Decatur Area Daily Notes On Local People And Events
Weather outlook notes cold with light rain possible in the extreme south. Local inhabitants including Ervin E. Lynch and families are listed with various weekend activities. Rotary club meeting features Decatur high school choral group directed by Edmund Keith. Huntsville figures Carl A. Mooring Jr. and James A. Lane seen on business. United Jewish Appeal progress update and holiday tree lighting at courthouse featured. diary reference and weekend travel entries conclude with page cue.
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Decatur High School
Rotary Club
Hotel Lyons
Edmund Keith
aTee
Carl A. Mooring Jr
Huntsville
James A. Lane
American Legion
Alabama
Decatur
Folsom Stumps North Alabama Amid Crowd and Flair
Gov James E Folsom spoke to about 700 Morgan county residents in the courtroom Friday urging support for Amendment One and inviting audience suggestions for his tour fund The governor faced pamphlets urging a yes vote and noted abstaining from personal diversions during the visit
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North
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Morgan County
Gov. Folsom
T. C. Almon
Athens
Limestone
Pearson to Europe
Drew Pearson sails for Europe to report on the winter crisis and communist influence while covering the Friendship Train relief effort. He will report on post conference consequences and the Marshall plan's role in peace, sending daily updates to The Daily.
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Pearson
Europe
Drew Pearson
Merase
Stadium Builders list grows as funds climb toward goal
Public tickets dropped to 61 of 1 000 with 939 paid or pledged toward the 100 000 stadium project. The Daily publishes the second list of stadium builders featuring Alabama Oil Co Earl Alverson Jr C A Burleson Floyd Briscoe M O Butler J M Baker Clay Callaham and many others including Goodyear Decatur Mills Pepsi Cola and Miss Lucile Russell.
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A—Alabam Oil Company, Earl Alverson Jr
C. A. Burleson
Floyd Briscoe
M. O. Butler
J. M. Baker
C—Clay Callaham
H. H. Culver
J. M. Crain
Rowland Compton
John A. Caddell
D—George Devine
J. W. Darrah
John D. Davis
E—Joe Elliott
F—E. M. Frazier
E. E. Forbes
M.W. T. Murphree
Harry Malone
C. L. Moore
W. H. Meadows
H. T. Mitchell
C. E. McRight
Dennis Mce- Clendon
Robert McMasters
L. A. Neill
Mike Namie
O—Roy Odom
B. L. Oliver
P—Pepsi Cola
Zelma Parker
T. E. Petty
Emory Swimmers Defeat Birmingham Y M C A
Emory University swimmers won seven of nine first places to defeat the Birmingham YMCA team 54 to 21. Birmingham took first in the 50 yard freestyle and the 400 yard freestyle relay.
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EMORY
Atlanta
Emory University
Birmingham Y. M. C. A
Birmingham
Christmas Early For Happy Landers Children
Mary Williams reports that the Landers family received Christmas gifts and groceries after a Daily story energized readers. The children gained new shoes coats galoshes and a welfare check to help start school after the holidays and fund a Memphis visit to the Veterans hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Williams
Landers
Memphis
Veterans Hospital
Welfare Department
France Expels About Twenty Russians from Repatriation Mission
The Interior Ministry announced that about 20 Russians attached to the former Soviet repatriation mission were expelled from France. This brings the total ejected since November 25 to roughly 56. The foreign ministry said the latest group should have left last Tuesday after 12 of 16 members were sent toward Berlin and the Soviet zone.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Ministry of the Interior
France
Foreign Ministry
Berlin
Interior Ministry
China Gets Share Of Foreign Relief Fund
A Senate House conference compromise on the foreign aid act of 1947 authorizes the full $597 million asked by the administration, allowing China a share as demanded by the House. The bill would enable immediate food, fuel, and clothing aid to Western Europe via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with up to $150 million. Senator Vandenberg urged swift passage and President Truman was expected to sign promptly.
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Washington
Senate-House
China
House
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
Honeea Hille
Joint Conference
Wandeng
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Truman
Europe
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Vandenberg
Red Demands Rejected in Rome Strike Debate
The constituent assembly defeated a communist motion to investigate police actions during Rome province’s two day general strike by 216 to 111. Debate over police use of clubs escalated into shouting as Umberto Terracini suspended the session. The government denied conceding to strikers despite Communist claims of 7.7 billion lire for public works.
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Frank Brutto
Rome
Umberto Terracini
Gian Carlo Pajetta
Alcide de Gasperi
No Quarter War Looms as West-East Talks Stalemate
London reports a near certainty of a no quarter economic clash between the United States and the Soviet Union over Europe as Britain and France push Secretary of State Marshall to break a deadlocked foreign ministers conference The meeting was postponed to Monday to cool tempers after Friday's blow up Molotov and Marshall met in a social luncheon but reportedly discussed no conference topics
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London
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Britain
France
Marshall
Molotov
Lewis Douglas
U. S
GOP Plan Aims At Inflation With Voluntary Controls
Senate Republicans unveiled a 10 point anti inflation program based on voluntary action to curb rising living costs and avoid new controls. They urged production growth spending cuts debt reduction and tax relief while leaving open the possibility of government authority if voluntary measures fail.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Millikin
Colo
Congress
Wolcott
House
House Banking Committee
Truman
Senate
Chicago Feud Ends in Four Deaths Across City and Suburbs
Four men die in a six hour string of shootings sparked by a feud between Thomas Daley and John Kuesis. Daley, an ex convict, and two accomplices kill Kuesis Smerkal and James Callis while police fatally shoot Daley. One suspect is arrested and another sought.
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Chicago
Brookfield
Thomas Daley
John Kuesis
Daley
Kuesis
Cain
Smerkal
James Callis
Jimmy Alex
Andrew Aoe
Sai Daley
Jewish Units Slay 21 Arabs in Tel Aviv Battle
Jewish fighters using bombs and machine guns killed 21 Arabs, including women and children, and wounded nearly 100 in attacks climaxing east of Tel Aviv. Three Jews died as clashes spread through Jerusalem and Jaffa. British forces prepared for retaliation amid ongoing Arab Jewish fighting across Palestine.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
Associated Press
Holy Land
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
Hagana
al Yatkva
Araba
Governor Folsom Campaign Stop in Hartselle
Two Hartselle citizens prepared a sidewalk cot with signs praising Governor James E. Folsom during his Friday appearance at the Strand theatre. An aide tried to move the cot and signs before photographers, but the group held their ground. The governor did not use the cot.
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James E. Folsom
Hartselle
Strand Theatre
Harris Asks For Support In Self-Starter Amendment
Representative Norman Harris spoke to Morgan County teachers in Hartselle about the self-starter amendment. He defended it as a checks and balances measure while criticizing Governor Folsom over the income tax episode and urging support to empower the legislature with limited special sessions.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
Norman Harris
Harris
Folsom
House
Senate
New Patrol Set Up In Alabama Effective Tuesday
The Alabama Highway Patrol reverts to military ranking and fixes four divisional HQs including Decatur, with Capt. Charley Barrett returning as Decatur commander. The Associated Press lists new officer assignments across Mobile Montgomery Evergreen Birmingham Gadsden Scottsboro and other cities.
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State Highway Patrol
Decatur
Montgomery
Public Safety
J. D
Jake) Mitchell
Charley Barrett
Huntsville
Barrett
Alabama
B. M. Miller
Graves, Dixon
Sparks
North
Associated Press
C. T. Barrett
Mobile
T.J. Carlisle
Ontgomery
Evergreen
O. T. Butt
Thorson
Birmes
J. T. Arnett
Birmingham
H. E. Montgomery
Roy Bradford
Scottsboro
Decaturey
Ckman
Gadsden
Joe Smelley
Self Starter Amendment Drives Weekend Speeches Across State
Backers and opponents of the self starter amendment plan an intensive round of pre holiday addresses as the measure heads to a January 6 vote. Gov. Folsom vows a statewide address and 19 engagements to defend or attack the proposal.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
James E. Folsom
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson’ County
Broughton Lamberth
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Lamberth
James B. Allen
Etowah
Dothan
Cooperation Brings Power Line to Cedar Cove
In Cedar Cove 75 volunteers along a 13 mile line helped dig holes clear rights of way set poles and string wire to assist Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation. The new line lights 75 homes and both company and residents take pride in completion.
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Cedar Cove
Cedar Creek
Bord Eason
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Joe Wheeler
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Ervin E. Lynch
J. W. Wyker Jr
Arkansas
Thomas H. Broadus
Knoxville, Tenn
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Hunt
S. A. Hill
Avenue E
Decatur General Hospital
Howell's Ambulance
J. C. Morgan and Son
Baugh's
Trinity
Howell's
Tennis Sparkman
Seventh Avenue
Miss Taylor Norton
Nashville
Ernest Morrow
United Jewish Appeal Fund
Harold Michelson
Michelson
Aline Byars
Sadie Gillespie
J. H. Reeves
Fifth Avenue
Hamil Clinic
Brown's
B. S. Kennedy
Mooresville
R. T. Harris
Frank J. Stone
W. J. Duncan Jr
Jerry Keller
Edward Davies
Billy Steed Jr
Marion, Ala
By Ken Reynolds
Hobbs
Happy Landers
GOP
Jim
Morgan
Madison County
Stevenson
Lawrence
Uncle Bud
Bil Baldwin
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