Weather and social notes from Decatur area
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few thunder showers described for the state. Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs H B Wallace and daughter of Gadsden and Mr and Mrs Walter Nethery of Corinth. Temperature highs 83F, lows 68F with rainfall 0.56 inches. Community events mention church services at Central Baptist and Ninth Street Methodist, a singing event at Ryan, and a labor day library closure. Local visits list residents and travelers, with many names and towns noted.
Dewey Deploys State Police for Peekskill Concert Clash
Governor Thomas E. Dewey ordered all available state police to the Peekskill area to guard against a potential repeat riot between war veterans and supporters of Paul Robeson. Robeson had not appeared at last Saturday’s open air concert after clashes injured several. a second concert was planned amid large crowds and heightened security. Local officers already mobilized numbered over 380.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Dewey
Effigy Hanged As Cross Is Burned In Valdosta
In Valdosta Georgia an effigy of Paul Robeson was hanged beside a burning 20 foot Ku Klux Klan cross. Men unidentified tied the effigy to a tree as a crowd gathered. A sign near the cross protested Robeson and communists. The KKK leader Bill Hendrix claimed Valdosta as the origin of the crusade to burn crosses nationwide.
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Valdosta
Paul Robeson
Tallahassee
Fla
Bill Hendrix
Knights
KKK
Hendrix
Building Permits Total $40 000 In Couple of Days
City clerk’s office issued permits Friday and Saturday totaling over 40000 dollars for new construction. Homer B Hutchinson Jr received permits for six room and bath frame single family dwellings at 711 Riverview Avenue 822 Beach Street 901 Tower Avenue and 907 Tower Avenue. Robert L McGregor obtained permission to build a five room and bath frame house at 2108 Endlam Blvd valued 4650. S E Pitt received a permit for a five room and bath frame house at 311 Ninth Avenue West valued 4800. John W Phillips Jr was issued a permit for a 500 garage at 1324 Seventh Avenue East on Saturday.
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Homer B. Hutchinson
Jdr
Riverview Avenue
Beach Street
Tower Avenue
Robert L. McGregor
Endlam Blvd
S. E. Pitt
Ninth Avenue West
Seventh Avenue East
John W. Phillips, Jr
Somerville Girl Killed Crossing Road In Arkansas Car Crash
Laura Patricia Whitten nine died Saturday near her Somerville home after a 1949 Chevrolet driven by Marjorie Nelms Black Oak Ark struck her as she ran with friends across the road Betty Grace Blankenship11 tried to pull her back Jimmie Lou Hudson 10 shouted but did not see the car Laura Patricia was rushed to Hamil Clinic Huntsville and died on arrival Nelms and her parents were en route to Arab when the accident occurred Highway Patrol investigated Whitten worked at Goodyear Mill Funeral arrangements were set by Browns
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Laura Patricia Whitten
Leon Whitten
Somerville 2
Highway Patrol
Marjorie Nelms
Black Oak
Ark
Laura Patricia
Betty Grace Blankenship
Jimmie Lou Hudson
Betty
Jimmie Lou
Hamil Clinic
Decatur
H. W. Hall
Huntsville
Miss Nelms
T. P. Nelms
Nelms
Vinson and
Bryant
Sgt. Littlefold
Whitten
Goodyear Mill
National Guard Unit Praised After Fort Benning Trainining
The 1343d engineer combat battalion earned laudatory notes from Third Army representatives in Atlanta and from Major General James S. Saliba and Alabama Adjutant General officers after the annual National Guard field training at Fort Benning Georgia last month. Inspectors’ report commended the unit for professional engineering qualifications and strong spirit and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1343D
National Guard
Fort Benning
Georgia
Third Army
Atlanta
James S. Saliba
Adjutant General of
Alabama
Alabama National Guard
Alvan C. Gillem
Ocie V
Pictures Of Local Guard In Action At Fort Benning
A full page of action photographs from the local Guard published on page 11 of today’s Daily issue. The page showcases drills, formations, and equipment displays from Fort Benning with captions identifying units and personnel.
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Fort Benning
Blankenship Receives Excellent Rating for 1949 Training
General Saliba commends 1343d engineer combat battalion commander Blankenship and his entire command for earning an Excellent rating in 1949 annual field training. The Alabama Adjutant General notes the unit could have been rated Superior with full equipment and arrangements are to fully equip the unit soon.
Road contract signed by governor in Lawrence and Morgan areas
Senator Noble Russell reports that Governor Folsom signed two road contracts. One extends from Wren to Danville in Lawrence county, and another runs from the Morgan county line toward Wren. The telegram is signed by Ward W. McFarland.
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Noble Russell
Folsom
Lawrence County
Wren
Danville
Morgan County
Ward W. McFarland
Decatur School Boundaries and Opening Procedures
Decatur city schools to open for all grades on Monday September 12. Parents urged to send children to correct schools with birth certificates vaccination records and last year report cards for non first graders. Transfers require written requests and reasons. districts include Somerville Road and Gordon Bibb with defined boundary lines and transfer rules.
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Decatur City
Decatur
Somerville Road
Somerville
Solons Await Final Session
Montgomery reporters describe the Alabama legislature delaying its final 36th session day to next Friday. Senators plan pre-dawn sessions to blunt filibusters and catch potential pocket vetoes by Governor James E. Folsom, with pay increases noted for some lawmakers. See SOLONS on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Senate
James E. Folsom
Britain Faces Dollar Crisis in Lone Role
Washington reports Britain must weather a looming dollar shortage with long term aid plans from a three nation conference. A preliminary study by US Britain and Canada suggests easing import barriers expanding exports and trimming imports, but officials say effects would take months. See BRITAIN on Page 2.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Britain
London
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Ernest Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Body of River Victim Found
The body of Joe Cothern who drowned when a boat overturned on the Tennessee River Thursday was found Saturday morning about 7 30 by a Coca employee Joe Owen and his young nephew James McAllister. Coroner Joe Morrison said Charlie Adams was also in the boat and was rescued by Slim Housar and Officer Louis Landers. Citizens in private boats searched all day Friday for the body before discovery downstream near the water works.
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Joe Cothern
Cisco
Joe Owen
James McAllister
Joe Morrison
Cothern
Charlie Adams
Tennessee River
Adams
Slim Housar
Louis Landers
Morrison
Owen
Huntsville
Robert Brown
Frank Pauls Hurt in Crash on Highway 20
Decatur, Saturday report: Frank Pauls of Woolworth Co. Hurt in an accident about 12:30 p.m. on highway 20. Damages around $1,200. Vehicles: a 1941 Pontiac driven by Daniel Harris and a 1949 Plymouth driven by Paul Adams Apartments, Decatur. Pauls suffered cuts and bruises. hospital said not critical. Highway Patrol officers Coleman and Edgeman investigated.
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Frank Paul
Woolworth Co
Decatur General Hospital
Andent
Highway Patrol
Pontiac
Daniel Harris
Madison
Plymouth
Paul
Adams Apartments
Decatur
Coleman and
Edgeman
Justice Rutledge in coma but showing slight improvement
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge remained in a coma for a second day at a York hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. His physician Dr Elmer Tower said he was slightly improved physically though still unconscious. The 55 year old liberal jurist had recently become a Supreme Court member, appointed by President Roosevelt in 1943.
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York
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
Rutledge
Elmer Tower
Washington University
University of Iowa Law Schools
Roosevelt
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Economic Union With U S Aid Is European Goal
The 12 nation European consultative assembly urged a European economic union with a free money market and a single preferential trading system. It plans sending a delegation led by Paul-Henri Spaak to Washington to seek tariff cuts and extend Britain's empire trading preferences to France, Netherlands, Belgium and beyond.
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Associated Press
Europe
Consultative Assembly
European Economic Union
Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Washington
Britain
Italy
Ireland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Luxembourg
Greece
Turkey
United States
Marshal Tito
Tito
Ministry of Information
United Press
Yugoslavia
Are Held on Liquor Charge In Morgan County
Two negroes were arrested late Friday night on charges of transporting untaxed whiskey. Leroy Owens, 43, and Oney Cosby, 36, were captured after a block chase by Sheriff C. B. Humphrey. Ossie Sanders, 25, jailed on a forgery warrant sworn by County Judge W. H. Long. One public drunkenness arrest reported.
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Morgan
Decatur
Leroy Owens
Oney Cosby
J. H. Kirkpatrick
James Barnes
C. B. Humphrey
Owens
Ossie Sanders
W. H. Long
Humphrey
Three Grass Fires Reported No Loss In Decatur
Decatur fire department responded to three grass fire calls Friday with no losses reported. The incidents occurred at 10:30, 10:35 a.m., and 1 p.m. in the 1000 block Wadsworth, 400 block Seventh Avenue West, and 100 block Eighth Avenue West.
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Decatur
Wadsworth
Seventh Avenue West
Eighth Avenue West
Injured Decatur cab driver improving after hold up
William W. Golden a Decatur cab driver injured in a hold up near Hillsboro was listed in good condition by Decatur General Hospital Saturday afternoon. He sustained severe internal injuries during a struggle Wednesday night after a passenger attempted the robbery and had previously fainted at the hospital after being driven to Hillsboro in Lawrence County.
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William W. Golden
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Golden
Hillsboro
Lawrence County
Air Marks Fall Right and Leff Air Marks Fall Right and Leff
Aviation records shatter in the Bendix cross country event led by Husky Joe De Bona with an average speed of 470.1 mph over 2000 miles from Rosamond Dry Lake California. Bill Odum wins Sohio trophy at 388.2 mph surpassing Tony Le Vier’s 1947 mark by 28 mph. De Bona vows retirement after current race slate while crowds set opening day attendance records of 35 800.
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James J. Strebig
Associated Press
Cleveland
Joe de Bona
de Bona
Rosamond Dry Lake
Calif
Paul Mantz
Bill Odum
Tony le Vier
Odom
Labor Day
Dé Bona
AIR
Overtime For Solons Looms In Tariff Row
Washington dispatch reports Democratic Leader Lucas warning senators may extend work hours after a short break. He proposes night sessions and limited debate and votes to push the tariff cut trade agreements bill through within about two weeks. Chairman George expects up to three weeks to resolve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Lucas
D-Ill
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Suspected Slayer Robber Captured At Bride's Home
Atlanta police captured John Corrigan alias Valor a 30 year old ex meat cutter suspected in the slaying of a widow and a $24000 payroll robbery. Officers recovered 6602 from his pockets matching serial numbers to the Bremen Georgia Sewell Manufacturing hold up. Corrigan confessed to the robbery and faced murder suspicion in the Sunday killing of Beatrice Samples. He was married three weeks earlier to a coworker.
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Atlanta
John Corrigan
Valor
Corrigan
Fulton County
Neal Ellis
Sewell Manufacturing Company
Bremen
Ellis
Beatrice Sampies
J. O. Smith
L M. Eason
See
Senator Seeks Figures on All Flight Costs
Senator Elmer Thomas demanded full disclosure from Secretary Johnson on government plane use costs and passengers including trips by President Truman. He pressed for a complete log of flights since January 1, 1949 and urged private air service for executive travel if savings exist. Johnson promised to provide the data by Sept. 20 amid debates on military versus commercial travel.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Johnson
President Truman
Truman
Thomas
Armed Services
United States
Europe
Senate Appropriations
Middle
Near East
Pacific
Appropriations Committee
Air Force and Navy Fields
Congress
Reed
Eleanor to Speak at Alabama Meet of Rights Group
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, longtime civil rights champion, will speak at a Southwide churchwomen’s interfaith conference in Atlanta. Sponsored by the Southern Regional Council, the meeting will discuss lynching, mob violence, and Negro rights. The event is not open to the public and about 150 churchwomen from 12 Southern states were invited.
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Atlanta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inter-Racial Southern Regional Council
Roosevelt
Wesley
Eleanor
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Gadsden
Thionis Sparkman
Herbert Wilhite
Vinemont 3
Walter Nethery
Corinth
Miss
Supsts
J .Sparkman
Austinville
Kyle Martin
Mr. Teague
Birmingham
W. T. Willoughby
Tennis Sparkman
Ryan
Mr. and
B. C. Shelton
New York
Oh. V. A
The
Central Baptist Church
Crow
Hartseller
Avery Safley
J. B. Whitmire
New Orleans
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Bruce Lemmond
Decatur 2
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
B. Segars
Trinity 1
Oakville Church
Five Points
Drew Pearson
Robert Allen
Clarence Pike
Hartselle 2
Carnegie Library
E. A. Tillery
W. E. Varnell
William Varnel
Hartselle
Q- B. Tuten
Athens
Obion
Tenn
Estes
Adamsville
Orval Sparkman
Cecil Neville
Evansville
Allen Thomas
Lacey
Poe
Deux Wenzel
Michigan
Charles Hardwick
Decatur Kennel Club
Woodall
Little Hazel Hodgins
A. B. Hodgins
Johnston Street
John A. Wright
By Ken Reynolds
Pal
Prospect Drive
Sixth Avenue
City
Gordon-Bibb School
Sparetrack
Eighth Street
Laurel Street
L and N
Solons
Bainbridge
A. E. White
Hollis Riles
Jesse Gordon
White
Riles
Gordon
Frank Pauls
Justice Rutledge
U.S
Husky Joe de Bona
Bendix
Bride
Thomas and Johnson
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