Community News Highlights And Local Meetings
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and mild southwest winds. The DAV Auxiliary meets at 7 30 PM at the Legion Home on Bank Street. Royal Arch Masons hold a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM with degree work for a class. Jefferson Davis birthday observed as a bank holiday in town. The Morgan County Singing Convention meets July 8 at 10 AM at Center Springs church. Cub Pack 11 will meet June 2 at Greenwood park. Local residents visit relatives. births and hospital updates noted. See DIARY On Page 2.
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DAV
The
Legion
Bank Street
Decatur Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Morgan County Singing Convention
Center Springs Church
Somerville
John Grizzard
Sex and Nudity Run Wild on British Stage
The public morality council, a body from major churches and welfare societies, reports rising sex and nudity on stage in Britain. It cites indecent magazines printed domestically as masquerading as American imports and calls for a radical policy change to curb obscene plays and publications.
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London
Public Morality Council
Britain
Ridgway Declares Major Allied Defeat of Reds in Korea
Gen Matthew Ridgway says UN forces inflicted a major defeat on Chinese and Red Korean armies in Korea's east central sector. He cites 10 000 Red soldiers captured since the spring offensive began April 22 and praises the US 2nd Division with French and Dutch units for stopping the blow. He warns Reds remain capable of striking, but UN troops can stop them. He notes communist morale eroding under Allied fire superiority, losses, and food shortages, while urging policy change in Moscow or Peiping to end bloodshed.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
U. S
Korea
Ridgeway
U. N
Ridgway
Moscow
Peiping
Memorial Day Honors Across U S and Korea
Americans paid homage to war dead in churches and cemeteries during the 83rd Memorial Day. In Korea at Pusan, Lt Gen Van Fleet and President Syngman Rhee urged remembrance as new troops arrived in the conflict zone.
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Associated Press
Korea
United Nations
Pusan
Green Hillside
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Syngman Rhee
Europe
America
Two Hartselle Students Injured In Car Crash Into Water
A 1951 Chevrolet rolled down a steep embankment on the West Falkville pike Tuesday afternoon injuring two Hartselle High students. Betty Joe McDaniels 16, is in Hamil Clinic in Decatur with injuries.
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Hartselle High School
West Falkville Pike
Hamil Clinic
Decatur
Betty Joe McDaniels
John W. McDaniels
Bowery Street
Hartselle
Bill Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
Falkville
Bill Willoughby
McKendry
Willoughby
Morgan
Little Harvey Mack Hamilton Dies After Illness
Two year old Harvey Mack Hamilton died at 7 10 AM at Decatur General Hospital after a week of illness. His parents Olen and Mary Hamilton had sought Mayo Clinic care. the VFW raised over 800 to cover trip costs. Harvey’s condition worsened despite Birmingham and Mayo treatments. doctors warned he could not be saved.
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Mary Bubbett
Harvey Mack Hamilton
Decatur General Hospital
Olen Hamilton
Mayo Clinic
Hamilton
VFW
Harvey
the Daily
Birmingham
Olen
Mary Hamilton
Rochester
Minn
Harvey Mack
Mayo’s
Death Rate Of Korean Wounded Is Lower Than WW2
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall said that the death rate among wounded soldiers in Korea was less than half of the WW2 rate. He credited the Red Cross blood donors program for the improved recovery rate in a brief address at an after midnight blood drive for 3,000 donors supporting wounded troops.
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New York
George C. Marshall
Korea
Marshall
Red Cross
Defense
Pretty Divorcee Found Slain Near Bowdoin Campus
The body of Mrs. Shirley Coolen 24 mother of a five year old girl was found in a secluded garden near Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine She apparently was raped and strangled last weekend a red scarf was tied around her neck and a bruise was under her jaw She had been missing since last Saturday night.
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Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Shirley Coolen
Judge Holds Up Return Of Negro Prison Escapee
MAYS LANDING New Jersey May 30 County Judge Leonard postponed extradition of Alexander Cullen Salter 36 a Black escapee from Alabama prison amid claims of torture there He had been jailed on wood theft charges in Weymouth but fingerprints tied him to a Alabama warrant The judge sent a transcript to Alabama for two weeks and refused bail pending response Salter said he escaped after serving 13 years of a 35 year rape sentence from 1932
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Mays Landing
N. J
Leon Leonard
Alabama
Alexander Cullen Salter
Weymouth
Salter
Newtonville
Jasper Lark
Leonard
Samuel Goldstein
Driscoll
Is Eight Dollar Lunch at Issue in U S Senate
Senator Ferguson of Michigan questioned the Truman administration’s planned eight dollar luncheon budget for foreign visitors. He argued luncheons may be necessary but asked how it can cost eight dollars for a single meal and raised concerns about government spending amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Truman
State Department
Alabama bill to require state and local workers loyalty oath
Rep. Jackson Stokes of Coffee county introduced a measure in the Alabama legislature to compel all state county and city employees to take a non communist loyalty oath. The proposal aims to curb any communist influence within public service and is part of a broader loyalty security push. The bill underscores ongoing concerns about ideological conformity in government staffing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jackson Stokes
Coffee County
Alabama
Stand By Foe And Rain Slow Allied Drive
Heavy rains slow Allied spearheads in central Korea as United Nations troops push toward Kumhwa and Inje. Gen Ridgway says Reds defeated in spring offensives but still able to renew battle. Mud and air limits hinder advances while communists strike supply lines and block roads northeast of Inje. AP report from eighth Army HQ notes 26 miles advanced.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kumhwa
Inje
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
L East-central
Inje- Hyon
North Korea
Stan Carter
Eighth Army
Negro Slain By Police In Russellville Alabama
In Russellville Alabama a black man named Dan Goins was shot and killed by patrolmen C G Ayers and Floyd Smith after Goins allegedly struck Ayers with no warning. Ayers was hospitalized with a head wound requiring five stitches. The coroner ruled the shooting justifiable homicide.
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Russellville
Ala
Dan Goins
C.G. Ayers
Ayers
Floyd Smith
Goins
Smith
Penny Summers
Price War Follows Court's Knock-Out Of Fair Trade Law
In New York on May 30 Macy's and Gimbels led a department store price war after the Supreme Court ruling on fair trade. Macy's began with six percent cuts on about 5,900 items and others followed with repeated markdowns. Shoppers wandered the 34th Street shops, delaying purchases as prices kept dropping and would reclaim returned goods for resale.
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New York
34Th Street
Macy's
Gimbels
U. S. Supreme Court
Macy’s
Job Tax Cut Advocated By Alabama Business Leaders
A delegation of Alabama businessmen urged legislators to cut unemployment compensation taxes for both employers and workers. Malcolm Harper argued the Unemployment Trust Fund can sustain lower rates, while Joe Coleman warned mass unemployment could strain the fund. The committee also heard pro and con on a public bond sale bill. no action was taken. Gov Gordon Persons’s three percent sales tax proposal moved toward Senate action to raise revenue.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Malcolm Harper
Harper Business Service
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance and Taxation
Joe Coleman
Finance and Taxation Committee
Warren Andrews
Ed Miller
Etowah County
Gordon Persons
Senate
House
Skeptical Japanese Arrive Home To See If Nippon Won War
A shipload of 114 skeptical Japanese from Brazil landed in Yokohama on May 30 to learn if Japan really lost World War Two. Some younger men doubted the verdict while Kantaro Nakano 65, father of 14, proclaimed Asia free and Japan’s role in freeing them.
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Yokohama
Japan
Brazil
Nippon
Kantaro Nakano
Asia
Second Avenue Gets New Traffic Signal System
Second Avenue and Gordon Drive are now served by a new traffic signal system planned by the City Council and City Electric Department. Most lights are operating from Moulton Street to Fourth Avenue East with exceptions. Eddens notes some rework on the Jackson Second Avenue Second Street group, and the system aims for about 25 mph with red flashes for emergencies.
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Decatur
Travis Callahan
City Electric Department
Second Avenue Area
Second Avenue
Cityouncil
Moulton Street
Gordon Drive
Fourth Avenue
Wheeler Parkway
Quince Eddens
Jackson-Second Avenue- Second Street
Bank Street
Eddens
Sherman Street
City Planning Commission
Motive Sought in Gulfport Double Death
Gulfport Mississippi sheriff questions a motive in the Sunday bludgeon slaying of 29 year old Helen Stewart and her 6 year old son Howard. The expectant mother was pregnant and the sheriff speculates the crime may involve the father of her unborn child.
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Gulfport
Miss
Las Quare
Helen Stewart
Howard
Quare
P Martin Rose Wrecks On Speedway Northeast Turn
Indianapolis bulletin reports P Martin Rose three time winner of the 500 mile Memorial Day race suffered a wreck on the Northeast turn at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today as his right rear wheel failed.
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Indianapolis
Martin Rose
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
South Bend
Ind
Sherman Urges Multinational Approach to China Blockade
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman testified that he hopes for an effective United Nations backed commercial and naval blockade of Red China but cautioned the United States should not act alone. He warned Russia might oppose any unilateral sea blockade and would likely respect a UN backed action.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
United” Nations
Red China
United States
Sherman
Russia
U. N
United Nations
Admiral Sherman Eyes U S Win In Cold War Height
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman told senators at the MacArthur hearings that the United States could win a general war it does not want, signaling confidence in defeating the Soviet Union if Cold War hostilities escalate.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
United States
Russia
Senate
Sherman backs UN blockade to curb China in Korea crisis
Admiral Sherman testifies at a senate inquiry on MacArthur’s dismissal arguing a UN naval blockade against Red China would weaken China’s fighting power and deter invasion of Formosa while noting US alone would strain alliances and risk turning the war into a U.S. effort. He said broader economic action would be more effective with UN support.
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Sherman
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
China
United Nations
Formosa
United States
Naval Operations
U.N
Russell
D-Ga
Combined Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
United
Federal payroll exceeds wartime peak despite fewer workers
The Byrd committee says the May 1946 civilian payroll likely tops the wartime peak of 8.3 billion dollars, though the number of federal employees is down from World War II. May payroll lists 2,409,121 workers versus about 3.5 million at the peak, with higher costs from postwar raises.
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Washington
Byrd Committee
Senate-House Committee
Byrd
Dva
March
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