Decatur Daily Highlights Local Edits and Events
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with gentle to moderate coastal winds. Mrs Hattie Gallant admitted to Decatur General hospital Tuesday. The birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs C B Hall announced at Hamil Clinic hospital. Frank Kirby visiting relatives in Anniston. Baby Sandra Gay Sawyer admitted to Decatur General hospital Tuesday. Building permit issued to A C Taylor for a five room house on Chestnut Street costing 1000 dollars. Grady Lee Liles 19 to three years in Marine Corps after winning North Alabama Golden Gloves title. Liles sent to Parris Island for basic training. T L Baker returned from timber trip in Lamar county. James E Sharp and wife welcome a son at Baugh Wiley clinic. Two cases set for trial in recorder's court this afternoon. Mrs W L Deese discharged from Decatur General hospital. James H Johnson plans a ten day trip to Virginia and West Virginia for US Wholesale Grocers convention. City Electric Department serves 6189 residences, up from 5913 last year. Gas Department head Garner Pride expects new natural gas system construction to start within 30 days. George Bloodworth and family from Sarasota to visit. Rev E N Chandler to speak on Souls. Rev Jasper Kelley of Hartselle visiting. Local residents, including Mrs Grad Smith and others, in Birmingham yesterday. Decatur branch laboratory reports rabies test on cat head from Courtland negative. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Grady Lee Liles
North Alabama
Marine Corps
Liles
Josie N. Liles
Highland Street
Florence
Parris Island
S. C
Don Whitehead Yarn Is Great
The Daily presents a distinguished Associated Press dispatch from Moree, lauding Don Whitehead’s writing as one of the finest among the many from AP correspondents.
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Don Whitehead
the Daily
Associated Press
Moree
Legal Wheels Start Turning For Road Land
Morgan probate court granted the county’s petition for condemnation of 113 parcels for the Lacon Hartse sector of the B Line highway. Judge T C Almon said three appraisers will be appointed by week’s end and stressed fair awards paid with taxpayer money. Protests by several named defendants were overruled and the petition allowed.
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Lacon
Hartselle
Morgan Probate Court
T. C. Almon
Morgan County
Almon
Falkville
S .A. Lynne
Robert Lewis Griffith
Ernest Ray MacRaith
John A. Bliven
Thomas D. Drinkard
Edmund Leon Higdon
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company
Noble Russell
Willard Sherrod
Ufor
Julian Harris
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
TB Sanatorium In The Clear
The Hill Burton hospital fund cut in half will not affect the 75 bed tuberculosis sanatorium at Flint serving 12 North Alabama counties. Dr. William Grosfeld says only unfunded projects lack starts, and Flint’s facility under construction since July should finish in about a year. The Daniel Construction project costs about 1.2 million with top equipment already ordered despite a 20 percent price rise.
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Hill-Burton Hospital
Flint
William Grosfeld
North Alabama
Daniel
Grosfeld
Brother Bryan Honored in Local Obituary Note
The son of the late Rev. J. A. Bryan of Alebemea, widely known as Brother Bryan, is remembered in a brief notice. The fragment notes his lineage and familiar nickname among thousands who recognized him.
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J. A. Bryan
Alebemea
Bryan
Tax Hike Bill Nears Passage In Congress
Washington reports a Senate House committee refined a tax increase to raise about 5 billion dollars annually with a 10 percent withholding tax on corporate dividends. Approval of the measures by both houses and a quick push to President Truman are anticipated before week’s end. The package could lift 1951 taxes by around 12 billion, with the withholding aimed at catching unpaid corporate dividends.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Treasury
Suit Filed Over $150 Damage From South Decatur Collision
A $150 damage suit arising from a Monday traffic accident in South Decatur has been filed in Morgan county court. Plaintiff J D claims Calvin truck driven by Borden collided with Tarver and caused power outages. Norman W Harris represents the plaintiff.
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South Decatur
Morgan County
J. D
Calvin
Borden
Tarver
Reese
Norman W. Harris
Fixed Interest Rates on Bonds for Natural Gas Bonds
City Attorney John Caddell announces fixed rates for the $1 050 000 natural gas bonds with a net interest cost of 2 835 percent after a $284 50 premium. Bonds totalling 108 000 carry 3 25 percent and mature 1935 to 1957. Another 414 000 bear 3 percent maturing 1958 to 1970. The remaining 528 000 carry 2 75 percent maturing 1971 to 1980. Serial maturities begin with 20 dollar amounts. INTEREST on Page 2.
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John Caddell
Trial reset in beating of elderly white women in Lanett
In Lanett Alabama a 26 year old man Jack Tucker is to face trial on assault with intent to murder for severely beating Mrs Ella Barrow 72 and her daughter Sara Barrow 35 with a small electric iron in Lanett on March 29 He was captured by a posse aided by bloodhounds about ten hours after the attack and up to eight hundred armed men joined the hunt.
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Lafayette
Ala
Jack Tucker
Lanett
Ella Barrow
Sara Barrow
Truman Urges Curb Removal From Economic Aid
President Truman urged Congress to strike down a Senate backed amendment to cut economic aid to countries selling war potential to the Soviet bloc. He warned the move would threaten world peace and weaken free nations. The measure, tied to a defense bill, would not affect military aid and faced opposition from House leaders and the administration.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
United States
Free Nations
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russia
Defense Department
U. S
Britain
Farmer faces arraignment in Foley football star murder
Baldwin county farmer Clarence Walters, 45, is charged with murder in the August 10 shooting at the Bon Secour home that killed Rex Beech, 18, Foley football player, and wounded his brother Joe Beech.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin County
Clarence Walters
Rex Beech
Foley
Joe Beech
Bon Secour
West Germans Emerge From Purgatory Of The Conquered
West Germans face a hopeful shift after the Big Three foreign ministers conference in New York. Chancellor Adenauer envisions end of occupation, with a mobile 40,000 strong police force under Allied approval and plans for Western defense formations.
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Europe
New York
U. S
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Eid Geman Federal Republic
Volkspolizei
People’s Police
West Germany
Count Gerhard von Schwerin
Terror Stricken Bride To Be Receives Police Escort
18 year old Jacquelyn Cadow from Paradise Louisiana faces a manacing night prowler who whistles a funeral dirge beneath her window in New Orleans. Police provide protection as she plans to wed with a police escort if needed. Her mother Mrs Clifford Cadow accompanies her during this crisis.
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Whistler
New Orleans
Jacquelyn Cadow
Jacquelyn
Clifford Cadow
Paradise
Death of Dr Sander secretary ruled suicide likely
Hooksett New Hampshire authorities believe Helen Maciolek 25 secretary to Dr Hermann Sander committed suicide. Her body found in a wooded ravine near her home 24 hours after disappearance. An autopsy was pending with no external wounds detected and a two ounce jigger and envelope found nearby suggesting possible powders or capsules.
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Hooksett
N. H
Helen Maciolek
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Raymond K. Perkins
Perkins
Lindsay Rice
Dr. Sander
Secre
Navy Plane Crash Kills 16 Men Near Pearl Harbor
A four engine transport aircraft bound for the Korean airlift crashed off Pearl Harbor killing 16 Navy men as it plunged into the sea shortly after takeoff en route to support the Seoul beachhead. Most crew were believed strapped in their seats as explosions followed the impact.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Hawaii
Seoul
RSD
AFL Plans New Southern Drive
The AFL moves to organize workers in the South and enter coal fields, with resolutions ready for the 69th annual convention. Secretary Tobin is a keynote speaker as administration spokesmen push labor issues, while Taft is urged for defeat in reelection.
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Tim Parker Houston
American Federation of Labor
South
AFL
John L. Lewis
Secretary of
Maurice Tobin
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Multilingual Forester Tour Seeks Uprooted Pines
A man fluent in seven languages tours the United States presenting forestry studies. He travels from state to state sharing research while promoting forest conservation and scientific outreach.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States
Marines Reach Seoul Front In Historic East Front Assault
Thousands of Marines crossed the Han yesterday under heavy fire as two armored columns pressed toward Seoul. General MacArthur reported encirclement efforts and heavy enemy casualties while U S tanks joined the advance advancing four miles from the river and toward the capital.
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Tokyo
Han River
Seoul
MacArthur
U. S
Washington
Samchok
Inchon
Southeast Korea
Local Draftees To Depart On Thursday
Early Thursday morning 20 Decatur men will head into the armed services under Selective Service law. They will be the first sworn into the services. On Friday morning another Decatur group goes to Gadsden for pre induction physical and mental examinations.
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Decatur
Armed Services
Gadsden
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