Community notes of Decatur area weather and events
Cloudy mild day with possible showers in the Northwest Tuesday. Death reported for John T. Herndon formerly of Decatur in Chicago. J W Sams dismissed from Ellis-Meyer hospital. Carrie Bishop returns home from Mobile visit with daughter and granddaughter. Central Methodist church junior board to meet Tuesday night at 7. Recorder's court reports 46 cases. Birth announced for Wilvin Stover's son. Westminster Church fund raised to 603.18 for Jimmy Rodgers. Hosey visitors from Birmingham. St Ann's Church hosts games Thursday evening. See Diary On Page 2.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jimmy Rodgers
Rodgers
St. Ann’s Church
Byrd Aims to Kill RFC Bill Early in Next Session
Sen. Byrd of Virginia says he will introduce a bill to do away with the Reconstruction Finance Corp. early in the new Congress starting January 3. He has long opposed the RFC, noting past attempts to curb its lending and the recent defeat of a kill-RFC bill by two votes.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Congress
RFC
Virginian
Adlai Stevenson
Cotton crop estimate raised by U.S. Bureau
The Agriculture Department's final 1952 crop report pegs cotton at 15,038,000 bales, up 133,000 from last month’s estimate. Despite not hitting the 16 million bale goal, supply should meet domestic and export needs with some surplus added to small reserves. The Census Bureau notes 13,419,943 running bales by Dec 1, up from last year. State figures include Georgia 1,395,000 acres with 249,725,000 pounds, Florida 52,000 acres with 277,000 pounds, Alabama 1,500,000 acres with 285,890,000 pounds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Eisenhower seen unlikely to risk wider war says Times
The London Times editorial reports relief that President-elect Eisenhower will not risk broadening the Korean conflict. Observers say his statements show no promise of a quick easy solution and he rejects extending the war as some within his party advocate.
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London
London Times
Dwight Eisenhower
Independent
Eisenhower
Times
Log Home at Flint Burned in Sunday Blaze
A log home owned by Savan nah Stover in Flint burned completely Sunday morning. A 750 gallon pumper from Fairview fire station Decatur fought the fire for over an hour, starting around 10 02 and declared under control at 11 20. Furniture including a deep freeze were saved. The cause is believed to be a defective flue. Also, Decatur firemen aided a Saturday blaze in Lamar Speake’s closet in Priceville with minor clothing damage.
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Savannah Stover
Flint Negro
Fairview
Decatur
Flint
No. 1
Railroad Street
Decatur Fire Department
Lamar
Alabama Patrolman Dies in Highway Crash and other traffic tolls
Alabama roads claimed multiple lives as traffic accidents left at least seven dead. Patrolman H P Bryant of Scottsboro was killed when a truck rammed a patrol car on U S Highway 72 near Larkinsville. Durwood Thompson of Gadsden was injured, while two suspects Allie H Tipton and Zeke McCaney were detained for investigation.
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Associated Press
Alabama
LoeMac
Roy Bradford
Larkinsville
H. P. Bryant
Scottsboro
Durwood Thompson
Gadsden
Bradford
U. S
Union Springs
Charles Whittington
Jonesboro
Charles Jr
Whi
Brundidge
Ala
J. B. Barbee
Whittington
Joe Kimbrough
Pinson
Yale Divinity School Head Defends New Bible Version
Yale Divinity School professor Dr Luther A Wiegle defended the New Revised Standard Version against claims it undermines the virgin birth doctrine. He said Isaiah 7 14 uses almah meaning young woman and that the change reflects the original Hebrew manuscript. Critics from the American Council of Christian Churches planned protests as regional figures drew attention to the debate.
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Yale Divinity School
Denver
Luther A. Wiegle
Yale University Divinity School
Weigle
Reapa
Akron
Ohio
Bill Tray Pogeye
Mace Street
Rocky Mount
Sven
American Council of Christian Churches
Emmanuel
YALE
Ike Starts Parleys With His Aides On USS Helena
President elect Eisenhower opened a formal conference with advisers aboard the heavy cruiser USS Helena after helicopter transport from Wake Island. Officials said no decisions would be announced and no Korea policy statements would be issued until after January 20.
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Lke
Uss
Helena
Dwight Eisenhower
Wake Island
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Cullman Plant Walkout Halts Holeproof Hosiery Operations
About 600 union workers at the Holeproof Hosiery Mill in Cullman walked off the job at 8 30 A.M. causing operations to stop. Plant head A Powandra cited the strike while a caravan of Cullman tagged cars at noon arrived at the Athco plant in Athens with unclear purpose.
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Holeproof Hosiery
Cullman
Powandra
Athco
Athens
Holeproof Co
Putman Takes Over WSB Job
Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam assumes control of wage stabilization as Eisenhower era plans begin. He faces lack of a wage board and potential trouble forming a new one as industry groups protest Truman’s coal wage handling. Henry Fowler says industry will likely cooperate after initial reflection.
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Washington
Roger Putnam
Eisenhower
Putnam
Boston
Chicago
Truman
Defense
Henry Fowler
Patman
Taft Is Called Team Player
Vice President elect Nixon praised Senator Robert A. Taft as a team player who will work smoothly with the incoming Eisenhower administration. Nixon said there is no doubt Taft can cooperate, after returning from Mexico City where he represented Eisenhower at Cortines inauguration.
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Washington
Nixon
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
National Airport
Mexico City
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Taft
Martin P. Durkin
AFL Plumbers Union
Organized Labor
Allied Planes Roam North Korea Behind Front Lines
Hundreds of Allied warplanes attacked targets in North Korea with the U S Fifth Air Force reporting a MiG 15 shoot down over Sinuiju. The day saw 125 trucks destroyed and six rail and road bridges felled as Maj Edwin Heller and Lt Gene Woodworth shared credit for a second MiG-15 kill.
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Seoul
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
Air Force
Sabre
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Gene Woodworth
Rockford, Ill
Job Seekers Swamp Solons
Washington reports show Republican senators noting a surge of applicants eager to join the federal payroll after two decades in opposition. They warn many hopefuls will be disappointed by limited openings and pay in posts transferred from departing Democrats, especially about 40 000 postmaster positions now Civil Service permanent.
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Washington
Fedecal
Montgomery Traffic Report: 25 Crashes Yesterday
Highway Patrol recorded 25 accidents yesterday with 22 injuries and one death, totaling 11 095 dollars in property damage. Compared with the same date last year, 20 accidents occurred with eight injuries, no deaths, and 11 675 dollars in property damage.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Hancock Claims Frame Behind Police Chief Ouster
Former Birmingham police chief Marcus Hancock told the County Personnel Board he was the victim of an airtight frame after being ousted. He described Thelma Ward case details tied to his demotion to captain and denied knowing Ward beyond duty. Ward was acquitted of operating a disorderly house.
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Birmingham
Marcus Hancock
Hancock
County Personnel Board
Charles L. Pierce
Thelma Ward
California Storm Left Deaths and Travel Disruptions
A Pacific storm ravaged northern California with wind rain and heavy snow. Five people died as uprooted trees and a motorist struck pedestrians. Marin County reported 6.91 inches of rain in 24 hours and Blue Canyon recorded 37 inches of snow as the storm moved into New Mexico and Colorado.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
California
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Marin County
Blue Canyon
Calif
Seven Trains Stranded By California Storm
A weekend storm battered northern California with wind rain and snow, killing five and stranding seven passenger trains carrying 1 370 passengers. Four trains freed after 24 hour delay as snow was cleared near Dunsmuir. Three southbound trains delayed at Klamath Falls Oregon.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Here
Klamath Falls
Ore
California-Oregon
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon-California
L. S
Talking Horse Used In Missing Boy Search
A 27 year old talking horse named Lady Wonder is consulted in Rhode Island over missing 9 year old Gary Hayman from Exeter State School near Providence. Reporter interviews suggest the horse’s abilities to spell via letters after touch a chin lever to indicate responses.
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Richmond
Rhode Island
Gary Hayman
Exeter State School
Providence
Bien Daniaenin Dweneenan Slinaine
Dubijauml Mayme
Vuuurgue
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Lady Wonder
The
Ti Dispatch
Bill Mcllwain
Mcllwain
Gary
Lady
Freed Officers Keep Silence On Treatment
Rioting inmates at the New Mexico State Prison released eight guards held as hostages after a 20 hour uprising. Warden Morris Abram announced a truce attempt while National Guardsmen and state police stood ready to storm. Ringleader identified as Robert Eads.
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Santa FE
N. M.P
Morris Abram
New Mexico State Prison
N. M
Johnson
Abram
Joe Roach
Robert Eads
St. Louis
New Purge Of Czechs Is Begun
Belgrade radio quoted Yugoslav news agency Tanjug naming Antonin Gregor and Zdenek Fierlinger among Czechoslovakia leaders seized in a new wave of arrests. Also listed were Gen. Ludwig Svoboda Vladimir Kopshiva Eugene Erban Augustin Kliment and Zdenek Fierlinger in the purge.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Eugene Erban
Augustin Kliment
Zdenek Fierlinger
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Ellis-Meyer Hospital
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Herndon
T. O. Prosser
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Carrie Bishop
N. Street
Mobile
T. A. Roper Jr
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Board of Stewards of
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Recorder’s Court
J. B. Whitmire
Wilvin Stover
Church Street
Decatur General Hospital
S. F. Hosey
Bill
Kill’ Rfc
Buckley
U.S. Bureau
Ike
Jack Hutcherson
Frankfort
Miss
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John Foster Dulles
Douglas McKay
Oregon
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George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Treasury
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Lucius Clay
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit
C. D. Jackson
Emmet Hughes
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Charles E. Wilson
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WSB
U. S. Eighth Army
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