Slay Guarded To Prevent Carrying Out Death Pact
Franklin Thomas Slay, 22, confessed slayer of his teenage sweetheart, is under close observation in Christian County jail after claiming participation in a double death pact. He planned to plead guilty and was arraigned amid security moves as investigators detail the fatal confrontation near Hopkinsville.
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Franklin Thomas Slay
Christian County
Hopkinsville
Associated Press
Christian Jail
Evansville
Ind
Slay
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen Harmon
Limestone County
Limestone
John Sandlin
Indiana
Nashville
Miss Harmon
George Hansch
Marvin Huff
Athens
Florida
Florida State University Law
Griffin
Alabama
Weather and community notices from Decatur daily
Increasing cloudiness and showers forecast with colder north and west areas. Covered dish supper at First Baptist Wednesday evening with prayer service to follow. Brotherhood meets Thursday at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church. Rev W W Glass to return tonight from Atlanta representing North Alabama synod. Wayne Long ill at 637 East Moulton. Army Reserve corps meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm at Decatur military sub district HQ Bank Street. Santa Claus letters invited for Christmas Eve edition of The Daily. No evening services at Southside Baptist due to training school at Central Baptist. Senator Sparkman leaves Thursday for Washington for committee hearings in January. Sixty five Decatur high school chorus to perform December 11 at Riverside high school 3 pm. Freewill offering. Chorus directed by Carl Schwachow. Mrs C C Cann Athens dismissed from Hamill Clinic. Births at Decatur General Hospital for Mr and Mrs Joseph B Odom and Mr and Mrs R L Adams. Arthur White admitted to Hamill Clinic. Mrs Lloyd Vandiver dismissed from Decatur General. Brie M Vickery admitted to Hamill Clinic. W J Keith dismissed from Decatur General. Willis Green admitted to Decatur General. See Diary On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Riverside High School
Carl Schwachow
Failure to Use U S Ships May Cost Non- Users Many Millions
Western European nations face refunds totaling up to 30 million dollars if Marshall plan goods are not shipped on American ships. After two days of talks between ECA officials and delegates from Great Britain France the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Sweden Ireland and Denmark the conference showed potential dollar outlays to cover ocean freight on recovery shipments.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Sweden
Ireland
Denmark
United States
Crop Disaster Loans Ready for Eligible Farmers in Alabama
The Farmers Home Administration in Alabama plans to process disaster loan applications quickly to aid farmers. State Director Julian Brown said loans will help eligible farmers stay in operation next year, focusing on December through February intake as local committees advise. The program covers areas with serious production disasters from droughts, floods, storms, or boll weevil damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Farmers Home Administration
Julian Brown
Hill and Sparkman
D-Ala
Brown
FHA
Alabama
Warning Sounded By PMA Head On Farm Support
MEMPHIS Tenn Dec 6 The CCC chief Ralph S Trigg warned that the government fund for farm price supports is nearly exhausted and that future commitments must be carefully limited He spoke at the PMA conference noting definite limits to what can be financed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ralph S. Trigg
CCC
Trigg
Smuggling Ring Cracked as 26 Aliens Apprehended
Washington reports the Justice Department has cracked a Havana to Miami alien smuggling ring. It says 26 aliens slipped into the United States since September, with two Grand Rapids men, Gaylord Saxton and Charles Cramton, both 26, arrested in Miami for allegedly piloting the flights. Three aliens were seized in New York City, with more to follow.
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Washington
Justice Department
McGrath
Grand Rapids, Mich
Miami
Gaylord Saxton
Charles Cramton
New York City
Quintuplets Born to Maria Arroyave in Angostura
Five boys born to Maria Arroyave in Angostura were reported by telegram. baptized Fermin Ramiro Rodrigo Nabor and Francisco. Father Alfonso. Governor ordered mother and children moved to Medellin for best medical care.
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Medellin
Colombia
Maria Arroyave
Angostura
Fermin
Ramiro
Rodrigo
Nabor
Francisco
Alfonso
Antioquia
Here
Chaos in China Develops as Communist Armies Close In
Chaos in China deepens as communist forces approach within 90 miles of Chengtu refugee capital. In Hong Kong Li Tsung Jen urges continuance under his orders while flying to the United States for a month. UN face saver proposal from Cuba Ecuador and Peru seeks continuous examination by the little assembly.
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Associated Press
China
Chengtu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hong Kong
Li Tsung-Jen
United States
United Nations
Cuba
Ecuador
Peru
Little Assembly
Wallace Name Linked in Probe
The House un American Activities Committee renewed its hunt for wartime uranium shipments to Russia naming Wallace and Hopkins as figures tied to the scandal. Gen. Leslie Groves will be questioned as the panel considers 40 to 50 witnesses while Wallace denies any involvement as untrue.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wood
D-Ga
House Committee
Great Falls
Mont
Alaskan
Truman
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Leslie Groves
Fulton Lewis Jr
Groves
New York
Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Hopkins
Railroader Enters Coal Mine Dispute as Intermediary
Robert R. Young head of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad acts as intermediary in the soft coal dispute. He meets with two operators' representatives at Lexington Avenue and may confer with United Mine Workers officials. Participants include George Love of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal and Joseph P. Routh of the Pitts ton holding company. John L. Lewis may join later as talks aim to ease a stalemate affecting 30,000 miners in the hard coal region and possibly set a pattern for 400,000 soft coal workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Young
Lexington Avenue
United Mine Worker
Ewe
George Love
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Routh
Pittston Company of New York
John L. Lewis
UMW
United Mine Workers
Washington
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Soft See
Many Routine Items Handled By City Board
Decatur City Council deferred major action due to two absent councilmen. A Park Circle paving protest hearing was moved to Dec 12. Tenth Avenue East paving faced no objections and passed. The council proposed city payment for intersection paving at homeowner rates. Other actions included gas plant travel expenses, funding for an assessment project, and local property title clearances. Debates on license changes and tobacco vending were postponed.
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Mary Delmore
Decatur
Rutledge Thomas
Russell Humphrey
Park Circle
Joe, Petty
Rov ‘Odom
Odom
Thomas
Tenth Avenue East
Sherman Street
Gordon Drive
Garner
Pride
D. D. Burleson
Jackson Street
Mary Malone
West Vine Street
Jettie Winters
Utilities Board
C. R. Metz
Decatur Billiards
Moulton Street
Metz
Ben Britnell
Sparkman to Fight FHA Rule Over Discrimination Plan
Sen. Sparkman of Alabama condemned the FHA rule restricting loans on racial or religious discrimination as uncalled for and unauthorized and pledged a fight to block its implementation. He joined Sen. Hill in opposing the plan, saying it injects racial issues into housing legislation and ignores congressional intent.
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Mobile
Dec
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Ralph Holberg
Alabama
Lister Hill
Holberg
Sparkman
Senate
Truman
FHA
Pension changes by Southern Bell protested by union
The CIO Communications Workers accuse Bell Telephone system firms of refusing to bargain on pensions. Filed with the National Labor Relations Board, the charges reflect changes by American and Telegraph Co and affiliates boosting minimum pensions for those retiring at 65 to 100 dollars a month minus social security. Pre-65 retirees receive 75 dollars monthly.
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Washington
CIO
Bell Telephone System
National Labor Relations Board
American— and Telegraph Company
Shirley Temple Wins Interlocutory Divorce From John Agar
Shirley Temple, now 21, testified that John Agar drank heavily and flirted with other women and nearly drove her to despair by her own action. Agar did not contest the divorce and remained silent on the charges. The pair’s interlocutory decree was granted in Los Angeles and becomes final in a year.
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Shirley
Shirley Temple
Los Angeles
John Agar
Air Force
Buffalo
N. Y
Agar
First Flogging Case Called In Alabama Trial
Mary Alice Henderson testified that a masked man prayed over her before the flogging as A B Carradine faced charges of flogging while masked. The state said Carradine would be first of three men tried for the May 19 whipping of Jack Alexander in Pumpkin Center Adamsville and Willie Stevens. jury selection began after the announcement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mary Alice Henderson
A. B. Carradine
Ku Klux Klan
Klavern
Adamsville
Carradine
Jack Alexander
Pumpkin Center
Willie Stevens
Cecil Deason
Church Council Backs End to Racial Segregation in Courts
Leaders of over 28 million Protestant church members vote to aid Herman Marion Sweatt in his Supreme Court bid to end segregated higher education. The Federal Council of Churches endorses challenging the separate but equal doctrine, with one Southern Presbyterian branch abstaining. A separate report urges reshaping U.S. Far East policy to improve living conditions.
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Atlanta
U. S
South
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
U. S. Supreme Court
Herman Marion Sweatt
Sweatt
Church Council
U.S
Presbyterians
Federal Council
Sparky Fowler Pleads Guilty Gets 17 Years
Vic Bubbettt reports Sparky Fowler pleaded guilty to bank robbery and two counts of grand larceny, receiving a 17 year sentence. The article covers motions challenging the grand jury, related testimonies, and the opening state case against Fontaine H. King, Lester Tune, and others in Falkville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparky Fowler
Fontaine H. “Son
Decatur
Falrville
Earl “Sparky” Fowler
King
Lester A. Tune
Russell W. Lynte
Newston B. Powell
Lynne
Philip Shanks
Fowler
Tune
Circuit
George Johnson
Shanks
Powell
State National
Falkville
River Road
Case
Boots
Petitions Circulating on City Government Change
Petition drives in Decatur seek a vote to change city government from aldermanic to commission. A spokesman for the Committee on Commission Form of Government said petitions began locally but probate court filing will occur in days. The judge will verify voter names before certification to the mayor for an election call.
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Decatur
Committee On Commission
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First Baptist Church
Brotherhood
Sixteenth Avenue
Baptist Church
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
North Alabama Synod
Wayne Long
East Moulton Street
Army Reserve Corps
Decatur Military
Bank Street
Santa Claus
Santa
Daily
Southside Baptist Church
Central Baptist
John Sparkman
C. C. Cann
Hamil Clinic
Joseph B. Odom
Fifth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
R. L. Adams
Buena Vista Circle
Arthur White
Hartselle
Lloyd Vandiver
West Market Street
Brie M. Vickery
Trinity
Hamil Clinic Hospital
W. J. Keith
Spotswood Apartments
Willis Green
Hillsboro
By Ken Reynolds
Waltham
Mass
Elizabeth M. Bruckman
Germany
Prospect Park
Fred Bruckman
Morton T. Gallagher
PMA
Lee
City Board
Southern Bell
Birmingham Court
By Vic Bubbett
Charlies FE. Timberlake
St Wte National Bank Assista
Sparks
Lama Loe
Giuseppe
Ttallan
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