White Christmas program at First Methodist Church
The White Christmas program at First Methodist Church will be held Sunday at 6 15 pm with the Youth Fellowship decorating and combined choirs performing Handel's Messiah including the Hallelujah Chorus. Soloists and children participate under director Henry Fleming with proceeds split between the Methodist Children's Home and the superannuates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
J. M. Crain
Marvin Dinsmore
H. J. Edmonds
Otis E. Kirby
R. W. McCracken
Ann Carrell
Noel Harris
Leroy King
Margarite Livingston
Mary Leigh Lynne
James Davis
Crawford D. Reeves
Elizabeth Houston
Henry J. Fleming
W. E. Curry
J. C. Cole
Methodist Children’s Home
Methodist Children's Home
Otis Kirby
Nashville Market Report from Nashville Tennessee
Markets show light cattle receipts with few traducers and steady to weak prices for cutters and yearlings. Calves steady with vealers 28 to 34 dollars. hog prices uneven with top around 21.25 and most pigs 19 to 21 dollars. sheep steady with lambs 20 to 23 dollars and older stock 8 to 9 dollars.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New York Cotton Prices End Mixed On Expiring December
Cotton futures showed a broad range as the December delivery neared expiration. The December contract settled at 31.83 cents per pound after a day of nervous dealings, while New crop months faced pressure from New Orleans liquidation and farm program uncertainty.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission House
North Georgia live poultry market steady with weak undertone
The North Georgia live poultry market remained barely steady within a largely unchanged price range. Growers seek to move stocks as under 234 lb birds stay ample, heavier weights limited, few market firm spots, and trading constrained by scarce supply. fryers sold at 32 to 34 cents, 31 to 32 for Barred Rocks, 36 to 41 for heavy fowl, turkeys not reported.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
New
Markets at a Glance New York Stocks Drift. Hogs Rise
Markets at a Glance reports uneven stocks drifting downward while bonds hold steady. Cotton is irregular with a New Orleans liquidation. corn steady as the export quota system is abolished. oats show tiny changes in slow trade. soybeans mixed with December weak. hogs unevenly 50 cents higher to 25 lower with top at 23.00. cattle steady to 50 cents higher with no choice present.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Tncomen Commission
Called Meeting of Lodge Saturday Evening
Rising Sun lodge will hold a special meeting in the lodge hall on Saturday December 18 for work in the Master Mason degree. L Allen secretary notes they hope Grand Lodge officers attend and invite all Master Masons to attend.
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Rising Sun Lodge
Grand Lodge
L. Allen
Ing
Mercy Plea Made to Board for Jessie Carroll
Seven jurors who sentenced Jessie Carroll urged the state pardon and parole board to commute his death sentence to life. Attorneys L. F. Davis and Omar Hayes presented letters and a Lexington report claiming Carroll is a borderline mental case with a psychopathic personality. The board heard the appeal on the eve of Carroll’s scheduled execution and promised a decision later.
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Atlanta
Jessie Carroll
State Pardon and Parole Board
Columbus
L. F. Davis
Omar Hayes
Carroll
Tattnall State Prison
Davis
Hayes
Appeal For Mercy
Lexington
Supreme Court arguments in Japanese case lack seven appeals
Four Supreme Court justices had declared in December that the court has no authority to intercede. Seven appealed, with Tojo not among them. The Japanese were granted a hearing by a 5 to 4 vote, leaving attorneys to persuade Justices Black Douglas Murphy Rutledge and Jackson while Vinson Reed Frankfurter and Burton opposed.
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Tojo
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Jackson
Christmas Gift of Freedom for 450 Soldiers
The Army plans Christmas releases for 450 men in military prisons. Secretary Royall ordered all efforts to release prisoners in time for Christmas to spend the holiday with their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Air Force
Royall
Europe
Hiss Indicted in Soviet Espionage Probe Deepens Probe
The House committee presses a possible prewar spy ring case as Whitaker Chambers testifies and Alger Hiss faces perjury charges. Hiss, 44, may be arraigned soon and could face fines and up to five years per count, while denying all charges.
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Russia
New York
Hiss Ws
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Chambers
Red Intelligence
Time Magazine
House
UN American Activities Committee
Rep
Mundt
R-Sc
Grand Jury
Justice Department
South Dakotan
Communist Party In
America
Attorney General's Office
Truman
Army reports on wartime prisoners and offenses
The Army notes 6,600 service members remain imprisoned with 1,950 sentenced before V J Day. It says most wartime offenders were convicted of serious crimes including murder, rape and robbery and that sentences expire before next March.
Death Takes Mrs Martin in Morgan County
Funeral rites for Mrs. E E Martin 56 were set for 2 p m at Basham Chapel with Rev F J Schlosser and Rev Jake Smith officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. She died Wednesday at Baugh Wiley clinic after a three day stay. She leaves a husband five daughters six sons three brothers six sisters and 13 grandchildren. Nephews to be pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Martin
Basham Chapel
F. J. Schlosser
Jake Smith
Hartselle 2
Brown
Martin
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Morgan County
Earl Legg
Hartseller
Woodrow Morris
Lola White
Imogene
Clara Faye Martin
Decatur
Wallace
Ishmel
Herschel Martin
Community News and Local Updates from Decatur
Decatur area items report hospital admissions and transfers, sheriff arrests, and local church events. Notable notes include Mrs. Eugene Mize at 620 Seventh Avenue, Ensign Don Whitmire’s pending visit, and Miss Eugenia Little as reader for a Christmas program. Local sermons and seasonal reflections follow as churches announce topics and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Mize
Seventh Avenue
Hamil Clinic
Theatre Monopoly Charged by Arnall
Ellis Arnall newly elected president of the independent Motion Picture Producers charges a theater monopoly by major Hollywood producers stifling quality films. He says dominance of producers who own theaters hurts free competition and the economy and vows to work with government and public to break the monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellis Arnall
Independent Motion Picture Producers
Arnall
Georgia
Bassill Resigns From North American Bemberg Corp
John E. Bassill resigns as president and director of the North American Bemberg Corp effective March 1. Beaunit Mills Inc of New York approved to purchase majority stock of both companies whose plants are in Elizabethtown Tennessee. Alien Property Office took holdings in August 1947 under the Trading With the Enemy Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassill
New York
John E. Bassill
North American Bemberg Corp
American Memberg Corp
Elizabethtown
Tenn
Beaunit Mills Inc
Office of
Alien Property
Alien Property Office
Revision of Laws Relating To Cotton Quotas is Urged
At the Atlantic City convention the American Farm Bureau Federation urged revising farm laws to allow future cotton marketing quotas. It warned current laws block setting low enough planting allotments and sales quotas to prevent surpluses as yields rise. The group called for equitable acreage and quota procedures and noted regional production shifts.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Farm Bureau Federation
Southeast
Texas
Mississippi Delta
California
U. S
Stennis Highlights Aluminum Shortage and Power Gaps
Senator Stennis urged broad cooperation to end a critical aluminum shortage and boost power production. He cited misuse of Marshall plan funds and noted idle aluminum plants due to limited electric power, while Rural Electrification head Ellis pressed Arkansas utilities to aid Reynolds Metals in Jones Mill.
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Washington
Stennis
D-Miss
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Howard Bruce
Clyde T. Ellis
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Ellis
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Reynolds Metals Co
Jones Mill
Ark
Canada
Atlantic
United States
Marines to Shanghai Guard American Lives Aboard Naval Transport
Marines depart for Shanghai aboard a naval transport with the mission to protect American lives in emergencies, aid evacuation of U S nationals, and safeguard essential U S properties. They will not be landed to maintain order or defend the city and will retreat once evacuations are complete or danger subsides.
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Shanghai
United States
U. S
Defence committee cites 1948 misread intel and tank surplus
The committee notes a 1948 mistaken intelligence estimate that could have led to harmful results if followed. It credits the CIA and other groups for timely, correct evaluation. The report also says the Army held 25,000 tanks after the war but could account for only about 16,000, with no trace of the rest.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Negro School Becomes Training Center for A and M trainees
The Morgan County Training School for Negroes is selected as a training center for senior vocational agriculture students from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. Two trainees, Vence L. T. Bonham of Camden and William Brown of Wetumpka, arrived and began practice teaching while gaining experience with the New Farmers of America and night class students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College
Vence L. T. Bonham
Camden
William Brown
Wetumpka
New Farmers of America, & Vocational Agricultural Organization
VFW Auxiliary Plans Christmas Party at Hall
The V FW Auxiliary Post 4190 arranged the annual Christmas party to be held Friday at 8 PM at VFW hall. Every member was invited to bring a guest and family members eligible for auxiliary membership. Mrs. Louis Blizzard is general chairman of arrangements.
Federation Meeting In Mobile Delayed
The Alabama State Federation of Labor announces postponement of its annual convention from April to May in Mobile. Federation secretary treasurer Hugh Brown cites insufficient hotel facilities as the reason after Mobile Central Labor Union request.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Orfar
AFL
Mobile
Federation
Hugh Brown
Mobile Centra Labor Union
Initiation by FA Held Here
The local Future Teachers of America initiates 14 new members at Riverside assembly. Principal W R Riley presided as officers Mary Ann Blackwell Margie Harrison Fennel Garnett Martha Jean Higdon Irma Black Joyce Redding Murray Yarbrough led the ritual and Mrs W T Jordan presented the pledge.
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Future Teachers of America
Riverside Assembly
W. R. Riley
Mary Ann Blackwell
Margie Harrison
Fennel Garnett
Martha Jean Higdon
Irma Black
Joyce Redding
Murray Yarbrough
W. T. Jordan
Lindsey Terry
Betty Free
Jackye Mills
Carolyn Holloman
Kenneth Wells
Ray Morris
Fred Schlosser
Kendall Bass
Jack Parker
Helen Hayes
Betty Carl Hendon
Juanita Goforth
Ae Jordan
Eleanor Hamilon
Jayne Johnson
Rita Baker
Joanne Reeves
Marian Chandler
Bettye Faye Julian
Joy Bolin
Etna Ree Carroll
Shirley Jacobs
Ben Lee
Jeanne White
Supreme Court Decisions From Alabama Term
The Alabama supreme court announced decisions including reversals and remands in Brown v. Nolen and Thigpen v. Walker, affirmations in Stephens v. Stephens and Mussey v. Mussey, and various other rulings on appeals from circuit courts. Rehearing applications were ruled, and a date for execution was set for Jan. 28, 1949 in Logan alias v. state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Brown
Louisville
Nashville
R. R
R. S. Nolen
Covington
O. C. Thigpen
Giles P. Walker
Russell Circuit Court
Livingston
J. E. Stephens
Edith C. Stephens
St. Clair
Northern div
Howard Eugene Mussey
Margaret Eaton Mussey
Shelby Circuit Court
Equity
Simpson
Oscar Thompson
Sallie Bilbo Wiley Bryant
Mobile Circuit Court
Laura Johns
Laura Jonas
Thomas H. Vaughn Co
Court of Appeals
Jane Carter
Oliver Carter
Marshall Circuit Court
I. Equity
Guntersville
Birmingham Electric Co
Margaret G. Thompson
Jefferson Circuit
Beverly P. Head Jr
W. D. Seilers
In Equity
Lonndonville Milling Co
D. C. Davis and Son, Et al
Etowah Circuit Court
Westelle
Butler
Atty
Gen
Harold Nelson Tingley
State
W. C. Meeks
Lois FE
Meeks
Etowah Circuit
Isaac Logan Alias
Lawrence Circuit Court
Damages Sought in Auto Collision Case
Christine Kingston sues Mrs. Ruby A. Nash for 25000 damages for injuries after being struck by Nash’s car at Canal and E Church Street on October 24 1948. The plaintiff claims a badly wrenched back a broken left hip a broken right arm bruised body and nervous shock. Ben L. Britnell represents Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby A. Nash
Christine Kingston
Nash
Canal and
E. Church Street
Ben L. Britnell
Mrs Emma Reed Claimed by Death After Long Illness
Mrs Emma Reed died this morning at her residence 110 Market after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown's pending arrival of relatives.
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Emma Reed
E. Market
Brown
Tech coils move by sea to avoid road danger
Carnegie Tech plans to ship two 180000 pound cyclotron coils by sea after the state highway department rejected moving them over Pennsylvania roads. FE Schmidt, chief engineer, warned bridges and sewer lines could be jeopardized if the 90 ton components traversed highways.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Paul Revere
Watchman
State Highway Department
Tech
Pennsylvania
FE. L. Schmidt
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Ruby Fried
Naples
Tuck
William M Tuck
Virginia
Savannah
Ernor Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Beauford Jester
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Death
Mrs. Martin
Germany
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Maryland
MIME
C. &. Stricklin
Decatur General Hospital
Somerville
Brown's Ambulance
John C Bell Jr
North Avenue W
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Humphrey
Newton B. Powell
Moulton
Business Today
John Nowood
Nathan Pryor
Ferry Street
Norwood
Don Whitmire
New Londo
Conn
J. B. Whitmire
Louis Terry
Austinville
Annie Jennnies
Detroit, Mich
Robert O. Maschke
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Verdon Lowery
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Eugenia Little
Myrtice Lyle
Sixth Avenue
Anthony Thurman
Hartseile
Jack Rogers
Endlam Boulevard
Henry Thrasher
Hartselle
Cliftora Jarrett
Athens
Edna McCulloch
Decatur 3
Brown's
Arnall Hollywood Films
Aiis Point
Potomac River
Bette Stuart
Winchester
Peggy O'Connor
Negro School
Supreme Court
Goidel
Alabama Metals CO
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