Weather outlook and local notices from Decatur area
Cloudy with occasional rain this afternoon and brisk north northeast winds along the coast. Wednesday shows partial clouds and cool conditions. Local business visitors include William H. Stewart Jr. and Paul M. Graham. Knights Templar plan a Thursday 7 30 p m meeting. The First Christian church menu nativity pageant December 18 at 7 pm with offering to Southern Christian Home. City Gas Department offices relocated. Garner Pride leads gas dept with a public phone line (3621).
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First Christian Church
Southern Christian Home
Orphage
Atlanta
Georgia
City Gas Department
City Electric Department
Johnston Street
Garner Pride
Plea For Affirmative Vote For Cotton Quotas Is Voiced
Randolph states Alabama cotton farmers will vote Thursday on acreage allotments or marketing quotas for 1950. He insists the real issue is whether growing cotton will be profitable, urging a 90 percent parity loan to secure 30 cent cotton. Voting precincts in Morgan county will open 8 AM to 5 PM with polling sites at churches and schools.
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Alabama
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Randolph
Farm Bureau
D. C. Prince
PMA
Morgan County
ACA
Fairview
C. J. Jones
Round Top
C. V. Summerford
Lebanon Church
Ratliff Barkley
Plainview
R. H. Fuller
Somerville School
Charlie Maples
Priceville
Joe Lipscomb
Hartselle
Rural Grove Church
W. L
Inflation Hits in Schools as Roses Sent to Teachers
Rockford Illinois education officials discuss gift limits after pupils with affluent parents gift up to five teachers with roses and other presents. Superintendent Palmer Ewing plans to consult principals and set limits after Christmas to curb embarrassment for teachers and students.
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Rockford
Ill
Palmer Ewing
Board of Education
Ewing
Parole Records Will Be Opened
Birmingham news reports Gov. James E. Folsom promised to open state pardon and parole board records to the public and press. He spoke at a clubwomen event, saying he runs the show and removed the board from private politics to public politics. He commented on parole staffing and case load considerations.
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Birmingham
Birmingham News
James E. Folsom
State Pardon and Parole Board
Birmingham Clubwomen
U S Bulgaria relations strained amid Kostov purge news
Diplomatic ties between the United States and communist led Bulgaria fray as Washington warns, accusing Sofia’s minister of indignities. Kostov and 10 co defendants face trial on charges of subservience to Tito with alleged Western support. Defense cites alleged Bulgarian official hard line. See U S on Page 2
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Associated Press
United States
Bulgaria
Washington
James E. Webb
Peter Voutov
Sofia
U. S. State Department
Donald R. Heath
Triado Kostov
Permier
Kostov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
U. S
Mobile Ministers Unite Against the Ku Klux Klan
Mobile ministers resolved to oppose a revival of Klan activity condemning the hooded group as adding to city tension. The resolution cited the cross as a symbol of suffering and urged sacrificial service instead of burning crosses. Alabama Klansman William Hugh Morris recently arrived with cross burnings to mobilize members.
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Mobile
Mobile Ministerial Association
Alabama
William Hugh Morris
Youth Accused in Death of Co ed Reads Poetry
The University of Iowa psychology student Robert Bednasek 24 held in jail on first degree murder charges in the strangulation slaying of Margaret Gee Gee Jackson 20. A preliminary hearing is set for December 21. Bednasek plans to plead innocent. A friend brought poetry books to the prisoner after his arrest.
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Iowa
City
University of Iowa
Robert Bednasek
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Hutchinson
Pretty Margaret (Gee-Gee) Jackson
Bednasek
Justice of the Peace Office
Cedar Rapids
Walter Benton
Bob Carpenter
Elizabeth Barrett
Robert Browning
Probation For Youth Granted In Grand Larceny Case
Billy Huggins a 21 year old Nauvoo Alabama soldier AWOL for two weeks pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing a car at Hanceville in October. Circuit Judge Newton B Powell ordered one year and one day probation with return to Army to face punishment. Accomplice Lois McGlathery Jr. serves two years for the same charge. Chris Rice, a Lawrence County man, received one year and one day for manufacturing whiskey and possessing a still after probation was denied.
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Billy Huggins
Nauvoo
Ala
Newton B. Powell
Hanceville
Lois McGlathery Jr
Huggins
Powell
Lawrence County
Chris Rice
Truman Picks Hardest Road
President Truman will push a fair employment practices bill early next year, with Senator Lucas of Illinois planning a Senate vote. The FEPC is central to the civil rights agenda but faces a tough fight, while other measures and agenda items also loom, including oleo tax repeal and displaced persons admission.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas of
Ilinois
Lucas
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Paying Project In Sub Division Given Approval
The Decatur City Council approved paying project in Park Circle subdivision amid property owner protests. Owner representatives argued streets are poorly built and the city overcharges for using its machinery. council defended depreciation and right to charge. Council kept current charges, noted roads cracked yet built to city specs, and approved the project. Also passed jewelry auction restriction, appointed boards, renewed police chief term, and set 1950 license schedule.
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Mary Delmore
Ben Britnell
Decatur
Rutledge Thomas
Clay Callaham
Decatur Land Co., Ltd
Park Circle
Callaham
Carol Smith Andliott
Elliott
Smith
J. B. Whitmire
Pe Diamond
Thomas
Diary of Suspected Slayer Of High School Student Found
A diary linked to Thomas Franklin Slay and Mary Ellen Harmon was found in Slay’s former Tallahassee room. Slay, a Florida State University law student, is jailed in Hopkinsville on murder charges for the hammer slaying of a 16 year old Evansville girl. The diary, seized by police after Slay’s arrest, covers entries through November and notes a plan to marry in Florida and a supposed “death by own action” pact. Police doubt that pact. Slay had been in Limestone County on a traffic charge before transfer to Hopkinsville.
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Mary Ellen Harmon
Thomas Franklin Slay
Associated Press
Hopkinsville
Slay
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida State University
Evansville
Ind
Eee
Mary Ellen
Patoka
T. Slay
Limestone County
Limestone
Lang
Christine Haynie
Lonely Lacon Mountain
James
Lester Lang
Haynie
Morgan Cirscuit
Supreme Court
Morgan County
Riley Haynie
B. Humphrey
W. H. Long
Early Mailing Plea from Postmaster for Christmas Mail
Postmaster R. T Sheppard urged residents to mail Christmas items early to ensure timely delivery. He noted rising postal business and the start of the Christmas rush with parcels already arriving and cards beginning to appear in volume.
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R. T Sheppard
Sheppard
Water holiday in New York amid rainfall despite shortage
New York and northern New Jersey see steady rains of over an inch from northern watershed areas. Officials warn the water shortage remains but announce conservation measures including a water holiday on Friday to aid parched reservoirs and the city.
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New York
New Jersey
Litan
Escort Girl Protest Filed With Council
A Decatur PTA delegation urged the City Council to ban the film Escort Girl shown at the Roxy theater tonight. Mrs. John McBride called for a censorship board, but council said Alabama law prohibits municipal movie censorship. Crescent Amusement Co. manager Floyd Smith refused to close the theater, offering a 10 am preview for PTA.
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Decatur
PTA
John McBride
Roxy Theater
Floyd Smith
Crescent Amusement Co
Light Ballot Due in State Constitutional Amendments
Alabama voters go to the polls to decide nine constitutional amendments. Amendments two, four through nine affect local counties, while amendments one and three could provide a $17,000,000 hospital program. Health groups and civic organizations campaigned across Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Terrill Clark Guilty In Grill Robbery Case
Terrill Clark, 26, of Prichard, Alabama, was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to 15 years in prison after a July 30 Watkins-Perry Grill heist. Jury actions tied to similar sentences in another recent robbery wave, with three men receiving long terms and one minimum, while Clark plans an appeal. Witnesses described the incident including a sawed off shotgun and the safe handling of cash. Patrolling officers, defense counsel, and court officials commented on the verdict and pending motions.
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Terrill Clark
Watkins-Perry Grill
John Sherrill Jr
Newton B. Powell
Clark
Earl Fowler
Fontaine H. King
Falkville
Lester Tune
Circuit
George Johnson
the Daily
Russell Lynne
Long
Haynie
Prichard
Ala
Philip Shanks
Circcuit
Merlene Hays
Grill
George Perry
The
Derrick
Perry
Ester Lee Johnson
Decatur
Miss Johnson
Kitch
Be Derrick
der Rick
Terrill
Officials Get Pay Under New Absentee Voting Law
Montgomery Alabama December 13 County officials named to receive absentee ballots under Alabama's new law are entitled to $210 for each election and must be paid for all elections regardless of ballot receipt. All absentee ballots must be cast in person by voters except armed forces members outside the state. Formerly such ballots could be mailed. The circuit court register or a designated substitute will receive ballots for 20 days before an election.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Albert Carmichael
Circuit Court
Secretary of State
Absentee voting in off year election eyed amid rain
The state’s first election under a new absentee law saw very few ballots received as polls near opening. Rain and the new rule that ballots be completed early could limit turnout. Rural polls open 8 P M and urban polls 6 P M local time.
Colonel's Lad is Found Safe
BERLIN Dec 13 German police and American military police found the missing three year old son of the American deputy commander of Berlin after a wide mobilized hunt. He wandered from his yard at 3 pm toward the Grunewald forest but was located about a mile from home. Authorities said the search was extensive but successful before dark.
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Berlin
Grunewald Forest
Woon
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Paul M. Graham
Courtland
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Baron Clemons
J. C. Boger
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Loyd A. Hill
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F. A. Hurst
Decatur 1
Decatur General Hospital
Noble Johnson
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Hamil Clinic
Rodney Camron
Roy Camron, Cullman
E. O. Craft
Church Street
Eugene
Harold Lovelace
West Moulton Street
Dona Stanford
Twelfth Avenue West
Philip Irwin
Canal Street
Crea
By Ken Reynolds
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FEPC
Session of Police
John E. Montgomery
Siar
Ned
Florida
Slav
Hammer
Hopkins
Herbert Derrick
Decatur Restaurant
Sixth Avenue Grill
Montgomery Weather Bureau
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