Weather Outlook and Local Church Notices
Cloudy with afternoon thundershowers and a night warm front in the south. Friday brings fair skies and fresh southerly winds on the coast, turning northerly tonight. Rev. Jo Gomes accepts a call to the Ala church. Church meetings and sermons noted. Memorial Day observance closes post office. Local medical and social notices included.
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Jo Gomes
Moulton Heights
Aoa
the Baptist Church At
Ten
Ala
R. T. Sheppard
Beloved Lady Louise A Roan Dies After Illness
Louise A Roan 56 wife of Dr Avery M Roan died Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital after a sudden illness. Funeral at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev W W Glass. interment in city cemetery. Survived by husband, son Avery Roan Jr and daughter Mrs Raymond Ross. She was active in Decatur church and school affairs.
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Louise A. Roan
Avery M. Roan
Decatur General Hospital
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
John A. Trexler
Maryin Rankin
Hill Woodard
Penn
Harry Wyatt
Milton Harvey
Joe Elliot
Brown
Decatur Drug
Roan
Avery Roan Jr
Raymond Ross
Detroit
Sidney J. Anderson
Town Creek
Sam R. Anderson
Florida
Tommy Smith
Decatur
George McDonald
Midland
Texas
George Goldmann
Miami
Fla
Henrietta Almon
Chattanooga
Tenn
Huntsville
Eisenhower disputes May trial testimony on shells
General Eisenhower testified at Andrew J. May's trial that he knew nothing about efforts to expand shell production in 1945. The case involves Henry and Murray Garsson, the Garssons, and a former House Military Committee chairman accused of taking bribes.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andrew J. May
May
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Europe
Garssons Munitions Combine
Henry
Murray Garsson
Combine
Four Children Die in Lanett House Fire
Four children aged 16 6 4 and 18 months burned to death when a fire destroyed their Huguley community home near Lanett Alabama. The mother Mrs Henry Colson worked at the Lanett cotton mill while the father faced an arrest in Chambers County jail for an earlier cutting incident. Neighbors found the blaze around 10 30 p m and could not enter the house consigned to the ruins until morning. Graveside services are set for 4 30 p m today.
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Lanett
Ala
Huguley
Henry Colson
Clyde Blakely
Chambers County
Curtis
Irene
Thomas
Virginia
Gag Broadcast Frightens Tokyo Troops
A WVTR radio gag about a rampaging sea monster caused nerves to tighten among service dependents in Tokyo. The program depicted battles with flame throwers teargas and phosphorus bombs as the monster advanced toward Tokyo bay and ended with a dragon congratulating the service on its fifth anniversary.
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Tokyo
Armed Forces
WVTR
Tokyo Bay
State Ship To Help Build World Trade
The Alabama Chamber of Commerce announced plans to purchase a state ship to tour South American ports as a floating exhibit of exportable products. Gov. James E. Folsom said he is negotiating with the Maritime Commission to acquire a ship for Mobile docks to serve as an educational exhibit. Costs are estimated at 750000 with the state covering ship remodeling and operation while industries bear exhibit expenses. The cruise will stop at major Central and South American ports with cooperation from the State Department for exhibits.
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Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce
James E. Folsom
Chamber
Maritime Commission
Mobile
Er Eee
Ws Wes We
Truman budget cuts spark clash over army funding
Washington lawmakers approved an Army budget of 5.24 billion, below Truman’s request, with cuts easing civilian War Department staff while keeping 1.07 million troops. Eisenhower and Patterson warned of real danger beyond the minimum. Also advancing tax cut and union labor curbs, taft senate conferees near agreement on the Wagner act scope. See TRUMAN on Page.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Eisenhower
Patterson
War Department
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
War Dead Honored As Memorial Day Observances Begin
Memorial Day begins a three day weekend with taps at cemeteries and public services nationwide. Col Don E Lowry will lay President Truman's wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Antietam graves near Hagerstown will receive flowers dropped from an airplane.
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Associated Press
New York City
Don E. Lowry
White House
Truman
Antietam Battlefield
Hagerstown
Sugar Thefts Tied To Pepsi Cola Plant And Davidson Coal Truck
Police linked the theft of 5000 pounds of sugar from the Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 245 East Moulton Street with a stolen 1946 blue Studebaker pickup from the Davidson Coal Co backed by a separate break in. Chief J B Whitmire said sugar was moved with the Davidson truck and cans found at the plant matched vehicles from Davidson Coal Co.
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Bepsi-Cola
East Moulton Street
Studebaker
Davidson Coal Company
Holly Street
J. B. Whitmire
Pepsi-Cola
Whitmire
C. R. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ferm
Davidson Coal Co
Green and Stein Furniture opens second Decatur store
Green and Stein Furniture Co. will open its second Decatur store at 215 Grant Street on Saturday. The remodeled building replaces Milam's Radio Service and will house large stocks of new home furnishings arriving for the opening. The original Decatur store at 515 Bank Street was destroyed by fire last December 28 and a second Decatur location at 610 nk Street remains open. The company also operates stores in Hartselle and Birmingham.
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Green and Stein Furniture Co
Decatur
Grant Street
Milam
Green and Stein
Bank Street
Nk Street
Hartselle
Birmingham
Rabid Stray Dog Confirmed by Laboratory
Cc Johnson director of the Tennessee Valley Laboratory said the head of a stray dog from the Trinity area tested rabid. The animal was killed about a mile and a half west of Trinity. It is unknown if the dog had bitten other dogs in the area.
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Cc. C. Johnson
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Trinity
C. D. Sims
Nazi official dies in jail suicide at Nuremberg trial
Gen Franz Boehme, indicted for war crimes in Yugoslavia, died from a skull fracture after leaping from a third floor cell in Nuremberg prison. He escaped guards, fell onto a catwalk two tiers below, and became the fifth major inmate to commit death by own action at the American-guarded facility.
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Thomas A. Reed
Nuernberg
Germany
Franz Boehme
Yugoslavia
Boehme
United States
Balkans
Norway
Herman Goering
International Military Tribunal
Filling Station Operator Killed Near Montgomery
Hubert Keith 40, of Birmingham, was fatally shot and his younger brother Charles Keith 19 seriously wounded at a Montgomery highway filling station cafe several miles south of Birmingham. Donald King 30, part owner, was held at Jefferson County jail as deputies said the shooting followed a dispute over money.
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Birmingham
Hubert Keith
Charles Keith
Montgomery Highway
Here
Donald King
Birmingham 2
Jefferson County
Marshall Allen
S. L. Nabors
Refoule May Lose Right to Remain in U S
An official of the U S immigration service recommended that Paul Refoule's application for permanent residence be held in abeyance pending the investigation into the slaying of his socialite wife Peggy. The Philadelphia office will review the case and the European artist, an art instructor, faces police questioning amid models' statements.
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Atlanta
U. S. Immigration Service
Paul Refoule
Refoule
Peggy
W. W. Knott
Immigration Service
Philadelphia
United States
Knott
France
Jon
High Museum of Art
FBI Probes Theft Of Grand Jury Vote Records
The FBI opened an investigation into the theft of grand jury evidence used in vote fraud indictments tied to last August's Democratic primary. Ballots poll books and tally sheets were stolen from the Kansas City board of elections vault after two steel doors were forced. The Jackson county grand jury indicted 71 people and blamed a miscount that affected Roger Slaughter's bid for the fifth district nomination. Enos Axtell, backed by Truman and the Pendergast machine, won the nomination but lost the general to Albert Reeves. Reeves discussed the theft in Washington, accusing Attorney General Clark of a whitewash effort.
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Kansas City
FBI
Grand Jury
Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners
Jackson County Grand Jury
Roger Slaughter
Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Truman
James Pendergast
Axtell
Albert Reeves
Washington
Reeves
House
Clark
Need Of Natural Gas In The Valley Cited
Federal Power Commission hearing on Southern Natural Gas expansion heard direct testimony showing Valley needs more natural gas. A. McPherson testified the region has abundant supplies but requires conversion facilities to use them, arguing gas would boost regional productivity.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal Power Commission
Southern Natural Gas Company
Southern
WM McHenry
Sou
McPherson
Vandenberg Vice Press
GOP Plans To Rush Bill To White House
Senate and house conferees agree on a 4 billion dollar a year income tax cut to take effect July 1. The plan cuts range from 10.5 to 30 percent with 15 percent brackets starting at $136,720 to $302,400. action expedited with Truman expected to decide on the bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Millikin
R.cole
Truman
Barkley
White House
Soil conservation program halted in Morgan County
The only subsidized soil conservation program in Alabama was ended today. A W Jones stated federal cuts force immediate stoppage of operations, canceling new conservation service orders and halting nearly 119000 dollars in Morgan County projects for terracing and seeding. County committee members Joe T. Robinson and Geo Beall issued notices to farmers detailing reduced ACP funds and halted activities.
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Alabama
A. W. Jones
Morgan Unty
Morgan County
House
Congress
W Ngt
Joe T. Robinson
Geo. E. Beall
Mrs Goering Arrested for Trial in Nazi Party Case
In Munich Germany Dr Alfred Loritz Bavarian Nazification minister announced the arrest of Mrs Goering to face trial as a party member. He demanded ten years in jail for the former actress.
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Munich
Germany
Alfred Loritz
Goering
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