Weather and local notices mix in brief rural diary
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon tonight and Thursday with southerly winds. Local arrests include a prohibition charge and a public drunkenness count. Births and hospital admissions noted at Decatur General and Baugh Wiley clinic. Diary references page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriffs Forces
Decatur General Hospital
Malcolm Leopard
Seventh Avenue
Billie Black
Athens
Floyd Free
Fourth Avenue
Thomas Edward Suit
Wadsworth Street
DiSalle Returns as Economic Stabilizer in Inflation Fight
Michael V. DiSalle is named economic stabilizer in the anti inflation program, replacing Roger L. Putnam. He plans a Toledo visit before returning Monday and will resign a second time to tackle price and wage controls under the new administration starting January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Truman
DiSalle
Controls
Toledo
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Wolverine Tube Promotions Announced at Decatur Plant
Four promotions at the Decatur Wolverine Tube Division were announced by H. Y. Bassett. D. W. Blend moves to director of operations based in Detroit effective February 1 1953. A. S. Kromer becomes plant manager at Decatur February 1. P. W. Robson becomes factory manager January 1. Robson has been plant engineer since construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Wolverine Tube Division
H. Y. Bassett
Wolverine Tube
Calumet & Hecla, Inc
Decatur
Bassett
D. W. Blend
Blend
A. S. Kromer
Kromer
Wolverine
Decatur Lions Club
Kramer
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Westminster Presbyterian Church
P. W. Robson
Robson
Tighter Check On U.N. Is Due
President Truman orders collaboration of three government branches to design a plan ensuring maximum security for U S personnel at the United Nations. Attorney General McGranery revealed the directive with Sen. Alexander Wiley endorsing it as a service before Eisenhower's inauguration. Twenty-nine Americans dismissed from the U N amid Communist investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Truman
U. S
United Nations
Atty
James P. McGranery
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Wiley
U. N
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McGranery
U. S. Atty
Myles J. Lane
State and Justice Departments
Civil Service Commission
Tito's government breaks with Vatican over cardinal prior
Belgrade reports Yugoslav government ends diplomatic ties with the Vatican after Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac is named to the college of cardinals. Deputy foreign minister Ales Bebler informed Vatican envoy Msgr Silvio Di Oddi of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Alojzijo Stepinac
College of Cardinals
Ales Bebler
Msgr
Silvio di Oddi
di Oddi
Sparkman Tours Formosa and Taipei on Mutual Security Visit
Senator Sparkman of Alabama arrived from Hong Kong for a world inspection tour of Mutual Security Agency offices in Formosa and Taipei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Hong Kong
Mutual Security Agency
Cold Weather Grips Dixie With Freezing Lows
The south endures a third straight freeze with readings in the 20s across Alabama Georgia and Mississippi and 30s in parts of Florida Tampa reports 37 Jacksonville 35. Forecasters predict warming soon and say crop damage will be limited to citrus and tomatoes uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
Florida
Dixie
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tampa
Jacksonville
Miami
Lattimore Faces Federal Hearing on Perjury Charges
Federal grand jury accuses Owen Lattimore of lying about sympathies for communism and six other points during Senate Internal Security subcommittee testimony. Lattimore, 52, director at Johns Hopkins, denies the charges and awaits arraignment with trial date possible at Friday session. He has been a frequent target of Senator McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
America
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
Decatur Man Found Dead in Car by Own Action
A 47 year old Decatur man, John B. McLaughlin of 170742 Somerville Road, was found slumped in his car at White Springs Alabama near the Tennessee River. Carbon monoxide poisoning was ruled the cause of death by Limestone County Coroner Herman Anders. The car’s exhaust pipe ran into the front window with rags stuffed in the vent opening. The scene was discovered by hunters Sherman Powell and a companion who alerted authorities. Funeral services are planned at Willoughby Presbyterian Church with interment at Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. McLaughlin
Somerville Road
White Springs
Limestone County
Herman Anders
McLaughlin
Decatur
Tennessee River
Limestone
Wallace Coleman
Vale Melenghlieughlin
Sherman Powell
Coleman
Highway Patrol
Limestone County Sheriff’s Office
J. H. Hale
W. F. Ardis
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Huntsville
W. B. Strong
Maple Hill
Brown
Willoughby Presbyterian
Horace
Raymond Norman
H. S. Miller
Walden McMillan
Ben Journey
Paul Evans
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Jackie Thornbrough
Johnny Lee Man
City Council Asked to Advise on School Service Plan
Dr. W. L. Chenault chairs the Board of Education and asks the City Council for guidance on how to best use available funds after the defeat of a 1.25 million bond issue by 1,080 to 699. Julian Harris asks if a temporary approach helps or hinders a future building program. no immediate action was taken. Chenault ends with Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Civil War remark about going home to plow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Chenault
City Board of Education
Julian Harris
Chenault
Robert E. Lee
Girl Burns Seeks Comfort In Christmas Cards From Peers
Maryla Ann Fox, a 10 year old hospitalized in San Francisco with severe burns, asked other children yesterday to send any kind of Christmas cards to ease her loneliness during a holiday spent in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Maryla Ann Fox
Calumet and Hecla to Move Executive Offices to Chicago
Calumet and Hecla Inc announces it will establish its executive offices in Chicago early in 1953 to position the firm at the geographic center of its operations. Decentralized mine and plant management remains, while company-wide executives will be based in Chicago and sales stay centered in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calumet and Hecla Inc
Endicott R
New York
Boston
Calumet and Hecla
Ashburton Place
Lovell
Calumet
Hecla
Bonds Defeated As Light Voters Polled Here
Decatur voters backed a light turnout defeat of a proposed 1.25 million school bond. Total 699 for, 1080 against from 1779 ballots. Absentee box first. 19 polling stations showed 5 for and 13 against bond, with one box tied at 49-49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonds
Decatur
Walter Jackson
American Legion
Bank Street
Hunt Renewed For 2 Children In Naperville Quarry
An intensified ten day search for missing children Jean Petersen a six year old girl and Edward Rosenstiel a three year old boy was renewed after draining a large quarry failed to uncover their bodies. Residents of Naperville joined the effort making it a community project as hundreds scoured about forty square miles with police deputies boy scouts and volunteers. The town of about 7000 lies thirty miles west of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naperville, III
Naperville
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstiel
Chicago
NATO Says French Indochina Fight Key to West
NATO declared the French struggle against the Communist Vietminh in Indochina important to the West, on par with the Korean War. It noted no plans for collective action in Indochina but stressed that aggression anywhere threatens shared security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Indochina
NATO
Harold J. Gray Dies After Stumbling on Curb in Memphis
Harold J. Gray 58, formerly of Decatur now living in Memphis, died after stumbling on a curb and hitting his head. Funeral at his mother's home with burial in the city cemetery. He served in World War I Rainbow Division and held a Purple Heart. Survived by his mother, two sons, three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold James Gray
Decatur
Memphis
Tenn
Associated Press
Gray
J. R. Gray
Moulton Street
W. B. Strong
Westside Presbyterian Church
City Cemetery
Rainbow Division
Harold Little Gray
James Ransome Gray
Texarkana
Tex
Lilla Mae Halfacre
W. C. Barwood
Lois Gray
Officer Tells Of Bribe Offer
New York detective Waldron testified at the Crime Commission that AFL ILA member Johnnie Alu offered a bribe in November 1951 to lay off Jersey City detectives. The $10,000 offer aimed to place 10 officers on the Steve Doring firm payroll during a March 1951 waterfront bombing probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Crime Commission
Jersey City
Alu
Waldron
Manhattan
Governors delay on multi million school bond issues
Governor Gordon says immediate action on a proposed school building bond is premature until the U S Supreme Court rules on segregation test cases. He opposes a 100 million dollar bond, pledged against new taxes, noting constitutional amendments require voter approval and cannot be vetoed. Five segregation tests are before the Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Gordon Persons
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Alabama
Suppreme
Eisenhower MacArthur confer on Korea and inflation talks
President elect Eisenhower and Gen. MacArthur met at John Foster Dulles home after MacArthur urged a clear solution to the Korean War. Eisenhower announced plans for meetings with GOP congressional leaders to discuss inflation control and other issues, with Speaker designate Joseph W. Martin Jr. and other key House figures to attend. Georgia governor elect George N. Craig of Indiana joined the visit, stressing confidence in the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Commodore Hotel
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
George N. Craig
Korea
Craig
Charles Brownson
Noland Wright
See Party
MIG Kill Report From North Korea Air Battles
Allied Sabre jets claim one MIG-15 destroyed and four damaged in four dogfights over North Korea. Col. James K. Johnson credited with the kill. others named for damage. Simultaneously, Mustangs hit a troop and supply center near Wonsan destroying shelters and buildings. UN ground forces report 3,462 casualties from Dec 8 to Dec 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
James K. Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Vincent E. Stacy
Crystal Falls
Mich
Vermont Garrison
Mt. Victory
Edwin H. Finlayson
Monticello
Fla
Wonsan
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Thorugh
United Nations
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Janice Hutcheson
Olive Street
Austinville
Otis Napps
Sixth Avenue SE
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Recorder’s Court
Ezra White
Veto
Cecil Coffey
Hillsboro
Allan C. Rooks
Riverview Avenue
Patsy Byars
Bob McNelly
Jackson Street
Jack Morris
Johnny Vines
Robert E. Johnson
Prospect Drive
Detroit
U.N
Tito
The
Decature
Hunt
Harold J. Gray
Avers Cash
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