Decatur Police Get Appreciation Letter From Fund Drive
Decatur police department receives a letter of appreciation from L E Moody co chair of the government employe section for cooperation in the United Fund drive addressed to Chief J B Whitmire. A branch from a pear tree with eleven pears is shown. Also notes about Snead College student Bobby Kirkpatrick visiting his parents and listing students enrolled at the State Vocational Trade School Harvest.
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Decatur
L. E. Moody
J. B. Whitmire
Daily
J. E. Hogan
Herbert McElroy
Bobby Kirkpatrick
Snead College
Mrs
T. F. Kirkpatrick
Mon- Harvest
James A. Reid
Hartselle
Hammond Taluezh
Thompson
James S. Herring
Lewis M. Crawford
James A. Griffin
Elkmont
G D Williamson Dies At 93 In Decatur Hospital
G D Williamson aged 93 died at 1 30 this morning in Decatur General Hospital where he had been a patient since Saturday night The Russell County native was the son of Elijah and Margaret Cleere Williamson He began work in Hartselle at 16 with Oden and Co then with Hartselle and with D B Echols bought a stock of goods He and a partner opened a store in Flint using a wagon and goods See G D Williamson on Page 2
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Minor Triplett
Williamson
Decatur General Hospital
Russell County
Elijah and
Margaret Cleere Williamson
Hartselle
Oden and Co
UF Still Needs Healthy Pushing for Fund Drive
The Morgan County United Fund must raise 9 659.49 more to reach its 94 800 goal by next Saturday Nov 12. McGough Bakeries boosted the drive with 612 in pledges and participation hit 100 percent. Robinson Furniture Co and Housing Authority of Decatur also reported full employee participation, with other firms urged to finalize solicitations and reports this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County United Fund
McGough Bakeries, Company
Robinson Furniture Co
Housing Authority
City of
Decatur
Quince Eddens
Decatur Considers Special Census and Pryor Field Upgrades
Decatur officials discussed a possible special census to update the city's population since 1950 and voted $5,400 as its share of a $45,000 Pryor Field improvement program. Mayor Summer urged pursuing the census to boost state and tax revenues, with costs about 18 cents per capita and city attorney asked to draft an application to the Census Bureau. The article notes current population estimates around 28 000 and mentions airport funding support.
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Decatur
United States Bureau of the Census
Pryor Field
Morgan, Limestone
H. R. Summer
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Bureau of the Census
Summer
Federal Bureau
Morgan County
Toth Ruling May Free Turncoats
Supreme Court frees Robert W. Toth from military court martial loosening Army leverage on five discharged Korean War prisoners accused of collaboration. Three men who switched to Communists and returned to the United States may quickly learn if Army control is broken. Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman in San Francisco to rule on habeas corpus petitions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert W. Toth
San Francisco
Louis E. Goodman
Air Force
Pittsburgh
Toth
Labor Seeks Control Dems Says Knowland
Senator Knowland warned in Miami that AFL CIO leaders aim to seize the Democratic party and seize government by 1960 or 1956. He tied the labor coalition to Michigan moves and likened it to a British style labor party controlling state and national power, saying the goal harms labor and the nation.
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Miami
Fla
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Democratic Party
Senate
U. S. Savings and Loar League
People
Congress
AFL and
CIO
New Labor Combine
Michigan
Labor Party
U S Increases Cotton Estimate by Nine Hundred Fifteen Thousand
The Agriculture Department lifts this year’s government controlled cotton crop forecast to 14,843,000 bales of 500 pounds each, up 915,000 from last month’s 13,928,000 bale projection. The figure compares with a production goal near 10,000,000 bales and last year’s 13,696,000 and the 1944-53 ten year average of 12,952,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Molotov Returns To Geneva Table
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov returned to the Big Four conference from Moscow talks. Western leaders said a remark about bringing better baggage signaled softened Soviet opposition to Germanys early reunification. U S authorities speculated he might present a friendlier stance on reciprocal aerial inspections while demanding rapid outlawing of atomic weapons.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
East
West
Molotov
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Kelleral Bridge this morning was 17.62 feet, up .01 in 24 hours. Sea level reading 551.93. High 59 at 1 pm, low 37 this morning. Temperatures 42 at 8 am and 52 at 11 am. Forecast fair and cold with increasing clouds. highs 54 today, 55 Wednesday, lows 36 tonight. Waterfowl shooting hours Wednesday 5:46 am to 4:17 pm.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Kelleral Bridge
Prisoner Shot By Sharpshooter In Hostage Incident
A 54 year old prisoner at Holmesburg Prison held a social worker at knife point for over two hours. Lt Edward Nelson shot him through a cell door, the bullet hitting the inmate in the mouth and lodging in the back of his head. He is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Charles Savage
Savage
David Kaplan
Kaplan
Edward Nelson
Police Academy
Nelson
Philadelphia General Hospital
City Hall to be sold at auction in Athens
The old city hall on the square’s west side will go under the hammer at 2 p.m. Wednesday as preparation for occupancy of the new $260000 city hall in December. Johnston and Wellden will handle the sale on a 3 percent commission. the buyer will receive jail equipment. mayor E L Vinson noted that some office equipment for the new hall has arrived.
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Athens
Johnston and Wellden
E. L. Vinson
Vinson
Sunda
Closing Shop For Veterans Day State
Montgomery reports state offices will close for Veterans Day on Friday November 11. Offices shut at 5 p.m. Thursday and reopen Monday morning. Thanksgiving closures follow on Thursday and Friday November 24 25 per Gov. James E. Folsom.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Mid East Bares Other Side Of Spirit Of Geneva Coin
AP Foreign News Analyst William L. Ryan argues communism seeks a major victory in the Middle East. He notes Moscow may use threats and blackmail to frame the United States as colonial, aiming to cement a Soviet niche without triggering World War III. See MID on Page 2.
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Mid East
Geneva
Middle East
William L. Ryan
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Cain
Court ruling may end public golf courses and playgrounds
Southern leaders split over a Supreme Court decision banning racial segregation in state funded facilities. Some say most public golf courses playgrounds and pools will close. others expect gradual fixes. Herman Talmadge warned it could end such public venues though cities may adapt. See SOME on Page 2.
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U.S. Supreme Court
South
High Court
Deep South
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Atlanta
Eisenhower to Address Nation After Hospital Stay
President Eisenhower will speak to the nation on television and radio upon leaving Fitzsimons Army Hospital Friday and again in Washington that afternoon. He will address the nation before boarding his private plane at Lowry Air Force Base, then speak at National Airport upon arrival. He plans a weekend rest at the White House and a later six week recovery at Gettysburg farm.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Washington
Lowry Air Force Base
Columbine III
Military Air Transport Terminal
National Airport
White House
Gettysburg
Suspected Teens Wanted in Alabama Store Robbery
County and state authorities pursue three teenage suspects in the Morgan County armed robbery of James Owens store on New River Road. $130 taken. chase at Arab High School ended with suspects fleeing into woods. trio Harold Smith 16 Joppa Sherel Holloway 15 Arab Larry Adams 16 Union Grove linked to missing truck headed north.
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Tennage
Morgan County
James Owens
New River Road
Arab High School
Harold Smith
Joppa
Sherel Holloway
Larry Adams
Union Geove 1
Prowler Admits In House When Woodward Shot
Nassau County police report the prowler, initially denying presence on the Woodward estate the night of the shotgun death, now says he was breaking into the house at about Oct 30. The account aligns on points with Ann Woodward who said she mistook a prowler for an intruder when she shot her husband.
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Mineola
N. Y
William E. Woodward Jr
Paul W. Wirths
Nassau County
Ann Woodward
Mrs. Woodward
School Bus Auto Crash In Lawrence No Injuries Reported
A Lawrence County school bus and an automobile collided on Clebie Springs road north of Moulton early Monday. The car suffered 250 dollars in damage, while occupants of both vehicles escaped injury. The bus driver was Oliver T. Hill, 39, and the auto driver was Clifford C. Letson of Courtland.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Clebie Springs
Roy Thomas
Oliver T. Hill
Chrysler
Clifford C. Letson
Courtland
India Misunderstood By U S Says Missionary Visiting Here
Rev Henry R Ferger on leave from India told the Decatur Rotary Club that India mistrusts the West due to early British policy and that Nehru seeks to avoid entanglement, while branding him a Communist. He noted Indians may be harder line than the United States on communism and urged that US aid to improve America helps Indians find jobs.
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Decatur Rotary Club
Henry R. Ferger
India
West
United States
Ferger
Napoleon
Asia
Nehru
America
Allahabad, India
Prem Singh
Decatur
A. W. White, Jr
Huntsville
J.C. Hughes
W. W. Cannon
Jasper
Perger
Get Even Threat Figure Arrested in N O Murder Case
In New Orleans a 27 year old woman Mary Moss Falcon was booked with murder after two brothers William Baughman Jr seven and Lawrence six died within hours of Oct 13 from phosphorus poison used in pest control. Falcon allegedly threatened to get even during a September quarrel with their mother Helen Baughman. The boys lived with their parents and five siblings on limited aid from a church. See ILL GET on Page 2.
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New Orleans
William Baughman Jr
Lawrence
Orleans Parish
Mary Moss Falcom
Violet
Falcon
Mary Jackson
William Hart
Baughman
Manhunt for Phenix City killer widens after teen death
A posse searched west of Phenix City for George Howard after he killed his 15 year old daughter Eula and wounded his wife and another daughter last night. Authorities say the 55 year old is armed and remains at large as the manhunt intensifies.
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Phenix City
George Howard
Lamar Murphy
Eula Howard
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G. D. Williamson
Buckley
Katie
Blaoke
Dems
U.S
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Norfolk
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Connecticut
THE
Associated Press
Prowler
Woodward
U. S
N.O
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
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