Weather and local notices from Franklin Tennessee area
Fair this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with a few scattered showers in the extreme north this afternoon and tonight gentle to moderate northeast winds along the coast. Local bureau records show a high of 88 and a low of 65. Community notices report visits, travel, and illnesses among residents including the Almon, McGlathery, Wilkinson, Srygley, and McCall families with several trips to Wheaton College and Pulaski Columbia weekend social days noted.
Change in Decatur street resurfacing plans encouraged
Mayor H R Summer urged Decatur City Council to shift funds from Bank and Lee Streets to resurface Fourth Avenue East and Moulton Street from Sixth to 12th Avenue. He argued Fourth Avenue needs it more and finishing Grant Street will leave it among the city's worst streets.
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Decatur
H. R. Summer
Summer
Bank and Lee Streets
Fourth Avenue
Moulton Street
Sixth Avenue
12Th Avenue
Summers
Grant Street
Lee Street
Bank Street
Joe Elliot
City Street
Church Street
Brock
Spright
Bank
Lee and
Bank Streets
K-Lee
State Highway Department
Local notes report visits births and hospitalense moves
Mr and Mrs Maynard Layman and daughter Ann visited relatives in Abingdon Virginia. R W Orr left for Helena Kansas to return to Dear Wednesday with family. Mrs Orr and children had been visiting for two weeks. Fred Sparkman of Oak Ridge was here on business. Mr and Mrs James Brown Eva announce the birth of a daughter at Decatur General hospital. Mrs Cecil Turner Somerville admitted to Decatur General hospital. Miss Audrey Hicks Pun at Decatur General hospital. Mr and Mrs Frank Laipply Jr Athens announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital. Mrs H C Kitchens moved from 1301 B Nineteenth Avenue East to Baughs infirmary. Miss Virginia Aline Goodlett underwent operation at Baughs infirmary. Mr and Mrs I M Johnson Somerville announce the birth of a son at Baughs infirmary. Mrs O M Tucker dismissed from Hamilton Tuesday. Mr and Mrs R L Clanton and Mr and Mrs Frank Clanton returned from vacation through Missouri and Illinois. Mrs Laverne Nesmith moved from 1219 Third Avenue East to Decatur General hospital by Mutual Service ambulance.
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R. W. Orr
Helena
James Brown
Eva
Decatur General Hospital
Frank Laipply Jr
Athens 8
Decatur
General Hospital
Laverne NeSmith
Third Avenue East
Mutual Service
Italy Accepts Partial Arms Limit At Peace Conference
The 21 nation peace conference military commission voted unanimously to cap Italy's armed forces at 250000 army 65000 carabinieri 22500 navy and 25000 air force with restrictions on aircraft carriers and limited aircraft numbers. Submarines and other ships faced constraints as part of the Big Four proposals.
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Italy
Military Commission
Foreign Ministers
Carabinieri
Yugoslavia
Foreign Ministers Council
VFW Urges Probe Into Brown Case Admission of Death Sentence
Charles Harvey, commander of the Décatur VFW post, wired Sen. Lister Hill and Rep. Sparkman urging a thorough investigation of the court martial conviction of Marian R. Brown of Danville for alleged criminal attack on a Japanese girl. The post, meeting at the armory, called for inquiry into the circumstances and next steps toward possible review by higher authorities.
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VFW Post
Brown
Charles Harvey
Décatur Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post Today
Lister Hill
Sparkman
Tech
Marian R. Brown
Danville
Morgan County
Alabama
Eighth District
Harvey
Congress
Japan
Washington
Adjutant General's Department
Truman
White House
VFW
AFL Labor Day Observance Draws 2500 in Delano Park
G B Griffin leader of the AFL Birmingham set the theme for the Labor Day event as more than 2500 businessmen and union members gathered at Delano Park. Anthony Valente and W O Hare Jr urged broader union organization while Robert M Lancer traced labor history. See LABOR on Page 2.
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American Federation of Labor
G. B. Griffin
AFL
Birmingham
Delano Park
Anthony Valente
Washington
AFL Textile Workers Union
Prince
Alente
Griffin
South
W. O. Hare Jr
Robert M. Lancer
Sheffield
Bombay Riots Resume After Communal Clashes
A government communique reports 81 killed and 300 injured since Sunday in Hindu Muslim riots in Bombay. Troops and police are on duty as curfews and street battles continue, with police firing to disperse mobs on Victoria Gardens road.
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Bombay
Victoria Gardens Road
Electoral Ballot Change Sought By CLAIR JOHNSON
Representative Gossett proposes a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and replace it with a direct vote system. He argues the current setup gives disproportionate influence to powerful minorities and aims to balance in favor of populous states while maintaining some safeguards.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
CIO
Gossett
Texas
Congress
Prayers For Lad Letter From Marian Brown's Teacher
A letter dated August 30, 1946 from Grace Sulleen West to Mr and Mrs David M Brown of Danville expresses prayers and support for Ratliff. The teacher notes Ratliff was in her home room before service and that she has written since he left. She urges turning to God for comfort and offers to write if given his address.
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Marian Brown
David M. Brown
Danville
Brown
Ratliff
Grace
Sulleen West
Judge T C Almon Pushes Legion Aid In Case Probe
Judge T C Almon plans to forward full facts to the Alabama Legionnaire and the national Legion publication seeking help in the investigation. Young Brown was drafted into See VFW On Page 2.
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T. C. Almon
Alabama Legionnaire
Alabama Department of the American Legion
National Department of the Legion
Young Brown
Charge Brought Here in Morgan County Jail Incident
Floyd Kelley is held in Morgan county jail charged with a reported assault on Ida Mae Woods after a Sunday night incident near Trinity Church. Sheriff W. T. Willoughby said the warrant, sworn by Ida Mae Woods before Justice G. W. Norwood, cites forcible ravishing. Six arrests were made over Labor Day weekend by the sheriff’s force as part of the case.
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Floyd Kelley
Morgan County
Ida Mae Woods
W. T. Willoughby
Justice of the Peace
G. W. Norwood
Kelley
Trinity
Willoughby
Allen Smith
Martin Smith
J. P. Dunlap
Loren Illoughby
Church Street
Oscar Marion
Tuloupioy Aavarde
Ee Ieee
M. Peete
Folsom to expand state labor setup in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama Sept 3 Governor nominate James E Folsom said plans to enlarge and elaborate the state Labor Department while streamlining other agencies. He discussed possible special legislative session after January 1947 organization.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
State Labor Department
Cullman Insurance
Associated Press
Folsom
Labor Department
John L. Goodwyn
William P. Screws
Frank Boswell
Boswell
Kilby
Bibb Graves
State Department of Corrections and
George P. Cleere
Alabama National Guard
Folsom to State Stance on Boswell Amendment
Gov designate James E. Folsom said he will take a stand on the Boswell amendment to Alabama's constitution ahead of the November 5 general election. He plans a statement before leaving for the national American Legion convention in California and will return to Elba for talks with South Alabama legislators. He declined to endorse any legislative candidate publicly.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Alabama
National American Legion
California
Elba
South Alabama
U S Minister to Aid Soviet Ukraine Case at UN
Herschel W. Johnson United States delegate to the United Nations security council will vote to place Soviet Ukrainian charges against Greece on the council agenda. Johnson will speak early as debates resume on Manuilsky’s request. The decision signals U.S. stance amid tense postwar diplomacy on Labor Day.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Lake Success
N. Y
Herschel W. Johnson
United States
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Johnson
Dmitri Maniulsky
Ukraine
Council
Manuisky
Manuilsky
Somesie Council
United
Bay City Mill to Acquire Cooper Wells Hosiery Unit
Miller Wohl Company Inc announces purchase of Cooper Wells & Company with plants in Decatur and St Joseph Michigan. The sale, effective Sept 1, keeps Frank Yancy as Decatur plant GM and maintains current management. Cooper Wells will operate as subsidiary supplying Admiration Costume Hose to Miller Wohl brands Three Sisters Miller Wohl and Del Ray.
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Cooper, Wells & Company
Decatur
St.Joseph
Michigan
Miller Wohl Company Inc
South
Midwest
Frank Yancy
Cooper, Wells
Louis Frankel
Nicholas F. Lahr
The
Daily News Record
Max L. Tomber
Miller Wohl
Moulton Street
Upper
Second Avenue
Deaths inSnake Handling Rites Shock Cleveland Officials
In Cleveland Tennessee a third snake handling death in ten days followed a funeral for Walter Henry as Hobart Wilson died after a rattlesnake bite during burial rites. Henry and minister Harry Skelton also died. officials say no legal steps exist to stop the rites.
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Cleveland
Tenn
Hobart Wilson
Walter H. Henry
Henry
Harry Skelton
the Faith
Wilson
Willard Parks
Tito meets U S demands in Yugoslavia dispute
Washington officials report two Belgrade notes as the Tito regime signals it may satisfy U S demands for an official apology and assurances that the plane crashes which killed five Americans will not recur. A State Department briefing was postponed as Undersecretary Clayton was summoned to the White House by President Truman.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
State Department
William L. Clayton
Yugoslavia
Clayton
White House
Truman
Byrnes
Dean Acheson
Lincoln White
Belgrade
U. S
Marshal Tito
Department
Holiday Toll Tops 300 as Labor Day Weekend Ends
AP reports more than 300 deaths during the extended Labor Day holiday weekend, including 217 traffic fatalities. The National Safety Council had projected about 350 total deaths and 210 traffic deaths, with California and New York leading in violent fatalities and state totals showing Alabama through South Carolina with varying counts.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
North Dakota
California
New York
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Sue Carolina
Tennessee
Nelson warns on military influence in war and peace
Donald M. Nelson, in his book Arsenal of Democracy due this week, says the Army effectively controlled the civilian economy in 1944 after long efforts to curb that authority, urging the nation to stay vigilant beyond wartime.
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Nelson
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Alabama Draft Offices Stay in Each County
State Director J. T. Johnson Jr. announced that at least one Selective Service office will be maintained in every Alabama county under the new draft laws, while a consolidation of county offices is in progress.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
J. T. Johnson Jr
Wartime Romance Ends in Gunplay in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas on Labor Day a 22 caliber pistol killed Frank Waters 38, husband of Bridget Waters 26. Bridget, present at the scene, was booked for murder investigation after claiming she acted to protect their baby son Frank Jr. 16 months. The couple, married in 1944 during the war, had a bitter separation and were in town for a divorce dispute.
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Las Vegas
England
Labor Day
West
Bridget Waters
Frank Waters
Frank Jr
Waters
Chief Thompson
Lewes
Reg Vegas
P Waters
Britain
Court Rules Jurisdiction Held in Case
Elmer Nighton alias Bud ton pleads guilty to first degree murder for an ax killing of Re Heck Bowen. Nighton held without bail at a navy hearing as two witnesses testified to a dice game dispute and pre killing homebrew. Jefferson Carl Carden and Nighton are jailed on murder charges with Bowen’s home on the Morgan County side of the Cullman County line. Judge W H Long says the court has jurisdiction since Bowen’s home lies near the county line. County Solicitor Newton notes either county could claim jurisdiction. The state rested after two witnesses testified to the Aug 18 killing and threats before the blow.
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Elmer Nighton
Budton
Chiges
Re ‘Heck’ Bowen
Navy
Jeff. Smith
Homer $Terwood
Bowen
Jefferson Carl Carden
Lacon
Nighton
Gree
Noble Russell
Inman County
Cullman- 2
W. H. Long
Morgan County
Newton
Heck
Young
Carden
Den
King George II Happy Over Plebiscite Return
King George II awaits return to Athens in two or three weeks after Sunday's plebiscite, with initial returns favorable. Dispatches from Greece's Premier Constantine Tsaldaris and reaction from British and Russian observers frame the vote as a pivotal shift in Greek independence and political alignment. The Times editorial notes a signal withdrawal from British influence, while Continent commentaries describe the result as a rebuff to autocracy and a test of democracy. The Daily Telegraph and other papers reflect mixed foreign reactions amid the conference backdrop. Memory church notes debt payoff progress on unrelated note.
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London
George II
Greece
Mament
Ki George
Constantine Tsa
Pea
Times
Ing
Full Res
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