Eisenhower Faces Best Strike Picture As Inauguration Near
Government officials say the national strike picture should be the best in years when Eisenhower takes office. Only two issues could darken it: the Wage Stabilization Board backlog and disputes over a new consumer price index. The 102 active disputes include a notable threat at American Locomotive Co. plant. Taft Hartley emergency provisions were used to end a strike temporarily.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Geh. Eisenhower
Wage Stabilization Board
Federal Mediation Service
American Locomotive Company
Truman
John S. Lewis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Princess The Crimson Pirate Opens Amusements Today
The Crimson Pirate starring Burt Lancaster appears at Princess with showings 3 05, 5 15, 7 20 and 9 30. Nearby theaters list Okinawa with Pat O Brien Cameron Mitchell and Richard Denning show times 1 33, 3 13, 4 53, 6 33, 8 13 and 9 53. To Have and Have Not with Bogart and Bacall plays at Sunset at 7 15 and 9 15. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman starring James Mason Ava Gardner shows at Hatfield Athens 6 30 and 8 48. The Dark Command with John Wayne Claire Trevor and Walter Pidgeon screens at Strand Hartselle 1 20, 3 15, 5 10, 7 05 and 9 00. Fort Defiance with Dane Clark Ben Johnson at Ranch Hartselle and Jungle Jim in Forbidden Land at Parkville listed as showings.
Decatur High School Band and Glee Club Christmas Concert
The Band Mothers club hosts a Decatur High School Christmas concert December 16 in the auditorium. Director Carl Schwachow leads a program featuring Glee Club works by Christiansen and Sibelius, traditional carols, Arthur Yon arrangements, and a Nutcracker Suite selection with Barbara Yarbrough as accompanist.
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Band
Mothers Club
Decatur High School
Carl Schwachow
F. Melius Christiansen
Brother James
Gordon Jacob
Jean Sibelius
Rob Roy Peery
The
Herald Angels
Roy Ringwald
R. Shaw
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Louis R. Dressler
Franz Gruber
Avlona Yarbrough
Atlas Auto Finance Co opens Decatur branch Monday
Atlas Auto Finance Co opens a new Decatur office at 225 4th Avenue SE with manager Walker Cottingham. The Decatur branch joins 13 other Southern offices. the building, landscaping, and utilities are completed or nearly finished as dates are set for the Monday opening.
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Atlas Auto Finance Co
Decatur
Atlas Auto Finance Company
4Th Avenue
S. E
Robert R. Snodgrass
Atlanta
Mr. Snodgrass
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Snodgrass
Moscowitz, Willner and Millkey
J. R. Stone
R. W. Orr
Decatur Refrigeration Company
Atlas
Morgan
Walker Cottingham
Grant Street
Fourth Avenue
Eisenhower Sees Truman Transition as Political Demagoguery
Reports say Eisenhower views the transition as political demagoguery, while another source expects an orderly cabinet change with no friction. There is tension at the high level between the Truman cabinet and Eisenhower aides Sen Henry Cabot Lodge and Joseph M Dodge. Informants say Eisenhower intends to ignore Truman remarks and pursue his own program including a study of Gen Douglas MacArthur’s Korea War proposals.
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Truman
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Joseph M. Dodge
Douglas MacArthur
Frigid Weather Expected in North Alabama Saturday
The Weather Bureau forecasts a frigid low of 25 degrees in North Alabama with a possible 22 degrees in Birmingham. The cold snap risks exposed plants while a high near 50 is expected in the afternoon and a Sunday night low of 28. The prior record low of 26 was set on November 28.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Weather Bureau
Birm
Death sentence for alleged child slayer in Alabama
In Eutaw Alabama on December 13 a 27 year old Negro woman Attie Smarr was sentenced to death for the killing of five year old Ivory Posey. The jury convicted her after a 15 minute verdict and Judge Emmett Hildreth set March 20 for execution pending automatic appeal. Smarr reportedly feigned pregnancy to hide the theft of the Posey infant.
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Eutaw
Ala
Attie Smarr
Emmett Hildreth
State Supreme Court
Ivory Posey
Posey
Mattie Jean
Ollie
Lassie Posey
Frank Lee
Tosey
Santa Delivers Watermelons for Blind Cedartown Girl
Tiny Karen Welchel a three year old who lost both eyes to cancer asked Santa for watermelons. Highway patrolmen will relay a melon from Atlanta to her Cedartown home tomorrow. Les Reis found 18 melons for the child and the story drew offers from The Atlanta Journal The Miami Herald and radio KXAR Hope Ark.
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Cedartown
Karen Welchel
Santa Claus
Atlanta
Les Reis
The
Atlanta Journal
Karen
Miami Herald
Associated Press
Kxar of
Hope
Ark
Henry Welchel
Pete Elliot
Whelchel
Birmingham Press Man Dies in Heat Pressroom
George Barber aged 50 a Birmingham News pressman died suddenly in the pressroom of his newspaper. Fellow workers said he appeared to suffer a heart attack. He lived in a downtown hotel. Surviving are a sister Mrs. Alice Tatum of East Point Georgia.
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Birmingham
George Barber
Birmingham News
Alice Tatum
East Point
Kiss Thought to Be Polite Tasting Salute
The kiss is viewed as a ceremonial or polite greeting based on tasting. It is considered a formal gesture rather than an affectionate act, with emphasis on ritual rather than emotion.
Two Officials Fined For Hunt
Cherokee County Sheriff C. M. Garrett and Circuit Solicitor J. H. Scroggin Jr. were fined 50 dollars each for hunting deer in a closed area. Eleven people faced charges in Heflin on hunting law violations with several Cherokee County residents also fined.
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Heflin
Ala
Cherokee County
C. M. Garrett
J. H. Scroggin Jr
H. D. Swafford
Arthur Gossage
John Leath
Delbert Kenner
E. H. Cheslom
J. R. Nutt
L. G. Smith
Smith
Hobart Chandler
H. G. Ray
Ray
Putnam agency paralysed by resignations over wage dispute
Seven industry members resigned from the Putnam agency after a blast at President Truman for granting John L. Lewis miners a 1.90 daily raise. Truman overruled a wage board that warned against more than 1.50 as inflationary. Industry members call the action a fraud, with the Chamber of Commerce backing them and urging refusal to serve on the wage board. The chamber and Nation Association of Manufacturers demand an end to all wage and price controls, calling them a sham.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
The
Nation Association of Manufacturers
FBI Chief Urges Draft Registrants to Comply Nationwide
J Edgar Hoover announced increased FBI investigations under the Universal Military Training and Service act from 1950 to 1962. He cited 65 903 alleged violations, 271 convictions, and 666 years plus in sentences, urging all eligible youths to register fill out forms stay in contact with local boards and carry registration documents.
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FBI
Department of Justice
Korea
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Mr. Hoover
Nee
Hoover
Central Methodist Youth Hold Christ Back Into Christmas Retreat
Central Methodist Church youth held a two day retreat at Joe Wheeler park with Bible study led by Dr Aubrey McKinney and worship sessions by Eddie Self. The program included recreation meals and a friendship circle before departure for Decatur with plans for the next retreat.
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Central Methodist
Central Methodist Church
Joe Wheeler
Christ
Eddie Self
Young People’s Division
Sandra Neher
Dora Clark
Kendall Sivley
Jerry Sivley
Lorna McKinney
Nancy Malone
D. E. Warren
Joe Wheeler Park
Aubrey McKinney
Young People's Department
Young People’s
Richard Smith
Central
Self
Decatur
Hunt for Alabama Mother of 1953 Opens
The Alabama selection for Mother of 1953 opened with criteria including religious integrity civic work and character. Nominees must have a youngest child over 15 and should mail nominations to Mrs W B Merrill state chairman in Heflin Alabama.
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Heflin
Ala
Alabama
W. B. Merrill
Auburn Player In Critical Condition After Hunting Accident
Weaving Henderson, 18, Manchester Ga, remains in critical condition at Jefferson Hillman Hospital after being shot in the head in a hunting accident Thursday. Doctors report little change in his condition today as the incident is investigated.
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Birmingham
Auburn
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Weaver Henderson
Manchester
AP Results Show Small Margin Between AP and Official Vote
The AP found the difference between its election night totals and final official figures was about 1.27 percent. Eisenhower’s official total in 18 states was 14 903 498 versus AP’s 14 857 436, Stevenson 11 406 751 official to 11 380 989 AP, with total official 26 310 249. Absentees partly explain the gap.
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Washington
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Chester mass slayings linked to suspect in lie test
Guard Young 43 his daughters Jean 7 Judy 6 and neighbor child Michael Saile 4 near Chester on Oct 10. Travis Hall under lie detector shows has more info than from newspapers. Hall claims he worked in San Francisco Oct 10, while elder Hall was jailed in Fresno. Police guard informant nicknamed Al Foley or Red shaking. A second test planned as several men questioned.
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Ings
Guard Young
Jean
Judy
Michael Saile
Chester
Travis Hall
Edward O’haire
Hall
San Francisco
Bay City
Fresno
Richmond
Bay
Plumas County
Travis
O’haire
al Foley
Mel Schooler
Young
Sandra Young
Rescuers Battle Fire for Missing Coal Miners in Kentucky
Rescue workers battled a No. 3 Elkhorn mine fire in Pond Creek Pocahontas Co where two miners were trapped and two others identified dead Burgess Nease of Clemons and Roland Grigsby of Bonnyman. Missing miners Monticello Nease and Horn of Salyersville. Fire likely started by a trolley wire short circuit.
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Salyersville
Burgess, Nease
Clemons
Roland Grigsby
Bonnyman
Perry County
Monticello
Nease
Burgess
Horn
Elkhorn
Kentucky
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Huntington
W. Va
Decatur Farm Markets Prices Report
Markets data for Decatur shows cotton middling at 33.50 cents, strict low 31.50. Grain prices include No. 2 mile 2.95, No. 2 wheat 2.05, No. 2 oats 0.85, No. 2 white ear corn 2.10, No. 2 yellow ear corn 1.70. Hog price listed at 16.25 cents.
Wall Street gains as railroad stocks lead weekly advance
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose to 119.90 for the week, up 1.50, a new yearly high. Railroads led the climb with broad support from earnings and dividends, while only two of the 20 most active declined. Notable movers included Packard Motor Car, New York Central, Pepsi Cola, Willys-Overland, and Alleghany Corp. on the NYSE, with Canada Southern Oils and Kaiser-Frazer among the active issues on the curb market.
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New York
Associated Press
Packard Motor Car
New York Stock Exchange
New York Central
Pepsi Cola
Willys-Overland
Alleghany Corp
New
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Sixteenth Avenue SE
Decatur General Hospital
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Sixth Avenue SE
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Third Avenue
Jack Morris
Seventh Avenue
Joe Worthey
Belle Mina
Charles Hardwick
Ninth Street
W. C. Light
Somerville
Cecile Tanner
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Riverview Avenue
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H. C. Sheats
West Moulton Street
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