Long margin up 9700 in Louisiana senate race
Huey P. Long Jr son Russell claimed victory in a Democratic primary dispute for the unexpired Senate term, backed by a reported 9,700 vote edge though rival Kennon had not conceded. With 1,883 boxes counted unofficially, Long led 262,548 to 252,841 as Feazel said he would not seek the seat. Ellender won renomination. Willis led in the 3rd District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey P. Long
Russell
Robert F. Kennon
Long
Kennon
Kingfish
John Overton
John Feazel
Earl K. Long
Feazel
Allen J. Ellender
James Domengeaux
Senate
E. E. Willis
St. Martinville
British War Readiness After Airline Attack and B29 Crash
Four day mock air war exercises run under strict secrecy end as a U S B29 crashes on the Dutch coast between Utrecht and Rotterdam with crew bailing out. Rescue crews search the sea while defense chiefs meet with government to sustain Britain’s fighting force amid demobilization concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Britain
Air Ministry
Netherlands
Utrecht
Rotterdam
Saeco
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Lord Tedder
Air Force
Lord Fraser
Eman— Shinwell
Viscount Hall
Admiralty
Arthur Henderson
Air
Unions Hear Claims of Anti Communist Firings
The hearing focuses on alleged anti communist dismissals with examples including Barth Enright at a Jersey City elevator plant and Sam Basmaji an at a Camden Raca-Victor plant. Carey links Enright to U S convention attendance and a failed bid for union director. Fitzgerald labels the accusations ridiculous noting corporate leaders are not fellow travelers. The hearings resume after recess to late September with possible management witness questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barth Enright
Jersey City
Sam Basmajian
Raca-Victor
Camden
N. J
Kersten
Enright
Carey
U. S
James Mattes
Unon
Fitzgerald
General Electric
General Motors
Westinghouse
Emspak
Matles
Boswell Named Montgomery Circuit Solicitor
Edward W. Boswell of Geneva was voted solicitor of the 22nd circuit in Montgomery Alabama today. He succeeds Wen Simmons who resigned to join the same circuit. Boswell is the son of former Representative and author of the Boswell voter registration amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boswell
Montgomery
Ala
Edward W. Boswell
Geneva
Wen Simmons
Rep
FEC
Market Dips as Traders Pause Ahead of Holiday
The New York stock market edged lower today with mostly fractional declines and a few gains. Turnover was about 650000 shares after prior sessions near 900000, as cautious sentiment and a holiday weekend lured brokers away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Live poultry market steady in North Georgia
Atlanta reports North Georgia live poultry market steady with demand good and supplies cleared closely. Fryer weights mostly 214 2 percent pounds with prices at farm for pickup Thursday afternoon and Friday morning: New Hampshire Reds 34-34 cents, mostly 34 cents. Barred Rock Crosses 32-34 cents, mostly 33 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Cattle and hog markets show mostly steady to higher prices with limited offerings. Beef steers and heifers sold at modest gains while calves and stockers moved up, hogs mostly steady with some up to 50 cents higher. Cotton futures eased with fears of hurricane damage near Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
Mitchum case sparks industry denial of widespread narcotics use
Producer Dove Schary and Selznick Pictures deny rumors of pervasive drug use in Hollywood after Robert Mitchum’s narcotics raid. Mitchum’s wife Dorothy and their two sons moved toward Hollywood from Las Vegas as his attorney questions disclosed facts and calls for withheld judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dove Schary
Mitchum
Schary
RKO Studio
Dorothy Mitchum
Las Vegas
Nev
Jimmie
Chris
Hollywood
Selznick Studio
Jerry Giésler
BPW Plans District Meeting at Lyons Hotel
The Lyons Hotel will host a district meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club on September 25-26. Committees were named to arrange for representatives from three districts. Guest Miss Eileen Trafford received complimentary membership. New member Pattie D. Brown joined, and Athens Club visitors attended. The Athens unit plans to host breakfast during the district event. About 25 members heard a program on To Have and To Hold. The Thursday gathering occurred in the Central Methodist parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
North Alabama
Eileen Trafford
England
Pattie D. Brown
Athens Club
Lula Staton
Aldena Chapman
Willis Griffis
Athens
Winifred Sentiff
Central Methodist Church
Local Firm to Receive Honor From Ford Dealer Network
John White Motors will be presented the four letter award the highest Ford dealer badge at a dinner Wednesday night at the Hotel Lyons. T. J. ONeill Memphis Ford branch manager will make the presentation with John White accepting. Attending officials include J. W. Cooper and R. M. Maxey Jr. from Memphis. The award honors sound finances efficiency competitive spirit and modern facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White Motors
Ford
Lyons
T. J.o’neill
Memphis
John White
J. W. Cooper
R. M. Maxey, Jr
Truman faces price fight as Stassen Dewey clash widens
President Truman described Stassen's charge against Brannan as a misstatement while defending the farm price support program and noting a fall in wholesale prices. Dewey and Stassen blame each other for high prices, with Thurmond opposing Truman in South Carolina and Henry Wallace touring Mississippi and Louisiana amid egg and tomato incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Stassen
Agriculture Brannan
Truman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ea Azo
GOP
Brannan
Pauley
Mr. Dewey
Brennans
New York
South Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Columbia
S. C
Congress
South
McGrath
Henry Wallace
Mississippi
Lousiana
Monroe
Shreveport
Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington
Moscow
New York State
Harold E. Stassen
Bodies of Two More Heroes Coming Home
Two World War 2 servicemen from the area are being brought home. The Army announced the transfer from Alaska aboard a transport aircraft. Next of kin listed include T-5 James R. Tankersiey and R. E. Tankersiey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Magard
Honda
Knot
Army Department
T-5
James R. Tankersiey
Army
R. E. Tankersiey
Mobile Laboratory Visits Decatur for Local Testing
A new mobile laboratory unit from the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries will visit Decatur from September 9 to 17, parked beside the Johnston Street fire station. The unit will conduct on the spot testing of foods drugs cosmetics gasoline and kerosene, bringing laboratory services closer to point of sale and enhancing consumer protection nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture and Industries
Agricultural Chemistry Division
Decatur
Johnston Street
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Montgomery
Alabama
Eduard Benes Dies After Long Illness at 64
Eduard Benes, founder of Czechoslovakia and twice its president, died at his Sezimovo Usti country home at 6 10 PM after a stroke and prolonged weakness. He resigned as president last June amid the communist drafting of a new constitution and fallout from the Munich crisis. Mrs Benes stood by him as his illness advanced and a special cabinet session was summoned to arrange the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Goldberg
Prague
Eduara Benes
Czecho- Slovakia
Sezimova
Benes
Jan Siguary
Thomas ‘Masarin
Mie
Klement Gottwald
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Munich
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Antonin Zapotocky
Battle Efficiency E Awarded to USS George Clymer
Seaman Joel G. Lingard of Logan Alabama serves aboard the attack transport USS George Clymer, which has been awarded the Battle Efficiency pennant and E for general excellence for the fiscal year July 1 1947 to July 1 1948. Lingard thus qualifies to wear the Battle E badge on his uniform under the Navy’s revived peacetime practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel ‘G. Lingard
USN
Logan
Ala
George Clymer
Navy
Funeral Service For Elisha Bates Scheduled In Cullman County
Funeral services for Elisha T Bates 72 will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Amenls church in Cullman county Interment planned Bates died recently at 430 PM at his daughter's home Mrs G L Celina Hartseite He leaves two daughters Mrs Collins and Miss Orri Bates of Tallapoosa Ga and three sons Thur arid Tryon Bates all in state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha T Bates
Amenls Church
Cullman County
Bates
Seattley
G.L. Celina
Hartseite 2
Collins
Orrié’ Bates
Tallapoosa
Thurarid Tryon Bates
Decatur to Host Southeastern Division Boat Races on Labor Day
Decatur residents will enjoy a Labor Day motorboat event on the Tennessee River with the Southeastern division championship. Races start at 10 am and run into the afternoon with local Decatur Guntersville and Tri-Cities drivers. Wheeler Lake Yacht Club sponsors the annual event, moved here from Columbia due to a polio outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Alabama
Guntersville
Tri-Cities
Wheeler Lake
World Briefs Echo Cold War Turmoil and Middle East Tensions
Molotov at Zhdanov funeral as rivals in S France falter Schuman failing to form cabinet Benes near death Chile bans communist party amid regional shifts Israel faces foreign pressure and Irgun dissolution swift ultimatum by Israel, backed by the US and Britain, to join the army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molotov
Andrei Zhdanov
Chile
Brazil
Paraguay
Communist Party
South America
Moscow
Stockholm
Schuman
Robert Schuman
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Tu Wei-Ping
Shanghai
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Council
Israel
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
U.S
Britain
Irgup
License Granted Paul H. Eubanks Here to Preach
Paul Howe Eubanks Jr. gains preaching license after Decatur district Methodist committee in Central Methodist church. He has finished his freshman year at Asbury College and will continue studies there, having completed theological training. He is son of Mr and Mrs Paul Eubanks, grandson of I M Eubanks of Decatur, with Dr J L Brasher as mother's side relative. Central church notes two Decatur women at Athens College pursuing missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Howe Eubanks Jr
Decatur
Methodist Church
Central Methodist Church
EU- Nabors
Central Church
Asbury— College
Paul Eubanks
I. M. Eubanks
J. L. Brasher
Athens College
Josephine Taylor
Louise Grizzard
Intermediates to Entertain Tonight At Church
The First Methodist intermediate department hosts a six o clock dinner in the church dining room to honor juniors advancing to intermediates and intermediates moving to the senior class. Maryleen Duncan presides. Margaret Ann Emens reads the class prophecy. F O Smith and Dr Otis E Kirby speak. Games and volleyball and badminton follow on heated courts. out of town guests include Emily Bear Elizabeth Hancock and Warren Goodwyn of Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Maryleen Duncan
Margaret Ann Emens
F. O. Smith
Otis E. Kirby
Emily Bear
Elizabeth Hancock
Warren Goodwayn
Montgomery
Mrs. Briscoe Receives Master’s Degree at Alabama
Mrs. Anthe Weaver Briscoe, former Morgan County teacher, earned a master’s degree from the University of Alabama last week. She serves as girls’ physical education director at Marshall County High School, where her husband D. M. Briscoe is principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthe Weaver Briscoe
Morgan County
University of Alabama
Thurmond Refuses Debate On States' Rights Campaign
In South Carolina Thurmond cites limited campaign time and national plans for not debating Ashton Williams of Florence. Welborn of Anderson warns that Dixiecrat tactics could aid a Republican victory, while former Gov Williams pledges loyalty to the national party amid postwar party splits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagene
Congress
Ransome J. Williams
Thurmond
National Party
Anderson
W. Harper
Welborn
Ashton H. Williams
Florence
Anderson Independent
South Carolina
Jackson
Miss
Thurmond Out As South Carolina Democratic Committeeman
William J. Selesa Jr says Gov. J. Strom Thurmond should resign immediately as South Carolina Democratic national committeeman. Primm cites states rights support for the Truman Thurmond ticket and notes McGrath will not act against elected party members while opposing a fourth party Dixiecrat movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primm
National Committee
Thurmond
Gov. Thurmond
States’ Right
South Carolina
State Committee
Charman J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
House
Senate
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Party
National Party
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
South
Barkley
LaBoon Hosts Annual Finley Island BBQ for Staff
George LaBoon hosted the annual LaBoon outing for employees and their families on Finley Island. About 20 attended with some traveling by boat and others by motor vehicle for the barbecue supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George LaBoon
Finley Island
Local notes and hospital news from Decatur area
Mrs Eugene Bailey Sr returns from Verbena and Pleasant Hill Alabama visit. Max Patterson underwent a tonsillectomy at Hamil clinic. Joe Morrison returns from a week in St Louis. Mrs G L Puckett Athens 2 is a patient at Decatur General. The Methodist Youth Fellowship will not meet this week. Polk Daly recovering after Veterans hospital Nashville operation. One man arrested for assault and battery per Sheriff's office. Mrs George LaBoon and Madge 511 Fifth Avenue are in Nashville today. George Callahan Decatur 2 admitted to Decatur General hospital. Fred Stipe ill at Decatur General hospital. Women's Society for Christian Service First Methodist Church postponed meeting to Monday Sept 13 due to Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Daly
Th Veterans Hospital
Nashville
Hursday
Fred Stipe
Fifth Avenue S
Decatur General Hospital
Women’s Society For Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Indians Still Are Defiant at Little Big Horn Reunion
Iron Hawk 98 and other Sioux survivors gathered in Rapid City for a 38 year reunion. They recalled the 1876 clash with Gen. George Custer, asserted the white man started the war, and voiced yearning to reclaim hunting grounds in the Black Hills. Attendees included Dewey Beard 88 and High Eagle Comes Again 84 with others, while Black Elk and Calfous Leg were unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Black Hills
South Dakota
Iron Hawk
Sitting Bull
Soryyx
Little Warrior
Black Elk
Calfous
Leg
Ace
Fort Yates
N. D
FBI Announces Auto Theft Ring Believed Broken
The FBI announces the arrest of five men on charges they ran an automobile theft ring across several states. Suspects include Samuel Milton Carr of Springfield Ohio and Olen Wolfe of Squire West Virginia. others are Huston Wolfe of Squire West Virginia, Glenn Chester Beekman of Greenfield Ohio, and Albert William Hammond of Springfield Ohio. Hammond has pled guilty in Ohio and received a prison sentence. The ring targeted Alabama as a operating state due to lack of ownership certificates. The men met in Mansfield Ohio prison and formed the ring in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Federal Bureau—of—Investigaton Today
George D. King
FBI
Samuel Milton Carr
Springfield
Olen O. Wolfe
Huston M. Wolfe
Squire
W. Va
Tacoma
Wash
King
Glenn Chester Beekman
Greenfield
Cincinnati
Albert William Hammond
Hammond
Ohio
Alabama
Mansfield
Auto Ring
Cullman Singing at Nebo Baptist Church Sunday
The Cullman county all day singing will be held Sunday at Nebo Baptist church seven miles west of Cullman on Dripping Springs road. Lunch at noon. Several quartettes and the Demonia singing school from Flintchurch will perform along with the Eber group. All singers invited to attend. Al Humphries is chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman County
Nebo Baptist Church
Cullman
Dripping Springs
Demonia Singing School
Flintchurch
al Humphries
Last Case of Term is Tried in Morgan County Court
The last docket item for this term, a suit by J. T. Baker against Rufus Jones, was tried at noon Friday as seven other cases were disposed of. Judge W. H. Long presided with several judgments by default for the plaintiff and some cases dismissed or moved to next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Baker
Rufus Jones
Morgan County Court
Paul Childers
Paul Agnes
W. H. Long
General Electric Supply Corporation
Jack Gillespie
Morgan County National Bank
Jessie Jones
LeBourgeois Brokerage Company
Harry J. Lowber
R. W. Self
Industrial Electronics Corporation
Houston D. Casey
J. F. Grantland
James L. Case
Wallace Egged in Shreveport During Southern Tour
Wallace was egged as he left a Shreveport radio station and later at the airport by youths and an angry crowd of hundreds. A campaign manager in New York said the disturbances were organized by powers in Southern political life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Wallace
Sing
Dixie
New York
C. B. Baldwin
Quarter of Men For Draft Are Registered Here
Morgan county reporters note the first days of Selective Service registration show 1121 of 4106 expected registrants aged 18 to 25. A record 338 appeared Monday at courthouse annex, with 326 Tuesday 920 Wednesday and 230 Thursday. Today’s registrants are 23 years old with friends to sign up Saturday. The office will be closed Monday for Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Selective Service
Awa
Cab and car collision no injuries reported in Decatur
Police said a Decatur Transit cab collided with a car at Sixth Avenue and Gordon Drive around 610 this morning. Woods drove the cab and the other driver identified as Andy Grimmett. Officers Hunter and Keyin investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Sixth Avenue
Gordon Drive
Woods
Andy Grimmett
Falkv
Hunter
Ke Yin
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Wall Street
Chicago
a.Jones
Joun Jones
Alabama Department OF Agriculture and Industrial Agricultural Chemistry Division
BPW
Elisha T. Bates
Paul H. Eubanks
Mrs. Briscoe
Eugene Bailey, Sr
Verbena
Pleasant Hill
Max Patterson
Seventh Avenue S
Hamil Clinic
Joe Morrison
St. Louis
G. L. Puckett
Athens 2
Decatur General
A Gee
Methodist Youth Fellowship of Evangelism
Sheriff's Office
Ter Madge
Fifth Avenue
George Callahan
Decatur 2
Nebo Baptist
Thomas A. Bowles
Sec
Treas
Morgan National Farm Loan Association
Lyster
Hartselle
Clifford H. Odom
Als
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