Christmas notes and local concerns stir Alabama chatter
The column surveys a mix of topics from a popular Christmas carol to Alabama sports and national politics. It notes a West Coast dock strike settled, questions SEC bowl limits, and reports police and political happenings in Atlanta, Oklahoma, and Berlin with local Decatur and Morgan County progress on soil conservation and integrated farming efforts advancing regional prosperity.
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Speed named head of Alabama Highway Safety Conference
J. O. Speed of Birmingham is named chairman of the Governor's Highway Safety Conference a non political group aimed at public education on improving highway safety. The conference plans to promote speedily visible results and to lay groundwork during a two day session early next year with other citizens statewide involved.
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J. O. Speed
Birmingham
It's Just as True Today by Franklin van Zelm
Revelation 1 19 writes the threefold vision of the apostle. The verse urges readers to recall past visions and present happenings while also facing future prophecies. The piece reflects on enduring spiritual themes across time.
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Franklin van Zelm
Emperor Meets Keenan in Tokyo in Unlikely Honor
In Tokyo the Emperor of Japan met Cleveland-Washington lawyer Joseph B. Keenan, famed for war crimes prosecutions, marking a rare historical moment. The two discussed Japanese American friendship and a possible alliance, with the meeting described as a diplomatic surprise.
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Keenan
Empress and Margaret Truman Chat About Politics and War Echoes
The Emperor discusses Presiderman and U.S. Senate ideas as he learns of Margaret Truman’s singing. He notes the rise of military influence before war and the Pearl Harbor link after army control of war ministry. The luncheon, with 40 servants, was at the imperial housekeeper’s home amid a damaged palace.
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Presiderman
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Japan
Keenan
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Hirohito
Renzo Sawada
Europe
First Black Chairman For House Expenditures Panel
William Dawson of Chicago, a Democrat, will chair the powerful House Expenditures Committee, marking the first time a Black congressman leads a congressional panel. He faces questions on readiness, while California's Chet Holifield stands as his capable second in command.
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William Dawson
Chicago
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Congress
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Dawson
Expenditures
California
Chet Holifield
Holifield
Supreme Court debated jurisdiction in Japanese war crime appeals
In a split and near deadlock decision the U S Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether it has jurisdiction to review the Tokyo trials of 25 Japanese wartime leaders. Justice Jackson, who aided Nazi trials earlier, recused from those cases but joined to allow a court ruling on jurisdiction. The case hinges on whether the Tokyo process was legally under U S occupation authority and thus reviewable by the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
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Justice Jackson
Japan
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U. S. Supreme Court
Goering
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Truman
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High Court
Brannan Signals Opposition to Missouri Valley Authority
Secretary Brannan stated the Agriculture Department would oppose creating a Missouri Valley Authority unless Valley authorities, like TVA, back away from soil conservation commitments. The remark follows a Tennessee discussion where Dewey’s envoy found North Carolina ahead in soil work.
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Truman
Dewey
Tennessee Valley Authority
Soil Conservation
TVA
Cosmos Club
Tennessee
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
University of Tennessee
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Missouri Valley Authority
Germans rebuff Bolshevism in Western Berlin election
Mackenzie’s column notes that in Western Berlin 86.2 percent voted, all for non-communists, despite Soviet claims of coercion. He argues the open vote shows Germans reject communism, the blockade persists, and Western anti communist unity strengthens Cold War resolve across central Europe.
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Socialist Party
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Moscow
Reich
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Western
A Christmas Writ by Westbrook Pegler Seeks Joy and Critique
Pegler praises Christmas unity amid family warmth and holiday cheer. He urges forgetting grudges, notes civic figures’ greetings, and condemns communists as foes of peace while urging vigilance. A nostalgic carol like piece blends satire with seasonal goodwill.
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