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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1952
Page
12
The Big Wild West Rodeo and Hollywood Thrill Circus opens at Legion Field Decatur with shows at 3 and 8 15 p m. The schedule repeats Thursday. The act has drawn over five million spectators across the United States and Europe.
The act features 52 fast moving events including a car jump over a Transcontinental bus and five other cars. Performances spotlight grand entry square dancing on horseback Charlie the clown with his Ford rope spinners led by Fred Clancy, Dave Kelley and the iron man who allows a car to roll over his body. Cowboys and cowgirls ride wild bucking horses and Brahma bulls with Mora lez slide for life Roy Simpson Trigger the wonder horse Princess Peggy Ann four year old rodeo cowgirl and a $1000 challenge to ride Big Syd the bull for 10 seconds Moonshine the dancing donkey and other rodeo circus and dare devil acts.
Vancouver broker Tom Boden urges caution for investors. He notes the odds of locating an oil field producing a million barrels are about 43 to 1 and displays a sign stating there are 16 500 dry holes in the United States.
Mayors city commissioners and councilmen will be chosen in 281 mayor-council towns and 13 commission cities on September 15 to fill 1,433 council seats and one commissioner per city. Executive Director Ed Reid notes many candidates run unopposed as voters seek experienced leadership. Regular and off year cities differ, with eight major cities voting off-cycle.
In Manhattan Bryant Park a noon concert celebrated the 75th anniversary of Edison’s phonograph idea. A $30 device played cylinders with horn hidden in a cabinet, producing music heard by about 200 listeners via microphone and public address. Sponsored by the New York Public Library and a savings bank.
Reported at dawn a nude blonde child about 18 months old was seen walking on a Centralia street. Police found the child named Gale Atkins and followed her home after she kept pointing south. Father said she was in bed when he got up and crawled downstairs to start outside.
The Peiping Peoples Daily reports beef and mutton shortages sparking unrest among Moslems in Beijing. An investigation blames Nationalists and farmers’ desire to conserve livestock for breeding, noting past oppression by the Nationalists prior to liberation.
Air Marshal A C Sanderson told the Ex-Servicemen's Association of Singapore that the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force needs Asians of high education to train as pilots. He appealed to ex-instructors of the RAF to volunteer for training the next generation of Malayan pilots.
In New Orleans Dr George S Long led by over 6500 votes for the Louisiana Eighth district seat, with 21975 to 15427 from 202 precincts reporting. Close trails as observers note Longs’ political comeback and family influence in state politics during a campaign that also involved Earl Long’s gubernatorial bid and Rob ert Kennon’s victory. Huey P Long’s legacy looms as Russell Long serves in the U S Senate.
Dr Nor ma Holt a pediatrician and wife of eye specialist Dr L Byerly Holt was found mentally incompetent to stand trial for the Aug 21 murder of her 3 year old daughter Vickie. A Forsyth County jury committed her to the State Hospital at Raleigh.
Two soldier musicians Pfc Kenneth Gordon violinist and Pfc Seymour Bernstein pianist tour UN troop centers in Korea with An Hour of Classical Music featuring Bach Beethoven and Brahms They have performed before over 25 000 Allied troops since June 15 and during six days with the 45th Division gave three shows daily under extreme heat with singer Cpl Walt Thompson.
About 50 industrial workers from Israel will travel to Yugoslavia, France and Sweden for training in local industries under an ILO exchange program funded by the United Nations. The ILO will also send experts to Israel to teach job analysis.
A series of accidents reported by the Highway Patrol yesterday in Lawrence County caused two slight injuries and about 975 dollars in damage. The first crash on Hillsboro Lane involved a 1946 Ford pickup and a 1946 Chevrolet driven by Rev. A L Etherton with Arthur C Harris as driver. A second collision on the Decatur Moulton highway left Byers and Roscoe Reed with minor injuries and about 600 dollars damage to the vehicles. A third wreck on Speake school road involved a Decatur Transit cab striking a cow, killing the animal and causing 300 dollars damage.
Suburban Cicero saw 72 injured when a four-coach westbound CTA train crossed from north to south track and its second car was struck by an empty six-car wooden eastbound train heading to the yards. No one was seriously hurt.
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