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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1951
Page
1
Weather outlook for today shows clear to partly cloudy skies with a warmer interior tonight and Wednesday. Local items include a Southside Baptist Sunday school teachers and officers meeting on Thursday at 6 30 with a banquet at the church, and a mid week prayer service at the Church of the Nazarene Wednesday at 7 30.
W Van Gilbert of Athens bought the Adams and Cornelian Court apartments at Grant Street and 6th Avenue East from the W R Spight Charitable and Religious Trust in liquidation. Proceeds fund eight Spight will beneficiaries. The Adams building, a Decatur landmark, traces to the old Tavern era. The trust is administered by Charles H Eyster James H Johnson and D D Gibson.
South Korean troops advanced about twelve miles Tuesday into North Korea to seize the East coast port of Kang Song near the 26 mile mark. Allied forces held the central front, with tank and artillery units driving gains up to 4 500 yards as Chinese divisions suffered heavy losses.
Grady Bean, a Washington County farmer from Chipley Florida, fell into an open well behind his farmhouse last night. Neighbors retrieved him after about two and a half hours with a grappling hook. A doctor attributed death to a crushed skull from the concrete rim at the well base.
In Madison County Alabama drought and cold North winds have forced about one third of the county s roughly 100 000 acres of cotton to be plowed under The rest shows a spread of outcomes with some stands fair while many fields are described as looking sick Farmers expect replanting this week or switching to corn after showers last week and recent cold winds further harmed young plants.
In Italy the anti communist coalition led by Premier Alcide De Gasperi won a decisive share of provincial council seats in 530 of 554 races. Communists lost control of five provincial capitals and two cities, with Venice and Genoa among top prize ports won by anti communist forces. Remaining results in Bologna and Imperia undecided.
Southern farmers across Dixie battle drought as scattered weekend showers fail to ease thirsting crops. In Georgia and Florida alike fields wilt and ground hardens. tobacco may be beyond saving on the coast while soybeans struggle to emerge around Memphis. South Alabama sees light relief but North Alabama worsens.
In Montgomery Alabama the house moved to vote on an administration sales tax increase by 3 30 P M after a brief session Rep Pelham Merrill of Cleburne County led the move Wallace of Barbour condemned the tactic as a filibuster device Merrill defended it as a necessary step for studying other revenue sources Wallace admitted amending the bill to delay but said the act was not personal and Hawkins of Etowah reported little public urging for the tax while supporters urged continuation of the fight
Labor union members of the wage controls board pressed to raise the wage ceiling to 14 or 15 percent from the current 10 percent above January 15, 1950. The move was announced after a ULPC meeting representing major unions, which left the original Wage Stabilization Board and defense mobilization setup when the board set the 10 percent ceiling.
Fire lapped tinder dry woodlands and pastures southwest of Montgomery threatening damage. Chief Forester J M Stauffer said no loss estimate yet. Crews from the state department, Montgomery fire fighters, and Maxwell AFB assisted. Winds up to 27 mph fanned the blaze near Dannelly Airport south of the city. He noted other fires statewide but awaited a full survey.
Hollywood reports comedienne Fanny Brice died at 5 15 A M after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage five days earlier. Brice rose to fame in radio stage and screen, becoming a beloved performer of musicals and comic roles.
Tehran witnesses a 50 000 strong communist front demonstration against British and American imperialism. Tanks and troop trucks patrol the capital as the Tudeh party launches protests linked to Iran oil nationalization. Parliament extends martial law to Khuzistan while Abadan faces firm company talks.
In Chattanooga Tennessee a city bus driver shot and killed Milton B. Sims after an argument at the dispatcher’s office. Walter R. Crownover 40 was charged with murder and said Sims followed him off the bus and threatened him. The driver fired two rounds from a service pistol, and Sims died at a hospital shortly after.
A Charleston hearing on the fate of segregation in Southern public schools continued before three federal judges. NAACP plaintiffs from rural Clarendon County challenge South Carolina’s 56 year old segregation law citing the 14th Amendment. Witnesses say segregation harms education and fuels prejudice. defendants warn a federal order could end the public school system.
The Decatur high school class of 1951 the first to graduate from the new building will receive diplomas next Monday. Principal William Jenkins says almost all of the class of 106 are expected to graduate with perhaps one or two not completing.
The Daily presents over a hundred portraits taken by Mac's Studio Bank Street. Mac's Studio provided the negatives as an honor to the graduates. The class of 1951 marks the first group to graduate from the new high school building funded by Decatur residents for local children.
The class has been a winning one all the way with high state rankings for the band and glee club. Magazine sales topped targets and other projects funded a five day senior trip to Washington and Annapolis. First to graduate, more details on page two.
In Easington England a gas laden blast buried 78 coal miners behind a tunnel. Fourteen bodies were recovered and rescuers worked to reach entombed men as authorities warned escape was unlikely. Fresh air efforts aimed to reach the trapped crew amid collapsing rock and a spreading cloud of gas.
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, testifying in the MacArthur inquiry, is pressed by Sen. Hickenlooper over critical remarks on UN Korea policy. Vandenberg denies disloyalty to UN policy and notes a March magazine piece contrasted with action at the Yalu. He says his statement was a factual comment on timing.
Birmingham on May 29 a local attorney spent 50 minutes in jail following a police court argument over a parking ticket. Paul Locascio faced fines of 2 dollars plus costs and was represented by Eugene M. Zeidman. The judge charged Zeidman 10 dollars and 24 hours in jail, later releasing him after 50 minutes, while Locascio received similar costs.
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