Weather and wariness mix in Decatur notes
Partly cloudy to warmer conditions forecast with showers in the north this afternoon and tonight. Cotton bids at Decatur quoted 32.75 for middling and 31.75 for strict low. Alabama illegitimate birth rate ranks high nationally. white rate 14.3 and nonwhite 182.8 per 1000 live births. Various local notices cover hotel shortages, VFW meeting, market demolition, and military or hospital moves.
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Decatur
Alabama
State Department of Health
Bureau of the Census
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Home Building Easing Hailed as Decatur Boon
Decatur lumber and building dealers greet Truman housing rule changes as a boon with expectations of easing shortages. They anticipate 100 to 125 new houses in the next year and a total of about 300 needed in 1947 to meet demand, with shortages easing after the first of the year. Morgan Homes plans 50 to 75 houses east of Enola Oaks. The chamber reports about 30 rental inquiries daily.
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Truman
Decatur
John Wood
Wood Lumber Company
Roy Fite
Gobble Lumber Company
Tom Edgil
The
Valley Coal and Lumber Co
Edgil
Frank Stone
Stone Lumber Company
Stone
Morgan Homes Inc
Enolam Oaks
Hou Chamber of Comas
Chamber of Commerce
Liberty On Wheels to Tour Nation with Historic Documents
A fire proof train will carry the Liberty On Wheels exhibit across 48 states starting early 1947. The traveling classroom will include the bill of rights emancipation proclamation Gettysburg address and Jefferson and Madison notes to reinforce American government principles and counter alien ideologies.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Clark
Fireproofing tests on Winecoff hotel wainscotting
A Bureau of Standards official said preliminary tests indicate the Winecoff hotel wainscotting in Atlanta was highly inflammable. The building burned Dec 7 killing 121. A final report is expected within two weeks after all tests, with samples and accompanying materials sent for analysis.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Atlanta
Simon Inberg
Bureau
H. D. Foster
Inberg
Bomb threat wave hits London as warnings target key sites
Police report three more anonymous calls signaling bomb plots across London over four days. The threats named Stockwell station The Daily Mirror Scotland Yard the artillery records office and a Royal Navy site. Officials suspect a prankster aiming to inflame tensions amid Palestine violence.
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London
Stockwell
Daily Mirror
Scotland Yard
Royal Artillery Records Office
Kent County
British Broadcasting Corporation
Artillery Office
General Post Office
Palestine Underground
England
Withdrawal of Marines From North China Questioned
United States Marine sources say a general withdrawal from North China is not imminent and likely not before early January. State Secretary Byrnes told the United Nations general assembly that about 19,000 U S troops remain.
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Peiping
United States
China
Byrnes
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Remai
U S Moves To Expand Nonresidential Building And Ease Housing
President Truman outlined a vigorous housing program to raise nonresidential construction by 40 percent, cap new homes at a 10000 ceiling, and empower private enterprise. The plan faces criticism from Wilson Wyatt aides while veterans gain a 11 month right to build.
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U.S
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Norton Long
Mr. Truman
Probers Trace Gift To 1941 Bilbo Campaign
B L Knost of Meridian testified that a 3750 contribution from him and partner to a Mississippi campaign fund in 1941 was not delivered to the Bilbo Doxey operation. He said the money went to Edward P Terry for use in Doxey’s bid but that others said they did not receive it. He also noted a 1200 loan to Bilbo repaid partially and recalled a 25000 donation timing. The probe continues with Terry expected but travel plans uncertain.
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Washington
B. L. Knost
Meridian
Miss
Robert Gandy
Forrest Jackson
Bilbo
Doxey
Terry
Knost
Mike Morrissey
Morrissey
Dovey
F. T. Newton
Royal Hotel
Jackson
George Meader
Newton
War Investigating Subcommittee
H. C. Watkins
Quitman
Post Offices Open Sunday For Christmas Mail Rush
Decatur post offices will stay open Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 as the city rushes to mail Christmas packages. Postmaster R. T. Sheppard said extra staff including one delivery truck and seven World War II veterans have been added to handle the surge and ensure same day delivery to prevent holiday pileups.
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R. T. Sheppard
Decatur
Sheppard
Post Office
Blum forms new cabinet in France amid party splits
Paris December 16. Leon Blum formed an all socialist cabinet with himself as President Premier and Foreign Minister. Andre Le Troquer received the defense post, Eduard Depreux to interior, Pierre Olivier Lapie named Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs. A vote of confidence by the national assembly is pending.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Andre le Troquer
Om Os Interior
Eduard Depreux
Pierre Olivier Lapie
Lorraine
Meurthe-Et-Moselle
Blum
National Assembly
Jacques Duclos
Maurice Thorez
Guy Molget
Socialist Party
Battle Reported Raging at Dairen
Fighting of unprecedented seriousness broke out on the outskirts of Dairen in Manchuria, with Hsin Min Pao citing uncon firmed Peiping dispatches. Russian forces reportedly occupy the city, reinforcements rushed from Paulantein to meet stiffening Chinese Communist opposition. no government entry into Dairen reported.
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Nanking
Dairen
Hsin Min Pao
Peiping
Paulantein
Labor curbs deemed inevitable as strikes persist
New proposal from AFL CIO and manufacturers group urges limited government role in labor disputes and favors voluntary mediation and arbitration. GOP leaders in Congress call the plan too late and caution broader legislation will follow after ongoing strikes renew efforts for public interest arbitration.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
AFL
Bionale Association of Manufacturers
United States i “comMrm
Brown
GOP
Labor Department
Program For Curb On Arms Raises Hopes For World Peace
United Nations unites to task the security council with creating a plan to reduce armed forces and ban atomic weapons. The eight week session ends with a near unanimous pledge to curb war and pursue world wide arms reductions. Byrnes helps ease Soviet Western tensions by revealing U S troop numbers. See PROGRAM on Page 2.
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John A. Parris, JR
New York
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
United States
Manhattan
United Nations
Soviet Russia
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Russia
U. N
Raider Star Coming Home From Birmingham Hospital
Atlee Dopey Phillips of Decatur high school football is expected to return home before Christmas from St. Vincent's hospital in Birmingham after kidney surgery on December 7. His condition was critical upon admission following the November 1 Decatur Huntsville game. he received seven blood transfusions during treatment.
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Atlee “Dopey
Phillips
Decatur
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
St. Vincent's
Baugh’s Infirmary
Baugh’s
Decatur-Huntsville
Teachers to Get Two More Days in Decatur School Term
The Decatur Board of Education voted to extend the term by two days, giving teachers extra two days pay. Jackson, superintendent, said the additional sum of 1900 dollars will be paid before the Christmas holidays, with teachers receiving pay for ten months.
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Decatur Board of Eaueahen
Decatur
Term Jackson
Deca
Armed Force Cut Seen as Budget Battle Grows
Washington sources report the Army and Navy seek a larger budget but anticipate deep cuts for the next fiscal year. Generals Devers and Collins warn of possible reductions from 13 billion to 8 billion as White House pressure focuses on trimming defense outlays.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Truman
War Department
Congress
Jacob Devers
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
White House
War
War and Navy Department
Devers
Columbus
Husband Held in Death of Couple in Ohio
East Liverpool police prepared to file formal charges against Ervin Brown 39 held in the slayings of his wife Beulah Brown 32 and Ada Hall 87. Brady Fetty 49 was also killed in the same attack after being found in bed. Beulah Brown signed a statement shortly before her death.
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East Liverpool
Hugh McDermott
Ervin Brown
Beulah Brown
Frank W
Ada Hall
Brady Fetty
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