Truman Sees Eisenhower As Active Presidential Candidate
Intimates say President Truman regards General Dwight D. Eisenhower as an active candidate for the Presidency. He views Eisenhower’s recent publicity as part of a buildup for a Republican bid and will reply in a state of the union message to Congress in January.
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Truman
Eisenhower
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fila
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State of the Union
Congress
Charles G. Ross
F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Brannan Farm
New York
United States
Stallings Dies in Birmingham at 81
Walter Scott Stallings Sr., 81, veteran YMCA leader in several regions, died yesterday in a Birmingham hospital. He previously served as YMCA secretary in Baltimore, Springfield Missouri, Athens Georgia, Kansas City Missouri, and Danville Missouri before moving to Birmingham.
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Stallings
Birmingham
Walter Scott Stallings, Sr
Young Men's Christian Association
YMCA
Baltimore
Springfield
Athens
Kansas City
Danville
Market Prices Reported for Cotton to Milk
Middling cotton 29.00 and strict low 28.00. Cottonseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 2950 delivered. Hens heavy 0.24 and light 0.20 per lb. Hatching eggs 0.80 per dozen. Hogs lights 14.00 to 14.50. Cattle tops 15.50, canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50, good bulls 16.00 to 17.00. Corn ear white 1.20, ear yellow 1.15. Wheat 2.10. Oats 0.78. Mile 1.91. Milk Grade A delivered 5.30 per hundred.
Cotton Futures End Higher Then Lower on Hedge Selling
Cotton futures were irregular with early gains from mill buying and export demand giving way to hedge selling and profit taking. A trade house was said to have sold 15 000 to 20 000 bales in several deliveries. Week ending Dec loans totaled 275 766 bales, highest of the year, with Dec 1 loans at 1 501 200 bales. Prices settled lower by 70 cents to 35 cents above the prior close with Dec 30.29, Mar 30.25 and May 30.09.
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New York
Trade Commission House
North Georgia live poultry market weak on Friday
USDA reports a weak undertone with unsettled supplies and carryover in some sections. Very little movement for Friday as prices paid FOB farm Thursday afternoon and this morning rang 24 to 28 cents for broilers and flyers, mostly 24 to 25 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
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A witness described taking a gun from Fowler in a bank after a threat to use it. Tune testified he met Fowler about eight months earlier and aided hiding getaway car tags near the river, later показыed their location to investigator Troupe. He noted past psychiatric treatment. A jury for Wallace Newton’s trial included Sandlin, Clyde, Dodd, Dublin, Duggar, Jarrett, Glenn Johnson, Euclid Johnson, Fount Johnson, Irving Jolly, Luker, McAbee, and Roberts.
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Fowler
Tune
R. A
Shanks
Wallace Newton
Sandlin Clyde
Murry Dodd
Sid H. Dublin
Oscar Y. Duggar
Floyd Jarrett
Ernest Glenn Johnson
Euclid Johnson
Fount Johnson
Irving V. Jolly
William Alton Luker
Lovett S. McAbee
Connie C. Roberts
Huntsville Sailor Among Car Crash Victims
PORTSMOUTH Virginia December 5 two cars collided and a third crashed into the wreckage killing Merle Dewain Stiffey 22 of New Kensington Pennsylvania and Edward Riley 19 of Trenton New Jersey both sailors from USS Wilson. Jack Holman 22 of Boston Massachusetts a steward first class also aboard the Wilson is hospitalized in serious condition.
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Portsmouth
Huntsville
Ala
Merle DeWain Stiffey
New Kensington
Edward Riley
Trenton
N. J
Navy
Wilson
Steward
Jack Holman
Boston
Mass
Stiffey
Riley
Holman
Maryview Hospital
Rites Held Today For T. H. Burnum
Final rites for Thomas Hayes Burnum 94 will be at Mc Kendree church today at 3 PM. Rev. Sam Stabler and Rev. R. N Moore will lead the services. Interment in the adjoining cemetery Peck directing. Burnum a Falkville resident and farmer died about noon Thursday in a Birmingham hospital. He was a Baptist church member. Surviving are two sisters Mrs Paris Speake and Mrs Virginia McGlathery. Pallbearers named Luther Lindsey Lee Lindsey W. C Bates Fred Smith E L Looney and O J Martin.
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Thomas Hayes Burnum
McKendree
Sam Stabler
R. N Moore
Peck
Falkville
Birmingham
Barnum
Baptist Church
Paris Speake
Decatur
Virginia McGlathery
Luther Lindsey
Lee Lindsey
W. C., Bates
Fred Smith
E. L. Looney
O. J. Martin
Holly species in the United States
A note states there are roughly 180 holly species worldwide and about a dozen of them grow in the United States, highlighting the limited native diversity of holly on U.S. soil.
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The
United States
Vets Dividend Snag Hits VA Payout Plan
The Veterans Administration faces delays in paying a 2.8 billion dollar veterans insurance dividend. Some WWII veterans lack serial numbers, others have multiple numbers, and some with long names will be processed by hand. Most checks go out starting January with delays possible into April.
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Rowland Evans Washington
Veterans Administration
Iit Muiple
Coast Guard
Parole Board Releases Prisoners and Opens Files
Prisoners were released from December with most serving short terms. Otis Davis of Montgomery received two 50 year sentences in 1939 murders. Paul R. Vickery got 50 years for Jefferson county robbery in 1941. Leman McSwain of Barbour county was given life for murder in 1942. Board Chairman Howell Turner was absent from the news conference. Drinkard and Vinson announced parole files will be open to newsmen, citing trust, after previous secrecy to protect confidential letters. They said legislators gave authority to protect such information. They also explained suspending old rules to allow early release for young offenders and expect to review old regulations early next year.
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James E. Folsom
Drinkard
Vinson
Act Drinkard
Turner
Thomas Faces Max Sentence After Payroll Kickback Case
The judge warned a maximum of 32 years and $40,000 fine as the government detailed record showing Thomas pocketed over $8,000 in salary kickbacks from fake employments on his office payroll and the un American activities committee. Thomas pleaded guilty after FBI traced financial corruption in a two and a half day trial and may resign from Congress.
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Thomas
Holtzoff
UN- American Activities Committee
FBI
Morority
Congress
Wardleigh Trial Reflects Allegations Against Hiss
Wardleigh testified that he obtained papers from Hiss while the defense argued the Chambers papers originated with Hiss. The defendant, a former State Department official, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $4,000 fine if convicted after a hung jury in last summer’s first trial.
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Hiss
Chambers
Wadleigh
State Department
Atomic program hearings on Wallace and uranium sales
The committee may rule on Henry A. Wallace's hearing request after a radio commentator named him as a pressure source. Russell testified that a Canadian firm shipped 1,000 pounds of uranium compounds to the Soviet Union, with Canada later pursuing a civil action whose records were sealed after a settlement. Confirmation came from C. D. Howe in Ottawa. Groves stated wartime uranium supplies were limited and the Soviets did not receive enough to build an atomic bomb.
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Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Russia
Russell
Soviet Union
New York
State Department
National Security of
Canada
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Groves
Scout Regional Meeting Highlights Liberty Heritage Program
About 250 scouting representatives from nine North Alabama counties will gather at the Country Club tonight at 7 for the Tennessee Valley Boy Scout Council annual meeting. A passing parade program on liberty heritage will be shown, and Scout advancement, Silver Beavers, Acorn awards and other camping honors will be presented. Eagle Scout Dan Collins will introduce the program, narrated by George Boehringer, with participants listed.
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Becatura
Tennessee Valley Boy Scout Council
North Alabama
Kirk
Henry
Memphis
Acorn
Liberty
Dan Collins
George Boehringer
Tommy Grubbs
John Lemley
Cecil Timaberlake, Jr
Jimmy Tucker
Bobby McCracken
Jack Perkins
Alan McBride
George Godwin, Jr
Ronnie Humphrey
Jack Lenz
James McCutcheon
Floyd Sherrod
Burned child dies after open fire accident at home
Three year old Jackie Vaughn Bramlett of Lacey's Spring died at Huntsville Hospital after clothes caught fire from an open fireplace. His father suffered severe burns while attempting to smother the flames. Services set for Valdermosa Christian church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survived by parents a sister Sandra Kay a brother Jimmy Wray and two grandmothers. Pallbearers named Fred Jennings Bibb Jennings Allen Glenn Loyd Jennings.
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Lacey
Huntsville
Jackie Vaughn Bramlett
Ernest Bramlett
Jackie
Bob Glenn
Valdermosa Christian Church
Peck
Sandra Kay
Jimmy Wray
Eddie Wray
Lily Bramlett
Fred Jennings
Bibb Jennings
Allen Glenn
Loyd Jennings
Man in hospital also is arrested sheriff reports
Earl Bogie 37 of Town Creek is under arrest for grand larceny in Moulton hospital, accused of stealing a car and fighting Ed Mack Owens, owner of a Courtland cafe. Bogie fainted, drove into an electric post, suffered bruises, car a total loss.
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Earl Bogie
Town Creek
Moulton
Lawrence County
George Byars
Bogie
Ed Mack ‘Owens
Courtland
Byars
Minnie L. Scott Rites Set for Saturday at Brown's Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie L. Scott 77 widow of D A Scott will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Brown's Chapel with Rev. Hart of Athens and Rev. O E Burton officiating Interment will be in city cemetery She died Thursday at 2 40 p m born Danville Jan 5 1872 spent most of her life in this Alabama area Surviving include sister Mrs H B McMullen Birmingham brother W R Orr Athens and several relatives Nephews will be pallbearers.
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Minnie L. Scott
Brown's Chapel
Hart
Athens
O. E. Burton
City Cemetery
Brown
Scott
D. A. Scott
Ness
Danville
Alabama
H. B. McMullen
Birmingham
W. R. Orr
Thirteen Scouts Win Awards At Morgan County Court
Thirteen Morgan county Boy Scouts earned advancement awards at a joint court of honor and board of review held at the Morgan courthouse last night. Floyd Sherrod Jr. received a gold second class scroll pin from his mother. Merit badges were earned by John Turney, Jerry Mason, Richard Penn, Ernie Blackwell Jr., and Ray Norris, with several qualifiers for star and second class ranks announced. Awards will be presented again at the December 22 Morgan court of honor.
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Morgan County
Court of Honor
Morgan Courthouse
Floyd Sherrod Jr
Floyd Sherrod
Board of Review
John Turney
Jerry Mason
Richard Penn
Ernie Blackwell Jr
Billy Berrett
Ernie Blackwell
Ray Norris
Neal Parker
Kendall —Sivey
Jimmy Tucker
Morgan Court of Honor
Jimmy Bloodworth
Leo Wright
J. O. Colvard
Daily Records of Deeds and Marriages
Local records list numerous property transfers with amounts from $1 to $9,000 involving names such as L. L. Hartselle, L. E. Slaton, Robert Johnson, A. M. Roan, Homer Sum merford, Nora L. Poole, Florence Williams, J. T. Wood, and others, plus several marriage notices in Birmingham and nearby streets. Transactions include Decatur Land Co. transfers, trust arrangements with Ninth Street Methodist church, and multiple private conveyances amid a period of active property trades and nuptial announcements.
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David Burns
Cleo Clark
Decatur Land and Grant Co
American Oak Leather Co
L. Tf. Jones
G. C. McRae
Decatur Homes Inc
Gilbert J. Key
Decatur Land Co., Ltd
Ninth Street Methodist Church
S. A. Lynne
J. L. Bryan
Sadie L. Blackwell
M. O. Parker
Orville L. Chaney
Nora L. Poole Et al
Nora L. Poole
O. H. Reeves
W. L. McCutchen
Hubert R. Ross
H. R. Speake
B. C. Shelton
Decatur Land Co
Homer T. Summerford
Lavon Jones
Hezkiah Chapman
Amos Battle
O. O. Chunn
L. H. Porch
Elite Amusement Co
Mike Namie
Ennis Poole
Florence E. Williams
Florence Williams
Ivey C. Rankin
George W. Adams
Nina Mae Taylor
Fay B. Wheat
A. P. Blevins Et al
Henry Murphy
Roscoe Campbell
Roland W. Bowyer
William Coney
Jesse T. Wood
Earle R. Crawford
G. E. Crawford
George W. Floyd
Mary M. Harley
Albert Ellison
Davis Hodges
Fannie Stegall
Fines Levied for Hunting in Wheeler Refuge
Two Madison county residents were fined 59.50 each by Justice of the Peace G W Norwood for hunting in Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and for possessing firearms on a wildlife sanctuary after a quail hunt. W E Waldrop of Landersville was in Decatur on business. Frank Shackelford of Hillsboro was a business visitor in Decatur. A light snow flurry was observed around 3 A M with a noon temp of 59 degrees, a 12 degree rise from 37 at 8 A M. The TVA reported a Thursday high of 45 and a 35 minimum by a Weather Observer. The Price Marionettes perform tonight at 7:30 at Riverside auditorium, under Lafayette PTA.
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Justice of the Peace
G. W. Norwod
Madison County
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
TVA
U. S
Price Marionettes
Riverside Auditorium
Lafayette Pta
Sparks Leads In State Poll
Ex governor Chauncey Sparks led in a state poll by Alabama magazine with Gordon Persons second. About 10,000 ballots mailed, over 4,000 returned. listed candidates include Sparks, Persons, Eugene Bull Connor, Rufus Lackey, Frank Samford, J Clarence, Earl McGowin, Cooper Green, Joe Money, William Beck, Blanton, Reuben Newton, Robert Bell, Guy Hardwick, John Snodgrass, Broughton Lamberth, and undecided and miscellaneous responses.
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Chauncey Sparks
Orror
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Sparks Schad
Guy Hardwick
Albert Carmichael
John Snodgrass
Broughton Lamberth
Aubrey Williams
Apartment Fire Claims Life of Mrs Lynn Connor
A four story Pontiac apartment fire resulted in the death of former Lawrence County resident Mrs Lynn Connor who leaped from the building. Her body will be buried in Alabama arriving in Moulton Saturday at 5 10 am with services announced by Highsmith. Surviving are her husband Lynn Connor mother Mrs John Chrisler and grandfather Ed Reeves.
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Pontiac
Mich
Lawrence County
Lynn Connor
Connor
Alabama
Moulton
Highsmith
Michigan
John Chrisler
Town Creek
Ed Reeves
Embezzlement charge filed against former Mobile bus employee
Oliver R. Benjamin, a former Mobile City Lines employee from 1947 to 1949, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on a charge of embezzling 36000 dollars from the bus firm. State Solicitor Carl M. Booth identified the suspect yesterday.
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Mobile
Mobile City Lines Inc
Portland
Oregon
Carl M. Booth
Oliver R. Benjamin
Lost Glasses Near ee Club And Vacant Rooms For Rent
A notice seeks the return of a pair of flesh colored plastic rim glasses lost near the ee Club on Thursday. Also advertised is two three room houses on N. Ave Fairview for rent or sale by Walter J. Taylor Real Estate with office phone 102 and residence 704-J.
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N. Ave
Fairview
Walter J. Taylor
Flogging case highlights Klan ties and witness shifts in Alabama
Jury back on stand confirms Key married under the Waldrop name. prosecutors clash with defense over immaterial testimony as Carradine faces flogging charges. Carradine, a Klansman advocate, confesses Klan role while denying raids. Key’s fugitive testimony and past threats are examined amid Klan affiliations and conflicting witness accounts.
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Key
Waldrop
Emmett Perry
A. B. Carradine
Jack Alexander
Louisiana
Mississippi
King
Miss Fooshee
Alabama
Houston
Carradine
Coleman A
Brownie) Lollar
Edna McDonal
Stonewall Jackson Klavern
Federated
Ku Klux Klans, Inc
Adamsville
Klan
Masonic Hall
The
Klavern
Leon Key
Mann
Tex
FBI
Emily Fooshee
Clinton
Robert L. Waldrop
Fosheee
Jim Gibson
Alta King
Cecil Deason
Gibson
KKK
Sumiton
Ala
Roscoe Fowler
Glenn Godfrey
Fowler
Byrd Warns on Public Debt and Deficit Financing
Byrd warned that continued spending could crush the nation with insolvency. He outlined three congressional options: raise taxes by over 7 billion dollars, cap spending near 36 billion, or authorize more than 7 billion in excess of revenue and pursue deficit financing.
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Byrd
Congress
Girl Passes on Way to Hospital
Annette Blackwell 19, Austinville high school graduate, died at about 6 AM from diabetes while en route to hospital. Funeral Saturday 3 PM at her parents’ home with Rev. Estes officiating. Burial in city cemetery. survivors include parents Gilbert A. Blackwell Sr and four sisters and two brothers. She dated for school publications Memories In Review and The Black And White Gazette. Born August 11 1930 in Austinville. Pallbearers listed.
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Annette Blackwell
Austinville
Gilbert A. Blackwell Sr
H. Estes
Brown
Gilbert A
Black and White Gazette
Miss Blackwell
Lucien McCullough
Sonny Houser
Burleson Scruggs
Gene Jones
Talmadge Meadows
Ben Lee
Nationalist envoy boosts morale as communists near Chengtu
A nationalist Chinese official arrived in Sichang to bolster a beaten army while Communist forces press toward Chengtu. In Britain, Labour won a surprise by election in South Bradford, seen as a bellwether for next spring's general election. Australian voters face a choice tomorrow between preserving the eight year socialist government or backing a two party coalition free enterprise program.
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China
Sichang
Chengtu
Britain
Labor Party
South Bradford
Madam Clark Psychic Advisor Promises Truthful Life Guidance
Madam Clark advertises psychic services offering absolute truths about love marriage travel and family life. She claims to reveal personal details and provide reliable advice addressing troubles and desires for all callers. Located in Pullman House Trailer near Woodall’s Barbecue Rt 24 SW of Decatur Alabama open 9 to 9 daily.
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Pullman House
Sear Woodall
Rt. 24
S. W
Decatur
Ala
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Homer Summerford
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Carrie Watkins
J. W. Sivley
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F. C. McGlathery
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Ben C. Norris Sr
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Telette B. Littlefield
Simon T. Owens
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Ordell L. Garney
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Harvey Paul Bernard
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Carolyn Clic Peurifoy
Moulton Street
Jack Wells Kidd
Susan Bibb Hoff
John Reginald King
Lacon
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Thomas Henry Wells Jr
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DeLamale
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