Local residents visit relatives. hospital notes and events
Decatur area residents visit family in Falkville and Huntsville while hospital stays include Mrs. Myrtle Sullivan and Miss Shirley Hughes. Births announced at Baugh-Wiley and Ellis-Meyer clinics. Recorder's court lists 26 cases with disorderly conduct and intoxication leading charges. Navy carrier Essex stories draw local interest as Billy Dean Wear serves as communications officer. See diary on Page 2.
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Recorder’s Court
Essex
Siberian
Billy Dean Wear
Decatur
The
Innocent Plea in Baltimore Slaying Case
G Edward Grammer a 35 year old New York office manager pleaded innocent today to beating his wife Dorothy May Grammer 33 and making it look like an automobile crash A police magistrate ordered him held in jail until a grand jury convenes likely tomorrow The arraignment lasted five minutes produced no testimony and offered no motive for the death of the Sunday school teacher and mother of three Grammer appeared clean shaven with dark circles and did not speak He was searched and guarded after being placed in a special cell at police headquarters
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Baltimore
G. Edward Grammer
New York
Dorothy May Grammer
Grammer
Back Door Open At Brock and Spight Warehouse
Night watchman found the back door pried open at 10 37 last night. Police and officers investigated but found nothing missing. Detective Smith and Officer Kennedy continued the probe today after a second recent entry at the same wholesale grocery.
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Brock and Spight Wholesale Grocery
J. B. Whitmire
Don Ware
L. J. Pettey
James R. Guyse
Louis Landers
A. F. Miller
Charles Smith
C. M. Kennedy
TVA Benefits Emphasized by Senator Hill at Labor Day
Senator Lister Hill told a large Decatur crowd in Delano Park that the Tennessee Valley Authority has done more for labor, farmers, and business in the Tennessee Valley than anything else. He noted TVA’s creation in 1933, praised past battles to fund steam plants for TVA, and urged support for Stevenson and Sparkman in the November election.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
Lister Hill
Delano Park
TVA
George Norris
Roosevelt
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Sparkman
Decatur
H. R. Summer
Tommy Wilson
Textile Workers Union
J. H. Francis
Barber’s International
Francis
Barbers
E. J. Barnett
Alabama A. F. of L
Stevenson
Labor League For Political Education
Barnett
Labor
Senator Hill
Constitution Party loses two top officers amid anti Semitism concerns
Suzanne Stevenson and Percy Greaves Jr. resign from the new Constitution Party after accusations that some members voiced anti Semitic sentiments in Philadelphia. Stevenson, a Catholic and foreign born, denounces the phrase Christian heritage as bigoted. Party officials in New York dispute the charge and argue heritage does not exclude non Christians.
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Chaplin
Conn
Constitution Party
Suzanne Silvercrays Stevenson
Percy L. Greaves Jr
Chevy Chase
Douglas MacArthur
National Committee
Philadelphia
New York City
Haliburton Fales
Stevenson
George T. Foster
Chicago
Slayer Makes Good Escape From Moving Train
Birmingham police hunt David Taylor 25 of Walker County after he leaped from a Louisville and Nashville passenger train while handcuffed. He had been being returned to Kilby Prison from Chicago by transfer agent Paul Sexton. Taylor previously escaped Draper Prison in September and Atmore Prison Camp in August. He was serving 34 years for second degree murder grand larceny forgery and petty larceny.
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Birmingham
David Taylor
Walker County
Ala
Taylor
Louisville
Kilby
Chicago
Paul Sexton
Montgomery
State Corrections Department
Draper
Atmore
Spy Network Smashed in West Germany Arrests of Three Leaders
West German police announce the break up of a Communist spy ring with three ringleaders arrested including Ludwig Weisz an East German expert and Johann Kraus a Frankfurt City Assembly member. The ring reportedly operated from Frankfurt and had agents in Ruhr industrial centers seeking access to West Germany defense planning.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Frankfurt
Ruhr
Federal Defense Commission
West Germany
Federal Office For Defense of the Constitution
Red Network
Ludwig Weisz
Johann Kraus
Federal gambling stamp issued to Phenix City resident
The Internal Revenue service announced a new federal gambling stamp issuance to another resident of Phenix City. More than 80 stamps have been issued in Alabama since the start of the new fiscal year July 1.
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Birmingham
Phenix City
Internal Revenue Office
Alabama
Accident Toll Under Year Ago Council Reveals
The Labor Day weekend death toll fell from last year with 541 total deaths from all accidents, including 417 traffic fatalities and 55 drownings. National Safety Council President Ned H. Dearborn cited reduced highway deaths and enforcement as factors. Rainy weather may have kept people home and dampened road use.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
East
Midwest
Adlai Pleased With Reception Across Michigan Tour
Governor Adlai Stevenson declared he was very well satisfied with the results of his campaign sweep through Michigan industrial centers and with reactions to his labor management policy stance. He outlined plans for a farm program policy statement and prepared for speaking at the National Plowing Contest in Kasson Minnesota after trips to Denver and Pontiac.
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Relman Morin
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Stevenson
Denver
Kasson
Minn
Senator Hill Pledges Aid for New Wing at Decatur General
Sen Lister Hill visited Decatur General Hospital to discuss a new wing under the Hill Burton act. He met with hospital leaders and local officials including Raymond Britain Dr J C Nash James Roper Tommy Wilson Barrett Shelton E J Barnett J H Francis and Ruth Driver to explore federal state and local funding options. Hill pledged to assist in securing construction aid and planned an afternoon tour of the facility.
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Decatur General Hospital
Lister Hill
Sen. Hill
Hill- Burton
Delano Park
Washington
Decatur General
Decatur
Raymond Britain
J.C. Nash
Morgan County Medical Society
James Roper
Central Labor Union
Tommy Wilson
United Textile Workers of America
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
E. J. Barnett
Alabama
A. F. of
J. H. Francis
Barber’s International
Ruth Driver
Senator Hill
Margaret Truman Says President Made His Own Decision
Margaret Truman insisted she and her mother had no role in President Truman's choice not to run for reelection. She said the decision was the President's alone and dismissed Swedish press criticism of Secret Service involvement as unfounded.
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New York
Margaret Truman
President Truman
United States
Miss Truman
Mrs. Truman
U. S
Secret Service
Sweden
Negro Farmers Exhibit Cattle Tonight at Morgan County
Negro farmers display their finest dairy cattle at the livestock coliseum in Morgan County. They compete for 324 in prize money and ribbons from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, with a new annual Negro division to encourage participation in district shows. The event continues tonight at 7 and culminates Wednesday at the Tennessee Valley dairy cattle show with 1200 in prizes. Educational features include 4 H and NFA judging practice and district competition insights.
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Morgan County
Livestock Coliseum
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Dairy Cattle Show
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
NFA Club
NFA
Life Jackets Save Eight As Small Launch Sinks
Eight people, including five children, survived when a 17-foot launch sank off Gore's Point about 16 miles west of Panama City Florida. Life jackets and cork cushions kept them afloat for about two hours until a shrimp boat rescued them. Suspected cause was wake from a passing cabin cruiser.
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Panama City
Fla.p
Gore's Point
Here
Foy Waddell
This City
Linda
Foy Jr
Janice Ann
Cecil Kelley
Dorothy Lou
Horton
Drowning of Acrobatic Diver at Wakulla Springs
Charles Scott Stanton an FSU gymnast and underwater acrobat drowned at Wakulla Springs in Florida after finishing a deep water diving exhibition. The 25 year old Navy veteran from Macomb Illinois often performed dives through a hole in a ledge. Divers worked to recover his body from 140 feet below the surface after he fell back into the water from a glass bottom boat.
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Wakulla Springs
Fla.2
Charles Scott Stanton
Florida State University
Stanton
Macomb
Boundaries of Elementary School Districts Are Given
Decatur city schools will be in their offices all day Wednesday to meet new students. Bring birth certificate and vaccination certificate. Sixth grade students report to Gordon Bibb, Somerville Road students report to Somerville Road, and others to their home district schools.
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Decatur City
Decatur
Somerville Road
Gordon- Ribb Echaal
Severe hurricane Baker roars in Atlantic ships warned
Tropical hurricane Baker gains strength 370 miles north northeast of San Juan with winds up to 135 miles per hour. A Navy plane confirms dangerous winds in the northern quadrant as ships are urged to exercise caution while the storm moves northwest away from land.
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Miami
Atlantic
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Baker
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Navy
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Ellicott City
Baltimore
Eisenhower blasts Washington corruption in Atlanta speech
Thousands welcomed General Dwight D. Eisenhower as he condemns the Truman administration in a downtown Atlanta rally. He calls for a wholesale clean out of political bosses, decrying a top-to-bottom Washington mess and urging reform to restore integrity.
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Atlanta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hurt Park
Peachtree Street
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
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St. Louis
Memphis
George L. McCutcheon
Mulberry
Florida
J. D. Baker
Falkville
T. M. McCutcheon
Hartselle
James E. Baker
Betty Baker
Huntsville
R. H. Woodard
Ida Self
Myrtle Sullivan
Memorial Drive
S. W
Earl
Glasco
White Street
Shirley Hughes
Pleas Hill
Courtland
John C. Darmer
Harvest
L. E. McDowell
Cullman
Randall Nebrig
Endlam Blvd
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Yesterdday
J. D. Crowley
Elkton, Jenn
W. L. Sherrill, Jr
Sixth Avenue
Ss. W
P. E. Johnson, Hartseller
J. M. Harrison
Fifth Avenue
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Lewis Brown
Fredric Chunn
Valdermosa Springs
Pickens Sims
Decatur 1
Bill Stover
Verdon Lowery
the Daily
C. W. Mayo
Traffic Department
Associated Press
Conrad Strickland Sr
Seventh Avenue West
John Collier
Jane
Norma
Auburn
Flying Farmers Convention
Kermit Tucker
Dennis McClendon
Luke Pryor
Flying Farmers
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Barber's International
Daily Photo
New Yorker
Baltimore, Md
Wholesale
New ‘Constitution Party
Adlai
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Pontiac
Cadillac Square
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Arthur Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hamtramck
Coliseum
Prospect Drive
Gordon-Bibb School
Eighth Street
Laurel Street
L & N Railroad
Lafayette
Dixie
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