Weather and Local News Highlights From Decatur Area
Fair tonight and Sunday with cooler air across the state. Frost in interior Southwest portions tonight and gentle to moderate northerly winds along the coast. Local notices report visits, admissions, births and discharges at Decatur General hospital and nearby clinics, plus river stage readings from the U S Weather Bureau Knoxville.
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Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Decatur
Florence
Gas Line Near Decatur Advances Toward City Supply
The wholesale natural gas line reaches within three miles of Decatur. Construction by Alabama Operations Natural Gas Company targets gas delivery by December 15. Weather risks could delay by several days, but the Gas Department of the City of Decatur plans to extend gas into old mains and a new industrial supply line at the first opportunity.
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Decatur
Alapore Eons Natural Gas Company
Lawrence Revenue Court Records Impounded After Audit Irregularities
State examiners under a court order have impounded Lawrence County Revenue Court records covering Oct 1 1947 to Jun 30 1950 after a sworn petition by Ralph P Eagerton Chief of Examiners of Public Accounts alleged irregularities including forgery embezzlement and false pretense. The records will be kept secured in Eagerton's custody and filed with the Lawrence county courthouse.
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Lawrence Court of County Revenues
Ralph P. Eagerton
Alabama
James H. Crow Jr
Eighth Judicial Circuit
C. L. Butler
Eagerton
Lawrence
Lawrence County
Seventeen Louisville & Nashville freight cars derail near Pascagoula
Seventeen Louisville and Nashville freight cars jumped the tracks nine miles east of Pascagoula Mississippi. A broken rail caused the derailment damaging a short bridge and hundreds of feet of track. No injuries were reported. The spill tied the line up likely until Monday night.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Louisville & Nashville
Here
M. R. Black
Mobile
Black
Harry Gold Sentenced to Thirty Years in Prison
Philadelphia physicist Harry Gold was sentenced to 30 years for acting as a courier for a Soviet atomic spy ring during World War II. He pleaded guilty to wartime espionage and conspiracy to commit espionage, with separate 30 year terms to run.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Gold
Tee Ee
Klaus Pateaed
Pee Goer
Best Weapons Sole Hope of U S
U S strategists say victory in any future world war hinges on better weapons and tactics rather than manpower. They acknowledge the communist world can match mass numbers, as shown by Korea where U S ground forces faced much larger Red forces. The article argues focusing on superior technology and tactics is essential.
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Washington
Dec
U. S
Korea
United States
Republicans Back Away From Fighting Acheson
Senate Republicans pull back from a push to replace Secretary of State Acheson. Senator Ives says he still thinks Acheson should go but avoids actions that would spark disunity amid a national emergency. Governor Dewey supports restraint and unity during the crisis.
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Washington
Senate
Acheson
Ives
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
Dewey
U.N. Report On China's End Of Korea War
India's Sir Benegal Rau said China seeks an end to fighting in Korea as soon as possible. Russia's Andrei Vishinsky insisted that any peace terms mirror those already rejected by the U.N. including withdrawal of all foreign forces from Korea.
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India
United Nations
Andrei Vishinsky
U. N
Korea
Attlee
Moscow
Peiping
Lee Parley
Parley Closes With Lingering Korean War Concerns
Washington dispatch reports Truman Attlee talks ended with ongoing worry that Korea could flare into a broader threat to peace. Marshall says a national emergency is being considered. China hints at ending hostilities, but Vishinsky says terms remain unchanged. Moscow and Peiping hold initiative.
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Washington
The Daily switches to single telephone number 3828
The Daily announces a change from the old numbers 46 and 1000 to 3828 for reach ing any department. The PBX switchboard will speed calls and inter office communication as staff trained by Mrs Willard Matthews demonstrate the new system.
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Charles Bradford
Eddie Sandlin
Doris Davis
Hugh Terry
Decatur
Willard Matthews
PBX
Apa Clog de
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Eddie
Charles Brad
Nationalists Hold Largest Military Force in the Orient
Taiwan dispatch says Nationalist China commands about 700,000 trained personnel to oppose communism. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek allegedly leads 580,000 soldiers with air and naval support around Formosa. But new aircraft and parts are in high demand to counter the Chinese Communist Armies across the Formosa Strait.
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Spencer Moosa
Taipei
Formosa
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa Strait
U S Emergency Orders Weighed in Washington
Secretary Marshall said President Truman is seriously considering a national emergency as lawmakers weigh an $18 billion request to strengthen U S armed forces after a three hour cabinet and senate briefing.
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Defense
Marshall
Truman
Lake Success
China
State Department
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
U. S
Parole Board Picks Mrs. Norman Gayle for Post
Gov elect Gordon Persons announced he will name Mrs. Norman Gayle to a state pardon board post after taking office January 15. Gayle, Montgomery, is a former newspaper woman and current head of the Agriculture Department publications division. She is mother of three and author of a detective novelette.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Pardon-Parole Board
Gordon Persons
Norman Gayle
James E. Folsom
Gayle
Fitzgerald Salter
Capital
Montgomery Advertiser
Norman W. Gayle
Alabama Journal
Advertiser
Gay‘e
State Agriculture Department
Div
Ision
Combined Force Still Is Facing One Big Hazard
Twenty thousand U S Marines and soldiers retreating from Changjin reservoir join with a relief task force inland from Korea s East coast. The hazardous 39 mile escape drive to Hungnam is threatened by Chinese troops as close air support and heavy air missions aid the withdrawal.
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Tokyo
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Korea
Hungnam
Edward M. Almond
U.S
Tenth Corps
Seventh Division
Almend
Tom Stone
Koto
First Marine
Almond
Marine Air Wing
Navy
Marine
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
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