Jailbreak Attack Leaves Deputy Near Death
Fred Whitworth and Charley Cline escaped Limestone county jail in Athens after assaulting Chief Deputy Knox M L Biles with a pipe and a bottle. They were recaptured hours later with Biles in critical condition from a fractured skull. Police used planes in the search and recovered the weapon used. Whitworth admitted striking Biles twice. Cline admitted the bottle blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whitworth
Charley Cline
Limestone County
Athens
Knox ML Biles
H. G. Garrett
Biles
Powers Hospital
Garrett
Huntsville
R. E. Beasley
Whitworth
Cline
Madison County
W. R. Moore
Julian McNeese
Ardmore
Bell Mina
Bob Troupe
McNeese
Ed Daniels
Moore
Roy Beasley
J. P. Dunlap
C. Bibb Humphrey
Decatur
Carl Edgeman
Marshall Keith
J. H. Hale
J. B. Whitmire
W. E. Kilgore
Elix Terry
J. C. Hassell
L. & WN. Railroad
J. W. McCall
W. H. Parker
Weather and military discharge notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy and warmer in the southeast Sunday with colder north and west Sunday night. Coastal winds shift to north by Monday. Max 63 min 28. Army and Navy discharge notices list Pfe Irmel L. Smith Baileyton, 29 months service, 24 overseas. Pfc. Herman W. Wright Decatur, 45 months, 9 overseas. Mrs NC Ward ill at 1505 Fourteenth Ave. Pfe Erick Echols Moulton, 36 months, 28 overseas. Seaman T. Ryan on 32 day furlough from U S S Wisconsin. Tech 5-g Almon Nance Decatur. A T Woodall Eva l. Sharon Lee born Dec 5 to Mr and Mrs Cleveland Tucker Hart selle. Tech 5-g Johnie H Slaten Hart sel le. F O Donald A Nebrig Decatur. Clarence Russell Cox Decatur. Abner Johnson Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Ryan
L-C
W. M. Ryan
Somerville
Ryan
U. S. S. Wisconsin
Local Docket of Decatur Notables and Navy Discharge
Matthew R Hackett seaman first class discharged by the Navy after three months overseas and nine months sea duty. Marvin Rankin Kiwanis president elect hosting officers and chairmen at Hotel Lyons dinner Tuesday at six to outline the Kiwanis year. Lloyd L Lively ill at home after a Greensboro business trip. O J Thomas formerly a Decatur barber now in Sheffield here Saturday on business. Cpl Louis P West landed in California after 22 months with the Army in the Pacific. Sam W Brown manager of Alabama Gas Company recovering at home after an operation at St Vincent's Hospital Birmingham. (Continued on Page Two)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew R. Hackett
Third Avenue South
Decatur
Navy
Marvin Rankin
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Kiwanis
Sam W. Brown
Alaama Gas Company
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Ooung Street
Ferguson
R - Mich
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshall
William) Bullitt
United States
R-Mich
Hess Claims Flight In Interest Of Peace
Rudolf Hess, in writing from Neuerenburg jail, said his 1941 England flight aimed to halt the clash between England and Germany rather than seek British aid against Russia. He testified he planned the trip before the invasion and only left due to weather, and claimed Haushofer and Willy Messerschmitt knew nothing of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Wes Gallagher
Rudolf Hess
Gunther
von Rohrscheidt
Associated Press
England
Mernberg
Germany
Russia
Nuernberg
Hitler
Duke of Hamilton
Karl Haushofer
Haushofer
Willy Messerschmit
Formula for Bomb Is Goal
Secretary of State Byrnes and Foreign Minister Bevin seek Russian support for a plan to give smaller nations a say in atomic energy. The move aims to involve the United Nations General Assembly rather than the Security Council. Byrnes speeds to Moscow for discussions with Molotov ahead of a Big Three ministers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Byrnes
Bevin
Molotov
Moscow
United Bastone Senate
Assembly of the United Nations
Security Council
O'Donnell Says Air Force Lacks Worthy Status
Brig. Gen. Emmett Rosie O'Donnell told a New York Daily Mirror youth forum that three and a half months after the war end the air force is not worthy of its name. He warned that the nation faces a weak defense as Congress rushes to bring troops home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emmett
Rosie” O'Donnell
Army Air Forces
New York Daily Mirror
O’donnell
Plan Poultry Kill Facility to Rise on Market Street
E. D. Wilson of Tennessee Valley Farm Industries announced a new poultry processing plant will be built on Market Street off Bank Street. The 96 by 64 foot structure will house an on the line dressing plant with conveyors, scalding, picking, dressing, chilling, and wrapping for shipping. Construction by W. J. Duncan is set to start around January 15, with the facility aiming to be among Alabama’s most modern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Wilson
Tennessee Valley Farm Industries
Niew
Market Street
Bank Street
Wilson
Alabama
Duncan
Hauser Sentenced to Life for Sunshine Girl Murder
In Uniontown, Judge W Russell Carr ruled Frederick E Hauser guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the slaying of 17 year old Anna Elizabeth Dreyer known as the Sunshine Girl of Fayette City. Hauser, a red haired ex sailor, heard the decision calmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
W. Russell Carr
Frederick E. Hauser
Anna Elizabeth Dreyer
Sunshine Girl
Fayette City
Here
Marines Leave Hawaii After Duty In Islands
All 386 women Marines stationed in Hawaii depart aboard the hospital ship Rescue for San Francisco. They told Stars and Stripes the duty has been wonderful and none appeared anxious to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GAL
Honolulu
Hawaii
Islands
San Francisco
Army
Stars and Stripes
Bombing plane sets new cross country speed record
Washington December 8 The Douglas XB-42 V Bombers flown by Lt Col H E Warden and Capt Glenn W Edwards from Long Beach California to Bolling Field Washington in 5 hours 17 minutes 34 seconds shaving 46 minutes from the prior West East record The two engine push propeller bomber covered 2295 miles at an average of 432 miles per hour with fuel capacity about 1400 gallons and unique twin tractor propellers in the tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long Beach
Calif
Bolling Field
Army Airbase
H. E. Warden
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Ohio
Glenn W. Edwards
Allison
Plane search still pushed in Florida swamp
In dense fog, Army assault craft, jeeps, and a Navy blimp scour central Florida’s swamps for 27 missing airmen from six planes. An Eastern Airlines pilot reported red flares near Melbourne at 2 A.M. and a possible survivor sighting, as Coast Guard, Navy, and Army units widen the search and consider wing collision in hurricane winds as a theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Greene
Miami
Fla
Florida
Eastern Airlines
Orlando
Melbourne
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Martin Mariner
Avengers
Eastern Air Lines
J. D. Morrison
Morrison
Banana River
H. H. J. Benson
U. S. 7Th Naval District
Melbourne-Orlando
Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station
Bahamas
British plan to restore order in Dutch East Indies
British high sources say London will deploy Dutch troops and more British forces to reestablish order and secure Dutch sovereignty in the Netherlands East Indies as clashes erupt in three Javanese cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batvia
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Bradley progress in VA legislation reported
Washington dispatch states General Omar Bradley is making progress in his program to reform the Veterans Administration though Congress has not adopted any major proposals. The update came from a Veterans Administration spokesman and aides to the House Veterans Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administration
Congress
House Veterans Committee
Morgan County Seeks Final Victory Bond Push
Morgan County seeks to meet an E bond quota of 641000 with 520000 raised by Saturday’s close, still 121000 short but within reach. Retail Week boosted totals to 190000 against 125000 quota, with Hartsel and Falkville contributing, while farm and rural workers push beats over the top before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Morgan
Hartselle
Falkville
Vernon McGwier
Work A Wagnon
County War Finance Committee
Counties Top Victory Bond sales in Alabama drive
Fifty-one Alabama counties have surpassed total bond sales in the Victory loan drive with purchases through today, as Ed Leigh McMillan chairs the Alabama War Finance Committee and notes more counties are likely to reach the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Dge
Alabama
Ed Leigh McMillan
Alabama War Finance Committee
Electric coop promises quick service restoration
H Cunningham, manager of Joe Wheeler Electric Corporation, said restoration of electric service to all customers would be completed by Monday night after a snowstorm left 600 to 800 customers without power. Joe Wheeler serves about 2700 customers in Morgan and Lawrence counties with HQ in Hartselle. Three crews from Birmingham, Ft. Payne, Ala and Corinth, Miss aided, bringing 11 workers into the area. About 15 to 18 miles of line were down. Customers praised the restoration effort in messages collected from Rayburn Neville of Trinity and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cunningham
Joe Wheeler Electric Corporation
Electric Cooperative
Joe Wheeler
Morgan
Lawrence
Hartselle
Cunningham
Birmingham
Ft. Payne
Ala
Corinth
Miss
Mr. Cunningham
Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Employee reports due by Monday in Victory bond contest
Reports of individual employee sales in the Victory bond contest during Retail Week must be at war bond headquarters by Monday morning at ten o'clock. Decatur retail stores awarded prizes by Decatur merchants. Savings & Loan Lodge Baye Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Yean Savings & Loan Lohoge Baye
Second Avenue
Return to Work Plea of President Refused by GMS Union
In Birmingham Alabama thirty service men’s wives form a chapter of the bring daddy back club and urge Sen List er Hill’s aid to speed their husbands’ discharge. They say a child needs a father as much as a mother and stress Hill’s Senate Military Affairs Committee role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Lister Hill
Hill
Edna. Statham
Club
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Pearl Harbor Warning Debate and Labor Showdown
Axis interception worries sparked Marshall's testimony on delaying Hawaii warning on December 7 1941. He cited radio and commercial telegraph issues and German interception risk. Separately General Motors CIO UAW locals rejected Truman back to work and urged a broad wage surge while planning a nationwide strike vote among 270000 workers in GE Westinghouse and GM units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hawaii
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S. High Command
Seattle Wash
San Diego
Califor
Panama Canal
Marshall
Army Signal Corps
Walter C. Short
Associated Press
General Motors
Wunion
Truman
General Motors Council
CIO
United Auto Workers
White House
Uaw-Cio
Machine Ae
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
Electrical
McClendon to Change Sites Move to Bank Street Plant
The Dennis McClendon Harness plant will move early next year to the old Brock Spight building on Bank Street, bought from Robin and Mrs J R Thomas for 21000. The three story building fronts 82 feet on Paak Street and 125 feet deep, with Harlow Grocery Co Southern News Co and Joe’s Coffee occupying the property. McClendon began leather goods manufacture in April 1942 and has expanded into several lines, employing many workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis McClendon
Bank Street
Brock & Spight
McClendon
Robin Thomas
J. R. Thomas
Paak Street
Harlow Grocery Co
Southern New Co
Joe’s Coffee
McClerinion
Army Experimental Bomber Sets Record
United States formally charges Japanese Lt. Gen. Masa haru Homma with allowing death march and atrocities in the Philippines. Indictment names four other officers alleged to have sanctioned murder and crimes, with Homma held at Onmori prison camp before a Manila trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Sun
United States
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Bataan
MacArthur
Homma
Onmori
Manila
Cations
Saichi Ohta
Kempei Tai
Phili
Zanzo Best
Takashi Tohei
Sonie
Akira Nagahama
Baby strangled in silk garment found in Montgomery home
A newborn white baby was found strangled to death in Montgomery today. Detectives say the infant, hours old, was wrapped three times with silk women's underwear tied around its neck. No arrests yet. Coroner notes the baby appeared to be born alive and breathed. Investigations continue in Capitol Heights district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. L. Miller
Miller
Capitol Heights
M. B. Kilpatrick
Wage Hike Announced by Atlantic City Labor Union
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America CIO announced a ten cents per hour wage increase today in Atlantic City New Jersey. The step marks a negotiated raise benefiting workers in the garment industry under the union contract discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
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Dr Timale Gumple
Pfe. Irmel L. Smith
Baileyton
Herman W. Wright
Beech, Street
NC. Ward
Fourteenth . Avenue
Pfe
Erick Echols
Moulton
Tech
Almon Nance
Ninth Avenue West
Hasen
A. T. Woodall
Eva
Cleveland Tucker
Hartselle 3
Sharon Lee
F-O
Donald A. Nebrig
Robert F. Nebrig, Decature
12Th Air Force
Mediterranean
San Antonio
Clarence Russell Cox
Ninth Avenue
Pacific
Abner Johnson
Nashville
Lloyd L. Lively
Greensboro
N. C
Ferry Street
O. J. Thomas
Sheffield
Cpl
Louis P. West
California
Pacific Theatre
By Ken Reynolds
Henry
State Department
Iran
Mark Ethridge
Romania
Bulgaria
Ethridge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
Deani Acheson
Hurley
Department
France
Britain
Plan Poultry Kill Facility
Florida Swamp
GMS Union Council
BBDC
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