Hartsville Community Notes and Local Announcements
Local weather outlook mentions thundershowers and cooler temperatures in the northwest. The Hartsville Board of Commerce plans a May 29 meeting at 7 30 PM in the Hartsel armory. Birth announced for May 27 in Houston. Various local notices include church services, school PT A picnic, Rotary softball, and upcoming elections for Morgan County Sportsman's Club. Also listed are visits, hospital admissions, and civic group activities with multiple local residents named.
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Hartselle
Letter Brings 2 Models Into Slaying Probe
Atlanta police questioned several members of the city art colony after an unsigned letter provided information about the slaying of Mrs. Paul R. Refoule wife of French artist and Oglethorpe University instructor. Models from posing stands were summoned for questioning and signed statements. Police did not reveal contents of the letter or details of the information gained.
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Atlanta
Paul R. Refoule
Refoule
Oglethorpe University
G. Neal Ellis
Ellis
Gas Hearing Is Continued In Chattanooga
Southern Natural Gas defends request to extend service as FPC hearing enters third day. East Tennessee Natural Gas opposes petition to build pipelines from Calhoun Georgia to Alabama, Mississippi. Atlanta Gas and Light projects 198 million cubic feet daily need 1948 49. Southern could supply 178 million plus 7.3 million to Chattanooga. Crawford seeks priority for Atlanta in increased gas facilities.
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Chattanooga
Southern Natural Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Southerns
East Tennessee
Southern
Calhoun
Alabama
Lexington
Miss
Georgia Public Commission
Georgia
D. A. Crawford
Atlanta Gas and Light Company
Atlanta
George S. Rhoades
Crawford
Death Claims Senior Finney in Alabama
Omer Haynes Finney, 67, retired Albertville businessman and father of O H Finney Jr., executive secretary to Gov. James E Folsom, died in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for Albertville tomorrow with survivor list including O H Finney and Mrs Ear nest W Howell, wife of Lt Col Howell.
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O. H. Finney Hiatt Te
Cei Oinney
Earnest W. Howell
Col. Howell
Alabama
Language School Opens for Army Enlistees
Decatur recruiting office announces the military intelligence service language school accepting men who enlist for three years. Accepted applicants will enter a nine month intensive course in Japanese and technical subjects to train for special duties in the MIS and occupations involving Japanese.
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United States Army
Military Intelligence Service
Decatur
Orcas
Athens funeral home manager returns after illness
Athens May 28 Curtis Campbell longtime manager of Spry s Funeral Homes returns to his post at the local branch after several weeks in Decatur General Hospital due to an extended illness. R. I. was
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Athens
Ala
Curtis Campbell
Spry's Funeral Homes
Decatur General Hos
R. I. Was
Four Imly City Children Slain In Sex Motive Probe
Lapeer Mich May 28 Prosecutor Kenneth H Smith said he will seek to prove four Imlay City children were killed after they interrupted 16 year old Oliver Terpening's attempt to rape a girl The boy reportedly admitted shooting the group then expressed bewilderment at his actions as family members and officials react to the tragedy The case also involves a probate hearing delay due to the mother not being notified Additionally Terpening is charged with murder in the death of Barbara Smith and others in the farm neighborhood near Imlay City
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Lapeer
Mich
Kenneth H. Smith
Imlay City
Oliver Terpening
Terpening
Barbara Smith
T Terpening
Mattie Arnold
Iowa
Romeo, Mich
Smith
Michigan
Barbara
Don S. Leonard
Gladys
Janet
Oliver
East Lansing
Thesa
Lapeer Air
Leonard
le Moyne Snyder
Stanley
William B. Smith
Bank cashier abducted in Tennessee bank robbery attempt
Alvin Henderson a bank cashier was kidnapped from his home tied in his car and his elderly mother bound during an attempted robbery at the First National Bank in Tracy City Grundy County. The suspect demanded the payroll from Tennessee Consolidated Mines totaling about forty thousand dollars but the vault was not opened and Henderson escaped unharmed after the abductors fled.
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Tracy City
Tenn
Alvin Henderson
First National Bank
Sequatechie Valley
Grundy County
D. E. Grooms
Henderson
Ida Henderson
Tennessee Consolidated Mines
Enderson
Sheriff to Get His Man in Indianapolis Trip
In Columbiana Alabama Sheriff L T Bozeman planned to depart for Indianapolis to recover Claude A Carter Jr 21 on robbery charges. Carter's father Claude Carter Sr faces trial and promised to hold him until the sheriff arrives. Carter had escaped last week by breaking a brick wall in a temporary cell and fled after overpowering a guard at Fort McClellan.
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Columbiana
Ala
Iff
L. T. Bozeman
Indianapolis
Ind
Claude A. Carter Jr
Carter
Claude Carter Sr
Bozeman
Ft McClellan
Building Code Changes Take Effect June 1
Washington may 28 federal permits will not be required for house construction starting June 1. Frank R Creedon announces lifting limits on bathroom fixtures and expanding area limits from 1500 to 2000 square feet. Controls retained include government authorization for non housing projects and veterans preference in housing.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Grand Jury Urges FBI Probe Into 1946 Primary Ballot Fraud
Jackson county grand jury urges federal help after alleging a deliberate miscount and vote theft in the 1946 Missouri fifth district Democratic primary. The jury also calls for a complete ballot recount and notes 78 indicted for vote fraud. Ballot boxes and poll books were reported stolen from the election board vault.
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Kansas City
City Board of Election Commissioners
Alantian
Ludwick Graves
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
Election Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Grand Jury
Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Albert S. Reeves
Truman
Jackson County
United States Department of Justice
FBI
Charles E Hughes laid to rest in Athens
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Charles Evans Hughes a 22 year old World War II veteran from Elkmont who died in the Veterans Hospital in Montgomery from a bone cancer linked to amputed leg burial was at Antioch Graveyard conducted by Rev Hughston R Peyton pastor of the First Presbyterian Athens and a WWII chaplain survived by his parents Mr and Mrs A B Hughes of Elkmont
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Athens
Ala
Charles Evans Hughes
Elkmont
Veterans’ Hospital
Montgomery
Antioch
McConnell
Hughston R. Peyton
First Presbyterian Church of
A. B. Hughes
Mother Better as Truman Eyes Capital Return
President Truman plans an early return to Washington after his mother Mrs Martha Truman shows notable improvement. Doctors report her temperature, respiration, and pulse normal and steady, following a hip fracture in February.
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President Eyes Capital Return
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Wallace H. Graham
Seven Held in Lynch Plot in North Carolina
In Jackson North Carolina seven white men were arrested on kidnapping charges tied to an alleged mob action against Buddy Bush after a suspect arrest in Rich Square. Warrants list three counts for each man and bonds were set at 2500 dollars. Authorities withheld names to protect the investigation.
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Jackson
N. C
North Carolina
J. H. Boone
Northampton County
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Rich Square
Somoza Explains Bloodless Coup in Nicaragua
General Anastasio Somoza, head of the army and former president, says a new election will be held soon to choose a successor to Isardo Argüello, ousted during a Monday coup. He blames insurgent officers and asserts loyalty of the national guard, while Argüello seeks asylum in Mexico.
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Reginald L. Wood
Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Isardo Arguello
Somoza
Jefe
National Guard
Arguello
Benjamin Lacayo Sacasa
Graves Talks to Graduates at Decatur High School
John Temple Graves, famed columnist and lecturer, will address Decatur High School graduates Thursday at 6 pm. The Decatur Kiwanis Club hosts the event at the Royal Dinner club, Highway 31, with no guests admitted. Graves, author of The Fighting South, will speak on Young People In The South backed by national reputation.
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John Temple Graves
Decatur High School
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Royal Dinner Club
Decatur
Highway 31
Graves
United States
John Finley
The
New York Times
Virginius Dabney
Richmond Times Dispatch
South
Rankin Heads County Unit
Marvin R Rankin of Decatur was elected president of the Morgan County Tuberculosis Association succeeding B Frank Chenault who had led the group for years The meeting at the Central Methodist church also approved a 3500 contribution to the Morgan County Tubercular Sanatorium for equipment The board of directors includes B Frank Chenault Rutledge Thomas with Rankin to appoint three more members W Darrah was named treasurer and Mrs Wallace Meadows secretary
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Marvin R. Rankin
Decatur
Morgan County Tuberculosis Association
Rankin
B. Frank Chenault
Central Methodist Church
Morgan County
Rutledge Thomas
Rankins
W. Darrah
Wallace Meadows
Mrs. Sam Bailey Breaks Her Hip in Athens
Mrs. Sam Bailey an elderly Athens resident aged 81 fell from a bed this morning and suffered a broken hip. She was taken to a Birmingham hospital for treatment due to her advanced age and the belief she would receive better care there.
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Athens
Ala
Sam Bailey
Birmingham
Senate tax cut moves toward final approval
In Washington Millikin said final Senate approval of a 383 million tax cut bill is likely by tomorrow night after a 51 to 29 vote defeating an amendment to extend the community property principle to all states. A separate 48 to 44 vote blocked delaying the bill until June 10.
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Washington
Senate
Millikin
R.cole
Finance Committee
Agriculture Department
Hope
R.kas
House Agriculture Committee
Appropriations Committee
Suit Filed For 25000 In Car Crash Damages
William E. Edmondson Jr files a 25000 dollar damage suit against Wright Contracting Co in Morgan Circuit Court alleging a December 14 1946 wreck on the Huntsville Arab highway. He claims the defendant’s agents blocked the road with timbers causing a car to veer and crash, fracturing his spine and sustaining severe injuries. Edmondson says he was a guest in the vehicle at Whitesburg landing near the Tennessee River bridge. He also states the defendant has suffered losses in the case.
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Wright Contracting Company
William E. Edmondson, Jr
Edmondson
Morgan Circuit
Harrison Hill
Tennessee River
Whitesburg Landing
White House blamed for communist propaganda films report
A House subcommittee report says flagrant communist propaganda films resulted from White House pressure. It notes National Labor Relations Board aid to communists in infiltrating the motion picture industry and proposes hearings and subpoenas for actors, writers and directors. The report does not identify who held the White House or Labor Board roles.
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Washington
House
American Activities Committee
White House
Hollywood
J. Thomas
N. J
Rep. McDowell
Pan
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Capitol
Strickland Brothers Charged in Alabama Assault
In Troy Alabama on May 28 the Strickland brothers Collis and Curtis were charged with assault and battery after allegedly cutting a 12 year old Negro boy Lamar Drummer and his father S T Drummer at a shop. The two other white men aided the Stricklands and the Drummers were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Troy
Ala
W. S. Furlow
Furlow
Collis
Curtis Strickland
Lamar Drummer
S. T. Drummer
Stricklands
Strickland Brothers
Lion attack injures trainer during Thrill Circus act
In Decatur Georgia Ernest Enger a 57 year old animal trainer from Springfield Gardens New York was badly injured by a performing lion. He received emergency care then returned to the show after the incident. Circus staff fought to subdue the animal and free the trainer.
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Decatur
Ernest Enger
Springfield Gardens
Thrill Circus
Enger
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John A. Troxter
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Battle Creek, Mich
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, USA
Committee of Foreign Missions
William F. Sancers Jr
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Pascagula
Mississee
K. L. Hofmann
Rev. Hofmann
New Orleans
First Ward
Delano Park
Bob Hunter
Rotary
James L. Rankin
Mayo’s
Rochester
Minn
Morgan County Sportsman's Club
Bill Simmons
Hamil Clinic
John A. Troxler
Church of God
Hogan's Store
R. L. Jones
Pick” Dozier
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G. M. Davenport
L. D. Brookshire
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Beech Street
William McAliley
Chester
South Carolina
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Cullman
W. M Decatur
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Austinville
Brown’s
By Ken Reynolds
Finney
K.C
Wescems
Charles E. Hughes
Rankin Heads County
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R.-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Germany
Japan
Russia
War Department
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Justice Department
Bill Baldwin
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