Community News Briefs and Upcoming Events
Fair and cool this afternoon and tonight with a slight warmup Wednesday afternoon. Frost possible in the south. P.T.A. party at Priceville School Thursday 7 30 PM with gift exchanges and Christmas music. Garage permit issued for 415 Walnut Street NE estimated at 500 dollars. Santa letters invited for Christmas Eve edition. Bascom Scott recovering from surgery at Baugh Wiley clinic. Dismissals from Ellis Meyer hospital include L E Brooks and G E Tanner. DAV meeting Thursday 7 30 PM at the DAV home in Decatur. Birth announced for a daughter at Ellis Meyer hospital. Local expect to spend Christmas with relatives from California and New Mexico. Court docket notes include nine of 14 cases for parking on a sidewalk and traffic violations. See Diary on Page 2.
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Recorder’s Court
Chase Is Brief Man Arrested In Decatur
Decatur resident A B Townson, 40, of 1326 Third Avenue SE, was arrested by Sheriff Deputies Fred Clements and Roy Peebles on charges of peace proceedings and false pretense. Townson fled his apartment into a neighbor’s unit and hid under a bed as deputies pursued him. The wife of the resident stayed in bed during the incident.
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Decatur
A. B. Townson
Third Avenue SE
Fred Clements
Roy Peebles
Townson
Peebles
Clements
City Council approves pay booths for Southern Bell and minor license changes
The council authorized six or seven pay telephone booths to be placed citywide with electricity provided and 15 percent of receipts to the city. They reduced a cotton compress license to 200 and raised fees for itinerant tombstone dealers to 100, while delaying action on removing a gross receipts tax. The body also approved a 46,875 loan for fire station 4 and equipment for station 3.
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Carroll Lisb
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Tombstone
Rutledge S. Thomas
Harry Higdon
Leonard Moody
Marvin Terry
Thomas
Roy Odom
H. R. Summer
Block 102
Sixth Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Streets
P O Prepared For Record Christmas Mail Rush
Acting Postmaster William Skeggs Crawford urged early mailing to ease the holiday load. He predicted peak business Thursday through Saturday and called this likely the biggest Christmas rush the postoffice has seen.
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William Skeggs Crawford
Crawford
Postoffice
P. O
Doubt Cast On Vincent Loyalty Case Targets Diplomat
The Loyalty Review Board found reasonable doubt about John Carter Vincent’s loyalty. The State Department kept open the option to accept or reject the board’s recommendation to fire him. Officials suggested Secretary Acheson might discuss with President Truman and possibly reopen the case or reinstate Vincent.
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Washington
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Truman
State Acheson
Vincent
New Tale Of Gangsters Put Before Crime Commission
Frank Williams a longtime Hoboken waterfront worker testified at the New York State Crime Commission that in July 1948 Charles Yanowski said he would muscle into Willi e Moretti s gambling racket in New Jersey Williams a 35 year waterfront veteran said Yanowski sought control of AFL Local 1261 and claimed to have affidavits on two local officers Williams recalled Yanowski saying he was getting in on the gambling business and Williams told him he did not want a gangster s finger on him
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New York
New York State Crime Commission
Charles Yanowski
Yanowski
Willie Moretti
New Jersey
Frank Williams
Hoboken
N. J
Piers
Moretti
Williams
The
Coun
Wille Rforetti
Conmission
Theodore E Kiendl
Modest hero called prettiest man by Robinson
Comer Drain, a Trinity area fisherman, saved Paul Robinson and W. T. Giles from the Tennessee River near Wheeler Dam Friday. The Daily and Highway Patrolman Roy Thomas identified Drain yesterday. Robinson called Drain the prettiest man he ever saw after the rescue.
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Paul Robinson
W. T. Giles
Tennessee River
Wheeler Dam
Comer Drain
Trinity
Giles
Drain
Robinson
AL Funderburke
Roy Thomas
TVA
the Daily
U N Offensive Seen Probable
Tokyo reports President-elect Eisenhower implying the UN may attack in Korea. Allied sources in Japan and Korea interpret his remark that the Communists are impressed only by deeds as signaling a military drive. Military leaders planned to urge a swift end to the stalemate through force. See U N On Page 3.
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Tokyo
Eisenhower
Japan
Korea
United Nations
New York
United States
Last Crewman Rescued From Grommet Reefer Off Leghorn
Four Navy helicopters from the carriers Midway and Leyte rescued the final crewman 36 hours after the Grommet Reefer ran aground and broke in two off Leghorn Italy. Thirteen men were saved by hoisting from the wreck while earlier 26 were removed by breeches buoy and boat. Initial reports listed 40 aboard, later revised to 39. The救 helicopter resupply landed at a Leghorn soccer field after brief stops at Pisa.
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Leghorn
Italy
Navy
U. S
Midway
Leyte
Pisa
U S Firm On Issue Of POW In Korea
United States rejects any compromise on the Korean prisoner issue and warns peace plans will not advance in the United Nations unless the Communists agree POWs will not be forced home. State Department cites Chinas rejection of UN peace efforts and notes France and Britain share regret over Peiping’s stance.
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Osgood Caruthers
United Nations
N. Y
United States
State Department
Korea
General Assembly
France
Britain
U. N
Peiping
U. S
Cold snap nears end as Alabama endures exposure death
Rising temperatures bring hope of relief from a severe Alabama cold wave. An exposure death is linked to Otis Coleman Leonard, about 45, found in a Birmingham Northside field beside a burned fire. Deputy Coroner J O Butler notes papers on the body suggest Logan or Loganville Georgia origin. Body remained about eight hours.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Anniston
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Evergreen
Muscle Shoals
Montgomery
Dothan
Selma
Otis Coleman Leonard
J. O. Butler
Logan
Loganville
Butler
Most Of Dixie Still Chilled
Chilly conditions linger across the South with sub freezing temperatures reported from North Carolina to Florida. Readings ranged from the mid 20s to the high 40s, with Jacksonville 32 and Raleigh 25. Atlanta reached 36, while Denver and Cheyenne posted 64 and 62 respectively as warmer weather neared in the central and far west.
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Southland
North Carolina
Florida
Jacksonville
Tampa
Raleigh
N. C
Nashville
Central
Far West
Kefauver Urges Policy Group To Shape Democratic Policy
Senator Kefauver says Adlai Stevenson is nominal head of the party but lacks authority to dictate policy. He proposes a national committee driven policy plan aided by a special policy group led by the committee chair. Kefauver notes Stevenson as defeated nominee remains titular head.
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Washington
Len Kefauver
D-Tenn
Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
National Committee
Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
Arm in Sling Sparks Violin Theory in Decatur
Fred Sparkman, a well known Oak Ridge resident, wore a sling today while recounting how a jam session with his violin led to back and arm pain. He says a long absence from the instrument caused a sudden return to play and resulting misery, which his doctor attributes to the resumed violin work.
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Fred Sparkman
Oak Ridge
Decatur
Inquirers
Mr. Sparkman
Mountbatten Named Commander in Chief of NATO Naval Forces
In Paris British Admiral Earl Mountbatten is named commander in chief of all but the American part of NATO’s naval forces in the Mediterranean with sea and air communications between Gibraltar and Suez. Admiral Robert B. Carney leads the U S Sixth Fleet as Allied striking force under Ridgway.
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Paris
Earl Mountbatten
NATO
Mediterrean
Gibraltar
Suez
U. S
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Mountbatten
Carney
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council of Foreign Ministers
Southern European Command
NAVAL
Four Migs Are Bagged Today
Seoul allied Sabre jet pilots destroyed at least four Communist MiG 15 jets in high altitude dogfights over North Korea today. Allied pilots also damaged one MiG and probably destroyed another, with a claim of a further MiG destruction under investigation by the Fifth Air Force.
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Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Double Dealing Tale From Tokyo Radio Operator
Japanese radio operator Masao Mitsuhashi told a bizarre espionage story claiming he spied for the United States while posing as a Russian agent. He said Moscow used him to pass coded messages to the Soviet Union and North Korea, with payments from both sides.
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Tokyo
Russia
Foreign Office
Japan
Masao Mitsuhashi
Soviet Union
Moscow
American Counter-Intelligence Corps
CIC
Mitsuhashi
North Korea
Bond Issue Vote Racks Up Low Turnout in Decatur
In Decatur the school bond proposal drew a light turnout with 258 voters by noon across 16 boxes. Polls close at 6 pm and early returns are expected. a $1,250,000 bond with a one-cent sales tax to retire it is on the ballot.
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Decatur
Carnegie Library
City Hall
Lane’s
Namie
Johnston Street
WHOS
Shropshire’s
Alfred’s
East End Methodist Church
Harmon’s
Vaughan’s Trading Post
Grant Street Food
Armory
Pettey’s Cleaners
Thornton Grocery
American Legion
Decatur City Council
Pacific Plans Talked By Ike
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland to discuss the Pacific Defense Alliance also known as ANZUS. The bloc includes the United States Australia and New Zealand with Britain as a possible addition amid London talks.
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New York
Pacific Defense Alliance
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
Holland
London
Winston Churchill
Australia
British Foreign Office
Britain
NATO of
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Bascom Scott
Mrs. Wiley Scott
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
L. E. Brooks
Decatur 1
G. E. Tanner
Sixth Avenue NW
A. L
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James Guthrie
Jackson Street
J. Ruie Hendon
Ray
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Calif
C. W. Howell
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Albuquerque
N. M
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