Russia Demands Ten Billion Reparations From Germany
A two hour Moscow conference failed to resolve the Western Soviet split over a ten billion dollar reparations claim. Molotov pressed Soviet terms while Bidault and others warned that Germany cannot pay, leaving the issue unresolved.
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Wes Gallagher
London
A _frust
Council of Foreign
Moscow
Germany
Olotov
Bidault
Molotov
Soviet Union
Britain
America
United States
Falkville High to Publish First Yearbook in Years
The junior class plans a school annual sponsored by Mrs J B Elliott with Louise Ward as editor and Carolyn Aycock as assistant editor. Other staff include Beverly Walker publicity director Morris Couch business manager Robbie Faye Teague production manager Howell Hogan class editor Mabel Baker art editor Edward Townsend sports editor and Katherine Morris typist. The yearbook will cover activities of all classes with class editors reporting news to the staff. It will be printed by the Inter Collegiate Press of Kansas City Missouri.
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Falkville High School
Falkville
J. B. Elliott
Louise Ward
Carolyn Aycock
Beverly Walker
Morris Couch
Robbie Faye Teague
Howell Hogan
Mabel Baker
Edward Townsend
Charles Plemmons
Mattie Ruth Sams
Stella Mae Bager
Katherine Morris
Inter-Collegiate Press
Kansas City
Republicans weigh postwar program to curb high living costs
Foreign analysts on Capitol Hill say Republican chances to win the White House and retain Congress hinge on a general plan to fight inflation. Truman pressed a ten point program, including possible rationing and price controls, which Republicans label as totalitarian. GOP strategists debate endorsing voluntary limits or trimming the Marshall Plan to ease prices while maintaining some controls if needed.
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Capitol Hill
White House
Congress
Truman
GOP
Republican Congress
Singing Frenchman Chevalier Faced California Tax Demand
Maurice Chevalier returned to California after 12 years and was billed 20000 for 1935 state income tax. He said he had gone to France that year for films and did not realize he owed tax, noting California had been good to him.
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San Francisco
Maurice Chevalier
California
Chevalier
France
Hollywood
Markets end week with mild gains amid deflation fears
Wall Street closes with modest reversals after a week of declines as traders await potential deflation steps from Washington. The Associated Press 60-stock average rests at 62.5, down 1.3 for the week. volume reaches 420,000 shares in a thin final session.
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New York
Washington
France
Italy
Palestine
Associated Press
Markets At A Glance In New York And Chicago
Markets at a glance show mixed stocks in New York with varied bond activity. In Chicago wheat steady, corn easy with selling, oats mixed, hogs and cattle steady.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures rise as mills buy amid looming crop report
Cotton futures closed 20 to 115 cents higher as textile mills and commission houses boosted trade. Market anticipates government crop report showing 1947 production lower by 100000 to 150000 bales. open and close levels listed with December at 30.38 to 30.57 and last at 35.80 for near contracts.
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N.Y
New York
Commission House
Market prices for grains and milo in late period listing
No.1 soft wheat at 303 per bushel, ear and shell white corn at 2.22 and 2.32, ear yellow corn 2.17, milo 3.50, barley 1.75, oats 1.18 per bushel.
Cotton prices at Southern spot markets rise anew
In New Orleans on December 6 a middling 15-16ths inch cotton averaged 35.57 cents per pound, up from prior levels, while the 7-8 inch middling averaged 33.77 cents per pound. The 30 market day average stood at 34.50 cents.
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New Orleans
Grain prices slip as selling pressure returns on Chicago market
In Chicago on December 6, selling pressure reemerged in corn and pulled overall grain prices lower after a brief early gain. Wheat closed 3-4 to 2 cents higher at 3.03 3-4 for December, corn fell 1-2 2 1-2 cents to 2.52, oats mix 1 1-4 to 3-4 cents with December at 1.22, and soybeans dropped 2 to 3 cents to 3.80 for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Christmas at Home For A Depressed Family In Need
A family coping with poverty during the holidays shows a small tree in a tin bucket and modest gifts. The parents mix Baptist and Methodist affiliations while the children, not yet baptized, prepare for Christmas with frugal cheer.
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Billy Wayne
Missionary Baptist Church
Childre
Santa Claus
Communists Lose Seats in Finnish Municipal Elections
Complete returns from 22 large Finnish cities show the communist dominated popular democrat party losing 23 seats in city councils this week. Social democrats gain 23 seats, while three rightist parties including the conservative rally progressive party and the Swedish peoples party gain 13. Some councils have been enlarged since the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Popular ,Democrat
Social Democrats
Conservative Rally
Progressive Party
Swedish Peoples Party
Fine Woman Dies in Louisville Former AWMA President
Mrs. Virgil McClure aged 76 of Lexington, former national president of the American War Mothers and editor of its magazine, died today in a Louisville hospital. During her presidency the Gold Star Pilgrimage to France was started.
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Louisville
Virgil McClure
Lexington
France
Black truck driver killed in Lowndesboro incident
A Black truck driver was struck near Lowndesboro in Lowndes County. Clarke Luckie of Braggs, Ala. was arrested on serious charges and later released on $2,500 bond. The deceased was found in a ditch near Highway 80, funeral director John Loveless said.
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Hayneville
Ala
Lowndesboro
Lowndes County
O. C. Moorer
Clarke Luckie
Braggs
Luckie
John Loveless
Montgomery
Bolling
J H. Jackson, Jr
Highway 80
Five Initiated in Beta Club at Falkville Chapter
The Falkville Beta Club welcomed five new members: Aline Russell Estelle Anders Mary Clovis McGlathing Betty Virginia Morris and Howell Hogan. The initiation occurred last week at sponsor Mrs. John Blacksheare home with a social and refreshments for attendees including James Shaneyfelt Herbert Shoemaker Harold Clayton and others.
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Falkville
Beta Club
John Blacksheare
Aline Russell
Estelle Anders
Mary Clovis McGlathing
Betty Virginia Morris
Howell Hogan
James Shaneyfelt
Herbert Shoemaker
Harold Clayton
Billy Ferguson
Bobby Summerford
Mabel Baker
Katherine Morris
Stella MacBager
Alice Holliday
Helen Frances Morris
Louise Ward
Frances’ Thompson
Billy Anderson
Mattie Ruth Sams
Hugh Lee Penn
Georgia Livingston
Betty Green
Clara Faye Teague
Lorene Eubanks
Carolyn Aycock
Mrs
McGill Professor Convicted in Espionage Trial
Dr. Raymond Boyer, assistant professor of chemistry at McGill University, was found guilty in Montreal of conspiracy to violate the official secrets law. Sentencing will follow. The Royal Commission report dated March 15 1946 noted his involvement with the explosive RDX and admitted passing full information to Russia from 1942 to 1944.
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Montreal
Raymond Boyer
Boyer
McGill University
Russia
Canada
Soviet Union
Germany
Newsprint Price Up Six Dollars a Ton in January
Abitibi Sales Company announces a six dollar per ton increase in newsprint prices effective January 1. Canada’s current price runs about 860 dollars per ton, with roughly 80 percent of 4.5 million tons shipped to the United States as production costs rise and Consolidated Paper Sales plans no January February change.
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Toronto
Abitibi Sales Company, Ltd
Abitibi Power & Paper Company, Ltd
Canada
U. S
Abitibi
Consolidated Paper Sales, Ltd
Montreal
Escapee Gets Ride With a Deputy
In Gainesville Georgia on December 6 a 17 year old prisoner H P Minish escaped by lowering himself from the jail roof with a water hose. He hitchhiked along the highway but Deputy Cal Wilson found him and gave him a lift back to Hall County jail. He returns to serve the remainder of a three month term for larceny.
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Gainesville
H. P. Minish
Hall County
Fred Vandiver
Minish
Cal Wilson
Vandiver
Three Veterans Bills Pushed In Congress For Christmas
House Republican leaders seek speedy passage of three veterans bills before Christmas. Key measures include higher school subsistence for GI Bill students, a tuberculosis disability rating path, and extending a $1 600 automobile allowance for veterans losing limbs or sight. The first and third bills have advanced in the Senate. the second awaits action.
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Howard Dobson
Washington
House
Congress
Rogers
R.-Mass
House Veterans Affairs Committee
G. I
Senate
French Crisis Recedes as Government Seeks Settlement
Paris reports a cooling labor crisis with the government planning an economic policy to satisfy strikers and union leaders ready to negotiate. Law governing strikes passed, trains and coal shipments resume, and talks proceed with CGT observers noting a tacit admission of failure.
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Paris
France
Auriol
Associated Press
Lille
Lyon
Marseille
Bordeaux
Avignon
le Havre
Cherbourg
Daniel Mayer
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Vincent Auriol
Salvation Army plans Christmas help for Decatur area
The Salvation Army seeks Decatur and surrounding area families for baskets and toys. Letters seek Christmas contributions with War Cry sales boosting funds. Junior Chamber and VFW plan gifts and baskets for less fortunate children. Decatur streets will be lit at an estimated cost of 2900 dollars. Stores will open Thursday afternoons in December and longer hours December 19 to Christmas Eve.
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Salvation Army
Fuller
Decatur
Junior Chamber of Commerce
VFW
Youth Center Gains From Store’s Loss
In Moultrie Georgia a youth who stole two pairs of pants four years earlier offered to repay. The storekeeper could not accept money for a 1943 theft in 1947 and suggested a $15 contribution to the local youth center. The center received the donation.
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Moultrie
Debates Rise Over Self Starter Bill in Alabama
With four weeks left in the campaign the Self Starter measure to allow the legislature to convene itself faces heated debate. Governor Folsom opposes it while Senator James B. Allen and Senator Robin Swift urge support as campaigns plan statewide speeches and educational drives. Allen and Brough ton Lamberth will speak against the amendment in Dothan.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
James B. Allen
Etowah County
Robin Swift
Escambia
Swift
Rotary Club
Brewton
Allen
Folsom
Reptra B Thompson
Crenshaw County
Gadsden
Broughton Lambert
Twenty six Crimson letter winners named for 1947 Alabama team
Twenty six members of the 1947 Alabama football squad were awarded varsity letters. Eight seniors earned letters for a fourth straight year, with names including Hugh Morrow and Harry Gilmer among others.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Harold
Red) Drew
Tom Whitley
Birmingham
John Wozniak
Fairhope
Bruno Filippini
Powhatan
Vaughn Mancha
Hugh Morrow
Harry Gilmer
Norwood Hodges
Hueytown
Lowell Tew
Waynesboro
Miss
Charley Compton
Sylacauga
Mike Cassidy
Neffs
Grn Cashie
Gadsden
Herb Chapman
Elmore
Johnny August
Shadyside
Norman Mosley
Blythe
Greenville
L. W
Noonan
Mobile
Body of Max Hirsch Jr. Found in Canal Near Hialeah Track
The 39 year old son of famed trainer Max Hirsch was discovered drowned in his submerged overturned car in the Red Road Canal beside Hialeah race track. Deputy High noted the car foot brakes on and windows down with no signs of violence. Hirsch trained eight thoroughbreds owned by Arnold Hanger J J Watts William Donaldson and King Ranch and had just returned from Belmont New York.
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Miami
Fla
Max Hirsch Jr
Red Road Canal
Hialeah Race Track
Claude High
Homicide Bureau
Hirsch
Max Hirsch Sr
Assault
Belmont
N. Y
Arnold Hanger
J. J. Watts
William Donaldson
King Ranch
Columbia
S. C
W. J
Buddy) Hirsch
Santa Anita
Calif
Santa in for Fight Prompts Quebec Controversy
The Diocesan Morality committee in Quebec calls Santa Claus a neopagan custom and a farce that has lasted too long. The Catholic lay group issued a statement deeming Christmas tradition a disturbing symptom, prompting a sharp reply denying a war but offering no further detail.
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Quebec
Santa Claus
Father Christmas
Pere Noel
Commission Diocesaine. de Moralite
Diocesan Morality Committee
Santa
Shaw argues for liquidation of incorrigible criminals
London reports 91 year old playwright George Bernard Shaw calls in a London Times letter for the liquidation of criminals who cannot be reformed stating the public right of self defense allows killing the unprofitable or incorrigibly mischievous he says reformable criminals should be spared and dangerous insanity should justify liquidation.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Britain
London Times
Juror Bond Posted in Limestone County Hearing
The grand jury action in the Limestone County court led to a preliminary hearing for an unnamed defendant who had been granted a $2000 bond, which he promptly posted.
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Limestone
Eight capital cases set for trial in Limestone County
In Athens Alabama Judge James H Crow Jr set eight capital cases for the December term starting December 15 after indictments by the grand jury. Defendants include seven negras and one white with trials arranged for December 15 through 10.
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Athens
Ala
James H. Crow
Limestone
Crow
State
Thomas Smith
White
Linos Chambers
Malone
George W. Maclin
Turner Mears
Athens Cafe
Bill Lee
Manuel Slaughter
Thomas S. Woodroof
Norman Jone
L. S. Sandlin
Tariner
David A. Patton
W. W. Malone, Jr
Offic' D. Johnson
Panama Accepts U S Proposal to Lease Rio Hato Base
The Panamanian foreign ministry announced that Panama accepted a U S proposal to lease the Rio Hato air base as part of negotiations on defense bases for the canal. The pact would cover 13 sites, with Rio Hato the largest, and be submitted for ratification at a special session of Panama's national assembly.
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Panama
Foreign’ Ministry
Carlos Hall
United States
U. S
Rio Hato
Canal
National Assembly
Christmas bustle marks Decatur scene with births and events
The Decatur area reports several hospital moves including Maury and Mrs Crow’s infant, multiple births at Decatur General and Baugh's infirmary, and a Nashville trip for Johnny French. Police report arrests for prohibition and intoxication, plus local civic and Rotary activities and holiday plans. The reel includes community visits, a Christmas concert forthcoming, and a Rising Sun Lodge meeting.
Who's Who at Cotaco School Names 29 Students
Twenty nine boys and girls at Cotaco School receive Who's Who honors. Recipients include Lora Fowler and Mary Etna Russell for multiple titles such as most in love and most studious, with others like Howard Allen Ferrel Sharp and Pat Matkin earning various distinctions.
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Cotaco
Lora Fowler
Howard Allen
Ferrel Sharp
Betty Joy Johnson
Pat Matkin
Henry Ryan
Georgia Flack
Naomi Ballinger
Bill Russell
Mary Etna Russell
Hubert Terrell
Helen Goodner
Mill Russell
Joe Vann Morrow
Pennsylvania to claim 92800 in found cash in escheat filing
Philadelphia December 6 the state escheator disclosed plans to file a claim for 92800 found last March in a South Philadelphia basement. Nearly 40 claimants may be heard in Common Pleas Court before any final disposition, with any reward for the finder to be set by the court.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Lieberman
Graeme Frazier
Frazier
Common Pleas Court
Commonwealth
Liebermann
Loyalty group denies subversive taint in list
Dr. Clark Foreman SCHW president said the omission of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare from the loyalty check list proves the group's freedom from subversive taint. He criticized the list as hysteria and a check on witch-hunting by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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New Orleans
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Clark Foreman
SCHW
Foreman
Thomas Rankin
House Committee On un-American Activities
Argentina Awards San Martin Order to U S General
Argentina today awarded the Order of the Liberator Jose de San Martin to Lt Gen Willis D Crittenberger commander of United States forces in the Caribbean area for his service in the region.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose San Martin
Willis D. Crittenberger
United States
Caribbean
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