Weather outlook and weekend social notes from Decatur area
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered showers in the north. Colder in the northwest and extreme north Sunday. Fresh to strong southerly coastal winds. Saturday visits include Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Patterson at the Alabama Auburn game in Birmingham and James Rankin with A L Shelton at Vanderbilt Tennessee game in Nashville. Several locals on business in Decatur and visiting families, plus a Girl Scouts meeting planning a Christmas party.
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Mrs
Sidney Patterson
Birmingham
Auburn
James Rankin
A. L. Shelton
Nashville
James H. Crow Jr
Open House Sparks Christmas Shopping Stampede in Decatur
Merchants organized an open house launched by the Chamber of Commerce to start the Christmas season. From seven to nine on Friday night thousands crowded Decatur streets, registering for gifts valued at $400. Merchants praised the turnout and predicted lasting business benefits.
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Decatur
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Committee
D. E. Frederick
Moulton Street
Red Raiders
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Daily
Harlan Hunter
Hunter Furniture Company
Grattan Brittan
Brittan Clothing Co
J. L. Shumake
Shumake Furniture Co
Price Set for LaFayette Street School Sale
School officials said Saturday a price of 10000 dollars was agreed for the LaFayette Street school property and legal papers were being completed. T Harris, president of South Metals company, is the buyer. The LaFayette Street school was abandoned after the new building opened. Harris has not announced future plans for the site.
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LaFayette Street
T. Harris
South Metals Company
Harris
Funeral services for William L. Harris Held in Scottsboro
Funeral services for 37 year old William Luther Harris, fatally injured in a Tuesday traffic accident near Selma, will be held today at 2 PM in Scottsboro. Burial next to his home parish in Scottsboro. He died about 2 AM Saturday in a Selma hospital. He leaves a wife Susie Jane Harris and parents T. E. Harris of Lewisburg Tennessee, three sisters Elsie Gentles Annie Hue Rainey and Ruby Lindsey, and several nieces and nephews.
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William Luther Harris
Selma
Scottsboro
Ninth Avenue South
Brown
Decatur
Harris
Susie Jane Harris
T. E. Harris
Lewisburg
Tenn
Elsie Gentles
Annie Hue Rainey
Belfast
Ruby Lindsey
Falkville
Arraignment Delayed Of Ex Navy Officer
The arraignment of Dolph C. Allen, a former Navy field commanding officer, for operating an illegal liquor still was reset to 10 a.m. next Friday by Justice of the Peace T. C. Hand. The delay was ordered due to the defense attorney’s papers, and Allen is a retired Bronson naval air field commander from Pensacola, Florida.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Navy
Justice of the Peace
T. C. Hand
Dolph C. Allen
Pa of Defense
Hubert Allen
Bronson Naval Air Field
Pensacola
Fla
Treis
Criminal docket trials start in Morgan circuit court Monday
Twenty seven charges are docketed for hearing in Morgan circuit court with Judge J H Crow Jr presiding. Circuit Solicitor George Johnson and County Solicitor Phillip Shanks will represent the state. Named defendants include James Martin Thomas concealed stolen property Willie Garner grand larceny Preton Troupe false pretense Ed Quillen grand larceny false pretense and embezzlement. Quillen was sentenced last December to four years with an appeal noted.
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Morgan Circuit Court
J. H. Crow Jr
George Johnson
Phillip Shanks
James Martin Thomas
Willie Garner
Preton Troupe
Ed Quillen
Quillen
Prayers and songs mark peace vigil at Delano Park Alabama
A large crowd gathered at Delano Park Friday evening for a peace prayer event. Garden clubs statewide organized a nationwide vigil with a Christmas tree lit as James L. Rankin presided and Carl Schwachow led carols assisted by Mrs. Warren Gamble on the organ. Dr. T. J. Chitwood delivered a devotional prayer.
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Garden Club
Decatur
Garden Clubs
Delano Park
Ed Crane
Nk Oakes
Marvin Yarbrough
T. C. Almoun
Decatur Garden Clubs
James L. Rankin
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Garden Clubs of
Alabama
Carl Schwachow
Warren Gamble
T. J. Chitwood
U S Cautiously Delays Drastic Korea Steps
Washington dispatch reports the United States delaying major policy shifts over the Korean crisis. Gen J Lawton Collins flies to the Far East for on the spot reviews while Gen Douglas Mac Arthur briefs on 500000 Chinese forces. Ambassador Warren Austin and Dean Rusk brief Latin American envoys as U N members weigh next moves amid China’s intervention.
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Washington
Dec
United States
Attlee
White House
State Department
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Red
China
UN Command
Acheson
Warren Austin
New York
Austin
Ernest A. Gross
Dean Rusk
Korea
United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Austin and Acheson
U. S
Wife Led Fight for Life as Husband Is Jailed
Maylene Bond Franks, 17, remained improving at Decatur General Hospital after being stabbed about 15 times by her estranged husband Winfred Lee Franks, 21, who was transferred to county jail. Franks faced an assault with intent to murder charge after witnesses said he attacked her Thursday night when she refused to go with him. Maylene, mother of a two year old, had separated from Franks for three months and planned to return to her family in Priceville where she had been staying amid recovery. No bond had been set for Franks.
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Maylene Bond Franks
Decatur General Hospital
Winfred Lee Franks
Franks
Lomi
H. Long
Maylene
Hubert Bond
Priceville
West
U N Assembly May Stay On Job Amid Global Crisis
United Nations assembly may remain in session through winter and spring to act quickly on the Chinese communist Korean crisis and other world issues. Warren R. Austin conferred with Acheson while Lie and Chen Chiao held 30 minutes of talks, signaling ongoing contact as delegates meet in secret huddles.
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Francis W. Carpenter
York
United Nations Assembly
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
United States
Washington
Acheson
Chen Chiao
Trygve Lie
Mr. Lie
Lie
Assembly
Formosa
Peiping
General Assembly
U. N
Urgent UN decision on peace or war grows keener
Tokyo dispatch notes the rising urgency for a quick UN verdict between peace and total war with Red China. The piece cites massive manpower estimates, with 600,000 North Koreans and up to 300,000 more Chinese on the move, and analyzes Chinese tactics and the danger to the Seventh and Tenth Corps as forces concentrate along the 38th parallel.
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Relman Morin
Tokyo
United Nations
Yalu
Pyongyang
Kae Ong-Kumchon
Eighth Army
Tenth Corps
Two Huntsville Jail Escapers Captured in Detroit
FBI agents arrested William Ferrill aged 26 and Willis Taylor aged 23 in Detroit for escape from Huntsville Alabama county jail last week. They admit involvement in a Huntsville store robbery and will face federal court on fugitive charges.
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Detroit
Huntsville
Ala
FBI
William Ferrill
Willis Taylor
Milk price hearings set in Mobile Montgomery Birmingham
Hearings on milk price adjustments for Alabama’s three largest cities are scheduled this month by the state milk control board. Chairman E A McBride announced sessions in Mobile December 11, Montgomery December 12, and Birmingham December 13. The March order had set retail sweet milk at 20 cents a quart in stores and 21 cents for doorstep delivery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Milk Control Board
E.A. McBride
Talladega
Mobile
Birmingham
Milk Board
Labor Leader Dies in Alabama Farm Trammell Sr., 60
Howard M. Trammell Sr., longtime Alabama AFL leader, died Friday at his Ohatchee area farm. He served as vice president of the state Federation of Labor and as president of the Anniston Building Trades Council.
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Anniston
Ala
Howard M. Trammell Sr
Alabama
AFL
Ohatchee
Fedor Labor
Anniston Building Trades Council
Onrushing Reds Force Allies To Yield Ground
United Nations forces begin withdrawing from a defense line 30 miles north of Pyongyang as thousands of Chinese communist troops press forward. U S Seventh Division pulls back toward the Manchurian border while the Ninth Corps withdraws northeast of Pyongyang. An estimated 18 000 Chinese Reds mass west of Songchon as fighting continues in severe weather.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
U. S. Seventh Division
Korea
U. S. First Corps
Eighth Army
Sukchon Sunchon
Ninth Corps
Songchon
Commerce Curb Declared on Shipments to Red China and Regions
The United States imposes strict controls effective at midnight on shipments to Red China Hong Kong and Macao. Export licenses now required for all goods including small items moving to Red China Hong Kong and Macao. Secretary Sawyer cites coordination with State and Defense Departments to curb goods reaching communist nations.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Hong Kong
Macao
Sawyer
Russia
China
State Department
Defense Department
U. S
Red
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