Weather and local notices from Decatur area
Cloudy showers in East and South with cooler conditions in North and West this afternoon. Tonight cloudy to partly cloudy with showers in the Southeast, frost possible in extreme North. Tuesday cooler in East and South with moderate Southerly winds along the coast shifting to Northerly tonight. Decatur cotton noon quote middling at 35.75 and strict low at 34.75. Community notes cover chapel services in South Limestone, revival schedule, local visits, birthdays, and police reports.
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Decatur
Senate debates Rio Pact on mutual defense of Americas
Senate opened debate on ratification of the inter American defense pact drafted by 19 nations at Rio De Janeiro. Senator Vandenberg said the treaty contains no paralyzing veto, drawing a contrast with the Soviet veto at the United Nations.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Russia
United Nations
Rio de Janeiro
French Labor Unit Suffers New Setback in Paris
CGT led strikes faltered as a two day Paris subway and bus walkout was annulled amid government wage offer rejection. Government worker warning strikes faced uncertain turnout as transport lines ran with fewer trains, while funeral crowds at Notre Dame slowed traffic and two people were injured.
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Carl Hartman
Paris
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Paris Transport System
Tmnium
Robert Schuman
Philippe Leclerc
Notre Dame Catendral
Crescent Amusement Firm Moves Toward Legal Challenge
The Crescent Amusement Company of Nashville filed a November amusement tax statement for Decatur theatres but has not paid the tax. It plans to seek a declaratory judgment in equity or federal court to overturn the tax described as the highest in the nation, with a $25 000 bond posted to guarantee payment if lost. The dispute threatens about $38 000 expected for the year, much of it for the schools, and could delay funds for a year.
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Kem Metzger
Crescent’ Amusement Company
Nashville
Tenn
Decatur
Crescent Amusement Company
United States
Equity
H. R. Summer
Amusement Company
Walter Jackson
Beard
Dare
Jackson
Three Mile
Cotton crop forecast raised to 11 million bales in 1945 report
The Agriculture Department estimates this year's cotton crop at 11 694 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up 189 000 from last month. Ginnings total 10 056 347 bales by Dec 1, with 1.1 percent abandoned. lint yield 265.4 pounds per acre, and cottonseed output at 4 744 000 tons. State figures show Georgia and Alabama leading harvested areas with mixed yields.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Census Bureau
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Man shoots wife then turns gun on himself in Alabama
Albert E. West, 24, of Birmingham, shot his former wife Ann Patton at a Bessemer restaurant two miles east, then fired at proprietor C. C. Cheshire before wounding himself in the chest. Patton was not seriously hurt. Detectives said West had visited Patton at a nearby tourist court after she had moved from Birmingham following a divorce.
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Bessemer
Ala
Albert E
Johnny) West
Birmingham
W. L. Allen
A. M. Eubanks
Here
C. C. Cheshire
Army planes resume at Courtland airbase for Pearl Harbor Day
Army planes from the 477th air force unit based in Birmingham flew to Courtland Sunday marking Pearl Harbor Day. Eleven air force reservists operated AT-6 and AT-11 aircraft. pilots, bombardiers and navigators from across North Alabama who are reserve officers may fly there.
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Courtland
Pearl Harbor
Army Air Forces
477Th Air Force
Birmingham
14Th Air Force
Orlando
Fla
Air Force
North Alabama
Ed Boise
Nashville
Tenn
Dennis Mer Clendon Jr
Decatur
Spencer Latham
Courtland Aviation Industries
Florence
Air Reserve Association
North
Alabama
Signs Eisenhower May Run for President in 1952
Fresh indications that Dwight D. Eisenhower may leave the Army in January rise as reports show increased activity in his behalf as a Republican presidential candidate. Bradley to succeed Truman at Columbia University after January 1, while Eisenhower could advise before final departure. The field already includes Taft Stassen and Warren, with party leaders in several states sounding out Eisenhower delegates.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Columbia University
Truman
Omar Bradley
Bradley
A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warren
California
Eisenhower
GOP aims to slash income tax by 5.3 billion
Top Republican leaders say the party will push a plan to reduce income taxes by 5.3 billion dollars. The announcement comes as Truman prepares a four year Marshall Plan blueprint for Western Europe. The piece notes other policy battles including wheat export limits and housing subsidies.
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Associated Press
Washington
GOP
Truman
Capitol Hill
Trupan
Russia
Senate House Committee
Senator Connally Praises Western Liberty Treaty
Senator Connally the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called the treaty a guarantee of liberty in the Western world describing its significance as a cornerstone of democratic security. The document was presented to the committee for consideration.
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Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Board Visits Decatur Plant
Nebraska Consolidated Mills board members conduct their first Decatur inspection since 1941 at the Alabama Flour Mills plant. The delegation includes R S Dickinson H A Prince Arthur Glade and Judge Ernest Kroger with others expected to join. They plan tours of the Decatur plant enjoy Alabama countryside bird hunting boat rides and a visit to Guntersville sister river port.
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Decatur
Nebraska Consolidated Mills
Alabama Flour Mills
Nebraska
R. S. Dickinson
Omaha
H. A. Prince
Grand Island
Arthur Glade
Ernest Kroger
Grand Islands
J. W. Bass
Western
J. H. Weaver
H. Platt
E. W. Augustine
Harry Thomas
Nebraska Company
Big
Guntersville
Blood and politics as Arabs seek Palestine fate in Cairo
Arab leaders gather in Cairo to decide opposition to partition of Palestine amid nine days of communal rioting and rising deaths. Reports from Tel Aviv Aden and Syria note casualties. Britain plans to abandon mandate by May 15. Surge in tensions threatens broader Middle East conflict.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Palestine
United Nations
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Arabian ‘Sea
Aden
Syria
Great Britain
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Trans- Jordan
Samir Rifai Pasha
Iraq
Saleh Bey Jabr
Saleh Bey
Mediterranean
Daily Happy Aid On Way Helps Destitute Landers Family
Notary public Robert B. Evans praised a Sunday Decatur Daily article that spurred contributions to the Landers family. Contributions can go through Capt. Oscar P. Fuller at the Salvation Army post, with funds directed to aid the children John Edward Jr Betty Jean and Billy Wayne in their schooling and needs.
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Landers
John Edward Jr
Betty Jean
Billy Wayne
Notary Public
Robert B. Evans
Elkmont
Mary Williams
Daily
Decatur Daily
Mr. Evans
Oscar P. Fuller
Salvation Army
Capt. Fuller
Evans
Decatur
Boss With A Watch For Christmas Gift To Builder
Clay Callaham builder of Garden Court apartments on East Grant Street received a 17 jewel Hamilton wrist watch from plasterers and carpenters on the job. Engraved with Compliments of Brown's Crews, the watch was presented on the site by about 20 men led by Sim W. Brown superintendent and Howard Brown.
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Clay Callaham
Garden Court Apartments
East Grant Street
Hamilton
Callaham
Congress
Brown
Sim W. Brown
Howard Brown
Limited Stadium Seats Left For Public Sale
Decatur residents face dwindling stock as only 148 reserved seats remain from an initial 1,000 set aside to finance a $100,000 stadium. Campaign chairman J. E. McClary announced $85,250 has been invested in stadium seats.
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Decatur
J. E. McClary
Showdown on German Unity Is Due Today
London reports Molotov demands 10 billion dollars in reparations and a repeal of the economic merger of the British and American zones as the price of Soviet consent to German unity. He denounced Western plans for economic revival and warned they would liquidate Germany as an independent state amid Western consolidation talks with Marshall Bevin and Bidault.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Molotov
Russia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
U.S
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
France
Georges Bidault
V. Mv Molotov
Bevin
Bidault
A E Jackson Called Home
Funeral services for A E Jackson 5 rell banker will be held Tuesday at p m from the residence in Hartselle L B Leftwick first reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist Decatur will conduct the rites Burial will be in Athens cemetery Peck directing Mr Jackson died Sunday after a long illness Widely known in banking circles he served as state superintendent of banks 1923 1926 He organized Webb School Alumni Association at Bell Buckle Tenn to raise 100 000 Endowed the school Surviving are widow Effie Butler Jackson a son George Butler Jackson Alexandria Va two daughters Mrs Joe Caldwell Somerset Tex and Mrs Elliott Howell Hartselle a sister Mrs W Cunningham Decatur and four grandchildren Pallbearers D W McNeil Myra Lindsey John T Cooper Jack Stone M H Broom and Eric Howell The deceased was born in Athens and moved to Hartselle about 1904 He was president of the First National Bank in Hart selle during its existence.
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A. E. Jackson
Rell
Hartselle
L. B. Leftwick
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Decatur
Athens Cemetery
W. W. Brandon
Frank C. Rand
St. Louis
Webb School
Bell Buckle
Tenn
Effie Butler Jackson
George Butler Jackson
Alexandria
Joe Caldwell
Somerset
Tex
Elliott Howell
W. Cunningham
D. W. McNeil
Myra Lindsey
John T. Cooper
Jack Stone
M. H. Broom
Eric Howell
Athens
First National Bank
Manpower Squeeze Seen From Marshall Plan Foreseen
Washington December 8 The Marshall plan for European recovery is expected to raise industrial production and trigger a manpower squeeze in some American cities while boosting employment to a new peak next year. Robert C Goodwin head of the US Employment Service says there will be no general national labor shortage though scarce steel may cap production.
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Washington
Robert C. Goodwin
United States Employment Service
Congress
Goodwin
Bottling Company Office Is Robbed
An unidentified person or persons broke into the Pepsi Cola Bottling company during the weekend and took between 23 and 50 dollars from a money box. The theft was discovered this morning and police plan fingerprint checks. Entry appeared to be through a broken window pane. only the money box was disturbed.
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Pepsi-Cola
Daily Today
Election Set At Southeastern Plant Amid Labor Pact Vote
An Associated Press dispatch from Atlanta reports an election will be held Wednesday at the Southeastern Fetes Company plant to determine whether the Aan Federation of Labor is designated as the bargaining agent for about 60 employees. A C Joy acting regional director for the National Labor Relations Board announced the vote was requested by both company and union. Field Examiner Morris Miller will preside. results due after five p m Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Southeastern “Fetes Company
Aan Federation of Labor
A. C. Joy
Ntional Labor Relations Board
Morris Miller
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Wilburn Royer
Montgomery
Julian Bibb Jr
Edward Davies
New
Oakland Chapel
South Limestone
J. T. Echols
Bryson Memorial Church
Huntsville
Booth Priscoe
H-.briscoe
J. H. Briscoe
Cullman
A. H. Hogan
Joy
Jan
Austinville
D. M. Hogan
Grace
Danville
D M. Hogan
Mr. Hogan
Civinette Club
Somerville Road School
Civitans
R. W. Abercrombie
Lacey Springs 1
B. F. Weaver
Betty Joe
Robert L. Parker
Moulton
Decatur Highway Patrol
Gev
James E. Folsom
G. E. Bowden, Jr
Colonial Apartments
Emens Clinic
Bernard Landers
Decatur General Hospital
Brown’s
C. B. Humphrey
Henry Mayes
Skillington Street
Air Forces
Mayes
Decatur Negro High School
Bobby Weatherford
Hamil Clinic
Pat Patterson
Sidney Patterson
Washington Hospital
H. N. Stokely
W. B. Lee
Keencon, Ala
W. T. Jordan
Ed Putman
Tower Avenue
By Ken Reynolds
Subway
Bond
Crescent
Freda Gibson
Memphis, Tenn
Man
Thon
Robert
the Economic Front
Decatur Mill
Tint Tut
Holy Land
Mufti Speaks
Mufti
Haj Amin
Husseini
Yaio
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Egypt
Yemen
Riad Essalh Bey
Arab League
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Isaac Bildersee
Brooklyn
State Marshall
Bottling Company
Southeastern
Uncle Bud
Bill Baldwin
Percy Prune
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