Lions Club Plans 10th Anniversary Event in Decatur
The Decatur Lions Club discussed its 10th anniversary celebration to be held September 14 at Decatur Country Club. The club aims for 100 percent attendance during National Organization week and will host one outside speaker each month. Hugh Mitchell of Statesville will keynote the anniversary night, with R. B. Freeman earning a five year attendance pin and guests Bob Barrett and Bud Stone in attendance.
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Decatur Lions Club
Decatur Country Club
Claude Carter
Hugh Mitchell
Statesville, N
Mitchell
Lions
North Carolina
Carter
R. B. Freeman
Bob Barrett
New York City
Bud Stone
Decatur
Righters Map Kentucky Fight
Orval W. Baylor, Kentucky chairman of the states rights democrats, announced the campaign will open September 25 in Madisonville with Gov. Strom Thurmond as the principal speaker. A petition filing for ballot placement will occur in Frankfort this week, with Thurmond also set for four more Kentucky stops.
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Versailles
Orval W. Baylor
Kentucky
States Rights Democrats
Madisonville
Baylor
J. Strom "Thurmond
South Carolina
Frankfort
Thurmond
Hopkinsville
Mayfield
Versalles
Covington
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Governors Meet as Berlin Crisis Shapes Germany
Military governors gathered yesterday for the first time in five months to discuss Berlin and the Soviet blockade. Bonn hosted moves toward a West German regime with delegates drafting a new constitution to broaden Western participation and counter Soviet charges of division.
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Berlin
Washington
State Department
Line
Germany
Bonn
Cabbage Surplus Slows Local Farmer
Wilkes Barré reports farmer Henry Bobbin faced 40 000 surplus cabbages with no buyers and offered them to the public. After an initial no show and a renewed appeal, 40 000 cabbages were taken and an additional 1 000 intended for market were also stolen by unknown individuals.
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Wilkes-Barre
Henry Bobbin
Bobbin
Rev John Morgan to Fill Pulpit at Mountainview Church
Reverend John Morgan will preach Sunday at 10 o clock and again at seven in the evening at Mountainview Church nine miles east of Hartselle on Brindley Mountain. The public is invited to hear him.
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John Morgan
Mountainview Church
Hartselle
Brindley Mountains
Father Son Die After Wisconsin Traffic Crash
A 36 year old father and his 22 year old son died in a Birmingham hospital from injuries suffered in a traffic crash near Warrior after their car skidded off the road on Saturday. Victims were George Washington Harkness 56 of Trenton New Jersey and his son. Three others were injured in the crash.
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Birmingham
Mingham
George Washington Harkness
Seseteseeee
Youth Drowns in Talladega Creek
In Talladega Alabama on September 1 a youth named William Reynolds drowned while swimming with several other youths. Police investigated the incident and identified the location near Balladega Creek.
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Talladega
Ala
William Reynolds
Balladega Creek
Polis
Markets Rally As Steel Rail and Auto Shares Lead
Stocks advanced with most gains around two points or less. Steel, railway and automobile shares spearheaded the rise as many issues hit new highs for the year or longer. Volume rose well above sleepy sessions, with about a million shares traded and Du Pont jumping as much as six points amid improving Berlin blockade prospects.
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New York
Wall Street
Berlin
du Pont
Stocks and Commodities Report from New York and Chicago
New York markets show higher activity in steels motors and rail shares with steady bonds and quiet cotton. Chicago grain notes include steady wheat strong corn with new crop months lower and firm oats while hogs edge down and cattle remain uneven with top prices around 41.40.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Highlights Cattle Hog and Sheep Quotes
Nashville Tennessee September market report from the Federal State Departments of Agriculture notes cattle 1200 head steady to 50 higher with beef steers and heifers selling up to 26.00 and bulk 22.00 26.00. Calves 400 steady with good and choice 26.00 30.00. Hogs 800 steady with good and choice 190 240 lb barrows and gilts 28.25 and lighter 25.00 25.50. Sheep 300 steady with spring lambs 21.50 24.50 and ewes 7.50 9.50.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Poultry Market Steady as Reds Demand Remains Strong
In North Georgia, the live poultry market held steady with firm undertone as Reds showed the strongest demand. Prices f.o.b. farm for fryers ranged around 34 cents with New Hampshire Reds and Barred Rocks Crosstses offered in the 32 to 34 cent band. weights mostly 24 to 34 pounds. Nearby cotton futures in New York closed mixed with October at 30.97 and December at 30.85, while Middling spot rose to 31.90.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
New Hampshire Reds
N.Y
New York
Russell Long Takes Narrow Senate Lead In Louisiana Primary
Russell Long 29-year-old son of Huey P. Long edged ahead of Judge Robert F. Kennon by about 1 500 votes as rural returns from Democratic primary results came in. Unofficial tallies across 1 686 precincts showed Long 240 232 to Kennon 238 732 with many rural parishes still unreported. Ellender led his opponent in another Senate race, while Gov. Earl Long’s influence loomed in urban areas.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
United States Senate
Long
Kennon
Joan Overton
Louisiana
Earl
Alien J. Ellender
Ellender
James" Domengeaux Wyoana
Cheries S. Germa
New York Truck Strike Shuts City Trade Routes
A strike by 9,400 AFL Teamsters Local 807 members halted general cargo movement in New York. Mediators will begin early afternoon talks as officials warn the stoppage could spread to 28,000 workers in 11 nearby locals in New Jersey and the metro area.
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New York
Amhelis
AFL International Brotherhoo
Teamsters
Division of Labor Relations
New Jersey
807
Ada Wardlow Dies at 72 in Decatur Home
Funeral services for Ada Viola Wardlow 72 who died Tuesday at 11 40 AM at her home 1121 Third Avenue East will be held Thursday at Ninth Street Methodist Church. Body remains at residence until the funeral cottage leaves at 2 10 PM for services in the church and city cemetery. Mrs Wardlow born in New Albany Mississippi lived here long, member of Ninth Street Church. Survived by husband J A Wardlow two sons E O Prospect Tenn and Dick Decatur seven daughters all of Decatur and nearby towns two brothers two sisters 24 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren.
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Ada Viola Wardlow
Third Avenue E
Ninth Stret Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
New Albany
Miss
Wardlow
B. L. Oliver
Decatur
Sadye Osborne
Fred Murphree
Birmingham
Eliott Lindsey
Gadsden
Nixon cites Chambers and Hiss in alleged underground links
Nixon said Chambers held a WPA writing job with the railroad retirement board for three months and 12 days, earning about $2,000 a year, though Chambers claimed $6,000. He added Chambers told Berle Jr about the underground in fall 1939, while Berle acknowledged worry over Hiss's Russia ties and a pro-Russian group within the State Department led by Dean Acheson. Berle called Hiss a possible sympathizer but not clearly destined for the ministry.
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Chambers
Nixon
Silverman
Kaplan
Underground
A. A. ‘Berle Jr
Alger Hiss
State—Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Hiss
Behieg
Berle
New York
Russia
Communist Party
Berie
State Department
Dean Acheson
Tl Am
Farm Agent Resigns His Madison Co. Job
State Extension Director L. L. Self announced the resignation of J. B. Mitchell as Madison county agent effective today. Mitchell served 20 years in the post and 30 years with the extension service, nearing mandatory retirement. L. H. Little, Lawrence county agent, will take over Sept. 6.
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Auburn
Ala
L. L. Self
J. B. Mitchell
Madison
Self
Mitchell
L. H. Little
Lawrence
Little
Madison County
Ice Cream Supper Planned at Neel Schoolhouse
An ice cream supper is scheduled at Neel schoolhouse Friday night. Proceeds will go to the public was invited.
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Neel
Carmichael Attacks States Righters and Klan Terror
Carmichael urged Democrats to unite for a platform prioritizing individual rights over property. He blasted “rabid states righters” and the Ku Klux Klan as a white supremacist threat, calling their race issues a stock in trade and promised prosecutions for Birmingham hoodlums.
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States
Carmichael
Ku Klux Klan
Birmingham
Bessemer
Wallace Campaign Visit Faces Breakfast Trouble in Decatur
Henry Wallace and his unsegregated party struggled to find breakfast with two local taverns reportedly refusing service while Wallace and some aides ate coffee and doughnuts at a cafe. Decatur Civic clubs praised orderly conduct as Wallace spoke to a mixed crowd amid boos and cheers.
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Wallace
Schuman Forms New French Cabinet in Narrow Victory
Premier Robert Schuman began forming a new cabinet in Paris after winning assembly approval by 322 to 185, with 101 abstentions or walkouts. He pledged to oppose wage hikes, favor bread and milk price rises, and implement tax increases to cover a budget shortfall.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Assembly
Schuman
Frech
Andre Marie
Groundbreaking Held for Alabama Livestock Coliseum
Work began on a 132 acre site for Alabama's 1.5 million livestock showplace with Agriculture Commissioner Haygood Paterson on site. Gov. James E. Folsom lauded past legislatures and officials for planning while James Lawson noted beef cattle income rising to 50 million dollars annually from about six million a decade ago.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Haygood Paterson
James E. Folsom
Wallace urges end to cold war to curb inflation in the South
Quiet Wallace tells Decatur citizens that ending Cold War tensions could reduce inflation. He addresses TVA as a symbol of unity and argues free enterprise benefits from TVA while noting Alabama ranks 44th in education and income. He calls for greater economic progress and higher income in Alabama.
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Wallace
Decatur
Tennesee Valley Authority
TVA
South
Alabama
Explosion at Fort Jackson Kills Three Soldiers
Army officials report a blast at Fort Jackson South Carolina during a machine gun demonstration killed three soldiers and critically injured three others with 20 additional minor injuries. Details await full investigation per Captain Anderson LaNeeley post public information officer.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Anderson la Neeley
Post Public Information
Laborers In The Vineyard Sermon At First Baptist
Dr. Jesse M. Rogers will preach on The Laborers In The Vineyard at Sunday morning service. Mrs H P Still was dismissed from the Hamil clinic. VFW auxiliary sets Thursday 8 PM at the post. Rev G M Davenport leads prayer at Central Methodist tonight with Proverbs scripture and film My Name Is Han to follow. Fire incidents reported at Farm Industries and Bank Street with no damage. John Batey dismissed from Hamil clinic. E R Carter will be in the local rent office Thursday morning. Mrs Lawrence Zahnd hospitalized. Harwell couple of Elton Tenn welcomed a daughter at Baugh and Wiley clinic. Mosey Hough admitted to Baugh and Wiley clinic.
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Jesse M. Rogers
First Baptist Church
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist, Church
China
Farm Industries
Bank Street
East Moulton
Wallace Campaign Encounters Cold Reception in Alabama
Wallace faced a hostile Alabama tour with boos at Guntersville and interruptions over segregation. Hounded by hecklers and signs opposing communism, he canceled Gadsden and faced officials warning of strict segregation enforcement as Mississippi and Arkansas pledged escorts.
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Huntsville
Wallace
North Carolina
Alabama
Guntersville
Courthouse
Dixie
Albertville
Gadsden
J. P. Mooney
Bessemer
Alabama Progressive Party
Mooney
Deep South
Mississippi
Arkansas
James E. Folsom
Cross Burned Near Black Neighborhood in Gadsden
Police investigate a cross burning near a group of negro houses in Gadsden Alabama near the baseball park where a game was in progress. A second possible cross burning is reported on Lookout Mountain as Chief Fay Boman probes the incidents.
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Gadsden
Ala
Fay Boman
Lookout Mountain
Boman
Mandamus Sought To Force School Enrollment
Judge Rosenau scheduled a mandamus hearing over a challenged state education amendment. Representative B. B. Broadwater, former Athens legislator and Tanner High principal, is summoned as a witness. The suit aims to compel the Athens school system to admit a child despite enrollment refusals while authorities dispute the law’s interpretation.
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Rosenau
Pasage
Solon
B. B. Broadwater
Athens
Tanner High School
Board of Education
Wallace campaign schedule amid segregation tensions in Alabama
At 4 30 p m the Wallace campaign plans a speech from the Birmingham courthouse steps then another address at Bes semer and a radio address. The party leaves at 8 30 p m for Jackson Mississippi on the next leg of the Southern campaign tour. Senator Glen Taylor is jailed in May on disorderly conduct charges for entering a meeting through a door reserved for Negroes and is appealing a 50 dollar fine and six month suspended sentence. Birmingham Police Commissioner Bull Connor vows to jail anyone disturbing Wallace and to enforce segregation laws with a barrier planned at the courthouse address.
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Birmingham
Bessemer
Wallace
Jackson
Miss
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Taylor
Eugene
Bull) Connor
Connor
Five Year Old Drives Car and Injures Friend
Five-year-old Daniel Elliott guided a sedan for 350 yards in a Lawrence neighborhood. His three-year-old girlfriend Anna Danahy suffered head injuries after a trailer collision. owner John P. Oakes valued damages at $300. Police suggested a spanking.
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Lawrence
Mass
Daniel Elliott
Anna Danahy
Danny
Anna
John P. Oakes
Fire crews respond to Williams Neon Sign blaze
Two fire departments rushed to a noon alarm at the Williams Neon Sign Company at Lee and Ferry Streets and Second Avenue. The blaze, sparked by a motor, was brought under control with damage not yet estimated.
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Williams Neon Sign Company
Lee and
Ferry Streets
Second Avenue
Jackson Talk May Be Out
Jackson Mississippi September 1 14 Wallace visit appears cancelled as Henderson says plans for a public address at the state capitol are abandoned pending local approval. Wallace plans a meeting at Southern Christian Institute and a radio address before aiding elector-candidates for Secretary of State Ladner on the November ballot.
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Jackson
Miss
Charman J. Lewis Henderson
Wallace Committee
Mississippi
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Mippi
Henderson
Wallace
Vicksburg
Southern Christian Institute
Edwards
Heber Ladner
Boaz Boy Killed by Truck While Opening Gum
In Boaz Alabama a three year old boy named Dale Hol and was run over and killed by a truck yesterday. Police say the mother bought chewing gum from a rolling store and handed it to the child who stepped in front of the moving vehicle as it started.
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Boaz
Ala
Dale Holand
Grover Gray
Ray
Attorney Birch, Former Mobile U.S. District Attorney, Dies
Brataville reports the death of Alexander C. Birch 74 a former U.S. district attorney at Mobile. He practiced law in Birmingham before his two terms as district attorney and had lived in a convalescent home here for six years after a paralytic stroke.
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Brattville
Ala
Alexander C. Birch
U. S
Mobile
Birch
Birmingham
Suit Won by Plaintiff in Morgan County Court
In Morgan county court a jury awarded Dave Mendelson 1500 dollars in a suit against P H Vaughan over a lease sale agreement connected to the Palace cafe. The Decatur Shoe Store now occupies the Palace cafe site. Other docket items included upcoming cases and several disposed actions with various settlements and continuances.
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Morgan County
Dave Mendelson
P. H. Vaughan
Mendelson
Red 46
Vaughan
Palace
Palace Cafe
Decatur Shoe
Parker Bank and Trust Comany
G. L. Chenaalt
Ned Frazier
Virginia Mary
Clayton Blankenship
Flossie Self
H. H. Hunter
Buford Motes
Crowds Shrink as 1923 Birth Year Registration Continues
Crowds were smaller Wednesday at Selective Service headquarters as men born in 1923 registered on the courthouse annex second floor. Officials reported 326 registrations for the day, following 338 on opening day. Ten women aided registration Wednesday and 32 women in total volunteered two days weekly.
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Selective Service
Uncle Sam
Selective Service Board
Draft Board
Death toll of secret police clouds atomic energy drive
Fragmentary text hints at a death toll tied to secret police actions amid efforts to advance atomic energy development. Details are unclear but imply state security involvement and partisan tension around the project.
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Secret Police
Zhdanov Dies. Moscow Mourns Leading Communist
Andrei A. Zhdanov, a close associate of Stalin and top Cominform leader, dies at 52 after heart trouble. Moscow lines up to view his body in the Hall of Columns with nearly a million expected to see the bier before interment at the Kremlin wall. The Politburo member helped spearhead Cominform attacks on Tito amid a period of national mourning.
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Eddy Giling
Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Kremlin
Zhdanov
Stalin
Communist Party
Russia
Stalin Proba
Pravda
Politburo
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Minor street crash injures no one on Third Avenue
A Quality Model laundry truck struck a parked car owned by N. L. Finch in the 1200 block of Third Avenue E at 7 10 A M. Driver James Earl Mahaffy swerved to avoid a White Way Milk truck driven by J C Wilson as it pulled from the work. officers Hunter and Kennedy investigated.
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Third Avenue
N. L. Finch
Fourth Avenue E
James Earl Mahaffy
Fifth Avenue
Mahaffy
J. C. Wilson
Hunter
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Madison Co
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Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall
American Legion
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Louis Burnham
Southern Negro Youth Conference
Brock
Spight
Roy Bradford
Highway Patrol
Huntaville
Blast
Jacob Lomakin
Alexis
Hudson River Pier
Stockholm
Daas
Drlimal
H. P. Still
Oak
Hamil Clinic
VFW
John Batey
E. R. Carter
Lawrence Zahnd
Fifth Avenue W
Decatur General Hospital
Charles Harwell
Elton, Tenn
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Mosey Hough
Lowan
Mandamus
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