Weather, people, and events in Decatur highlights
Partly cloudy outlook with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Mrs. Belle Bowden and children return to St. Joe Michigan after months with relatives. Howard Bynum visits his mother Ad die Bynum in Jefferson hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broadway visit Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bates. George Taylor visits relatives in Athens. Doris Crow vacationing with Toney relatives. Will Broadway returns from visit to Athens. Albert Clapton of Birmingham spends weekend here. Two sermons at Austinville Church of God this evening. Myron Melton Bill Wilhite and James Caretti attend Indianapolis speedway trip. Two building permits issued for additions: Shiloh Sill church adds room. Betty White adds room. Jimmy Randolph ill with pneumonia. Admissions to Decatur General Hospital listed. Eight recorder court trials slated today. Rev. W. W. Glass returns from Leakesville meetings. Daily vacation Bible school opens Monday at St John’s through June 10.
Bus overturns near Como injures several passengers
A Memphis bound Southern Bus Lines coach rolled over near Como Mississippi today. Nath an Pack of Iuka in serious condition and Linda Hancock of Columbus injured but not seriously. Others were taken to Memphis hospitals with non critical injuries. G G Pettijohn said no one was critically injured.
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Como
Miss
Southern
Memphis
Nathan Pack
Iuka
Linda Hancock
Columbus
G. G. Pettijohn
Allies Seek Economic Unity After German Union Rejection
Western foreign ministers met in Paris in an unannounced session to plan next steps after Russia rejected their proposal for a political union of East and West Germany. Talks focused on a broad economic framework to secure transport and communications between East and West Germany amid Berlin currency tensions.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
Russia
East
West Germany
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Germany
Berlin
Big Four
Vishinsky
Reich
City Parks Open Season With New Courts and Lighting
City parks will open a three month season. Delano Park adds five tennis courts and upgraded lighting, plus a softball stands extension to 1,000 spectators. Greenwood Park offers two paved tennis courts and children’s play areas. Eastside and Carver schools add tennis courts and new facilities. Parks placed in first class condition by city workmen.
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Morrow
H. R. Summer
Delano Park
Greenwood Park
Ada
Eastside
Negro, Park
Carver Negro High School
Dozen Operators Recalled For Jobs At Cooper-Weiss Mills
Frank G. Yaney general manager at Cooper-Weiss Mills says twelve additional men will return to work Wednesday on 45 gauge machines. He notes the 42 gauge machines are obsolete and employment depends on new equipment. the plant is returning to normal with the 42 gauge machines considered obsolete.
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Frank G. Yaney
Cooper-Weiss Mills
Yaney
Wedding Ring Is Only Ring Fritz Can Show Reds
In Weisbaden on May 31, Russians decreed West Germans moving into the Soviet zone may wear only a wedding ring. East zone railway police said the limit from Russian orders allows one wrist watch, one wedding ring, and one pair of earrings for a woman.
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Weisbaden
Germany
Soviet Zone
Bonds Posted With Sheriff
More than $7,100 in bonds were posted Monday with the Morgan sheriff office. R. C. Pogue former Hoover Motor Express manager faced triple grand larceny charges with bonds totaling $3,250. Matthew Horton released on $3,850 bonds. charges include concealing stolen property burglary and assault with intent to rob. Pogue bonds broken into $1,500 $1,000 and $750 with cash takings listed. Horton returned to Morgan county after August 1945 grand jury indictment. Arrests in past 24 hours include public drunkenness and peace proceedings warrants.
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Morgan Sheriff's Office
C. B. Humphrey
R. C. Pogue
Hoover Motor Express Company
Matthew Horton
New York City
Horton
Pogue
Motor Express Company
Morgan County
Grand
Garland Nuby
Ford Workers Return After 24 Day Strike Settlement
Ford Motor Co resumes production with 106000 workers returning to the line after a 24 day strike ended. A new contract is pending as union seeks a $100 monthly pension raise plus health and accident insurance while Ford reviews the agreement.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
CIO
United Auto
Ford-Uaw
Death of Sailor Aboard Ship Now Is Probed by FBI
Federal authorities investigate the May 5 knife slaying of Wayne J. Wookey 18 a Eureka Illinois seaman aboard the freighter Fairhope in Salonika Greece. His body returned to Mobile. Funeral services were held. A Greek dock hand also was killed.
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Mobile
Ala
Eureka
Salonika
Greece
FBI
Wayne J. Wookey
Fairhope
James Good
Finniad
Coast Guard
East German timetable mystery grows as Stalinist council forms
Berlin May 31 East German communists offered only a sketch of plans for a state in the Soviet zone. Prof Hermann Kastner said there is no need to form an East German state while Paris talks on German unification continue. The People's Congress adopted a Soviet style constitution and named 400 council members led by Kastner and including Gerhart Eisler, a fugitive from the United States.
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Daniel DE Luce
Berlin
Germany
Hermann Kastner
People's Council
Paris
People's Congress
People’s Council
Gerhart Eisler
America
Kastner
Bolivia Declares State of Siege as Mine Workers Riot
Bolivia imposed a state of siege after mine workers seized hostages and tolls rose in Catavi area. At least 27 people died in weekend violence including two American engineers as the government battles leftist unions tied to rightist groups.
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Alberto Alvestegui
LA Paz
Bolivia
Catavi
Andes
Mamerto Urriolagoitia
Atomic Probe Goes Behind Closed Doors
Senate House atomic energy committee met behind closed doors to address the explosive AEC situation. Senator Hickenlooper accuses AEC Chairman David Lilienthal of mismanagement and calls for his firing, while Lilienthal defends the agency against panic inducing charges.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal to Face Hickenlooper Before Congress on Atomic Mismanagement
David E. Lilienthal will be called before the joint congressional committee on atomic energy tomorrow to answer charges of incredible mismanagement by Senator Hickenlooper. Chairman McMahon announced after a two hour closed door meeting. The hearing begins at 9 A.M. EST with Hickenlooper allowed to question Lilienthal.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Iowa
McMahon
Joint Committee
Lilienthal
AEC
Lilienthal Attacks Hickenlooper Over Atom Secrets
Lilienthal warned that Hickenlooper's charges could undermine trust in the nations and in the atomic program. He said the allegations cast a cloud on 60 000 atomic workers and accused critics of injecting disruption into the scientists' work.
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Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Wife of Slain Man Testifies in Cullman Murder Trial
Mrs. Marie Dean, widow of Wallace Clyde Dean, Cullman taxi driver slain in July 1945, testified as State's witness against Robert Woodard. She described Woodard's alleged drunken threats and claimed intimate relations with him after her husband's burial as coroner described powder burns and witnesses placed the fatal shot around 8:10 p.m.
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Marie Dean
Wallace Clyde Dean
Cullman
Robert Woodard
House Panel to Probe Nation's Air Power Policy
The House Armed Services Committee approved a unanimous resolution to investigate U S air power policies and aircraft procurement. Chairman Vinson sought a $50 000 expense fund and the inquiry will examine links between defense officials and aircraft interests amid concerns over the B 36 bomber and broader national security.
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House
Howard Dobson Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Rep
van Zandt
Rep.r. N.Y
Defense
Louis Johnson
Symington
Floyd Odlum
Morgan City Barber Refuses Reason for Self Inflicted Wound
James Otis Wilson, Morgan City barber, says in sheriff questioning he slit his own throat with a razor. He previously testified at a preliminary hearing about an alleged eggnog party that ended with James Emory Terrell beaten to death in Morgan City.
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Wilson
Vic Bubbett
James Otis Wilson
Morgan City
Morgan
Co. B. Humphrey
al Metcalfe
Jodie Hicks
Humphrey
James Emory Terrell
J. J. Leach
Morgan Courthouse
Leach
Eeither
Phillip Shank
Charles R. Tuck
Terrell
Metcalfe
Hicks
Métcalfe
Joe Morrison
Negro Death Case Stokes Georgia Investigation
In Irwinton Georgia Caleb Hill Jr. a 28 year old black man was abducted from the county jail by white men and killed near a creek. Sheriff George Hatcher reports no clues or motive yet and federal agents are reviewing possible federal law violations.
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Irwinton
George Hatcher
Caleb Hill Jr
Hatcher
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Justice Department
Hill
FBI
Georgia
Labor Board's Order Upheld in Wage Increase Dispute
The Supreme Court ruled that a union must be notified before a wage boost is granted during contract talks unless the union rejects the increase. Crompton Highland Mills in Griffin Georgia raised wages after deadlocked bargaining with the CIO Textile Workers Union, arguing market pressures. The decision was unanimous on the core issue with a procedural dispute among Justices.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
CIO Textile Workers
Crompton-Highland Mills, Inc
Griffin
Justice Burton
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Burton
Vinson
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Jackson
Heavy Rainfall Recorded at TWA Sub-station
For the 24 hours to 8 a m the T W A sub-station logged 32 inches of rain. The station reports 78 degrees as Monday's high at 2 pm, while the U S Weather sta
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U. S
Cullman Voters Approve School Expansion Plan
Cullman Alabama voters approve a five mill tax with 548 to 182 vote to fund a new West Cullman elementary with 10 classrooms and an auditorium plus remodel of the old Cullman county high school. The plan includes 12 high school classrooms and serves about 300 students amid crowded facilities.
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Cullman
Ala
West Cullman
Cullman County
Yatessa
South Cullman
Walton Named Head of Lodge in Royal Masters
Tom Walton former domestic imperial master was elected thrice illustrious master at the Decatur Council 81 of Royal and Select Masters. H. B. Norwood chosen domestic imperial master, D. E. Frederick to succeed Norwood, J. F Cobt moved to caretaker of council, Wakon succeeded H. W. Carter as treasurer. Roy McCabe reelected, Dr. W. W. Glass prelate, W. J. Moore sentinel, Bill Lakey elected steward.
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Tom Walton
Decatur Council
Royal and Select Masters of Masons
H. B. Norwood
D. E. Frederick
Norwood
J. F Cobt
Coun
Wakon
H.W. Carter
Roy McCabe
J. E
W. W. Glass
W. J. Moore
Bill Lakey
Sales Levy Hike Sent Back To Committee In Alabama House
The Alabama House killed a proposed 10 percent amusement tax and sent the sales tax bill back to the Ways and Means Committee 84 to 14. Lawmakers debated delaying to Friday, while a referendum idea and exemptions proposals surfaced. Senate actions included ad valorem tax exemptions for industries and a measure to grant mayors the title in city commissions. A statewide liquor referendum was introduced, with a dry outcome if rejected.
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Montgomery
Ala
House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means Committee
E. E.nelson
Clay
Flournoy Lovelace
Escambia
James E. Folsom
Ray Brooks Machinery Company
Leary
Owens Machinery Company
Birmingham
Senate
Alabama
Emmett Wood
Washington County
A. K. Callahan
Tuscaloosa
State Military Department
George Quarles
Dallas
Quarles
Sen
Jim Saliba
State Senate
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Addie Bynum
Jefferson Hospital
Robert
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H. D. Bates, Decature
George Taylor
Edd Parker
Family
Athens
Doris Crow
Toney
Will Broadway
Mattie McCain
H. F. Wyner
Albert Clapton
Austinville Church
Myron Melton
Decatur
Bill Wilhite
James S. Caretti
Birmingham Post
Indianapolis Speedway
Shiloh Sill Church
Alabama Street
Yette Street
Betty White
Fink Street
Oeastle
Jimmy Randolph
Mrs. Randolph
Danville
Decatur General ‘Hospital
Edna Tingley
Floyd R. Jenkins
Faye McClendon
Moulton Street
Recorder's Court
J. B. Whitmire
First Presbyterian Church
Leakesville
St. John’s Episcopal Church
By Ken Reynolds
Fritz
Liberal Democrats
Enrique Hertzog
Wilienthal
Western
Europe
Lee House
Frances Peppler
Eft
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard Sieswerda
Stella
Peppler
Labor Board
Cullman Vote Aids Schools
Walton
American Statcomar — Phlosopher
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