Dulles and Lodge Call for U S Strength While Detering Soviets
Denver dispatch reports John K Dulles and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr urging a home front revival to defeat communism abroad. They pressed for stronger U N, end to discrimination, and private effort alongside government aid. Dulles framed U S policy as defensive only and urged individual action to support freedom worldwide.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Koster Dulles
Dulles
Eisenhower
National Council of Churches of Christ
Henry Cabot Lodge,Jr
Rmass
United Nations
U.N
U. N
America
U. S
Iron Curtain
United Nations Clarifies Subversive Connections Claim
The United Nations said that the adverse information about American employees was relayed orally and no written record or definite evidence of subversive links to justify firing a Secretariat member had been received. The remark followed Hickerson's statement about action on the matter.
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U. N
Lie
Hickerson
U. S
Booker T. Rogers Released On Bond
Booker T. Rogers a Decatur Negro was released on $1 000 bond after jail on a charge of carnally knowing a Negro girl under 16 The warrant was sworn out Wednesday by Sheriff s Deputy Noah Lee before County Judge W H Long
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Booker T.rogers
Decatur
Carnally
Noah Lee
W. H. Long
Traffic accidents compare Montgomery patrol record
Yesterday the Highway Patrol investigated 26 accidents with 19 injuries, no fatalities and 14 425 dollars in property damage. A year earlier 13 accidents caused three injuries one death and 4 485 dollars in property damage.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Amusements listings show multiple film showings and stars
At Princess Lost In Alaska ROXY Ann Sheridan and John Lund headline Just Across The Street with showings from 1 48 to 9 40. SUNSET screens Carbine Williams with James Stewart and Jean Hagen at 7 15 and 9 15. HATFIELD presents The Pride of St Louis with Dan Dailey and Joanne Dru at 6 30 and 8 35. STRAND features Jumping Jacks with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis at 3 00 7 00 and 9 00. RANCH shows So Proudly We Hail with Claudette Colbert Veronica Lake Paulette Goddard at 7 00. MARS in Falkville plays Santa Fe with Randolph Scott at 6 15 and 7 50.
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Hatfield
Athens
Hartselle
Claudette Colbert
Veronica Lake
Paulette Goddard
Pen Pals to Marry After Year and Half of Letters
Sgt. Raymond Larr of Adams Mills Ohio and Mariam Brown of Grundy Center Iowa will wed December 21 after a long distance courtship. The 20 year old sergeant, stationed in England, greeted his bride to be on arrival in Columbus following their pen pal friendship begun in May 1951 while he served at Moses Lake Washington.
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Columbus
Air Force
Raymond Larr
Ohio
Adams Mills
Mariam Brown
Grunny Center
Iowa
Sergeat
England
New York
Mariam
Grundy Center
Larr
Harvey Larr
Moses Lake
Wash
Auburn Player Shot In Head In Alabama Incident
Auburn football substitute end Weaver Henderson 19 of Manchester Ga remained in very critical condition after a shotgun misfire aboard a car near Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Jackie Creel of Dothan Ga said Henderson fired at a squirrel, the gun discharged, and Henderson was rushed to Drake Infirmary in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Auburn
Weaver Henderson
Manchester
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Henderson
Jackie Creel
Dothan
Ala
Creel
Weaver
Drake Infirmary
Fitzgerald
Government dam power rights to be sold to private or state entities
Delegates agreed that federal involvement in power generation should be limited to cases where private enterprise or state governments cannot undertake the project. When the government builds a dam, the right to generate power at the site would be sold to private firms or to states or their subdivisions.
Allied Raiders Press Chinese North of Munsan Front
Chinese and United Nations forces fought near Munsan on the western front with hand to hand combat for control of a hill crest. After two German style drives the UN withdrew to their lines. General James A. Van Fleet said a South Korean division of about 14 000 men was nearly ready for combat duty and could replace an American division on the front.
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Munsan
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Plans To Scuttle His Ship Are Denied
Captain Adan Graetz denies reports he threatened to scuttle the Israeli freighter Abraham Graetz unless his father became Israel's communications minister. He calls the rumors complete fabrication and unfounded and says he will not pursue the matter. The 24 year old skipper was brought ashore by a Halifax tug from the 5,686 ton freighter Abraham Graetz owned by his father.
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Montreal
Adan Graetz
Israel
Halifax
Abraham Graetz
Nethery Elected Commander of Decatur Coast Guard Flotilla
Dr S J Nethery Jr of Mooresville was elected commander of the Decatur flotilla Coast Guard Auxiliary at a special meeting aboard the flotilla barge in the boat harbor. William Sherman was named vice commander and David Hulse training officer. Gerald Neher retires as commander. Plans for a headquarters barge were discussed.
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S. J. Nethery Jr
Mooresville
Decatur Flotilla
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Boat Harbor
William Sherman
David Hulse
Gerald Neher
Local health and social notes from Decatur area
Dismissals and admissions at Ellis-Meyer hospital list several residents including Mrs. Sherman, Jesse Burns, and Mrs. Lile. Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Braswell. Cottage prayer meeting planned at the Nazarene church. Local students Sallye and Billee Kimbrough to visit for holidays from Dallas. Red Cross sends Christmas greetings from Honolulu. Sheriff’s officers report a prohibition arrest. Court docket covers sidewalk parking and other charges.
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A. L. Braswell
1613
Jackson Street
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Sallye
Billee Kimbrough
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
W. EB. Kimbrough
City-Wide Strike Looms In Montgomery Bus Lines
Montgomery scheduled a city-wide bus strike for 4:30 a.m. tomorrow as drivers and mechanics of Montgomery City Lines Local 765 AFL walk out over wage demands in contract talks. The old contract expired December 1, adding pressure during the Christmas shopping period.
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Montgomery
Montgomery City Lines
Amalgmated
Associated of Street Railway and Motor Coach Operators
AFL
Bessemer Resident Claimed By Death
Will Bean 80, formerly of Decatur, died this morning in Bessemer after a lengthy illness. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Bean, a daughter Mrs. Thelma Crockett of Bessemer, three sons Buford Melvin and Morris Bean of Bessemer, and several grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 pm Sunday at the Church of Christ in Bessemer with burial in Bessemer.
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Will Bean
Bessemer
Decatur
Morgan County
Bean
Thelma Crockett
Buford Bean
Melvin Bean
Morris Bean
Church of Christ
111 Year-Old Ex Slave Buried in Talladega Funeral
Uncle Jack Riddle a 111 year old Negro ex slave was buried as white and Black friends mourned at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church. The funeral drew 400 mourners with eight prominent white pallbearers and 60 white residents. The city’s past and Riddle’s life as a freed man were recalled by Rev. J R Rutledge. His 97 year old widow Josie was carried to the service. about 85 descendants attended.
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Talladega
Uncle Jack Riddle
Jack
Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church
Uncle Jack
J. R. Rutledge
Marietta
Josie
Ku Klux Klan
Wallis Elliott
Rutledge
Senate subcommittee ends hearings on loyalty probe
The subcommittee led by Sen. Pat McCarran adjourned the hearings indefinitely after yesterday's testimony, noting a lack of meaningful progress and the speaker recalling a moment of apathy.
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Pat McCarran
D—Nev
Injunction Target Singer Debuts With Nashville Symphony Pops
Mrs Wentworth Morris of Clarksville sang as a guest at a Nashville Symphony Pops concert in Van derbilt gym to an audience of about 4500. Despite weeks under a temporary injunction limiting practice to two hours a day, her clear lyric soprano drew enthusiastic applause while neighbors seek a permanent writ.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wentworth Morris
Clarksville
Nashville Symphony Pops
Vanderbilt University Gymnasium
Chancery Court
Manufacturer Of Dresses Convicted On Morals Charge
New York dress manufacturer Samuel Chapman was convicted of procuring models for prostitution and given a suspended 210 day jail term. Magistrate Hyman Bushel noted no prior convictions. He faced up to three and a half years on each of seven counts. Chapman denied taking money, saying any earnings were from jobs via his friends.
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New York
Samuel Chapman
Hyman Bushel
Chapman
Four Family Members Die In Fire In Canonburg
Four members of the Kappotas family perished in an early morning blaze that destroyed their two story frame home in Canonburg Pennsylvania. Gus Kappotas 58 his wife 51 and their children Agnes 14 and Destina 8 died as firefighters arrived to find the house a mass of flames and the roof collapsed. Patrolman Patrick Matrogan reported there was nothing the firemen could do.
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Canonsburg
Pennsylvania
Gus Kappotas
Agnes
Destina
Patrick Matrogan
Four Vehicles Damaged In Two Street Collisions
Two-vehicle crashes on Decatur streets damaged four vehicles. A 1947 Chevrolet panel truck and a 1951 Plymouth collided at Moulton and Maple Streets SE at 8:15 this morning injuring the truck’s left front and the Plymouth’s right side. The truck, traveling south on Maple, and the Plymouth, west on Moulton, were driven by Ira Turner of West Walnut Street and Austin Terry of Tuscumbia. Earlier, a 1937 Dodge and a 1952 Chevrolet collided at Jackson Street and Sixth Avenue SE at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, with damage to the Dodge’s left front and Chevrolet’s left side. The Dodge, driven by Marvin D. McCurry of Athens, and the Chevrolet, driven by Charlie G. Hardwick of Danville, were headed west and south respectively as they attempted to turn onto Sixth and Jackson.
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Decatur
Moulton
Maple Streets
Maple
C. M. Kennedy
Seldon Hill
Ira Turner
West
Walnut Street
Austin Terry
Tuscumbia
Jackson Street
Sixth Avenue
Louis Landers
Garland Nuby
Jackson
Sixth
Marvin D. McCurry
Athens
Charlie G. Hardwick
Danville
Judge urges whipping post and jury changes in Alabama
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones told a Montgomery civic club that harsher rules are needed to protect law abiding citizens. He proposed a jury verdict by majority, revised insanity laws, a whipping post for minor offenses, women jurors, and executing death row cases in the crime’s county rather than in prison.
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Montgomery
Circuit
Walter B. Jones
Alabama
Naval Stores Plans New Plants In Florida and Alabama
Naval Stores Concern to Build Plants costing 3.0 million dollars at Pensacola Florida and Bay Minette Alabama. A one million dollar chemicals plant will be built in Pensacola. A twenty million dollar plant at Bay Minette will extract oils from kraft paper mill waste.
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Pensacola
Fla
Bay Minette
Ala
Newport Industries, Inc
Kraft Paper
New Censorship Code Promulgated
Washington reports a new uniform censorship code for all U S armed forces will take effect in Korea and apply to any future American war. The regulations were announced yesterday by the armed forces.
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Washington
Korea
Market Prices and Poultry Update from Southern Markets
Decatur cotton mixed with middling at 33.50c and strict low 31.50c. No 2 mile 2.95, No 2 wheat 2.05, No 2 oats 85c, No 2 white ear corn 2.10, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.70. Hogs 16.25c. Atlanta USDA North Georgia live poultry market steady with moderate supplies and fair demand. farms report broilers under 3.5 lb at 28-30 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Federal state cattle rundown with calves and hogs at Nashville. Cattle good and choice 24 to 32 dollars with prime quotable up to 33. Hog sales early to lower on 190 to 230 pound barrows and gilts at 16.75. Sows steady 14 to 14.50. other hog weights scarce.
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Nashville Livestock Nashville
Frank Seeks Assurance on Sales Tax Change Before Council
Decatur merchant Richard Frank told a City Council meeting he intends no sales tax increase and hopes the bond issue debate will not trigger future tax hikes. He said he is not seeking political office and denies advocating higher taxes.
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Richard Frank
Decatur
Mr. Frank
Mercy killing by husband electrocutes wife in bathtub
Detroit police seek a murder warrant against 62 year old Williamm R. Jones after he electrocuted his disabled wife Barbara in their bathtub and tried to end his own life in a mercy killing pact. He wired a bath with an electric cord and turned on the current.
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Detroit
Williamm R. Jones
Barbara
Jones
Hunt's Successor To Be Announced After December 18
John W. Hunt resigns as Southern Railroad agent in Decatur after 15 years. The successor will be chosen by bid through December 18, with the top candidate announced afterward. Hunt served 52 years with the railroad and cites ill health as the reason for resigning.
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John W. Hunt
Southern Railroad
Decatur
Southern
Hunt
Depth of Ocean Trumps Everest by Over a Mile
Scientists note the deepest ocean trench lies more than a mile below the ocean surface than Everest rises above it, highlighting the vast vertical scale of Earth. The comparison underscores the extreme depths of marine trenches versus high mountain peaks.
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Mt. Everest
Negro Private Faces Court Martial At Augsburg Germany
Pvt Otis J Pugh of Birmingham Alabama and Pvt Tommy L Bryson of Columbus Georgia stood accused of raping a German waitress and inciting a riot after leading a group of U S Negro soldiers into a Johenfels canteen near Regensburg on Thanksgiving night. Bryson was sentenced to life imprisonment on similar charges. Bryson and Pugh allegedly kidnapped Mrs Anna Maria Krems at gunpoint and threatened her as the other attacked. Court martial verdicts are subject to review by higher Army authorities.
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Augsburg
Germany
Otis J. Pugh
Birmingham
Ala
Tommyl. Bryson
Columbus
Bryson
Pugh
U. S
Johenfels
Regensburg
Anna Maria Krems
Eisenhower in Hawaii as Korea policy shapes new plan
President-elect Eisenhower relaxes after a Korea trip ending with a wreath at Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu. Senator Hunt proposes an immediate Senate Armed Services review if a new peace plan emerges as Eisenhower contemplates travels to Travis Air Force Base.
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MacArthur
Korea
Washington
Sen
Hunt
D-Wye
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Helena
Guam
Far East
Kaneohe
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Punchbowl Memorial Cemetery
City
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Travis
18 Nations Weigh European Economic Problems
Paris ministers from 18 European nations meeting as the OEEC council survey Western world economic conditions with U S and Canadian representatives. They study detailed country reports and consider improvements for the coming year, including the United States and Canada.
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Paris
U. S
Council of the Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
United States
Canada
Mosque Under French Guard in Casablanca
French troops with machine guns ringed the gate of Casablanca’s Moslem mosque as hundreds of Moroccans gathered for prayers amid ongoing rioting. Seven or eight Europeans and several score Moroccans have died in the violence, with authorities bracing for further demonstrations on the Muslim holy day. In Rabat, a deadly shooting occurred when occupants of a car opened fire on passersby, and a 2,000 strong mob clashed with police near the European quarter.
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Casablanca
French Foreign Legionnaires
Qnew Arab
Rabat
Protectorate
MacArthur urges briefing by generals on Capitol Hill
General Douglas MacArthur asks Senator Russell to invite the two generals to brief the armed services committee. Senator Russell, chair of the committee that oversaw the 1951 inquiry into the firing, is away from Washington. Senator Stennis supports the plan if Russell approves a committee meeting.
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Sen. Russell
D-Ga
Capitol Hill
Armed Services Committee
Russell
Senate
MacArthur
Korea
Far East
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Chewing to bacco Tops For Licorice Like Additives
The report notes that while many tobacco products contain licorice flavorings, chewing tobaco shows the highest incidence of licorice-like additives.
For Sale Auction Row
Multiple classified notices list pets and used cars for sale. AKC wire hair fox terrier puppy offered with contact phone 3469 J. Several 1940s Nash and Ford models priced to sell through Community Finance Co. at 219 Grant St with phone 1606.
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Nash
Community Finance Co
Grant St
Studebaker
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