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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1952
Page
3
A deadly tornado in Albertynsville near Johannesburg killed an estimated 35 natives and wounded over 400 in a mud and brick squatters settlement. Witnesses described it as an atomic blast tearing through the mile square suburb of 5,000 residents. The storm struck the suburb directly and caused no other regional damage.
An Alaska Air Force team maps a trail on Mt Gannett for a 12 man ground party to recover 52 bodies from the C124 Globemaster crash. The mission includes base camp at 4000 feet and ascent to the 8000 foot crash site on Surprise Glacier, with a two week recovery estimate.
Ladie Fuquay of Decatur labeled a Negro was fined 50 dollars plus 3 dollars costs after being charged with stealing a purse and seven dollars from W. T. Keller’s room in a rooming house at 601 Second Avenue SW. Police Chief J B Whitmire said she was arrested by an officer.
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Singspiration drew several hundred attendees as Bethea Stedham announced a recurring fifth Sunday event in the county. Rev. Stedham presided with W R Wallace directing, featuring choirs from Bethel Westside and Flint Baptist churches and quartets from additional churches.
Evangelist Billy Graham left Albuquerque for Los Angeles and may not be allowed to visit Korea. His secretary will meet U S Defense Department officials in Washington to resolve sponsorship issues. Graham had been denied permission due to lack of chaplains board sponsorship but could go with military clearance. He said he would go to Korea to preach the gospel, even if un sponsored or as a comedian.
The Defense Department will let the General Services Administration handle buying and distribution of many non military items used by civilian and military services. Items include office furniture paper products office supplies equipment and cleaning materials. The change follows Hoover Commission recommendations from 1949.
In Ashtabula County a 100 ton Princess Rock in a 4H Club camp lost its footprint after a vandal cut out a two by two foot slab three inches thick to remove the mark of the legendary Indian princess who leapt to escape a pursuer.
Winnie Ruth Judd, the "Tiger Woman" of 1931 who killed two friends and shipped their bodies, remains confined at the State Hospital for the Insane in Phoenix. Guards limit her to two walks daily as she seeks a sanity hearing while her case risks recommittal to Florence prison if deemed sane.
An explosion and fire crippled the U S Navy tanker Ashtabula at Sasebo. The Navy reported two dead one missing and nine injured with three in critical condition. Japanese reports claimed up to six dead though unverified. Names were withheld.
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