Sunbeam Talks and Local News From Decatur
Weather outlook for the state notes a partly cloudy day with showers in the far north this afternoon and tonight. Miss Carolyn Teague will speak to Sunbeams at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist at 3 P M Wednesday. Frank Troup earned a private pilot certificate and flew to Jacksonville and back in a Luscombe. Rev Andrew J Jones remains critically ill at Norton Virginia. Truman Glasscock visits Decatur from Jackson Tennessee via Cessna. American Legion Post No 15 aided Cancer Control fund with a $50 donation. Local residents travel and visit family, attend graduations, and hospital and church notices update daily life. The Lawrence County Artificial Breeding Association begins today with a shipment from Auburn. Long list of local moves, church services, and patient updates concludes with quick updates and diary note.
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Carolyn Teague
Japan
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Chapel
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Miss Teague
The
American Legion
Post No. 15
Cancer Control Fund
W. P. Baugh
Truman proposes new housing and finance agency
President Truman asks Congress to create a permanent housing and home finance agency, abolishing the wartime National Housing Agency. The plan, labeled reorganization plan No 3, would unify housing functions under one agency to improve efficiency while private industry remains the main housing driver. The message notes housing remains a national objective next decade and was sent from Missouri to Capitol Hill during his absence.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Housing and Home Finance Agency
National Housing Agency
NHA
White House
Missouri
Capitol Hill
Ford Strike Threat Seen
The CIO United Auto Workers prepared for a strike vote at about 40 Ford plants, potentially involving 130,000 production workers. Talks with Ford stalled after foremen walked out, with FAA actions and ongoing disputes over wages hours and conditions.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Richard T.leonard
Uaw-Cio
Ford Department
Comow
UAW
Ford
Foreman’s Association of America
FAA
Ford Power Plants
Valley Municipalities Back North Alabama Gas Service
The Tennessee Valley group representing 16 Valley cities backed Southern Natural Gas to serve North Alabama at a Federal Power Commission hearing in Chattanooga. Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas also notified the commission it will serve North Alabama if its amended application is approved, with Decatur officials McAllister Caddell and Shelton present.
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Tennessee Valley Municipalities Group
Decatur
Southern Natural Gas Company
North Alabama
A. W. McAllister
Chattanooga
Federal Power Commismission
Southern Natural
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Florence
Federal Power Commission
North
Alabama
McAllister
John A. Caddell
Barrett Shelton
Mrs. Truman Faces Setback at Grandview Home
President Truman said his mother Martha E. Truman, 94, had a bad night but was holding her own and sleeping comfortably at 10:45 A.M. EST. He noted a slight improvement earlier and discussed the government’s finances with Secretary Snyder as family and health updates dominated the day.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Grandview
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Kansas City
Arkansas
Washington
Muehlebach
Wallace H. Graham
White House
Brown Seeks Exoneration After Commuted Death Sentence
Marion R. Brown, a Danville 3 soldier whose death sentence for attacking a Japanese girl was commuted by President Truman, told Probate Judge T. C. Almon and his parents he will meet Army requirements to clear his name and pursue an honorable discharge. The visit occurred at Terre Haute prison, a newer facility housing federal offenders and some military prisoners, with about 1,300 inmates in total.
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Marion R. Brown
Danville
Truman
T. C. Almon
Newton Powell
Brown
Almon
D. M. Brown
Terre Haute
U. S. Highway No 63
White Gollar Prison
United States
Bank Odiben
Coeet
J. EB. Overlade
Gulf Refining Plans New Decatur Office Facility
Gulf Refining Company will build new facilities in Decatur to expand its district office. Otto R. Jones, district manager, announced the purchase of a 132 by 165 foot lot at Canal and Market from the Garth estate for about 5800 dollars, adjoining Gulf’s current property. The Decatur office serves 17 North Alabama counties and the existing site will be kept alongside the new frontage for expansion.
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Gulf Refining Company
Decatur
Otto R. Jones
Canal and
Market Streets
Garth
Gulf
North Alabama
House Slashes Farm Funds Under 32 Percent Cut Debate
Washington May 27 House Republicans face a tough vote as the 32 percent cut to farm funds proposed by the GOP led Appropriations Committee is debated. Democrat Sabath warns it would be political death by own action if GOP lines hold. President Truman calls for a new housing agency while Hoover urges lifting some restrictions to aid global recovery. Senate Republicans press toward tax cut and labor bills despite Democratic resistance. See HOUSE On Page 3.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Rep. Sabath
D-Til
Agriculture Department
Truman
Rep
Dirksen
R-Nl
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Japan
House A Rations
Coun
Harness
R-Ind
A. EsSor
Decatur Plan Showcases Growth of Local Agriculture
In The American Mercury June issue Paul W. Chapman details Decatur Alabama’s turnaround from 1922. He highlights a string of farm processing plants and markets as a model of the Decatur Plan. He argues farmers supplying raw materials for factories can create new payrolls in cotton belt counties.
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Decatur Ae
American Mercury
Decatur
Paul W. Chapman
College of Agriculture
Georgia
Progressive Farmer
Southern Association of Science and Industry
U. S. Department of Commerce
Dean Chapman
Cotton Belt
Civitan Delegates Tour Miami Convention
In Miami at Civitan Sessions Alvis Briscoe and Leonard Moody attend a Civitan convention. Briscoe has been elected lieutenant governor of the Birmingham district Civitan International. They plan to return to Decatur on Sunday.
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Alvis Briscoe
Leonard Moody
Miami
Fla
Civitan
Mr. Briscoe
Birmingham
Civitan International
Decatur
Funeral services for Miss Dessa Freeman
Funeral services for 18 year old Dessa Freeman, who died in Tuscaloosa May 23, were held at Me Eye Chapel on Saturday. The Rev. Morgan officiated with Abundance Mass Service directing. Survivors include three brothers and three sisters.
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Cullman
Dessa Freeman
Tuscaloosa
Meeye Chapel
Morgan
Sie Sud
Brent
Examinations Begin in Decatur Schools This Week
Examinations started today for hundreds of Decatur children in the junior and senior high schools. Final tests will be given daily this week and the school session will end in the afternoon. Graduating events will be listed in the next few days for the various schools.
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Decatur
Southern Natural Gas seeks expanded Tennessee pipeline reach
Federal hearings on natural gas service expansion continued in Chattanooga with Southern Natural Gas Company seeking permission to build lines to Lexington Mississippi and several Northern Alabama towns and extend from Calhoun Georgia toward Chattanooga. Intervening groups include railroads and coal interests warning of job loss and business impact while Georgia and Tennessee cities weigh demand.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Southern Natural Gas Company
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Alabama-Tennessee
George T. Little
FPC
H.—A.bradshaw
Washington
Lexington
Miss
Calhoun
Southern Natural
Famed Marine Raider Leader Evans Carlson Dies in Portland
Brig. Gen. Evans F. Carlson 51 famed leader of Carlson's Raiders in the Pacific war died in a Portland hospital after a heart attack. Born February 26 1998 in Sidney New York he saw WWI artillery service and led raids on Makin Guadalcanal Tarawa and Saipan. His son Evans Charles served as a Marine officer in WWII.
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Portland
Ore
Evans F. Carlson
Carlson
Raiders
Tony
Mount Hood
Naval Hospital
Lo Ore
Emmanuel Hospital
Sidney
N. Y
Marine Corps
Nicaragua
Makin Island
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Evans Charles
Russians abolish death penalty in peacetime decree
Moscow reports the presidium of the Supreme Soviet has banned the death sentence in peacetime. Citizens convicted of national security offenses will face 25 years of hard labor after the decree cites no universal threat to peace and notes aggressive rhetoric by some U.S. lawmakers.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Communist Party
Pravda
Thomas, Russell
Brewster
Sugar Shortage Eases as Rationing Changes Take Effect
Washington May 27 sugar shortage relief arrives. Spare stamp No 12 now valid for 10 pounds immediately, 10 pound ration stamp to be issued by Aug 1, and potential extra sugar for individuals if supply improves. householders receive relief as Agriculture Department reports progress.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Slaying of Four Children Rocks Rural Michigan
Oli Terpenning Jr., 16, was arrested near Toledo after confessing to the murders of Barbara Smith 16 Janet 12, Stanley 14 and another sister while they picked flowers near a farm nine miles northeast of Imlay City Michigan. He led investigators to the scenes and gave a motive unknown. The four victims were found in a swampy pit with bouquets in their hands.
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Imlay City
Mich
Slender
Oli Terpenning Jr
Toledo
Albert Perkins
Kenneth Smith
Lapeer County
Terpenning
Barbara Smith
Vicims
Ter
Barbara
Janet
Stanley
An Smith
Here
Leonard
Ema
Ohio
Michigan, Ohio
Carl Siem
Michigan
Erie
Norman
Dombrosky
State checks tax returns at capital
Alabama officials in Washington verify federal income tax data to recover about 1000, warning delinquent taxpayers of court action. They will compare 16 millimeter film copies of Alabama returns against federal data using a reader to catch discrepancies and pursue those who filed none.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Treasury
J. A. Stephens
State Revenue Department
Washington
Cave Stephens
Alabama
Stephens
Elder Finney III Montgomery Father of O H Finney Jr Dies Ill
Omer Haynes Finney 67 father of O H Finney Jr. executive secretary James E. Folsom was critically ill in a Montgomery hospital last night. Retired Albertville merchant he had been in ill health for years and suffered a relapse two weeks ago.
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Montgomery
Omer Haynes Finney
O. H. Finney Jr
James E. Folsom
Finney
Albertville
Attempted rape charged to Bert Grant Jr in Hartsville case
Sheriff reports the arrest of Bert Grant Jr a young Black man for attempted rape of a 35 year old white woman at her country home four miles from Hartsville S C The weekend saw another attack in Dark county with W Poole 20 Black man sent to state penitentiary after an accusation of raping a 67 year old woman Demonstrations occurred but Grant was not removed from the county
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Hartsville
S. C
Wiley Grantham
Bert Grant Jr
Grantham
W Poole
Grant
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Frank Troup
Jacksonville
Luscombe Silvaire
Ernie Blackwell
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
Andrew J. Jones
Norton
Jones
Guy Jones
Truman Glasscock
Jackson, Tenn
Pryor Field
Blake Thompson
C .W. Bass
Billy Blake Bass
J. L. Forest
Willodean Bass
Anthony Mc Couston
N. W. Kirk
al Mellw
California
Kirk
Alabama Research Society
Ronald McConnell
9Th Avenue West
Decatur General Hospital
L. R. Murphree
Morgan and
Lawrence Counties
Moulton
T. A. Thompson
Flint Church of Christ
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Little
Lawrence County
Auburn
G. E. Clemons
Howell Ambulance
1611 Avenue East
Bange’s Infirmary
Mary Etta Slate
7Th Avenue
Jackson Street
Slate
James E. Brewer
Barbara Ann
Hamil Clinic
J. B. Patterson
Fourth Avenue E
By Ken Reynolds
Delores Diaz
Charleston
W. Va
Domingo
Mary Diaz
Southern Gas
Valley Group
Mrs. Truman
Miami, Fla
Civitan Sessions
Miss Freeman
Macon
Jr. Hall
Georgia Public Service Commission
Mid-East Natural Gas Company
Malcolm Hill
Sparta, Tenn
Middle
East Tennessee
Mid-East
Knoxville
Elder Finney III
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