Films Show Savold Groin Blow In Jackson Bout
Slow motion footage from Harringay arena reveals Lee Savold delivering a low blow to Bruce Woodcock just before a fourth round disqualification in the heavyweight elimination bout. Woodcock win or not, critics say he appeared the stronger fighter, while plans for a Woodcock Louis title match falter. London writers blame the disqualification trend and call for no foul rules in British rings.
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London
Lee Savold
Bruce Woodcock
Harringay Arena
Woodcock
Associated Press
U.S
Jack Solomons
New York
20Th Century Sporting Club
Joe Louis
Savold
Louis
Notice to Navigation Interests Tennessee River Lock 1 Restored
Tennessee river authorities announce that the river stage has receded and normal operation of Lock No. 1 at Mile 256.8 on the Tennessee River has resumed after earlier high water out of service. Colonel H. V. Canan, District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, signs the notice.
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Tennessee River
H. V. Canan
Corps of Engineers
Rotary and civic groups honor local leaders on ladies night
The Athens Rotary Club and allied organizations recognized the ladies night committee. George Johnson and Mrs Johnson. Rev W W Glass and Mrs Glass. Mrs D L Blackwell and Mr Blackwell. Mrs Briscoe and Alvis Briscoe. and members of Kiwanis Business and Professional Women and Junior Chamber of Commerce were acknowledged for their roles.
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George Johnson
Johnson
Athens Rotary Club
W. W. Glass
Glass
Kiwanis Club
D. L. Blackwell
Blackwell
Business and Professional Women's Club
Alvis Briscoe
Briscoe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sanity hearing ordered for Bay Minette restaurant operator
Bay Minette Judge ordered a sanity examination for Neil McDuffie charged with fatally shooting his wife Edith McDuffie on Oct 3. The judge found reasonable ground to believe McDuffie was insane at the time and he will be sent to the state hospital in Tuscaloosa. Meanwhile Baldwin County prepares for the retrial of Walter E. Cochran Jr. on a separate three year old killing appeal with prior manslaughter conviction.
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Bay Minette
Ala
F. W. Hare
Neil McDuffie
Edith McDuffie
McDuffie
State Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Walter E. Cochran Jr
Baldwin County
Baldwin Circuit Court
Cochran
Harold Higginson
Mobile
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Jackson Weighs Court Action Amid Japanese Prisoner Case
Former Supreme Court justice contemplates options in a high profile ruling over Japanese prisoners in China and Manchuria. He outlines three paths including abstention, tentative jurisdiction review, or voting against review to avoid a damaging dissents. The decision hinges on balancing American authority with international perception and allied sensitivity.
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China
Manchuria
Oka Hirota
Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo
Jackson
United States
America
Pacific
Haskell Oden Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Haskell Oden eight of Eva were held at Rock Creek church at 2 p.m. Rev. W. B. Bentley presided and burial followed in Tene cemetery. Oden died Sunday at Hart selle hospital leaving parents Mr and Mrs W O Oden, six brothers, a Dean Oden, and Ruby Oden of Eva among other relatives.
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Haskell O. Oden
Eva
Rock Creek Church
W. B. Bentley
Tene
Drinkard
Haskell
Hartselle Hospital
W. O. Oden
Dean Oden
Ott
Rubby Oden
Barkley Urges Unity After Democratic Victory
Vice President elect Alben W. Barkley rallied Southern California party leaders in Los Angeles urging unity to fulfill platform promises. He praised the victory and warned against blaming the vanquished foe while noting Truman’s support and the party’s national reach.
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Los Angeles
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Sen. Barkley
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
James Roosevelt
Truman
Roosevelt
Barkley
Trumar
Hollywood
George Jessel
Eddie Cantor
Edgar Bergen
Frank Sinatra
Dinah Shore
Hiss Chambers Testimony Sparks Espionage Debate in House
Washington lawmakers publish sworn Chambers testimony alleging government papers reached a Russian agent. Hiss counters with denial as Rep. Rankin claims Russians fed US secrets to Japan, aiding Pearl Harbor. Nixon notes military papers marked restricted during Baltimore cross examination in a $75,000 libel suit.
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House Committee
Chambers
Hiss
House
Washington
John Rankin
D-Miss
U. S
Pearl Harbor
State Department
Russia
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Rcatif
an-un-American Activities Sub
Bykov
Baltimore
Nixon
Pearl Harbor Veterans to meet in San Diego ceremony
In San Diego California a newly formed Veterans of Pearl Harbor group will hold a meeting with retired Admiral Frederick C Sherman as the main speaker. Anniversary services were planned aboard the seaplane tender Curtis in remembrance of the 1941 attack as seven years have dimmed the memory at Pearl Harbor.
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San Diego
Calif
Veterans of
Rauch and Healy Awarded Trophies
In Birmingham on December 7, the Monday Morning Quarterback Club named Johnny Rauch of Georgia and Bil Healey of Georgia Tech as the Southeastern Conference's most outstanding backfield and lineman for the season. The award ceremony honored their performances as Alabama and Auburn renewed a gridiron rivalry.
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Birmingham
Ala
Johnny Rauch
Ofeorgia
Bil Healey
Georgia Tech
Tao Brahnsow
Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn
North Georgia live poultry market steadies prices
USDA notes market steady to firm in North Georgia with prices mostly unchanged to 1-2 cents higher. Demand remains short in spots while offerings match buyers, with weights under 2 3 4 pounds. Fryer prices FOB farm ranged from 32 1 2 to 34 cents with common quotes around 33 4 cents for New Hampshire Reds White crosses Barred Rock crosses.
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Atlanta
USDA
Georgia
New Hampshire
Cotton futures ease after profit taking in New York
Cotton futures slipped in late trade as profit taking and lack of export sales dampened buying. Sessions stayed narrow with hedging and local trader pressure damping rallies. December transfers ran four. late afternoon quotes: Dec 32.35, March 32.35, May 32.18.
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New York
Memphis
Alabama Electors Rally Behind States Rights Stand
Gessner T. McCorvey of Mobile, chairman of Alabama's Democratic committee, predicted the states' rights movement will grow by leaps and bounds after the Supreme Court refused to order Alabama's Presidential electors to vote for Truman. He called Thurmond's telegram reply encouraging and said the movement is here to stay as long as citizens believe in the Constitution.
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United States
Folsom Sees Changes Due to Electoral College
Governor James E. Folsom predicted that changes may come in the method of selecting Presidential electors after the Supreme Court refused to order Alabama's electors to back Truman over Thurmond. He said the electoral college system is outmoded and that court suits have alerted Congress and the public to the issue. He would not commit on all suits' outcomes pending lawyer talks.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
U. S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
Congress
Supreme Court
Marshall in hospital as health status remains unclear
General continued report notes former Army Chief of Staff Marshall, nearly 68, hospitalized since returning from the Paris UN meeting on November 22, with no released information on his health. He met President Truman briefly and later spent time at the hospital amid ongoing speculation by officials.
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Marshall
Paris
United Nations
Truman
State Department
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Highway Over in Greece Completed by U S Army Corps
Robert E. Lee Counts of Decatur and Mt. Hope helped direct the Athens to Domokos highway project in Greece. The first class asphalt road, part of a longer route from Athens to Serres, was turned over to the Greek Public Works Ministry, with final completion anticipated by November 15.
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Robert E. Lee Counts
Decatur
Mt. Hope
Greece
Counts
Athens
Domokos
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Economic Cooperation Administration
Ministry of Public Works
Larissa
Kozani
Verria
Salonika
Serres
Elasson
D. W. Griffiths
Oak Park
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineer Counts
Auburn
J. A. Counts
Homer Stovall
T. G. Counts
A. D. Counts
Washington, D. C
Berlin Election Sees Social Democrats Push for New Lord Mayor
In Western Berlin a move by social democrats to install a new lord mayor signals rejection of communism at the polls. The Russians called Reuter anti Russian. He converted to communism as a WWI prisoner in Russia but abandoned it in the 1920s.
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Berlin
Reuter
Russia
Rites Wednesday For Louis Reed Of Hartselle
Funeral services for Louis Marion Reed 90 of Hartselle will be Wednesday at 1 a.m. at Austinville Baptist Church with Rev. C. L. Stover officiating. Burial in Chestnut Grove Cemetery. Survivors include wife four daughters two sons and other relatives. Masons to handle graveside rites.
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Louis Marion Reed
Hartselle
Austinville Baptist Church
Chestnut Grove
Peck
C. L. Stover
E. Brown
Gadsden
Lizzie Roberson
Idella Gargos
Attalla
Robert Sybert
J. N. Reed
Mobile
S. C. Reed
Masons
State Department Directed by Lovett in Marshall Absence
In Marshall's absence the State Department is run by Undersecretary Robert A. Lovett after it was noted that Marshall had been fully informed of world developments and ongoing hospital paper work continued.
Survivors Rescued After Ocean Ditch During Okinawa Flight
A B 17 crewditched 1 200 miles southwest of Honolulu after engine failure on a flight from Okinawa. Survivors reported sharks circling the raft and used shark repellant aboard the raft. Rescue planes and a privateer located the life raft and picked up the crew, with two men lost in the initial crash and two more dying later. Survivors were brought to Kwajalein for medical care.
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Calhoun
L. R. Johnson
Minneapolis
Steve G. Kona
Hammond
Ind
Johnston Island
Kona
Honolulu
James M. Lane
Rendova
Okinawa
Allen H. Stotts
Kwajalein
Spokane
Wash
Okita
Lane
Lt. Watkins Returns to API as Navigation Instructor
Lt. Watkins of Decatur has rejoined Auburn University as an instructor in navigation for the NROTC unit. A graduate of the Alabama Institute last August, he has been at API for the rest of the academic year and resides in Opelika.
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Gener Hoyt Carr. Watkins
Decatur
Alabama Ire Institute
Auburn
NROTC
API
Opelika
Negro Held on Assault Charge in Shotgun Wounding Case
Paul Anderson, a negro, remained in county jail on an assault with intent to murder charge. He was moved from city jail after being taken into custody by city police following the shotgun wounding of Willie Kirk, a negro, Sunday night.
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Paul Anderson
Anderson
Willie Kirk
Local notices and personal notices from Decatur area
Mrs B E Grant moved between clinics with a Mutual Service ambulance. Robert George Norwood’s address is 296 66 96 Box 16 Naval Number 3930 Communication Division care of FPO San Francisco. A home on 452 Sherman Street will be sold to Robert T McWhorter. the McWhorter family lives at 1323 9th Avenue South. Thomas D Brooks of Decatur named to the American Legion Alabama speakers bureau by William Perry of Camden. A grateful resident reports finding a lost white Persian tom cat after eight days away. The Moulton Heights PTA meets at 7 p.m. at the school. James F Barrett and G C Childers were in Decatur on business.
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Robert George Norwood
Naval
Care of
San Francisco
Calif.n
A. B. Pickens
Sherman Street
Robert T. McWhorter
McWhorter
9Th Avenue South
Thomas D. Brooks
Decatur
The
American Legion
Department of Alabama
William §. Perry
Camden
Ferry Street
Services Set For Thursday For Charles H Richardson
Funeral services for Charles H Richardson 71 will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Brown chapel on Ferry Street with Rev J F Selvidge officiating Burial will be in city cemetery Brown's directing Richardson died Monday night at his Austinville home He was a brick mason before illness struck three months ago He was born in Decatur NL and moved to Austinville 15 years ago He left two daughters Mrs Lethia Carveth and Mrs James Taylor of Kirkville NY Mrs Hazel Proctor of Cerro Gordo and Mrs Elson Delaune of Lockport LA He had three sons Wayne Richardson Flora IL Elmer Richardson Fabius NY Floyd Richardson Decatur IL 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Pallbearers will be local bricklayers union members
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Charles H. Richardson
Brown
Ferry Street
J. F. Selvidge
Astor
Austinville
City Cemetery
Richardson
Decatur
Lethia Carveth
James Taylor
Kirkville
N. Y
Hazel Proctor
Cerro Gordo
Elson Delaune
Lockport
Wayne Richardson
Flora
lil.Elmer Richardson
Fabius
Floyd Richardson
Order of Publication in Rittenberry v Woodrow Rittenberry
Morgan County Alabama chancery notice announces publication of four weekly alerts in Decatur Daily. Defendant Joe Woodrow Rittenberry is over 21 and a nonresident with unknown address. He must answer by January 8, 1949, or the bill may be confessed.
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Ruby Mae Rittenberry
Joe Wood
Rittenberry
Morgan County
Alabama
Register
Joe Woodrow Rittenberry
The
Decatur Daily
Bryan McCafee
Ordinance Fixes Street Grades in Decatur Alabama
The city council establishes grades for Jackson Street from east of 16th Avenue East to near 18th Avenue East and West Gordon Drive from east of 5th Avenue West. The action follows blueprints by city engineers and references the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company additions on file in Morgan County. Approved August 16 1948 by Mayor H R Summer and City Clerk Joe Dettey.
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Decatur
Alabama
Jackson Street
16Th Avenue
18Th Avenue
West Gordon Drive
5Th Avenue
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Morgan County
Joe Dettey
H. R. Summer
William Edwin Knight Rites Set at Falkville Baptist Church
William Edwin Knight a 67 year old Falkville merchant died Monday at 10 30 am at his home. Last rites are set for Thursday at 11 am at Falkville Baptist Church with Rev C D Boozier and Rev Frank T Smith officiating. Burial in Falkville cemetery. Drinkard's Brown Service of Hartselle in charge. He is survived by a widow six children and many relatives. Active pallbearers named. missionary society to handle flowers. Body to church at 10 am and lie in state until service.
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William Edwin
Knight
Lacon
Falkville Baptist Church
C. D. Boozier
Frank T. Smith
Falkville Cemetery
Drinkard
Brown
Hartselle
Paul Richards
Dechord
Tenn
Wallace M. Hough
California
John Knight
Eugene Knight
Texas
William Knight
Auburn
Grover Knight
Falkville
E. T. #1endon
Washington, D. C
J. C. Anderson
Birmingham
Wilbur Green
John Green
J. B. Leeman
Elbert Weaver
Virgil Clark
J. K. West
The
Baptist Church
Missionary Society
Servces
Explosions Hit Peiping Air Base in North China War
last night explosions at Peiping South field destroyed aviation gasoline and ammunition. Nationalist planes based there supported northern fronts. Govt blamed careless handling. Communist drive toward Peiping hinges on Fu’s forces and Chengteh loss. Main aim seen as capturing Tangku to cut sea supplies.
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Peiping
North China Air Force
Chengteh
Jehol
Chiang Kai Shek
Manchuria
Red
Tangku
Tientsin
CIO Southern Drive to Open Early in 1949
Atlanta reports CIO South ern drive director Van A Bittner declares 1949 the big year to organize Southern workers. Textile and white collar workers are targets as the campaign plans to spend 120000 to 140000 dollars monthly. Kickoff set January 8 9 with 200 staffers and union leaders including Walter Reuther expected.
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Atlanta
van A. Bittner
CIO
Southern Drive
Bittner
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
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Northampton
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National Federation of Business and Professional Women
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R. J. Scott
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J. H. Froelich
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Charles R. Bargeron
Russell R. MacFarland
Leslie C. Tripp
Fairhaven
Willard A. Weiss
Charles W. Golden
Saginaw
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Harry J. Tetreau
Portland
Lloyd E. Card Jr
Clarence G. Peton
Albany
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