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Cloudy with showers dominates the forecast across the state this afternoon through Tuesday. A band rehearsal is set for Tuesday at 7 PM in the new senior high bandroom. Moose lodge meets Tuesday at 8 PM. Moulton Heights PTA gathers Tuesday at 7 30 with parents and teachers as partners. Kyle Rigsby of TVA health speaks.
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Moulton Heights
PTA
Kyle Rigsby
TVA Health Department
Watchman Faces Self-Inflicted Wounds After Working
Lovene Hordendorf 71 year old Bethlehem Watchman sought police help with a stomach ache and was found to have five bullet wounds. He claimed he shot himself at home Sunday morning then went to work at Bethlehem Trust building where police were informed.
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Bethlehem
Lovene Hordendorf
Otto Bodner
St. Luke's Hospital
Hordendorf
Charles Walker
Bethlehem Trust Company
Alabamians Among Korean Casualties
Several Alabamians were named among Korean War casualties announced by the Defense Department. The list includes Cpl. Buford B. Powell killed in action from Albertville. Pfc. Carl M. Howard wounded and brother of Ruby M. Wilson. Marine Cpl. Carl Regner Lecroy, son of Columbus Lecroy of Birmingham. Pfc. William Donald Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stewart of Huntsville. Marine Tech Sgt. Wilbur Turney, son of Luther D. Turner of Cullman.
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Defense Department
Buford B. Powell
Grady R. Powell
Albertville 1
Carl M. Howard
Ruby M. Wilson
Marine
Carl Regner Lecroy
Columbus Lecroy
South 83Rd Street
Birmingham
William Donald Stewart
Jim Stewart
Humes Avenue
Hunteville
Marine Tech
Wilbur Turney
Luther D. Turner
Dripping Springs Road
Culimen
Ford Contract Makes History on Labor Day
Ford Motor company agreed to a new five year contract with the CIO United Auto Workers for 126 000 workers. The pact raises wages and ties pay to the cost of living, increases pensions to 125 dollars, adds a four cent annual rise for four years, and includes a 13 cent raise for 16 000 skilled workers. It takes effect Sept 1 and runs to June 1 1955.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Manual Study Still Is Urged On Driver Tests
Highway patrolman H L Hester notes many fail the driver tests in Limestone and Morgan counties. In Limestone 23 fail rules of the road, 19 pass. Morgan 22 fail written, 38 pass. Few fail the eye or driving tests. mechanical or weather issues were rare.
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H. L. Hester
Limestone County
Morgan County
Limestone
Morgan
Alabama
Moderate Arrest Totals Reported Across The Valley
Sheriff reports in Decatur show six public drunkenness, two DWI, one reckless driving. Limestone county records include one prohibition violation, six public drunkenness, three DWI, one bad check. Lawrence and Cullman counties report quiet holidays with no arrests.
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Decatur
C. B. Humphrey
Limestone County
Lawrence
Cullman
Athens City
Courtland
P.D
V.P.L
Town Creek
Moulton
Pope Pleads with Working Youth in Global Broadcast
Pope Pius XII addressed thousands of working youths from 50 nations in Brussels via radio. He condemned phantom men devoted to movies and sports, urging Christian workers to be apostles in labor while warning against dividing people into workers and non workers.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Brussels
Belgium
Omaha banker James R. Cain dies in Long Beach
James R. Cain, a banker in Omaha and noted church and civic leader, died in Long Beach after a brief illness. Cain had long used Long Beach as his summer home and retired in 1947 as president of the Bank of Omaha.
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Long Beach
Calif
James R. Cain
Omaha
Cain
Pres- Bank of Om
Armament plan draws support across Congress
Washington reports that a long range rearmament plan to match Soviet strength drew mounting support from lawmakers. Senators Connally Hill and Millikin said Truman’s call for 3,000,000 under arms is the start of a broader effort to ensure U S superiority in firepower and allied strength amid the Korean conflict.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Truman
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hill
D-Ala
Europe
Millikin
Colorado
Baby Hurricane Skirts Florida Coast Causes Little Damage
A small tropical storm drifted along Florida's gulf coast near Clearwater threatening minor disruption but causing negligible damage. Winds peaked near 150 mph in the central system, with lighter gusts along Naples to Tampa as residents prepared for possible inland arrival.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Gulf Coast
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Clearwater
Tampa Bay
Appalachee Bay
Tallahassee
Gulf
Naples
St. Petersburg
Lido Beach
Sarasota
Anclote Key
Tarpon Springs
Coast Guard
Nemesis
Cherokee
Fort Myers
Tampa
Apalachicola
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Car Crash Kills 22 Year Old in Hartford Area
Jessie Clyde Pilcher of Enterprise was killed when his car struck a bridge railing south of Hartford early Sunday. Passenger Roy Glenn Martin, also of Enterprise, suffered a fractured right leg and was hospitalized.
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Hartford
Ala
Jessie Clyde Pilcher
Enterprise
Here
Highway Patrol
Pilcher
Roy Glenn Martin
Blue Printing Starts On New Plan Of Southern Education
Daytona Beach Florida September 4 blue printing begins on a revolutionary mutual help plan for Southern education. About 200 educators from 13 states and 47 colleges will draft the blueprint to allow students from have not states to study in states with greater resources. Graduate deans and faculty start the work as presidents conduct a second phase through September 11. The largest undertaking since the region’s program began two years ago this effort aims to size up regional potential using months of data gathered by the Southern regional education board. Dr John E Ivey Jr notes focus on graduate education as the South now produces only five percent in this field.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Board of Control For
Southern Regional Education
John E. Ivey Jr
South
New Red Offensive Looks Like Last Frantic Struggles Of Doomed Man
Taegu front in Korea Sept 4. The big new communist offensive flares along a 120 mile front but shows no single point with knockout force. US and South Korea defend as Reds feint across ridges and valleys, spreading thinner power for local gains.
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Taegu
Korea
Pusan
Sir Bernard Montgomery
el Alamein
Rommel
Afrika Corps
Monty
Ardennes
Pohang
Valley Safety Record Holds Steady For Labor Day
Valley traffic officials report a likely Labor Day weekend record with no deaths or injuries so far. Multiple minor, noninjury collisions were logged near Cullman and Decatur, including a three car front collision on Highway 31 and a left turn mishap east of Cullman with limited damages.
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Cullman
Richey
William E. Yeager
Birmingham
Ford
Tonnie McGruder
Dayton, O
Dayton
Williams
Holly Pond
Ora H. Burks
Cullman 3
Cifus Pearson
Decatur
Clyde Brown
Olive Street
Hunter and
Terry
Sherman
Richard Walden
Eleventh Avenue West
VU. S. 31
Uncontrolled Forest Fire Threatens Whitehorse Area
A Northern California forest fire roared across more than 10 000 acres near the Modoc Siskiyou line. Residents of Whitehorse fled as flames围 circled the community, with firefighting crews drafted and mobilized along a 100 mile arc between Lookout and Mayfield.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
California
Modoc- Siskiyou
Oregon
Modoc and
Shasta
Whitehorse
Lookout
Mayfield
Girl Dies In Boat Accident On Rainy Lake
Audrey French, 17, of Davenport Iowa, died in a boating accident on Rainy Lake near International Falls Minnesota. Her sister Algene, 22, recovered the body and towed it to an island where she spent the night. Audrey, a swimmer, fell from a 16 foot motorboat as wind blew 10 to 15 miles per hour.
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International Falls
Minn
Audrey French
Davenport
Iowa
Rainy Lake
Algene
Audrey
Virginia Roberts French
Forest Rd
H. G. Rob
Franzen Island
Roberts
Greatest Gains In Weeks Made By Charging For TOKYO
North east Korean front sees two tank led Red columns breach Allied lines and push along main highways toward Taegu. Deepest penetration since August. Marines and doughboys gain West of Yongsan while reporting Red tanks knocked out. Intelligence estimates 40,000 troops massed near the Naktong bulge.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Kigye
Pohang
Naktong River
Yongsan
Associated Press
Bem Price
Kyongju
Yongchon
U.N
Eighth Army
Naktong Bulge
Anti-Communist Theme Dominates Labor Holiday Rallies
The Associated Press notes a strong anti-communist tone at labor observances. AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Murray vow to defeat communist aggression worldwide. Secretary Tobin contrasts American workers with those under communist rule, calling communism slavery.
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Associated Press
Labor
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Tobin
Boston
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