Decatur Community Notes and Weather Outlook
Weather forecast calls for cloudy periods with occasional rain in north and central areas this afternoon and tonight. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with light to moderate westerly winds along the coast. Community items include Rev. C L Cobb’s sermon at Westside Baptist, postponed Decatur Board of Education meeting, funeral attendance for Lonnie Noojin, university roles for Kathryn Wiley, hospital admissions and discharges, and TVA readings.
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Decatur Board of Education
West Decatur School
VA to Begin Second GI Insurance Dividend in 1951
The Veterans Administration plans to start paying the second GI insurance dividend on January 1 1951. Dividends will match each policy anniversary and cover three years since 1948. The total and per thousand rate await December figures and depend on a $4.8 million VA budget need for admin costs.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Insurance
Congress
Lewisburg Man Held In Shotgun Slaying Of His Step-Father
In Birmingham Alabama a 25 year old Lewisburg man William E Belcher was ordered held without bond for grand jury action on murder charges in the August 24 shotgun slaying of Kannie Jen Keef a wagon mine operator Belcher is bound over to the grand jury by County Judge Grover C Boner at a preliminary hearing where Keefs wife and Belchers mother testified on his behalf stating his stepfather often beat me and other details from the hearing are cited.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lewisburg
William E. Belcher
Grover C. Boner
Kannie
Shorter Cotton Crop Forecast Puts Prices Up
New Orleans reports a bullish Agriculture Department forecast of 9,882,000 bales for the new crop, below trade estimates, lifting prices above 41 cents for the first time in 30 years. The Census Bureau notes lower ginnings and stricter export controls, with yield and acreage data showing declines from last year and a 10 year average. See SHORTER on Page 2
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New Orleans
New Orleans Exchange
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Department
New Packard Agency Opens in Decatur
Forrest Plant and Leo M. Johnson announce the opening of the New Packard Agency at 311 Second Avenue with an open house all day. They display a 1951 Parkard 200 series 2 door and will operate a service department alongside their existing used car lot at 303 Second Avenue.
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Decatur
Packard
Plant and Johnson Motor Co
Second Avenue
Forrest Plant
Leo M. Johnson
Decatur Used Car
Plant
British to Guard Aden Fort Near Al Hamra
A British fortress is under construction near Al Hamra by Sumair, seat of the sultan of Qutaibi. About 250 troops will garrison the fort as work proceeds with Aden protectorate approval amid past tribal troubles.
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Aden
Aden Protectorate
al Hamra
Sumair
Qutaibi
Win H Martin Dies Suddenly In Alabama Community
William H. Martin 57, president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Birmingham county constable, died suddenly from a heart attack at his Athens home after returning from duties in Birmingham. Funeral services will be in Athens with another service in Birmingham and interment at Elmwood. He is survived by his wife Leaton, daughter Gaines Smith, son Bill Martin Jr., his mother, three sisters, and two brothers.
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William H
Bill) Martin
Athens
First Methodist Church
L. W. Hart
First Baptist Church
J. B. Hill
W. A. Caughren
L. M. Nelson
Billy Moore
Mack Coles
M. L. Ward
R. L. Malone
Sam M. Bowen
M.S. Kennemer
George Patterson
A. D. Powers
Marine League Seeks Johnsons Scalp
The Marine League urged President Truman to replace Defense Secretary Johnson with a competent statesman. It narrowly defeated a proposal to fire Secretary Acheson and backed stronger action against communists in government.
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Marine League
Johnson
Acheson
Washington
Defense Johnson
State Acheson
Truman
Defense Department
Organization of Marine Veterans
State Department
Congress
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert C. Kilmartin
Kilmartin
League
Clay Nixon
Seattle League
National Air Guard Groups Alerted For Active Service Call
Five National Air Guard groups totaling 5 000 to 7 500 men with about 350 planes will be called to active duty. The Air Force set the first call up and will not identify the units. Members receive 30 days to report. The units include four fighter bomber groups and one tactical reconnaissance group equipped with F 47 Thunderbolts F 51 Mustangs and F 84 jets.
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Washington
National Air Guard
Air Force
Court orders ban on odors from rendering plant
A temporary injunction against a French rendering plant over noxious odors was awarded after a hearing before Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell. Adjacent property owners and businesspeople filed the suit alleging odors harmed health and business. Plaintiffs include A. L. Christopher and J. A. LeCroix.
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Athens
Ala
Newton B. Powell
A. L
A. L. Christopher
Athens Creamery and Dairy Bar
J. A
Lee LeCroix
Storm At Sea Still Blowing
A powerful hurricane near Bermuda drifted westward 200 miles from Bermuda toward the Atlantic. Forecasters warned of dangerous gales still. Bermuda evacuated aircraft from Kindley Field and waited as planes redirected to Westover.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia
Isle of Bermuda
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Bermuda
Norton
U. S. Air Force Base
Kindley Field
Westover Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Weather Bureau
Antigua Island
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
County Registrar to Seek Revision of Voter Law Halt
John G. Hosey, chairman of the Jefferson county board of registrars, seeks changes to a new state law that blocks county boards from registering any qualified voter within 10 days of a primary, special or general election in the county. Bessemer city officers vote set for Sept. 19.
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Birmingham
Ala
John G. Hosey
Jefferson County Board of Registrars
Bessemer
Decatur-Arab road contract ad surfaces in county plans
The Decatur-Arab road project seeks bids for grading drainage and right-of-way clearance from Somerville to Baileyton on a 15.293 mile link of the Memphis Atlanta route. Work spans 240 days for grading and ROW and 120 days for bridgework, financed by federal and state funds.
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Morgan County
Decaur-Arab
Falkville-Eva
Hartselle Enquirer
Montgomery
Ward McFarland
Highway Department
Somerville
Baileyton
Atlanta
Senator McCarran Faces Truman Veto Threat On Red Bill
Senator McCarran warned that President Truman would veto the stringent anti communist bill if sent to the White House a move he tied to possible Republican gains in November. Republicans worried over fallout from allegations against Interior secretary Chapman while voting on the measure proceeds.
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Oliver W. D. Wolf
Washington
McCarran
D-Nev
Truman
Nevada
White House
Senate
GOP
Schoeppel
R-Kas
Chapman
House
Congress
Parachute News Sprayed Behind Front Lines
United Nations forces drop The Parachute News leaflets behind North Korean lines in Korean and English. The No. 11 issue claims Red forces lost ground in a major offensive and notes recapture of territory including Yongsan, as part of UN counterattacks.
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Tokyo
United Nations
U. N
Parachute News No
Republic of Korea
U.N
Yongsan
General Staff Psychological Warfare Branch
Shutdown On Auto Making Is Not Likely
Senator Lucas of Illinois said President Truman may limit steel for automobiles but there will be no shutdown in car manufacturing. He noted the Korean crisis requires some shift to war production yet steel supply for tanks and guns will remain and overall auto output should continue.
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Washington
Lucas
Ill
Truman
Illinois
Rescuers Seek Trapped Men at Knockshinnoch Colliery
Rescue teams work at top speed to open an escape tunnel for 128 miners trapped 700 feet down at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery near Glasgow. Miners reported good spirits, air access, and efforts to dam a flood of mud while workers clear gas from adjacent tunnels.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
Knockshinnoch Castle
Glasgow
Fire Sweep Destroys Masonic Temple Area in Atlanta
Firefighters battling the Destruction of the Masonic temple were forced to fight another blaze nearby. A three story building suffered heavy damage three blocks from Peachtree street. One firefighter was seriously injured after a three story fall caused by a struck hole. Police Captain James H Brown attributed the blaze to a repairman using a welding torch. The temple stood for nearly fifty years as a Peachtree landmark.
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Atlanta
Temple
Inj
James H. Brown
Peachtree
Survivors of Benevolence collision sue for damages
Thirteen survivors of the Benevolence filed suits seeking 140000 dollars in damages claiming negligence by both the U S government and Luckenbach Steamship company. The Mary Luckenbach rammed the Benevolence in fog off the Golden Gate. Eighteen passengers died and five are missing. there were 492 survivors.
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San Francisco
U. S
Luckenbach Steamship Company
Mary Luckenbach
Golden Gate
Coast Guard and Navy Boards of Inquiry
Candy maker dies in Plainfield at 77
William F R Murrie, 77, originator of the modern chocolate bar, died last night at Muhlenberg hospital in Plainfield New Jersey He was the first president of Hershey Chocolate Company and retired in 1947 He had lived in Plainfield since retirement and was linked with Milton S Hershey in Lancaster
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Plainfield
N.J
William F. R. Murrie
Muhlenberg Hospital
Murrie
Hershey Chocolate Company
Milton S. Hershey
Hershey Corporation
Lan
Reds Rebuilding For New Attack As Drive Stalls
Allied troops gained minor ground at both ends of the rain soaked Korea front as North Korean forces rebuild for a new push. The U S Eighth Army said the Taegu drive had petered out due to shortages and manpower, with Masan evacuated civilians and Battle Mountain retaken by U S 25th Infantry. Air support waned under heavy rain.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
U. S. 8Th Army
Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry Division
MacArthur
Yongchon
Pusan
Korea
Masan
Red
Battle Mountain
U. S. 25Th Infantry
Bill Ross
U. S
Railroader William Stovall 49 Dies in Birmingham Home
Funeral services set today for William Gilbert Stovall 49 general executive agent of the Columbus and Greenville railroad. He died at his Birmingham home after a lengthy illness. Stovall came from Memphis two years ago where he ran the Fargo truck line and was linked with the federal land bank. Services planned at Okolona Mississippi. he was born there.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Gilbert Stovall
Columbus and Greenville Railroad
Stovall
Memphis
Fargo
Federal Land Bank
Okolona
Miss
Mississippi
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C. L. Cobb
Vinemont
Westside Baptist Church
Cobb
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
H. G. Williams
Gadsden
Lonnie Noojin
Alabama
Kathryn Anne Wiley
Jackson Street
University of North Carolina
Wiley
Y.W.C.A
House Council
Yackety Yack Business Staff
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Charles Lee Akers
Etheridge Akers
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
Hamil Clinic
M. M. Turner
Canal
E. C. Travis
Sherman
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Kate Cottongen
Decatur 3
Packard Agency
Marine Corps League
Navy
Stalin
Win. H. Martin
Georgia Coast
Melvin Hardin
Sim L. Howell
Falkville- Eva
Candy Maker
Reds
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