Electors Meet To Cast Votes For Next US President
The 1951 presidential electors formally cast their votes today. Eisenhower was predicted to win 442 to 89 over Stevenson based on prior election results. The process remains largely routine though electors are free in most states to vote their conscience.
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Washington
United States
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Tennessee
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Negro Soldier Is Given Life
Pvt. Otis J. Pugh of Birmingham Alabama was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Army court martial in Augsburg Germany for rape of a German woman and inciting a riot. The 23 year old joins Pvt. Tommy L. Bryson who also received life for the same case. Both are dishonorably discharged and sentence subject to review.
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Augsburg
Otis J. Pugh
Birmingham
Ala
Tommy L. Bryson
Columbus
Anna Krems
Riot at six prison compounds stops U N advance
Prisoners in six compounds defied orders by forming three ranks on a high terrace and throwing rocks at guards. UN troops fired warning shots as they attempted to advance, with individual weapons used to prevent a mass breakout. Tear gas was ineffective due to high wind.
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U. N
Amusements Today Showtimes Wide Variety
Princess The Crimson Pirate starring Burt Lancaster shown at 1 00 3 05 5 15 7 20 9 30 Roxy Okinawa with Pat O Brien Cameron Mitchell Richard Denning at 1 33 3 13 4 53 6 33 8 13 9 53 Sunset To Have and Have Not with Bogart and Ava Gardner plus Athens Pandora and the Flying Dutchman James Mason at 6 30 8 48 Strand Hartselle The Dark John Wayne Claire Walter Pidgeon at 7 00 Ranch Hartselle Fort Defiance Dane Clark Ben Johnson at 7 00 4 Mars Falkville Jungle Jim in Forbidden Land Johnny at 6 15 7 45
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Princess—The Crimson Pirate
Burt Lancaster
Roxy
Okinawa
Pat O’brien
Cameron Mitchell
Richard Denning
Mars, Falkville
Jungle Jim
Johnny
Weekend arrests and local notices in Decatur area
Sheriff's forces arrested 11 persons over the weekend for public drunkenness and the Highway Patrol reported one reckless driving arrest. Henry Long, NC State student, attends a Philadelphia entomology meeting. he plans to return December 19. Local civic groups schedule meetings tonight including VFW and Austinville PTA. Births announced for Robert Lester Ryan and a Decatur General hospital baby girl. Several admissions and discharges at Decatur General hospital and a Korea war casualty note. A University of Alabama student, Richard Cleveland, has been accepted to the University of Alabama Medical College Birmingham. Nine of 19 recorder court cases were parking on a sidewalk.
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Henry Long
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
N. C
American Association of Economic Entomologists
Philadelphia
W. H. Long
Richard Doss Cleveland
Anniston
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Alabama
Medical College
Birmingham
Cleveland
Omicron Delta Kappa
Kappa Alpha
C. L. Mims
Ezra E. Martin Taken By Death
Ezra Elmer Martin, 71, died at his Hartselle residence two days ago at 6 A M. Final rites are set for tomorrow at 2 P M at Basham church with Reverends Cabe Smith Fred Schlosser and Grady Woods officiating. Interment in the adjacent cemetery with Brown directing. Nephews will be pallbearers. Surviving: five daughters Mrs Earl Legg Hartselle Mrs Woodrow Morris Decatur Mrs Lola Oviatt Fort Riley Kan Mrs Eddie Wise Mrs Clara Roberson Tulsa Okla. three sons Wallace Martin Blytheville Ishmel James Martin Tulsa. one brother Otto Martin Hartselle 2. two sisters Mrs Ben Lee Decatur Mrs Milam McAbee Danville 2.
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Ezra Elmer Martin
Hartselle
Basham Church
Cabe Smith
Fred Schlosser
Grady Woods
Brown
Earl Legg
Hartseller
Woodrow Morris
Decatur
Lola Oviatt
Fort Riley
Kan
Eddie Wise
Clara Roberson
Tulsa
Okla
Wallace Martin
Blytheville
Ark
Ishmel
James Martin
Otto Martin
Ben Lee
Milam McAbee
Danville
Truman Warns Against Embracing Communist Methods
President cautions that adopting Communist methods to defeat aggression would destroy liberty and the Constitution. He warns hysteria drives people to destroy what they struggle to preserve, and notes the speech marks a renewed dedication to liberty rather than an impending disaster.
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Truman
Oak Cliff Scooter Club Volunteers for Civil Defense
David Farrow 17 president of the Oak Cliff Motor Scooter Club says the group of mainly high school students has volunteered for civil defense under a national registration program. The effort aims to list people available for emergency service and includes 35 members ready to act as messengers.
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Dallas
Oak Cliff Motor Scooter Club
David Farrow
Betty Hendon Voted Sweetheart Of Sigma Nu
Miss Betty Carl Hendon daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Hendon and student at Howard College Birmingham has been chosen The Sweetheart Of Sigma Nu Pfe Areto D Reeds 506 Lafayette Street Decatur wounded in action in Korea Defense Department announced Mrs James Guthrie 150 Jackson Street admitted last night to Ellis Meyer hospital Mrs G E Tanner 411 Sixth Avenue NW admitted to Ellis Meyer hospital today Dismissed yesterday from Ellis Meyer hospital were Mrs Thomas Inman Danville Ky Mrs A L Braswell and daughter 1613 Jackson Street and Mrs James Morgan 307 11th Avenue NW
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Paul Hutto
Jackson Street
Decatur General Hospital
Richard Leicher
Memorial Drive
Harvey D. Holoway
Korea
Defense Department
Betty Carl Hendon
Carl Hendon
Howard College
Birmingham
Sigma Nu
Pfe
Areto D. Reeds
LaFayette Street
Decatur
James Guthrie
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
G. E. Tanner
Sixth Avenue
Ellis Meyer Hospital
Thomas Inman
Danville
A. L. Braswell
Jackson ‘Street
James Morgan
L1th Avenue
Two Women Await Death After Alabama Murders
In Alabama, two women convicted of child slayings sit on death row after juries found them guilty. Mrs Earle Dennison, 54, and Mattie Smarr, 27, face execution only if the State Supreme Court upholds their sentences amid automatic appeals.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Kilby
Earle Dennison
Wetumpka
Eutaw
Mattie Smarr
Birmingham
UN Debates POW Repatriation amid Korea War Talks
United Nations forces refuse forced repatriation and report 83,000 of 170,000 prisoners of war wish to return to Communist China or North Korea, while Russia calls for an immediate cease fire and a political conference with Red China and North Korea.
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United Nations
Red China
North Korea
U. N. Command
Miss Lizzie Pepper Obituary Notice From Moulton 2
Final rites for Miss Lizzie Pepper 57 of Moulton 2 who died at her residence Saturday night will be held Tuesday at Liberty church Lawrence county at 2 PM. Interment in adjoining cemetery with Mutual directing. Survivors include her mother Mrs Susie Pepper and sisters Mrs Charlie Johnson, Mrs J G Moody, and Miss Nora Pepper. Nephews named pallbearers.
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Lizzie
Pepper
Moulton
Liberty Church
Lawrence County
Susie Pepper
Charlie Johnson
Hartselle
J. G. Moody
Nora Pepper
Hasting Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Thomas Wesley Hasting 82 to be held at 2 30 this afternoon at Holland Gin Methodist church with Rev J M Warren officiating. Burial in Hasting cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs O Y Thomas and son J W Hasting plus seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Thomas Wesley Hasting
J. W. Hasting
Sixth Avenue
E. Decatur
J. M. Warren
Holland Gin Methodist Church
Hasting
Spry of
Athens
The
Baptist Church
O. Y. Thomas
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Mysterious Fisherman Rescues Boat Victims After Sinking
Two men sank when their boat struck a rock below Wheler Dam Friday. A nameless commercial fisherman known only as Mr X observed the incident, rescued the pair, then vanished with a tub of fish. Robinson and Patrolman Thomas vowed to identify him as searches continue.
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Wheler Dam
Robinson
Roy Thomas
Lawrence County
War effort faces limits on public reporting
A general says public discussion of certain battlefield problems is restricted while expressing cautious optimism. He notes no simple formula exists to end the war swiftly and stresses spiritual preparedness and honest facing of reality by a free citizenry alongside armament.
Labor Wage Board Faces Broad Delegations Ahead
Wage controls prompt labor members to await advisory guidance as Killingsworth plans a government staffed wage board setup. He aims to clear a backlog of about 12,000 union employer agreements with extended staff powers, affecting well over a million workers before the new administration.
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Putnam
Killingsworth
WSB
Pine Grove church destroyed by fire in Lawrence county
The Holy Church of Christ at Pine Grove in Moulton 2 Lawrence county was completely destroyed by fire early Sunday. Origin is believed to be a stove in the auditorium. Pine Grove has 40 members led by Rev. Walter Webb with deacons Cleo Tucker and Dennis Tucker. Congregation contributed 166 at Midway Congregational church to start a new church on the site. A replacement building will cost over 1000 and will use nonflammable materials.
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Holy Church of Christ
Pine Grove
Lawrence County
Moulton
Midway Congregational Church
Tucker Community
Holy Church of Christ At
Walter Webb
Culis Nesmith
Dennis
Winter storm strain Cuts Across Regions
New England storms dumped heavy snow up to 22 inches in northern Vermont and knocked out power and communications in several communities. Cold across the South with 20 to 30 degree rises in the Great Plains. scattered flurries reported from Florida to Alabama with varied readings from Greensboro to New Orleans and Chicago to Los Angeles.
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New England
Vermont
Florida
Mobile
Ala
Crestview
Chevalier Field
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Deep South
Great Plains
Dixie
Greensboro
N. C
Birmingham
New Orleans
Chicago
New York
Billings
Mont
Fraser
Colo
Los Angeles
Mrs Cottingham to Attend Methodist Church Board Meeting
Mrs T J Cottingham leaves for Chicago to attend the Board of Social and Economic Relations of the Methodist Church meeting on December 16. The board, one of the churchs general boards, includes 45 members with six bishops 16 ministers 15 laymen and eight women. Bishop Lloyd C Wicke of Pittsburgh is president with Hines H Baker of Houston as vice president. Cottingham is president of the Womens Society of Christian Service for the North Alabama Conference and serves as one of two women representing nine states of the Southeastern jurisdiction.
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T. J. Cottingham
Chicago
Board of Social and Economic Relations
The
Methodist Church
United States
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Hines H. Baker
Houston
Texas
Torgl
Cottingham
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
North Alabama
Southeastern
Farm Markets Report for Decatur
Decatur market notes show cotton middling 33.50 cents and strict low 31.50. No 2 mile 2.95. No 2 wheat 2.05. No 2 oats 85 cents. No 2 white ear corn 2.10. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.70. Hogs 17.00 cents.
Poultry Market Steady in Atlanta Area Wholesale Trade
USDA notes North Georgia live poultry market is about steady with unsettled undertone. Demand is fair to only, supplies matching. Dressing plants pay 28 to 30 cents for delivered supplies. Farm prices show broilers under 3 pounds at 26 to 29 cents.
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Poultry
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cattle Hogs and Lambs Market Report from Nashville
Nashville market summary shows cattle at 450-600 lb baby beeves 21.00-24.00 with good to choice, calves 225 priced 24.00-32.00, hogs 190-230 lb mostly 17.50, 16.00-16.25 for 240-290 lb, sows 14.00-14.50, sheep slaughter lambs 19.00-21.00, odd ewes down to 5.00.
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Nashville
Tax debate on early cuts divides Congress
A survey shows 12 lawmakers opposed tax cuts while 18 urge budget balance first. Among respondents, 42 backed individual income tax cuts, 40 favored excise or sales tax reductions, 39 sought cuts in corporate taxes, with 50 offering generalities and 263 unreachable or nonresponsive. The poll reflects positions of willing lawmakers, not forecasted actions.
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Congress
UN Says Skvortsov Terminated Over Russia Leaves
The United Nations confirmed Aleksandr Skvortsov’s termination after leave from Russia, noting he did not return from home leave taken last June. Zinchenko also left for leave late in summer and has not yet returned for the General Assembly opening on October 14 amid unconfirmed illness and possible Soviet government disfavor.
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U. N
Skvortsov
Russia
Zinchenko
General Assembly
Birmingham forecaster warns coldest air of year arriving
Temperature damage to late fall crops and shrubs noted. A low of 18 is forecast for Birmingham, signaling the year's coldest weather. Yesterday's minimum of 21 was just above the 20 degrees recorded here on Jan 30. Rabbits breed four to eight times yearly with litters of six to eight.
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Birmingham
Athens Woman Is Found Dead in Back Yard
Mrs. Caledonia Green aged 72 of Athens was found dead in her back yard at 3 30 after going out for wood at 9 30. She suffered a heart attack. She is survived by three daughters, four sons, two sisters and 27 grandchildren plus 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 PM tomorrow in Spry chapel with Rev E L Smothers officiating. Burial in city cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers.
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Caledonia Green
Athens
Wood
The
Baptist Church
Mack Black
Huntsville
Cecil James
Attalla
Clyde Long
Elmer Green
Burch Green
Mobile
H. P. Green
Harding Green
U. S. Air Force
Florence Stockman
Cornersville
Tenn
Paul Uaker
Nashville
Spry
E. L. Smothers
City
Carter Shipp Installed as Crossville Mayor After Court Ruling
Crossville authority reports Carter Shipp became mayor after Circuit Judge W. J. Haralson nullified 26 ballots and overturned the Sept. 15 election. The ruling disqualified 22 votes and found four forged or illegal while tallying 86 for Shipp and 71 for Cicero Davis.
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Crossville
Ala
Carter Shipp
Cicero Davis
Shipp
Davis
W. J. Haralson
Haralson
Multiple Fatalities and Injuries Reported in Alabama Incidents
Reports from Meridian to Birmingham detail seven treated at a Meridian hospital after a truck train collision where the driver failed to heed warning signals. A Alabama man drowns after a fall from a boat in Washington County. An infant dies from accidental suffocation in Birmingham. An 11-year-old is struck by a truck near Cullman, with the boy named Johnny Handley among the victims. Four Winterboro players injured in a collision near Columbiana leave three others hurt.
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Meridian
Miss
A. E. Rowe
Ray Dougherty
Malcolm
Ala
McIntosh
Washington County
Lee Armstrong
Mary Helen Hatchett
Birmingham
Joe L. Hilderbrand
Cullman
Highway Patrol
Johnny Handley
Duck River Bridge
Jake Harrell
Renfroe
Winterboro
Columbiana
Night Battle Updates on Rok Ridge and Rocky Point
At Rok Ridge dawn broke with a pullback as Reds launched three squad sized assaults on nearby Rocky Point before dark. The Eighth Army logged scattered patrol probes along the front while Big and Little Nori remained quiet after days of heavy fighting.
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Ben Johnson
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Edgar M. Queeny
Monsanto Chemical Company
Charles A. Thomas
Monsanto
Harry L. Dalton
American Viscose
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Dalton
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Mr. Queeny
Robert F. Hinds
Delbert Clark
Dick Thurston
George Meyers
Ralph Piper
Paul Vance
Robert Turner
Prairie Wings
F. William Koster
Acrilan
Charles S. Venable
William Ewing
Morgan Stanley & Company
Thomas Choate
Shearman & Sterling & Wright
John G. Jackson
Sheriff's Forces
VFW
Second Avenue
Harold Ryan
Athens Hospital
Robert Lester
Austinville
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P. K. Kirby
Danville 3
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
TB Sanatorium
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Speake
Warren
Ratliff
Sam Frank
Moore
Buddy Vaughan
Elise Riley
Jane Bailey
Ada Fincher
Seventh Avenue SE
Mabel Aldridge
Paul Russell
Decatur 3
John P. Sheats
Alex Williams
Loring Street
Alice West
G. H. Jones
Fourteenth Avenue SE
George Hames
Hillsboro
Recorder’s Court
Ezra E. Martin
Alabarmha
State Supreme Court
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Frank Lee
Selina Gilmore
P. M. Johnson
Lexie Edwardson
Supreme Court
China
Miss Pepper
Holy Church of Christ Burns
Mrs. Cottingham
Nashville Livestock
Rok
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