Weather and church notices from a North Alabama town
Partly cloudy and colder this afternoon and tonight with 26 to 32 degree lows in the northern area. Friday brings more clouds and continued cold with northeast winds along the coast. Local pastors announce Sunday sermons and church services with topics including Now Is The Time Jesus the God Man and The Master Builder. Several church meetings and hospital updates are listed, plus a note on a hunting accident, a fish stocking delay due to dry weather, and a few social events. QUICKIES by Ken Reynolds.
Canadian Uranium Shipment To Russia Revealed
Trade Minister C. D. Howe disclosed that in May 1943 Canada sent 500 pounds of black uranium oxide and 500 pounds of uranium nitrate to Russia. The sale via Eldorado Gold Mines was treated as normal wartime aid and not linked to an atomic program. The 1944 expropriation of Eldorado led to independent scrutiny with no irregularities found.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Russia
House of Commons
Howe
Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd
Eldorado
Clarkson, Gordon, Dilworth and Nash
Elt
United States
Munitions Department
New York
Jury Out Two Hours to Find Guilty Verdict
Son King was found guilty today of participating in the $14 000 Falkville bank robbery and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The jury delivered the verdict after about two hours of deliberation amid the trial of Lester Altman Tune, 42, the third man charged. Tune testified as a defense witness, with his attorney noting a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and possible intoxication. The defense plans an appeal and a motion for a new trial. The judge read the sentence as King’s wife showed emotion. King remains jailed pending final verdicts.
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Fontainer
King
Falkville
Lester Altman Tune
Tune
Elmer Nix
Russell W. Lynne
Lynne
the Daily
Morgan Circuit Court
Newton B. Powell
George Johnson
Phillip Shanks
Shanks
Fowler
Tyne
Johnson
Captain Son
Corporal Tune
Mary Minor King
Cotton Yield Forecast Up For 1949 National Crop Estimate
The Agriculture Department sets 1949 cotton at 16,034,000 bales, up 510,000 from last month, with a 20 percent 1950 planting reduction and stringent marketing quotas. Ginned figures total 13,975,926 bales by Dec 1. Acreage harvested 26,898,000. yield 285.8 lb per acre. states show varied production and ginning totals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Census Bureau
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Strike ends on Oak Ridge atomic project site
Oak Ridge Tennessee December 8 a four day wildcat strike by 3000 construction workers at the atomic energy project ends with a steady return to work. All 10 AFL Knoxville Building Trades Council crafts represented at Maxon Construction Co as the government contractor resumes two new plants a 66000000 uranium plant halt lifted and further processing plants planned.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
R. W. Cook
Atomic Energy Commission
Cook
AFL Knoxville Building Trades Council
Maxon Construction Co
Maxon
Knoxville Building Trades Council
J. C. Kerr
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
National Labor Relations Board
The
Lewis Awaits Fresh Signers In Coal Strike
John L. Lewis awaits fresh signers as miners take a first day off on a three day week. Most major operators still resist contract demands while small companies in the Midwest and South that accepted terms have returned to a five day week. Lewis hopes additional tonnage will sign, but cracking the solid front of major operators remains essential for gains.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
midWest
South
L&wis
Lewis
UMW
Negro Homes Blasted Near Nashville Housing Project
Police report two new black housing units near Nashville were dynamited last night beneath their foundations. Sheriff Garner Robinson said the explosions were deliberate and used a large quantity of explosive. Owner E. D. Phillips noted a previous attempt with dynamite in front yards, tied to protests against a large negro housing project planned for the area.
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Nashville
Tenn
Garner Robinson
E. D. Phillips
Phillips
de- Vo
Birmingham Bank to Pay Stock Dividend
Directors of the First National Bank of Birmingham declare a 20 percent stock dividend totaling $1,000,000. Stockholders of record likely Jan 1. meeting Jan 10 to approve. General John C. Persons announced the plan, noting the dividend is in addition to the regular $3 per share cash dividend on $25 par stock held by about 1,000 stockholders.
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Birmingham
First National Bank of Birmingham
Etion
John C. Persons
Witness Says He Left State After Warning
Irvin Leon Key, 28, testifies that he fled Alabama last June after threats by the Ku Klux Klan. He accuses A B Carradine of flogging Jack Alexander and Mary Alice Henderson the night of May 19, as part of a larger indictment of 18 for flogging. Key recalls seeing the assault in Pumpkin Center and says Carradine also flogged Willie Stevens.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Jack Alexander
Roscoe Fowler
Glenn Godfrey
Key
Sumston
Fowler
Memphis Police Force
Adamsville
Godfrey
Alexander
Pumpkin Center
Carradine
Miss Henderson
Willie Stevens
Stonewall Jackson Klavern
Walker County
Bird Carradine
FBI
Houston
Tex
Alabama
Infant Improves After Stomach Ingestion Incident
Brenda Dianne McCorkle of Sheffield Alabama, an 11 month old, swallowed a safety pin Tuesday and was discharged from Baptist hospital with the danger over. Two Memphis officers injured escorting her to aid remained in serious condition after a squad car crashed into a tree. An Alabama Highway Patrol car and a Tennessee patrol car transported the infant to the hospital as the police car led the way.
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Memphis
Tenn
Brenda Dianne McCorkle
Sheffield
Ala
Baptist Hospital
J. E. Reyes
B. A. Campbell
Alabama
Tennessee
More Hospital Beds Held to Be Definite Need in Morgan
Morgan county faces a hospital bed deficit with 69 acceptable beds but a computed need of 286. State Health Department planning data presented by Clay H. Dean urge a favorable vote on amendments Nos. 1 and 3 in the December 13 election to enable bonds and tax options for hospital construction, leveraging federal aid while keeping taxes stable.
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Morgan County
State Health Department
Clay H. Dean
AON Ae
Dean
World's Biggest City With No Water to Wash Cars
New York imposes strict conservation as water shortages force bans on car washing and pool filling. Police water wardens canvass neighborhoods, penalties rise for leaks, and officials warn of a ghost city if rains fail. Public urgency grows as residents question shower use and other chores.
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New York
Ate
Stephen J. Car
City plantings add crepe myrtle and dogwood at cemetery
The Trawlers Garden club led by Mrs. Eugene Nault began planting at the city cemetery entrance. Crepe myrtle and dogwood plus a dozen shrub and flower varieties will be installed, with Mrs. Raymond Parks as beautification chair. Joe Elliott and Mayor H. R. Summer joined the morning meeting. further plans will appear Sunday.
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City Cemetery
Trawlers Garden Club
Eugenenault
Raymond Parks
Joe Elliott
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Sunday Divorce Decree Upheld in Alabama Rulings
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a divorce deemed invalid for dating on a Sunday. It rejected mandamus to set aside the decree granted to Mrs. Lillie Shade and also voided a Montgomery 2 percent gross receipts tax on City Lines Bus. The court also clarified Seaborn Jarrell’s murder conviction in Chambers County, affirming two separate trials with differing outcomes.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
City Lines Bus Company
Court of Appeals
Chambers County
Supreme Court
J. S. Williams
Barbour County
Lillie Shade
Seaborn Jarrell
Orr Service On Friday Morning
Charles Louis Orr aged 94 died Thursday morning at his home in Hartselle after long illness. A Danville native, he was a pioneer county resident and farmer long active in the First Christian church. Funeral Friday at ten at First Christian with Rev. Hatchett. interment in Hartselle cemetery. Pallbearers named. survived by son Phil M. Orr and three grandchildren.
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Charles Louis Orr
Hartselle
Danville
Orr
First Christian Church
Thomas W. Hatchett
Peck
Sim L. Howell
Eric Howell
Franklin Stewart
Howard Evans
J. E. Stone Jr
James Boatwright
Phil M. Orr
Phil Orr Jr
Frances Helen Orr
Lou Adeline Orr
Decatur
John Straighton
Charlotte
N. C
Kostov Changes Story in Court
Former Bulgarian communist leaders face treason and spying charges in Sofia as Traicho Kostov repudiates an earlier confession amid a staged feel. Nikola Nachev and Ivan Stefanov admit guilt. 11 leaders on trial, with court scrutiny and tensions reshaping the proceedings.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Traicho Kostov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Kostov
Rostov
Peter Burchett
London Daily Express
Tass
Nikola Nachev
Ivan Stefanov
Hungary
Red
Tito
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James Robinson, Hartseller
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Gene Black
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Elk River
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M. G. Fields
Flint Baptist Church
David Smith
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Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Elaine Lang
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Joel B. Brown
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China
Taipeh Formosa
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