Weather turns cloudy and cold with light rain likely
Cloudy and continued rather cold this afternoon and tonight with occasional rain. Warmer Tuesday with lowest in the 40s tonight. Northeast to east winds become southeast Tuesday. James Dougherty of Athens dismissed from Ellis-Meyer hospital. Dewey E. Stewart, USN, to return from Korea Dec 11 aboard USS Barton. Several hospital dismissals and admissions listed for Decatur area. Seventeen cases on the recorders court docket with various charges noted. Births announced at Decatur General and Baugh-Wiley clinic. Christmas concert planned at Decatur High School December 16. John W. Standridge, Danville business visitor. See Diary on Page 2.
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United States
Korea
Barton
Dewey E. Stewart
USN
Hugh L. Stewart
Cullman 3. We
Forgery Allegation In Decatur युवक Faces Transfer To Jail
Maurice Jackson of Decatur Negro was to be moved from the city to the county jail today on charges of forging at least four checks. He allegedly cashed a $20 check and a $10 check at local spots, using signatures of officials including Streets Superintendent Joe Elliott. Detectives Pack Self and Charles Smith made the arrest.
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Maurice Jackson
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Jackson
R. J. Blankenship
Sixth Avenue
Joe Elliott
Shell
City
Pack Self
Charles Smith
Extra Hour For Late Decatur Shoppers Open House Night
Decatur merchants extend hours to six Tuesday to boost ticket chances for gifts at Open House Night. Tickets from 64 stores may win prizes drawn at 7 15 p m with numbers remaining until six o clock Saturday December 6. Free bus rides offered six to eight p m Thursday.
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Decatur
Rufus Warren
Retail Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Daily
Warren
Federated Garden Clubs
Girl Scout
Little House
Pro French Win In Saar Voting
The Saar re elects the Christian People’s Party under Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann with 55 percent of valid votes and likely 29 of 50 seats. Social Democrats hold 33 percent and 17 seats. Communists 9 percent for four seats. A new Democratic People’s party gains 3 percent. Hoffmann predicts renewed France Germany talks on a peaceful Saar settlement.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
Germany
Christian People’s Party
CVP
Johannes Hoffmann
Social Democrats
Democratic People’s Party
Hoffman
France
White Elephant Off To Capital Snafu Moves Between Patrol Districts
The toy white elephant named Snafu was moved from Decatur to the Montgomery district office of the Highway Patrol after Montgomery reported higher highway deaths than Decatur. The district with the lowest death rate earns an extra patrol car for a month. Lt. Roy Bradford praised cautious driving and urged continued safety as Snafu changes hands.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Decatur
Roy Bradford
Weather warnings span Florida coast to Key West
Small craft warnings posted from Brunswick Georgia to Key West Florida for 20 to 30 mile northeast winds. The Miami Weather Bureau said the warnings would stay on display until 9 45 a m Tuesday.
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Miami
Brunswick
Florida
Key West
Miami Weather Bureau
Fragment From Mortar Finds Way Into Bunker
In Korea a Marine manning an observation post in a front line bunker is killed when a Communist mortar shell bursts outside. A fragment slashes his jugular vein as he writes a letter in the sunlit slit before dying beside the pool of light.
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Marine
William C. Barnard
Korea
Ine
State Accident Toll Rises to Thirteen During Holiday Weekend
Alabama battles a holiday toll of at least 13 dead as fires and accidents claim lives. Reginald Murphy 12 died in a play accident near Munford. F A Humphreys 69 a Birmingham railroad official perished in a woods fire. a woman identified as Mrs Charles Burker 59 died in a Fairhope beach pavilion fire. Birmingham reports its 31st 1952 traffic death as Rosaodessel Battle 40 was struck by a car.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Reginald Murphy
Munford
Reginald
F. A. Humphreys
Birmingham Railroad
Birmingham
Joe L. Hilderbrand
Humphreys
Fairhope Beach
Charles Burker
W. P. Reeves
Rosaodessel Battle
Snow Falls In Four Sections Across Nation
Snow fell in four small regions with two rain zones as cooler, milder air persisted. Heavy snow moved through eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska toward the Great Lakes while temps rose in the rain area. Light snow touched New Mexico and the northern Appalachians, with drizzle in eastern Texas and rain along the Pacific coast. Skies cleared elsewhere as no major temperature shift occurred.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Nebraska
Great Lakes States
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
Great Lakes
Texas
Pacific Coast
Traffic accidents Compared With Last Year
Highway Patrol records show yesterday's 37 accidents with 20 injuries one death and 19910 dollars in property damage. Compared to the same date last year 16 accidents 11 injuries two deaths and 6900 dollars property damage.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Tobin Urges CIO To Make Peace With AFL Soon
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin urged the CIO to quicken a merger with the AFL to present a united front to the incoming Republican administration. The CIO convention in Atlantic City heard a split on choosing a new president as Walter Reuther and Allan Haywood vied for leadership amid labor unity calls. Meany pressed renewed unity talks as the convention debated future strategy and central unions backed different factions.
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Norman Walker
Atlantic City
N. J
Maurice Tobin
CIO
AFL
Republican National Administration
Tobin
Philip Murray
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
American Labor Movement
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Murray
Green
Reuther
Haywood
Auto Workers Union
Electrical
Maritime
Clothing Workers
Steelworkers Union
Communications Workers Union
Sabre Jets Run Up a Big Score in November Air Battles
Fifth Air Force reports Sabre jets destroyed 23 MiGs in November with four probably destroyed and 15 damaged. Allied losses totaled 16 planes, with four shot down by enemy fire. Elsewhere in Korea ground fighting remained light amid patrol clashes and infantry actions near Sniper Ridge.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Marine Corsairs
U. N
Mamie Eisenhower Visits White House Ahead of Move In
Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower tours the 54 room mansion with Mrs. Harry Truman at the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. Photographers and reporters chase color notes on Mamie’s outfit as she examines the home she will occupy next year.
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Mamie
Bess
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harry Truman
Mamie Eisenhower
Bess Truman
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mrs. Truman
the Land
Constellation Flights Halted by Eastern Strike
Flight engineers strike against Eastern Air Lines grounds the Constellation fleet east of the Mississippi. Grounding affects about a dozen major points from St. Louis to New York and Boston to Miami, with BAL service to Puerto Rico also disrupted. Smaller planes resume schedule as airline eyes capacity to handle demand. At New York International Airport passengers note widespread cancellations and crowded counters.
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York
Eastern Air Lines Inc
Mississippi River
AFL Flight Engineers International Association
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Miami
BAL
Puerto Rico
Eastern Air Lines
New York International
Atlanta
Memphis
Washington
Chicago
Constellation
Lawyers Back Firing Of Reds
United Nations panel of three international jurists approves Secretary General Trygve Lie's authority to fire U N staff who are active in the American Communist party or who refuse to answer questions about espionage or subversive affiliations. The 50 page opinion cites staff regulations and U S laws as basis for removing such employees, asserting either condition conflicts with international civil service.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
U. N
Lie
International Jurists
U. S
U. S. Grand Jury
Senate
Christine Jorgensen Changes Sex To Woman World News Shock
Christine Jorgensen, a 26 year old who was known as George Jorgensen Jr., lies in a Copenhagen hospital as front pages world wide report her sex change. Doctors led by Dr Christian Hamburger disclose the operation and secrecy surrounds the patient. She plans to return to the United States after completing training as a photographer.
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Copenhagen
Christine Jorgensen
George Jorgensen Jr
Bronx
Christine
Danish State Hospital
Jorgensen
United States
Christian Hamburger
New York
New York Daily News
Eisenhower Names Key Foreign Policy Team For Inauguration
President elect Eisenhower moves into international affairs naming top aides. John Foster Dulles becomes secretary of state designates while Winthrop Aldrich will be ambassador to Great Britain. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to head the U N delegation and Harold Stassen to head the Mutual Security Agency.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
U. S
Great Britain
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Mutual Security Agency
Lodge
Dulles
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
U. N
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Continental Can Co
Germany
Columbia University
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur S. Flemming
Milton Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Pennsylvania State College
Aldrich
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Skeleton Linked to Unidentified Man Found Near Holman
Sheriff Parker suspects the skeleton found near Holman Alabama is of a man killed and stripped of clothing to hide his identity. Toxicology tests at Auburn are underway. A Tuscaloosa pathologist places the victim as a white man aged 25 to 35 who died eight to ten months ago, with a blunt force wound in the skull.
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Tuscaloosa
R. G. Parker
Holman
Ala
Auburn
Parker
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Dias Naless
James Dougherty
Athens
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
Thomas Aldridge
Moulton
D. E. Kelly
Fifteenth Avenue
Ane
Elbert Jolly
Fifth Avenue NW
Bobby D. Coates
Eighth Avenue SE
Raymond Screws
Hartselle
J. T. Lindsey
Decatur 2
Roy Chitwood
Fourth Avenue SE
J. T. Goodwin
Chattanooga
Winfred NeSmith
Fourth Avenue
Robert McCaghren
Fifth Avenue
Recorder’s Court
Charles H. Murphy
Decatur High School
Glee Club
T. R. Schrimsher
Decature
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Claude Nelson
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
John W. Standridge
Danville 3
Henry Cabot Lodge
Beverly
Mass
U.S
White Elephant
Sabre Jets
James Francis A. McIntyre
Los Angeles
Pius XII
Catholic Church
Sacred College
Rome
McIntyre
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