Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday warmer for north and central portions gentle to moderate northerly winds on the coast becoming variable Saturday Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 9 A M at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church for all ages through 16 A Friday fish fry and picnic at TM lake honors the birth ways of Lee Laker and grandson Russell Travis many names listed as attendees at Decatur area church and social events ministerial association meeting Monday at 10 pm at Central Methodist church all clergymen invited community supper tomorrow night at Priceville Methodist church at 7 30 basket lunch advised hospital admissions and discharges in Decatur and Danville building permit issued for a five room and bath dwelling at 114 Tenth Avenue West estimated cost 2800 See Diary On Page 2
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Cd Lake
Lee Laker
Russell Travis
Lee Luker
Eula
Frances
Brenda
Ruth
Ted Simmons
Maurice
Helen Joiner
Carl
Bessie McDonald
James A
Pauline Travis
Joe Luker
Mabel
Joanne
Jeannette
Charles
Larry
David
Grady McDonald
Sarah
Joyce
Gayle
Decatur
Ministerial Association of
Central Methodist Arch
Allen Hatton
Tenth Avenue West
Tuscaloosa man found dead in car near highway
Coroner probes death of 35 year old businessman Charles Huey last seen Monday at his sporting goods store. Body found in his car five miles south of Tuscaloosa, a hose attached to the exhaust and the windows closed. Wife reportedly visiting in Collinsville.
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Tuscaloosa
R. M. Wallace
Fough
Wallace
Charles
Sam “Huey
Montgomery
Huey
Sporting Goods
Collinsville
Front Porch Campaign For Eisenhower Is Scheduled
General Eisenhower will not undertake transcontinental train tours but will meet party leaders and delegates in give and take sessions in Abilene Kansas New York and Denver before the July 7 GOP nominating convention. He will shed his NATO post on Tuesday and is a leading Republican candidate in a contest with Senator Robert Taft. Taft supporters run ads in South Dakota attacking Eisenhower over issues such as universal military training and wartime draft but Eisenhower invites open discussion and views from delegates. See GENERAL On Page 2
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GOP
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
New York
Denver
NATO
Matthew Ridgway
Paris
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
South Dakota
Washington
Europe
Ridgway
Soviet Union
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower Passes Command To Ridgway In Paris Ceremony
In Paris amid tensions and antiwar rioting, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower turns over Allied European defense command to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway at SHAPE. Ridgway accepts, asserting no aggression but defends unity against Soviet pressure as Eisenhower heads home to seek the Republican nomination.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Paris
Eisenhower
Gen
Ridgway
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Matthew B.ridgway
Supreme Headquarters
Rene Pleven
SHAPE
United States
Dr Paty Named Director Of Georgia University Center
Dr Ramond R Paty longtime Southern educator and publicist is appointed director of the University Center in Georgia coordinating Agnes Scott Emory Georgia Tech University of Georgia Oglethorpe University and Columbia Theological Seminary He succeeds Henry King Stanford who resigned February 1 to join the state system. Paty formerly chaired the Center's board and has led Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama.
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Atlanta
Ramond R. Paty
University Center
Georgia
Agnes Scott College
Emory University
Georgia Tech
University of Georgia
Oglethorpe University
Columbia Theological Seminary of
Decatur
Paty
Henry King Stanford
Georgia University System
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham
University of Alabama
Election Officials Reminded Of Duties
Officials who served as first primary on May 6 are reminded they must serve again for the June 3 run off. No reappointment will be made since the original appointment covered both elections.
Sailor Shot After Plane Theft Attempt Near Brunswick
A 19 year old sailor from Jacksonville was shot in a Brunswick gunfight ending a chase triggered by an attempted aircraft theft at Brunswick Air Park. Bloodhounds aided police as the suspect fled at high speed and then on foot into nearby woods.
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Brunswick
Estus Durden
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
J. W. Dowdy
Jacksonville
Fla
City Hospital
Midway
Here
Jesup
Reidsville
Controls Vote Due Wednesday In Senate Action
Senate action on extending anti inflation wage price controls is delayed to Wednesday after a large majority rejected a proposal to end controls on June 30. Only one vote occurred on the Dirksen amendment, which failed 52 to 18 with 40 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting no. Ellender of Louisiana and Gillette of Iowa supported the measure.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Dirksen
Ellender
Louisiana
Gillette
Iowa
Traffic Death Toll Mounting During Memorial Day Holiday
Traffic deaths rose as Memorial Day weekend began with 24 fatalities from 6 p m Thursday to 10 a m Friday, bringing total accident deaths to 31 including six drownings and one miscellaneous case. The National Safety Council estimates 310 deaths will occur for the holiday period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Truman Hails Acheson’s Role In Pact Signing
President Truman lauded Secretary of State Acheson for guiding treaties that align West Germany with the Western bloc toward global peace. Acheson noted recent Bonn and Paris pacts advance Western security while urging Senate ratification and U.S. countermeasures to East West tensions.
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Washington
Truman
State Acheson
National Airport
West Germany
Acheson
Bonn
Paris
Free World
U. S
Senate
Sahel
Dean
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Slayer Of Cab Driver Guilty In Second Trial
Samuel Ed Peoples, 20, was convicted of murdering cab driver Clyde Gilmer Woods, 56, in February 1951 and sentenced to life imprisonment after a six hour jury deliberation. Woods’ blood spattered taxi was found abandoned on a rural road. The case was twice tried after the State Supreme Court reversed a prior death sentence.
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Birmingham
Samuel Ed Peoples
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court Court
Peoples
Clyde Gilmer Woods
Woods
Advertising executive Albert Davis retires from active business
New York advertising figure Albert Davis liquidates his agency upon retirement in December 1942. The move marks the end of an era for the firm once led by Davis as its principal advertiser.
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New York
Albert Davising Advertising Agencies
Red Reprisals Hinted In Truce Parley On Koje Island
At Koje Island the Communist chief truce negotiator denounced the killing of a Red prisoner as an atrocity and warned of possible reprisals against Allied prisoners in North Korea. UN authorities reported a Communist prisoner killed and another wounded by an accidental guard rifle discharge. Nam Il demanded immediate action from the Allies.
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Munsan
Korea
Koje Island
North Korea
United Nations
Kore
Nam Tl
UN Troops Repel Two North Korean Assaults On Luke the Gook’s Castle
United Nations forces beat off two Red company efforts to seize a 3000 foot east Korean peak known as Luke the Gook's Castle. The rugged summit overlooks miles of Communist front lines, and Reds have repeatedly tried to take it over the last month.
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Seoul
United Nations
Red
U.N
U.N. Delegation Tells War Prisoners Protection Is Mutual Duty
In a tense exchange, a U N official warned both sides to protect war prisoners as a reciprocal obligation. He cautioned against consequences of actions and accused the VA N of planning mass slaughter. Shortly before a 42 minute truce session, Tokyo Seoul and Koje reported seven Red POWs killed and 16 injured in fresh disorders, likely hardening stalled talks.
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Ately
U. N
Nam
VA. N
Tokyo
Seoul
Koje
Lackey Named State Manager
Harry B. Lackey a Alabama native and long time Southern Bell employee is appointed Alabama manager based in Birmingham succeeding Sam U Youngblood who moves to Tennessee. Lackey born on Sand Mountain DeKalb County educated in Birmingham Guin University of Alabama and Georgia Tech joined Southern Bell in 1927 and held posts in Birmingham Atlanta and Jacksonville.
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Harry B. Lackey
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Birmingham
Sam U. Youngblood
Tennessee
Sand Mountain
DeKalb County
Marion County
Guin
University of Alabama
Georgia Tech
Southern Bell
Lackey
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Driver Safe After First Race Wreck at Indy
Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari wrecked in the 500 mile Indianapolis race but escaped unharmed. The incident occurred on the northwest turn when a wheel collapsed ending the first European bid to win since 1946. After 150 miles Bill Vukovich led with 132.502 mph average, a new record.
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Indianapolis
Alberto Ascari
Indianapolis Speedway
Ferrari
Bill Vukovich
Sam Hanks
Troy Ruttman
Jim Rathman
Johnnie Parsons
Manuel Ayulo
Cliff Griffith
Joey James
Art Cross
Duane Carter
Vukovich
Jimmy Davies
Rioting in Tokyo Leaves Two Dead and Widespread Arrests
In Tokyo on Communist martyr day clashes between demonstrators and police left two dead and about 100 arrests. Portable fires and acid sprays marked the protests at Shinjuku and Itabashi where police fired on advance crowds. An AP photographer William C. Barnard was injured by an acid bomb near Shinjuku station.
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Tokyo
Itabashi
Japan
Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
Barnard
AP Tokyo
Max Desfor
Purge Reported of Romania's Foreign Minister Ana Pauker
Report says Ana Pauker once a trusted ally of Stalin and a powerful figure in the Communist world has been removed from her post as Romania's foreign minister amid internal party shifts in Vienna and broader Soviet bloc politics.
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Vienna
Ana Pauker
Stalin
Romania
Alabama Victory For Taft Insures 1st Spot Nomination
Alabama's 14 member delegation to the Republican national convention will back Senator Robert Taft with nine votes. At a state meeting in Birmingham Taft took three of four delegates at large, beating Eisenhower with four, and one uncommitted. The outcome gives Taft practical leverage in nomination order and prompted a substitution on the state committee slate. Oscar Drake replaced Myrtle Pitts as Eisenhower support grows.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Chicago
Robert Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Oscar Drake
State Committee
Myrtle Pitts
Hugh Scott
Guard Attacked And Opens Fire On Communists
Eight Red prisoners were killed and 17 wounded in the riots at Koje Island and on the Korean mainland. U N guards reported no injuries among their personnel. The outbreaks raised total prisoner deaths to 245, with 115 killed by fellow prisoners after drumhead trials. Four North Korean prisoners were killed and 13 injured in a brawl at Yongchon. An accidental U S rifle shot killed one North Korean and wounded another during a guard change in Compound 66 after a raid on the prisoners’ compound. No Americans were hurt. Maj Gen Cassels visited British and Canadian troops and said they seemed to appreciate their assignment.
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Jim Becker
Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
Yongchon
Pusan
U. S
Kore
A. J. H. Cassels
Kote
Truck And Car Hit No One Hurt On Highway 20
A Lawrence County auto mobile smash-up two miles east of Town Creek caused no injuries. At about 5 40 P M a 1951 Chevrolet pickup driven by Wilburn Terry 21 Courtland and a 1950 Chevrolet driven by James T Peyton Corinth Mississippi collided on U S Highway 20. An unidentified vehicle pulled from a side road and headed east as both pickups moved east. The Mississippi car skidded 47 feet after impact.
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Lawrence County
Town Creek
Roy Thomas
Wilburn Terry
Courtland
James T. Peyton
Corinth
Mississippi
Thomas
Highway 20
Saas
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