Weather and Community Notices From Decatur Area
Partly cloudy with mild temperatures and scattered showers in the Northwest. Decatur cotton market noon quote shows middling at 35.75 and strict low at 34.75. Cpl. Joseph R. Knouff attends a gala at Tullin Air Base marking the ninth anniversary of AACS. VFW Auxiliary meets at 7:30 PM. Beta Sigma Phi practice for Damesdate at 7:30. Church services and school sports schedules listed. several local residents noted with hospital and travel updates.
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Cpl
Joseph R. Knouff
Airways and Air Communications Service
AACS
Tullin Air Base
C. Knouff
5Th
Europe
Beta Sigma Phi
Non-Shooting War On U S Laid To Reds
A House debate on a $590 million emergency aid package for Austria France Italy and China faces hours of discussion as lawmakers push for safeguards against communist takeover and swift passage before a conference with the Senate. Rep Cox argues aid is a national security investment while Rep Allen warns aid could backfire if Europe remains vulnerable to communism. The Senate supports $597 million with different country scope. House plans add China and consider broader deadlines.
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Washington
Russia
Cox
D.-Ga
House
Austria
France
Italy
China
Leo Allen
R.-Ill
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Allen
Lovett
Senate
Robert A. Lovett
Martin
R.-Mass
President Truman
Truman
Senate-House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Another Arab Victim in Riot in Palestine Turmoil
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Jaffa region during a 72 hour Arab strike over partition, an Arab was killed and multiple Jews and Arabs wounded. A Jewish worker in Tel Aviv was reportedly killed by police gunfire near Jaffa, and other violence included a Jew shot in Jerusalem, a British soldier injured, a truck driver fatally wounded, and a dead Jew found in riot damaged areas. An Arab mob assaulted a Norwegian car driver at Jaffa harbor, four Jews arrested for firing on Arab policemen, and seizures included a sten gun and grenades. Fires burned in Haifa and Hagana mobilized in Zion Square as curfews and no-man’s land lines tightened.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
Old City
Lydda
Norwegian Airlines
Haifa
Hagana
Zion Square
Taft-Hartley sparks praise and new union conflicts
Washington reports a wave of responses to the Taft Hartley act with Senator Ball declaring the law is working well while CIO President Murray denounces it as harmful. AFL plans unify labor action via a new political league and union leaders prepare for meetings. The CIO Maritime Union sues over non oath and union financial disclosure provisions. A three judge panel will hear the constitutional question.
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Rex Hall
Washington
Ball
Minn
Congressional “Watch Dog
CIO
Philip Murray
Labor
Murray
AFL
William Green
Cio-Afl
National Labor Relations Board
Green
National Maritime Union
Federal District Court
Bolitha
Ten Germans Found Guilty in Nurnberg War Crimes Trial
Ten former state secretaries prosecutors and judges from Hitler s ministry of justice were convicted by a U S military tribunal on war crimes charges in Nurnberg Germany. Four others were acquitted. The court condemned them for aiding Nazi aims and undermining German justice while resisting orders.
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Edwin Shanke
Ernst Lautz
People’s Court of Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Wolfgang Mettgenberg
James T. Brand
Salem
Ore
Mallory B. Blair
Austin
Tex
Justin W. Harding
Franklin
Ohio
Ruth
Panic Buying Rumors Roil Moscow Reports
Washington reports from Edward E. Bomar detail panic buying in Moscow and other Soviet cities amid rumors of currency changes and price increases. Banks restrict withdrawals to 200 rubles daily as stores close and officials gauge potential inflationary impact on savings and the economy.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Soviet
Russia
Voices of America
State Department
Moscow
Kremlin
Meat ration plan urged by Senator Flanders
Senator Flanders calls for a real voluntary meat rationing program and brands noncompliance as a social menace. He opposes price controls and standby power for them, preferring rationing only as a last resort and seeks a fair trial for voluntary measures.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senator Flanders
R.-Vt
Vermont
Anderson
Flanders
Truman
Senate-House
Commission Beaten by 15 Vote Margin in Decatur Election
An official canvass at a council meeting shows Decatur will keep current mayor and council with an 18 vote margin. The count 751 for a commission form and 766 against, matching the Daily's unofficial tally. Tuesday’s vote marked the third try to switch to a three man commission with ballots allowed every two years.
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Kemmetzger
Vrne
Decatur
Rountree
Decatur Stadium Drive Secures Major Local Support
The Decatur stadium project nears contract let after 820 of 1,000 reserved seats sold for 82 050 dollars. Cash and pledges cover half the total. 180 seats remain purchasable as listing names dozens of businesses and individuals backing the construction.
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Decatur High School
Decatur
Western trio is confused by Molotov move at London talks
The Big Four foreign ministers conference entered its second round with Western diplomats perplexed by Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's proposal that the four powers submit to a council two months hence fresh fundamentals of the German peace treaty. French, British, and American officials reacted cautiously, while Molotov withdrew the idea amid criticism. The motive remained unclear, fueling theories of delay or a push toward a Western German government.
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John M. Hightower
London
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Conference
V. M. Molotov
United States
France
Britain
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Georges Bidault
U. S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Bidault
Negro Held for Slaying in Limestone County
Walter Ellison about 19, a Decatur Negro, is in Limestone county jail charged with second degree murder. Bond set at 1750. Ellison rearrested Wednesday night after Elbert Malone, a Negro, died from a stomach wound suffered at a Negro cafe on Thanksgiving night. Malone died Wednesday morning in Powers hospital. The Decatur youth was arrested on a previous charge of intent to murder and released on 500 bond before being moved to jail.
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Walter Ellison
Decatur Negro
Limestone County
Ellison
Elbert Malone
John G Sandlin
Malone
Powers Hospital
Decatura
Bill Moore
Post office seizure in Cannes signals intensified anti strife
In wartime France a mob seized the Cannes post office as government forces used a new anti strike law to curb communist led protests. Nice saw another mob clash. Rail and port traffic slowly recovered while new labor measures aimed to redefine sabotage and penalize strike activity.
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Robert Eunson
Paris
Riviera
Cannes
Nice
Central Labor Committee
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Lyon
Robert Schuman
Council of Ministers
France
General Confederation of Labor
National Assembly
Schuman
Lille
Metal Workers
Armed Forces Ministry
Interior Ministry
Assembly
Atlanta taxi driver acquitted in tourist's slaying
Glenn Robinson a 29 year old Atlanta taxi driver was found not guilty of murdering Janette Reyman a tourist camp operator in Atlanta last June. The acquittal followed his third trial after two hung juries and came within hours of the birth of his fourth child in an Athens hospital. The jury deadline and unsworn statement marked the verdict.
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Atlanta
Glenn Robinson
Janette Reyman
Robinson
Athens
Georgia
Uncle Bud Skipperville beauty parlor miscue
A fragmented local item notes Mrs Bud Skipperville, described as the fattest woman, visited a beauty parlor today and a mishap occurred when they reached her third chin.
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Bud Skipperville
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