Air Unit Discussed for Decatur CAP Unit and Retirement Points
Major Charles A. Riding outlines a Civil Air Patrol effort in Decatur to train cadets and reserve personnel. A two plane unit may visit periodically from Pryor Field to provide instruction and equipment while National Guard space and armory rooms are offered for meetings. A second meeting is set for May 31 at 7 30 p m with further talks on establishing the local unit.
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Gii AP
Charies’a. Riding
Air Force
LCAP
Hason
National Guard
CAP
Civil Air Patrol
Jones
Bridges Expected To Surrender On Federal Conspiracy Charges
Harry Bridges, Australian born labor leader and president of the CIO ILWU, is set to surrender in San Francisco on federal conspiracy and perjury charges. He allegedly lied about being a communist and conspired with aides Henry Schmidt and J W Robertson to fraudulently obtain naturalization in 1945. Schmidt surrendered in Honolulu. Robertson posted $5,000 bail in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
New York
Bridges
Naturalization
CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Henry Schmidt
Ilwu Coast Labor Relations Committee
J. W. Robertson
TILWU
Schmidt
Honolulu
Robertson
Rita and Aly Khan wed in brief town hall ceremony
Rita T. Aly Khan married in an eight minute civil ceremony attended by the Aga Khan and Begum. Mayor Derigon presided as the couple received rings and a wedding certificate amid rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly Khan
Paul Derigon
Rita
Aly
Derigon
Aga Khan
Begum
Jefferson courthouse official S Whisler dies at 52
S Whisler a longtime Jefferson County courthouse building superintendent died in a hospital after being stricken at work two weeks earlier. He was 52 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gham
Ingham
Ala
Whisler
Jefferson
Wanted to Hire Truck for Picnic Trip
Wanted to hire a truck to take boys on a Sunday school picnic and return the following Saturday. Call 1163 between Sand 7 pm.
Markets Hold Narrow Gains in Wall Street Trading
Stocks drifted in a narrow band with modest losses at times. U S Steel touched 67 5 8, some majors down to 1948 lows before a late rally. In Nashville livestock reports steady cattle demand with mixed tonnage and price ranges across steers, heifers, calves, hogs and sheep.
Live poultry market steady to firm in North Georgia
Atlanta May 27 USDA report shows demand very good across sections with adequate supplies. Week saw stocks cleared well. FOB farm prices for Thursdays and Fridays ranged 25-27 cents for broilers and fryers, with some growers paying 28 cents. most at 26-26 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures rise to new high on short covering
May cotton futures rallied to new intraday highs with a late burst of short covering. July and May contracts closed higher by about 50 to 80 cents per bale from the prior close, with several price points listed including near 28.97 and 27.72. Middling spot at 33.30 nominal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago May 27
Market brief from New York and Chicago with slow trading in stocks and blends. Cotton quiet while hogs and cattle rise modestly in Chicago. grains soybeans and lard fall on the Board of Trade amid selling flurries. July wheat at 1.92 and corn around 1.20 as declines cushion with softer notes across commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Board of Trade
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation Authority
Harvey R. Hamilton Dies at Home at 69
Harvey R. Hamilton, age 69, died at his home Friday morning. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Rock Creek Church with Rev. Crow officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He is survived by two brothers J. S. of Gee and W. T. of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey R. Hamilton
Rockeek Church
Wey Crow
Burns
Brown
Sae Olen
Lewis Balks Coal Parley
In Bluefield West Virginia on May 27 John L. Lewis halted Southern soft coal contract talks for a week. He pressed the Southern Coal Producers Association to prove it represents enough miners to sign a contract and warned the group to reorganize or fall apart. Several producers pulled out, reducing expected output figures, before Lewis left for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Southern Soft Coal
John L. Lewis
United= Mine
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
SCPA
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Scpa Board of Directors
Truax-Tracr Company
West Virginia
Hellier Coal and Coke Company
Kentucky
Washington
MacFarland Discusses Morgan County Road Pact
State Highway Director Ward W. MacFarland writes that Morgan County officials and the state may reach an agreement on road projects. He notes Lawrence County funding and stresses immediate attention to the Moulton Decatur highway and southeastern Morgan County routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Rgan County
Moulton-Decatur
Very
Ward W. MacFarland
Western powers urge Bonn plan amid Soviet claims
Western ministers respond to Soviet statements by inviting East Germany to join the Bonn constitutions and occupation statute. Western advisers question Vishinsky's claim that the Soviet zone is profitable, noting discrepancies in his figures on coal, power plants, and industry versus external debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Vishinsky
Bonn
Soviet
Vishingsky
Russia
East
Trussville Drug Store Operator Shot to Death
James W. Bargar a 44 year old Trussville druggist was found shot in the neck with a single barrel shotgun near his brother in law’s home in Mt Olive Tuscaloosa County. Deputy Wright said the coroner ruled death by self inflicted wound and relatives reported he had been in a nervous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
James W. Bargar
Trussville
Mt. Olive
Tuscaloosa County
W. F. Wright
Thiat
S. T. Hardin Jr
Wright
Bargar
Girl Suffering Rare Disease Recovers With Experimental Drug
Gloria Wilbanks a 19 year old from Cordele Georgia was released from Emory University Hospital after fighting myasthenia gravis a rare disease. Doctors credit a new drug still in experimental stages for the remission but caution that full proof is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gloria Wilbanks
Gloria
Cordele
Emory University Hospital
Florida
Legislature considers broad budget and tax bills amid vote jockeying
Lawmakers discussed ending end of year encumbrances and requiring agencies to report all income sources including federal grants. In other action the house moved tax measures forward with narrow votes while considering salary reforms for county commissioners and a gasoline tax increase. A clashing mix of highway bonds and driver license renewals drew delays as Gov. Folsom proposed a scaled back bond issue. The senate moved a mask ban bill aimed at the Ku Klux Klan to the floor without recommendation, while fireworks regulation saw a protective substitute easing limits on firecrackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means
John Snodgrass
Jackson County
James E. Folsom
Folsom
State Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Henry Mize
Tuscaloosa
Mize
House Judiciary Committee
Sen. Mize
Senate
Turnesa Reaches British Amateur Final in Close Match
Willie Turnesa, American golf star, edged Ernest Millward 1 up to reach the British Amateur Championship final in Ireland. The match saw Turnesa dive into trouble at times with rough and a sand trap as Millward faltered on the 10th with a missed three foot putt and the 12th produced both players closely bunched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Om AR Hooe
Ireland
Magillie Turnesa
Ernest Millward
Eurupesa
Tesa
Millward
Willie
Sixth Hex Victim Dies As Bird Claims Power
WALLA WALLA May 27 Jake Bird says he caused a sixth hex victim Arthur A Stowdard a former Washington state penitentiary guard who died at Cushing veterans hospital Framingham Mass after Bird's claim and a 30 day stay of execution. Bird had promised more deaths in relation to the Tacoma killing of Bertha Kludt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Jake Bird
Pierce County
Patrick Steele
Washington State Penitentiary
Arthur A. Stowdard
Stowdard
Bird
Worchester
Mass
Cushing Veterans Hospital
Framingham
Bertha Kludt
Tacoma
Hose
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Truman Defends Lilienthal as Capitol Hill Debates Security
President Truman came to Lilienthal’s defense amid disclosures of a missing ounce of uranium-235 and an AEC fellowship given to a communist. He urged confidence in the AEC and called critics pre election targets while debates on unification and public works for a low mood bill proceed. House approved foreign aid of 5.617 billion dollars. sessions may run late into summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilienthal
Joint Committee
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House
Capitol Hill
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Murray
Mont
Labor Department
Congress
Truman
Washington
Retreat of Nationalists From Shanghai Ends as Communists Move In
Nationalist forces retreat from Shanghai as Communist troops advance through the northern city. Foreigners and hundreds of civilians emerge from barricaded areas after 50 hours of no man’s land. Casualties remain unconfirmed with sources reporting several hundred on the civilian and nationalist side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bund
Peking Road
Financier Stration Sr Dies in Memphis Hospital
Memphis financier and wholesale hardware firm president M Stration Sr, 68, died at Methodist Hospital after a period of illness. He had been ill for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
M _Stration_Sr
Methodist Hospital
Turhesa Chipped for Par as Lead Narrows in Early Hole
Turhesa chipped within three feet of the cup to set up a par and reclaim the lead early in the round. The players had just halved the first hole, marking the only early halving of the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turhesa
Local Residents Return From Out Of Town Trips
Continued from page one Dr Tom Guyton and wife return today from a week in Augusta where he attended a study course. Jerry Thomas son of Mr and Mrs Robin Thomas is improving at home after a serious illness. Robert McNelly is returning today from a business trip to Atlanta.
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Tom Guyton
Augusta
Georgia
Dr. Guyton
Jerry Thomas
Robin Thomas
Robert MccNelly
Atlanta
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Plans Signatory Meet
In Montgomery Alabama a sub committee of representatives from Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Florida and Texas met to fix the time and place for the session that will launch the new Gulf states marine fisheries commission. Authorized by a congressional assent act signed by President Truman the five states will finalize the compact after governors sign and state legislatures ratify it. The commission will then have authority to work out seafood regulations between states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
Gulf States
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
Texas
Truman
City Council Eyes Purchases and City Finances
Council discussed employment of salaried temporary workers and purchase orders over 100 dollars. Mayor Summer urged reporting major departures from routine. no action taken. Plans for concrete steps on Bank Street and paving Gordon Drive and Jackson Street were noted. A fire station at Sherman Street and Columbia Circle was proposed with next year’s budget funding. Treasury stood at 18 000 dollars as the fiscal year neared October. Three German visitors met the Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Odom
H. R. Summer
John Lewis
Bank Street
Thomas
Gordon Drive
Jackson Street
Episcopal Church
Leonard Moody
Sherman Street
Columbia Circle
Berlin Blockade Fallout Sparks West Berlin Rail Strife
The Reichsbahn warned Allies it would send repair crews, stoking fears of renewed clashes as strikers fought strikebreakers with clubs rocks and fists amid pistol fire. West Berlin police, under Allied orders, replaced Russian East German guards while trains to Berlin were halted along the 110 mile Helmstedt to Berlin corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichsbahn
West Sector
Berlin
Helmstedt
The Aca Francaise. was or bginal Richelieu in
Fragments describe a reference to The Aca Francaise and a connection to Richelieu, but the garbled OCR makes the exact subject unclear. No clear people, places, or dates are identifiable to confirm a factual historical event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aca Francaise
Richelieu
Deeds and transfers listed in Daily Records
A compilation of property transfers and monetary deeds with numerous pairs including R. D. Compton to Theo Comp and City of Hartselle to J. R. Stone among others, amounts range from 1 to 6 9 00 dollars, showing multiple parcels and debtor-creditor relations across Morgan County. Other names include Velma Kimbrel, Garth Kimbrel, Edwin Reinhardt, Sam Coleman, and Sadie Ann Bethany with various beneficiaries and values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deeds R. D. Compton
Theo M. Compton
Hartselle
J. R. Stone
Lurline Strother
Clarence W. Strother
Thomas Teague
T. O. Laney
Wilma Brooks Et al
J. F. Cole
J. G. Burden
Ganes Burden
Thelma R. Crook
James C Dixon
RE. Hardwick
Albert L. Henry
Velma .E. Kimbrel
Garth Kimbrel
J. A. Landers
Alfred L. Moebes
W. R. Rogers
Claude S. Trimble
Virgil Childers
Alex H. Dunn
Decatur Land Co., Ltd
Lewis E. Bagwell
D. D. Echols
Earl J. Brock
H. J. Verner
Calvin Gay
Buster Barber
Thomas E. Blackwood
Broadview Development Co
Joe J. Owens
Sam F. Coleman
Murray Dodd
F. H.king
Marvin W. Pressness
Ninnie May Puckett
Minnie V. Ratliff
John W. Wyker
M. M. Cagle
Rodney Bethe
Sadie Ann Bethany
Gladys Hayans
Ethel Denbo
Lion Oil Co
Fred B. Hammond
David D
Alabama Supreme Court Decisions May 27
The Alabama Supreme Court handed down numerous decisions. Writs denied in several ex parte certiorari petitions. many appeals affirmed or reversed and remanded with directions. Reversals included Stankely v. Fonie and West v. West. others affirmed, some modified opinions.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Brown
Justice
Emergency Aid
Life Assn
Myrtle J. Gamble
Court of Appeals
Foster
Bessie C. Rogers
Eloise Mca. Gonzalez
Mobile Circuit
Equity
J. E. Tittle
Elizabeth Holt
Jefferson Circuit
Grover W.jones
Ruby W. Jones
Calhoun Circuit
Joe R. Scott
Crescent Amusement Co
Lawson
M. J. Brogden
G W. Stephenson
H. J
Ben West
Homer West
Marshall Circuit
Stankely
G. H. Fonie
Fred Griffin
Baldwin Circuit
Ernest Gwin
James F. George
Annie Mae Gilford
Admix
Emergency Aid Ins. Co
Barbour Circuit
In Equity
Harold Nelson Fingley
Tingley
State
Clyde Woodard
Rhearing
Attorney General
Henry Hendricks
Frank Shull
Lizza Shull
Apeal
Morgan Pees Court
Dimmis W. Riley
Lee C. Bradley, Jr
Josephine Laver
State of Alabama
Simpson Sales Co. Inc
British General Insurance Co. Ltd
Henry W. Sweet
Department of State Docks and Termina'l
Horace C. Wilkinson
Et A
Cross Appeal
Masses A
Ralph P. Eagerton
Ome
John Res. Stroller
Montgomery Circuit
H. H. Morgan V. J
Presbyterians Name Price Moderator In Busy General Assembly
The Southern Presbyterian general assembly in Montreat N C elected W E Price of Charlotte as moderator. The body will consider 62 overtures and 26 committee reports today. A major proposal mirrors the Hoover commission urging drastic reorganization to cut duplication, with five agencies to be abolished and ten others reduced and subordinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BEM Pric
Montreat
N. C
Southern Presbyterians
Ww. E. Price
Charlotte
Hoover Commission
Ned Marcum Called Home After Long Illness
Ned Marcum 53 died at his home in Harte selle after a lengthy illness. He worked 37 years with the Land N railroad in Bessemer Gadsden and Decatur before moving to Hartselle three months ago. He was a member of the Fast Methodist church and a 32nd degree Mason. Survived by wife Victoria Marcum two sisters Eugenia McAllister and Katie Marcum and brother Morgan Marcus. Interment in Greenburg Ky with services Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at Webb Key Chapel Greenburg Cemetery. Brown Funeral Company to convey remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Marcum
Simpson Avenue
Harteselle
Land
N Railroad
Bessemer
Gadsden
Decatur
Harische
Fast Methodist Church
Greenburg
Brown Funeral Company
Ladies Chapel
Webbs, Key
Victoria Marcum
Hartselle
Eugenia McAllister
Kattie Marcum
Donamsburg
Morgan Marcus
Hodgeville
Gun in Reuther Case Studied by Police and Firm
Detroit May 27 The shotgun used in an attempt on Victor Reuther auto union official was found at his home and flown to Chicopee Falls Massachusetts for study by Stevens Arms Co. Detroit detectives said the model was one of only 2000 manufactured last February and hope distributor records will locate the purchaser. Reuther remained hospitalized with injuries to his right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Victor Reuther
Auto Union
Reuther
Jack Harvill
Stevens
British moves to tighten laws on aliens debated in Congress
Rep Walter spoke on British court ruling in Eisler case and urged legislation to deportable aliens. Judiciary Subcommittee plans action next Wednesday amid criticism of Britain by Rep Rankin and Rep Brown as they quizzed international cooperation and safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Erp
Walter
Eisler
Eiser
Congress
Britain
Rep
Rankin
Atomic Energy Commission
Brown
R Ohid
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Trussville Drug Store
Turnesa
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Sikmake
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Maurice M. Scruggs
J. D. Sims
W. T. Crabtree
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Ballard Hill
George Joseph
Edwin W. Reinhardt
Julian Hardy
Earl Glenn
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