Weather and social notes from Decatur area brief
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon through Saturday with gentle southerly winds on the coast. Decatur noon cotton market quotes middling at 36 and strict low at 35. Sermon topics and church services listed for St. Pauls Lutheran, Wil Tousleby Preboarist church, Southside Baptist church. Local hospital transfers and multiple births and illnesses reported along with civic notices and a two day Universal Concrete Pipe conference in Columbus Ohio.
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Decatur
Universal Concrete Pipe Company
Columbus
Ohio
A. F E. Morris
Helen Childs
Arabs Attack Jews as Palestine Partition Fueled Riots
Arab mobs attacked Jews in Tel Aviv amid rising violence in Palestine. Reports list 44 dead, including 23 Arabs and 21 Jews, with hundreds wounded and $4 million in Jerusalem damage. Demonstrations spread to Egypt, Lebanon, and Beirut as Arab leaders plan actions.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Egypt
Lebanon
Cairo
United Nations
League of Nations
Senator Allen Attacks Governor on Self Starter Plan
State Sen. James B. Allen of Etowah county defended the legislative self starter amendment in an address before the junior Chamber of Commerce. He argued it would bring government closer to the people and criticized Gov. James E. Folsom for tying the measure to old age pensions and mail box roads. Allen warned defeat would not increase pensions or road work, and noted delays in school building funds caused by the governor.
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Gadsden
Ala
James B. Allen
Etowah County
Allen
Chamber of Commerce
James E. Folsom
Folsom
State Building Commission
Damage suits heard in Limestone circuit court
A Limestone circuit court session presided by Judge James H. Crow heard several civil actions. Wesley Miller versus Katheryn Braley and Flor ence Hargrove versus Dorris Lambert yielded judgments, while A P Holt and Russell Guest faced breach of contract claims. Other cases include William Tinnon against Clarence Morrell and Louis Namie against A L Tucker. Debts and property suits resulted in multiple rulings. The criminal docket will be addressed next in court.
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Limestone Circuit Court
James H. Crow
Wesley Miller
Katheryn Braley
Florence Hargrove
Dorris Lambert
A. P. Holt
Russell Guest
William Tinnon
Clarence Morrell
Louis Namie
A. L. Tucker
John F. Atchley
J. S. Marsh
Hollis McElyen
Mack Barksdale
Edward B. Bailey
George H. Barnes
Limestone Court
Foreign aid debate truncates Truman request in Congress
In a house speech Jonkman criticized State Department estimates for Italy, Austria and France as overblown. Senate approved 597 million dollars for aid, while the house panel proposed 590 million with 60 million for China. Rep Taber called 597 million too liberal as his appropriations committee eyes winter relief bills. Rep Mason attacked overall policy, opposing Marshall plan but backing emergency relief for Europe.
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Jonkman
State Department
Italy
Austria
France
Senate
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Rep. Taber
Taber
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Rep
Mason
R-Il
Europe
Sayre urges higher productivity as key to price relief
Mor ris Sayre of Montclair New Jersey newly elected NAM president calls for greater productivity at no higher cost as the main short term solution to price pressures. He says labor should increase its work week and warns against feather bedding while noting pent up demand ahead. John Manville chairman Brown urges a one year wage and price moratorium to contain inflation.
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New York
Morris Sayre
Montclair
N. J
National Association of Manufacturers
Sayre
Corn Products Refining Company
Lewis H. Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation
Congress
United States
Trio Held In Strike Clash
In Birmingham three men Charles W. Bush 27 Von Arthur 21 and Clifford Mark 29 were arrested on assault charges after they allegedly beat a non striking employee amid a three day milk distributor walkout. A fourth suspect face warrants as White Dairy drivers were also beaten.
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Birmingham
Sheriff's Office
Foremost Dairies
Municipal Auditorium
Wilton H. Hogan
Bia
Charles W. Bush
von Arthur
Clifford Mark
Hogan
War knowledge laid to emperor in Pearl Harbor plans
At the international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo Shimada testified that Emperor Hirohito was briefed on the navy's carrier strike plan against Pearl Harbor. He said the Emperor asked if preparations were complete and was told everything possible was being done for personnel and materials.
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Tokyo
Hirohiti
United States
Pearl Harbor
International War Crimes Tribunal
Navy
Shigetaro Shimada
Osami Nakano
Naval General Staff
Shimada
Nagano
Threat Laid to Husband in Mail Threat Case
Everett Durwood Burton a 35 year old Montgomery Alabama native was arrested in Atlanta by FBI agents on charges of writing threatening letters to his estranged wife in Montgomery He is to be arraigned in Atlanta on federal extortion act charges and faces a 2500 bond The letter allegedly threatened to kill Mrs Burton and her parents and was mailed in Atlanta received in Montgomery Burton admitted mailing the letter but denied making threats
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Mobile
Everett Durwood Burton
Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Atlanta
J.K. Mumford
Burton
U. S
Alabama
Mumford
Marie Burton
Peachtree Street
Red Cross Monthly Report for Morgan County
The Morgan County Red Cross chapter reports 277 cases handled in November. Other activities include 7 notary services 119 office calls 16 home visits 95 field director service 121 death and disability claims 7 financial assistance and 60 consultation guidance.
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Morgan County
Self Starter Battle Lines Taking Shape In Alabama
Senators Robin Swift and James Allen challenged Gov. James E. Folsom as the self starter amendment gained momentum. Allen accused the governor of trying to tie the amendment to old age pensions and mailbox reads while Swift spoke at a Brewton Rotary Club event. Folsom campaigned in Ashville Springville and Attalla as support and opposition split in Montgomery over the special session measure.
Voluntary gasoline cutback urged by White House
Washington officials forecast a voluntary program to reduce gasoline use as a response to postwar shortages. Interior officials say no plans to rollback prices for gasoline or coal, while Congress weighs emergency powers to fix prices and ration basics. Senator O Mahoney frames debate as essential for the Marshall plan and European aid.
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Washington
White House
Interior Department
Robert E. Friedman
Department
Oil and Gas Division
Joint
Congressional Economic’ Committee
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Congress
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
United States
Europe
Watkins
Utah
Thomas scoffs at Clark list of subversive groups
Washington December 5 chairman J Parnell Thomas calls the attorney general’s list of about 80 organizations subversive utterly farcical and says the House committee will supply a list that shames him. He notes hundreds of communist groups exist and cites the Communist Party German American Bund Ku Klux Klan and several others as examples. Clark defends the list as nonfinal and expandable while warning loyalty checks will use it. See THOMAS on page 3.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
N.N.J
House Committee On unAmerican Activities
Clark
Thomas
Committee On
Mlavlhantaset Lite
Nserm Sbuk Yul
Communist Party
Bund
Ku Klux Klan
Columbians
American Youth Congress
American Youth For Democracy
Civil Rights Congress
Refugee Committee
Hollywood Writers Mobilization For Defense
London talks speed urged for peace with Germany
Secretary of State Marshall urged foreign ministers to move beyond generalities and seek each delegation’s real aims for settlement terms with Germany. He condemned Molotov’s push for a rapid central German government and warned a government under occupation would be a sham. The remarks signaled a broader U S effort to gauge chances for German policy agreement at the conference.
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London
Marshall
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Molotov
Marshall makes unplanned London visit during Molotov lunch
Secretary of State Marshall arrived early for a lunch with Foreign Minister Molotov and toured London by car with Ambassador Lewis Douglas. He later returned to meet Molotov at the Russian embassy after Molotov declined a luncheon invitation at the U S Embassy.
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London
Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
Molotov
U. S
Call for rapid four power decisions to end Germany’s division
The speaker urges urgent action on several key substance issues to end Germany's division. Marshall notes the US supports a provisional government but warns that mere centralization could threaten Allied security and fail Germans. Ministers planned to discuss economic questions after Austria failed to provide a quick basis for independence talks. See London on Page 2.
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Germany
United States
Marshall
Austria
GOP seeks anti inflation program with voluntary allocations
Senate Republican policy committee plans to work with House members on an anti inflation package. Taft says a meeting with leaders will decide if two or three measures pass in the special session, including export controls and curbs on installment buying. He notes a bill to push voluntary industry allocations and possible antitrust exemptions.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
House
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Senate G. O. P
Capitol Hill
Edward Brown
First National Bank of Chicago
Brown
Senate Banking Committee
Oscar S. Chapman
Interior
Truman
Senate-House Economic Committee
Decatur Country Club approves new members and raises dues
The Decatur Country Club board approved 60 applicants from the waiting list, approved a dues hike from 5 to 7.50 dollars with a 1.50 federal amusement tax, totaling 9 dollars per month. Equipment delays persist as an opening is planned for January.
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Board of
Decatur Country Club
Ixty
Groenendyke Dies Here Today
Friends mourn the death of Ellen Groenendyke in her nineties. Former missionary. Tentative funeral set for Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 2 PM.
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Ellen Groenendyke
Westminster Presbyterian Church
French government orders police to fire on mobs in strike clashes
Paris amid crippling anti strike turmoil as workers quit utilities. Police faced violence while power outages halted factories and subways. Strikes spread to St Etienne and Beziers Arles and Tours with casualties and arrests. Government seeks 10000 franc wage, 1200000 workers idle.
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Mel Mosi
Paris
Council of the Republic
France
National Assembly
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
St. Etienne
Lyon
Valence
Beziers
Narbonne
Perpignan
Marseille
Carnoules
Carhoules
Tours
Arles
Joint Board of Public Service Unions
Stadium fund advances toward 100000 goal in Decatur
The Decatur stadium fund total reached 83350 with 167 of 1000 tickets left for public sale. Campaigners urge quick closure as donors can buy $100 reserved seats via The Decatur Daily office, with full or payment-plan options. About half cash and half pledges over 12 months. Ten months needed to complete the 6000-seat stadium.
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Decatur Stadium
Decatur Daily
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