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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1950
Page
1
Community snapshot from Dlimak highlights local events and figures. Residents share updates on schools neighborhoods and public services while organizers note upcoming meetings and volunteer opportunities.
Weather outlook calls for considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and onshore easterly winds. Local hospitals report several admissions and births including Mrs Vernon Hudson and baby Millie Roberts at Decatur General and James Story at Baugh Wiley clinic. Weekend visitors include former Decatur National Guard members on pass. postal and VFW events planned. Local stores close for Labor Day with limited parcel post service. See diary on page 2.
W J Hagerty owner of the Hagerty Walgreen Agency in Decatur learned Saturday he has won a $1,000 merchandise prize. He received a wire from R E Walker of the Walgreen Agency division in Chicago confirming the prize.
Morgan county faces about ten percent crop loss after hurricane winds. County agent L T Wagnon warns mature corn and cotton are most at risk as fields lie flattened or ripped. He stresses careful harvesting before early fall rains to avoid rot and further losses.
Florida faces a Labor Day weekend watch as two tropical cyclones threaten the region. One Atlantic hurricanepack winds near 160 mph and a widening eye while another system with 75 mph winds shows potential to strengthen near the northwestern Caribbean.
The Tennessee Valley reported a calm holiday weekend with 15 people jailed across the area. Decatur had eight inmates. two each faced disorderly conduct traffic law violations public drunkenness and driving while intoxicated. No significant calls were received all day.
E. L. Red Thomas 33 of Moulton floored City Attorney James Miller during a court hearing on a prohibition violation. After guilty verdict and a $100 fine Thomas assaulted Miller and was taken to jail. he faces an assault and battery charge next Saturday with witnesses Miller and Mayor Weatherwax. He also appealed a VPS decision to the Lawrence circuit court, posting $100 appeal and $100 appearance bonds.
Fourteen of nineteen probation cases were granted by Circuit Judge James H Crow Jr in Lawrence county court. Five pleas were denied including William Percy Kimbrell. Read list shows assaul t with intent to murder sentences with probation periods and other offenses including grand larceny distilling and lien related charges with multiple year probation totals.
The Decatur Arab road is set for contract letting on September 22 A P Villadsen Highway Department Engineer Montgomery said. Federal approval came late Friday afternoon after study of justifications as a defense measure by the federal bureau of public roads in Atlanta.
Phenix City police reported two bandits Clyde Gordon and Clarence Johns and a woman driver Mrs W R Reseden were killed after a $3000 holdup at the Manhattan cafe. Johns died after being hunted to a cemetery. Gordon crashed his car into Reseden's vehicle killing both. Reseden's son Joe Frank was injured. Officers identified the trio as suspects and no money was recovered.
A Labor Day weekend crash in Alabama left 11 dead and seven injured after a trailer truck sideswiped a bus near Clayton. Victims include William Howard Bell, Ila Bell McSwain, and Macon Boyer. bus driver Wallace Harrington among the injured. The truck driver Anderson Burns was unharmed. The Riley Bus line operated the vehicle.
Senator McClellan urged an ultimate peace or war showdown with Russia to back Truman’s plan for expanding the armed forces to 3,000,000. He called for all-out mobilization and warned Russia to join international disarmament or face first strike action. Others echoed varying views on 3,000,000 and the risk of war.
A. B. Mienel of Yerkes Observatory used an auroral spectrograph to detect hydrogen gas traveling 1800 miles per second from sunspots to Earth. Astronomers had suspected such solar hydrogen but had not proven the mechanism until now.
Nine model railroad delegates killed and about 50 injured in a head on collision between two Milwaukee Rapid Transit excursion trains near Milwaukee. Names of the deceased include Raymond Kraft and Marian Kraft of Chicago and others from Detroit Louisville and Minneapolis. The crash halted the convention of the National Model Railroad Association on opening day.
Mrs. Lyman Clark, fully paralyzed by polio in an iron lung, delivers a six pound 12 ounce daughter at Betty Wilson hospital in Russellville. Father Capt. Clark flies home from Korea as mother and child recover in good condition.
Final plans for the Morgan County exposition sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce include agri cultural and industrial exhibits rides and amusements and daily special days. The Lee Amusement company brings ferris wheels miniature trains and other rides. Prizes awarded daily with a Saturday auction of baked goods candies and flowers to fund Jaycee charitable projects.
In Athens a marriage tale from Crete tests a political feud as Costa Kaphaloyannis and Tasoula Petracogeorgi wed in a monastery on Mount Ida after a 12 day kidnapping. Premier Venizelos mediates with Archbishop Spyridon and the bride’s father but stalemate persists.
A warm holiday weekend with clear skies and high temperatures dominated much of the nation. Rains moved eastward into scattered showers and thunderstorms while California reported near record heat in multiple cities. Cool spots included Land O Lakes Wisconsin at 36 and Saginaw Michigan at 39 degrees.
Wildlife experts from the Alabama Conservation Department began a tag and release study to learn catfish size growth and movement in state streams. Conservation Director Phillip J. Hamm explains tags are attached by division of game workers then removed and sent back with catch location date and fish size.
The North Korean army pressed a broad assault along the 120 mile front from Masan to Pohang. US forces, including the 25th division and Marines, fought to hold key positions near Waegwan and Taegu and recapture towns like Yongsan as the UN line held generally firm.
Frank J. Callen president of the People's Savings Bank of Clanton has died at his home after a period of illness from a heart ailment. He is survived by his widow Annie Callen a son William T. Callen of Clanton and a daughter Mrs Joseph Barnett of Dallas Texas. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at the First Methodist Church.
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