking a federal commission to ban job discrimination.
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Wallace
White House
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
George B. Murphy Jr
Senate
FEPC
Lucas
Illinois
Hill
D-Ala
Federal
TVA residential electricity costs hit new regional low
Average cost to residential customers in the TVA service area fell to 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour in March. Household consumption rose to 2,992 kWh per year, with TVA wet consumers totaling 1,072,261 at month end, up 12 percent from a year earlier.
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TVA
Field Marshall Wavell Dies Remembered for Africa Victory
Viscount Wavell, a one eyed British field marshal famed for crushing Italian armies in Africa ten years ago, died a veteran soldier who later served as Viceroy of India after the war.
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London
Viscount Wavell
Africa
India
Labor Picture Brighter Now in Alabama April
Alabama April labor data show improvements with favorable weather boosting lumber and sawmill work and a rise in construction activity. Manufacturing employment stood at 204,300, with sawmills adding 700 workers and durable goods up while non durable jobs fell. unemployment compensation totaled 1.29 million dollars, and job seekers numbered 56,839.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Industrial Relations Department
Check Your Farm Machinery For Loose Bolts And Wear
Auburn Alabama May 24. J T Gaillard extension service talist advises checking for loose bolts and nuts and misadjustment on farm machinery. Loose bolts wear holes oblong and parts wear out or break causing failures.
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Auburn
Ala
J. T. Gaillard
Talist
Little Maxine Proctor In Critical Condition At Decatur General
Twelve year old burn victim Maxine Proctor remains critically ill at Decatur General as hospital officials say her condition is unchanged and only time will tell if she improves. Her mother Mrs. Proctor is also gravely ill while brothers Joe and O Ne al show partial recovery amid transfusions from Red Cross supplies.
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C. M. St. Clair
Third Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
Maxine Proctor
Ruth Driver
Mary Proctor
Maxine
Decatur
Condemnation Orders Issued for Decatur Arab Highway Right of Way
Probate Judge T C Almon ordered condemnations on four parcels needed for the Decatur Arab highway right of way. A fifth hearing for H C Green on 15 acres was continued due to incomplete service. Appraisers will survey possible losses or gains and report to the court before a final order. Either side may appeal.
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T. C. Almon
Almon
H. C. Green
Suit on Promissory Note Filed in Organ County Court
A suit for an account and a promissory note has been filed in Organ County Court for Farm Industries Inc. The action seeks payment of a $486.91 account and a $204 promissory note due from Bob Wilhite. Respondents include Calvin and...
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Organ County
Farm Industries Inc
Bob Wilhite
Calvin
Gold's Friends Shocked by Link to Fuchs
A Philadelphia biochemist, 39, is held on $100000 bail for receiving atomic bomb secrets from Klaus Fuchs and passing them to Soviet Russia. Harry Gold, longtime Philadelphia General Hospital biochemist, appeared in federal court for a brief hearing and faces further proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet
Russia
Fuchs
Harry Gold
Washington
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
James P. McGranery
Gold
Moyamensing
Philadelphia General
McGranery
Joseph
Harry
Philadelphia General Hospital
Civil Service
Municipal Civil Service
London
Ques
Lie Sees Hope Of World Peace In UN Talks
In London, United Nations secretary-general Trygve Lie voiced optimism that talks with US, Soviet, British and French leaders open a path to reduce Cold War tensions and possibly end the conflict. British Foreign Secretary Bevin urged that communist China gain a UN seat, blaming Russia for the current deadlock.
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United Nations
London
Trygve Lie
United States
Soviet Union
France
Britain
Bevin
China
Lie
Russia
Paris
Accusation Of Reds Is Beamed To World
Western radio beams charges that Russia is rearming Eastern Germany in violation of promises. The broadcast, linked to the London conference, accuses Moscow of drilling a large police force as communist youth plan a Berlin event. Other items note China Hong Kong dispatches, Formosa defenses, a European currency union, and a Glasgow trolley crash with casualties. France and Britain updates follow.
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Associated Press
Russia
Germany
Berlin
London
Europe
Soviet Bloc
Moscow
Britain
United States
France
China
Hong Kong
Wanshan Islands
Ladrones
Chiang
Formosa
Washington
Chiang Kai- Shek
Taipei
European Payments Union
Scotland
Glasgow
Ernest Bevin
Reporter-turned-detective aids arrest in Birmingham case
Police reporter Clancy Lake of The Birmingham News spotted a youth wearing a shirt linked to a burglary, leading to the arrest of 17 year old Willie Childres on larceny charges. The shirt belonged to a News room employee, and Lake continues investigating.
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Birmingham
Clancy Lake
Birmingham News
Lake
News
B’ham News
Willie Childres
William Ford
Two Organizations Oppose UN Expansion to World Group
Washington May 24 Spokesmen for the National Farmers Union and the American Veterans Committee told Congress they favor expanding the United Nations into a world federation. The National Sojourners Inc opposed the plan, making world federation a basic objective of U S foreign policy. A Senate subcommittee is hearing the proposal as the foreign aid bill faces final action amid GOP criticism of the point four aid program and drafts debates continue in both houses.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
American Veterans Committee
Congress
United Nations
National Sojourners Inc
Tobey
R-N.h
U. S
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Knowland
R-Calif
Amerasia Magazine
Tydings
Republicans Plan Three Rallies to Boost Fall Campaign
Republicans laid plans for three big rallies to outshine Truman’s Chicago Democratic jubilee. An Atlantic City East Coast rally is set June 23, followed by a Western conference in Salt Lake City in July and a Chicago roundup in August or September. Senator Brewster said the GOP can outdraw Democrats in Chicago even without a presidential draw.
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Washington
Chicago
Truman
GOP National Committee
Atlantic City
Salt Lake City
Congress
Brewster
Maine
Republican Senatorial Committee
GOP
Kley
Guy G. Gabrielson
Secret Uranium Industry Emerges in South Africa
Pretoria May 24. South Africa builds a secret uranium industry from by products of gold production on the Witwatersrand. Pilot plants operate in the gold reef as the union government seeks to become a major uranium supplier. Negotiations with the United States and Britain continue over terms.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Union
South
West
Witwaters Rand
Johannesburg
United States
Britain
Tragedy Claims Flint Laborer Olin Chunn by Train
Flint laborer Olin Chunn aged 36 was killed last night when struck by the L N train Hummingbird about 9 15 p m four miles north of Hartselle near U S 31 The coroner said he was partially decapitated Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p m at Flint Methodist church with burial in Valderosa Springs cemetery Surviving are four sisters and five brothers with pallbearers named
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Flint
Olin Chunn
Hummingbird
Morgan
Joe Morrison
Hartselle
U.S. 31
Morrison
Flint Creek
Flint Methodist Church
Clarence. Davis
M. G. Fields
Valdermosa Springs
Brown
Clay Speegle
Ethel Chunn
Emma Chunn
Biba Mae Stone
Lad Escapes Serious Hurts In Street Collision
A three year old boy named Gary Lovell narrowly avoided serious injuries after rushing into the street between parked cars and was struck by a pickup. He sustained a skinned shoulder and was treated at the scene. Officers Wade Jacobs and Seldon Hill led the investigation.
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Cook County
Chicago
Patricia Swartz
William Swartz
Raymond Jenko
Jenko
Fred Johnson
Dave Mann
Chicago Sun-Times
Gary Lovell
Wade Jacobs
Seldon Hill
Machines Held Legal In Montgomery Gambling Ruling
In Montgomery Alabama on May 24 the state court of appeals ruled coin operated automatic pistol machines cannot be regarded as gambling devices. Associate Justice Robert wrote the opinion noting that success depends on skill rather than chance.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Court of Apmachines
Robert
Allied Powers Tighten Berlin Watch As Rally Gathers
In Berlin a 36 jeep Allied patrol network expands on the West German road link into the Russian zone as 8,000 Allied troops and 13,000 West Berlin police brace for a massive East German youth rally. Authorities vow strict enforcement against disruptions while Soviet and East German press decry detours and police actions.
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Berlin
West
West Berlin
East Berlin
Red Youth
Leipzig
Germany
Church to Decide On Plea to Stop New Bomb Race
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A plans to act on a report urging an immediate halt to mass destruction weapon production. The 162nd general assembly in Cincinnati will consider a call for August 5 as a day of mourning for the atomic bomb drop five years prior and to repent for contributions to nuclear arms races.
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Church
Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
162Nd
General Assembly
America
Hectic Aftermath of Court Session Keeps Decatur Busy
After the court, W. E. McDaniel was fleeing on prohibition and false pretense charges prompting a police chase. Officers pursued Frank Moore, 30, who slipped away as they tried to recapture McDaniel.
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Decatur
Recorder’s Court
W. E. McDaniel
Frank Moore
Moore
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