Red Cross Seeks 1948 Fund Total to 75 Million
The American Red Cross plans a 1948 drive targeting 75 million dollars, up from this year by about 15 million. Southeastern officials cite wartime surpluses and large disaster work as reasons, while blood donor program expansion and centers nationwide are planned. Admiral Dowling urged support at a banquet, noting wartime blood use highlighted transfusion potential.
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Birmingham
American Red Cross
W. W. Jef
Atlanta
Red Cross
Southeast
Southeastern
R. Adm
George B. Dowling
USN
Washington, D. C
Dr. Dowling
Ross T. McEntyre
Navy
Dr.McIntyre
Parking meters face Decatur legal challenge and city plan
An ordinance over parking meters in Decatur seeks a Supreme Court ruling on three issues: due process, taxation power, and dedication of streets to the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company. If illegal, meters may not be installed. a Duncan Meter Corp contract covers 200 meters at 20 foot intervals with revenue split and funds for traffic regulation.
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Eyster
Moulton Street
Second Avenue
Decatur
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Morgan County Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Decatur Land
Im- 4 and Furnace Company
Duncan Meter Corporation
Bank Street
New Trial Pleas Heard by Powell
Hearing on motions for new trials in Lawrence circuit court did not produce a decision. James B Harris convicted of manslaughter, and Albert Blasengame convicted of assault with intent to commit a crime had motions continued or denied as details of the cases appear in the Lawrence court records.
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Powell
James B. Harris
Lawrence
New Ee
Fost
On Little
John Thomastol
Albert Blasengame
Fehon
Lawrence Jeiewit
Markets Decatur Grains Prices Reported
No. 1 soft wheat bu. $3.08. Ear milling white corn $2.22. Shell white corn $2.32. Ear yellow corn $2.17. Shell yellow corn $2.26. Milo $3.35. Barley $1.70 per bushel. Oats $1.21 per bushel.
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Decatur Grains
New York Cotton Futures Dip on Selling and Hesitation
In New York today cotton futures fell under selling pressure from commission houses and light offerings while traders awaited clarity on foreign aid and domestic controls. Spot cotton remained firm and textiles quiet as Dec, Mar, and May contracts slipped from the prior close with Dec at 36.35, Mar 36.27, and May 35.84.
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N. Y
New York
Commission House
Washington
Poultry Market Report From Atlanta Georgia
North Georgia fryer market steady to firm with diminishing supplies and strong demand for 3-4 pound birds. Heavier sizes scarce and prices paid FOB farm for fryers all sizes sold ranged 32 to 33 cents Wednesday afternoon and this morning, mostly 32 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Chicago Market Update Declines in Butter Prices
Chicago market notes butter easier with receipts at 298 814 and prices unchanged. Eggs unsettled with receipts 16 686 and prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Cattle and Hogs Steady
Federal State Departments report light cattle receipts in Nashville with slow open market demand. Cows weak to 25 lower, calves mixed with vealers up to 32. Bulls scarce, hogs steady with top barrows and gilts 26.00, sheep steady with lambs 19.00 to 21.00 and ewes down to 6.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Deeds Record Transactions From Decatur Area
Daily Records show a series of deed transfers in Decatur with buyers and sellers including Loyd Elton Martin Eva Mae Atchley and multiple monetary amounts. Notable transfers include Alvie James Anderson to Raymond B Anderson for 400 Harold Webster to Virgil N Bailey 1250 and Lelia P Duke to Claude Townsen 4500.
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Loyd Elton Martin
Decatur
Eva Mae Atchley
Alvie James Anderson
Raymond B. Anderson
Virgil N. Bailey
Harold Webster
Harold Webs
W. Cornhill
Eddie Cornhill
Gitee Lelia P. Duke
Claude Townsenm
Oakley Garner
O. P. Shelton
Ela Turney Glass
Clarence Stewart
A. P. Johnson
Trains Collide Near Dallas Injuring Engineer and Passenger
Petray and Lanton aboard a Dallas bound train said the collision was fortunate with few passengers aboard. Engineer Jenkins suffered serious back injury a broken arm and head lacerations. Conductor Starnes said trains were authorized to run at 60 mph at the wreck site. Maney was believed aboard one engine. Estimated damage may exceed 300000 dollars. An investigating board with H W Davison will meet soon as guards from National Guard and state patrolmen secured the wreckage around baggage cars.
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Petray and
Lanton
Dallas
Stock Exchange Raid Shuts Shanghai Market
Shanghai police and an economic police squad raided the Shanghai Stock Exchange to quell speculation, forcing a trading standstill as brokers faced charges for bid up prices. Officers also went after rice dealers, arresting them amid rice prices soaring to over 1,000,000 yuan per picul and black market rates at roughly 160,000 yuan per dollar.
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Shanghai
Chinese Stock Exchange
Aiso
China
Coast League not to become major
New York by December 1 reports that club owners in the National and American Leagues rejected the Pacific Coast League plea to be recognized as a third major circuit. The decision ends speculation that the PCL would attain major status.
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New York
Slain Columbus salesman linked to suspected car buyer
Elmo C. Rice, a young Columbus real estate salesman with a disability, was found shot on a bridge NW of Columbus. His car, bloodied inside, was abandoned near the police station as investigators sought a tall man with a black mustache who accompanied Rice on a reported test drive. The body bore a back head wound and a throat gash. a revolver with one round fired lay on the rear seat. Coroner suggests possible neck injury from being thrown from a speeding car or impact on the bridge lattice.
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Columbus, C
Elmo C. Rice
Columbus
Here
Rice
Lester Bauman
Mitchell Spyker
Spyker
Inflation fight and wartime loans dominate congressional scene
Proposals to curb inflation face partisan debate as Republicans push a plan to restrain prices without broad anti trust actions while Democrats back a price and rationing framework. A House subcommittee flags potential criminality in the Boston IRS office and Defense/HSE funding battles unfold as Senate reviews France Italy Austria aid versus a China addition. RFC lending and demobilization weigh on postwar policy as lawmakers scrutinize RFC loans and German factory shipments to Russia.
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House
House Appropriations
Justice Department
Federal
Boston
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
France
Italy
Austria
China
Truman
Rep. Jarman
D-Ala
Alabama
Jarman
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Ince
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Senate Banking
Buck
Rdel
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Russia
Ball
R-Minn
Medicine Man Aids Food Campaign Among Navajo Indians
In Los Angeles a Navajo Trails Caravan chief and Pasadena artist collaborate with Meals For Millions to promote M P F a fortified soybean food for destitute Indians in Arizona and Sonora They distribute pictographs showing how to cook the product to illiterate communities The images depict a Navajo woman receiving a can from a deity cooking it and timing by a distant husband’s return to their hogan.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
Navajo Trails Caravan
Arizona
Winstow
Ariz
A T Plea Continued On Alabama Tennessee Hearing
McHenry seeks rehearing to present more evidence and asks to delay the Alabama Tennessee hearing. TVA argues gas is needed across the valley and in Tri Cities area. Southern Natural plans a 10 inch spur from Reform into North Alabama while Alabama Tennessee links with Tennessee Gas Transmission at Selmer and crosses via Corinth and Iuka.
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McHenry
Liddell
Robert H. Marquis
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Tri-Cities
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Southern Natural
Reform
Alabama
Alabama-Tennessee
Tennessee
Gas Transmission. Co
Selmer
Tenn
Corinth
Iuka
Miss
Dickens' Biblical Knowledge Questioned by Reader
The Mobile Press reports a reader challenged Charles Dickens on biblical facts in The Life of Our Lord serials. The letter asks the paper to publish the critique and closes with holiday wishes to Dickens, who died in 1870.
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Mobile
Charles Dickens
Dickens
J M Colvard Dies of Heart Attack in Birmingham
The sad intelligence reports the death of J M Colvard 54 in East End hospital Birmingham after a heart attack. He is brother of J O Colvard assistant postmaster in Decatur. Funeral services set for Friday at East Lake Baptist church at 11 am with interment there.
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East End Hospital
Birmingham
J. M. Colvard
J. O. Colvard
Decatur
Colvard
East Lake Baptist Church
Mrs Louise Wise Dies in New York
Mrs Louise Waterman Wise wife of Rabbi Stephen S Wise and president of the American Jewish Congress woman’s division died last night In World War I she helped found Congress Defense House centers for service men of Allied nations and directed wartime activities in the organization.
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Wise
New York
Louise Waterman Wise
Stephen S. Wise
American Jewish Congress
Congress
Congress Defense House
Milk wagon driver shot in East Lake area
E R Crocker, a milk wagon driver for White Dairy Co., was wounded in the upper leg when stepping from his wagon to deliver in the East Lake district. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Birmingham
White Dairy Co
East Lake
E.R. Crocker
East Lake District
Crocker
Congress Balks on Army Funds for German Factory Dismantling
Shipments from the British American zone could be halted if Congress blocks the Army from using government money to dismantle German factories except for shipments to Western Europe, signaling a shift in postwar policy and logistics.
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Congress
Army
Europe
Amendment May Cost Large Sum in Foreign Aid Bill
The House approved an amendment to a 590 million emergency foreign aid bill. It could raise costs by 50 million through selling surplus foods for aid, mainly via the Commodity Credit Corporation. Rep. Jack Z. Anderson led the amendment, aiming to price surplus goods for aid while considering citrus fruits.
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Washington
Dec
N—A
House
United States
Jack Z. Anderson
Calif
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Anderson
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Vorys
Jarman
Ala
Absentee Voting Open for Alabama Constitutional Amendments
Alabama voters may cast absentee ballots for five proposed amendments in the January 6, 1948 general election. Probate Judge T C Almond says requests are being taken from December 16 for qualified voters. Amendment one, the Self Starter measure, would require the governor to convene an extraordinary session within five days of a petition by three fifths of each house. the other four affect De Kalb, Marshall, Etowah and Calhoun counties.
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Alabama
T. C. Almond
Secretary of State
DeKalb, Marshall
Etowah
Calhoun
Violence Flares in Tel Aviv Area as Deaths Rise
Arab and Jewish clashes spread through Tel Aviv Jaffa borderlands with one Arab killed and several wounded by a bomb near Balad Esheikh. Reports say two Jews were killed by Arabs in the area. Latrun sentry fatally shot an Arab. Haifa saw knife and gun violence with three explosions. The 12 day Palestine death toll nears 134 unofficially. total Middle East 246. British high commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham warned of severe measures. Petah Tiqva and Ramat Gan police out, Palestine police take charge as drawdown proceeds toward December 15.
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Hatikvah
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Balad _Esheikh
Haifa
Latrun
Pales
Middle East
Jerusalem
Sten
Hagana
Negev
Desert
Sir Alan Cunningham
Palestine
Petah Tiqva
Ramat Gan
t-he-Palestine Police
Rome strike shuts 500000 workers amid capital chaos
The Rome chamber of labor said the general strike halted about 500000 workers in the city, halted only by exemptions for essential services and hospital staff. A morning meeting with Ministry of Labor was planned after a slum riot in Primavalle left one dead.
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Communist Chamber of Labor
Rome
Ministry of Labor
Alcide de Gasperi
Primavalle
Eft
Local Court Docket Highlights Not Pressed Cases
The docket lists unpressed cases including Lon Wood on petit larceny Mrs. J R Simpson forgery Clarence E Atchley grand larceny and forfeiture on bonds with alias capias for rearrests Price Under wood grand larceny Dennis Holmes bigamy Willie Howell transporting whiskey. continued cases include Charlie Johnson making whiskey Phillip Tribble petit larceny Ben D Massey affray Elijah Purnell accessory to murder.
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Lon Wood
J. R. Simpson
Clarence E. Atchley
Price Underwood
Dennis Holmes
Willie Howell
Charlie Johnson
Phillip Tribble
Ben.d. Massey
Elijah Purnell
Six Die in Gas Explosion at Lehigh Valley Coal Mine
A gas explosion at the Franklin colliery in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania killed six men and left at least three others injured. A company spokesman confirmed six fatalities as mine rescue crews and ambulances responded after the blast around noon. The mine lies just outside the city.
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Wilkes-Barre
Franklin
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Courthouse Yard Tree to Receive White Paint and Lights
Christmas preparations unfold as the large courthouse yard tree is sprayed white and strings of lights are readied for decorations. Meanwhile Morgan county sees tax payments from L. and N. Railroad with a substantial check of 35 642.92 and hospital transfers across Decatur General and local addresses continue.
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Morgan County
L. & N. Railroad
Pilgrims Introduce Tapping Leather With Oils
A historical note credits the Pilgrims with introducing the practice of tapping leather with vegetable oils in early colonial times, shaping how hides were preserved and used.
Roma Macaroni Co fined for pure food act violation
In San Francisco federal court Roma Macaroni Co was fined 10 000 after witnesses testified the factory was filthy. Manager Dominic Louis Gerbo must appear January 3 for sentencing with a possible three year prison term. The firm had prior penalties in 1946 for similar interstate shipments.
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San Francisco
Roma Macaroni Co
George Harris
Roma
Dominic Louis Gerbo
Gerbo
Riverside High Choral Club Rehearses for Christmas Show
The Riverside High School Choral Club rehearses for a Christmas program to be held in the high school auditorium Friday December 12 at 7 30 p m directed by Edmond D Keith with accompaniment by Robert W Cromwell. Participants include Betty Statum Margaret Peck Joyce Petty Nelda Randle Martha Howater Ruby Walker Bettye J Case Jean Pat Betty McRae Betty Trotman Willodene Martin Nancy Howell Mary Lou Bell Beth Perkins Barbara Ryan Bobby Dugger Diane Spurlock Anna R Goode Barbara Gibson Janet Murphree Clara Ratliff Jean Gregg Marjorie Harrison Mina Burgess Billie Rea Simmons Dorsia Wiggins Annette Scoggins Mary Delmore Benford Layton Dowlin Poff Bobby Golden Fred Scholesser Wyman Gibson James Daniels Jimmie Thompson Kenneth Wells Ray Morris Gilbert Thrasher Arthur Hodge Joe Shaia Bobbie Mathis Charlotte Lee Billy Thompson Joe Brewer Joe Motherway Willa Taylor Burl Oliver Vivian Sheats.
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Riverside High School
Edmond D. Keith
Robert W. Cromwell
Betty Statum
Margaret Peck
Joyce Petty
Nelda Randle
Martha Howater
Ruby Walker
Kenneth Wells
Ray Morris
Gilbert Thrasher
Arthur Hodge
Joe Shaia
Bobbie Mathis
Charlotte Lee
Billy Thompson
Joe Brewer
Joe Motherway
Willa Taylor
Burl Oliver
Vivian Sheats
Molotov and Marshall Clash Over German Reparations
The talks on Germany's economic unity reach a pivotal reparations point. Molotov rejects the US claim that taxpayers will bear the bill and signals readiness to defend Russia’s demand for 10 billion dollars. Marshall counters that Western powers will allow no extraction beyond agreed capital goods and necessary counter values for survival.
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Germany
Molotov
Marshall
U.S
Russia
Trade Pact Signed Between Czechoslovakia and Russia
Prague reports a trade agreement with Russia was signed in Moscow after cabinet approval. Official terms were not disclosed. The communist paper Mlada Fronta stated that Soviet trade will comprise 16 to 18 percent of Czechoslovakia’s total foreign trade next year.
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Prague
Russia
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Mlada Fronta
Pact Reached On British Soviet Trade Talks In Moscow
The British Board of Trade announced that agreement was reached on all main points of the British Soviet trade pact under negotiation in Moscow. J Harold Wilson who returned from Moscow reported to Prime Minister Attlee and was to brief the House of Commons.
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London
British Board of Trade
Moscow
J. Harold Wilson
Attlee
House of Commons
Amended Bill Filed Over State Sales Tax Case
An amendment to a complaint filed by R W Puckett of Hartselle seeks relief against the State Department of Revenue over a $981 36 sales tax claim. Puckett asks for a writ of certiorari to send up all papers judgments and evidence of delinquent tax to the circuit court. Judge Newton Powell previously ruled the sales tax law constitutional.
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R. W. Puckett
Hartselle
State Department of Revenue
Register
Revenue Commissioner of Alabama
Puckett
J. N. Powell
Circuit Court
Newton Powell
Revenue Department
Powell
Teachers to Meet Friday in Morgan County
Morgan county teachers gather for the regular monthly session Friday at 1 30 P M in Riddle auditorium Morgan County High School Hartselle Mrs J B Elliot chairs the program on spiritual and moral values Fay K Parker presides After the assembly groups discuss problems including teacher relief A committee was formed in November to study relief and make recommendations at this meeting.
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Morgan
Riddle
Morgan County’ High School
Hartselle
General Assembly
J. B. Elliot
Fay K. Parker
Morgan County ‘Teachers’ Association
Survive or Eskimos: Storm Visions Hay Rescue at Goose Bay
Stormy weather hampered rescue efforts near Goose Bay eight miles from the wreck. A helicopter with doctors landed as radios failed to reach units. two persons were sighted from the air, fate uncertain. Maj. Gen. Turner directs ATC efforts amid low visibility and fragmented reports.
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Goose Bay
Paul A. Zartman
William Turner
Atlantic Division
ATC
Royal Canadian Air Force
Westover
Harmon Airfield
Newfoundland
Vernon B. Wedemeyer
Airforce
Siamese twins past danger stage in Indiana
Dr Donald Casely of Indiana University Medical Center said Bedford twins at 11 days old are past the critical stage and no separation will be attempted unless one twin is dying. The brothers are joined at the tops of their skulls by a three inch bone, with a firm union.
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Indianapolis
Donald Casely
Indiana University Medical Center
Bedford
Troops In Italy To Return Home By Christmas
The last American troops in Italy will sail for the United States by Christmas. Maj. Gen. L. C. Jaynes announced final detachments will depart Leghorn aboard the U S Army transport Admiral Sims to clear Italian waters before midnight Sunday December 14, per the peace treaty timetable.
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Rome
Italy
United States
L. C. Jaynes
U. S
Mediterranean
Leghorn
U. S. Army
Sims
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