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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1952
Page
11
Washington reports the McCarran-Walter act requiring foreign seamen docking in the U S to answer questions on political leaning before ashore access. Communists barred. inspectors aboard liners like Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth to speed screening. first inspector aboard Liberte starting in New York.
Miss Speegle 79 Hart selle died at 1 am in Decatur General Hospital. Survived by two sisters Miss Lurene Speegle Hartselle and Mrs R C Barcliff Birmingham three brothers W H Speegle Clay D Speegle Hartselle and H R Speegle Birmingham a niece four nephews and other relatives. Funeral at 11 am tomorrow at Hartselle First Baptist Church with Rev Frank T Smith and Rev C D Boozer. Burial in city cemetery Peck directing. Pallbearers named.
In Truckee California 7000 gallons of gasoline spilled along a quarter mile of the main street after an eastbound tanker overturned near midnight. Traffic on U S Highway 40 halted for two hours as crews from the Forest Service California Highway Patrol and Truckee fire department washed the flammable liquid away.
Rev J Frank Shaw of Toppenish Washington will speak at the Sixth Avenue Church of God Friday at 7 00 p m He has worked with American Indians for years and will show many pictures A spokesman said The public is invited. WANT ADS GET RESULTS
District Judge Elmer Adams dismissed Judge Baker Wall of Sallisaw suit claiming the paper must print his letter to the editor supporting Adlai Stevenson and Truman policies. Wall said he would appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
J. S. Wittmeier of Oneonta was elected president of the Alabama Jersey Cattle Clubmen, succeeding Robert M. Newman of Huntsville. John Rankin of Farnsdale became vice president, W. H. Eaton of Auburn secretary treasurer, and W. J. Alverson of Albertville assistant secretary treasurer. Awards went to R. D. Kent of Talladega for the highest producing Jersey cow, W. R. Tate of Madison for top herd improvement, and Ralph Bearden of Helena for entering the grand champion Jersey cow at the state fair.
A 120 hour electrical workers strike cripples power in Tokyo and major cities, delaying trains and cutting shipments. About 263,000 miners demand higher wages and year end bonuses, intensifying supply disruptions.
Yesterday the Highway Patrol logged 19 accidents with seven injuries one death and 5102 dollars in property damage. A year earlier 21 accidents with nine injuries two deaths and 10120 dollars in property damage.
Captain Adan Graetz 24 was removed from the 5686 ton freighter Abraham Graetz off Sambro Light and landed in Halifax amid claims he threatened to sink the ship unless his father became Israel’s cabinet minister. Immigration will treat him as a sick mariner. his father, H R Graetz, arrived in Montreal.
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told an American club luncheon that Western Europe can meet NATO security goals with God’s help. He noted 1952 targets of 25 first line and 25 reserve divisions, with 1953 goals at 70 divisions and 78 in 1954, amid NATO talks in Paris. The remark came days before the Atlantic alliance meeting with NATO ministers and the military committee. Pluto's size is also mentioned as a distant note, not central to the defense discussion.
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