Red deserter case fuels Berlin prisoner dispute
Soviet chief in Berlin Sergei Dengin demanded the return of Russian deserter Pvt. Alexander Kulikov, who sought political asylum in West Berlin. U S commandant Maj. Gen. Lemuel Mathewson countered, offering inter views to verify Kulikov’s refugee status and inviting interview with American Pvt. Carly A. Blake, said to have defected to the Reds.
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Lemuel B. Mathewson
U. S
Kulikov
Mathewson
Pvt
Carlya Blake
Covington, Ky
Red Zone
Decisions by Supreme Court in Alabama rulings
The Alabama Supreme Court announced a series of decisions with multiple affirmations. Cases include Ann M. Sappington v. Mrs. Neal Fort from Geneva County and Grace Holliday Vaughan v. Ida Richardson Vaughan from Covington County, both in equity, affirmed. A motion to amend judgment in T. E. Childress v. B. O. Younger was granted nunc pro tunc. Ex parte Sam Joseph Hall v City of Birmingham writ denied.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Livingston
Ann M. Sappington
Neal Fort
Geneva Circuit Court
Equity
Myrtle C. DeArman
Admix
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Jefferson Circuit Court
Foster
Grace Holliday Vaughan
Ida Richardson Vaughan
Covington
Simpson
T. E. Childress
B. O. Younger
Supreme Court
Lona Sprusell
Corda Stanford
Lamar Circuit Court
Calvin Glasper
State of
Goodwyn
T. T. Dobson
J. H. Deason
Sam Joseph Hall
City of Birmingham
Court of Appeals
Decatur Offers Free Parking and Festive Gifts Tonight
Lucky extends page one style with ample free parking and a wide selection of fashionable merchandise and Christmas gifts for that special someone as the event continues tonight in Decatur.
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Decatur
Rev Knight Accepts Call To Austinville
Rev Thurman Knight of Cullman accepted a call to serve as pastor of the Austinville Baptist Church. The pulpit committee announced the appointment, and he will preach both morning and evening services. Knight trained at Howard College in Birmingham and the New Orleans Baptist Seminary.
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Thurman Knight
Austinville Baptists Church
Knight
Howard College
Birmingham
New Orleans Baptist Seminary
Howard P. Colson
First Baptist Church
Prime Time Movie Listings For Local Theaters
Local theaters present a slate: The Princess My Wife's Best Friend with Anne Baxter and Macdonald Carey at 1:00 3:07 5:14 7:21 9:28. Roxy shows Ivory Hunter with Anthony Steel at 1:26 3:26 5:26 7:26. Sunset offers Jungle Jim in The Forbidden Land at 7:15 9:15. Hatfield Athens At War With The Army stars Dean Martin Jerry Lewis at 6:30 8:35. Ranch Hartselie presents The Tanks Are Coming with Steve Cochran and Philip Carey at 7:00 9:00. Strand Hartselie Room For One Cary Grant Betsy Drake at 7:00 9:00. Mes A Stage To Tue Rod Cameron Wayne Mor i at 6:15 7:50.
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Anne Baxter
Macdonald Carey
Catherine McLeod
Hatfield
Athens
Army
Dean Martin
Jerry ‘Lewis
Recluse Leaves Fortune In Cash In Queens Home
A 64-year-old man named Roger Stewart was found dead in a Queens rooming house. A suitcase contained more than 200000 in cash including a 10000 bill plus stocks and jewelry. Stewart reportedly wished to leave his money to St John’s University in Brooklyn.
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New York
Queens
Roger Stewart
Lawrence Gesser
Stewart
St. John’s University
Brooklyn
Gesser
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Baptisms, dismissals, and civic notices from Decatur area
Dismissals from Decatur General hospital include Mrs Vennie Hill and two others with multiple addresses. Admissions list several locals and visitors to Decatur General hospital and Baugh Wiley clinic. A baby girl was born last night at Decatur General. James B Watson returns to Key West Navy base after visits in Decatur Russellville. Religious services and meetings announced including Howard Colson sermon at First Baptist and St Pauls Lutheran voters meeting. Community notices cover travel to Baltimore for a funeral and auxiliary meeting with the DAV. Christmas tree sale for cemetery fund and choir planning at West Side Presbyterian.
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James B. Watson
U. S. Navy
Key West
Fla
Lillian Buchanan
E. N. Watson
Decatur
Russellville
Birmingham Man Dies From Burns After Hotel Fire
Johnson City Tennessee reports R G Smith aged 63 of Birmingham Alabama died from burns after being rescued from a locked smoke filled hotel room. He never regained consciousness following the blaze.
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Johnson City
Tenn
R G. Smith
Birmingham
Alt
Mountain Home Veterans Hospital
Markets Report From Decatur and Atlanta
Farm markets in Decatur show cotton at middling 34.25 cents and strong prices for No. 2 grain products. No. 2 mile corn and oats listed with modest values. Hogs priced around 17 cents. North Georgia live poultry market remains unsettled with trading irregular and supplies variable. Prices for delivered supplies to dressing plants run 31 to 33 cents. Farm prices noted for broilers under 3.5 pounds at 30.5 to 31.5 cents per pound.
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Atlanta
USDA
Georgia
Cattle and hog market notes from Nashville report
Federal-state cattle data show too few test prices with mixed trends and steady calves. Hog activity fair at 500 head with butchers steady to slightly down. sows off about 50 cents. Sheep trade not established. load lots of cutters and utilities priced 8.00 to 11.50 with calves steady near 50.
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Nashville
Housing Authority Accepting Bids for Two New Projects
Decatur Housing Authority invites bids for two low cost housing developments totaling 124 units. Northwest Decatur will add 100 units for African Americans, and Moulton will gain 24 units. Bids open December 16 at 1 p.m. locally and 3 p.m. in Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Housing Authority
Moulton
Charlie Parker
Authority
Decatur
Housing Authority
Sparkman Praises Small Firms Winning Foreign Aid Contracts
U S Senator John Sparkman says small American businesses are securing a growing share of foreign aid contracts, reducing costs and challenging large firms. While touring Europe on a fact finding mission, he cites improvements in the Mutual Security program though noting ongoing rough spots.
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Paris
U. S
John Sparkman
Ala
Alabama Democrat
Mutual Security Administration
Sparkman
Europe
France seeks restored liberties and talks with Tunisian nationalists
A three member U N good offices committee may oversee Tunisia and Morocco debates that could strain French American relations. The United States has put both questions up for debate with no final attitude indicated. Britain says it will support France.
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France
U. N. Good Offices
Tunisia
Morocco
United States
Britain
Drunken farmer detained after Lawrence county visit
Sheriff McCutcheon and Deputy Peebles followed a staggering farmer near the county line to arrest him for public drunkenness. The man claimed immunity across the line but Morgan county officers detained him. he was released on bond this morning and retains ownership of the calf.
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Peebles
McCutcheon
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Peeles
Ocean Surface Salinity Generally Higher Than Depths
The text notes that ocean surfaces hold more salt than deeper waters, while acknowledging sharp regional variations in salinity due to local factors. It presents a general rule without detailing specific mechanisms.
Conviction Allotment in Chambers County Ballot Fraud Case
The mass trial in Chambers County ends with 83 defendants convicted of ballot fraud during the May and June Democratic primaries. Sentences include six months hard labor. two pleaded guilty to selling votes, fined $50 and costs, and lost voting rights. Three were acquitted or had charges dropped. probation requests and a Dec 19 hearing are planned.
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Lafayette
Ala
Chambers County
Will D. Walton
Alabama
Death Sentence For Robbery Suspect In Ten Minutes
In Birmingham a circuit court jury quickly returned a death verdict after a 21 year old Megro was found guilty of robbery and assault in the beating of an aging filling station attendant. The case involves three men who robbed Ernie Gilbert at the station on September 7. Gilbert suffered a broken leg and multiple rib injuries. The sentence goes to the Alabama Supreme Court for review.
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Birmingham
Megro
James Edward Mason
Alabama Supreme Court
Ernie Gilert
Ava Gardner Returns to Mogambo Setup After Illness
Ava Gardner, pale and still sick from dysentery, flies to Africa to resume filming Mogambo with Clark Gable. Shooting had been interrupted two weeks earlier when she went to London for treatment and stayed four days in a nursing home.
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London
Ava Gardner
Africa
Miss Gardner
Kenya
Clark Gable
Five New Directors Elected By Decatur Chamber Members
Decatur Chamber of Commerce members voted in a record turnout selecting five new directors from a slate of ten. The winners are R. S. Hicks A. S. Kramer J. R. Williams Roy Fite and Alvis Briscoe. They will join the board in 1953 with others retiring after three year terms.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
J. F. Scroggins
Chamber
A. L. Burns
A. L. Johnson
W. J. Duncan
R. W. Orr
Scroggins
Co. D. Cottingham
Maurice Jackson
James Kelley
TVA Power Debate Highlights West Tennessee Plant Funding
Clapp urged investment in TVA citing national savings from low cost power and criticized 80th Congress for denying funds to Johnsonville plant. He argued private utilities oppose large plants and said TVA outcomes benefit national economy and will repay one billion in appropriations through consumer power charges.
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TVA
Clapp
Eisenhower
83Rd Congress
80Th Congress
GOP
Johnsonville
West
Tennessee
Democratic Party
Congress
Kiwanians
Federal Treasury
Traffic accidents compared to last year
Highway Patrol reports yesterday there were 16 accidents with 12 injuries and 7735 dollars in damage and no deaths. A year ago there were 18 accidents with six injuries two deaths and 4210 dollars in damage.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Korea Policy Waits for Eisenhower Inauguration
Washington officials say the Truman administration will take no new Korea policy steps before Eisenhower's inauguration. Fundamental changes such as widening the war or pressuring China will be decided by the incoming administration, with U N Allied cooperation and approval conditions noted.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
China
United Nations
Korea
U. N
Robbers Slug Woman Then Set Fire in Mansfield Supermarket Office
Police report a woman identified as Leah Sternbaum about 30, wife of Ernest Sternbaum, owner of a Mansfield supermarket chain, was found dead in the burning office. Capt. Paul Whipp said robbers slugged her and her husband, then set the fire. Sternbaum was found unconscious in an alley behind the office.
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Mansfield
Paul Whipp
Leah Sternbaum
Ernest Max Sternbaum
Whip
Pope orders simplification of Catholic robes across ranks
The Vatican says Pope Pius ordered trimming of robes for cardinals and extended to bishops archbishops and other prelates. Capes lose seven to ten feet and gown tails six to nine feet, affecting patriarchs abbots and other wearers of capes and gowns with tails.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican Congregation of Rites
Persian Origins of the Game Polb Traced
The earliest records indicate polb originated in Persia, linking the game to ancient cultural practices. Researchers note historical references that place polb within Persian gaming traditions long before modern iterations emerged.
Penney Opens To Big Crowd On Second Avenue
The J. C. Penney store on Second Avenue opened today to a large crowd blocking entrances and filling the 10,000 square foot store. Thousands praised the modern, well lit facility as A. W. Hughes sent best wishes via a message to manager Harry Higdon and his associates. Penney officials from Chattanooga, Rome, Gadsden, Anniston, Ensley and Huntsville attended the opening.
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J. C. Penney
Second Avenue
Penney
North Alabama
A. W. Hughes
Penney Company
Harry Higdon
Dick Gibbs
Chattanooga
J. B. Russell
Rome
John Akins
Gadsden
A. L. Buchanan
Anniston
Jimmy Crowell
Ensley
Charlie McBrayer
Huntsville
Higdon
Decatur
Bridges, Taft Rival Seek Leadership Roles in GOP
The New York Herald Tribune reports Senator Bridges may stay on as floor leader with Taft available for the post. Rival Senator Knowland contests any run against Bridges. Taft condemns Eisenhower's Labor post pick Durkin and notes he supported Manion and Danaher for the cabinet.
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Congress
Bridges
New Y Herald Tribune
Sen
Taft
William Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
Labor Post
Durkin
AFL Plumbers Union
GOP
Clarence E. Manion
Law School
Notre Dame University
John A. Danaher
Connecticut
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Decatur General Hospital
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Louisiana State University
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