Second Accident On New Decatur Moulton Highway
The Highway Patrol reports a second wreck on the new Decatur Moulton road in a week. In the latest crash a pickup truck attempted to pass a turning car, sending the 31 year old driver Pruett Gillespie Hillsboro into a car then off the road and over. Gillespie and two passengers were hurt and taken to Moulton hospital in fair condition. A separate Lawrence county incident damaged a 1937 Chevrolet and a bus, while a Morgan county crash sent Peggy Kizziah to Decatur General Hospital with serious injuries. Her husband Sgt Albert Kizziah Jr of the Fifth Air Force in Korea is expected home on emergency furlough.
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Decatur-Moulton
Highway Patrol
Roy Thomas
Pruett Gillespie
Hillsboro 1
Gillespie
Sam Gillespie
Doyle Cahela
Moulton Hospital
Moulton
Lawrence County
Alabama
William L. Murray
Thomas
Morgan County
Hartselle
Falkville
Peggy Kizziah
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Albert Kizziah Jr
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Wreck of Foundation Star Sees Two Die Off Charleston
The 5 500 ton Foundation Star carrying molasses to New Jersey foundered 130 miles east of Charleston. Ten crew including the captain escaped on a raft. 30 aboard remain unaccounted as a salvage search continues. The ship’s cook Manuel Amaldonado stayed with wreckage, descended to the water, and died after being pulled from the sea.
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Charleston
Foundation Star
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Margot Moran
Charleston News and Courier
Cook
Manuel Amaldonado
Fraser
A. M. Savage
Savage
Amaldonado
Princess The World in His Arms at WR TA theater
Local listings show multiple titles and showtimes across venues. Gregory Peck stars in Princess The World in His Arms at WR TA with 1:00 and evening screenings.
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Princess
Gregory Peck
Ann Blyth
Community court docket and local notices from Decatur area
Twenty eight cases appeared on the recorder's court docket with intoxication and traffic violations leading the list. Absentee ballots in the Decatur municipal election total fifty five so far. Local residents, visitors, and hospital admissions are detailed along with births and dismissals at area clinics and hospitals.
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Recorder’s Court
Two Underworld Leaders Indicted by Federal Jury
Federal grand jury indicts Joe Adonis and Anthony J Accardo on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to answer questions before the Senate Crime Investigating Committee led by Sen. Kefauver. Accardo reputed heir to Capone and Adonis a noted East Coast gambling and vice overlord.
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Washington P
Joe Adonis
Anthony J. Accardo
Senate
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Accardo
al Capone
Chicago
Adonis
Death toll in jet fighter blast rises to 28 at Farnborough
The De Havilland 110 jet fighter exploded during the Farnborough air show sending wreckage over spectators. Test pilot John Derry and observer were among 28 dead, with 63 injured. A 14 year old boy died later in hospital in London.
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London
Britain
Farnborough
The Cotton Gin Accelerated Slavery in 1793
In 1793 slavery appeared to recede but the invention of the cotton gin transformed the scene. Cotton cultivation expanded rapidly, requiring more slave labor and increasing the enslaved population across the United States.
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United States
Mrs. Mullins Laid To Rest in Moulton Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Mullins 81 of Moulton were held at the Liberty Methodist church with Rev. G. M. Bynum and A. L. Ether ton officiating. Interment followed in Liberty cemetery with Highsmith of Moulton overseeing. Survived by four daughters five sons six sisters a brother twenty one grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers included John Wallace Jack Wallace Ray Coffee Billy Joe Coffee Wallace Coffee and Gwen Coffee.
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Sarah Elizabeth Mullins
Moultons
Liberty Methodist Church
G. M. Bynum
A. L. Etherton
Liberty Cemetery
Highsmith
Moulton
Lawrence County
Mullins
Lula Mullins
Willie Wallace
J. A. Coffee
Robert Jenkin
Charles W. Mullins
Chebie Mullins
Mobile
Thomas Mullins
Memphis
John E. Wallace
Decatur
J. Willard Wallace
Lucian Barnes
Evie Heflin
Bert Waldrop
Jess Burgess
Hartselle
J. H. Burgess
Fiske
Walter Almon
Rogersville
Woodruff
John Wallace
Jack Wallace
Ray Coffee
Billy Joe
Wallace
Gwen
Eisenhower plans southern campaign swing starting October
In Cleveland after rest near Battle Lake Minn Eisenhower heads to meet Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland GOP leaders. Taft plans talks with Sumner Hill Carlson and aides while Nixon campaigns in Nebraska and Sparkman in Missouri as the race picks up pace. The general aims a second southern trip by air starting Oct 1 or 2 with stops through Texas Louisiana Tennessee Kentucky and Oklahoma.
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Ike
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Battle Lake
Minn
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Washington
Canada
GOP
Arthur Summerfield
Frank Carlson
Kansas
South
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Nixon
Nebraska
Kearney
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Missouri
Egypt's Naguib forms civilian cabinet for future reforms
Naguib to resign as soon as parliamentary rules are restored after elections, keeping his post as commander in chief while appointing civilians. Abdel Guelil El Emary to stay as finance minister signals continuation of prior financial policy. Cabinet includes six Nationalist party members and a Moslem Brotherhood member amid ongoing Anglo-Egyptian tensions over Suez and Sudan.
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Naguib
Egypt
Abdel Guelil el Emary
Brotherhood
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Elephant Stricken With Lockjaw Likely To Recover
Elizabeth the elephant, weighing about 3800 pounds, is recovering from lockjaw after ingesting acid and zinc from a storage battery at Vandalia Illinois. Dr Lyndon W Potter a veterinarian treats her with standard care and IV feeding.
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Elizabeth
Lyndon W. Potter
Vandalia
Ill
Fall Semester To Open Here At Howard College Extension
Fall semester opens at Southside Baptist Church tomorrow night at 7 PM with Rev. Lee Franklin as director and Rev. Jack Carroll as registrar. Courses include Christian Doctrine, Preview of Sunday School Lessons, Homiletics, and Historical Background of the New Testament. College credits offered for qualified students. no entrance requirements. registration fee two dollars plus small per subject fee.
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Howard College Extension
Southside Baptist Church
Lee Franklin
Jack Carroll
W. J. Johnson
Roswell Owens
Moulton
Sheppard Bryan
Franklin
Cpl Callahan to Return Home From Trieste
Cpl. William E. Callahan, son of Mrs Thelma B Callahan of Decatur Alabama, will leave Trieste on September 13 after thirty five months there. He is due to arrive at Brooklyn Army Base September 26 and will be processed at Fort Kilmer New Jersey, with an expected October 1 30 day leave in Decatur. He has been active in Trieste athletics serving as secretary of the baseball league assistant custodian of the field house and helping coach native teams. He is a former Sidney Lanier student Montgomery and is enrolled in the University of Maryland European branch.
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Cpl
William E. Callahan
Thelma B. Callahan
Decatur
Ala
Trieste
Cpl. Callahan
Brooklyn Army Base
N.Y.C
Fort Kilmer
N. J
States
Sidney Lanier
Montgomery
University of Maryland
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Townson in Cullman
Funeral services for Mrs. Laudia A Townson 61 who died after a heart attack will be held Monday at 3 PM from New Candan church. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. Surviving are husband James W Townson of Cullman and a large family including four daughters and seven sons.
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Cullman
Laudia A. Townson
New Candan Church
Elsie Hammond
Florence
Helen Joiner
Irene Hopper
Clyde
Cecil
Clarence
Clell
T. J
Theodore
Herbert Townson
Fender Damaged In Collision Here
The right rear fender of a 1951 Ford pickup was damaged when a car backing from a driveway across Ninth Street hit it at 1 37 p m yesterday. Owner Thomas Owen Fuller of Cullman 7 and driver C M Bonds of Birmingham were involved. Police Officers Alex Terry and Ernest Bowman investigated.
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Ninth Street
Thomas Owen Fuller
Cullman
C. M. Bonds
Birmingham
Alex Terry
Ernest Bowman
Population share of Negroes in early U S
Shortly after independence Negroes formed one fifth of the population but the share declined over time to about one tenth today.
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United States
U. S
Bobcats Noted for Secretive Movements
The article observes that bobcats move with notable stealth, making them rarely visible to people even in areas with several individuals tracks or sightings reported.
Bootlegging By UN Personnel Charged By Industry Leaders
New York liquor spokesmen allege United Nations personnel buy tax free whiskey by the case and bootleg to civilians. Benjamin Josephs and Joseph Matzner name Soviet Russian and British delegations among the chief offenders with others from France Brazil Holland Nicaragua Ecuador and Peru. They urge a congressional probe and channel sales through wholesalers and retailers.
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New York
United Nations
Benjamin Josephs
National Retail Liquor Package Stores Association
Joseph Matzner
Liquor Dealers Weekly
U. N
Josephs
France
Brazil
Holland
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Peru
Matzner
Air Force Sabres Down Migs as Reds Seize Hills
U S Fifth Air Force reports Sabre jets shot down five MiGs near the Manchurian border, with 15 damaged, raising September totals to 22 destroyed and 1 probable. Major Frederick Blesse credited with two kills as Major George Davis remains missing. Reds seize Capitol Hill and Panmunjom sector as truce talks stall and UN air strikes intensify.
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Capitol Hill
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Manchurian
Richmond
George Davis
Davis
Panmunjom Bunker Hill
Capital Hill
U.N
Minor collision on Second Avenue near Grant Street
A 1950 Plymouth and a 1952 Buick sustained slight damage in a morning mishap on Second Avenue just north of Grant Street at 8 25. W O Smith Jr drove Northbound in the Plymouth while Mrs Stella Lee Burleson occupied the Buick parked on Second. The Plymouth tapped the Buick’s door chrome as the Buick occupant opened the left front door. Sgt C M Kennedy and Officer Ernest Bowman investigated.
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Second Avenue
Grant Street
W. O. Smith Jr
19Th Avenue
Stella Lee Burleson
Fifth Avenue
Second
C. M. Kennedy
Ernest Bowman
Rites Held Sunday For Mrs M M Kirby
Funeral services for Minnie M Kirby 72 of Moulton were held at the Baptist church with Rev R E Owen officiating. Burial followed in Shumaker cemetery. She died Friday at the Irwin Dyer clinic in Moulton. Surviving are a sister Judy Roberson Town Creek a brother Tom Morrison Town Creek four grandchildren and other relatives.
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Minnie M. Kirby
Moulton
Moulton’ Baptist Church
R. E. Owen
Shumaker
Highsmith of
Tom Morrison
Town Creek
Jamestown Receives First African Slaves in 1619
A historical note recalls that the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown Virginia in 1619 marking the start of slavery in English colonies.
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Jamestown, Va
Marine Kisses Girl Goodbye Before Korea Deployment
New York reports Sgt. Hugh E. Kidd Jr. a Korea bound Marine, kissed his Bronx girlfriend Patricia Hayes goodbye at Pennsylvania Station as he prepared to ship out from Camp Lejeune. Their weekend visit followed a Labor Day trip and a planned overseas departure.
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New York
Pennsylvania Station
Sgt
Hugh E. Kidd Jr
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Kidd
Patricia Hayes
Bronx
Miss Hayes
Boston
New Jersey
Multiple Injured After Chevrolet Crash Near Limestone County
Cars 21 and Leland Holt 21 were seriously injured in a wreck with Scott Bates and Williams also hurt. Hospital officials reported Foster in critical condition Williams serious Bates and Holt fair. Little and Patton investigated. driver unknown. Separate county reports noted Roy Masters death, James McCullough self inflicted wound, and Raymond Moore death in Atmore.
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Leland Holt
Athens
Scott
Bates
Williams
Limestone County Hospital
Foster
Holt
Little
M. G. Patton
Roy Masters
Pell City
Highway Patrol
Birmingham
James, McCullough
Atmore
Raymond Joseph Moore
Pardon Orders Release Of Nick Montes In Alabama Case
Detainer for Montes sparked intervention by his attorney and prison officials. On January 13 1951 the Pardon and Parole Board was directed to grant a full pardon covering every Alabama case against him, with the pardon dated January 12 1951 leading to Montes’s release.
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Montes
Georgia
Montgomery
Pardon and Parole Board
Vinson
L. B. Stephens
Longtime baseball player and educator leads Monroe Vocational and Trades School
Red left the Boston Braves and joined the Atlanta Crackers as an outfielder in 1930, later managing the Crackers to a seventh place finish in 1932. He taught athletics at Monroe Vocational and Trades School from 1923, became president in 1934, and led the institution until it closed in 1942 due to World War II. Since 1945 he has headed the Mountain City boys camp near Clayton.
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Boston Braves
Atlanta
Crackers
Monroe
Farm Markets Report from Decatur
Market notes show cotton middling at 4000c and strict low at 38.00c, with No 2 mile at $3.10. No 2 wheat new crop 195, No 2 oats new crop 80c, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs price paid in Decatur 19.00c.
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Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market shows steady prices
Atlanta USDA market report notes a steady tone with moderate offerings and supplies about equal to fair demand. Farm prices for broilers under 3 pounds range around 31 to 32 cents per pound with a few exceptions.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Prices Report
Nashville market runs with cattle 2 100 head good and low choice 26.00 to 29.00 and 21.50 to 26.00 for lower grades. Hogs 1 200 head mixed 190 to 230 pounds at 19.50 to 19.75, lighter 160 to 180 pounds 16.00 to 18.25 with few 17.75, sows 16.50 to 17.00. Sheep offerings include a few utility and good spring lambs at 23.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Choice
Caudle Chelf Dismissal Tied to Outside Interests Probe
Caudle Chelf said 11 cases were discussed in a six hour Sunday session with nine tied to tax fraud probes. Truman thanked Chelf for an Italian cigarette case and said Caudle’s dismissal cited outside activities incompatible with duties. The White House declined comment on a letter from Truman.
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Caudle
Committee
White House
Truman
Justice Department
Houseways and Means Committee
Pickets at Lockheed Gates as IAM Declares Strike
Pickets gathered at Lockheed Aircraft Corp plant gates in Burbank California as the AFL IAM announced a strike at the warplane facility. About 90 pickets blocked three gates with 40 Bur baken police patrolling. Some 25 000 Lockheed workers belong to IAM.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
AFL International Association of Machinists
Lockheed
IAM
Princess Kathleen sinks off Alaska with all aboard saved
The Canadian Pacific liner Princess Kathleen ran aground in Southeastern Alaska near a cliff at 3:15 a.m. with 415 people aboard. Coast Guard rescue saved 307 passengers and 118 crew members as the vessel sank in 90 feet of water about 18 miles north of Juneau after abandoning ship following a mid day sinking.
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Alaska
Coast Guard
Here
Kathleen
Skagway
Charles W. Savage
Hughes
Iran Premier Expands Rejection of British Offer
Mossadegh broadened his initial rebuff of the joint offer and called a special parliamentary session for Wednesday to prepare a formal response to Britain and the United States. Observers expect Parliament to back his position, while some hope talks may proceed on a court settlement Mossadegh suggested for the compensation issue with Anglo Iranian Oil.
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Mossadegh
Britain
United States
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
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