Weather and church notices from Decatur area
Mostly cloudy with thundershowers this afternoon and early tonight. Friday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Northeast coastal winds. TVA says temperatures 63 at 7 A M and 66 at noon. Rainfall .90 inches. Memorial Day holiday observed at Decatur post office and Albany sub station with one delivery in business district and full parcel post delivery. Also notes on church services and local events.
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TVA
Decatur
Albany
R. T. Sheppard
Senate panel backs anti seizure constitutional amendment
The Senate Judiciary Committee, by a unanimous vote, approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting a president from seizing water or other property except under specific laws passed by Congress. The move follows uproar over President Truman's steel seizure to avert a strike. Federal District Court had ruled the April 8 action illegal and ordered mills returned to the steel industry, a ruling now on appeal before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Sen. McCarran
D-New
Truman
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
Reds' Barrage Halts Allied Raid in Korea Front
Communist guns unleashed 7,126 rounds in 24 hours, the year’s largest Red barrage, as truce negotiators warned of renewed heavy fighting in Korea. Half the shells disrupted an Allied raid on a three-hill position near Korangpo on the Western Front.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Korangpo
UN official accuses Communists over Korea POW repatriation
In Panmunjom Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. says the blockade stems from disappointment that few Red war prisoners wish to return home. He notes nearly 100,000 of 169,000 POWs and civilian internees refuse repatriation despite agreed screening.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison Jr
UN Assault Captures Hills Near Korangpo In Three Hour Push
U N assault troops stormed two hills near Korangpo within three hours of a 3 am attack. Tanks supported the operation as U N forces assaulted with fixed bayonets on one hill. Reds left 105 dead or wounded and a third hill held out until 8 30 am.
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U. N
Korangpo
Yonchon
United Nations
Eighth Army
Press Use Tax Edict Upheld in Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court upholds a ruling that newspapers including the Montgomery Advertiser are not subject to the state 3 percent use tax on presses, paper, ink, or other publishing machinery. The decision affirms a Montgomery Circuit Court decree. The Progressive Farmer file a similar appeal. In a separate ruling the court sustains a life sentence for Grover Cleveland Ray for beating his wife near Bucksville in September 1950. Ray’s defense claimed intoxication. The court found news coverage not prejudicial to his case.
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Ala
Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court
Joel B. Brown
Montgomery Circuit Court
Montgomery Advertiser
Progressive Farmer
Birmingham
Grover Cleveland Ray
Bucksville
Jefferson County
Ray
Mildred Juanita
Bessemer
Supreme Court
Jefferson Bessemer Division
Broadcast Of Fake Warning At Cornell
Ten masked youths overpowered three students at WVBR radio station on Halloween night and broadcast a fake bulletin about European bombings and an approaching air armada. A Cornell safety supervisor called the incident likely a practical joke and noted the raiders were not recognized in masks, probably students, as calls flooded the station.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
North America
WVBR
R. J. McCarthy
Cornell
Exchange Club Formed Here in Decatur Ala
Decatur forms the Exchange Club of Decatur Alabama under National Exchange Club. Glen C. Davis elected president James H. Holliman secretary and Jack Jakovac treasurer. The executive committee includes M. Dudley Rich David Wiley Leon Moore and others. The club advocates American civic ideals and patriotism.
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Decatur
Exchange Club of
Ala
National Exchange Club
Glen C. Davis
James H. Holliman
Jack Jakovac
M. Dudley Rich
David Wiley
Leon Moore
E. B. McGahee
Robert H. Brigham Jr
George F. Mills
Jesse P. Sims
John W. Ferrell
James E. Jackson
John B. Mathers
Exchange Club
Detroit
Mich
Charles A. Berkey
America
National Exchange
Hail Storm Ravages Limestone Farm Areas
A Wednesday afternoon hail storm in Limestone county caused extensive crop damage. About 600 to 700 acres of cotton and a large area of corn were reported destroyed, affecting farms run by Max and Huey Lewis, Buddy Nix, Charlie C. Adams, Jester Easter, F. D. Romine, Ed Almon White, Tom Sutton, Mack McKinney, and others near Athens.
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F. K. Agee
Limestone County
Athens 2
Athens 8
Max and
Huey Lewis
Buddy Nixon
Charlie C. Adams
Jester Easter
F. D. Romine
Ed Almon White
Tom Sutton
Mack McKinney
Match ignites brake fluid injuring teen in Decatur
A sixteen year old Negro boy was treated at Decatur General Hospital after a match ignited a can of brake fluid, causing burns. Edward was the patient and the incident occurred yesterday.
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Decatur General Hospital
Edward
Nine Students Acquitted In Pantie Raid At UA
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a police court judge acquitted nine University of Alabama students of disorderly conduct linked to a May 19 pantie raid. Several were suspended or placed on probation. Two students were convicted for possessing fireworks and another’s case was postponed.
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Ala
University of Alabama
Burns
University
Rutledge Carpenter
Augusta
John Fenner
Asheville
N. C
Noble Hendrix
Carpenter
James Douglas Johnson
Reform
Lloyd Blackwell
Birmingham
James C.wise
Atlanta
Joseph Simple
Erie
Yuell B. Bussy
Frisco City
Don Driskell
Jasper
Bobby Mackay
Columbus
Miss
Towboats Tied Up By Strike In Mobile Gulf Coast
The Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company common carrier, a U S Steel subsidiary, saw about 60 United Steelworkers members walk out halting six towboats at Mobile and a picket line at the Chickasaw repair yard. Operations between Mobile and the Birmingham District were disrupted as ore imports and steel products moved slowly. Company and union spokesmen offered no comment on the grievance behind the walkout, the second in recent weeks.
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Mobile
Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company
U. S. Steel
United Steel Workers
CSO
Chickasaw
Birmingham
Company
Union
Serious view taken here of red threat
Washington officials view renewed Communist danger in Korea as highly serious. They warn that Chinese and North Korean forces may mount a major offensive after months of truce talks, as a million-man army and stronger air power are cited as potential capabilities.
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Washington
Korea
United
Reds in Korea Near One Million For Spring Offensive
UN officers say a communist force just under 1 million troops could mount a spring offensive in Korea. The estimate exceeds Gen. Matthew B. Ridgely’s April 27 figure and trails Churchill’s claim of about 1 million Red troops in Korea. Last year the Korean Red army counted fewer than 600,000 men.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Red
Matthew B
Far East
Mark Clark
Winston Churchill
Nations hold fast on repatriation amid Korea talks
A survey of 170 000 Chinese and North Korean captives shows only about 70 000 willing to return home. U R negotiations reject voluntary repatriation and see little hope for a Korea truce as Soviet actions heighten East West tensions. Officials fear Kremlin may seek to keep Western forces tied to Korea while Germany strains rise.
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Germany
Kremlin
Korea
Berlin
Soviet Zone
Reduced Aid Bill Passed By Senate and Looming Cuts
The Senate approved a $6.7 billion foreign aid bill by a 64 to 10 vote, with support from 39 Democrats and 25 Republicans. Olin Johnston was among those voting no. The measure moves to conference with the House after its 245 to 110 approval of a $6.163 billion fiscal year budget, signaling further reductions before funds are released.
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Senate
Joe Hall
Washington
America
Olin Johnston
House
Miliday
Sen. Long
D-La
Top Communist Jailed In Paris
Jacques Duclos France’s top Communist was charged with carrying a gun during a bloody Paris demonstration and jailed awaiting trial. The interior minister said proof showed an organized conspiracy against the state as clashes left one dead and many injured. arrests numbered around nine hundred across Paris and other cities.
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Paris
Jacques Duclos
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Charles Brune
Nice
Tech Students Seize Firemen Gear in Wet Campus Melee
Georgia Tech students staged a wild fracas after a restaurant fire near campus. Hundreds rushed from dorms and fraternities to watch, swarmed fire lines, and attempted to seize a fire hose from firefighters to spray police.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Communists clash with police in West Berlin riot
Ten to fifteen thousand young communists surged into West Berlin and at least 1,000 clashed with West Berlin police in a rabble-rousing protest over Germany's European Army Pact and a Peace Contract. East Germany rerouted all telephone calls between the Soviet Zone and West Germany to be tapped through Leipzig's listening post.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Soviet Zone
West Zones
Leipzig
Truman asks Senate to reject WSB plan and extend controls
President Truman urged the Senate to reject removing labor and industry from the Wage Stabilization Board and to extend wage price controls to March 1. He argued against government dictating wages over collective bargaining and noted the WSB dispute with steel and CIO Steelworkers led to mill seizures.
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Truman
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Barkley
CIO Steelworkers
Tom
One Prisoner Killed and One Wounded at UN Camp Korea
A North Korean Red prisoner was killed and another wounded when an American guard fired into Compound 66 at the UN Prisoner of War Camp Noe on Koje Island Korea. Earlier U N troops had dispersed a prisoner parade and disrupted a Red attempt to breach inner security as 2,700 officers and 650 enlisted POWs were held.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Col. Taylor
Kose Island
Haydon L. Boatner
Taft Poised to Lead Alabama Delegates to GOP Convention
Alabama Republicans select four at large delegates as Taft gains a majority of the state's 14 delegates. State committee chair Claude Vardaman and backing leaders claim Taft holds 10 of 14 votes, with Adkins Gunn Pitts and Vardaman listed as Taft supporters among the four at large. Eisenhower wins in Jasper district battles, while Taft supporters prevail in other districts including Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.
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Birmingham
Robert Taft
Ohio
Alabama
Claude O. Vardaman
Republican Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Curtis Adkins
Eisenhower
Adkins
J. Foy Gunn
Percy Pitts
Vardaman
Jasper
P. L. Dodd
Nauvoo
H. H. Garner
Oneonta
Garner
John S. Crowder
Tuscaloosa
Paige Self
R. Leon McCaleb
Huntsville
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