Local News Briefs Include Weather Outlook and Community Notes
Fair and not so cold this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday will be fair and warmer with southerly coastal winds. Miss Ina Clair Dunaway attends the mid century world outlook conference at Bob Jones University in Greenville December 12 to 16. Mary Lou Bell elected the cutest girl at Huntingdon College. Cadet Ray E. Haynes promoted to sergeant at Castle Heights. Country club dining room closed Tuesday reopening Wednesday. Birth announced for a daughter at Decatur General Hospital. Local hospital admissions and discharges listed. Decatur to send two schoolmen to Alabama Education Association assembly. other delegates noted. Ten cases heard in recorder's court this morning. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Ina Clair Dunaway
Thomas C. Dunaway
Somerville
Bob Jones University
Greenville
United Nations
Mary Lou Bell
Decatur
Huntingdon College
Huntingdon
I. C. Haynes
Decatur 2
Castle Heights Military Academy
Edwin W .Richardson
Alabama Weekend Traffic Toll Drops With Two Deaths
The Associated Press reports Alabama saw one of its lightest weekend traffic tolls in months with two deaths in the Selma area. Eugene Hickman of Tuscaloosa died and Miss Jean Homan of Tuscaloosa was injured when their car hit a utility pole. Robert Bridges, 45, a Black man from Selma, was struck and killed by a car in Selma.
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Alabama
Selma
Eugene Hickman
Tuscaloosa
Jean Homan
M. G. Rush
L. H. Hudson
Robert Bridges
General Still Confident After Visit To Front
General MacArthur flew to Korea for a close look at the UN command. He said it remained unbeaten, secure, and able to fight the Chinese. He spoke after visiting Northwest and Northeast fronts as 25,000 cold, unshaven American troops moved into the Hamhung plain. He cautioned on the Northeast evacuation and praised morale, noting enemy losses estimated as high as 10 to 1.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations Command
Hamhung
Changjin Reservoir
H Gnam
U.S. 10Th Corps
U. N
United Nations
U. S.first Marine Division
Army
Seventh Infantry Division
Lee
North Korea
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
10Th Corps
Changjin
Hungnam
U S Urged To Balance Aid With Interest In Korea
Georgia Democratic leader Robert Elliott urged a Southeastern Junior Chamber of Commerce group to adopt a practical view of U S affairs. He said Americans act by emotion, not facts, and that democracy efforts abroad often misjudge local needs. He warned the Korea War requires decisive use of all tools to protect the United States.
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Birmingham
Dec
United States
Georgia
Democratic National
Elliott
America
Coresees Censee
Acheson Move Delayed by GOP
Washington December 11 Republican leaders failed to act on Sen Ives New York bid to declare no confidence in Secretary of State Acheson and demand his ouster A four man GOP policy committee subcommittee reviewed Ives resolution but found no conclusion Aves and other senators discussed alternative condemnations and possible policy shifts without a formal party call See ACHESON On Page 2
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Washington
Ives
New York
Senate
Acheson
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Republican Conference
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Truman
U. S
Peiping
U. N
State Department
Department
Rau
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
Jebb
Ernest A. Gross
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
China
38Th Parallel
County Share In Road Approved
The Morgan Board of Revenue and Control approved a 242 524 29 road construction contract for the Falk ville Eva highway and a 60 631 08 share of costs. Federal funds cover half, with the state and county each paying a quarter. The bid will go to the Bureau of Public Roads for approval after Alabama Georgia bid results showed the low bid about 11 under engineers estimates. The board also approved 1200 payment to the tuberculosis sanatorium for fiscal year costs.
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Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Falkville-Eva
Bureau of Public Road
Federal
William Grosfeld
James C Nash
Grosfeld
Morgan
Rent Control Extension To March 31
A bill extending federal rent controls to March 31 cleared its final hurdle and moved to President Truman for signature. The House approved a compromise of differing versions after Senate approval last Friday.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
White House
Rent Controls Extended Ahead of Truman Signature
Washington reports a 90 day extension of federal rent controls awaited presidential signature after Senate approval. House support and Senate compromise require a return trip to the House. Without extension rent controls would lapse December 31, with June 30 option for some communities unaffected.
Marines suffer heavy casualties in Korea breakout
The first Marine division faced over 30 percent casualties in a bold push to break a Chinese trap in Korea. Officials did not give a precise count, but estimates suggest 6,000 to 7,000 losses across three infantry regiments. Further details were to follow on page 2 CASUALTIES.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Korea
Central Baptist opens two hour peace prayer hour daily
Central Baptist Church will open from noon to two for a Humble Hour of prayer aimed at national peace. Rev Burton urges citizens to pause during lunch to seek God's favor, citing 2 Chronicles 7 14. Local Ministerial Association head Rev Wilson backs the effort and notes church proximity to business areas facilitates participation.
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Pene Central Baptist Church
Fellunek
Burton
P. D. Wilson
Central Baptist
Second Avenue
Asian And Middle East Group Considers Final Terms Of New Peace Plan For Korea
Thirteen Asian and Middle East countries met behind closed doors to consider final terms of a Korean peace plan. The plan may call for a cease fire and a demilitarized buffer along the 38th parallel, with U N backing. India’s Sir Benegal Rau leads the effort amid no reply from China’s communists.
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Middle East
Korea
Max Harrelson
U. N. Assembly
India
Sir Benegal Rau
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
United States
U. S
Charles Malik
Lebanon
Gas Jet Blamed For Death Of Marine Family
SUNBRIGHT Tenn December 11 A flickering gas jet allegedly allowed a lethal gas cloud to fill a home killing five people including Marine sergeant John B Parker’s family of four Judith 11 and Thomas 2 Bryant 13 and Betty Edith Tinch 20 a beauty parlor operator. Sgt Parker flies from Tokyo for joint funeral tomorrow.
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Sunbright
Tenn
John B. Parker
Judy
Thomas
Bryant
Betty Edith Tinch
H. E. Bryge
William Summers
Parker
Miss Tinch
Burglary suspect tied to five city break ins
Police report five break ins over the weekend in Decatur with a 19 year old local youth, Charles Pylant, jailed on a burglary warrant. Targets included Nun gester's drug store Nelsons jewelry Red Spot cafe Ward's Laundry and Louisianne cafe. A bracelet vanished from Nelsons and pennies from Red Spot and Louisianne. Night Watchman John Wear identified Pylant after he chased him from Nungester drug store, firing shots as he fled. Western Union employee Robert Imbusch aided investigators. See Five on Page 2.
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Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Charles Pylant
Nungester
W.H. Long
Whitmire
Pylant
Nelson’s
Red Spot Cafe
Wards’ Laundry
Louisianne Cafe
Nelson
Ward
Louisianne
John Wear
Wear
Western Union
Robert W.imbusch
Imbusch
Drivers Urged To Use Caution In Morgan County Roads
Sgt. H. L. Thornton of the Highway Patrol urged motorists to continue safe driving to end the accident jinx on Morgan county highways. He set a goal of no fatalities in Morgan county in 1950. For five days since Wednesday there have been seven accidents.
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H. L. Thornton
The
Highway Patrol Today
Morgan County
Thornton
South Hit By Wintry Blow
Freezing temperatures swept the Southeastern states with snow in the Northeast and New York. Winds from a storm off the New Jersey coast affected the region while rain fell along the coast from Philadelphia to Boston. Temperatures plunged in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes areas with zero at Green Bay and seven above at Chicago.
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New England
Tennessee Valley
New York State
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Boston
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Green Bay
Wis
Chicago
Bir
Leaders Called To White House On Wednesday
President Truman prepared a national emergency plan possibly including wage price controls and invited Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to a White House meeting at 10 A.M. Wednesday. Senator Taft of Ohio, head of the Senate GOP policy committee, was among those invited, marking his first participation in the emergency talks since the Korean War.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
White House
Senate
GOP
Government orders cut in natural rubber use for tires
The National Production Authority announced a 28 percent reduction in natural rubber use for new automobile tires for January and February, from November levels. The November rubber quota was 52,000 tons, and total rubber consumption (natural plus synthetic) for the month reached 90,000 tons. NPA keeps overall February quotas near 90,000 tons, offsetting natural rubber cuts with more synthetic rubber.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
White House to discuss national emergency proclamation
A White House notice said the congressional group was being called to discuss matters concerning the proclaiming of a national emergency and related matters. It noted the President is anxious to continue and strengthen leadership efforts.
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White House
Jets enter Korea war with F-84E Thunderjets
Tokyo dispatch reports U S Far East Air Forces used Republic F-84E Thunderjets in Korea for the first combat raid. Four aircraft targeted locomotives and supply centers east of Pyongyang, inflicting heavy damage. Thunderjets join F-80 Shooting Star and F9F Panthers as U S jet contrasts in the Korean conflict.
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Tokyo
Korea
George E. Stratemeyer
U.S. Far East Air Forces
Pyongyang
U. S
Reds
U.S
U.S. Navy
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