Community and Mine Weather and Local Notices
Partly cloudy today with showers on Tuesday and steady temps. Local officials including Mayor H R Summer and city attorney John A Caddell prepare to testify before the Federal Power Commission in Chattanooga on natural gas service expansion. Residents share travel from Decatur to Memphis and St. Louis for hospital visits and personal matters. Hospital admissions and births are recorded at Decatur General, with several minor traffic wrecks reported on U S 31 near Cedar Lake and near Falkville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Summer
Decatur
A. W McAllister
Huntsville
John A. Caddell
Barrett Shelton
Federal Power Commission
Chattanooga
FPC
South
Tennessee Valley
Re foule murder case stalls as rope clue misleads police
Atlanta police chief Neal Ellis said a blood stained length of clothesline added little to the Peggy Re foule murder investigation though detectives continue to study the new angle. The rope was found near the victim’s body, and Paul Re foule admitted he cut the rope long ago. Police withdrew guards as curious onlookers gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Neal Ellis
Ellis
Roepe
Fulton County
Police Court Fines Total 855 in Weekend Session
Twenty two cases tried in city police court over the weekend paid fines and forfeited cash bonds totaling 855. Prohibition violations drew three 100 fines. a fourth age offense forfeited 100. Driving while intoxicated saw 100 fines, assault 25, disorderly conduct bonds 15 or 25, drunken on several counts with 15 or 25 forfeited. Gaming cases produced 15 and 10 bonds.
Raymond Madry Dies After Heart Attack at 57
Raymond L. Madry of 346 Sherman Street died suddenly at 8 30 this morning at home after a Friday heart attack. He had returned to Goodyear Mills work after moving from Bord Mississippi two years ago. Survived by his wife and son Ronald L. Madry along with two brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements announced later by Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Madry
Sherman Street
Madry
Goodyear Mills
Decatur
Bord
Mississippi
Ronald L. Madry
Brown
No wage demands in 1947 cotton rayon mills say union
Acting on the recommendation of General President Emil Rieve the Textile War Union of America CIO announced it will not seek a wage increase in 1947 from cotton rayon mills in New England and the middle Atlantic states. The union’s program for the cotton rayon industry was outlined for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Emil Rieve
Textile War Union of America
CIO
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Negro escapes lynch mob hid in woods then surrenders to FBI
A 24 year old Negro, Godwin Bush sh, who escaped a white mob after being jailed on rape charges, surrendered to FBI protection and was taken to a North Carolina state prison. He survived 48 hours without food in pine woods before surrendering to Solicitor Ernest R. Tyler and FBI agents. Bush faces further rape charges in Rich Square.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
FBI
Godwin
Buddy” Sh
Northampton County
Jackson
Bush
Ernest R. Tyler
Tyler
Margaret Allen Bryant
Rich Square
Edwards
J. C. Stephenson
R. Gregg Cherry
Central Prison
North China
Black man whisked to prison amid mob fears in Darlington
In Darlington South Carolina a 20 year old Black man Willie Pooler was moved from the county jail to the state penitentiary for safekeeping after a mob threat following a rape accusation against an elderly white woman. The case follows a Greenville acquittal of 28 white men in a related slaying.
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Darlington
S. C
Wiley Grantham
Willie Pooler
Greenville
Willie
Truman mourns aging mother Martha Truman’s fading life
Grandview Missouri May 26 President Truman expressed amazement at his mother Martha E. Truman’s vitality as she clung to life at her rural home. He described no change in her condition and recalled her nursing him through childhood while he stayed near Kansas City to be with her, a vigil continuing for over a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Grandview
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Kansas City
Mary Jane Truman
Missouri
Senate Gets Set For Vote On Tax Cut Delay
Senator Barkley of Kentucky backs delaying action on tax reductions until June ten saying no tax cut can be based on political expediency. He notes the uncertain total appropriations and argues for an appropriate time for thoughtful reductions amid a close 3 p.m. vote in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Washington
Barkley
George
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Legionnaires Urged to Attend Mor gan County Post 15 Meeting
Post Commander Garner Pride urges all Legionnaires to attend the regular Mor gan County American Legion Post 15 meeting at 7 45 P M. The gathering will be held at the Legion home on Bank Street with members expected to participate in post activities and organizational duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner Pride
Morgan County
American Legion
Legion
Bank Street
Food aid urged as Europe faces summer shortages
A report to the International Emergency Food Council warns Europe will face severe shortages from now to harvest. D A Fitzgerald says cereals are most needed and the United States and Canada should ship 5 million tons during July to September, with Argentina supplying 2 million tons. The council oversees fair distribution of scarce foods among importing nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
United States
Europe
D. A. Fitzgerald
International Emergency Food Council
Fitzgerald
Council
Canada
Argentina
Strain of Allocating World Grain Shortage Revealed
Secretary General Fitzgerald said a subcommittee on cereals faced extreme pressure distributing grain to shortage areas. Members suffered physical breakdowns while sorting requests for 9 million tons more than available, prompting a committee to pare down needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Yx.council
D. A. Fitz
Fitzgerald
Grain supply outlook and food shortages amid postwar allocations
Fitzgerald, ex Agriculture official, says surplus nations must keep shipments heavy to deficit nations through autumn as 32 nations meet in the council. He notes tight grain stocks portend meat shortages in many importing countries and predicts sugar production in 1948 should hold or rise slightly. He cites Europe’s crisis from a severe winter and ration increases last fall, with governments overestimating the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Agriculture Department
Council
Europe
Lilienthal urges public understanding of atomic energy choices
David E. Lilienthal, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, called for broader public grasp of atomic energy decisions. He warned these are human choices impacting life, justice, and peace, not merely scientific or industrial matters, and urged the press to help reduce hysteria and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Inland Press Association
Creasing Pub
Plan Well Received in Alabama Graduate Placement Push
Industrial news director Fleetwood Darnley said state employment service programs attract enthusiastic support. He cited reports from managers of two new graduate placement offices that will devote full time to placing graduates in Alabama industry at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Employment Service
Alabama College
Fleetwood Darnley
Army Seizes Power in Nicaragua After Surprise Move
In Managua the army took control of the government amid a quiet capital and delayed communications to Nicaragua from Guatemala. Dr. Leonard Arguello, elected president last February, was installed May 1 to succeed Somoza who previously led for a decade. Reported violence and fraud claims followed ballots observed under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Guatemala
National Guard
Pan American Airways
Leonard Arguello
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Arguello
Enoc Aguado Farfan
Liberal
Police Seek Brutal Assault of Six Year Old Girl
Milwaukee police hunted an assailant after a six year old girl was found gagged beaten and raped in an old garage. Detectives led by Captain Adolph Kramer mobilized 20 investigators as officers statewide aided the search near Milwaukee and Jefferson County where Georgia Jean Weckler had vanished May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Georgia Jean Weckler
Adolph Kramer
Georgia Jean
Jefferson County
Francis Garity
Rudolph Glaser
Hearing on gas extension plans opens in Chattanooga
Federal Power Commission hears three pipeline expansion petitions from Southern Natural Gas East Tennessee Natural Gas and Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas. Opponents including Tennessee Gas and Georgia regulators contest the proposals while railroads and TVA attend the session. C P Rather of Southern, president, testifies first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal Power Commission
South
Southern Natural Gas Company
Hamilton E. Little
Memphis
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Tennessee Gas Company
Georgia Public Service Commission
Southern Natural
North Georgia
Lexington
Miss
White Plains
Piedmont
Ala
North Alabama
East Tennessee
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
Centerville
Knoxville
Tennessee
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Muscle Shoals
Little
Commission
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Macon
Atlanta and
West Point
C. P. Rather
Birmingham
Southern
Tokyo report cites communist influence in labor unions
A Tokyo dispatch states that while a nationwide labor federation shows communist influence, the exact extent is hard to gauge. It notes two communist officers in CIU and widespread communist-influenced organizations among Japanese unions, reflecting a general party line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Nationwide
Committee of Industrial Unions
CIU
Communist Party
Yacht death trial opens for heiress and fianc�
In Santa Ana on May 26, heiress Louise Overell and her 21 year old fiancé George Gollum faced murder charges for the March 15 explosion and sinking of the Overell yacht Mary E in Newport harbor. Prosecutors allege the couple killed Louise's parents and fled ashore as the blast occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Frawley
Santa Ana
Calif
Louise. Overell
George Gollum
Walter E. Overell
California
Mary E
Newport Harbor
Overell
University of Southern California
Overells
Flintridge
Los Angeles
Louise
Conk Thees County
Gollum
Miss Overell
Fleeing Negro Fatally Shot by Birmingham Police
City detectives said a 32 year old African American man identified as Robert Beard was fatally shot by Officer Cc. L. Tucker yesterday morning in front of the Wynn Knox Candy Company as he fled from a burglary scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantham
South
Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Dobson
W. B. Lloyd
Cc. L. Tucker
Robert Beard
Wynn-Knox Candy Company
Somer Speaks at Montgomery Address on Success
Industrialist Hop Comer of Birmingham and a Montgomery audience hear a prepared address about the making of important men and women as the acme of success. The remarks, delivered at a college venue, emphasize leadership and achievement in both sexes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somer
Montgomery
Ala
Hop Comer
Birmingham
Huntingdon Sean
Eosin
Truman asks Congress for Western Hemisphere military program
President Truman urged immediate congressional passage of a broad plan to cooperate militarily with Western Hemisphere nations. The proposal includes arming training and organizing Latin American and Canadian forces and standardizing armaments with transfer of U S equipment by sale or other means. He warned against unrestricted armament distribution and pledged to act within the United Nations charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Latin America
Canada
U. S
White House
Missouri
United States
Uni
Farm Bureau Chief Protests Proposed Dept Cuts
Washington May 26 President Edward A. ONeal of the American Farm Bureau Federation said farmers are shocked by several proposed Agriculture Department reductions endorsed by the House Appropriations Committee. He warned cuts to soil conservation would hinder state and county program administration and upset farmers nationwide over farm surplus dispositions and funding for market development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau
Agriculture Department
House
O'Neal
O’neal
Foreman's Strike Extended at Ford Plants
Detroit May 26 The Foreman's Association of Industry ordered the withdrawal of supervisory workers from three Ford Motor Co plants where a six day strike is under way. President Robert H Keys said about 18 foremen would be called out at 10 A M Tue, warning that production would suffer as the plants run unmanned.
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Detroit
Foreman’s Association of
Ind
Ford M Co
Robert H. Keys
FAA
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Kenneda Veterans Hospital
T. O. Lowery
Marine Corps
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Nashville
May Molland
Panama City, Fla
M. L. Britain
Harold Michelson
St. Louis
New York
Mission Board of the
Herman Philpot
Taft
Ten- Tressee
Powers Hospital
Athens
Thomas W. Hogland
Louisville
Philpot
Hogland
Powers
Lillie Belle Guschke
Tenth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
C. E. Harvey
Fifth Avenue East
Ezra Brombaugh
New Hebrom
Ohio
Mrs
Woodrow Lamon
Decatur 3
Cedar Lake
Willie Geo. Townswell
Herbert Vine
Bessemer
Ted
Falkville
Herschel Brock
Vinemont
Charles McCraig
O. A. Turner
Fifth Avenue South
Flint
A. M. Roan
Montie Lee Pike
Hartselle
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Hartse
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Daily Want
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Fridaay
Raymond Madry
Plea
New —York
New York Telephone Co
Truman Plan
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