Weather outlook and local church notices in Decatur
Cold wave expected with 20 to 30 degree lows and gradual change to freezing rain or snow in northern sections. Sunday church services announced. W M S meeting, Nazarene prayer meeting, and Christmas banquet planned at local churches. Local residents reported hospital admissions, discharges, and a jury service in Gadsden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Kanady
Church of the Nazarene
Seventh Avenue West
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
College Student Held In Robberies
Robert Wardwell twenty six, a former Santa Barbara College student, confessed to robbing small businesses after driving to Los Angeles on weekends and held up a bank for fourteen hundred fifty one dollars. He pled guilty yesterday before a U S commissioner and was held on fifteen thousand dollars bail.
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Los Angeles
Robert Wardwell
U. S
Russian Derides Appeal But U.N. Pushes Action
Andrei Vishinsky denounced a 13 nation appeal to halt Chinese forces in Korea before the U.N. assembly. The body voted 51 to 5 to place a Korea halt resolution on its emergency program as talks of a truce and wider U.N. involvement proceed, with India abstaining on the mainland crossing.
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U. N
India
China
Philippines
Egypt
Middle East
Korea
Norway
Ecuador
Cuba
Security Council
Russia
Carlos P. Romulo
Red
London
New Delhi
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Sir Benegal N. Rau
New York
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Indonesia
Burma
Long-Winded Party Liners Delay Woman's Fire Alarm
Mrs. G. C. Maddox, on an eight party telephone line in Bluefield West Virginia, could not reach firefighters as neighbors remained on the line delaying a fire call. Her farm house burned with only some furniture saved after she finally alerted the Bluefield fire department.
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Bluefield
W. Va
G. C. Maddox
Truman Attlee Agree Forces Push To Increase Production
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee agreed to vigorous efforts to raise production and optimize scarce raw materials for defense. A working party will study the issue while talks paused for Attlee to address the National Press Club.
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Washington
Dec
Truman
Attlee Toda
United States
Britain
White House
Attlee
National Press Club
Stephen Early
Charles G. Ross
Europe
Nehru
New Delhi
Robert Menzies
Canberra
Australia
Baby Born Here Already Has One Of Baby Teeth
Mr and Mrs Charles Collier welcome Ronald Francis born Sunday with a first baby tooth already showing. The dentist notes it is a lower front tooth and a rare 16 year case though not unheard of as such teeth often are pulled to ease gums. The couple lives at 1316 Sixth Avenue South and this is their first child.
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Charles Collier
Tey
Ronald Francis
Collier's
Sixth Avenue South
Liquor Charge Is Tried Today
Jonas Grady Moody Jr stood tried in Morgan circuit court for allegedly transporting whiskey. Other cases included Rosie Lee Horton and Curtis M Wigginton found guilty of assault with intent to murder with Horton fined 200 dollars and 90 days hard labor while Wigginton paid 300 dollars. Laron Johnson received two years for grand larceny and Floyd Reeves was found guilty of arson after a prior hung jury. The embezzlement case against James Morgan was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Grady Moody, Jr
Morgan Circuit
Rosie Lee Horton
Curtis M. Wigginton
Horton
Wigginton
Laron Johnson
Joel Donald Hopson
Floyd Reeves
James Morgan
Morgan
Directors Favor Cooperation In Blood Program
The Red Cross board voted to cooperate in the National Blood program pending Medical Society approval. Hill Ferguson presided with ten members present and Mrs Charles Nance from Atlanta in attendance. Meeting at Red Cross headquarters at 2 PM. All other business was routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Board of
Medical Society
Frank Kirby
Hill Ferguson
Frank Godwin
Charles ‘Nance
Atlanta
Red Cross
Morgan County Soldier Injured In Korean Mishap
A Morgan County youth in Korea, Bobby Long, is reported seriously injured with a skull fracture after a truck accident. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Long of Neal and had prior injuries in Korea requiring hospitalization. Defense Department telegram confirmed the latest injury Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Korea
Bobby Long
C. W. Long
Neal
Defense Department
Bobby
Minister Says Truman Talks Paying Dividend
Prime Minister Attlee pledged that as long as the Stars and Stripes fly in Korea the British flag will fly beside them. He made the promise in a National Press Club luncheon speech in Washington.
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Washington
Attlee
Korea
National Press Club
Attlee vows no appeasement of China in Korea war
Prime Minister Attlee told a National Press Club luncheon there will be no appeasement of communist China. He rejected reports that Britain plans to appease the Chinese communists and said such appeasement would not pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Attlee
Britain
China
National Press Club
Attlee Discusses Talks With President Truman
Attlee says talks with President Truman foster greater understanding of both governments approaches to shared problems. He defends Britain's recognition of communist China as acknowledging Red rule over the Chinese mainland.
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Truman
Attlee
Britain
China
Wanted Negro Returns Here After Murder Charge
Decatur Negro McLin, 36, transferred from Nashville to the county jail to face first degree murder charges in the death of Hart selle Henderson, 40, after fleeing town last October. Henderson’s wife Mary was wounded. McLin admitted stabbing Henderson claiming family trouble. Authorities tracked him to a Nashville service station and extradition was waived.
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Council McLin
Decatur
Nashville
C. B. Humphrey
Humphrey
Garland Nuby
McLin
Hartselle Henderson
Henderson
Mary
J. B. Whitmire
James Collier
W. A. Kilgore
Tom Morris
Police Department
Ant
Humphrey Sa
Marine MP recounts capture of AP photographer in Korea
Marine Pfc. William F. Spain of Georgetown Texas alongside AP war photographer Frank Noel and two MPs were ambushed by Chinese Reds on November 30 while escorting a convoy north of Koto and Hagaru. The Chinese ordered them from the jeep and threatened, while Noel and others were detained by the roadside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Oy Tom Stone
Korea
L Senenanes
Frank Noel
Gee the Marine
William F. Spain
Georgetown
Tex
Associated Press
Noel
Koto
Hagaru
Ie Wee
Mnen Eith Ann
State Warned Of Cold Wave
Alabama faces a very severe cold wave extending to the gulf coast. North Alabama expects freezing rain and snow this afternoon and tonight with lows 15 to 20 degrees below freezing. tomorrow the state remaining largely under freezing. Snow was falling in Memphis as a weather bulletin urged protection for exposed plumbing and cars.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Memphis
North
Winter Weather Sweeps Nation With Deep Freeze
The two punch of snow and cold hits the nation from North Dakota to the Texas coast. Readings fall to more than 20 below zero in the Dakotas with sub zero temps across Nebraska Iowa and Kansas. Snow covers a 1200 mile span from Superior to Arkansas and 400 miles across from Iowa to Northwestern Ohio with 12 inches reported at Du Lee.
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Associated Press
North Central
Midwest Prairie
Mississippi River
North Dakota
Texas Gulf Coast
Midlands
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Midwest
Lake Superior
Arkansas
Ohio
Minnesota
du- Lee
Heavy Snowfall in Memphis Early Today
Moderate snow began falling before dawn in Memphis with the weather bureau predicting as much as five inches before it ends. The snow came after an all night rain and the ground quickly turned white as the storm moved in.
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Memphis
Tenn
Weather Bureau
Farm Bureau Visitors Tour TVA Valley in Decatur
Iowa and Minnesota Farm Bureau members visit Decatur to tour the TVA Wilson dam fertilizer program and the John B. Hays farm near Tanner. The Minnesota group includes 44 members arriving Wednesday afternoon and the Iowa group of 192 members comes Thursday morning.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Farm Bureau
Decatur
Wilson Dam
TVA
John B. Hays
Tanner
Valloyon
Iowa
Bill Sims
Chamber
E. G. Hamilton
Emmett Barron
A. L. Johnson
Ewell Gregg
K. N. Tucker
Soil Conservation
C. T. Bailey
State National Bank
Athens
L. T. Wagnon
Hartselle
H. H. Hunter
T. A. Culver
Tom Harvey
American Team to Aid Yugoslav Food Distribution
Belgrade reports a U S team will oversee equitable U S food relief distribution in Yugoslavia. The effort includes Tito's army and follows a 16 million dollar mutual defense assistance program allocation. Ambassador George Allen described the aid as a stopgap before harvests and storage in mountain strongholds against potential cominform invasions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Marshall Tito
Tito
George Allen
Yugoslavia Accepts British Loan To Ease Winter Food Crisis
London reports Yugoslavia formally accepted a British loan of 3 million pounds to help tide the country over a winter food crisis. The agreement was announced today as part of a broader aid package from the United Kingdom.
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London
Yugoslavia
Danish civil defense restarts Copenhagen air raid sirens
Copenhagen authorities have begun reinstalling the citys air raid sirens as part of civil defense measures. The project resumes after a period of inactivity and aims to strengthen emergency warning capabilities for residents.
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Copenhagen
Danish Civil Defense
Stand Set Against Reds as Western Korea Line Dug In
Allied eighth army halted mass retreat south of Pyongyang and prepared a new line against Red China. The position, kept secret, ran from south of Pyongyang toward parallel 38, with South Korean forces moving into hill country near Sibyon to clear guerrillas. General Collins visited Korea and said morale was high. he saw little tactical use for the atomic bomb and planned a flight to the Northeast front where 100,000 Chinese were massing around U.S. 10th corps.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
Red China
MacArthur
Red North
South Korea
Sibyon
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
Korea
Seoul
Collins
U. S
U. S. 10Th Corps
Hungnam
Wonsan
10Th Corps
Hagaru
Koto
Changjin Reservoir
Tom Stone
Stone
Dr Barrett Elected Morgan County Medical Society President
Dr M E Barrett was elected president of the Morgan County Medical Society succeeding Dr Claude Lavender. The dinner and meeting included new officers Dr R J Burleson as vice president and Dr L R Murphree as secretary-treasurer. Dr G H Nungester was re elected to a five year term on the county board of health and censors. The society endorsed the Red Cross blood program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Barrett
Morgan County Medical Society
Claude Lavender
Hartselle
R. J. Burleson
L. R. Murphree
G. H. Nungester
Morgan County Board of Health and Censors
Red Cross Blood
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