Baptists to Meet Sunday in Hartselle
The Morgan County Sunday First Baptist church in Hartselle invites members to a Sunday gathering at 2:30 PM. Charles F. Howell, county Lun ch School Associational leader, urges bringing pencil and paper for departmental conferences. The program includes prayer, devotional, roll call, multiple departmental sessions and special music.
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Morgan County
First Baptist
Hartselle
F.ay
Charles F. Howell
O. C. Weaver
Chas
Ed How
Manford Murder Witnesses Tell Of Stabbing Details
Chaffin killed by knife stab wound near heart in Vine Street West apartment. Witness Claude Rogers saw him fall from a bus as four Negroes were nearby. No arrests by noon. police questioned several suspects. Survived by wife, two sons, parents in Birmingham, six sisters, two brothers. Burial planned in Eva cemetery. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Chaffin
Howell
Fixer
Vine Street West
Donald
Carol
Leoma, Tenn
Florence
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Ldt
Claude Rogers
Decatur Transit Company
Vine Street
Rogers
Vines and
McCartney Streets
Southern Railway
Monroe Chaffin
Birmingham
G. E. Ford
T. J. Ford
J. W. Moore
J. C. King
L. M. Holmes
Eva
Tom Adair
L. M. Chaffin
J. A. Chaffin
Hartselle
Browns
J. T. Weatherly
Jim Collier
Bill Moore
Zz. J. Carter
Lost yellow gold dinner ring with three diamonds
Reward offered for return of a yellow gold dinner ring featuring three diamonds. Caller reports it missing uptown and provides contact as 916-1, Apartment 25 Cornelian Court.
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Cornelian Court
Markets Markets Wall Street Slow Trading Ahead Of Close
Market activity in New York drifted with many leaders indifferent as stocks backed away and liquors and aviation issues lagged. Prices hardened after a mild opening retreat and gains near the close hovered around a point or so, with turnover exceeding 1,000,000 shares.
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New York
Cone
New York cotton futures rise as market firmed
Aggressive mill buying and commission house demand for distant months lifted cotton futures in moderately active trading. Spot cotton showed good demand at primary markets with larger exports inquiry. Revised finish cotton needs pegged at 46 000 bales and shipments planned up to 100 000 bales of low grade cotton to Japan under 1945 contract. Noon sale at 24.80 cents. Late day, prices up 5 to 50 cents per bale. Mch 24.68, May 24.59, July 24.22.
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N.Y. Poe
New York
Japan
Ppc
Lawrence County News Briefs Seaside Speake and Local Relatives
Mrs Charles Speake of Lawrence County is staying in Decatur for the Christmas holidays with Mr and Mrs Wallace Hogan. Mrs Hubert Lawrence visits near Hartselle. Bodie Osborne and baby Mary Etta visit her parents Dennis and Hazel Hampton. Flu cases rise. Seldon and Will Kelsoe improve. John R Stephenson ill with flu. Edd Stephenson attends. Mrs John Stephenson improving. Allie Jean Kelsoe ill with flu.
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T. K. Hogan
Decatur
Wallace Hogan
Hubert Lawrence
Lawrence
Hartselle
Bodie Osborne
Mary Etta
Dennis Hampton
Seldon
Will Kelsge
John R. Stephenson
Edd Stephenson
John Stephenson
Allie Jean Kelsoe
Lawrence Kelsoe
Education meeting held here today in Alabama district
About 18 principals and supervisors attend a North Alabama district attendance supervisors meeting at the county courthouse. Miss Martha Smith, state supervisor of Montgomery, is present. Each principal outlines efforts to improve attendance while supervisors discuss key problems. Eight counties Limestone Morgan Lawrence Madison Colbert Logan Franklin and Cullman and the city of Sheffield are represented.
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North Alabama
Martha Smith
Montgomery
Limestone
Morgan
Lawrence
Madison
Colbert
Logan
Franklin
Cullman
Sheffield
Fulmer Services Set For Today In Danville
Funeral services for Mrs. Narcissus Fulmer 84 who died Thursday morning at her home in Danville will be held at 2 pm this afternoon at the residence conducted by Rev. Isaac Eady. Burial will be in Friendship cemetery Peck directing. Surviving are four daughters Mrs. Sarah Asshabrana Grayson Mrs. Lelia Holloway Falkville Mrs. Lucy Oden Danville and Mrs. Lizzie Smith Addison and two sons D H Fulmer Danville and J M Fulmer Danville.
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Danville 1
Isaac Eady
Friendship
Peck Directing
Sarah Asshabrana
Grayson
Lelia Holloway
Falkville
Lucy Oden
Danville
Lizzie Smith
Addison
D. H. Fulmer
J. M. Fulmer
McLemore Out on $1000 Bond in Shooting Case
Fred McLemore charged with assault with intent to murder after reportedly shooting his son Rollie twice in the chest and lung in the yard of the McLemore home. Limestone County Sheriff H G Garrett said Rollie was in serious condition at Powers Hospital in Athens.
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Fred McLemore
Rollie McLemore
Limestone County
H. G. Garrett
McLemore
Garrett
Powers Hospital
Athens
Matt Kimes Dies From Injuries After Manhunt
Matt Kimes aged 39 died at 7 54 am at Baptist State Hospital Little Rock following injuries from a North Little Rock street assault during a months long four state manhunt linked to a Texas bank robbery. Federal authorities had held Kimes since December for the Texas robbery.
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Little Rock
Ark
Matt Kimes
Oklahoma
Texas
Baptist State Hospital
Kimes
Jordan to Receive 20 Year Scout Pin at Christmas Party
W T Jordan, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Council, will receive a twenty year veteran pin at the Christmas party Monday night. George Simpson, deputy regional executive from Memphis, will present the award. Only three men in the Council hold this honor and remain active. Tickets are sold out for about 70 attendees. The program starts at 7:00 p.m. with the introduction of E L Hawkins, the Scout Executive who recently took the position of Torr Reynolds.
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W. T. Jordan
Jordan
South Alabama
George Simpson
Memphis
Jor
Tennessée Valley Council
Louis Nelson
Decatur
Grady Richards
Florence
Inquiry committee hears Navy narrative on investigations
A committee member said he is tired of hearing about brass and wants input from enlisted men. Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow testified on Army war plans, while a two volume Navy narrative on investigations was given to the panel. The report notes no major new data, but includes items from Navy inquiries alongside Army Pearl Harbor testimony.
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Gearhart
Californian
Leonard T. Gerow
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Byron Nelson Favored To Win Fort Worth Open
Byron Nelson, the Denton Texas farmer and Glen Garden caddie alum, is labeled the man to beat at the Fort Worth Open held at Glen Garden Country Club. Nelson, who posted a 72 in the first round, leads the tour with $64,500 in winnings as Harold McSpaden and Sam Snead contend as top threats along with Gene Sarazen preparing for the British Open.
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Glen Garden Country Club
Fort Worth
Byron Nelson
St. Garden
Nelson
Denton
Texas
Glen Garden
Little Ben Hogan
Harold (Jug) MecSpaden
Sanford
Slammin
Sammy Snead
Lord Byron
Gene Sarazen
St.Andre TS Se
Sarazen
Henry Cotton
Golfdom
McSpaden
Snead
War Warning Intercepted Messages from 1941
Intercepted Japanese signals showed Tokyo warned Berlin on November 30 1941 that war danger with Anglo Saxon nations could erupt suddenly. Army inquiry disputed a Navy winds message, and Capt Alwin Kramer or Knox timing tied to Pearl Harbor. Testimony detailed pre attack alerts at Hickam Field and December 6 1941 pass and armament changes. Carmalt, a 28 year old air corps private, described duties and lessons for Washington.
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Decatur to Host First Swine Show and Sale in Alabama
Decatur will host the first swine show and sale in Alabama with Mr. McIntosh and Mr. Bowden directing. Members of the O. S. C. Swine Breeders Association from across the state will enter, drawn by Decatur’s central location and strong farm committee backing.
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Bowden
Alabama
O. S. C. Swine Breeders Association
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Mein
Two Men Held in Scottsboro Jail
Flynn H Kuykendall and Tal madge Louis are held in Scottsboro jail after two gallons of whiskey were found in their wholesale truck in Jackson county this week. Deputies Lamon and Knight and ABC Investigators led the arrest. The case also涉及 Sam Welden and Paul Wheeler Steel before a federal grand jury over alleged operation of two 500-gallon stills on Sand cachy near Flat Rock.
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Talmadge Louis
Scottsboro
W. S. Lamen
Jackson County
Lamen
A. J. Knight
ABC
J.C. Williamson
J. W. Hodges
Lamon
Sam Welden
Paul Wheeler Steel
Sand Cachy
Flat Rock
Lamon Sai
First American flag over foreign soil in 1776
The initial event where an American flag floated over foreign territory occurred in 1776 during an expedition against New Providence in the Bahamas. The operation aimed to seize a stored powder supply there.
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New Providence
Bahama Islands
Administrator's Sale to Settle Flack Estate in Morgan County
A.D. Black as administrator of the estate of J. Y. Flack will sell at public auction on January 8 1946 in front of the Decatur courthouse, Morgan County Alabama, the west half of the northwest quarter and northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 9 township 7 range 1 west, subject to right of way and one half mineral interests, to raise proceeds for heirs. The sale is subject to existing mortgage debt and court confirmation. Published December 6 1945.
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Morgan County
J. Y. Flack
Black
Court House
Decatur
Towar
Labama
A. D. Flack
Office Cat Made Hare Rod
A humorous vignette from Junius The Unpardonable Sin features a 99 year old Mrs Smith recalling longevity secrets, with a reporter asking for guidance and the reply pointing to victuals as the chief source. Also included is a comic exchange with a tired Marine in a diner about ordering hash.
Witty exchanges in a Decatur humor page on sleep talk and misread clues
A humorous dialogue sketches a worried wife seeking a doctor for her husband’s sleep talking and a doctor’s quip. It also lampoons postwar agitators, a child’s quiz about Waterloo, and quick jokes about plumbing mix ups and gender ratio facts, all set in Decatur.
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De Valera Rise From Rebellion to Irish Leader
Dublin December 14 Mackenzie profiles Eamon De Valera one of the era s most extraordinary figures his path from Easter Week prisoner to prime minister through political skill rather than force, his independence stance, and the 1938 abolition of the kingship in Southern Ireland.
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Eamon de Valera
Eire
England
England's best. Mrs. MacKenzie and—I_have—had a long< conversa: givan atithetre
Diane Sheeree
de Valera
Kaiser plans and union talks in wartime plant era
In Detroit Kaiser-Frazer plans a new company union security plan as Willow Run bomber plant shifts toward car production. In Cleveland and La Grange GM sought injunctions against strikes for blocking entry to plants by non strikers. Walter Reuther condemned the move, urging goodwill. In Denver white collar workers voted to authorize a strike if wage demands fail.
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la Grange
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Walter P. Reuther
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Kaiser-Frazier Corporation
Willow Run
Washington
AFL Greyhound
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Pennsylvania Greyhound
Central Greyhound
NLRB
Denver
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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CIO American Newspaper Guild
Truman ties economy to remedial measures debate
In a Senate debate President Truman's plan to balance economy with remedial measures faces critique from lawmakers. Virginia's Harry F. Byrd urges concise, economical government spending and hiring and proposes stricter bill-writing rules. Atomic energy talks probe a worldwide inspection plan potentially conflicting with the Fourth Amendment and searches for buried bombs.
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Senate
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Philadelphia
Atomic Energy Committee
Donell
R.-Mo
Man tosses $200000 home fire cash into wind
Edward B. Hillis reported he threw $200000 in cash from his burning Glen Falls home into a salvage yard. He said the money, totaling about $20000, was in his coat when the blaze and salvage yard fire erupted yesterday, and he was left anxious to recover it.
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N. Y
Edward B. Hillis
Hillis
Cleansing operation described in war crimes report
Evacuation and destruction of a ghetto described as a cleansing operation to preserve German health. Reports note 1,100 Jews evacuated on April 22 1943, 362 Jews killed by battle, and numerous burns and executions as dugouts were blown, with many inmates collapsing from heat and smoke.
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Stroop
S. S
Poland
Ring
Divine partnership theme in art and life pushed at USO dance
An overheard USO dance remark claims that much in art, literature, and business is aided by good women, that men and women inspire each other, double joys and halve sorrows, and that natural divine union guides loyalty. The quote contrasts groups of men or women, asserting divine unity when joined.
Senators vote to empower Truman reorganization plan
Senators George and Russel of Georgia and Hill and Bankhead of Alabama joined the Senate majority to accept a conference report and forward to the White House a bill granting the President limited authority to reorganize the executive branch.
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Washington
George and Russel
Georgia
Alabama
Hill and Bankhead
Senate
White House
Truman
Freshman Rule Extended a Year in SEC Athletics
Baton Rouge December 14 The Southeastern Conference extended to July 1 1947 its wartime rule allowing freshmen to participate in varsity athletics.
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Baton Rouge
Venezuela among top oil producers worldwide
Venezuela ranks as the third largest oil producing nation globally, following leaders in the global energy sector. The country's output places it among the top players in international petroleum markets.
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Venezuela
Executions of 11 Belsen Criminals Carried Out at Hamelin
Montgomery’s terse report lists 11 Belsen criminals sentenced to death hangings at Hamelin on December 18. Timed executions included Irma Grese at 10 03 A M and Josef Kramer at 12 46 P M, with others like Karl Francioh Peter Weingartner and Wilhelm Dorr. Two gallows hanged eight men in pairs while women died alone. former inmates witnessed with passes as British guards kept watch.
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Elizabeth Volkenrath
Irma Grese
Juana Borman
Josef Kramer
Fritz Klein
Karl Francioh
Peter Weingartner
Truman urged early A bomb tests on warships
The idea, reportedly supported by President Truman, aimed to quickly guide national defense planning and set a benchmark for future Army and Navy appropriations. Rep Snyder noted the need to know atomic bomb effects in water versus land to avoid costly production readjustments later.
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Army
Navy
Capitol
Snyder
D.-Pa
House
Cowbirds Lay Eggs in Other Birds Nests
A bird behavior note describes cowbirds laying multiple eggs in the nests of smaller songbirds, relying on those hosts to incubate and raise their young. The strategy affects host species and breeding dynamics across habitats.
Jury Foreman Thanks Retonga for Relief
Maury County figures praise Retonga as a relief for toxic illness and severe pain. J D Stanfill recounts weight loss, sleeplessness, and exhaustion then notes regained appetite and strength after using Retonga. The ad claims Retonga treats constipation and gastric issues. Available at Caddell Drug Co.
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Retonga
J. D. Stanfill
Maury County
4Th Street
Columbia
Tennessee
Caddell Drug Co
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