Missing Girl Scout Ruth Aberle Tracked by 500 Searchers
Fresh tracks spur about 500 searchers near Bellows, Washington, for 16-year-old Ruth Aberle who vanished two days earlier. Deputies report dawn regrouping, mixing old camps, beaver dams, and bad footing due to a snow blanket and wet woods. Ruth, last seen with two companions, wore light shoes under heavy clothing. her direction remains uncertain.
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Watts
William Aberle
Ruth
Bill
Decatur Council Defeats Censor Bid On Objectionable Film
Residents debate censoring a screening of an escort girl film at the Roxy. Mrs McBride and PTA members push for removal of indecent parts, while council members note previews can misrepresent the film. Theater owner vows to show if requested, citing past showings in Alabama and pledge not to return with such titles.
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Smith
Birmingham
Mont-gomery
Alabama
Decatur
McBride
PTA
Bruce Spencer
Board of Education
Sara C. Blair
First Ward
Mrs. Blair
The
David P. White
the Roxy
Markets Report From Cotton to Milk Prices
Market listings show Middling cotton at 29.00 with 28.00 base, nearby cottonseed at 400 per ton, broilers at 26.00 delivered, hens 24c heavy or 20c light, eggs 80c per dot, hogs 14.00 to 14.50, cattle tops 15.50 with canners 8.50 to 13.50 and good bulls 16.00 to 17.00. Corn white 1.20, ear yellow 1.15, wheat 2.10, oats 0.75, milde 2.00, and Grade A milk delivered 3.50 per hundred.
New York Cotton Futures Edge Higher On Demand
Cotton futures opened weaker but firmed as mill buying and interest in the new crop grew. Traders expect acreage votes on the 1950 crop despite protest over allocation forms. Loan basis and parity considerations for the next crop influenced prices with December transfers issued in New York and New Orleans, later halted by major spot firms.
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New York
New Orleans
Nashville Feeder Cattle Hogs Sheep Markets Reported
Nashville Tennessee December 13 cattle prices steady with steers and heifers 19.00 to 22.50, some cutters to 17.50. cows 10.00 to 14.00, shelly to 8.50. bulls 17.00. calves good veal 26.00 to 32.00, other grades 18.00 to 25.00. Hogs 800 head steady with 180 to 230 lb barrows 15.50, 150 to 175 lb 14.00 to 14.50, 250 to 290 lb 14.25 to 15.00, sows 13.00 to 13.50. Sheep 50 head, springers 20.00 to 22.00, other grades 16.00 to 19.00, aged ewes 7.00 and down.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market steady with unsettled undertone
US DA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady but undertone unsettled on December 13. Demand fair to slow, supplies of small sizes heavy while heavy fryers meet demand. prices paid FOB farm ranged 23 to 27 cents per pound, mostly 23 to 24 cents, with dressing plants sometimes paying higher prices to their own growers on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Truman pushes social security gains and reform plans
Democratic leader Lucas described prospects for a House approved bill expanding Social Security benefits and coverage. He expects ten new government reorganization plans for Congress and cautions on Taft Hartley reform. He doubts tax increases and notes potential shifts on excise taxes and corporate levies.
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Truman
Lucas
Congress
Police at Talladega Aid Defendant With Community Collection
Talladega police joined residents in raising funds and donations for Alfonso Hardy a 38 year old father of ten after he claimed poverty and hunger drove him to steal. Investigators found only a half peck of meat and an onion at his home. Hardy faces theft charges from Graham school and Talladega College and was turned over to county authorities with potential grand jury action.
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Talladega
Ala
Alfonso Hardy
Hardy
Graham School
Talladega College
Britons Eat More London Food Amid War-Era Shifts
Britons are consuming more food now than two years ago as the apeannonced today. Meat intake is higher than before the war, with annual consumption rising from earlier levels, though the average yearly meat consumption fell from 90 pounds in 1946 to just under 70 pounds in 1948-49 due to supply difficulties in Argentina and Canada affecting meat and bacon imports.
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London
Dec
Argentina
Canada
Morgan County Businesses and Churches Directory Listing
A enumerated roster lists stores churches schools and exchanges across Morgan County including Patterson's Store Gandy's Cove Hadley's Eva Cobb's Store DeWitt J. Dye Florette Couey's Store Center Grove Church Ryan Latham's Store Shiloh Church Six Mile Cotaco Skidmore's Store Union Hill New Canaan Church Valdermosa Russell's Store Lacey's Spring Trinity Lanier's Store Neel Oak Ridge School Johnnie Nixon's Store Massey Bryant's Store Falkville Union Antioch Church Winton Edd Tapscott's Store Pine Ridge Morgan County Exchange Penn's School and other locations with associated leaders and proprietors.
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Karl Hough
Talucah
W. M. Prince
Basham
J.O. Martin
Macedonia
J. D. Miller
Pleasant Hill
Joe.t. Robinson
Flint
McClellan's
Trinity, Neville’s
J. W. Robinson
Danville, Lanier
L. E.fields
Néel
Edd Ellis
Oak Ridge
W. C. Terry
Johnnie Nixon
R. F. Foote
Massey
Price M. Bryant
Falkville
Morgan County Exchange
Fred W. Glasgow
Union
Antioch Church
H. F. Bailey
Winton School
T.C. Duna
Missing Colonel W. T. Bab cock's son in German alert
Colonel Bab cock and his wife failed to find their missing child while traveling from Frankfurt to Berlin. The boy was under the care of a German maid at the Bab cock residence when the nurse reported the disappearance to the American military police. German authorities were notified as the search began and it remained unclear if the boy wandered off.
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W. T. Babcock
Frankfurt
Berlin
Babcock
Diary Stay's belongings found in Decatur amid murder case
W E Rogers Jr attorney for Christian county Hopkinsville says equipment including a .22 rifle and hammer tied to the Slay murder case is being sought. He plans to prosecute Slay in February and asks Highway Patrol for arrangements to return the items as evidence.
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Stay
Decatur
Highway Patrol
Nashville
Rogers
Bishop Claiborne to Confirm Record Class at St John’s
The Rt. Rev. Randolph R. Claiborne Jr. will preach at 7 30 PM at St John’s Episcopal Church and confirm a class from Decatur and Cullman. The bishop, head of Episcopal missionary work in Alabama, will lead the largest and one of the most active confirmations in the church’s 60 year history here.
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Randolph R. Claiborne Jr
Alabama
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Claiborne
Church of the Nativity
Huntsville
Decatur
Cullman
E. M. Chapman
St. John's
St. John’s
Episcopal Church
Chapman
Architect predicts Washington as ideal 1999 city
Frederick Vernon Murphy, former head of Catholic University architecture, forecasts Washington will be a desirable place to live by 1999 with 5,000,000 residents, minimal slums, few private homes, an opera house, and a large modern art gallery, despite hot summers.
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Washington
Frederick Vernon Murphy
Murphy
Department of Architecture
Catholic University
Missing child scene sparks cross border police response
A child has been reported missing since 3 p.m. Berlin time (9 a.m. EST). German and American radio police cars were dispatched to the scene as authorities coordinate the search.
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Berlin
Robbery Suspect Nabbed After Route 31 Escape
Derrick recalled a Terrill robbery where the suspect demanded checks with currency and coin. The intruder ordered two men into the kitchen, faced off at the service window, and forced them to sit by the fountain counter. Chief Whitmire and Investigator Troupe tracked Clark on U S 31 near All States tourist court, hiding under shrubs before his capture and confession.
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Derrick
Stand Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
R. A. Troupe
Clark
U. S. 31
Hair dye, gun found in case in Clark robbery trial
From testimony police were called to Mrs. O. G. Pruyn’s home where Clark had a room. A suitcase held a sawed off .410 shotgun with the barrel and stock removed. A sock with pennies a bottle of shoe polish and pancake makeup were found. Clark’s statements about buying the gun and the police procedure were challenged by defense. The grand jury indictment on robbery money was quashed and the jury delivered its verdict about 33 minutes after the trial ended.
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O. G. Pruyn
Clark
Miss Johnson
Sherrill
Whitmire
U. S Supreme Court
Powell
Alabama State Supreme Court
Hearing Set On Probation For Wayne Kelley
A hearing on revocation of probation for Wayne Kelley an 18 year old Limestone youth charged with second degree burglary will be held before Circuit Judge James H Crow Jr on December 17 in Athens. Kelley pled guilty to breaking into North Limestone farm homes and was placed on five years probation on a three year sentence on November 29. He is held in Limestone county jail. Four other youths Allen Lewis James Fitzpatrick James Moses and Henry Kelley Kelleys brother were arrested December 7 by Athens police on a tip and sent back to Pulaski to face break in charges.
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Wayne Kelley
Limestone
James H. Crow Jr
Athens
North
Limestone County
Kelley
Tenn
Allen Lewis
James Fitzpatrick
James Moses
Henry
Pulaski
Florence hosts kickoff for Dixie League stock sale
A kickoff breakfast in Florence launched the sale of stock in the Florence baseball club. Florence is among six proposed Dixie League cities that would include Decatur, linking regional teams and new league plans.
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Florence
Decatur
Amendments Backed for $12 Million Hospital Plan and More
Supporters of two amendments to fund a $12,000,000 hospital program were optimistic with no organized opposition. Amendment No 1 would authorize $2,000,000 in bonds, matched by city and county funds to form $4,000,000, then matched by federal funds two to one. Amendment No 3 would let counties with hospital taxes spend funds before intake. Gov James E Folsom urged adoption of amendments Nos 1 and 2, the latter allowing Marion county to issue tax anticipation bonds. Other amendments address school taxes, utility franchises, and county pay.
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James E. Folsom
Birmingham
Folsom
Marion County
Franklin County
Phenix City
St. Clair County
Cherokee County
Courtland
Lawrence County
Madison County
Huntsville
Jasper Negro Held On Double Charge
A Jasper man is jailed in Athens on two charges petit larceny and driving without a license. He pleaded guilty to siphoning gasoline from a dry cleaning truck in Athens. Police Chief Johnson said officers caught him in the act earlier this week.
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Athens City
Athens
Johnson
Appeals on 1949 Alabama property taxes scheduled in Montgomery
Eighteen appeals challenging 1949 state property tax assessments on utilities and railroads in Alabama will be heard in Montgomery circuit court, starting in the first week of January. Judges Walter B. Jones and Eugene Carter will hear the cases jointly.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery Circuit Court
Walter B. Jones
Eugene Carter
Convicted Clark Faces Multiple Armed Robbery Probes
A jury finds Clark guilty on a charge related to transporting a stolen automobile across state lines. He has prior Mississippi convictions for two Dyer Act violations, forgery, and armed robbery. He is also sought on armed robbery charges in Bruton and Prichard.
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Clark
Mississipp
Bruton and Prichard
Eleven alleged spies and saboteurs on trial
The court indicated the verdict would affect eleven defendants and implicate Tito supporters and Anglo-Americans. Tito’s interior minister Alexander Rankovic was named among the missing. Anguished counts hint at political stakes beyond the courtroom.
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Tito
Alexander Rankovic
Dukmedjiev
Gifts Pour into Stricken Family Following Blaze
A Mobile area fire destroyed Emmett Pope and his family's home and all possessions including children's toys. Neighbors and friends opened homes, churches organized drives, and workers at Brookley Air Force Base collected clothes and food while a Mobile resident offered temporary housing to the Pope family.
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Mobile
Emmett Pope
Collette
Brookley Air Force Base
Jefferson County Appeals Purchase of Voting Machines
Birmingham December 13 The Jefferson county commission said it would appeal a court order mandating immediate buying of voting machines. Judge J Russell McElroy issued the order and the county plans to seek relief from the State supreme court. Voters had approved the machine purchase nine years ago.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County Commission
J. Russell McElroy
State Supreme Court
Temp and wind combine to freeze exposed skin in a minute
A wind of 10 mph at 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit can freeze exposed human tissue in one minute, illustrating how extreme cold rapidly damages skin and tissues in subzero wind chill conditions.
Church Fights Open Gambling in Britain
Britain's Protestant churches urged the government to curb gambling across all forms including football pools and stock market bets while noting some church groups also engage in gaming for funds. Bishop J C Wand acknowledged shared fault as the royal commission reviews tightening laws amid a £650 million annual public gambling outlay.
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London
Britain
J. C. Wand
Church of England
Decatur Council tightens trades and vacancies approve boards
The Decatur council banned jewelry auctions, set two year terms for plumbers and electricians examining boards, and appointed A Frahn J W Pettey Otto Nebrig with Pettey to head the plumbers board. It also extended Whitmire’s police chief term to three years and approved a monthly bill payment plan. A Sixth Avenue East petition seeks residential use only for vacated grocery property. Tax adjustments, space lease conditions, refunds, bonds and city budget details were discussed.
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Thomas
Decatur
A. Frahn
J.W. Pettey
Otto Nebrig
Plumbers Examining Board
Pettey
Nebrig
Frahn
Electricians Examining Board
J. O. Camp
Richard Watkins
City Electric
Roland Compton
Nathan Pryor
Whitmire
Pryor
Sixth Avenue East
Robin Thomas
Riverside Avenue
Sherman Street
Terrill Quillen
L. M. Duny
William J. Galloway Jr
Paraplegic man robbed in wheel chair in Lynn
Joseph Mangan, 58, said an armed gunman pressed a pistol to his back and robbed him of 24 dollars as he wheeled along a Lynn street last night.
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Lynn
Mass
Joseph Mangan
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