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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1951
Page
10
Graduation comes again as a class receives diplomas in the auditorium of Decatur's million dollar high school. The event highlights the reopening of a newly funded school facility with students and faculty in attendance.
Rountree Jr. of the state nautical directorate has been appointed commander with the rank of colonel in the air patrol. The appointment will not interfere with his current post at the Alabama Department of a new commanding.
A column of assorted tidbits covers Maj. Gen. Frank M Lowe and his Japan Korea trip, Miss Milkshake 1951, vast natural gas reserves, cavalry prompts, nursing shortages, oysters and oyster farming, the Louis XIV bow tie, 75 percent of American women under 5 5, CAP and Wing changes, American brides' heights, Soviet underground factions, Hoover on panic, Fr James Keller on government, a Staten Island ferry boast, and historic fare figures from Peter Stuyvesant era.
Haywood Patterson 38, one of the Scottsboro defendants, faces a second murder trial in Detroit for the alleged Dec 16 barroom killing of Willie Mitchell, a case arising after his Alabama prison escape and prior hung jury verdict. Governor Williams refused extradition to Alabama.
A slow-moving passenger train hit a stalled used car in Birmingham injuring two four-year-old boys who were locked in the back seat. Mr and Mrs John L Scott rushed to free John and Michael Morrison but the doors were locked from inside. the vehicle was dragged to box cars but the children escaped serious harm.
In Birmingham on May 29 the state continued witness testimony to convict Andrew Lee Smith, 30, of first degree murder for killing Graysville Police Chief S. R. Howton, 61, and Constable Sam Lynn during an April 21 gambling raid at Smith’s home. Prosecutors cite grand jury statements of Smith admitting the shootings. defense pleads not guilty and insanity.
Bolin Rice a 67 year old Welfare Department worker and brother of sports writer Grantland Rice died after a brief illness in Nashville. He had served the department fifteen years and is survived by his widow and another brother John Rice of Birmingham Alabama.
Alabama Motorists Association endorses Governor Gordon Persons plan to issue 25 million dollars in road construction bonds. The board of directors approved the proposal, opposing a 15 million dollar increase sought by the Association of County Commissioners.
The belief that jade embodies virtues such as wisdom justice charity courage and modesty is widely held among Chinese. The stones are revered for moral worth and symbolic meaning across traditions and generations.
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