Twen ty Deaths from Tuberculosis in 1945 Highlight County Efforts
Morgan county reports 16 tuberculosis deaths in 1945 based on State and local association figures. B Frank Chenault notes 164 known cases and 50 new ones last year in the Tennessee Valley area, urging public health action and funded prevention through the 40th annual Christmas Seal Sale running Nov 25 to Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Frank Decatur
Morgan County Tuberculosis Association
State Department
Ata
Tuberculosis Association
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Chenault
Morgan County
Morgan ‘County
North Alabama Osis Association
Limestone
Madison
Morgan Coun
United States Pushes for Broad Disarmament Oversight
The United States joins France in pressing for no veto on atomic energy control and emphasizes that inspections and safeguards are essential in any disarmament scheme. Russia proposes tying inspection to the Security Council framework, risking veto power by the five permanent members. Sir Hartley Shawcross condemns any scheme with veto over enforcement. Vishinsky offers no reply.
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General Assembly
Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Alexandre Parodi
Commission
U. S
Russia
China
Britain
France
Hartley Shanecross
Andrej A. Vishinsky
Georgia Tech Accepts Oil Bowl Bid for Jan. 1
Athens bulletin reports Georgia Tech has received and accepted a bid to play in the Oil Bowl in Houston on January 1. Coach Bobby Dodd announced the selection tonight.
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Athens
Georgia Tech
Houston
Tex
Bobby Dodd
Local residents moved between Decatur area infirmaries
Dr Eugene Chenault returned from Mayo Clinic Rochester. Numerous residents were moved between Decatur General Hospital, Baugh infirmary and other local facilities by Howell and Brown ambulances. Visitors traveled to Knoxville and Nashville for holidays and events while church groups and sermons filled weekend schedules.
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Eugene Chenault
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
J.B. Smith
Howell
Bowles Street
Decatur
Baugh’s Infirmary
Robert McCleskey and Son
General Hospital
Samuel Hernandez and Son
9Th Avenue West
Mexico inaugurates Miguel Aleman as president with industrial push
Miguel Aleman will take office as Mexico's president tomorrow becoming the second youngest leader. His program centers on private enterprise driven economic growth with major irrigation, power and industrial plans. The government aims to add 3.5 million acres of irrigable land, supply electricity to 15 million people, and reduce agricultural and industrial imports through domestic expansion.
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Mexico
Miguel
Aleman
Manuel Avila Camacho
Culver Cleaners Opens in Decatur With Modern Plant
Decatur welcomes Culver Cleaners at First Avenue and Second Street as a new large scale plant with a 6300 foot floor including dry cleaning, shirt laundry, fireproof storage, and alteration departments. Owners T A Culver and spouse hosted an open house, thanking local customers for support.
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Decatur
Culver Cleaners
First Avenue
Second Street
T. A. Culver
Mr. Culver
Nominations for Decatur Chamber Board Names Ten Candidates
The nominating committee reports ten nominees for the Decatur Chamber of Commerce board of directors, from which five will be elected and the board will choose officers. Nominees include James L. Rankin William K. Wilder Webster McLeod Ben Brinnes John Pennell and others. Committee members listed are A L Johnson chairman Lee Damsky W S Hunter E D Bailey J M Crain L S Moody and R C Nungester.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
James L. Rankin
William K. Wilder
Webster McLeod
Ben Britness
John Pennell
W. J. Williams
Otto Jones
Joe Duncan
Raymond Britain
Lee Damsky
A. L. Johnson
W. S. Hunter
E. D. Bailey
J. M. Crain, L. &. Moody and
R. C. Nungester
Grim Monroe massacre to be told to federal grand jury
The July shotgun lynching near Monroe Georgia will be examined by a federal grand jury beginning December as the Justice Department seeks indictments for civil rights violations. Loy Harrison, a key witness, described the mob and the killing of Roger Malcolm his wife Dorothy and others. The case follows a coroner's jury finding four bodies near Apalachee bridge and ongoing FBI inquiries.
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Romney Wheeler
Athens
Apalachee Bridge
Monroe
Narishly Tinaedow
Pesmrenay
Loy Harrison
Walton County
E. S. Gordon
Harrison
Roger Malcolm
Malcolm
Dorothy
George Dorsey
Mae
Walton-Oconee County
Georgia
W. Espence
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Truman
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Dover
Charles Weeks
New Orleans
Arnail
College football roundup from early bowls and conferences
Oklahoma A and M and Rice post key wins reshaping the Southwest Conference race as Baylor and Texas Christian fall to losses. UCLA, SMU, Mississippi State, Arkansas, and North Carolina State also notch significant results alongside Rose and Alamo Bowl implications.
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Alabama
Mississippi State
Holy Cross
Boston College
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A
Rice
Tennessee
Arkansas
Baylor
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
UCLA
Illinois
Nebraska
Hardin-Simmons
Texas Tech
Washington State
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
Maryland
North Carolina State
Florida
Auburn
Oregona
Washington
Income Tax Drive to Launch December 9 in Alabama
The Alabama Revenue Department will begin an intensive drive December 9 to collect delinquent state income taxes. J. A. Stephens will head the income tax division drive, with a policy to accept voluntary returns without penalties if nonpayment was accidental and not due to willful negligence or evasion.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Revenue Department
A. C. Pitts
J. A. Stephens
Stephens
Ruling Allows Indoor Home Christmas Tree Lighting
Washington November 30 The Civilian Production Administrator John D Small said the 21 state dim out banning ornamental lighting due to the coal strike does not cover indoor Christmas trees in homes. The ruling applies to indoor trees in stores and other public spaces.
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Washington
Santa Claus
John D. Small
President Truman Attends Thanksgiving Service in Alexandria
President and Mrs. Truman attended Thanksgiving services at Christchurch in Alexandria Virginia where Rev Braxton Lile rector spoke on Luke seventeen about ten lepers with one returning to give thanks. Lile a Trinity Alabama native studied at Sidney Lanier Auburn UVA and Alexandria Theological Seminary.
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Truman
Christchurch
Alexandria
Braxton Comer
Lile
Glenn Barnett
Decatur
Trinity
Ala
Sidney- Lanier High School
Montgomery
Auburn
University of Virginia
Alexandria Theological Seminary
Virginia
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Trumans
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
White House
Alabama’s next legislature faces tax repeal and reform debates
Major issues outlined for the coming session include repeal of the poll tax and reapportionment, with Folsom pressing for an education wage rise and highway funding. Proposals cover a constitutional convention, lower voting age to 18, tax revision, and potential income tax earmarks for education welfare and health.
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Folsom
Chauncey Sparks
Legislative Hall
Alabama
Nor
Washington
Congress
Revenue Survey Commission
Business and Professional Women's Club
Montgomery
Atomic power and weapons debated by liaison group
The article discusses future atomic energy use in military and civilian fields. It notes questions on whether future production of atomic bombs should be via private contracts or directly by the commission. It contrasts government owned Los Alamos labs with privately contracted bomb production.
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Commission
Los Alamos
N. M
Cnivens Ot Oeetlagea
Folsom Denies Targeting Merit System Over Job Forms
Gov elect James E. Folsom releases a statement calling rumors that job application blanks at the state capitol seek to dismantle the merit system unfounded. He says the mimeographed forms simply explain information needed to handle inquiries about jobs and are not a move by his administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James. E. Folsom
Capitol
Folsom
Truck Driver Faces Grueling 3 Day Road Trip Tale
Guntersville resident F. G. Price recounts a strenuous three day truck journey with his nephew L. B. Patton. They left Monday at 3 AM, drove to Ohio, returned via Kentucky stopping four hours for sleep, and reached home Wednesday night. Price felt the fatigue while Patton remained unbothered by the ordeal.
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Guntersville
F. G. Price
L. B. Patton
Here
R. B. Norrell
Ohio
Kentucky
Mr. Patton
Court hears no clemency demand in wartime massacre case
Gen Richter and Col Christ urged no clemency for Von Mackensen as the five man tribunal reserved verdict and sentence for higher authority. Sterling invoked the Appian Way massacre in urging retribution after the mass killing.
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von Mackensen
Richter Hans Keller
Wolfgang Christ
Maeltzer
C. L. Sterling
John Harding
Mediterranean
Sterling
Appian Way
Truck Wreck Victim Shows Satisfactory Improvement
James Sandy Tanner 1 is reported to be satisfactory at Decatur General Hospital after a Friday morning crash just north of the Keller Memorial Bridge. Doctors say he suffered shock and received plasma. He also recalls a prior tractor accident last spring.
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James
Sandy
Tanner
Decatur General Hospital
Keller Memorial Bridge
Cotton Fire Destroys Crossville Warehouse
A Crossville Alabama warehouse burned last night destroying about 500 bales of cotton. The loss edged toward $100,000 with $75,000 for cotton and $1,000 in new firefighting equipment damaged. Fort Payne and Boaz fire crews assisted in battling the blaze.
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Crossville
Ala
Fort Payne
Boaz
Egypt reports exports to Nov 27 total and barter trade
Alexandria reports Keyptome exports from the start of the year to November 27 total 141 806 kantars compared with 718 730 kantars in the previous year. From March 7 to November 27 barter exports reached 750 000 Egyptian pounds in exchange for cotton textiles to Italy.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Italy
Markets Close Mildly Up After November Rally
Wall Street ends November with modest profit taking after three rising sessions. Trading light at 470000 shares, weekly volume 4,423,015. November total 23,819,359 shares, almost the largest since 1918 for a November. Associated Press 60-stock composite flat at 63.4, yet up for the week and month.
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New York
Associated Press
New York Cotton Futures Slip on Weak Demand and Grains
New York cotton futures eased with losses of up to $3.00 a bale as selling grew on grains weakness and limited mill demand. Early buying by commission houses faded as parity prices rose in mid November. Closings showed declines from the prior session across the active contracts with middling spot at 31.77.
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New York
Mills Limited
Markets at a Glance New York November 30
Stocks mixed as investors take profits while leaders falter. Bond markets steady on demand for new 4-T and T debentures. Cotton erratic with early gains trimmed. Chicago grains weaker on ample supplies with wheat sharply lower and corn oats cash markets down. Hogs and cattle nominally steady with tops around 25.50 for hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Coal firm imposes daily fines on 4500 strikers in PA pits
A Pittsburgh Consolidations Coal Co spokesman notes many firms may not seek or collect fines even when allowed and often waive them after settlements. The firm begins levying $1 daily fines on 4,500 strikers at 14 Western Pennsylvania pits while union strategists push legal arguments about government operation and wage board use.
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Collisson
Pittsburgh Consolidations Coal Co
Western
Pennsylvania
Diggins
Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
UMW
Occupation costs debated at national mobilization meeting
War Secretary Patterson told a United Jewish Appeal conference that $369 million is needed to cover occupation expenses for the first half of 1947 and $105 million for rehabilitating 620000 displaced persons in Austria and Germany. He noted 3000000 have returned home while 620000 remain in care, and urged congressional approval for a deficiency appropriation. He endorsed admitting 100000 Jews to Palestine and supported selective admittance of displaced Poles Balts and Jews.
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Atlantic City
Robert P. Patterson
Austria
Germany
Patterson
United Jewish Appeal
Europe
War Department
Congress
U. S
S Truman
Palestine
Truman
United States
Truman backs finish fight with Lewis over court action
Senatorial support crystallizes around President Truman as lawmakers urge a final showdown with Lewis. Dworshak calls for action, La Follette questions compromise, Lucas insists no yield, Byrd warns against surrender, Ball labels the walkout insurrection.
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Thomas
Truman
Lewis
Dworshak
Idaho
la Follette
Wis
Organized Labor
Lucas
Ill
Byrd
Ball
Minn
Cotton Meeting Opens For Informal Cotton Discussion
After talks by visitors the session will be opened for informal discussion of cotton growing and marketing plans for 1947. Farmers ginners and cotton merchants may discuss problems and methods and the future of cotton as the leading agricultural product of the area. An invitation is extended to all interested in cotton.
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Morgan
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