Labor unity unlikely as union leaders resist merger
James Marlow reports from Washington that John L. Lewis warns labor groups to unite or be destroyed, but unity seems distant. Green and Murray control vast AFL CIO influence, while aging leaders resist giving up power, making any real merger unlikely soon.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
CIO
AFL
United Mine Workers
William Green
Phillip Murray
Murray
Green
UMW
Pfc Eugene E Kelley completes combat truck drivers course
Pfc Eugene E Kelley of Hillsboro 2 graduated from the combat truck drivers school run by the Eighth Army in Korea. The two week course covered trailer operation winch and block convoy driving and blackout drills. Kelley joined in February 1951 and arrived in Korea June 7 1952.
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Eugene E. Kelley
Hillsboro 2
Eighth Army
Korea
Kelley
351St Transportation Highway Transport Group
Army
Auxiliary Unit At Wetumpka Formed
A new U. S. Coast Guard auxiliary was organized yesterday in Wetumpka by 15 motorboat owners based there. The unit will promote waterway safety in the region including Lake Jordan and nearby Lay Martin and Mitchell Lakes under its jurisdiction. Lake Jordan was declared navigable by the Motorboat Act of 1940, said Dr. Robert W. Augustine of Montgomery, the temporary chairman.
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Wetumpka
Lake Jordan
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Jordan
Lay
Martin
Mitchell
Robert W. Augustine
Montgomery
Big Syd to be ridden for $1000 at Decatur rodeo show
National Rodeo Association officials report $1,000 offered to ride Big Syd the bull at the Wild West Rodeo and Thrill Circus at Legion Field in Decatur on Sept 3 and 4. Spectators may ride if chosen when announced. no advance registration required. The show features 52 events including Trigger the horse, Moralez acts, Moonshine donkey, and Frankie Lane Leap of Death.
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National Rodeo Association
Big Syd
Legion Field
Decatur
Larry Shaw
Rodeo Thrill Circus
Roy Simpson
Trigger
Moralez
America
Bozo
Peggy Ann
Gale Thomas
Black Beauty
Hank Keenan
Hollywood
Frankie Lane
Local Notes from Morgan County and Surroundings
Morgan County life includes visits from Leonard Oldham and family from Philadelphia to Chunn and Carolyn in Tullahoma and Nashville trips for friends. Mr and Mrs Dewey Yeager of Thompson's Station attend the funeral of Mrs Bean in Bethel. Community events include CWF meeting at the parsonage and a fifth Sunday district meeting at Decatur Christian Church.
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Leonard Oldham
Philadelphia
J. M. Chunn
Carolyn
Dewey Yeager
Thompson’s_ Station
Tenn
Dewey Day
Eula Marion
Bean
Yeager
Kyle Stover
Hartselle
Tom Russell
New Orleans
Howard Russell
Ken
Don
Japan
Korea
C.wf
Decatur Christiany
Julia Burrell
Peabody College
Nashville
John Teague
Peabody
Lee Hall
Hall
Cotaco
Bethel
Melvin Williams
J. R. Holder
Ora Lee Holder
Katherine Ragan
Cora Draper
Wesley Turner
Decatur
Three-Way Decatur Crash Damages Autos Friday Night
Three cars damaged in two Decatur collisions within 13 minutes Friday night. A 1947 Ford hit a stopped Nash at Sixth Avenue and Gordon Drive after brakes failed. Earlier a 1936 Chevrolet pulled from a parking place and was struck by a 1948 Chevrolet on Church Street. No injuries reported.
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Decatur
Sixth Avenue
Gordon Drive
Church Street
Billy Thomas McLemore
Moulton
T. A. McLemore
Joe Black
Seventh Street
James Simon Walker
Fifth Avenue
Leonard L. Martin
Ace Martin
Decatur 1
Garland Nuby
James R. Guyse
Ford
Nash
Bank Street
Nuby
Guyse
Pine Tree Quilt Pattern Seeks Twenty-Five Cents
Buy this Pine Tree Quilt pattern designed for three fabrics with 535 charts and pattern pieces. Send twenty-five cents in coins to The Declar Daily Needlecraft Dept. P Q Box 16 Old Chelsea Station New York. Include PATTERN NUMBER NAME ADDRESS and ZONE. Also offers Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog with assorted patterns and a handbag pattern in the book.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
P. Q
Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Laura
Wheeler Needlecraft
Rites Held For O. B. Allen Died In Birmingham
O B Allen 55 Birmingham died at 9 last night in that city Funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow at First Church of God Hart selle with Rev Alec Adams and Rev D C Stafford officiating Interment in Hartselle cemetery Peck of Hartselle directing Survived by wife Bessie Allen Birmingham mother Lavonia Allen Birmingham brother S E Allen Somerville and other relatives
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First Church of God
Rev Billy Roy Smith Seeks Fund for World Service
Rev Billy Roy Smith of Decatur is named one of 95 regional representatives of the Church of God who will meet in Anderson Indiana September 8 through 11 to plan a one million dollar World Service fund for the year ending June 30 1953. Upon return he will call on area pastors to discuss the plan. The fund will support home missions and church outreach programs.
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Billy Roy Smith
Decature
Church of God
Anderson
Ind
World Service Fund
Pneumonia Fatal To Three Year Old Boy
Michael Allen Dyar of Courtland died of pneumonia at Ellis-Meyer hospital at 11 30 last night. Funeral services are set for 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the homes of his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Almon Kimbrel near Courtland with Rev Ralph Graham officiating. Interment will be in Courtland city cemetery. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs D W Dyar, Courtland, a sister Sandra, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs N D Dyar, Courtland, and other relatives. Pallbearers are J P Kimbrel Dan Clayburn Bobby Agee and Jackie Redding.
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Michael Allen Dyar
D. W Dyar
Courtland
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Almon Kimbrel
Ralph Graham
Courtland City
Brown
Decatur
Sandra
Neptune Hidden From Naked Eye Observation
The article notes that Neptune cannot be seen without aid, requiring telescopes or instruments. It emphasizes the planet’s distant, faint appearance beyond unaided vision.
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Neptune
Local church programs and mission focus outlined
The article details ongoing efforts in foreign missions, Christian education, church colleges, ministers' aid and pensions, reflecting the denomination's broad social and educational concerns.
Hold-Up Men Take $800 From Decatur Oil Station
E C Cowan, attendant at Save Oil on College Avenue, reports two white men robbed the station before dawn. They threatened him with a pistol, took about $200 in night receipts, then forced him to open a drawer with over $600 in envelopes. The loot was driven away in a black Mercury sedan. Cowan chased but lost them.
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E. C. Cowan
Save Oil
College Avenue
J. L. Meyers
F. M. Bonner
Cowan
Health Survey Funds Granted By N Y Group
The Health Information Foundation in New York has awarded an $11,000 grant to the University of Alabama to continue the Talladega community health survey begun in 1951. The project, led by Dr Solon T Kimball, involves Talladegans and UA personnel to support research, youth programs, water fluoridation, rat control, and school health initiatives.
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Tuscaloosa
Health Information Foundation
New York
WWII changes at Gibraltar erase race course and cricket field
In World War II British forces leveled the race course and cricket fields at Gibraltar to clear space for a modern airfield, reshaping the island’s facilities and landscape.
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Gibraltar
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