Weather outlook and local notices
Partly cloudy this afternoon to tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers and gentle to moderate southerly winds along the coast. Mrs. Julian Bronough suffered a broken arm in a fall Saturday afternoon. Mrs. F L Parker of Moulton 3 was admitted to Decatur General Hospital this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Bronough
F. L. Parker
Moulton
Decatur General Hospital
Martha Roberts
Nineteenth Avenue East
Opal Greenhall
Courtland 1
Eugene Hill
Barnes Coffey
Boyce Ralph Owens
Elliott Owens
Decatur 2
Gun Toting Vet Terrorizes Plane Passengers In Mid-Air
Fresno flight from Southern California to Oakland ends when John O Reilly 28 a Air Force veteran is restrained after a half hour of threats with a cocked automatic. Passengers including Mrs Dorothy McKenzie and stewardess Joan Herron describe the terror and the emergency landing.
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Fresno
Calif
John O’reilly
Los Angeles
California
Air Force
Magdaline
Oakland
O'Reilly
Joan Herron
Dorothy McKenzie
San Francisco
Miss Herron
Joseph N. Nuccitelli
Nuccitelli
Don Lieto
Correction Notice For Morgan Board Candidate Somerville
Inadvertent listing of Wil lis Watkins as a Morgan board of education candidate included his incorrect address in the Daily. The correct address places him in the florette community served by the Cotaco school. The Daily regrets the error and prints this correction.
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Willis Watkins
Morgan Board of Education
S Daily
Union
Watkins
Florette
Cotaco
The
Picnicers Urged to Carry Umbrellas in Memorial Day Outlook
The Associated Press reports scattered showers across the eastern half of the nation with afternoon rain likely. Temperatures stay near normal while the West remains fair to partly cloudy. A flash storm in Augusta, Georgia caused damage but no injuries.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Atlantic
Plains
Ocky
Pacific Coast
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Augusta
Coplon and Socolov Honeymooning After Court Cheers
Judith Coplon and her husband Attorney Albert H. Socolov are on a honeymoon days after Coplon’s two spy convictions. A rabbi who married them declares belief in her innocence as the couple, both 29, leaves for their private celebration.
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Judith Coplon
New York
Albert H. Socolov
Rain-Making Control Sought In New Mexico Plan
New Mexico moves to regulate rain making amid drought and flood fears. The economic development commission funds a 7500 dollar water development program with possible follow up after Sept. 30 if the New Mexico School of Mines project succeeds. Langmuir warns against indiscriminate cloud seeding and endorses research into cloud seeding techniques and new underground water sources.
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Robert A. Barnes
Socorro
N. M
New Mexico
Economic Development Commission
New Mexico School of Mines
Robert McMinney
Commission
Mexico
Irving Langmuir
Wildcat
Langmuir
General Electric Laboratory
Schenectady
N. Y
Dragmuir
Mississippi Valley
E. J. Workman
School of Mines
S. E. Reynolds
Central
President Truman meets Acheson and U N leaders in Washington
President Truman held 65 minute White House talks with Secretary of State Acheson and UN Secretary General plus a 70 minute State Department session with Acheson and UN participants. He repeated that he is not bringing any new proposals from Stalin to the President.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
White House
State Department
State Acheson
U. N
Stalin
Party Control Up For Decision In Alabama Runoffs
Runoff elections for seven seats on the Alabama Democratic executive committee may decide who runs the state party for four years. The second Democratic primary runoff gained new significance as a group of party activists filed an election contest over ballots from Russell County in the May 2 primary.
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Montgomery
Ait
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Russell County
Election night party and live results at The Daily
The Daily hosts its usual election party Tuesday night with AP wire state returns. Morgan county boards should notify The Daily by phone when counts finish and The Daily will cover long distance charges. Returns on county races will be tabulated in the office and announced by loudspeaker with results earlier than May 2. Public invited.
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Morgan County
Fourth district race split by eight committee seats
In the third district including Russell county eight committee seats were contested with four states rights and four democrats. If the states rights win their contest and the disputed votes are thrown out, they would control all eight seats.
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Russell County
National Party
Berlin Parade Ends Without Any Incidents
A massive May Day parade in Berlin showcased East West friction with no violence. East Germany praised Stalin while West Berlin police and Allied forces kept peace as observers reported a continuing Cold War stalemate.
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Berlin
East Germany
Wilhelm Pieck
Stalin
Germany
West Germany
West Berlin
Va Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Proctor Family Receives Aid After Courtland Fire
James Proctor thanks donors as Decatur and Courtland residents contribute to hospital bills for the Proctor family burn victims. Ruth Driver notes improvements yet critical conditions persist for Mrs. Marv Proctor and others. total relief funds reach 598.70 with Goodyear workers contributing 50.25.
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James Proctor
Decatur
Courtland
Ruth Driver
Proctor
Driver
Marv Proctor
Goodyear Plant
Joe . R. Sharp
Senators Fail to Make Quick Progress in House Drive
Senators meet with slow momentum as they seek to catch up with the House on basing point price reform and a large omnibus appropriation. Delays on fair employment practices, draft extension, rent controls, and tax reform pace the agenda amid investigations into McCarthyism and crime.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
House
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Farm Price Support Agency
Appropriations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
House Committee
Ways and Means
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
McCarthy
D-Wis
Union seeks to register laid off Goodyear crews
Union officials urge all Goodyear employees laid off from mill number one who wish to return to work to report to the union hall on Monday Tuesday or Wednesday to register. Whitwire international representative of the union and Tommy Wilson local union official lead the effort with United Textile Workers of America AFL representatives in Decatur for another event.
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Goodyear
Whitwire
Tommy Wilson
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
Decatur
Holiday Death Toll Mounting Across Nation
Memorial Day weekend deaths totaled 275 nationwide with 181 traffic fatalities, 48 drownings, and 46 other mishaps. The National Safety Council projected 290 traffic deaths by Tuesday midnight as states report tolls by cause. Americans pause Tuesday to honor fallen servicemen at cemeteries from Washington to small towns.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
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Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
Program Will Honor Heroes at courthouse lawn monument
The American Legion Auxiliary will honor World War II dead with a 10 o clock Tuesday ceremony at the courthouse lawn monument. Bugler from Decatur high school opens, colors advanced by Mrs Paul Thompson and Mrs Ralph Nakaniski, veteran wreaths placed by each unit, Rev John A Trox addressed, and a public invitation extended to veterans and families.
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American Legion
Decatur High School
Paul Thompson
Ralph Nakaniski
America
Waverly B
Gerland D. Roberts
John A. Trox
Graham Given Long Lead For Senator Post
The North Carolina Senate primary left Frank P. Graham ahead but short of a majority, risking a June 24 runoff if Willis Smith does not secure victory by June 12. Unofficial tallies show Graham at 293,332. Smith, 244,067. Reynolds, 5,657.
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Graham
Senator Post
Associated Press
Frank P. Graham
U. S. Senate
House Labor Committee
Barkley
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Raleigh
Smith
Robert R. Reynolds
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
Barden
D-Nc
Labor Committee
Austin
Tex
Grover Cleveland
Truman
South
Hugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
Virginia
GOP
Teennessee
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Scott
Taft
Ohio
James Duff
Morse
Oregon
Time Limit For Terminal Leave Pay Extended
Morgan County Service Commissioner Julian Bibb Jr. says the time to claim terminal leave pay has been extended from September 1, 1948 to June 30. He urges veterans who have not claimed to visit the Service Commissioner in the courthouse to file. The extension was granted April 26 by the 81st Congress. Terminal leave pay replaces unused leave time for veterans.
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Morgan County Service
Julian Bibb Jr
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