Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Fair this afternoon and tonight then warmer in the northwest. Tuesday will bring increasing clouds and warmer conditions with scattered frost in the southeast and lows near freezing. Gentle to moderate winds along the coast. Local VFW meeting at 7 45 this evening on Second Avenue. Birth announcement for Archie and wife of 1507 Tenth Avenue East a daughter born today at Decatur General Hospital. Multiple hospital discharges and admissions noted. TVA noon temp 41, 8 am 31, Sunday max 55 min 29. River stages and changes listed for area gauges. J E Barthelemy improves after ten day illness. Pryor Field runway near completion. paving delays due to freezing temps. E B Peebles of Mobile visiting Cullman and Decatur after Alabama Auburn game. Naval Academy bells rang. diary note. Mrs. William Dickinson discharged from hospital. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Guard Flyer Chooses Death Over Others' Safety
Dallas based First Lt. James Arthur Bradley died when his flaming jet fighter abandoned the runway and crashed near about 100 parked cars, sacrificing himself to spare Sunday drivers. Lt. Col. B. M. Taylor said the base commander would recommend further action.
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B. M. Taylor
Attlee to Open Talks With Truman on World Crisis
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee will begin top level discussions at 4 p.m. EST at the White House. Attlee arrives with a British delegation to meet with Truman and U S aides in the cabinet room as a formal agenda remains unclear per Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross.
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Truman
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U. S
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Attlee Arrives for Washington Talks With Truman
British Prime Minister Attlee arrived in Washington for talks aimed at united world crisis policy. Attlee said the goal is to align policies to uphold what is right and to avert a global war while noting Communist bloc efforts to wedge between the two nations.
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Well Wishers Send Get Well Messages To Stricken Youth
Pittsburgh reports a flood of sympathy for 14 year old Michael Calfi after a cleaning fluid accident left him burned and isolated. Nurses and family noted his wish to die until telegrams and calls from strangers and even a Hollywood actress arrived to lift his spirit. A message signed Larry J B and Porky King offered to supply cards and support.
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Michael Calfi
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Decatur High Opens Modern Gym With 1800 Capacity
Decatur's new gymnasium opens tonight as the basketball season starts with Trinity high school juniors and seniors at seven. The arena seats 1800, features IBM score boards, glass backboards and a polished floor. The high school band performs as spectators enter and the main entrance is restricted to the gym area.
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Quiet Weekend In Valley Counties Reports From Law Enforcement
County sheriffs in Lawrence Limestone Morgan and Cullman report a calm weekend with few incidents. Lawrence sees one DWI and one misdemeanor. Limestone logs nine charges including one DWI. Cullman notes multiple public drunkenness cases and traffic violations. Gurnie Penwell, 41, held on a parole violation from a July 1948 burglary conviction with parole through 1950.
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Segregation Ban At H plant Plea
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urged the Atomic Energy Commission to prevent racial segregation at the H-bomb plant planned for a 250000 acre tract in South Carolina. NAACP official Clarence Mitchell asked Chairman Gordon Dean to ensure nondiscriminatory practices in the project.
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Mrs Roosevelt Delivers Talk Despite Death Threat
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt spoke at the Waldorf Astoria during the Beth El hospital dinner despite an anonymous call warning a gunman would shoot her. Police surrounded the venue with uniformed officers and plainclothes guards amid about 1200 guests. no incident occurred.
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Beth-El Hospital
Nations ask UN to take up Chinese Korea intervention
The United States and five other nations formally asked the UN to consider the Chinese intervention in Korea as an urgent item. The six nations signaled a likely steerage decision by the committee, with possible plenary action after talks in Washington.
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Gold Slipping From U S Treasury At Rapid Pace
New York December reports show gold draining from the U S Treasury at the fastest rate in history though most of the gold remains in the United States earmarked by Federal Reserve Banks for allied nations. The drain reflects defense stockpiling and a rebalance in world trade as countries pay with gold and dollars for strategic materials.
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GI Educational Aid For Vets Of Korean Fighting Urged By President
President Truman urged Congress to grant Korea war veterans the G I education benefit that helped World War II veterans. Rayburn said Truman also pushed civil defense administration and federal medical training aid while lawmakers focus on a 3.4 billion tax bill and a 17.85 billion military and atomic program measure.
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Trustees Deny 5 Negroes Places At Tennessee U
The University of Tennessee board of trustees denied five Negro applicants admission, citing Tennessee’s segregation laws. Four Knoxville applicants sought the college of law and graduate studies, while a Memphis resident sought to study law. State Attorney General Beeler had said federal rulings require desegregation in state universities.
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Secretary Sees Controls Likely in Wage-Price Policy
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said general wage-price controls will be needed to avoid damaging inflation. Speaking to the Senate Finance Committee he declined to forecast timing. Alan Valentine, head of economic stabilization, urged finding a plateau of balance before stabilizing prices and wages.
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Five Indicted For Contempt In Atomic Lab Case
Five individuals face contempt charges after a federal grand jury indicted three scientists who worked on the atomic bomb and two veteran communist organizers. Steve Nelson, Marcel Scherer, David Bohm Gio vanni Rossi Lomanitz, and Irving David Fox were named in the indictments. Nelson allegedly organized a Red cell in Western Pennsylvania and was connected to Rad lab filtration.
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Dec
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Western Pennsylvania
Warti University of California Radiation Laboratory
Marcel Scherer
Nelson
House of American Activities Committee
David Joseph Bohm
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
Irving David Fox
Bitter Retreat Continues as weary foes press south
United Nations forces form a rear guard 10 miles north of Pyongyang to shield a retreat through the former Korean capital. Chinese counterthreat mounts as 150000 troops press toward Pyongyang while Marines and other U N divisions face decisive pressure in the Northeast.
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Alabama announces February draft quota of 711 men
Selective Service Director Ernest W. Howell said Alabama's February draft quota is 711 men and the state share in the national 50,000-man quota. He noted that Alabama's county by county breakdown will be announced when the total is allocated.
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Ala
Selective Service
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Alabama
Col Howell
Navy to Mobilize 15000 Navy Reserve Enlisted Men
The Navy announced 15000 trained naval reserve enlisted personnel will be called to active duty in April May and June. About half will be seamen and seamen apprentices with at least six months prior service plus stewardsmen. The remainder are reservists with ratings in 34 specialties.
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