Evergreen Decorates America Shaping a Big Yuletide
Evergreen Alabama readies a record Christmas season as Knud Nielsen predicts 40000 to 50000 dollars of prepared greenery will ship nationwide by December 26 with total yearly shipments near 100000 dollars. Pine cones honey smilax mistletoe are gathered by local farmers and dyed into wreaths sprays and decorations. Carload shipments go to at least 30 states and possibly all 48 before season end.
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Evergreen
Ala
South Alabama
America
J. H. Robinson
Knud Nielsen
Nielsen
Truman jokes on forgiving mood during Maine interview
President says he has no one to forgive except Maine for not voting Democratic. He deflects cabinet-change rumors, stating no changes at this time and recalling past adjustments when he became president in 1945.
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Elisabeth May Craig
Maine
Mr. Truman
Truman
Marshall
Defense
Forrestal
Commerce
Sawyer
Secretary of the Interior Krug
Nations unite to guard hemisphere under Rio pact include Canada
A 19 nation security agreement spans from pole to pole and across North America with Canada optional. Fourteen ratify, meeting two thirds. Members listed include Brazil Mexico Venezuela United States Colombia Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Paraguay Dominican Republic Panama Haiti Uruguay and others. Remaining five are Argentina Cuba Peru Bolivia Chile.
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New World Nations
South Pole
North America
Canada
Costa Rica
Brazil
Mexico
Venezuela
United States
Columbia
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Paraguay
Dominican Republic
Panama
Haiti
Uruguay
Argentina
Cuba
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Georgia Far Overshadows in Illicit Liquor Seizures
Atlanta reports that Georgia accounts for 20 percent of illicit liquor seized nationally, with the South and surrounding states producing 54 percent of moonshine. Alabama 18 percent, South Carolina 9, Florida 7, and the six district area totaling about 90 percent of illicit liquor. W D Harrington notes Georgia paid tax on 2,987,930 gallons in the year ending June 30.
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Atlanta
Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
W. D. Harrington
Artist Polio Victim in Los Angeles Hospital
General hospital counts Roger B. Hollenback, 31, among polio patients. the artist who designed last year’s March of Dimes mural is in respirator care but greatly improved. Los Angeles County reports 2,922 infantile paralysis cases this year.
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Los Angeles
General Hospital
Roger B. Hollenback
Los Angeles County
Nashville Market Report on Livestock Prices
Nashville market reports scarce cattle supply with varied prices. Cows 12.00 to 24.00, steers 24.00 to 31.00, calves 28.00 to 34.00, hogs 20.00 to 22.50, lambs 21.00 to 24.00, sows steady. Receipts light and market-moving conditions described as slow to steady.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Department of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market steady in quiet trade
In Atlanta on Friday the North Georgia live poultry market held steady within unchanged price ranges. Moderate offerings matched trade requirements with most fryers weighing 2 1 2 to 4 pounds and prices paid FOB farm ranging from 31 to 34 cents for New Hampshire Reds, White crosses, and Barred Rock crosses.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Cotton futures steady as mill buying trims early losses
Cotton futures held steady after an initial drop as mill buying and short covering met light offerings. Private reports said mills and shippers would pay more for better grades, with traders expecting the government crop estimate to be unchanged or lower, around 15.15 million bales.
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New York
Problems of States Eyed by 1949 legislation plan
Representatives from 48 states began work on a 1949 state government program after receiving a draft list of suggested laws. The top measure would grant governors broad emergency powers for civilian defense and mobilize minute men ready to be called at once.
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Detroit
Assembly
Counterfeit Flood Is Loosed on Nation in New York
New York officials report a flood of counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bills entering the country, with New York City cited as the main dumping ground. Federal Reserve and Secret Service agents say the influx is the largest in history, though specifics on total damage remain estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. York
Secret Service
Federal Reserve Bank
New York City
South Carolinians Visit Decatur for Chamber Tour
A group of about 10 Anderson residents in South Carolina will fly to Decatur Sunday for a tour arranged by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce secretary. The visitors, mainly interested in farm markets, will arrive Sunday afternoon and depart Monday.
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Anderson, S. C
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Board Hears School Row Over Grade Moving Plan
An Escambia county delegation protested to the state board of education over moving grades 10 11 and 12 from McCullough High School Atmore to another campus amid claims it aimed to attract top football players. The board ordered an investigation and named a three member committee led by C M A Rogers Roy L Nolen Jr and Harry M Avers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Escambia County
State Board of Education
McCullough
Atmore
Hugh Rozelle
Rozelle
James E. Folsom
C.M.A. Rogers
Mobile
Roy.l. Nolen, Jr. Montgomery
Harry M. Avers
Anniston Star
Anniston
Escambia
Thompson
Ray Minette
Wilma McLendon
Auburn Group Apologizes Over Campus Slogan Painting
The Jefferson County Auburn Alumni Club adopted a resolution apologizing to University of Alabama officials and students for painting Auburn slogans on the UA campus. Seven Auburn students were arrested on the Alabama campus for disorderly conduct after gas and kerosene were found near a pep rally woodpile.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Auburn Alumni Club
University of Alabama
Auburn
al Biggio
Alabama
White House Silent On Margaret's European Tour
A White House official said he did not know if President Truman's daughter Margaret would travel to Europe for singing engagements in Italy and England. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross had no information on reports of appearances at La Scala in Milan or an engagement in England.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Margaret
Europe
Italy
England
Charles G. Ross
Miss Truman
la Scala Opera House
Milan
Ross
Decatur Student to Be Featured Sunday in College Concert
Decatur student Carl Gibson Jr of Western College Bowling Green Ky will be featured in a Sunday master oboe series as the college concert orchestra presents Handel Messiah selections. Mrs Carl Gipson Sr plans to travel Saturday to attend the weekend concert activity and son.
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Carl Gibson Jr
Decatur
Western College
Bowling Green
Carl Gipson Sr
Bowling Greer
Battleship Missouri Won’t Be Put In Reserve
The Navy stated there is no plan to lay up the Missouri, the Navy’s 45,000 ton battleship, contradicting reports it might be moved to the reserve fleet. Secretary John L. Sullivan and Admiral Louis E. Denfeld announced there is no intention to remove the ship from active service.
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Washington
Navy
Missouri
John L. Sullivan
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Amber author Kathleen Windsor divorces Artie Shaw
Kathleen Windsor author of Forever Amber divorced band leader Artie Shaw in Reno in four minutes over extreme mental cruelty. The couple wed in Juarez in 1946 after Windsor’s divorce from Robert J. Herwig, a former UC football star, who later obtained a California divorce.
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Amber
Reno
Kathleen Winsor
Artie Shaw
A. J. Maestretti
B 29 Crashes at Denver Base During Landing
A B 29 from MacDill Air Force Base Tampa Florida crashed on approach at Lowry Air Force Base Denver and was demolished. Six of thirteen crew members were seriously injured while the others escaped. The flight had been traveling from Tampa to Great Falls Montana. An investigating board was established to determine the cause.
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Denver
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Lowry
Great Falls
Mont
Arm
Air Force commanders to meet at Maxwell Field Monday
In Montgomery Alabama on December city reports Gen George C Kenney commander of the air university said three P U air force commanders will travel to Maxwell Field for a meeting starting Monday that could occupy most of next week.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. S
Ohioan Talks With Talmadge Over Mallard Slaying
Ohioan Joseph M. Goldwasser met Gov. Herman Talmadge for ten minutes to discuss the Mallard murder case near Lyons Georgia on November 20 and promised to return with photostatic copies of information. He cited obtaining details from Robert Mallard's widow Amy James Mallard and said the governor would cooperate fully. Goldwasser expressed pride in pursuing evidence for Georgia authorities amid civil rights tensions.
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Talmadge
BEM Price
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Joseph M. Goldwasser
Mallard
Goldwasser
Robert Mallard
Amy James Mallard Mallard
Lyons
Ohio
Savannah
Georgia
Congress
Governor May Call Guard to Protect Widow of Robbed Man
Gov. Herman Talmadge said he would call out the National Guard if necessary to protect the widow of Robert Mallard, murdered in Toombs county. Her representative warned she feared lynching if she returned to Toombs to swear out warrants for two white men. The governor offered state resources for her protection, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation cannot make arrests without sheriff or judge requests.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
National Guard
Robert Mallard
Joseph M. Goldwasser
Toombs County
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Widow's murder claims spark bids for justice in Georgia case
Amy James Mallard named two white men as her husband’s killers and granted Goldwasser power of attorney. He planned to seek warrants from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and, if not provided, take the case to the FBI for civil rights prosecution. GBI and Toombs County officials declined to act. Mallard was slain by robed white men. charges against her were dropped.
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Goldwasser
Amy James Mallard
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
GBI
Toombs
R. E. Gray
Peerless Department Store
Peerless Rubber Company
Cleveland
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mallard
Delmar Jones
AMA Proposal Hit by Ewing
Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing said the American Medical Association proposed a 3.5 million dollar lobbying fund to oppose national health insurance. He noted AMA members were assessed 25 dollars each through county societies and questioned the use of funds for education versus lobbying in the national debate.
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Washington
Oscar R. Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
American Medical Association
National Health Insurance
AMA
Ewing
St. Louis
National Physician’s Committee
Congress
Train Collision in Soviet Zone Near Berlin Kills 16
A passenger train derailed into a suburban local in the Soviet occupation zone west of Berlin killing 16 Germans and injuring 15. Seven of the injured were in serious condition according to German rail headquarters.
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Berlin
Railwi
Woman killed by truck in Gadsden as she tried to jump aboard
Mae Smith, 32, died when she fell under a truck in Gadsden Alabama last night. Coroner Jess Cox quoted witnesses saying she attempted to jump onto the vehicle at the time of the accident.
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Gadsden
Ala
Mae Smith
Jess Cox
McDuffie to Attend Governor Conference as Widow Recovers
Lt. W. E. McDuffie was slated for a conference with the Governor. Mallard's widow remains in Savannah under physician care, confined to bed and in shock.
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W. E. McDuffie
Mallard
Savannah
Clara Shine Faces First Degree Murder Trial
Clara Shine, a Black woman, goes on trial in a circuit court for first degree murder in the September 1947 death of Austin Madry. The morning focused on jury selection. the state plans to present most of its case this afternoon with two witnesses already testifying. Shine was indicted by the November 1947 grand jury. Hutson and Russell defend her. Prosecution is by Circuit Solicitor George Johnson and County Solicitor Philip Shanks.
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Clara Shine
Austin Madry
Madry
Hutson and Russell
George Johnson
Philip Shanks
UN approves plan for Jewish Arab borders in Palestine
The United Nations backs a new American plan to reconcile Jewish and Arab borders in Palestine, disregarding Bernadotte’s proposal which would have set Arab Palestine under Trans-Jordan. Rioting in Syria hints at wider Arab unrest as armies fail against Jewish forces.
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China
Marshall
Truman
Washington
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Egypt
Iraq
Berlin
Maritime Union Seeks 15 Percent Pay Increase
The CIO National Maritime Union asked a 15 percent wage rise for about 60 000 members on the East and Gulf coasts citing cost of living increases. A further bargaining session is set for next week with about 40 employer firms represented. If no agreement is reached by December 15 arbitration will be pursued. The current basic can be $222.51 monthly. a 6 percent boost was won last summer.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
Gulf
NMU
Recruiting Sergeant Is Given Ten Years
TALLADEGA Alabama December 3 An Army recruiting sergeant received a 10 year sentence for first degree manslaughter in a fatal traffic crash near Sylacauga on September 18. Sgt Leonard Garrett stationed at Childersburg was found guilty after a 30 minute jury deliberation and released on a 10000 appeal bond. The same case also charged Waters with murder for the husband’s death.
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Talladega
Ala
Leonard Garrett
Childersburg
Garrett
Jessie Waters
Sylacauga
Suggs Pleads Innocent in Mobile First Degree Murder
William E Suggs a 47 year old ship yard worker pleaded innocent at his arraignment in Mobile circuit court on a first degree murder charge for the shooting of his stepson in law William A Edwards 34 on July 6 Detectives say Suggs admitted firing a 12 gauge shotgun over domestic trouble Edwards and Mrs Vivian Suggs had separated 12 times in their two year marriage and Edwards was said to be almost always drunk Suggs trial date set for December 16
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Mobile
Ala
William E. Suggs
William A. Edwards
Hugh Prine
Suggs
Edwards
Prine
Health official cites diabetes as seventh leading cause of death
Montgomery Alaska health officer D G Gill said diabetes ranked seventh among death causes in 1947 excluding accidents births and homicides. State records show 361 diabetes deaths that year and urged anyone with symptoms to seek medical testing and follow prescribed treatment.
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Montgomery
Ansar
D. G. Gill
Gill
State Health Department
Weekend Visitors and Local Happenings In Decatur
Mr and Mrs J G Greene spend weekend in Atlanta Murray Wallace Moulton 2 was here on business Leroy Bennett Decatur 2 visited Decatur on business J T Robinson Decatur 3 greeted friends A L Carr Somerville 1 was among visitors in Decatur Thursday Earl White 1420 Fifth Avenue E admitted to Decatur General hospital James Givens Athens admitted Thursday afternoon Clyde E Roberts Hartselle admitted to Decatur General hospital this morning Mr and Mrs Robert Hutson and son Melvin Hutson will attend the Alabama Auburn football game in Birmingham Saturday Will Lewis 444 Grant returned from a six weeks hunting trip in Ohio and Minnesota Minnesota trip ended with killing a deer
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Earl White
Fifth Avenue E
Decatur General Hospital
James Givens
Athens
Clyde E. Roberts
Hartselle
Robert Hutson
Melvin Hutson
Birmingham
Will Lewis
Grant
Ohio
Minnesota
Mr. Lewis
Folsom Pushes for Immediate Alabama Injunction
Alabama Governor Folsom asks the Supreme Court to rule at the Dec 6 session on an injunction to stop alleged states rights activity. He says there is no legal states rights party in Alabama and cites Democratic support against the motion. He warns Congress may act if the court delays, with Alabama’s delegation seen as open to electoral changes.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
Folsom
Constable
Caughy
States Rights Party
Alabama Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
Broughton Lambert
Truman
Jack Crenshaw
Col
Lin Thompson
Jerome Phillips
Physician Placed on Probation for Narcotics Offenses
Dr. Henry W. Gray of Mobile pled guilty to issuing false narcotics prescriptions. Federal Judge John McDuffie placed him on five years probation and ordered five consecutive five year suspended sentences totaling 500 dollars in fines. He must stop prescribing narcotics during probation.
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Mobile
Ala
Henry W.gray
John McDuffie
Gray
McDuffie
Mystery Plane Fire On Tuna Clipper Fleet Off Nicaragua
In San Diego an unidentified aircraft fired on three tuna clippers off Nicaragua. Captain Carl Soares of Sun Ray reported the incident by telegram to Harold Gray of the American Tuna Boat Association. No damages cited. vessels reportedly continued toward Puntarenas for refueling.
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San Diego
Calif
Nicaragua
Harold Gray
American Tunaboat Association
Carl Soares
Sun Ray
Liberator
City of
Corinto
Cary
State Department
Washington, D. C
U. S
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
Boykin Sees Possible Income Tax Increase
Rep. Frank W. Boykin of Alabama says income taxes might rise about four percent due to the preparedness program. He notes business conditions remain strong, labor-management relations are expected to stay harmonious, and if an excess profits tax is imposed the revenue should be used to reduce the national debt.
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Mobile
Ala
Frank W. Boykin
Probation Granted in Dairy Strike Shooting Case
A 29 year old Birmingham man Otto Roberson was placed on five years probation after pleading guilty to assault with intent to murder for wounding Emmett R. Crocker of White Dairy Co during the 1947 dairy strike. Crocker later died in a Birmingham traffic accident. Don Vestal of Dallas was fined 100 dollars and Clifford L. Mark of Tarrant 250 dollars in related pleas.
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Birmingham
Ala
Otto Roberson
Emmett R. Crocker
White Dairy Co
Alta L. King
Don Vestal
Dallas
Tex
Clifford L. Mark
Tarrant
Crocker
James F. Thompson Named Director at Voice of America
James F. Thompson is named associate chief of operations for the Voice Of America broadcasts. He will work at the State Department broadcasting headquarters in New York. Thompson is a Centerville Alabama native and has worked with WAPI Birmingham WJBY Gadsden and recently with Raytheon in Boston.
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Washington
State Department
Janes F. Thompson
Ame
Tompson
New York
Centerville
Ala
WAPI
Birmingham
WJBY
Gadsden
Boston
Raytheon Manufacturing Co
Doctor Thomas T. Box Dies in Alabama Hospital
Dr. Thomas T. Box aged 59 of Birmingham died after a short illness in the Tennessee Coal & Railroad Co hospital. A Vernon, Alabama native, he served as county health officer in Washington, Winston and Choctaw counties before private practice in Guin. He had eight years in the T. C. I. medical department. widow and eight children survive.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas T. Box
Tennessee Coal Ron & Railroad Co
Vernon
Washington
Winston
Choctaw
Guin
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