Winter Weather Outlook and Local Notices From Decatur
Partly cloudy and warmer later. winds on the coast. The cotton market rose at noon with mid cotton at 31.25 at Decatur. Several residents were moved by Howell ambulance to hospitals or homes. Miss Pruett, a Winecoff fire victim and Fort Payne student, was a roommate of Miss Lee. The Tri County Shrine club announces a December 14 Christmas dance at the armory with Tut Montgomery’s orchestra. Railway service restored after coal strike. L and N and Southern lines 7 and 8 back in service.
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Tri-County Shrine Club
Armory
Tut Montgomery
Robert T. Sheppard
Louisville and Nashville and
Southern Railways
L and N
Southern
Joe Wheeler
Tragic Winecoff Fire Triggers Multiple Investigations
Atlanta reports the Winecoff hotel fire claim rising to 120 with three more dead including Mrs. George D. Burch. Investigations ordered by city, county, and national bodies examine possible criminal negligence as Grand Jury convenes.
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Atlanta
Winecoff
George D. Burch
Chattanooga
Red Cross
Charles
Bill) Berry
Cedartown
Julia Hall
Albany
E. E. Andrews
Henry Chandler
Fulton County
Tragedy Strikes Donelson Hi Y Club Note
Mrs. D L Allen mourns niece Harriett Strickland 16 daughter of H M Strickland Iron City Ga. Strickland was among 47 Hi Y Club girls from Donelson high school in Atlanta for a convention at the Winecoff hotel. Only six are accounted for. funeral planned Monday afternoon in Donelson.
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D. L. Allen
Atlanta
Harriett Strickland
H. M. Strickland
Iron City
Mrs Strick
Donelson
Georgia
Judge and foreman seek facts from men who know
Andrews said for the grand jury to learn facts from men who know and avoid hasty conclusions. He stressed that if hotel management is faultless it deserves official scrutiny. If fatal negligence occurred the public has a right to know.
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Andrews
University of Alabama Mourns Six Coeds in Winecoff Fire
President Raymond R. Paty extended condolences to the families of six Alabama coeds who died in the Winecoff hotel fire in Atlanta. The students from Tuscaloosa Fayette Falkville Ralph Fort Payne Gulfport were living in Atlanta to gain retail experience. two others were injured but stable.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Raymond R. Paty
University of Alabama
Alabama
Martha Harriet Cobb
Fayette
Sarah Mararet Aldridge
Falkville
Thel Stewart
Ralph
Elaine Sullivan
Jean Pruett
Fort Payne
Gloria Riemann
Gulfport
Miss
Atlanta
University Group
Rose Harvey
Frenda Green
Hattiesburg, Miss
City Council Fire Committee Probes Deadly Hotel Fire
Mayor William B. Hartsfield convened an afternoon city council fire committee session to question officials about the nation’s deadliest hotel fire. Investigations by the National Fire Prevention Association and the National Conference of Building Officers were planned as Grady hospital reported burns and gas poisoning among casualties and officials weighed the fire’s origin. Open stairwells were cited as a major factor in the rapid spread.
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William B. Hartsfield
National Fire Prevention Association
National Conference of Building Officers
Grady Hospital
Hartsfield
The
National Society of
Cotton crop up to 8.48 million bales in 1945
The Agriculture Department pegged this year’s cotton production at 8,482,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, down from last month’s forecast and well below the 12,553,000 average over ten years. Ginnings through Dec 1 reached 7,365,914 running bales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Department
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Married by Phone Ties Birmingham Bride to Seaman
Ruel M. Parsons 31, a former merchant mariner, said he arranged a trans Atlantic wedding to Fay Robinson of London yesterday. He hopes she can join him in America by Christmas or New Year. Mrs Parsons expects to travel no earlier than February or March.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ruel M. Parsons
Merchant Mariner
America
Parsons
Arab grid player dies in jeep accident
Arab Alabama December 9 J T Haden Jr an 18 year old football player for Arab high school was fatally injured when the jeep he rode in overturned on the Cullman highway about two miles from Arab Two other youths Wendell Bentley and Sonny Taylor were treated for minor injuries Haden was the son of Dr and Mrs J T Haden of Summit
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Arab, Ala
J. T. Haden Jr
Cullman Highway
Wendell Bentley
Sonny Taylor
Haden
J. T. Haden
Summit
Cullman Girl Crash Victim Dies En Route to Game
Funeral services are held for Lula Mae Burks 17 of Cullman daughter of Mr and Mrs George Burks killed in a highway accident near Cullman Saturday night. The car driven by Paul Hatley skidded on loose gravel overturning. Burks suffered fatal head injuries and died at the hospital. Survived by a sister and brother. Services at Center Grove at 2 P M conducted by Rev J E Schultz.
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Lula Mae Burks
George Monroe Burks
Cullman 2
Cullman
Miss Burks
Holly Pond
Paul Hatley
Center Grove
J. E. Schultz
Drinkard
Cer Gy
James D. Burks
Alabama Soldier Slain in Fort Lewis Incident
Pvt. Willis G. Jones 22 of Tuskegee Alabama was shot and killed at Fort Lewis Washington during a Saturday night altercation with a military policeman. The Army reports the shooter as Pfc. Edward Jackson Jr. with authorities describing the death as in the line of duty or line of duty related.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Willis G. Jones
Tuskegee
Ala
Criminal Investigation Division
Jones
Pfc
Edward Jackson Jr
Decatur Board Accepts Temporary Pryor Field Permit
The Decatur City Board of Education received a temporary permit from the War Assets Administration for use of Pryor Field facilities as a veterans trade school. Superintendent Walter Jackson said the permit bars use of the property until repairs are completed on Hangar No. 2, damaged when a plane crashed into the roof. The trade school will stay at its South Decatur site until repairs are done, with Pryor Field facilities including all but two hangars and the airfield, which Decatur seeks for a municipal airport.
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Decatur City
Pryor Field
City of
Decatur
Petition Seeks Decatur School Tax Election
Petitions with 341 names were presented to Morgan county Board of Revenue and Control asking an election in Decatur to vote on a proposed one mill school tax. Parent Teacher groups circulated the petitions. If approved the tax would raise about $9,000 annually for schools.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur
Russians Balk At US Arms Proposal in UN Debate
Egypt submitted a UN arms reduction proposal urging a balanced withdrawal of all foreign troops and general demobilization in response to a US resolution. Molotov opposed a home troop census, threatening a renewed committee fight as the armament debate continued.
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Larry Hauck Lake
Success
N. Y
Egypt
United Nations
United States
Security Council
Atomic Energy
Bate
miners return to work ends 17 day coal strike
The 400,000 United Mine Workers led by Pennsylvania and West Virginia diggers resumed production after John L Lewis ordered a return to work. In the Pittsburgh area a few large mines idled and expected full production by Tuesday or Wednesday as U S Steel Jones and Laughlin and Republic Steel captive pits reopen. The move averts mass layoffs and a potential national economic crisis.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
U. S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Republic Steel
Ohio
John P. Busarello
UMW
Tri-State Industrial Association
Blaze Victim Laid To Rest
Miss Sarah M. Aldridge of Falkville, a University of Alabama senior and Hotel Winecoff fire victim, was laid to rest at Heflin cemetery near Moulton. Her body arrived in Hartselle and services were held at the Church of Christ in Moulton. Survived by her mother and grandmother pallbearers named.
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Charles Boschung Jr
Cullman
Ala
Atlanta
Boschung
Winecoff
Gloria Horton
Langdon C. Thrash
Shreveport
Sarah M. Aldridge
Falkville
University of Alabama
Heflin
Moulton
Aldridge
Hartselle
Drinkard’s Chapel
Church of Christ
Miss Aldridge
Kate Aldridge
Sallie A. Ratliff
Glenn E. Burch
M. A. Hardin
John R. Foote
Gurnie Foote
John A. Byars
Gene O. Entrekin
Officials to discuss future use of Courtland airfield
State and federal representatives meet at Courtland Army Airfield on Tuesday at 11 for deciding the property's future use as an airfield. Mayor W A Toms received notice that War Assets Administration, Civil Aeronautics Administration and Alabama Department of Aeronautics will attend.
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State
Federal
Courland Army Airfield
W. A. Toms
Courtland
War Assets Administration
Civil Aeronautics Administration Administration
Alabama Department of Aeronautics
Four Burned to Death in Sumter Home Fire
Mrs. Leon Everett Richburg, 29, an expectant mother, and her three children Leon 5 Jimmy 3 and John 1 died when a kerosene fire caused an explosion and engulfed their four room wood frame house early today in Sumter South Carolina. The husband escaped. The family anticipated a baby due in April.
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Sumter
S. C
Leon Everett Richburg
Richburg
Leon
Jimmy
John
Yeggs Target Three Decatur Businesses In Early Morning Robbery Attempt
Police investigated three Bank Street businesses after an early Sunday robbery attempt at Sims Sign Service Co Green and Stein Furniture Co and Economy Auto Store. Cash was taken from Green and Stein while tools and a wrecking bar were left at the sign shop. Fireproofing material and multiple floor holes suggest an attempted floor breach into the Economy Auto store. No arrests announced by Chief Whitmire as detectives continued inquiry.
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Bank Street
Decatur Police Department
J. B. Whitmire
Sims Sign Service Co
Green and Stein Furniture Co
Economy Auto Store
Green and Stein
Economy Auto
C. G. Sims
Sign Service
Sims
Chilli Green
Four Injured in Car-Collision In Decatur
A Sunday night crash sent four people to Decatur General hospital. Eursie Morgan and Louis Smith were in separate vehicles when Smith’s 1946 taxi struck Morgan’s car on Eighth Avenue East, tipping Morgan’s car onto its side. All but C. J. Hardiman were discharged by noon.
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Decatur General Hospital
Eursie Morgan
11Th Avenue West
Decatur Transit
Louis Smith
East Walnut
Brown's
Mildred Champion
East Wilson Street
Roberta Clew
C. J. Hardiman
Sixth Avenue South
Hardiman
J. B. Whitmire
Smith
Eighth Avenue
Morgan
Foremen Granted Union Rights by Supreme Court Decision
The supreme court refused to review a lower court ruling that foremen are covered by the National Labor Relations Act, effectively upholding their right to join unions and bargain with employers. Packard Motor Company sought final ruling, contending foremen are not employees. the board had overruled this 2 to 1.
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Washington
Dec
Supreme Court
Packard Motor Company of
Detroit
Packard
National Another Relations Board
Packoe Oe Ee
Supreme Court to Rule on UMW Contempt Case
The Supreme Court agreed to fast track the contempt conviction of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers over the soft coal strike. Arguments set for January 14 with a possible decision soon after. total fines were 3 510 000. Lewis cited ending the strike to free the court from public pressure amid an economic crisis.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
High Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Lewis
U. S. District Court
Brighter Labor Picture Emerges as Walkout Ends
The nation sees improved labor activity as AFL United Mine Workers return to soft coal digging after a 17 day walkout. In Rockford 900 JL Case Co workers resume work and CIO unions report wage gains. Some strikes persist at Racine and Cudahy, while Allis Chalmers resumes Boston production.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Rockford
Ill
JL Case Co
Coul
Russell King
CIO
United Auto Workers
Racine
Wis
Allis-Chalmers
Boston
United Electrical Workers
CIO United Packinghouse
Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago
Cudahy
New York
Pawtucket
R. L
Court likely to hear Lewis strike case after end of walkout
Officials predict the Supreme Court will take jurisdiction for an early showdown after the 17 day walkout ends. They expect the case to move to the regular calendar with a decision possibly delayed until coal supplies stabilize. The settlement signals may affect the court timetable and miners' return plans.
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Lewis
Court On Page Two Flinger Faces Question
A fragmentary court item mentions Uncle Bud Paha Fling and a tense scene as a question rises about the president. The readable text hints at a local dispute or faux courtroom moment with community figures involved.
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Hugh D. Britton
Howell Ambulance
Wadsworth Street
Veteran's Hospital
James Ward
Sherry Gayle
Baugh’s Infirmary
Austinville
Alton L. Howell
Howell
Decatur 1
Earl Joyce Lee
A. J. Cole
Decatur 3
Morgan County
Bob Harrson
East Moulton Street
Brown's Ambulance
C. L. Hill
Danville
David Draper
Hartseller
Atar
Luther Harris
Hamill Clinic
West Market Street
James Alexander
J. W. Britt
Decatur Hosital
Eighth Avenue East
K. S. Bennett
Hartselle 2
Billy Woods Jr
William E. Varnell
Doyle L. Lovelady
Army Air Force
David L. Segars
C. E. Seigler
Tana 1
Hated T. Oden
Mamie Oden
Somerville 2
Oden
Peking
China
A. S. Humphries
G. L. Chenault
Danville 1
Mary Mizell
Trinity
Baughs Infirmary
Charles Hanna
Desetur
Decatur General
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Yeggs
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