Weather moves and local notices in Decatur area
Partly cloudy conditions forecast with showers later as regional outlook. Cadet Bob Stone enters Sewanee Military Academy with 86 new cadets. Morgan County Woodmen meet at Odd Fellows hall with refreshments. Navy call up for Earl Jones. his physical in Birmingham. Jessie Carter visits Washington DC. Local church services feature Dr John Milford and Sixteenth Avenue Baptist gospel team at the county jail. Enrollment at new high school up to 1134 with Florence building a new facility. Old Age Pension Group gathering announced. Local businessmen travel to Birmingham for playoff game. Hospitalization for Mrs. Roy Osborne after hip fracture. Garland Lindsey jailed on grand larceny charge. connected to a F B I desertion case.
Truman seeks Marshall as defense chief despite military status
President Truman asked Congress to allow General George C. Marshall to serve as Secretary of Defense while still in active military status. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved the bill 10 to 2, with House panel delaying action. The measure would let Marshall keep rank and pay differences, while placing him under no extra supervision beyond what applies if not active.
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Truman
Congress
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
House
Tydings
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Louis Johnson
Defense
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Bridges
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Duncan Endows Birmingham Southern Scholarship for Methodist Ministerial Students
A $5,000 memorial scholarship named the William Joshua Duncan Memorial Scholarship is endowed by Duncan. The income supports a Methodist ministerial student at Birmingham Southern as long as need exists. donor reserves the right to name the beneficiary. Edgar Kirby, son of Rev Otis S Kirby, will be the first beneficiary entering Birmingham Southern this month. he is the father of W J Duncan Jr.
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William Joshua Duncan
Birmingham-Southern
Edgar Kirby
Otis S. Kirby
W. J. Duncan, Jr
Quakers Plan Migration to Costa Rica from Alabama
Twenty five South Alabama Quakers of the Society of Friends will leave Fairhope to migrate to Costa Rica this year to avoid wartime work. Leader Hubert Mendenhall, 33, says the group will seek a new life in a foreign country, with members aged 20 to 80.
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South Alabama
Costa Rica
Hubert Mendenhall
Society of Friends
Steering Wheel Comes Loose in Decatur Driver Crash
An open steering wheel caused a Decatur driver to hit a parked car belonging to Officer Petty on Fifth Avenue West. The three Tuesday accidents yielded only minor damage and no injuries.
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Wet Disk
Lonnie
Ray Alexandera
Moulton
Vine Street
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Posey Horton
Decatur 1
Hurley Cross
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Ferry Streets
Petty
J. T. Weatherly
Weatherly
Ferry Street
Decatur High School Chooses Head Cheerleader
Bobby George Halbrooks led a field of 30 candidates to win the top post as head cheerleader for Decatur High. Other elected include Noel McInnis Betty Jane Norwood Maryleen Duncan Duggie Johnson Alvin Landers Jack Perkins Arthur Williams Jackie Mills and Betty Carl Hendon. The group will cheer on the sidelines for Red Raider football games. Ballot counting took four hours, says Billy Levin.
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Bobby George Halbrooks
Decatur High School
Noel McInnis
Betty Jane Norwood
Maryleen Duncan
Duggie Johnson
Alvin Landers
Jack Perkins
Arthur Williams
Jackie Mills
Betty Carl Hendon
Groupe
Red Raider
Billy Levin
Slum Clearance Program Explained by City Officials
The city aldermen and housing authority representatives will hear an explanation of the federal slum clearance program this afternoon at 2. W Conrad McKelvey of Washington DC, field representative of the housing and home financing agency, will present the briefing.
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W. Conrad McKelvey
Washington, D. C
McKelvey
The
Housing and Home Financing Agency
Speedier Handling Of Freight Traffic Set In Defense Move
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered faster railway freight handling to aid national defense. A 24 hour limit to move freight cars was set with higher demurrage charges for idle cars after free time. Loaded cars must be ready to unload within 24 hours of terminal arrival. An anti hoarding order on key materials may come this week as the Interior Department forms a minerals and energy administration.
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National Defense
Interstate Commerce Commission
Defense
Interior Department
The
Minerals and Energy Administration
MEA
House By-Passes Profits Levy In Tax Action
House Rules Committee bypassed an excess profits tax to speed final action on the general tax bill. Proponents warned they will seek immediate action on the levy when the House votes tomorrow. The plan would raise individual taxes by about 2.7 billion and corporate taxes by 1.5 billion with retroactive coverage for half of 1950.
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House Rules Committee
Rules Group
Doughton
D-N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Reed
New York
Coughton
Congress
Free Beer To Be Continued In Korea Front Lines
In Korea frontline troops will keep getting free beer only temporarily as a high Army official spoke anonymously. An Army order removing the one-can-a-day beer ration prompted home protests and a compromise was reached. The new plan ends free beer supplies with other beverages offered and water coffee and cocoa available.
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Korea
Washington
Red Curb Bill Heads to Conference Amid Looming Veto
The bill to curb communist activity clears the Senate 70 to 7 and heads to a House Senate conference as President Truman eyes a likely veto. It calls for internment of dangerous Reds in war or insurrection, registration of communist groups, banning Reds from government jobs and passports, tighter sabotage and espionage penalties, new tools to report subversives, and outlawing conspiracies to establish a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Oliver W. DE Wolf
Washington
Senate
United States
Alabama Senators Back McCarran Bill Amid Senate Vote
Senators Lister Hill and John J. Sparkman of Alabama supported the McCarran communist control bill as the Senate approved it 70 to 7. They voted with the majority after rejecting Kilgore's 50 to 23 concentration camp substitute earlier in the session.
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Washington
Lister Hill
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Kilgore
D-W. Va
White House Studies New Weapons Bill for Saboteurs
A principal aide says the White House is studying the measure but dates for a decision are unclear. President Truman seeks gunpowder against saboteurs and spies while Congress debates and may merge favored provisions with its own communist registration bill.
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Ferguson
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Grid Tickets Move Briskly For Football Season
Football season ticket sales in sections D and F are brisk with 1128 seats total and remaining good seats. Ten year season tickets are slower. owners are urged to buy quickly as individual game tickets for the Decatur Phillips game go on sale soon with a likely rush. All sales occur at the Gordon Bibb office 8 AM to 4 PM daily except noon to 1 PM until Sept. 22.
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Decatur
Shaw Bounces Back From Fractured Thigh
George Bernard Shaw, 94, was able to move his injured leg and stood briefly today after a fracture in his left thigh. Doctors report he had a good night and his condition is satisfactory.
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George Bernard Shaw
Fear Toll High In New Quake
A fresh earthquake struck Northern Assam at 4 45 PM local time, possibly more deadly than the Aug 15 quake that left about 5 000 dead and millions homeless. Dibrugarh near the center suffered prior damage as fears rose for greater loss of life and property.
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First American Troops to Strengthen U S Garrison to Arrive in Germany
Gen. Mark W. Clark announced that the initial wave of fresh American units destined for the European garrison would begin reaching Germany before spring, strengthening U S forces in Europe.
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Mark W. Clark
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Gruening presses Schoppel to prove or retract charges
Alaska Governor Ernest Gruening demanded during a senate interior committee hearing that Senator Schoppel prove or retract his accusations of communist activity in the Interior Department and the Alaska statehood campaign. Gruening called the charges grave and sinister and urged documentation.
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Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Schoppel
Interior Department
Gruening
Schoeppel
Senate Interior Committee
Kansas
Communist Front
Senate
Major Mystery In Not Exploiting Red Gains In Korea
U S 24th Division reports that after a chaotic September 34 period the right flank around Kyongju and the corridor to Pusan have gained stability. Reds cut Yongchon Angang Pohang supply road and a gap near Kyongju remains, but UN units closed a Northeast Kyongju gap and enemy withdrawals north toward Angang.
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Gen Walker Optimistic On United Nations Korea Plans
Tokyo dispatch reports Lt Gen Walton Walker speaking to front line troops that Allied forces will soon go on the offensive against the Red Korean forces. He warned of breaking the crust and predicted enemy weaknesses as U N gains expanded in a three day drive along the Northeast front. South Korean units advanced from Yongchon and Kyongju driving toward the east and northwest to roll back Communist forces.
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Tabu-Taegu
U. N
Pohang
Yongchon
Masan
Kyongju
United Nations
Angang
Leif Erickson
Tokyo
Walton H. Walker
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Walker
Red Korean
Kigye
Surrender leaves reach Korean front as Reds seek tickets
On the Masan front in Korea UN surrender tickets coax Reds to surrender. A communist came to U S 25th division lines waving a leaflet and asked for more tickets promising to bring in others. He received leaflets and soon returned with additional Reds seeking surrender.
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Mixed force traps 3000 Red Koreans at mountain pass
To the East a combined South Korean and American unit rammed the Southern gate of a mountain corridor trapping 3,000 Red Koreans. The task force was led by 47 year old Brig. Gen. Gar Davidson, former West Point football coach and right end, delivering a brilliant end sweep from Pohang.
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Gar Davidson
West Point
Pohang
Hershey Plans Inductions Before Next July
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told the Senate appropriations committee that 370000 to 500000 men may be drafted into the armed services before July 1. He sought a supplemental appropriation of 20476000 for his agency, with the House trimming it to 19360030.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Services
Senate Appropriations Committee
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