Local News Briefs Include Church Revival and Wounded Soldier
Weather outlook notes fair in the south and cloudy north. Lanelle Blankenship returns home from Jefferson hospital after eye surgery. Rising Sun lodge No 29 to meet Monday night with EA degree work and revival discussion. Frank Hulse visits from Birmingham. Families travel to Louisville for a week. Northside Baptist revival starts Monday with Rev Joe Gomes. Mrs W D Kidd and Mrs Kate Cottongem admitted, others discharged from local clinics. Weekend in Memphis for Sonny Ogle and Carl Jones. Coaches Ogle and Isbell attend pro football game in Birmingham. Decatur high to elect cheerleaders Wednesday. Pfc Elias Jones Jr wounded in action in Korea. Dr J M Rogers preaches Sunday on Lessons From John. Gillman Sanders returns from Chicago, furniture market visit. See Diary on Page 2.
Start Of School Children Is Urged In City
Decatur city schools will open the 1950 1951 term at 8 38 a m on Monday with all children urged to report promptly. Classes begin Monday with book lists issued and a short day in the high school. all pupils out before noon. Tuesday is a regular day with cafeterias open and classes in the district schools.
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Decatur City
Decatur
Board of Education
Arthur A. Jones
Frank L. Chenault
Julian Harris
Bruce Spencer
Emmett McClary
Walter Jackson
Jackson
Dream Of Years Comes True For Decatur Youth
Decatur high school becomes a reality through community cooperation and funding efforts led by the Board of Education. After war and financing hurdles, a 1946 tax increase allowed voters to back the school, with active campaigns by the PTA, Teachers Association, students, and local media.
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Decatur
Decatur High School
City Board of Education
Alabama
C. E. Poole
Rutledge Thomas
E. Poole
Russell Speake
Knox McRae
Jack Dillehay
Man Admits He Slay His Wife
Atlanta detective reports 40 year old Minor S. Hale admitted killing his wife by slashing her throat after claiming he found her downtown drinking beer. Hale, a Kassket company employee, also attempted suicide with gas then a razor blade. authorities say he was charged with suspicion of murder.
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Atlanta
S. Hale
Hale
Miners Rescued From Knockshinnoch Cave-In in Scotland
Twenty-eight miners, exhausted and gas masked, were led to safety from the Knockshinnoch mine in New Cumnock Scotland after being trapped since Thursday with 90 comrades. Ten more crawled through a gas-filled tunnel awaiting surface rescue as rescuers expected to bring the remainder up in the next day.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
Knockshinnoch
Gibb McAughtrie
Gibb
Thedinde
McAughtrie
Ashknock
Awakes To Find He Had Been Hurt In Auto Accident
Frank C Campbell of Somerville awoke Saturday in a hospital after an automobile crash Friday when a tire blew on the car driven by his wife and son. Campbell, a diabetic, was in a coma en route to Decatur General, where both he and his wife were treated and later released. The wreck happened on Somerville road six miles from Decatur at about 4 30 P M, with damage estimated at 100 dollars to the old model Ford.
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Frank C. Campbell
Somerville
T. E. Maxwell
Campbell
Decatur
Decatur General
Somerville Road
Israelis Rush Tel Aviv To Escape Exit Permit Cuts
Israelis rush from Tel Aviv to depart before exit permits expire as a government order restricts future travel to only essential reasons. El Al and foreign carriers are overwhelmed by a sudden travel rush driven by imminent limits on permitted departures.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
el al
Eee
Truman approves troop increases for Western Europe
President Truman announces substantial increases in U S military forces in Western Europe and urges Atlantic pact allies to match action The move signals readiness to help form a united Western European military force to counter Russia and aligns with plans for a central planning staff and unified high command involving allied nations
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
U. S
Europe
Western
Russia
State Acheson
Defense
Johnson
Jaycees Open County Fair in Morgan County Coliseum
The Morgan County fair opens Tuesday at the Coliseum three miles west on Courtland road. Sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce, the five day event showcases 20 industries and 15 home demonstration clubs with exhibits on agriculture, industry, homemaking and a midway with rides. Highlights include the wingless Cosby Hodges chicken valued at 250 dollars, and judging of non perishable items Tuesday at 10 A M and perishable items at 10 A M. Proceeds from auctions support home demonstration clubs.
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Morgan County
Coliseum
Courtand Road
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cosby-Hodges
Junior Service
League of Decatur
The
Divinettes
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Ice Cream Pipe Incident Traps Boy in Tongue
On a hot summer day three year old Mark Bury touched a frosted ammonia pipe extending from the Shearburn Ice Cream Co. plant into an ice cream truck. His tongue stuck. neighbors thawed the pipe with hot packs and treated him for minor burns.
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Alton
Mark Bury
Shearburn Ice Cream Co
Truman creates stabilization agency to hold prices
President Truman announced a stabilization agency to hold prices during the war emergency or impose controls as needed. He said defense costs may reach 30 billion dollars and urged tax increases, including an excess profits tax, to curb war profiteering and fund mobilization.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
U.S. Fifth Air Force B-26s reach 1000th mission
In Korea, B-26 crews from the U.S. Fifth Air Force completed their 1000th mission on Saturday night. Pilot First Lt. David B. Meredith from Cannonsburg Pennsylvania led the return and was met by officers and men. Navigator First Lt. Robert L. Kennedy of Salmon Kansas and Tech Sgt. John A. Mutu of Canton Ohio served as crew.
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Tokyo
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Korea
David B. Meredith
Cannonsburg
Robert L. Kennedy
Salmon
Kas
John A. Mutu
Canton, Ohio
Yolande Berbez of Alabama Crowned Miss America 1951
Yolande Berbez, Miss Alabama from Mobile, won the Miss America 1951 title in Atlantic City after a three hour final show. The 21 year old received a $5,000 scholarship a new car and potential earnings from appearances amid 54 contestants and 16 preliminaries.
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Atlantic City
Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Phoenix
Ariz
Jacque Mercer
Yolande
More Replies Needed For Census In Decatur
Decatur must reach 20 000 population in the 1950 census so more residents must return their census forms. Of 122 forms sent to Decatur households 43 had been completed by Saturday, with officials hoping the rest arrive soon. The preliminary count stood at 19 879, 121 short of the goal.
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Decatur
Census Bureau
Washington
John Sparkman
Three Car Collision Near Decatur Wreck Injures Man
A three car crash on the Courthouse Tri Cities road about four miles west of Decatur at 10 45 P M injures Tommy Sgt W B Little of the highway patrol who was on scene investigating. The Decatur area reports the incident.
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Decatur
Courthend Tri- Cities
Tommy
W. B. Little
Highway Patrol
Reds Batter United Nations Defenses North Of Taegu
Eighth Army reports a Red build up at Hyenpung bridgehead fourteen miles southwest of the supply base. Large numbers of Reds are reported crossing the Naktong as U N forces defend the area north of Taegu.
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Reds
U. N
Taegu
Hyenpung
Eighth Army
A. P
Jack MacBeth
Naktong
Korean Reds press northern front near Taegu as gaps close
North front fighting intensifies around Taegu with Red troops pressuring U N and South Korean lines. Air operations resume after rain as U S Fifth Air Force reports limited sorties and renewed supplies to deep divisions. Masan and Battle Mountain remain focal points with Masan guarding access to Pusan.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
U. S
Eighth Army
Yongchon
Kyongju
U. N
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Erickson
Battle Mountain
Masan
Pusan
General MacArthur
Pregnant Mother Stops Driverless Truck in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama a pregnant mother leaped into a rolling driverless truck to shield children at a sidewalk. She bruised an arm but otherwise escaped injury. Police said the truck rolled off after the driver left briefly and no further damage occurred.
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Birmingham
Ala
N. J. Habshey
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D. L. Ahen
Frank Hulse
Southern Aviation Training School
Franklin McCulloch
Gary
Seventh Avenue East
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Northside Baptist Church
Joe Gomes
Moulton
Ussery Harris
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Kate Cottongem
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Tee
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H. L. Ogle
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Decatur Senior High School
W. T. Gay
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Pfc
Elias Jones Jr
Ruth Jones, Stevenson
J. M. Rogers
First Baptist Church
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