Community gives to Landers children at Christmas
Salvation Army and Daily office report generous local support for the Landers family. Donations from East End Methodist church and Oak Park residents total about 20 dollars with individual gifts including a five dollar check and a mother’s compassionate choice to help the children. Public welfare aid is approved and rooms are sought as winter hardship grows.
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Landers
Salvation Army Post
19Th Avenue
East End
Capt. Fuller
the Daily
Oak Park
Salvation Army board reelects officers for another term
All officers of the Salvation Army advisory board were re-elected at a Monday night meeting. The officials are F. C. Smith president Quince Eddens vice president Paul Roberson treasurer Mrs. Oscar Fuller secretary Capt Oscar Fuller presented November reports noting 46 religious meetings with 1522 in attendance 63 character building meetings with 1220 attendees 131 activities for the boys club drawing 1857 boys participating Family relief aid expanded with 32 families assisted receiving 90 garments 15 pairs of shoes and 98.23 in cash 29 transients given beds and served 65 meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Advisory Board
F. C. Smith
Quince Eddens
Paul Roberson
Oscar Fuller
Former Colonel Begins Sentence in Jewel Theft Case
Jack Durant, ex Army colonel convicted by court martial of the Hesse crown jewel theft, started a 14 year term at the Atlanta US penitentiary after transfer from New York. His wife, a former WAC captain also convicted, was sentenced to five years but later released by federal court ruling the court martial illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jack Durant
United States
Durant
New York
WAC
E Service
Daily Records Marriages and Deeds Noted in Decatur Area
Marriages listed include James Otis Stephens and Mae Ola Young of Decatur and imeon Louis Howell Jr. Hart selle with Clara Nell Maples. Also Buford Arle Terry of Hartselle and Mildred M. Clemons of Decatur. Deeds show J. J. Childers to Mathew M. Childers for 1 dollar and William W. Dinsmore to L. R. Ricks for 100 dollars and 800 dollars respectively. Additional transfers include D. J. Filgan to William N. Smith, Free to Ima Edmondson, and Ada Moss to J. M. Moss for 40 dollars.
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James Otis Stephens
Decatur
Mae Ola Young
Imeon Louis Howell Jr
Hartselle
Clara Nell Maples
Buford Arle Terry
Mildred M. Clemons
J. J. Childers
Mathew M. Childers
William W. Dinsmore
L. R. Ricks
D. J. Filgan
William N. Smith
Ima Edmondson
Ada Moss
J. M. Moss
Citizenship Club Meeting At Senior High
The Citizenship club met in session at the senior high. President Burl Oliver opened the meeting while the secretary read the previous minutes. Jean Lawrence offered a short devotional. O S Hagerman spoke on his trip to the UNESCO conference in Mexico City and shared insights on Mexican customs and people.
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Citizenship Club
Burl Oliver
Jean Lawrence
O. S. Hagerman
Mexico City
Mexico
Bedingfield Guilty of Second Degree Manslaughter
Mack Bedingfield was found guilty of second degree manslaughter and fined $200 in Limestone circuit court. The April 1946 accident near Pryor Field killed a man in Bedingfield's Buick and injured others. Judge Jones H. Crow presided. related cases were listed as scheduled or docketed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Bedingfield
Limestone
Bedingfield
Stace
Pryor Field
Jones H. Crow
Clarence E. Atchley
Son Wood
J. R. Simpson
James. Martin Thomas
ie.__Johnson
Price Underwood
Ollie Eaves, Jr
J. W. Fisk, Jr
Philip Tribble
Ben D. Massey
L. P. Tunstill
Bailey Caldwell
Columbus Russ
Elijah Purnell
Willie Howell
Doris Lambert
Robert Jett
Marvin Lewter
Richard Martin
Gossip Says Voyles to Go as Auburn Coach and AD
The Birmingham News reports gossip that Carl Voyles will resign tomorrow as Auburn football coach and athletic director, with his contract paid. Wilbur Hutsell, Auburn track coach and head of physical education, may serve as temporary athletic director until a new coach is chosen, while official comment is unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Birmingham News
Carl Voyles
Auburn
Voyles
Wilbur- Hutsell
Soviet note on trade talks and repatriation clash in Moscow
Andrei Gousev disclosed Russia’s decision to suspend trade talks and charge France with unilaterally annulling the June 29 1945 repatriation agreement. Moscow ordered Russian missions home and expelled the French mission amid disputes over the Beauregard center raid and alleged persecution of Soviet citizens in France. The embassy linked actions to French interference during a strike crisis and a raid that took three children from a Soviet family at Beauregard.
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Moscow
Andrei Gousev
Russia
France
Paris
Camp Beauregard
Beauregard
Tanker breaks up at East Boston pier disaster
A four million dollar former Navy tanker named Pona gansett split in half at an East Boston pier. The accident sent about 250 workers to the decks. one major injured critically and thirteen others treated for minor injuries.
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Boston
Navy
Markets Edge Higher As Recovery Shift Extends
Wall Street mixed session with selective gains as short covering and reinvestment demand offset tax selling. Rails and industrials rose modestly while most leaders lagged. transfers hovered near 1,000,000 shares, and cotton finished higher at 2.60 per bale as grains rallied late.
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New York
Chicago
Market Prices for Grains and Corns in Decatur
Decatur grain prices listed include No. 1 soft wheat at 3.05 per bushel. Ear milling white corn 2.24, shell white corn 2.34, ear yellow corn 2.19, shell yellow corn 2.29, Milo 3.53, barley 1.67, oats 1.20 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Grains
Ear
New York Cotton Futures Jump On Broad Buying
In New York, cotton futures rose sharply on broad buying and outside demand, climbing more than 3 a bale to fresh seasonal highs before some profit taking and hedging pulled prices back. Strong spot market and government crop forecasts spurred late-session gains with Dec, March and May contracts closing higher.
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New York
North Georgia poultry market shows steady to firm prices
The Department of Agriculture reports North Georgia fryer market fully steady to firm on December 9. Demand remains good while supply of 2 1/2 to 3 1/4 lb fryers is ample in most districts but buyers struggle for desired volume. Heavy fryers are very limited with scattered sales. prices paid FOB farm for all sizes sold Monday afternoon and this morning range 32 to 33 cents, mostly 32 1/2 cents.
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Department of Agriculture
Atlanta
North Georgia
Butter Steady and Eggs Firm in Chicago Market
Chicago market reports butter steady with receipts of 343263 and unchanged prices. Eggs firm with receipts 20576 and most prices inching up a cent a dozen on top grades U S extras No 1 63 to 65 and No 2 60 to 63.
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Chicago
U.S
Nashville Livestock Market Report December 9
Federal and state departments report Nashville cattle receipts light seeking steady to strong prices. Steers and heifers to 24.00 with some to 26.25, cows mostly 10.00 to 16.00, bulls limited, calves around 150, hogs mostly 23.25 to 26.00, sheep steady with lambs 19.00 to 21.00 and sows to 24.00.
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Nashville
State Departments of Agriculture
Birmingham Gas Co seeks private bond issue approval
The Birmingham Gas Co asks the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a plan to issue and sell privately one million dollars of first mortgage bonds at 3 12 percent, due 1971. The Birmingham subsidiary of Federal Water And Gas Corp says the funds will reimburse treasury for construction expenditures.
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Philadelphia
Birmingham
Ala
Church groups pledge income used for religious purposes
Dec 9 two church bodies told Congress that all funds received are used strictly for religious aims. Dr Samuel McCrean Cavert general secretary of the Federal Council Of The Churches Of Christ In America and Charles S Longacre of the Seventh Day Adventist general conference spoke on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agrington
Congress
Samuel McCrean Cavert
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Charles S. Longacre
Seventh-Day Adventist General Conference
Loan Hearing Set by Jones in Alabama REA Case
Montgomery Circuit Judge Walter Bones set a hearing for January 8 on Alabama Power Company plea to review a $5,516,600 REA loan approval for Alabama Electric Cooperative Inc. The company seeks to set aside the Finance Director Drinkard order and reinstate an earlier one.
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Montgomriery
Ala
Montgomery
Walter Bones
Alabama Power Company
Bill Drinkard
Alabama’ Electric Cooperative Inc
John P. Shaffer
Finance Department
Drinkard
Jones
Alabama Electric Cooperative Inc
Power Company
Alabama Electric Cooperative
J. C. Blakey
Birmingham
J. M. Williams
Fingerprints Searched After Bottling Plant Robbery
Police take latent prints from the Pepsi-Cola Bottling plant scene under Chief J B Whitmire and officers. Prints will be compared in files and sent to the FBI for identification. The bottling plant was robbed Saturday or Sunday night of 25 to 50 dollars, discovered Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsi-Cola
J. B. Whitmire
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
ANPA Faces ITU In Major Taft Hartley Hearing
Indianapolis dispatch reports the ANPA and ITU clash in a landmark Taft Hartley case as two additional publisher groups seek to join the National Labor Relations Board hearing. The AFL union, represented by Gerhard Van Arkel, denies four unfair labor practice charges filed after Denham moved on Nev 21 following ANPA charges.
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Indianapolis
Taft-Hartley
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
International Typographical Union
ITU
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
Gerhard van Arkel
NLRB
Denham
Nev
Pride Motor to Pride Appliance Company Name Change
Announcement states Pride Motor Company at 311 Second Avenue changes its name to Pride Appliance Company Harvey Pride ends the auto sales and service agency and dedicates full time to household appliances
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Pride Motor Company
Second Avenue
Pride Appliance Company
Harvey Pride
Glimpses About Your Community and Mine
Local notices report police arrests with counts for gaming public drunkenness and other offenses. Church and club meetings set for tonight and upcoming December events with hostesses and locations listed.
President pushes anti inflation bill amid Congress doubt
Administration officials report the President has sent up proposals as Wherry questions whether the GOP led Congress will act on anti inflation measures during the special session. The tone suggests uncertainty over final action and the administration's bid for rapid passage.
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Jonkman
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
Taber
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Wolcott
Rmich
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Wherry
House
Flanders
R-Vt
Congress
Europe
Fresh Pressure On Aid Bill Faces House Vote
In Washington on December 9 lawmakers pressed to shield the emergency foreign aid bill at 597 million dollars. House committees trimmed funds to 530 million for Europe, with nations Italy Austria and France aided, while Rep Jonkman urged a 300 million cap amid wary GOP and Democratic opposition.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Italy
Austria
France
Truman
Jonkman
R-Mich
Exiled Pennsylvanian Earle releases Roosevelt letter
George H. Earle former Pennsylvania governor says a 1945 Roosevelt letter confirms his wartime exile to Samoa as a Navy emissary on Balkan affairs. He charged Roosevelt feared public release would harm the war effort and recounts the Navy dispatched him after Yalta.
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New York
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
D. Roosevelt Wich Earle
Sanoa
Earle
Russia
Germany
Turkey
Balkan
Samoa
Meet
Roosevelt
Yalta
Ree
Anna
United States Navy
Navy Department
Appeal Filed in Second Degree Murder Case
Rufus Draper was found guilty in Morgan circuit court of second degree murder in the shooting of O C Batts. Judge Newton Powell sentenced Draper to 25 years and one day, the jury’s recommended term, with the sentence suspended. Draper’s defense argued home protection. the state contended Batts had a right to invade the home to protect Draper’s sister. Batts was shot July 12 in front of Draper’s home. George Johnston and Bowen Simmons represented the state.
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Rufus Draper
Morgan
O. C. Batts
Newton Powell
Noble Russell
Robert Hutson
Draper
Batts
George Johnson
Bowen Simmons
Western diplomats wary of optimism at London conference
Marshall notes a glimmer of hope but Western diplomats warn against over optimism. Molotov's German unity proposals echo Moscow Conference issues especially reparations. The US and Britain reject $10 billion in reparations for Russia and demand a German economic administration with limited veto power in Berlin. Molotov insists on maintaining the veto and tying zonal barrier removal to reparations talks. Procedure may decide whether reparations take priority over rebuilding Germany toward self sufficiency.
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Molotov
United States
Britain
Russia
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Three More Join Air Forces Here
Three additional youths have been accepted for three year enlistments in the air force through the local recruiting station. William Donald Campbell of Somerville Eunice Lyndall Ray of Lindersville and Lee O Terry of Moulton are the new enlistees. Ray will train as a control tower operator after basic training at Lackland Field San Antonio. Terry a six year veteran of the Signal Corps has served in Africa Sicily and Europe.
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Air Force
William Donald Campbell
William S. Campbell
Somerville
Eunice Lyndall Ray
Allen Ray
Lindersville 1
Lee O. Terry
W. W. Aldridge
Moulton’ S
Ray
Air Training Command
Barksdale Field
Anll
Lackland Field
San Antonio
Terry
Signal Corps
Africa
Sicily
Europe
Greek secrecy irks U S Senators on Greek guerrilla war
Senators in Washington condemn Athens for withholding casualty figures in the fight against communist guerrillas. They note Greece’s 125,000-man army versus about 15,000 guerrillas and warn the appropriations panel may debate long term foreign aid funding.
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Washington
Athens
Appropriations Committee
Europe
Death Takes W J Morgan Funeral Services
Funeral services for Walter Jackson Morgan aged 54 are set for Wednesday at 2 PM from Dancys chapel with Rev. Ray Morris and Rev. Dennis Tucker officiating. Interment in the adjoining cemetery, Mutual Service directing. Survived by widow seven sons Ruth Morgan and others, three daughters, father T T Morgan, fifteen grandchildren, three brothers Huey Ernest Clarence and three sisters.
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Walter Jackson Morgan
Dancy's Chapel
Ray Morris
Dennis Tucker
Morgan
Moulton
Trinity
Gay
Henry
Hubert
Elmer
Otis
Floyd
Homer
Ruth Morgan
Wade Whitlock
Charlie D. Sandlin
T. T. Morgan
Huey
Ernest
Clarence
J. M. Dodson
Emmett Callahan
Smith
Decatur Christmas Lights Delayed by Misrouted Shipment
Decatur will not have the Christmas lights as planned tonight. Bill Sims of the Chamber of Commerce says the lights intended for Decatur were mis sent to Decatur Georgia and have not arrived. The delay affects the tree lighting event and residents expect a rescheduled display.
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Decatur
Georgia
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Decawire Gap
Escambia County Schools Consolidate Into Three Units
Escambia county in Alabama will merge its six schools into three units effective next September. The new units will be located at Atmore Flomation and East Brewton with Damas cus McCullough and Wallace remaining as current high schools.
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Atmore
Ala
Escambia County
O. C. Weaver
Flomation
East Brewton
Damascus
McCullough
Wallace
Four New Members Enter Decatur Rotary Club
The Decatur Rotary welcomed four new members Jimmy Bloodworth Paul Brown Jr Sam Gholson and George Cromwell during a Lyons Hotel meeting presided by Frank Stone The event featured a humor stunt with a goat and a serious talk by Judge Julian Harris on the club motto Service Above Self Great attendance prizes and birthday recognitions were noted during the session.
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Decatur Rotary
Rotary
Noty
Lyons Hotel
Frank Stone
Ed Branch
Itfield
Huntsville
L. W. Hart
Athens
L. O. Freeman
Sam Hobbs
Colin Andrews
Decatur
W. M. Wear
Moulton
John McGehee
Julian Harris
Frank Yancy
J. W. Darrah
Raymond Britain
Sam Pruitt
Jimmy Bloodworth
W. E. Kimbrough
Riverside High School
John Peach
Rotary Information Committee
Paul Brown Jr
Sam Gholson
George Cromwell
W. J. Duncan
Legion votes relief funds for veterans families this Christmas
The American Legion approved a $300 appropriation to aid destitute veteran families this Christmas. The vote occurred at a Legion home meeting led by Rehabilitation Committee chair Frank Yaney and featured VA officials outlining rehabilitation program details. The group also discussed building a baseball field and noted the next meeting on December 22 chaired by Walter Jackson with child welfare and education on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
Frank Yaney
Veterans
League
Bob McNelly
Board of Trustees
Committee On Child Welfare and Education
Walter Jackson
Hemisphere Defense Pact Seeks Western Unity
The United States and Western Hemisphere nations push ratification of the Rio de Janeiro defense treaty. Senator Milliken votes against, arguing undefined aggression could drag the U S into war. Mexico and the Dominican Republic have approved. 19 nations must ratify by two thirds for effectiveness.
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Washington
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Milliken
R-Colo
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Rio
Soviet Red Star Says Big Four Talks Drive World Fate
Red Star reports Moscow that the future of the world hinges on the Big Four foreign ministers reaching agreement at the London conference. It cautions it is early to predict outcomes and notes some participants may seek to erase their countries signatures on unity documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Star
London
Donaldson Named Postmaster General Nominee
The senate civil service committee unanimously approved Jesse N. Donaldson’s nomination to be postmaster general after testimony from Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP alleging racial discrimination in postal appointments and promotions.
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Donaldson
Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Jesse N. Donaldson
Clarence Mitchell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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