Decatur News Highlights Local Visits and Community Events
Claude J Settles of Birmingham visits Decatur for a short stay touring the citys growing industrial front. Miss Marguerite Hovis returns to Cleveland Tenn to resume studies at Bob Jones College. The American Legion Auxiliary hosts the fourth Evening of Games at the legion home on Bank Street with tickets at the door.
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Claude J. Settles
Birmingham
State Planning Board
Decatur
Settles
Marguerite Hovis
Cleveland, Tenn
Bob Jones Colege
American Legion Auxiliary
Gion
Bank Street
Stocks Rally Splits Market Swing Across the Board
New York stocks opened briskly as a late rally countered a two day plunge that wiped billions from market value. Analysts cite uncertain reasons for the drop while underwriters and companies debate timing of new issues. Kuhn Loeb plans a $30 million Westinghouse debentures offering even as Consumers Power and Standard Oil postpone offerings.
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New York
New York stock _exchange
Kuhn
Consumers Power Company
Standard and Electric Com
Heirens Fails in Sac Attempt to End Life in Jail
William Heirens the 17 year old triple murderer attempted to hang himself with a bedsheet in Cook County jail at 1am. Guards cut him down and he faced sentencing as state prepared to present evidence for his penalty. Heirens had pleaded guilty to 29 indictments including the kidnap killing of Suzanne Degnan and murders of Chicago women.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Cook County
Sain
Heirens
Harold G. Ward
Criminal Court
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Judges Lead Votes Drive For Wallace Meadows in 8th District
Judge Julian Harris and Judge Cliff Almon back Morgan county native Wallace Meadows who is running for congress in the eighth district. Seven contenders remain as Meadows campaigns across counties stressing government by elected representatives over bureau rule ahead of the September 24 primary. Morgan county leads voting strength with over 10 000 eligible voters to mobilize turnout district wide.
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Julian Harris
Cliff Almon
Wallace Meadows
Morgan County
Meadows
Cope Tree
Mr. Meadows
23 Sailors Are Saved From Ship David Caldwell
In Bordeaux France on September 5 23 sailors clinging to a broken section of the grounded 7176 ton American Liberty ship David Caldwell were rescued by Rochefort authorities Eight crewmen remain missing two are dead Seven crewmen previously reached shore and were treated in Royan and Rochefort The rescued sailors were hauled to a French dredger by breeches buoy and will be brought to Bordeaux
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Bordeaux
France
David Caldwell
Rochefort
Gironde Estauary
Royan
Stevedores Strike On Relief Cargo In New York Harbor
Stevedores from AFL Local 824 halted loading aboard the Bartlesville Victory in New York Harbor as the 120 workers in six gangs walked off the job. They said the government had not intervened to stop sailing for Italy and Yugoslavia and preferred to see aid reach Greece or other allied nations. The crew claimed the union was not involved in the action.
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New York
Army
Red Cross
Bartlesville Victory
Italy
Yugoslavia
Bernard Hickey
Greece
Alabama Extends Unemployment Coverage to Seamen
Alabama extends unemployment compensation to merchant seamen, the first major coverage expansion since the original act ten years ago. Vessel operation firms are urged to contact the state agency for tax details. coverage may include bar pilots pending legal ruling.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Frank Broadway
Broadway
Industrial Relations Department
Bar
Mobile
Decatur
City considers new football field for 1947 season
Walter Jackson city superintendent of schools states plans for a new playing field near Somerville Road school will go to the city school board Friday. If approved bids will be asked immediately with completion aimed before fall rains to use in 1947. estimated cost ranges from 12000 to 15000 dollars.
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Walter Jackson
Jackson
Somerville Road
Pn Ae
Transit Sued for Two Thousand Dollar Injury Claim
Johns files suit alleging bodily injuries from transit incident claiming damage to his teeth and facial areas including arm chin and eye. Sherman Powell represents Johns in the case.
Walkouts of sea workers threaten US freight traffic
The Associated Press reports a nationwide strike by seamen prompting an embargo on most railroad freight to ports to avoid congestion. AFL and CIO leaders warn shipping in every port could halt. wages and wage board rulings fuel the dispute as workers begin leaving ships along the coasts and in Baltimore awaiting official strike start time.
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Armed Services
Wage Stabilization Board
Ord
Wington
Truman
Labor
Schwellenbach
Sailors Union of the Pacific
SIU
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Rail Embargo Put On Port Shipments
The Association of American Railroads ordered an embargo on all railroad freight shipments to ports with exceptions. It affects carload and less than carload freight consigned to port areas for export or storage within the port area and is effective immediately.
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Associated Press
America
American Association of Railroads
AFL
CIO
United States
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce Charter Presented
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce received its charter at a Somerville Road school banquet to 110 charter members. U S Junior Chamber president Selden Waldo praised the group as democratic and essential for community good, as local leaders welcomed the new Decatur Jaycee chapter.
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Decatur
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Calvin Pettey
Leon R. Bainbridge
Alabama State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Somerville Road School
Decatur Jaycee
Selden F. Waldo
U. S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
America
Waldo
Gainesville
Florida
James Rankin
Rankin
Ruth McCulloch
Lazelle Roper
Mary McClain
Jack McCulloch
Charlotte Birdson
Edsil Holden
Lucky Four
Euges
Chenault
Jaycee
Britnell to Lead Community Chest 46 Campaign
Ben L. Britnell, local attorney and Lions Club member, will lead the Community Chest 46 Campaign starting in October. The budget committee meets September 10 at 2 PM at Hotel Lyons to hear agency appeals, with James H. Johnson as chairman and sessions for agencies at 15 minute intervals. The USO appeal is included, led in Morgan county by Charles Harvey, with statewide direction by Justices Robert T. Simpson and Thomas S. Lawson.
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Ben L. Britnell
Lions Club
The
Community Chest
Len
Hotel
Lyons
James H. Johnson
Stanley Wyatt
W. B. Neher
United Service Organizations
USO
Morgan County
Charles Harvey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robert T. Simpson
Thomas S. Lawson
Supreme Court
Capital papers will limit ads in Montgomery papers
The Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal announce curbed advertising to boost newsprint inventories beyond the danger line. Display ads will drop 10 percent on Sundays and two out-of-town editions will lose classified pages, with further cuts possible if news or feature content is reduced.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Journal Today
Sun
Busia
Judge Advocate To Hear Brown Pleas In Alabama
A letter to Judge Almon in Decatur Alabama outlines proceedings for Marion R Brown sentenced to death. The Judge Advocate General promises prompt notification when the record is received for review. The officer appointing the court may approve or disapprove the sentence and a report follows on Page 3.
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Brown
Friends of Tech
Marion R. Brown
We Sopermany
Morgan
J T
Ion
Almon
Decatur
Alabama
Judge Advocate General
Russian diplomat denounces Italian claim on Trieste
Andrei Vishinsky, Russia's deputy foreign minister, urged the peace conference to reject Italian claims to Trieste. He backed Yugoslavia’s right to the port, criticized Italy's expansionist motives, and said the Big Four accord should allow a free Trieste territory though with political considerations. He spoke before the Italian commission as debate on Istrian settlements continued.
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Robert Hewett
Paris
Andrei_ Y. Vishinsky
Trieste
Russia
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Ivanoe Bonomi
Adriatic
Ee Vishinsky
Italy
Tom Connally
Tex
United States
Bonomi
Vyshinsky
Polio Cases Rise in Jefferson County
In Birmingham Jefferson County a surge of 33 infantile paralysis cases is reported, with definite incidence rates rising in the area. Uncle Bud by Bill Baldwin.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County
Uncle Bud
Bill Baldwin
Luxury liner crash near Elko kills 23 with one survivor
A Trans-Luxury Airlines two engine plane crashed two miles from Elko airport killing about 23 aboard and leaving a two year old boy as the sole survivor. The craft took off from New York for the West Coast and was due to land early today. Rescue teams recovered 17 bodies at the scene as fire raged in the nose and left wing. The crew included Co Pilot Leatherman of New York City and Stewardess Marjorie Cox of San Francisco. Weather was overcast with fog but fair for flying.
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Elko
Trans-Luxury Airlines
San Francisco
New York
Edward Lundberg
Lundberg
Salt Lake City
Reno
Campbell
I, Fla
Leatherman
New York City
Marjorie Cox
York
Florida
Puerto Rico
Ing
Nevada
Cheyenne
Kenneth Campbell
North Dakota
Harry Leathrman
Miami
Fla
Decatur Retail Stores To Close Thursday Afternoons
Decatur stores will stay closed Thursday afternoons for the next three months. Hugh Cothren, chairman of the retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, announced the decision. December will see continued afternoon closures. grocery stores resumed after Labor Day, with fall and winter plans still undecided.
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Decatur
Hugh Cothren
Retail Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cothren
Cotton quality in Alabama shows phenomenal 15 year rise
Avon dale mills executive vice president J Craig Smith asserts cotton produced in Alabama has shown phenomenal quality improvement over the past 15 years, amid remarks in Harvsille South Carolina.
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Harsville
S. C
J. Craig Smith
Avondale Mills
Sylacauga
Ala
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George C. Little
Asbury L. Malone
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Tom Harvey
Elmer Loyd
Quince Eddens
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State Bar Commission
Wilmot Scott
Fourth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Ralph Henry, Hartseller
J. W. Davis
Fifth Street
Leeks
James C. Finney
Baptist Highland Hospital
Ruby Sandlin
Montevallo
Alabama College
James A. Nelson
East Vine Street
Garner Pride
Newton Powell
John Sherrill
J. H. Blankenship
Hartseller
Baugh's Infirmary
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