Rites Set for Sgt Lafever Funeral Today in Moulton
Funeral services for Sgt W D Lafever, 28, will be held at Jones Chapel at 3 pm today with Rev Dennis Tucker and Rev Emmett Byars officiating. Burial follows in nearby cemetery with Brown directing. Surviving parents reside in Moulton and Lafever. He died of injuries from a car collision near his home about 10 days ago after nine months in the European theatre. He had served four and a half years in the Army. His body arrived in Decatur Saturday.
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Jones
W. D. Lafever
Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Moulton
Dennis Tucker
Emmett Byars
Brown
Sgt
Army
W. L. Lafever
Lafever
Hoptcin
Mattie Lafever
Bill Ligon
Pie Lege
Johnnie
Dewey Parker
Jank Thompson
Decatur
Jobs pile up for Congress as holiday nears
Washington dispatch reports lawmakers racing a crowded docket with labor and employment bills. The House considers a union clash bill while another measure would extend the anti racketeering act to unions. A full employment bill faces debate as leaders push to finish before Christmas. Billions in UNRRA funding and civil service retirement changes also await action amid conference hold ups and ongoing Senate business.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Capitol Hill
President Truman
House
Military
House’ Labor Committee
Labor Committee
Senate
Congress
House Civil Service Committee
UNRRA
United Nations Organization
House Foreign Affairs Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Cuba Hosts World’s Smallest Frog and Bird Discovery
A quarter inch frog, declared the smallest frog on record, is found in Cuba which also claims the world’s smallest bird. The discoveries highlight Cuba’s unique miniature wildlife.
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Cuba
Marines fire mortar attack near Anshan after murders
Marines reported firing 24 60 millimeter mortar shells into a village southwest of Anshan on December 4 after two Chinese gunmen killed a Marine and wounded another in cold blood. Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey said a half hour surrender deadline was given before fire opened. casualty details were not released.
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Olen Clements Tientsin
Dee
Here
Naval Board of Inquiry
Keller E. Rockey
Marine Third Amphibious Corps
Anshan
Chinwangtao
Baby's life saved by Johns Hopkins surgery
Baltimore dispatch reports two year old Judy Hackman of Buckley Washington underwent the Blalock operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital to correct a dangerous oxygen deficiency in her blood. Dr. Alfred Blalock led the procedure amid guarded post operative risk, with family hopeful for a normal future.
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James E. Hague
Baltimore
Johns ‘Hopkins Hospital
Alfred Blalock
Hopkins
Judy Hackman
Buckley, Wash
Judy
Henry Hackman
Blalock
Harriet Lane
Biarock
Army officers on terminal leave may use civilian return addresses
Montgomery Alabama December 8 1945 officers on terminal leave are urged by the Maxwell Field postal officer to use their civilian return address on envelopes with their free mail privilege. Several officers had been told incorrectly that a military return address was required.
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Montgomery
Ala
Army
Maxwell Field
Plea Discarded By Southern Congressmen On POW Work
Rep. Boykin of Alabama says he and fellow Southern congressmen have dropped plans to urge the President to allow private employment of prisoners of war beyond local limits. News reflects postwar debate over POW labor policies and federal authority affecting wartime labor arrangements.
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Washington
Boykin
Ala
Farm Fire Losses Put At One In Thirty Seven
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates that among over 6 5 million farms in the country one in 37 suffered a disastrous fire experience in the years 1936 to 1940.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Man Thought Dead 27 Years Returns Home
Clifton Griffin, a World War I veteran living in Philadelphia, was believed dead after a ship sinking in the war. He appeared in Gadsden, Alabama, visiting a brother H. C. Griffin, saying he stayed in France after 1918 and returned to the United States after World War II ended. He now works in Philadelphia service.
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Gadsden
Ala
Clifton Griffin
H. C. Griffin
France
Philadelphia
Scouters to Hold Christmas Party in Morgan District
Scouters in the Morgan district of the Tennessee Valley Council will hold a Christmas party at the Cornelian Hotel on Dec. 17. Ned Frazier will present training awards to more than 20 men who completed the basic course for scouters. W. T. Jordan will receive his 20 year service pin and Frank Yaney will act as Santa Claus. E. L. S. Hawkins will be introduced as newly elected to the Tennessee Valley Council, formerly with the Greatners Mountain Council in Knoxville. Hawkins will be presented by George Simpson, regional Scout executive of emphis. More than 80 members of the district committee and various Scout leaders and their wives are expected to attend, Tom Fitzpatrick announced. James Rankin, newly elected chairman, will announce his committee.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Cornelian Hotel
Ned Frazier
W. T. Jordan
Frank Yaney
Santa Claus
E. L. S. Hawkins
Greatners Mountain Council
Knoxville
Hawkins
George Simpson
Detai
Emphis
Tom Fitzpatrick
James Rankin
The British export share of steel in normal times
The article notes that Britain exports a larger percentage of its total steel production than United States steel makers during normal periods, highlighting differing trade patterns between the two nations.
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U. S
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