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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1952
Page
1
A brief hometown feature surveys neighborhood life with notes on civic groups local events and everyday stories. It highlights community ties local personalities and small-scale changes shaping daily life in familiar places.
Hugh Strickland and son Jim of Tupelo are visiting relatives in Decatur. Miss Mary Louise Garrett and others spent the holiday weekend at Monteagle. Three people were arrested for public drunkenness. LaFayette Patterson visited Decatur. Dr. T. J. Chitwood to lead a prayer service at Central Methodist tonight. Dismissals from Decatur General Hospital listed. Five cases on recorder's court docket with assault battery disorderly conduct and intoxication outcomes. Twenty eight absentee ballots cast in municipal election. Permit issued for garage at 905 Sixth Ave SE costing 300 dollars. Trinity Home Demonstration Club meets at Mrs. C. D. Sims. Local families return from Florida trip with daughter Ann Turner. See DIARY On Page 2.
The City Council adopted a resolution vacating streets and alleys on the new school property in Fairview. Walter Jackson urged the move as superintendent. The council also approved bills, authorized a 50 000 loan for the general fund, and signed the City Gas Department budget. A public hearing on paving in several avenues was held with no objections and an ordinance passed. A 75 percent signed petition for sidewalks on Seventh Avenue prompted plans by the city engineer. The council cleared title to a lot owned by D S Echols and adjusted a property assessment for East Side Baptist Church after a land split near Cypress Street.
President Truman, fresh from a strenuous two day nine speech campaign for Adlai Stevenson, says he looks ahead to more whistle stops. He praises Stevenson as a wonderful candidate and hints at possible 1956 Democratic run. A Hungry Horse Dam dedication on October 1 could spark a longer interior train tour as he keeps the special train ready through election time. The Democratic National Committee funded the Labor Day trip to Milwaukee, which he considers worthwhile.
Limestone county fair in Athens Alabama starts Monday September 8 and runs through the week. The revival by local businessmen led by W A Owens aims to fill the floral hall with record entries and features a beef cattle show with dairy cattle and hogs in special exhibitions. A two hour grandstand show daily by Boyle Woolfolk Agency complements the midway with Brown Wallace Shows and rides.
John R. Hardy a 44 year old bootlegger was convicted last December for the death of John W Blount one of 41 victims of a deadly methyl alcohol poison. The High Court rejected his appeal 5 to 0 upholding the life term though he faces four additional murder indictments and parole chances are unsettled.
Police report a robbery at Brock and Spight wholesale grocery on Bank Street after a rear door was found open at 10 37 P M Monday. Seventy five cartons of Camel Philip Morris and Lucky Strike cigarettes were missing, according to Police Chief J B Whitmire.
Senator Sparkman argues Democratic programs boost farm prosperity in California and the nation. He criticizes Nixon for votes he deems hostile to farming, labels Eisenhower’s campaign as a metoo effort, and urges voters in the Sacramento Valley to support Stevenson as his running mate campaigns in Long Beach. Police estimate 1500 to 2000 attended the Sacramento crowd.
A tropical storm grounded U N warplanes and lashed infantry on the Korean front with up to 3 inches of rain. Fifth Air Force reports only weather recon planes flew, while fighter-bombers hit an airfield at Sinanju, a Red rebuilding base about 155 miles from the front.
Chicago report quotes Carlton S. Proctor, NY engineer and ASCE president, asserting Russia lacks a single atom bomb and that Russian explosions were premature. He attributes distrust in totalitarian systems to hinder atomic teamwork. Proctor cites 1930s Russia project Svirstroy and notes Western engineers’ century of feats.
Washington Caudle the former chief tax prosecutor described as a revealing witness at a closed door hearing before the House judiciary sub committee investigating the Justice Department He said the group has a lot more work ahead and may not finish by October 1 Caudle who was fired by President Truman in 1947 provided new information and agreed to another private session while a public hearing was held today on the ouster of a veteran Justice Department lawyer
Cuban immigration authorities refused Alexander Melnikov the Soviet diplomat and his wife permission to disembark from the Italian ship Francesco Morosini en route to Mexico. The ship sails to Vera Cruz after passengers toured Havana. Previously two Soviet couriers were denied entry in March, described as central dispatch points for secret documents.
A fire aboard the Norwegian freighter Ropeville in Norfolk killed two crewmen and burned four others. The blaze, still under Coast Guard review, burned for about two hours before firefighters controlled it. The victims were Norwegian seamen.
Gov Adlai Stevenson shifts focus to foundation speeches on farm policy while ignoring Dirksen's charge that Illinois tops the nation in gambling and corruption. aides say Truman will defend administration. Stevenson to deliver farm policy speech at Kasson Minnesota, then tour Wyoming Montana to the Pacific coast.
Decatur Chamber of Commerce announces a town hall meeting Sept 11 at 7 pm in the Decatur high school auditorium. Three mayoral and 20 aldermanic candidates will speak in order with ten minutes each, five for statements and five for questions.
Election officials urged to return cards indicating willingness to serve in the Sept 15 municipal election. City clerk spokesman said all cards must be received soon to complete election arrangements.
An Alabama independent slate backing Eisenhower Nixon runs into a legal snag as Secretary of State Agnes Baggett questions whether new electors can be certified for the November ballot. She plans to seek an attorney general opinion after already certifying Democratic Republican and Prohibition electors. The group, led by Lea Harris, endorses Ike while naming 14 candidates across Montgomery, Livingston, Hope Hull, Dothan, Carrollton, Birmingham and other cities.
William W. Cavanaugh a 32 year old Air Force veteran filed a federal suit seeking a court order to remove all U S troops from Korea. He alleges President Truman acted by executive order without congressional authority and requests reprimand and relief. The Cleveland attorney argued jurisdiction lies in Washington and that suit against the President is not straightforward.
Two days of dairy cattle competition exhibits for Negro farmers, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, close today at the coliseum with white dairy cattlemen from several counties arriving tomorrow for two days. The Morgan County contest opens the event with 324 dollars in cash, and district honors worth 1355 dollars await Friday morning contests leading to the Birmingham state show.
Secretary of State Acheson indicated he will respond with a formal statement to Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy.
Ticket distribution at Gordon-Bibb school began today at 8 A M for ten year season tickets and one year seats in sections D and F for the 1952 season. W T Jordan urged buyers to pay taxes now or at the stadium game night and noted 1 028 seats near section E by the 40 yard line. Seven home games await and early purchase guarantees best seats and avoids long lines.
A large crowd is expected for a four to five hour sing in the Decatur high school auditorium Friday night. Six counties will take part to raise funds for entertaining the Alabama State Singing Convention, which meets here for the first time in October. The program starts at eight and features many well known local singers.
Sister Jean Marie Ryan, captive for two years, says Francis X. Ford endured abuse by Chinese Reds including being forced to undress in a Canton prison before dying on February 21. Ford, a Brooklyner and 34 year China veteran, died after house arrest and a tortuous 210 mile transfer to prison.
Dwight D. Eisenhower attacked the Truman administration before crowds in Birmingham and at Woodrow Wilson Park, saying one party led the nation into a mess and the other would restore honest governance. Police estimates counted about 75,000 along the route and 25,000 at the park with additional crowds in Tampa. He urged women to join the campaign and recalled traditional values as he spoke under a broiling sun. See 75,000 on Page 2.
A severe Atlantic hurricane 800 miles east of Miami produced gusts up to 140 mph and sustained winds near 115 mph at the storm center. The 11 am advisory projected the system to maintain course for about 12 hours with possible intensification as shipping is warned to evacuate the path. The center lay near 26.2 N 67.5 W with forward speed 12 to 14 mph.
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