Community News Briefs and Holiday Notices
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with temperatures down to 25 to 30 in the north and central areas and 30 to 35 in the south. Birth announced for a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Eddins at Decatur General hospital. Morgan County Red Cross closes Christmas Eve noon and reopens Monday December 27 with further closure New Year's Day. Emergency contact numbers 2013 and 1440. Local residents James F. Barrett and Floyd Parker reported on short visits. Decatur Daily to publish letters to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Radio Amateur club to meet Monday at 7 PM at 307 Fifth Avenue NW. Mary Blagburn visiting from Florence State Teachers College with Margueritte Hollifield. Dismissals and admissions at Decatur General hospital noted. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Morgan County
Red Cross
Battered Roks Hold To Ridge
South Korean First Division troops seized the lower slope of Big and Little Nori hills after a day of heavy artillery air strikes and close combat. Chinese Communist fire forced ROK units to pull back from within 15 yards of Little Nori Hill as fierce fighting continued near the Imijin River north of Seoul.
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George McArthur
Seoul
Little Nori Hill
Republic of Korea
Big Nori Hill
Nori
Imijin River
Eisenhower Heads Home After Far East Survey
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves Hawaii aboard a Constellation for New York after a 15 day survey of Korean and Far East war problems. Secret Service and aides travel with him as weather and landings are eyed for the West Coast stop.
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Don Whitehead
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
New York
California
Kaneohe
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Decatur Builds Top Power Network with TVA Lines
Decatur now has four 154000 volt feeders into the TVA primary substation, tying Wheeler Guntersville line into East Decatur. Power comes from Wilson Wheeler and Guntersville dams, promising ample long term supply and strong industrial reliability. City officials say the TVA network plus a 44000 volt loop enhances power continuity for industry like Chemstrand.
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Decatur
TVA
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Wolverine Tube Division
Tennessee Valley
Quince E. Eddens
Electric
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson
Wheeler
Guntersville
Eddens
Electric Department
Chemstrand
Q. E. Eddens
Three Family Members Die in Alabama Truck Train Crash
A West Central Alabama farm family of Ben F. Phillips 55 Ollie 51 and B Curtis Connard were killed when their truck collided with a train at Cuba Sumter County. Their daughter Adell 16 and son Joe 11 were severely injured and taken to a Meridian Mississippi hospital. A Talladega County high school basketball player died later from injuries in a separate two car crash. This marked Alabama’s first weekend of accidental deaths.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Talladega County
Cuba
Sumter County
Ben F. Phillips
Ollie
B. Curtis Connard
Phillips
Adell
Joe
Putnam Given Controls Task On Wage Board
President Truman authorized Roger S. Putnam to control wages and delegate authority to the four public members on the Wage Stabilization Board. Putnam will tackle thousands of pending wage raise cases once documents are signed.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Roger S. Putnam
Putnam
Two Quizzed In Family Slaying
In Chester California a grocer and three children were slain with an iron pipe. An unnamed police informant led to the arrest of Travis Hall aged 27 and his father Wendell Hall aged 49 for questioning. Both denied knowledge of the slayings.
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San Francisco
Chester
Calif
Travis Hall
Wendell Hall
Directors Of Chemstrand To Hold Meeting Here Monday
The Chemstrand Corporation board arrives for their first meeting at the new headquarters. Osbourne Bezanson presides at 9 30 A M Monday as the 15th regular quarterly meeting since 1949. Sunday tours and a hotel dinner follow arrival by plane at Pryor Field, Decatur.
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Chemstrand
Chemstrand Corporation
Osborne Bezanson
Synthetic
Bezanson
New York City
St. Louis
Hotel
Lyons
United Nations Fires Russian Employee Spy
The United Nations discharged Nikolai Skvortsov a high ranking Russian aide once tied to Soviet spy activity by the U S State Department He violated U S law and was barred from reentry as U N officials face scrutiny over espionage cases The expose notes earlier case Valenin Gubitchev who was arrested in 1949 and later sent to Russia
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United Nations
N. Y
American State Department
Nikolai Skvortsev
Constantine Zinchenko
U. N
Skvortsev
U. S. State Department
Skvortsov
Department
Trygve Lie
U. S
Lie
State Department
Zinchenko
Security Council
V. M. Molotov
Russia
United States
General Assembly
Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
Batory
Local Stores Extend Hours Ahead of Christmas Rush
Decatur shops will stay open until 9 P M this Saturday and Monday and Tuesday next week December 20 22 and 23 and until 6 P M Christmas Eve. Rush says Ru fus Warren chairman of the merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Decatur
Rufus Warren
Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cullman Boy Dies After Truck Hit on Alabama 74
Eleven year old Johnny Handley of Cullman was struck by a pickup driven by Webster H Venable of Trussville while playing on a bridge on Alabama 74 east of Cullman. He died about two hours later at Cullman hospital. The accident was listed as unavoidable by the Highway Patrol.
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Johnny Handley
Cullman 8
Cullman County
Handley
Webster H. Venable
Trussville
Highway Patrol
Alabama 74
Cullman
Johnny
Cullman Hospital
W. E. Richey
W. E. Bradford
Madison Death Hearing Is Set In Feud Slaying
In Huntsville a preliminary hearing for Joe Ed Payne Sr. and his son Charles Payne on first degree murder charges for the Cloud Cove feud killing of Howard Kennemer is set for Friday. The pair, linked to a gunfight at a country store, could be tried in February.
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Huntsville
Joe Ed Payne Sr
Payne
Charles Payne
Howard Kennemer
Circuit
Glenn Manning
Suspect Slips Through Cordon Near Eufaula
In Alabama, law officers blocked in a barricaded suspect Sam Coleman who opened fire with a high powered rifle during a liquor still raid. Bloodhounds from Kilby Prison aided the chase as officers including Sheriff Marshall Williams and Eufaula police closed in ten miles northwest of Eufaula.
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Eufaula
Ala
Kilby
Montgomery
A. L. Clifton
Sam Coleman
Clifton
Marshall Williams
ABC
Fisherman saves two prominent men below Wheeler Dam
An unnamed commercial fisherman rescued Paul Robinson and W. T. Giles from icy waters after their boat struck rocks and sank near Wheeler Dam. Both men, local business leaders, were revived by TVA staff, while the rescuer, who vanished, was urged for Carnegie hero consideration for risking his life to save two.
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Paul Robinson
W. T. Giles
Wheeler Dam
Robinson
Giles
TVA
Hero
Town Creek
Decatur
Decatur Labor Council Backs School Bonds
The Decatur Central Labor Union Council representing 13 AF of L locals endorsed a proposed $1,250,600 school bond issue. James F. Roper, council president, urged members and citizens to vote on Tuesday.
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Decatur Negro High School
Decatur
Decatur Central Labor Union Council
AF of L
James F. Roper
Labor Council
Roper
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Irish) Nelson
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Okla
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Santa
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Somerville
Decatur Radio Amateur Club
George Stevens
Fifth Avenue NW
Mary Blagburn
Florence State Teachers College
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Wilvin ‘Stover
W. J. Moore
Fifth Avenue SE
Richard B. Leicher
Memorial Drive
N.Y
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Eisenhower Press
Constellation
Secret Service
John Foster Dulles
Douglas McKay
Secretary of Interior
Roger Ramey
Air Force
C. D. Jackson
Fortune Magazine
James Rowley
White House
Marine Air Terminal
LaGuardia Field
Travis Air Force Base
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Bay Area
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Pacific
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Meridian, Miss
Stabilizer
Chem
U.S
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Cullman Boy
Madison
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Cloud Cove
Madison County
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Fairview
Riverside
Gordon-Bibb
Cherry Street
AL Funderburke
Decatur Labor Council
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