Local Briefs and Weather Signal Busy Morgan County
Partly cloudy today and tonight with little temperature change and east winds along the coast. Mrs Dewey Clark and Mrs C E MecRight visit the ill sister Mrs Elverett Elkins of Mt Hope. Boy Scout rally at Gordon Bibb gym at 6 30 pm. Austinville Methodist church hosts white Christmas program Sunday at 7 pm with appeal for Selma Children's Home. Building permits issued for Universal Concrete Pipe plant on Railroad Avenue and for a Park Circle eight room brick veneer house at 706 Beach Street. Joe Barthelemy returns from funeral of mother in law in Union City Tennessee. Government booklet Your Federal Income Tax to be available for Morgan County taxpayers. Royal Arch Masons Decatur Chapter 38 to meet with degree work. Mrs C W Greene and Terrell Anne visiting W D Westmoreland family. Noon 42 degrees TVA station. Tuesday 37 max, 32 min. 8 am reading 35 with no rain last 24 hours. First Baptist church chairs rehearse Christmas program for Sunday 17. Pack Self visiting on furlough at Hollomon Air Base. Bryan McAfee ill at home. See DIARY on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Sims
Universal Concrete Pipe Company
Railroad Avenue
C. H. Bankston
Beach Street
Park Circle
Russia rejects Asian Arab plan for Korea cease fire
Malik urges UN to remove all foreign troops from Korea and votes against any draft that preserves foreign presence. He speaks to the UN political committee noting China may demand broader concessions before a cease fire, as the assembly considers a three member group to supervise talks.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
Britain
Jacob A. Malik
U. N
Malik
Korea
United Nations Assembly
China
UWN
Death Threats for Germans Aiding Western Powers
East Germany's communist parliament approved a law on its first reading that would apply the death penalty to Germans convicted of collaborating with Western military policies. The measure aims to deter West Germans from joining Western Europe's common defense and is set to take effect after a second reading Saturday.
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Berlin
East Germany
Western Europe
Shotgun Death Probe Pushed in Greenwood
In Greenwood South Carolina state and county officers investigate the shotgun killing of George S Ferguson. Clayton Moore Jr a 14 year old boy is charged with murder and 14 white men are charged with conspiring to abduct whip and assault Moore Senior Moore’s grandfather says the youth fired during an attack on his father near their home.
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Greenwood
S. C
George S. Ferguson
Abbeville
Clayton Moore Jr
Cal White
Moore
Clayton
White
Telltale Tracks In Snow Lead Planes To Reds
A U.S. carrier air group followed telltale tracks in deep snow to a North Korea Red force near Fusen. Marine planes located and attacked 50 Reds moving in a large field, with fifty killed in the raid.
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Tokyo
North Korea
U. S
Fusen
Trail
Negro Held In Break-Ins Here
Freddie Lee Earls 24 confessed to four local burglaries last weekend after police traced a hat found near Ward's laundry to him. Police Chief J B Whitmire and officers Collier Kilgore Hunter aided the case. Earls said a passer-by attacked him and attempted to seize him before he could loot the laundry.
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J. B. Whitmire
Freddie Lee Earls
James Collier
W. H. Kilgore
W. C. Hunter
Whitmire
Earls
Ward
Congress Busy With Routine
President Truman called a mobilization conference with key legislators as Congress handles routine business. The House prepared to vote on a $38 million aid request for Yugoslavia to help withstand pressure from Russia’s sphere. Marshal Tito’s split with the Soviet bloc is noted in context.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Russia
Marshal Tito
Heavier Draft Calls Enroute Across United States
AP report from Washington notes an intensified draft push to meet Soviet threats and rising Korea casualties. January and February quotas rise 78 percent to 80,000 each, totaling 370,000 calls so far, with potential further increase if a national emergency is declared by President Truman.
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Washington
Korea
Truman
Allied Troops Stream Aboard Out-Bound Ships
Allied forces withdraw from Hungnam as 60 000 troops board evacuation ships amid heavy Chinese pressure near the 38th parallel. U S 10th Corps reports safety exiting North Korea while ships, air units, and naval forces cover the pullout and protect surrounding civilians.
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Tokyo
Hungnam
Korea
U. S. 10Th Corps
George Burdick
Lakeport
Calif
U. N
North Korea
Eighth Army
North
South Korea
Hamhung
Sea of Japan
Panther
10Th Corps
Hungnam - Hamhung
U. S
Seventh Division
Manchurian
Yalu River
Hyesanjin
Unauthorized Strike Shuts Chicago Freight Traffic
A sudden unauthorized yard switchmen strike ties up Chicago freight traffic delaying war shipments. The Army says the walkout harms the Korea war effort and will restore service as needed. Railroads report incomplete tieups affecting major lines in the nation's largest rail center.
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Chicago
Washington
Korea
Life sentence given in Howard Orr murder case near Trinity
Howard Orr, 41, was found guilty of first degree murder in the Decatur death of Carl Cohn from shotgun wounds and received a life sentence. The trial revealed Cohn beat Orr in a fist fight during a crap game prior to the shooting near Trinity. Willie Ed Spraggins, 19, faces murder charges for Claude Dickson’s death with Dee Sheffield awaiting trial. A .25 Ortgies pistol found in Spraggins’ bathrobe and ballistics evidence linked to the fatal shot were presented by the state.
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Howard Orr
Orr
Carl Cohn
Cohn
Decatur
Trinity
Willie Ed Spraggins
Spraggins
George Johnson
Phillip Shanks
Sherman B. Powell
Robert A. Frazier
Dickson
Town Creek Man Dies in Town Fire at Home
Ray Duncan Owens, 35, died in a blaze that heavily damaged his four room dwelling in Town Creek last night. Firefighters from Courtland and Town Creek battled the fire. Owens left a wife Blanche and a foster daughter Eleanor Copeland. The fire, likely started by a cigarette on a living room couch, was discovered by neighbor Bert McCormick. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Sidney Jennings
O’neal Coleman
Courtland
W. L
Ray Duncan Owens
Town Creek
Owens
Blanche Owens
Eleanor Copeland
Bert McCormick
Reynolds Aluminum
American Jets Over Formosa In Show Of Air Power
U S jet fighters of the F 80 Shooting Star streaked over Formosa the nationalist capital. Officials fear UN developments may lead to Formosa being handed to the Chinese Reds. Chiang Kai Shek had warned for a counteroffensive within a year using former regulars and various partisan forces.
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Formosa
U. S
Okinawa
United Nations
Republic of China Governa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Talk To Nation By Executive Is Planned Friday
Republican congressional leaders expressed full support for a rapid build up of armed strength and said a dangerous emergency exists. They reported the White House conference with President Truman and noted he would address the nation Friday night on the world crisis.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Taft
Ohio
United States
Senate
House
Wherry
R-Neb
Ir. Truman
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House Gop
Congress
Six Prisoners Transferred To Kilby From Here
Six prisoners five convicted in this session of court were transferred today to Kilby prison in Montgomery Chief Deputy Garland Nuby said Floyd Reeves 22 will begin a two year arson sentence Larson Johnson 27 faces two years for grand larceny Donald B Hobson 18 gets two years for grand larceny Grover Hubbard 38 starts an 18 month term for grand larceny Theodore Yarbrough 38 faces 18 months for burglary Gurney Penwell 41 was returned on a parole violation.
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Kilby
Montgomery
Garland Nuby
Floyd Reeves
Larson Johnson
Donald B. Hobson
Grover Hubbard
Theodore Yarbrough
Gurney Penwell
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Glzcaturs
Oan
Dallmale
Dewey Clark
C. E. MecRight
Elverett Elkins
Mt. Hope
Gordon-Bibb
Austinville
Joe Barthelemy
Union City
Tenn
J. C. Kimes
Barthelemy
Morgan County
Merrill C. Lofton
U. S. Department of Commerce
Royal Arch Masons
D. L. Allen
C. W. Greene
Terrell Anne
Birmingham
W. D. Westmoreland
TVA
First Baptist Church
Pack Self
Hollomon Air Base
Bryan McAfee
Morgan Circuit Register
U.N
Max Harrelson
Bobby Joe Kelley
Hartselle
Joe
Gordon Bible School
Clifton Kelley
Fifth Avenue South
G. B. Norris
Third Avenue
Sarge
Elton C. Fayap
Ret
Western Association of Railroads
Switchmen Brotherhood of the Union
Army
Red Press
London
Moscow
Pravda
Pyongyang
Tass
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