Bolden Granted Second Chance To Reenlist
S Sgt Paul L Bolden a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient from Junteville Ala was initially rejected for reenlistment due to a new education rule but now eligible under a special order Capt M J Broadnax district recruiting officer said Bolden who cannot read or write had the rejection waived and a fourth service command order allows reenlistment He had planned to join a mechanical school but may still reenlist. Bolden earned the Medal for about 35 Germans and capturing 13 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Army
Ayl
Paul L. Bolden
Junteville
M. J. Broadnax
Bolden
Ft McClellen
Capt. Brodnax
Brodnax
Fourth Service Command
Truman
White House
Oin
Lake Rites Set Friday for Mrs Lake
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Z. Lake 66 who died Wednesday at 1 15 pm at her home Hartselle will be held Friday at 2 pm at Johnson Chapel with Rev. Walker Bynum Rev M H Harper and Rev W W Aldridge Sr officiating Burial will be in adjoining cemetery Peck directing Surviving are her husband D D Lake of Hartselle 2 six daughters two sisters two brothers twenty three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers will be Robert Sparkman Olen Sparkman Asbury Holt T E Johnson Robert Clemmons and Alvie Roberts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Z. Lake
Hartselle
Walker Bynum
M. H. Harper
W. W. Aldridge Sr
Johnson Chapel
Peck
D. D. Lake
E. C. George
Hugh Townson
Neil Lake
J. D. Ratliff
Birmingham
L. E. Hartselle
Decatur
E. C. Watson
Moulton
C. F. Lake
J. W. Lake
Japan
R. C
H. L. Lake
Melvin Lake
T. S. Lake
Ada Snodgrass
Chattanooga
Nellie Broadway
Dilton
Okla
J. T. George
Irmingham
H. G. George
Emphis
Robert Sparkman
Olen Sparkman
Asbury Holt
T. E. Johnson
Robert Clemmons
Alvie Roberts
Birthday Dinner at Engle Home Honors Charles Owens Fourth Birthday
A large crowd gathered Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Engle in Hartselle to honor Charles Edward Owens on his fourth birthday and Pvt. Sylvester Engle recently discharged from the Army. Dinner followed at noon with many relatives present and afternoon photos and gifts for the child, who is the fifth generation in the Engle family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Engle
Charles Edward Owens
Pvt
Sylvester Engle
James Owens
Hartselle
J. S. Pepper
Mary Sue
Decatur
Vero Engle
Norma Jean
William Hays
Linda Joy
W. M. Driver
Attamese
Charles
Garland
Elaine
Bertice
Faikville
Ira Puckett
Larmar
Doris
Matthey Gale
Ray
Hilder Fay
H. L. Haynes
Douglas
Lonnie
Beatrice
Bobbie
Donnie Wynn
R. B. Engle
Margarite
Minnie Lee
Gaynell
Ruth
Robert
Raymond Knighten
Luther Earl
James Engle
Bill
Fort’ Payne
Artie Ray
Joe
Hartgelle
Bill Knighten
Priceville
Charles Edward
Patton’s Chances Held Improved in Germany
Heidelberg dispatch says Gen. George S. Patton Jr. remains under care for paralysis after a neck fracture. Doctors report he had a good night and a satisfactory overall condition with no complications. The bulletin notes no clear change in paralysis from last Sunday’s auto crash near Mannheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army Hospital
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Mannheim
Air line restored Manila service plans unveiled
Trans continental Western Air Lines, owning 28 percent of Philippine Airlines, will send technicians to the islands to lay groundwork for an international route from Manila Col Andres Soriano, head of the local company, announced. Philippine Airlines plans to resume inter island service in January with five rebuilt surplus Army C 47 transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Line
Manila
Transcontinental Western Air Lines
Philippine Airlines Corporation
Andres’ Soriano
Philippines Company
Soing
Markets drift as mixed gains fade across rails and shares
New York markets saw modest recoveries in rails utilities and industrials but early advances faltered as most leaders declined from session highs. Investors weighed Washington labor legislation prospects and awaited a technical correction toward the 15 year average while dividends and cash use supported some stocks. Cotton futures drifted lower on light hedging and liquidation with December 1945 selling off, late prices down 0.20 to 0.80 per bale. December 24.64, March 24.70, May 24.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Nashville Livestock Market Report December 13 1924
Open market receipts extremely light with cattle focus on fat cattle. About 1500 entries in the fat cattle show. cows mostly sold or valued between 6.00 and 8.50, beef cows 9.00 to 10.50, steers 10.00 to 14.50. Calves steady with good and choice 14.50 to 17.00, common 9.50 to 14.00. Hogs steady with barrows and gilts 140 to 400 lbs up to 14.0, under 140 lbs 13.25, sows 13.80. Sheep steady with ewes and wethers 13.00 to 14.00, bucks 1.00 less, common 7.00 to 10.50, slaughter ewes 6.00 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Farm Picture Before Club Decatur Kiwanis Meeting
Maynard Layman, chair of the Chamber of Commerce Farm Committee, spoke on the Decatur area agricultural picture at the Kiwanis weekly meeting at Hotel Lyons. He reviewed farming advances in marketing and noted national and world concerns, with attendees including local business and community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Maynard Layman
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Thomas Fars
Fred Hunt
Arthur Jones
W. P. Dozier
E. W. Kennedy
Hotel Lyons
Paul Wolfer
Claude Carter
Bennett
Birmingham
Maurice Barrett
George Leng
Casto Jarvis
Charles Scales
Hugh Doak
Reliance Life Insurance Co
Cullman Club
Marvin Rankin
Bob Daniel
Mr. Layman
Henre
Railroads ask board to serve in wage rule dispute
Dec 13 The nation’s railroads urged the government to intervene in wage and rule negotiations with about 20 railroad unions. Carriers said mediation by the National Railway Mediation Board was sought after a three week conference stalled on rule changes. They warned costs could rise by 2 billion dollars annually, with 785 million more tied to 50 demanded rule changes by the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Railway Trainmen. If mediation fails, a fact finding board would be appointed by the president under the Railway Labor Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Williams 75 Buried This Afternoon in Somerville
Bill Williams of Somerville, 75, died at home last night. Funeral services will be held at Somerville Methodist Church at 2 30 this afternoon. Mutual Service will direct burial. Williams is survived by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Williams
Somerville 1
Somerville
Padagis
Terences
Soonerville Methodist Church
A Williams
Dozier Peanut Plant Destroyed In Montgom ery Fire
A spectacular fire at Dozier Peanut Company's shelling plant and warehouse in Montgomery last night caused an estimated loss near 400000. Secretary treasurer and plant manager C M Taylor said the blaze began about 730 p m and origin is undetermined. Over 2000 tons of peanuts and valuable machinery were damaged or destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dozier Peanut Company
C. M Taylor
Governor names Engiehardt to Macon County board
Gov Chauncey Sparks announces the appointment of S Engiehardt Jr of Shorter Alabama to the Macon County board of saaiet rars. He replaces Virgil M Guthrie who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
S. Engiehardt Jr
Shorter
Macon County Board of Saaietrars
Virgil M. Guthrie
Case Worker Merit Examinations Call
Applications for case worker merit examinations must be filed with the Merit System Council Room 1 Highway Building Montgomery before Jan 5 1946 announced by Morgan County Welfare Department. Workers visit homes review cases prepare records render interpretive service investigations and welfare services with salary 120 to 145 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merit System Council
Highway Building
Montgomery
Morgan County Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Secret Nazi orders reveal camps fate kept from Red Cross
U S Assistant Prosecutor Thomas J Dodd presented a secret S S order showing the high command ordered prisoners of war who escaped and were recaptured to be sent to Mautehhausen with their fate hidden from the Red Cross. Other evidence cited Da cachau 1933 death for agitation and attempts to contact the outside world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Thomas J. Dodd
S. S
High Command
Mauthausen
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Dodd
Dachau
Wilhelm Frick
Gestapo
Gerhart H. Segar
New Volpengitung
New York
Hitler
Sauckel
Albert Speer
Thomas J Dodd
Old Debt Paid in Confederate Coin
In Tuscaloosa Alabama on December 13 a Civil War era debt of 15 dollars, borrowed by Maj. Taylor Keene and directed to be paid for food, is repaid after eighty years with interest. Mrs. John L. Seay sent Gen. Kennedy’s daughter bills totaling 515 dollars, settling a debt contracted in Confederate money deemed worthless since the South’s surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Maj
Taylor Keene
Tucaloosa
John R. Kennedy Keene
Mobile
John L. Seay
Mas. Keene
Funeral Services Planned for Mrs Martha Stricklin
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Stricklin 75 who died at her home Courtland 1 will be conducted by Rev Clyde Jones at 1 pm Friday at Smyrna Burial will follow in Smyrna Cemetery Brown directing Surviving husband one daughter Mrs Josie Lowery Courtland 1 and two sons W A Stricklin Hillsboro 1 and J M Stricklin Courtland 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Stricklin
Courtland
Clyde Jones
Smyrna
Brown
Josie Lowery
W. A. Stricklin
Hillsboro
J. M. Stricklin
Registration Dates Set At Alabama For Winter Quarter
Tuscaloosa December 13. Registration for the winter quarter at the University of Alabama will be held January 2 and 3 to give students a New Year holiday. Original dates December 31 and January 1 were changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Local notes from Morgan area and Decatur region
Movements and visits across Morgan and Decatur areas include Mrs. A. A. Stephenson moved to Baughs infirmary by Brown’s ambulance, and James H. Martin and James W. McCain visiting the Morgan area price control board. Births announced at Decatur General Hospital, hospital admissions, legal notices, and an American Legion Auxiliary Christmas party scheduled for December 20 at Mrs. Ratliff’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Stephenson
Hartselle 3
Baugh's Infirmary
Brown's
James H. Martin
Distri Board
Birmingham
Morgan Area Price Control Board
James W. McCain
OPA Board
Guntersville
Morgan Area
Price Control Board
American Legion Auxiliary
Tom Ratliff
Hostenses
Henry Clark
Margaret Syntes
Reward Offered in Death of Montgomery Baby
Governor Sparks offers 200 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of those responsible for the death of a newborn baby boy found near a garbage can in Montgomery. Coroner reports the infant was throttled with a knotted piece of women's underwear. Suggested by Circuit Solicitor Temple Seibels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery. Ala
Sparks
Montgomery Circuit
Temple Seibels
M. B. Kirkpatrick
JAP DIPLOMAT HAS HARD JOB
Toyoichi Nakamura, a soft spoken 50 year old Japanese diplomat heading the foreign office liaison section, heads to Sugamo Prison to arrest and inform friends of war crime charges. He reads names from Allied lists and delivers the news to accused men and their families, calling each man my friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Hennessy
Tokyo
Finland
Toyoichi Nakamura
Foreign Office
Mith
Ing
Sugamo
MacArthur
Allied
Nakamura
Japan
Strike vote on wage demands by CIO electrical workers
A National Labor Relations Board ballot among an estimated 200 000 CIO electrical workers in 75 plants across 16 states decided whether to strike after January. The voting follows company refusals to arbitrate and a Potomac Edison disruption in Cumberland Maryland where 600 bus drivers and 15 mechanics were affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Electrical
General Electric
General Motors
Westinghouse
National Labor Relations Board
California
Massachusetts
Potomac Edison Company
Cumberland
AFL
GM seeks injunction over Cleveland UAW picketing
General Motors Corp. asked a Cleveland common pleas court for an injunction against the CIO United Auto Workers local 45 and 30 officers over alleged illegal picketing at the Fisher body plant. GM charges threats and personal abuse deterred non strikers and blocked driveways, inhibiting entry. The move follows a two day halt in production amid wage talks with the union and names key local leaders including John Troeter and Charles Beckman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Cleveland
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
General Motors
UAW- Cio
Common Pleas Court
Uaw-Cio
John Troeter
Charles Beckman
General Styer forwards Yamashita review to MacArthur
Manila report says Lt. Gen. W D Styer finished reviewing Yamashita death sentence and sent recommendations to General MacArthur in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
Tomoyuki Yamashita
MacArthur
Tokyo
Diet Is Expected To Pass New Vote Bill
Tokyo reports that election reform legislation granting women suffrage and lowering the voting age to 20 is expected to pass the house of peers as a first step toward proportional representation. The Diet also moves on upper-house reforms while MacArthur orders relief program readiness and anti-discrimination measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Tokyo
House of Peers
Diet
MacArthur
Allied
Shunichi Suzuki
Home Ministry
House of Representatives
Kijuro Shidehara
Japan
Naoshi Obara
Shidehara
Woman Dies in Hartselle Hartselle D. C. Waugh Passes at 73
Mrs. D. C. Waugh died this morning at her daughter's home in Hartselle. She was 73. Survived by four daughters including Mrs. G. W. Puckett and Mrs. N. Winton and three sons, with funeral arrangements to be announced by Drinkard's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Waugh
G. W. Puckett
Hartselle
Puckett
N. ©. Winton
Decatur
S. E. Sheehan
Jacksonville
Fla
Leona Waugh
R. L. McCallie
Herman Waugh
Fort Worth
Tex
A. G. Waugh
Lamesa
Drinkard’s of
Marshall testimony weighs if alerts could have changed Pearl Harbor fate
General George C. Marshall told a Senate committee that sharing intercepted messages with General Short and Admiral Kimmel might have altered Hawaii’s alert status before Pearl Harbor. He warned that Japanese ships within bomber range would have been an overt act justifying bombing if they appeared, and noted a 14 part message delivered to the State Department as Hull met Japanese envoys.
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Gearhart
Marshall
Kimmel
Short
Hawaiian
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Hull
State Department
Army
Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Rep. Keefe
Wis
Hawaii
U. S.S
Roosevelt
Keefe
Japan
Uiport
Secreta
Saburo Kurusu
Michisaburo Notaura
George C. Marshall
Rep
R. Wis
China
Truman
Chungking
Washington
Kether Hull
Henry C. Clausen
Clausen
Stand
Carlisle C. Dusenbury
Army Intelligence Division
Dusenbury
Col
Rufus
Bratton
Far-Eastern Intelligence Division
Secretary of State
Bratton Sam
John F. Stone
Walter C. Short
General Short
Jsmone Eines
Mr Ratliff Dies At Home In Decatur
James M Ratliff 77 died at his home in Decatur at 6 00 pm after a long illness Funeral services were held at 230 pm Friday at his residence conducted by Rev Frank Smith Burial followed in the family cemetery with Brown Funeral Home directing Surviving are his wife two daughters Clara May and Margaret Ratliff four sons Woodrow Ratliff Kirkland Ratliff Marcellus Ratliff James Ratliff one sister Mrs Ras Lyle Pallbearers were Ras Lyle Ed Price Will Bean Jean Baldwin Ratliff Hardwick and Willis Orr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Ratliff
Decature
Frank Smith
Brown
Clara May
Margaret Ratliff
Decatur
Woodrow Ratliff
U. S. Navy
Kirkland Ratliff
Georgia
Marcellus Ratliff
Pensacola
Fla
James Ratliff
Ras Lyle
Ed Price
Will Bean
Jean Baldwin
Ratliff Hardwick
Willis Orr
Opposition to compulsory peace time training in ranks
The witness testified that men in the ranks oppose compulsory peace time training, noting that disputes arise over the issue and suggesting a lack of unity on mandatory drills during peacetime.
Plan Financed Birmingham Conversion Of Army Barracks
Carl Wiegand president of the Jefferson county council of the American Legion said Birmingham citizens are prepared to finance converting Army barracks into homes for married war veterans. Estimated cost nears $150,000. At a meeting last night the Legion council urged the government to deed the barracks to the City of Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Carl Wiegand
Jefferson County Council of the
American Legion
Legion Council
Letter Tells of Navy Life From Pacific Duty
Mr and Mrs L A Shirley received a long letter from their son Eric Newlin detailing his Pacific tour of duty, dates of arrival in Philadelphia, fog at the Delaware River mouth, mail duties, and reflections on battles from Kiska to Tarawa and Java surrender. He notes base liberty, purchases from natives, Tokyo ruins, Pearl Harbor visits, and being aboard the USS Tennessee, a flag ship since 1943. He mentions a book about the Tennessee and predicts returning home around January 5 1946 with plans to dry out the shipboard life and reunite with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Shirley
Eric Newlin
Shisie
States
Mom and Dad
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Tarawa
Javan
Liberty
Spe
Tokyo
Tennessee
Admiral Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
U. S. S. Tennessee
Ded
Singapore
Santore
Colombo
Cylon
Capetown
Philie
Cat Rescued From Mail Box in Moline
Police sought the culprit who dumped a kitten into a downtown mailbox. A mailman rescued the imprisoned cat after an SOS alert. Authorities thanked the officer for saving the feline, noting no postage was attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Ills
Johnny Green
Big John Stout
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ENGLE
Wall Street
Mrs. Stricklin
Wecature
Pagene
D. R. Jarrett
Danville 1
Buddy Garrett
Ed Garrett
C. Craig
Auburn
C. Hazelwood
Soxth Avenue South
Baugh’s Infirmary
C. E. Poole
Danville 3
Edgebert Douglas
Harvey Brown
Decatur 3
Decatur General Hospital
James L. Barnett
Decatur 2
E. L. Drinkard Sr
Sarah Drinkard
Vanderbilt Hospital
O. B. Gilchrist
W. Y. Martin
New York City
Company
Boy Scouts of America
Hoke Nelms
Tanner 1
Cain
Fred Whitworth
Charley Cline
H. G. Garrett
Athens
Knox Biles
Biles
F. L. Chenault
C. W. Collier
James H. Crow Jr
J. R. Sandy
Elga J. Smith
Dugan
Obara
Keizo Shibusawa
Bank of Japan
Kyodo
Tabor
Coal Board
MR. Ratliff
The
Pacific
James L.rankin Insurance
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