Marines Will Stay in China Per Truman Policy
President Truman announced that United States Marines will remain in China until surrender terms with Japan have been carried out. Byrnes said the surrender terms include assisting in returning defeated Japanese units home. The President noted Byrnes would meet with Molotov and Gromyko in Moscow, with talks likely in March or April in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States
China
Byrnes
Moscow
Olotov
Yalta
The Optmist Comedy of a TenStory Fall
A comic verse details an optimist who falls ten stories shouting all right so far. A newlywed couple hides their marriage from strangers in a Pullman, the porter jokes, and a sailor returns home to a whiskered, unfamiliar husband. The four year old Mary Louise fails to recognize Daddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Porter
Lan’ Sakes
Henry
Mary Louise
Returnee in Bad Temper Arrives Home After Dinner Delay
A returning veteran bursts in angrily at home complaining dinner is not ready. His wife calmly suggests waiting ten minutes and offers to accompany him to a restaurant, prompting a tense exchange that ends with plans to go out together.
Some Girl With Turned-Up Nose and Charm
A verse fragment praises a girl with a turned-up nose and wellturned figure, noting a turned-on charm and a turned-down light as the speaker expresses intent to marry her if circumstances allow.
Rev Paul Roberts Speaks to Lions Club
Rev Paul Roberts of Central Baptist church spoke on The Home at the Lions club meeting in Hotel Lyons. Introduced by Charles Ed Howell, the program included a trio with Mrs. Ross Dublin Mrs. B L Malone and Ed mond Keith singing Home Sweet Home. Mrs Malone read Edgar Guest’s Heap O’ Livin. Guests included Robert Straub and Noble Russell former Decatur Lions charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Roberts
Central Baptist Church
Lions Club
Hotel Lyons
Charles Ed Howell
Ross Dublin
B. L. Malone
Edmond Keith
Markets at a Glance Stocks and commodities mixed
New York markets show stocks lower with steel and motors leading the reaction. Bonds mixed with some rails advancing. Cotton irregular as mills buy and take profits. Chicago wheat unchanged to 7-8 lower with rye down slightly. Hogs steady to up 25 cents top near 14.85, cattle steady to weak with ceilings around 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Chicago
Commission House
New York cotton futures rally then ease on profit taking
Cot ton futures rose about 50 cents a bale to new seasonal highs in early trading in New York, then pulled back as commission houses took profits and hedging appeared. Mill buying supported trading on textile demand, with near term prices showing varied changes. Prices for Dec, Mar, and May contracts moved to 24.82, 24.77, and 24.66 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shanes LS
Aterae
Nashville Livestock Market Summary December cattle and hogs
Open market receipts were light as Nashville reports slow cattle trading with a weak undertone. Steers and heifers mostly 10.00 to 14.50 with higher 15.00 to 16.00 for 945 lb medium and good steers. canner cows 6.00 to 8.50. Calves, vealers 9.50 to 17.00. hogs steady with barrows and gilts 13.25 to 14.55. sheep steady with ewes and lambs 13.00 to 14.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Reynolds seeks lease of Hurricane Creek aluminum plants
Reynolds proposes leasing Hurricane Creek as part of a government move to curb Alcoa monopoly. The plan, backed by Justice Department guidance, would prevent turning government-owned plants to AmAss, while encouraging competition. Reynolds notes Arkansas facilities would add substantial employment and raise capacity to three quarters of prewar U.S. output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurricane Creek
Reynolds
Department of Justice
Aluminum Company of America
Justice Department
Listerhill
Ala
Longview
Wash
Jones Mill
Arkansas
Hunters Elect Director Again At State Furniture Group
Harlan H. Hunter, a Decatur furniture dealer, has been elected a director of the Alabama Retail Furniture Association. He has long active in state association affairs and aims to grow membership, which is now the largest since the group formed in 1911. State headquarters are at Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan H. Hunter
Decatur
Alabama Retail Furniture Association
Hunter
Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama seeks lifting dog ban in Bankhead deer hunts
Washington report states Alabama's congressional delegation urged the U S forest service to drop its no dogs ruling for deer hunts in Bankhead National Forest. Rep Sparkman with state conservation commissioner Morgan backed the effort saying locals hunt with dogs and fear increased danger if dog use is prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
U. S. Forest Service
Bankhead National Forest
Sparkman
D-Ala
Ben. C. Morgan
Congress
Kiwanis Plan Presented To President On Public Questions
President Truman and Kiwanis officials discussed a new public service program to inform the public on international and domestic policy. Hamilton Holt of Macon Georgia, Kiwanis International president, presented the plan and said Truman will help set up machinery to supply basic information for Kiwanis clubs to use in public forums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Truman
Kiwanis
Hamilton Holt
Macon
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Clubs
Hobbs Bill Up Again in Washington
The House votes today on Rep Hobbs Alabama Democrat introduced nearly a year ago. AFL President Green calls the measure anti labor and dangerous while noting no definition of fear. The bill would widen the anti racketeering law by extending its reach to union activities tied to commerce and extortion risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayashington
Dee 12
House
Amaregan
Federation of Labor
Hobbs
Alabama
Congress
AFL
William Gree
Green
Senate
Hob
Hobb
Supreme Court
New York
Federal Court of Appeals
Veterans in service discharged and hospital notices
Glimpses of local veterans, family notices, and public health updates. Discharges from the Army and Navy are listed for several men including L. McDonald and E. Puckett with details of eight engagements and medals. Local injuries, hospital stays, and a Christmas week courthouse closure are noted alongside a grass fire and a jail escape incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes
L. McDonald
Navy
Housing price controls proposed under war powers act
The plan aims to favor multi dwelling units costing ten thousand dollars or less with about half of building materials directed to that type while other construction and higher priced housing receive the remainder. Ceiling prices on old and new housing would vary by region to reflect local conditions. The President backs Snyder's recommendations and supports legislation granting authority for housing sale price ceilings and asserts fuel authority is essential to curb further rapid home price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
House Banking and Currency Committee
Byrnes outlines wartime diplomacy aims and talks on Asia
Byrnes emphasizes restoring stalled peace efforts and outlines key moves. He plans to bring John Carter Vincent as Far Eastern adviser, discusses Balkans’ Soviet dominance report for Moscow, and contemplates Iran and China policy with coordinated troop withdrawals and unity in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Byrnes
State Department
Jonn Carter Vincent
Balkans
Mark Ethridge
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Molotov
H. Freeman Matthews
Europe
Iran
Tehran
John D. Jernegan
Buren
An Ite
Kremlin
China
Vincent
Eastern Asia
Japanese war crimes suspects face Yokohama trial start
Japanese and other officials on the December 6 list, including former premier Konoye and adviser Koichi Kido, must act by Sunday midnight. The first 300 suspects are set to go on trial at Yokohama next Tuesday for atrocities against prisoners of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umimaro Konoye
Koichi Kido
Yokohama
Mrs Henderson Dinner Honoree At Surprise Birthday
Mrs R L Henderson of Somerville was honored at a surprise birthday party on December 2 at her daughter Mrs John M Smith’s Somerville home. Family members attending included Mr and Mrs John M Smith Mr and Mrs C T Watkins Mr and Mrs R R Henderson and Mr and Mrs J V Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Henderson
Somerville
John M. Smith
C.T. Watkins
R. R. Henderson
J. V. Henderson
Mrs Edmundson Leaves For Mineral Wells And Church Plans
Mrs W B Edmundson departed this afternoon for Mineral Wells Texas for a several months stay. A mid week prayer service was held at Central Methodist church at seven with short reports on the Friendly Visitation Campaign started Sunday. Afterward the choir planned Christmas music practice and all organization members were urged to attend. Leon Smith underwent a tonsillectomy at Baughs infirmary today. Blanche Martin was admitted to Baughs infirmary yesterday. Rev and Mrs Dreward Janett Mr and Mrs Floy Looney and Asie Hightower of Danville attended the all night singing at Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Dreward Janett
Floy Looney
Asie Hightower
Danville
Montgomery
Policies for Nazis Listed Policies for Nazis Listed
The piece reports U S policy guidance for postwar Germany under Allied occupation. It outlines three recovery periods from 1945 to 1948 and beyond, detailing imports to avert starvation, boosting coal exports, completing four power agreements, and creating German administrative agencies to oversee finance transport and trade before gradual economic self rule with Allied limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Hovey
Washington
Germany
Gag Department
United States
State Department
U. S
War Department
Ion
Byes Qiinee
Byrnes
Europe
Rouse Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs Agnes Jane Rouse 24 Belle Mina died at the Hamil clinic will be held at 2 pm at the Cairo Methodist church on Ashens 6 with Rev Jesse Rovers officiating Burial will follow in Sandfin cemetery Mutual Service directing Surviving husband Thomas Rouse five daughters Lucy Maggie Mary Patsy Lee and Helen Rouse mother Mrs Lucy Tribble three sisters Mrs Hester Mae McClockin Doris and Alice Tribble two half brothers Alvin and James Moss and three brothers Edward Vinson and Junior Tribble Pallbearers were Alex Wakefield Raymond Wakefield James Moss Alvin Moss Hugh McClockin and Woodrow Rouse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Jane Rouse
Belle Mina
Hamil Clinic
Jesse Rovers
Cairo Methodist Church
Sandfin
Thomas
Thomas Rouse
Lucy
Maggie
Mary
Patsy Lee
Helen Rouse
Lucy Tribble
Hester Mae McClockin
Doris
Alice Tribble
Alvin
James Moss
Edward
Vinson
Junior Tribble
Alex Wakefield
Raymond Wakefield
Alvin Moss
Hugh McClockin
Woodrow Rouse
William T. Sterling Dies After Illness at 70
William T. Sterling died after a long illness Tuesday morning at his home Walkville 1. He was 70. Surviving are his wife three sons J H Sterling Falkville 1 D C Sterling Bartow Fla and W T Jers Mrs Bessie Stinson and Mrs Opal Turney Falkville 1 24 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Drinkard's of Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Sterling
Walkville
J. H. Sterling
Falkville
D. C. Sterling
Bartow
Fla
W. T. Jers
Bessie Stinson
Opal Turney
Drinkard’s of
Hartselle
Athens News Items Snapshot of Local Goings On
Harry Morris of Elkmont visited Athens on Monday. Rev. Lusius Hart travels to South Carolina to visit a brother discharged from service. John Benact, Mrs. from service. Mrs. Mark Zehner and daughter shopped in Decatur Tuesday. Eastern Star held a Christmas tree with new members. Judge J. E. Clew is ill at home. Mrs. Eldridge Jackson of Lester Ala shopped in town Tuesday. Rev. G C Morris filled the pulpit while Hart was away. Mooresville’s Wae was in town on business Tuesday. Deputy Sheriff Knox Biles remains in critical condition though some improvement. Mrs. Mary Roper ill with flu last week. Harry Daniel of Buck Island Road visited Monday. Mrs. P. B. Stonestreet confined at home with mumps.
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Harry Morris
Elkmont
Athens
Lusius Hart
First Baptist Church
South Carolina
John Benact
Mark Zehner
R. A. Troupe Jr
Decatur
Eastern Star
J. E. Clew
Washington Street
Eldridge Jackson
Lester
Ala
G. C. Morris
Hart
W Ae
Mooresville
Limestone County
Knox Biles
Mary Roper
Harry Daniel
Buck Island Road
P. B. Stonestreet
Hartselle Woman Dies at 73 in Hartselle
Mrs. Vinnie Sparkman died at 8:45 last night at her home in Hartselle 2 aged 73. Survived by five daughters including Mrs. J R Wallace and Mrs W Bullard, four sons, a sister in Wetumka Oklahoma, a brother in Hartselle 2, 21 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday afternoon at Forrest Chapel with burial in adjoining cemetery. Nephews to serve as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinnie Sparkman
Hartselle
J. R. Wallace
W. Bullard
Lola Mae
Nola Daye
Wilma Sparkman
R. L. Sparkman
G. O. Sparkman
C. C. Sparkman
Dan Sparkman
Decatur
Labor tensions rise as steel strike warned and talks resume
The Truman administration warned the CIO that a strike in the steel industry would affect more than 40 percent of the nation's workers through linked industries. In Washington, hopes for strike-prevention legislation before Christmas faded as the House declined to act on a union-curb bill. The labor committee resumed hearings on a plan to create fact finding boards to manage major disputes and bar strikes while boards operate. In Detroit, about 400,000 workers remained idle amid widespread disputes as Ford prepared to meet the CIO United Auto Workers over a 30 percent wage increase demand and the union's plan to curb unauthorized strikes with fines for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel Institute
CIO
Washington
Truman
House
Labor Committee
Owever
Detroit
Eonotry
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers
S. Wildcat
Congress
United Nations Organization
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
House Education Committee
Schwellenbach
Senate Labor Committee
William Green
AFL
House Labor Committee
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Pacific
America
Senate
Bernard Bernstein
I. G. Farben
Farben
Germany
Alvin M. Weinberg
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Laboratories
Navy
Knox
Tokyo
Army Inquiry Board
Myron C. Cramer
Stimson
L. F. Safford
Navy Communications .Security
Alwin D. Kramer
Naval Intelligence
Mr. Truman
Play at Chalybeate School An Old Fashioned Mother
A Christmas season play titled An Old Fashioned Mother will be shown Thursday night December 20 at Chalybeate School. Proceeds go to the Chalybeate Baptist Church. The cast features Deborah Underhill Mrs Weddie Wilson Widder Bill Pindle Bernice Voss Miss Lowizy Loving Custard Hilda Jones Isabel Simpscott Olene Clahorn Glorina Perkins Edith Fury Lukey Pindle Cora L Voss John Underhill John Thomas Jones Charley Underhill Maurice Reed Brother Jonah Quackenbush Berlin Bell Jeremiah Gosling Glenn Reed Enoch Rone Therrol sagan Quintus Todd Wayne Oss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalybeate School
Chalybeate Baptist Church
Deborah Underhill
Weddie Wilson Widder
Bill Pindle
Bernice’ Voss
Lowizy
Rankin Hosts Kiwanis Leaders Meeting at Hotel Lyons
Marvin Rankin, president elect of the Decatur Kiwanis, hosted a night session at Hotel Lyons for 1946 club leaders including two vice presidents elect, the secretary, and committee chairmen. Rankin outlined proposed activities while guests commented on the club's objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Rankin
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Rankin
School Aid Bill is Defeated in House Panel
Washington December 2 A bill proposing federal aid for state school systems was killed today by a single vote in the house education committee the measure would have appropriated 50 million dollars the first year and 100 million the second year a group of more than 30 bipartisan members supported the proposal but the committee voted 10 to 9 after an executive session
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Washington
House Education Committee
noUse
Senate
Keefe cites Marshall view on Pearl Harbor blame
Rep Keefe says he will seek opinion from former Chief of Staff to determine major responsibility for Pearl Harbor defeat. He notes President Truman’s claim that Americans were to blame and seeks General Marshall's agreement. The Army Board report discusses deciphered Japanese interception notes and warnings before the December 7 attack, with reference to coded signals about potential war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Pearl Harbor
Truman
Marshall
Army Board
Congressional Committee
Army
Navy
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Rus
Congress weighs broad foreign and domestic issues
Congress debated United Nations involvement, education funding cuts, and labor strike controls. Key figures included Secretary Schwellenbach and AFL President Green, with Truman optimistic about action before Christmas. Additional testimony touched on Pearl Harbor readiness, German plans, atomic age cautions, and prewar Tokyo signals.
Delivery Boy Wanted at Dillehay Drug Co
Classified notice seeks a delivery helper with good salary. Apply in person at Dillehay Drug Company for the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillehay Drug. Co
Patton in Heidelberg Listed as Good Condition
General George S Patton Jr remains in good condition at Seventh Army hospital in Heidelberg after an automobile accident. Bulletin notes temperature 100, pulse 66, respiration 24 with no significant changes. Mrs Patton visits and says she is not worried, praising care and his rational, nourished state despite paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton ,Jr
Seventh Army
U. S&s. Army
Frankfurt
Hugh Carns
Gilbert E. Phillips
W. A. Kenner
U. S. Army
Europe
U. S
Patton
Bertha Hohle
Grygla
Ming
Court hearings follow German translation by earphones
Court proceedings in Wibal included listening to a German translation through earphones after the reading of the us ments.
Wofford Oil Bets $3,000 On Victory Bonds
Wofford Oil Company has added 3000 dollars to Morgan County's Eighth Victory loan drive. Frank Seibert district manager announced that Wofford Oil made a substantial purchase of Victory bonds and allocated 3000 dollars of the purchase to Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wofford Oil Company
Morgan County
Frank Seibert
Wofford Oil
Labor board fights stall as unions face 30 day pause
House members opposed a military committee bill penalizing unions striking against contracts by a 200 to 182 vote, signaling a slow approach to labor legislation. Senate leaders Hill and Thomas showed wariness toward a unified air force plan, stressing defense needs while Truman prepares to send a merger message next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
House Military Committee
Congress
Armed Forces
Hill
D.-Ala
Elbert Thomas
D.-Utah
Military Committee
May
D.-Ky
Carl Vinson
D.-Ga
Naval Committee
Truman
Capitol Hill
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Decatur Flying Service
Courtland
James L.rankin Insurantce
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Peed Mtg
Hunters
Pettey
Ucéntinues
R.L. Ford
Vinemont 3
Baugh’s Infirmary
Levory
le Hien E. Puckett
Oo Hield
South
South Pacific
Omer
Westside
Terian Church
Audrie A A. Maze
Dennis R. Way
Shipley
Hhosen
Louisville
Clara Lemmond
Somerville 1
Decatur General Hospital
James Jackson
Dorothy
Sotor
Walnut Streel
He Morgan
American Cross
Brown Lively
Hamil Ic
Mutual Service
Ambuice
Duturo
Johnny Kiehl
Ottis Waller
Sixth Avenue South
Waller
Fort Dix
N. J
E. Powell
the Daily
Third Avenue
Flint
B. J. Barber
Herman Linderman
Chenault Clinic
Ingalls Shipyards
Brown
Mrs. Henderson
W. B. Edmundson
Mineral Wells
Texas
Leon Smith
Fifth Avenue South
Baugh's Infirmary
Blanche Martin
Athens News
Britain
NEI
Netherlands East Indies
Russia
Comdr
Safford
Hallmark
Norcross
Sunshine
Dugger’s Book Store
Johnston St
Hotpoint
Gen. Patton
Asseae
Decatur Transit
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