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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1952
Page
1
Community News Brief From Decatur And Surroundings
Cloudy with occasional rain this afternoon in East portion tonight, then Wednesday remains cloudy with little temperature change and a 40s low. E C Stover and R D Pitt visit, recorder docket lists five cases including prohibition and vagrancy charges. Admits include Paul Clark and Mrs S W Culver. Chorus practice for Elijah tonight at 811 Jackson St. men 7 30, women 8 30. Mrs Bill Lindsey returns from New York trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah
Paul Eubanks
Jackson Street
City Council Grants $2.50 Weekly Retroactive Raise
The City Council approved a retroactive $2.50 weekly pay hike for municipal employees from Oct 1, costing about $16,510 yearly. It excludes the auditor, city clerk, license and building inspectors, and public building attendants. The raise adds roughly five cents per hour for hourly workers, with eight and a half weeks back pay totaling about $21.25 per employee. The vote was unanimous with four members voting yes and one absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutledge S. Thomas
Leonard E. Moody
Thomas
Local Stores Open Late For Open House Night Gifts
Seventy one Decatur stores will stay open until six this evening to allow workers with late hours to register for free gifts. The program doubles last year’s participation with tickets and prizes drawn daily at 7 15. Thursday night Christmas lights, the Girl Scout Little House tree, and a peace theme program by the Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs mark the celebration. Ceremonies include songs prayers and remarks by local officials. See LOCAL On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Girl Scout Little House
Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs
Newton Powell
Ike's Cabinet Selection Now Is Complete
The Eisenhower cabinet was completed with AFL leader Martin P. Durkin named secretary of labor and Sinclair Weeks chosen as secretary of commerce. Weeks, and Durkin, both prominent Republican and labor figures, were announced by Vandenberg Jr. Durkin’s selection drew CIO disappointment, while Meany praised Durkin as an outstanding trade unionist. The lineup includes Dulles, Humphrey, Benson, McKay, and Brownell Jr. on the remaining posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
AFL
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
Labor
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Commerce
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Secretary of Labor Post
Labor Movement
AFL United Association of Journeymen
United States
Canada
Weeks
Republican National Finance Committee
Massachusetts
GOP
National Gop
Vandenberg
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
White House
Walter Williams
Seattle
Citizens For
CIO
Atlantic City
Organized Labor
George Meany
Meany
Charles. E. Wilson
Detroit
John Foster Dulles
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Herbert Brownell Jr
Ike’s
Burgess Named To New Post At Chemstrand
Burgess Jr named section supervisor in accounts payable at The Chemstrand Corporation announced by chief accountant T A Thompson. Before Chemstrand in May 1952 he worked in accounting at Wunderlich Griffis Pipeline Lane Construction Wyman and Simpson and Hinman. Native of Fairfield Maine he earned a business administration certificate from Kents Hill Junior College. He and wife Lucille reside at Allstate Trailer Court Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hinman
Dead River
Fairfield
Maine
Burgess
Kents Hill Junior College
Lucille
Allstate Trailer Court
Decatur
Christmas Gift Drive Planned by Tuscaloosa Lions Club
The Tuscaloosa Lions Club seeks gifts and refreshments for Bryce Hospital patients. The effort aims to help 400 patients with gifts and sponsor 16 ward Christmas parties reaching 1400 patients. Contact Otto Miller at Druid Theatre, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club of
Tuscaloosa
Bryce Hospital
Virginia L. Dobbins
Otto Miller
Interment Set for Vic torio Emanuele Orlando in Rome
Italy prepares the burial of former premier Vittorio Emanuele Orlando in Rome. The interment will occur tomorrow between monuments honoring Italy’s WWI land and sea commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Italy
Drive Urged On Indecent Books Campaign
A Roman Catholic priest urged Congress and publishers to curb indecent periodicals, proposing federal laws to bar crossing state lines and a publishing-industry board to rate decency. Father Thomas J. Fitzgerald testified before a House committee on obscene literature, calling obscenity a grave threat to youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
Chicago
Father Fitzgerald
Rep. Kearns
R-Pa
National Organization For Decent See
Negro Transferred To County Jail
Maurice Jackson of Decatur was lodged in the county jail after a warrant charged him with forgery. He was picked up yesterday afternoon by Capt. J. T. Weatherly and Officer James R. Guyse for allegedly signing Liott's name to several checks and cashing them in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Jackson
Decatur
W. H. Long
Jackson
J. T. Weatherly
James R. Guyse
Joe Elliott
Soviet Demand Rejected by United Nations
Western and neutral nations backing the JA peace plan for Korea refused to accept a Russian demand for an immediate cease fire. In the U N Assembly Political Committee vote forty one of sixty nations rejected the plan. The Soviet bloc supported the proposal which also called for forcible repatriation of war prisoners. Twelve countries abstained mostly in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Goldberg
United Nations
N. Y
Korea
Qday
U. N. Assembly
Orient
Jet Ace Bags Another Mig In North Korea Fight
Lt James F Low of Sausalito California shot down a Communist MIG 15 in a clash of two US F 86 Sabres against four MIGs deep in North Korea It was his seventh kill of the war Ground fighting raged amid snow and freezing temperatures with a foot of powder on central front peaks Allied bombers struck a troop camp and supply areas west of Yangdok while South Korean forces repelled Chinese assaults in the Triangle Hill Sniper Ridge area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
U. S
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Yangdok
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Traffic Accidents Rise Again In October In Decatur
Decatur saw a spike in traffic incidents in October with 37 auto collisions investigated by police, up from 28 in October and 40 in September. Ten people were injured. Police also collected 6574.99, including 5108 in fines and 1455.82 from parking meters. Recorder's court handled 211 cases with 253 complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Automobile Dealers Association
J. B. Whitmire
Recorder’s Court
Taft denounces Durkin appointment as labor secretary
Cincinnati reports Sen. Robert A. Taft blasting President-elect Eisenhower's choice of Martin Durkin as secretary of labor. Taft says Durkin, a Democrat, is an incredible appointment and criticizes partisan selection while noting union members' stance. He recalls discussions with Herbert Brownell and his own campaign efforts for Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Martin Durkin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Eisenhower
GOP
Durkin
Herbert Brownell
Truman Democrat
Stevenson
Taft
Gen
Truman
Hair Strand Clue in New Orleans Socialite Slaying
Police analyze a stray hair found on Mrs. James L Cooper, a 30 year old actress and former singer, whose body was found in her uptown New Orleans apartment nursery. Coroner Dr. Nicholas Chetta notes possible sexual motive. investigators seek an unidentified Black man linked to a separate crowbar assault nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelie Woolfolk Cooper
New Orleans
Cooper
James
James L Cooper
Uptown
Nicholas Chetta
Orleans Parish
William Dowie
Cullman Votes to Keep Present City Government
Cullman voters rejected a proposal to replace the five aldermen and mayor system with a three member commission by 826 to 315. The election followed moves to oust Police Chief G. C. Chapman and amid public debate two months prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
G. C. Chapman
Gullman
Chapman
Tax Cut To Be Proposed By Reed In Congress
Rep Daniel A Reed says an 11 percent cut in individual income taxes and elimination of the excess profits tax on corporations will be proposed when Congress opens. The plan includes a 5 percent cut next year and a similar cut in 1954, totaling about 11 percent. The 1951 rates rose 10 to 11 percent and expire Dec 31 1953 unless renewed. The excess profits tax ends June 30. Reed expects bipartisan support for a broader Republican tax and spending reduction program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Underwriters Breakfast at December Meeting
The Decatur Life Underwriters Association announces a December breakfast meeting. Maurice Jackson, president, spoke at the November Greystone Club session on November 28. Principal speaker Bobby Reese of Life and Casualty Company of Nashville discussed Progress Persistency and inflationary pressures boosting life insurance demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Life Underwriters Association
Maurice Jackson
Greystone Case
Bobby Reese
The
Life and Casualty Company of
Nashville
Reese
Chicago Sees Heavy Snow Across Northern States
Snow blankets the Midwest to the Atlantic Coast as Chicago endures four inches of snow. Three traffic deaths occur in the Chicago area. New Jersey Turnpike slows traffic to 35 mph. Airports and shipping face delays while Pennsylvania and New York expect more snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minnesota
Atlantic Coast
New York Metropolitan Area
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
New York
New Jersey
New England
Bowie Track
Maryland
Chicago
Town Creek 1 Man Is Injured in Car Collision
Floyd Nicholson aged 56 of Town Creek was treated in Decatur General Hospital for a chest injury after his 1948 Ford collided with a 1946 Chevrolet at Vine and Ferry Streets. Sarah Brooks and Johnny Clemons were also injured. Both vehicles sustained major damage with total losses estimated around $190. Investigating officers identified Ford driver Gilbert Brooks and Chevrolet owner Aaron Clemons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Nicholson
Town Creek
Decatur General Hospital
Vine and
Ferry Streets
Sarah Brooks
Moulton
Ford
Johnny Clemons
East
Cherry Street
Chevrolet
Gilbert Brooks
Junior Brooks
Akron
Aaron Clemons
Alex Terry
Euel Thompson Jr
Ferry
Vine
Decatur
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Ulinit
E. C. Stover
Decature
R. D. Pitt
Panner 1
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Paul Clark
Travis Clark
Danville
S. W. Culver
Flint
R. H. Jervis
Helen Jervis
Odie Cavnar
Birmingham
Bill Lindsey
West
By Carroll Lisby
America
William Sims Jr
Chamber of Commerce
George T. Hubbard
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Eddie Self
Children’s Glee Club
Doyle Taylor
W. C. Wright
Joe Toone
Ike
Jet Ace
Whitmire
New York News
George W. Jorgensen, Jr
Bronx
Jorgensen
Denmark
Christine
By Ken Reynolds
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