Blind Philadelphia Soldier Letters Santa for Sight
Chester R. Perkins, a blinded former Indianapolis high school athlete hospitalized in Valley Forge, writes to Santa asking for restored vision. He describes his wish to replace blindness with two bright blue eyes to see Christmas and the faces of loved ones, hoping for a return of sight and meaning this holiday season.
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Phoenixville
Chester R. Perkins
Valleyge Hospital
Santa Claus
Aeformer
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Journalisar
Santa
Cpl
Moonshiners Survive Pressure as Southern States Lead Seizures
In October federal Alcohol Tax Unit data show 477 of 538 seized stills in eight Southern states led by Georgia and Alabama. Georgia saw the highest activity with 119 stills seized and 135 arrests. Alabama 66 stills and 65 arrests. South Carolina 98 stills and 43 arrests. Tennessee 32 stills and 49 arrests, with $21,841 in property seized overall.
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Frank E. Taylor
Washington
Alcohol Tax Unit
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Army hunts missing B 25 after Muroc to Mines Field flight
The Army ordered Searchcraft to locate a missing B 25 bomber that vanished after leaving Muroc at 12 34 PM PST en route to Mines Field Los Angeles. The plane with four hours fuel could have ditched in desert or landed at a remote emergency strip. passenger count not released.
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Los Angeles
Army
Muroc Air Base
Mines Field
Muroc
Princes renounce imperial rights in Tokyo family council
Eleven princes decided at a rare Tokyo council presided by Emperor Hirohito to renounce their imperial rights and limit royalty to the Emperor, his brothers and families. Princes reportedly sold villas to meet expenses and have faced reduced incomes due to diet curtailments and decreased power.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Market slips after early gains in Wall Street trading
In New York trading on December 12 moderate selling trimmed early gains, with morning advances around one point fading into losses by midafternoon. Trading stayed active as investors awaited labor department developments and dividend declarations offered rare positive factors while bonds moved narrowly.
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New York
Wall Street
Labor Department
Nashville Livestock Market Summary From Dec 12
Federal State Department reports light receipts in Nashville with open market cattle and hogs mixed. Cows and vealers show varied prices, with good and choice vealers reaching 30.00 and fat cattle focus on grading. Hogs range from 15.50 to 50 lower by class, sheep and lambs quieter with lambs 19.00-21.00 and common 7.50-13.50. Aged ewes 7.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Department of Agriculture
New York Cotton Futures End Mixed After Early Rise
New York December cotton futures showed an irregular session with an initial rise of about 2.60 a bale on favorable November consumption estimates. Later profit taking and securities softness had prices retreat more than 1.00 per bale, with late afternoon quotes higher by about 15 cents from the day’s low. December 32.15, March 31.80, May 31.28.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Civitan Backing Library Plan in Decatur
Decatur Civitan club votes full support for the American University Women's plan to buy books for children to enrich the Carnegie Library. Members will purchase one book per active member chosen by the local group.
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Decatur Civitans
American University Women
Carnegie Library
Decatur
Tom Harvey
E. G. Hamilton
Louis Bell
Blum Set to Be Elected Interim French Leader
Socialist Leon Blum, 74, nears election as interim President Premier after Georges Bidault’s party withdraws an opposition candidate. The cabinet crisis ends as Blum, freed from a 1945 prison camp, is expected to form a short lived government until a permanent one is chosen in mid January.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Georges Bidault
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Blum
Popular Front
National Assembly
United States
France
Socialist Party
Southern Baptist Convention committee votes no action on WW2 conscientious objectors
Nashville notes that the Southern Baptist Convention executive committee finished its semi annual meeting with a vote of no action on two recommendations about WW2 conscientious objectors. The body declined to approve reimbursing $17,708 used by Brethren and Mennonite groups to provide food and clothing to 45 families.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
Brethern Service Commission
Brethern, ‘Friends, and Ménnonites
Revolt in Venezuela Is Quelled, Betancourt Says
President Romulo Betancourt reported an abortive 12 hour uprising ended with rebels captured or fled. Insurgents seized Maracay airport and launched planes toward the palace and hotel areas but caused few injuries. Two ships reached Colombia. no executions planned.
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Sam Dawson
Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Marcuay
Colombia
Marlos Maldonado Pena
Maracay
Jardin Hotel
U. S
Docks Plans Upheld in Alabama Supreme Court Ruling
The Alabama supreme court upheld Mobile’s plan to contribute 350000 toward expanding the state docks. The court found municipal authority to build wharves docks and seawalls within legal discretion, rejecting claims of fraud or improper funding.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Alabama Supreme Court
Davis F. Stakely
Mobile Circuit Court
W. ©. MacMahon
W.G. Austin Jr
Board of Commissioners
Realty transfer by McCann to Strother and Blankenship deal
Daily Records notes a deed transfer involving A. J. McCann to E. W. Strother for 1500 dollars, with Wilbur A. Blankenship listed in the deed. The transaction records one dollar stated as part of the dealings with Realty Investment Co. tp.
Farmer and son die in Monroe house fire
In Monroe Georgia a Walton county farmer O S Treadwell age 38 and his 3 year old son Stanley perished in a house fire on U S Highway 78 near Athens. Treadwell died in his son's room while attempting a rescue. Mrs Treadwell is hospitalized with severe burns. Two daughters Rachel 16 and Rose 12 escaped unharmed.
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Monroe
O. S. Treadwell
Walton County
Stanley
Athens
Treadwell
Waltane County
Rachel
Rose
Montgomery Patrol Reports November Arrest Totals
State highway patrol reports 1,219 arrests in November down from 1,279 in October and 1,005 in November last year. Patrol Chief Clyde Sellers cites driving without a license as the principal arrest cause.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
Clyde Sellers
Christmas Fire Safety Plea From Decatur Chief
Fire Chief Floyd Elkins warns residents to treat Christmas trees and decorations as fire hazards. He advises fresh trees, water, angled cuts, and water replenishment, plus keeping trees away from heat, securing them to prevent collapse, and using safe lighting. He notes open flame is unsafe near trees and recommends noncombustible decorations and ready fire extinguishers.
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Decatur
Floyd ‘Elkins
Elkids
Juan
Chief Elkins
Six Nation Leaders Plan Hunger to Shape German Settlement
Foreign ministers agreed to open Moscow talks on January 14 to hear small nations in London on Germany and Austria. Byrnes and Bevin pushed for early input, Molotov initially resisted but yielded. Meetings also set for Paris February 10 to sign satellite treaties with Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland.
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Boards of Great Power
London
Molotov
James B. Byrnes
Europe
Moscow
Byrnes
Allied Control
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Austria
Ernest Bevin
Maurice Couve de Murville
Paris
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Hero in Jail Tales of Clifton Hand and Baltimore Honor
Clifton Lee Hand once hailed as a city hero waits in a Baltimore jail as Governor O Connor weighs a pardon. Hand, a Coast Guard veteran, faced a 30 day larceny sentence after a barroom accusation of theft, recounting his steady civil service pay and past city honors.
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Baltimore
Clifton Lee Hand
O’connor
Annapolis
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
Life term given killer in Hollstein slaying case
John D. Taylor of Ripley Tennessee, 27, was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for the May 12 slaying of Arthur W. Hollstein, a 49 year old Baltimore shoe salesman. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder after the state offered a life term in exchange for the plea. A lengthy signed statement admitted Hollstein was struck with a whisky bottle and body rolled down a highway embankment after Taylor claimed the victim struck him first.
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Taylor
J. J. Dolan
State Safety Department
Hollstein
Tuscaloosa Attorney Defends Black Defendant in Rape Case
Attorney Dodson claimed no violence or threat existed and that patrolmen were unnecessary. He said the defense aimed to secure justice so the defendant could sleep tonight, while noting Dodson’s loss in reelection and defending the boy amid murder rape conviction history and public sentiment shaping the death penalty.
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Dodson
House of Representatives
Tuscaloosa
Smith
State Supreme Court
Underwood
A. D. Redden
Elmore County
Redden
J. L. Dickinson
Prattville
Powers Agree on Arm Reduction Plan Amid Amendments
The major powers backed a broad arms reduction proposal while Canada pressed for stronger assembly powers. Paul-Henri Spaak sought Russian and British agreement to drop troop and armament census demands and urged a report to the next General Assembly session.
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Security Council
Canada
Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Russia
Britain
Spaak
General Assembly
Sew
Sentemibor
Tragic Car Crash Ends Italian Reunion Dream
Danielle Taniette an 18 year effort to reunite with wife Italia and five children ends as he is struck by a car while running for a streetcar in Chicago. He died en route to hospital after planning to sail to Genoa to join his seriously ill wife in Udine.
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Chicago
Danielle Taniette
Italy
Toniette
United States
Caesar
Italia
Toinette
New York
Genoa
Udine
Senator Bilbo Under Senate War Hearing Inquiries
The war investigation subcommittee opened public hearings with Senator Bilbo and attorney Forest B Jackson of Jackson Mississippi. Chairman Mead said cross examination would not be allowed and questions could be submitted in writing. The panel probes alleged transactions between a senator and war contractors amid accusations of cash gifts a new home a car and other favors. Republicans plan to block Bilbo from taking his seat. A separate committee finished Mississippi hearings on alleged efforts to suppress black votes in the last summer primary and its report is pending.
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Bilbo
McKay
Army Engineer
Mississippi
Mead
N.Y
Senate
War Investigating
Forest B. Jackson
Jackson
Miss
Ferguson
Mich
War Investigation Committee
Congress
GovernmentEconomy Group Urges Productivity Over Recession Fears
The committee urged rise in productivity as the real solution to economic troubles and called for ending OPA powers by January 31 while keeping rent controls through 1947. It backed cutting the federal budget from 41 to 30 billion with tax reductions. Sen Harry F Byrd warned against tax cuts until fiscal stability is assured and warned that a drop in income would reduce tax receipts well below basic government needs.
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OPA
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Congress
Byrd
Strike Parley Opens as Bus Unionboard Talks Resume
Officials of the Modern Coach Corporation and AFL Street Electric Railway And Motor Coach Employes met in Atlanta for the first time since negotiations broke off November 17. Union drivers and mechanics for the Georgia Alabama Florida bus line walked off November 16 and contract talks were declared terminated.
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Etrike Parley
Atlanta
Modern Coach Corporation
Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Roosevelts Go From Moscow to Poland for Brief Visit
Elliott Roosevelt and actress wife Faye Emerson fly from Moscow to Poland for a short visit after returning from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Roosevelt plans to be back in the United States by December 22 or 23. The trip follows a cargo-laden return with oranges and tangerines from the Georgian region.
Morgan County News Notes and Local Moves
Local business visitors and ambulance transfers frame a Morgan County update. Residents from Hartselle and Somerville travel to Decatur for appointments while Morgan County remains active with courthouse business and sugar price inquiries. Dr Chenault’s Mayo Clinic recovery inspires homebound prayers as church talks ahead.
Salvation Army Christmas Program Aims to Reach Every Child
The Salvation Army plans an extensive Decatur Christmas drive to ensure no child is missed. Captain Fuller asks for information on families needing aid and urges only emergency calls. The corps’ youth groups hold trees and programs in Peoples Church and South town hall with support from the Salesmen’s Club.
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Salvation Army
Decatur
Fuller
Salvati Army
South
East Decatur
Rockefeller Proposal For UN Site Shocks Committee
The United Nations site committee faced a surprise when John D. Rockefeller Jr offered an $8,500 permanent headquarters site in mid Manhattan bounded by the East River and major avenues. The bid arrived as the panel, split between Eastern and Western site loyalties, adjourned without postponement vote and prepared reports in a closed session. Warren Austin, U.S. delegate, called the Rockefeller site the best option seen so far.
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Cynthia Lowry
Lake
Success
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller Jr
New York City
United Nations
Rockefeller
Mid- Manhattan
East River
Frankling D. Roosevelt Drive
42Nd
48Th Streets
Theockefeller
Miners Dig Through Mudslide for Buckeye Mine Victim
Rescue workers labored six days after a cave in at the Buckeye copper mine to reach entombed John Orekor in a mud slide near Globe Arizona.
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Globe, Ariz
John Orekor
Buckeye
GI Marriages in Germany After New Policy
Soldiers may wed German women under a modified rule though some fear marriages will be used to escape Germany. American and German views vary with MSgt Edgar L. Thomas criticizing as a means to reach the U.S. Erika Dorfinger urges GI men to wait before marrying to decide love, while others see potential benefits for conduct and relations.
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Donald Doane Peet
Germany
U. S. Army
Edgar L. Thomas
Victoria
Tex
Fifth Armored Division
United States
Erika Dorfinger
Frankfurt
Tehran waits for word on Azeri troop deployment
Tehran awaited word from Tabriz on whether the Azerbaijan regime would permit central government troops to enter the province as a security measure during national sections. The Tabriz radio said the communist governor-general had sent a message to Premier Qavam that the provincial council agreed to dispatch the troops.
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Tehran
Tabrizi
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Litia
Tabriz
Ahmed Qavam
Azerbaijan Oil Regional Conflict Surges Into Mianeh
The Iranian army broke the first Azerbaijani resistance line and entered Mianeh at 3 p.m. local time as Tehran seeks greater control over Azerbaijan Province. Gen Hashemi cited scattered clashes and the capture of three Russians along with two men and a woman operating a wireless telegraph set.
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Mianeh
Azerbaijan
Tehran
Azerbajan
Soviet
Ussia
Tabriz
Ghaflankooh
Hashemi
State Highway Patrol Accident Report Snapshot
Accidents for the period show 7 with 3 injuries and no fatalities. The year ending totals include 3,761 accidents and 2,343 injuries with 555 fatalities and property damage of $1,442,063 to date.
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State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
High strung poodle causes urban nerves in Vancouver
An unidentified woman asked Police Constable Dick Degley to quiet noisy neighborhood children. She said her dog suffered a nervous breakdown after the racket, spent 10 days in hospital, came home three days ago, and the noise may trigger another collapse.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dick Degley
Bartender Turns In Reward Claim For Missing Checks
Kenneth R. Yeiter, a bartender, delivers six 50-cent coins totaling three dollars as reward he says a Bismarck contractor paid him for locating 18,000 dollars worth of endorsed and negotiable checks owned by the contractor.
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Bismarck
N. D
Kenneth R. Yeiter
Bismarck Tribune
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