Weather and community notices from Decatur area
Cloudy and mild with scattered showers today and tonight across North and West portions. Friends report Billy Green improving after serious burns two weeks ago. Mrs Lena Harvey Bishop, Africa missionary, to speak at Trinity Baptist Wednesday night. pictures to be shown. Rev John Morgan to preach at Mount New Church Sunday 11 A M. public invited. Mr and Mrs Charles Malone to arrive December 23 from Montgomery for holidays. K F Clark greeting friends in Decatur. H A Henderson recuperating from serious operation at home. Agelen Utah resident with Southern Pacific. Alvin Lawrence and daughter Judy of Charleston SC returned after vacation with Guy Bishop family. Guy Bishop and children visited Buford Stidger and son in Huntsville. J W Cheatham attending Dixie Red Fox club trials Dec 13-16 in Athens. Midweek prayer at Nazarene Church 7 30 P M. Old Age Pension Association meets Saturday 10 A M in circuit court room. Sheriff reports two vagrancy arrests. Mrs Sonny Todd had appendectomy at Decatur General. Mrs James Stroud and Miss Mary Williams visiting. Decatur firemen plan Christmas tree decoration. Howard Birdsong family hosted by W T Broadway. Monroe Broadway ill after heart attack. Enes Wilburn Crow returned from Indiana. See DIARY on Page 2.
Small Girl Drove Off With Man Then Found To Be Father
Montgomery reports a girl who got into a car with a man near Highland Avenue school and drove off. Police investigated amid parental calls but concluded the man was the girl's father, dispelling kidnap rumors.
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Montgomery
Ala
Aan
Highland Avenue
Fathers Take Sons In Hand In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis two fathers invoked the law to curb troubled sons. Pastor H E Perigo delivered his 38 year old Ernest to police, then restrained him during a scuffle and smashed whisky from him. Ernest faced intoxication charges. In court, Charles Baine sought jail for 18 year old David, who with Mitchell Carlock admitted stealing a truck and a car motor. David received four months with a suspended year for Carlock.
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Indianapolis
H. E. Perigo
Ernest
Edward Harris
Perigo
Headquarters
Charles Baine
Saul I. Rabb
David
Mitchell E. Carlock
Rabb
Young Carlock
Cross Removed From School for Yuletide Symbol
In Floral Park New York the cross on a school bell tower was taken down after a citizen terming it a religious symbol complained. The board of education voted to remove citing a state ruling that no religious symbol may appear on public school property. The cross had been installed Monday by two janitors seeking to brighten the building.
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Floral Park
N. Y
Yuletide
Board of Education
Long Island
Stat Board of Education
Oil Tank Type Still Destroyed in County
Sheriff C B Humphrey and three Morgan county deputies destroyed a small oil tank type still three miles north of Eva Tuesday. No arrests were made. Assisting officers were Chief Kirk and Deputies Nuby and Es.
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C. B. Humphrey
Morgan County
Eva
Humphrey
Kirk
Nuby
State store defeat in Chickasaw Mobile vote ends liquor plan
Voters in Chickasaw Mobile counties rejected the state liquor store proposal by a razor margin and also voted against allowing the sale of packaged beer. Official tabulations show 126 to 125 for the liquor store defeat and 1383 to 123 against beer.
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Mobile
Ala
Chickasaw
Eighty Year Old Writes Santa for Work and Tools
The Daily receives a playful letter from an eighty year old reader claiming to be a boy who wants Santa to send saws for a saw filing machine. He promises to stay good for twenty more years and asks for apples oranges nuts and a coco nut. The note is signed R L Bob Parsons of 342 E Moulton Decatur.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Santy
R. L
Bob
Coast Fog Again Ties Up Mobile Shipping
Heavy fog blankets the Alabama coast for a second day. Seven ships anchor in the mist while two banana ships and a coconut cargo vessel rode out a brief break. Forecaster Frank Cole says fog will return, hampering port movements for hours. Local residents in Fig Island report flooding forces travel by boat as Bayou Sara rises.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Frank T. Cole
Coast Guard
Mobile Bay
Fig Island
Bayou Sara
Raiders to Hear Auburn Chieftain at Kiwanis Dinner
Decatur's undefeated 1948 Raiders will listen to Earl Brown of Auburn when entertained by the Decatur Kiwanis club Thursday night. The event, chaired by Frank Troupe, starts at 6:30 at Hotel Lyons, with dinner for the Raider squad regardless of outcome.
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Decatur
Earl Brown
Auburn
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Frank Troup
Hotel Lyons
Kiwanis Club
Killing of Ruth Farnsworth at Guam jungle site
Navy investigators report a blood marked club found near the jungle spot where Ruth Farnsworth, 27, San Francisco, was raped and beaten. She died days later in a hospital after being abducted from a curio shop. boots and sweater evidence tie multiple people to the attack.
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Guam
Navy
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Miss Farnsworth
Navy Island Administration
Navy Civil Service
Litigant Balked When All Judges Are Disqualified
In Fulton County Georgia a man seeks 3.64 million dollars from four Atlanta clubs under a 1933 law allowing gambling-loss suits. Judge Wirlyn B. Moore disqualified himself and all six Fulton Superior Court judges recused, delaying the case until a judge from another county can be brought in.
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Atlanta
Fulton
Wirlyn B. Moore
John L. Moore
Moore
Escape Route Supply Lines Knifed by Reds Foe
In Peiping observers say peace talks are in progress between Chinese communists and Gen Fu Tso Yi nationalist commander. The city is surrounded as negotiations unfold, with near certainty that dialogues are underway.
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Reds
Lovett: U S Policy Toward China Aids Nationalist Government
Undersecretary Lovett said Madame Chiang Kai Shek failed to secure stronger American backing for the Chinese national government. He stated the policy backs the Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s regime and is shaped by Congress within aid limits.
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Washington
Lovett
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Congress
Chiang Kai-Shek weighs surrender amid pressure in Nanking
In Nanking reliable sources say Chiang Kai-Shek studies top advisors' recommendations to surrender control to open peace talks with the communists. There is no clear sign he will act despite pressure. Red forces tighten grip on Peiping as sporadic gunfire rings out amid shifting expectations.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Group Fights Elector Plan
Governor James E. Folsom and Marion Rushton sign a resolution to abolish the electoral college. Circulated by the Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Gossett Lodge plan would allocate state electoral votes by the statewide popular vote percentages.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Truman
Marion Rushton
Congress
Warm Weather Stays Above Sixty Degrees All Day
The thermometer remained above 60 throughout the day with a low of 62. At noon the mercury stood at 68, dipping one degree from the 10 AM reading. High Tuesday reached 67 around 1 PM and hourly readings showed 63 at 8 AM, 64 at 9 AM, 69 at 10 AM, 68 at 11 AM, and 68 at noon.
New Rio Treaty Takes First Step in Stride to Keep Peace
A December move by the Organization of American States to investigate the Costa Rica invasion claim marks the Rio defense treaty’s first test. The council, meeting 21 members, set a provisional consultative organ and prepared to summon foreign ministers to discuss the incident. Costa Rica accused Nicaragua of dispatching about 1000 armed troops. Nicaragua denied the charge.
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New Rio
Washington
United States
Canada
Costa Rica
Hewind
Imemedinis
The
Organization of American States
Hemisphere Council
Decatur Sells 100000 Bonds At Low Interest Rate
The city of Decatur sold $100000 in bonds for permanent financing of 17 small saving projects. The successful bid of 101.03 percent par produced a net interest cost near 2.55 percent annual, reflecting Decatur’s strong credit record.
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Alabama
Decatur
Trust Company of Georgia
First National Bank of Birmingham
George M
Prince Charles Christened in Royal Ceremony
A baby who may become king was christened Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh. Official notes say the infant behaved beautifully throughout the ceremony as Princess Margaret presented him to the Archbishop of Canterbury who named him Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh.
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London
England
Prince Charles Philip Arthur George
Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Prince Charlie
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
King George VI
Charlie
Helen Rowe
Princess Margaret
Elizabeth
Canterbury
Margaret
Charles Philip Arthur George
Fight Within GOP Looming
Washington report details a potential challenge to National Chairman Hugh Scott as Carroll Reece and other figures including Everett Dirksen Tom Coleman and John Cooper are named as possible opponents. Taft supporters are credited with helping Reece's 1946 ascent and await his stance on leadership and a GOP policy conference.
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Washington
Carroll Reece
Hugh Scott
Scott
Philadelphia
Reece
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
John Cooper
Kentucky
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
GOP
Senate
Missing Auto Sought Here
A black 1949 Ford deluxe owned by Almon P. Gillespie of Local Finance Co. was stolen from a parking lot near The Daily office between 9 and 10 A M. A witness described a man and a woman driving away. License 52 0 3373 and motor 18 57 70354. Contact the Highway Patrol or Decatur police with any information.
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Almon P. Gillespie
Banker Connected to Teapot Dome Scandal Dies at Home
Washington Court House Ohio reports the death of Mal S. Daugherty longtime banker linked to the Teapot Dome case. He had been seriously ill for weeks after a paralytic stroke. He was brother of Harry M. Dewey Daugherty the U S Attorney General under President Harding.
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Ohio
Washington Court House
Mal S. Daugherty
Teapot Dome
Harry M. Dewquerty
U. S
Warren G. Harding
Talmadge Plan Taking Shape
Gov. Herman Talmadge's lieutenants draft a package for the 1949 Georgia General Assembly. A two day briefing will inform incoming members about reforms including voter registration overhaul, abolition of the Georgia Citizens Council, a state highway board, county unit election application, a new commerce department, hospital funding via federal matching, a merit system for highway patrol, and free lifetime licenses for veteran drivers.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
General Assembly
Talmadge
Marvin Griffin
Senate
House
Fred Hand
Georgia Citizens Council
State Highway Board
State Department of Commerce
Agricultural and Industrial Development Board
Commerce Board
A and ID Board
State Highway Patrol
Profit Taking Rapped by ECA on Scrap Deals
Congressional warnings rise over European profit taking of scrap metal funded by Marshall plan dollars. Senator McClellan says such resales breach faith and could halt future recovery funds. ECA reports European governments asked to stop sales and curb new ones.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Canada
Latin America
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Howard Bruce
Peru
Probers Trail Reported Leak Of Norden Bomb Sight
A member of the House Un American Activities Committee says a report indicates detailed Norden bomb sight information leaked to Russian representatives as early as 1938. The committee pursues the orally obtained report and weighs summons for Whittaker Chambers and other witnesses as espionage inquiries intensify.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
United States
Wholesale Food Index Falls to New Low for Year
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index dipped to 6.21 this week, the lowest since June 10, 1947, when it stood at 6.12. The figure compares with 6.33 last week and 7.02 a year ago, reflecting wholesale costs for a pound each of 31 common foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
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Judy
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Guy Bishop
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Buford Stidger
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Sonny Todd
Decatur General Hospital
James Stroud
Mary Williams
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Howard Birdsong
Fay
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Mr Britton
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Eens
Wilburn Crow
Indiana
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Miss Styles
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Los Angeles
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Litigant
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Prince
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