Liner In Peril From Storm Near Southampton
The United States, the American liner, was damaged in a fierce gale off the British Isles after pulling away from Southampton for New York. Gusts over 100 miles an hour dented the bridge, scraped paint, and left the vessel wedged between cranes. Tug boats worked to refloat her as 600 passengers faced a delayed voyage aboard the ship tied at dockside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
British Isles
Southampton
New York
Gov Seeks Constitutional Amendment For Education Bond
Gov. Persons declares no new taxes while acknowledging possible education bond issues only via constitutional amendment. He expects the Supreme Court to rule on segregation with four possible paths including immediate end, delayed changeover, continued separate facilities, or a decision confined to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Congress
Unemployed Decatur Man Dies. Kin Named
Thornbrough of Decatur is identified in the report along with two brothers Earnest McLaughlin of Dayton Ohio and Robert Mc Laughlin of Rhode Island. The man was unemployed at the time of death.
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Thornbrough
Decatur
Earnest McLaughlin
Dayton
Ohio
Robert McLaughlin
Rhode Island
Anniston Police Chief Faces Unbecoming Conduct Charges
Anniston Police Chief J. L. Peek is charged by the City Civil Service Board with conduct unbecoming an officer. Ora McFall, night manager of a nearby roadhouse, alleges Peek attacked and used obscene language and was intoxicated there last June. He was fined $200 in county court recently for a disturbance at the same roadhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
J. L. Peek
City Civil Service Board
Ora McFall
Peek
State Man Dies In Burning Wreck Of Produce Truck
Timothy Forrest Walker a 49 year old resident of Alexander City Rt 2 was killed last night when his produce truck overturned on Double Oak Mountain 15 miles south of Birmingham and burst into flames. Shelby County Deputy Coroner Robert Bolton said brake failure appeared to cause the crash and highway patrolmen recovered Walker from the wreck.
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Birmingham
Timothy Forrest Walker
Alexander City
Rt. 2
Shelby County
Robert Bolton
Double Oak Mountain
Amusements Lineup With Classic Films Listed
The Texan Dale Robertson and Joanie Dru headline Amusements Princess with showings at 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:30 and 9:30 The RoXY screens Snows of Kilimanjaro starring Gregory Peck Susan Hayward Ava Gardner at 1 3 5 7 9 16 The Sailor Beware at Sunset 7 9 The Blue Veil at Hatfield Athens at 6 30 and 8 40 Ma & Pa Kettle At The Fair at Strand Hartselle 7 9 The Big Trees at Ranch Hartselle 7 9 Roseanna McCoy at Mars Falkville 6 15 8 00.
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Dale Robertson
Joanie Dru
Roxy — Snows of
Strand
Hartselle
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Prayer meeting and choir events at Central Methodist Church
Prayer meeting at Central Methodist Church tonight at 7 30 followed by choir rehearsal at 8 15 The chancel choir meets for practice at 8 15 P M this evening All church choirs and Christ mas pageant participants will practice Thursday at 7 P M Dismissals from Baugh Wiley clinic include Miss Doloris Culbreath Union Grove 1 and Mrs William Long and her son 1306 Riverview Drive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Baugh - Wiley Clinic
Doloris Culbreath
Union Grove
William Long
Mrs. Johnnie Little Dies at 55 in Decatur
Mrs. Johnnie A. Little aged 55 died at her home 1305 Somerville Road SE after a lengthy illness. She was a lifelong Wil loughby Presbyterian and is survived by three daughters Eugenia Ada and Mrs. Melvin Wells of Decatur, two sons Edwin and Louis Little of Decatur, two sisters K L Sandlin of Jasper Florida and A S Dennis of Live Oak Florida, and other relatives. The body remained at home until 10 A M Thursday then moved to Willoughby church for viewing, with services at 11 A M conducted by Rev Neely D Crawford. Burial in the city cemetery with Brown Funeral directing. Pallbearers were Earl Solomon Henry Norton B O Stinnett A L Burns H B Cavnar and Horace Norman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie A. Little
Somerville Road
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Eugenia Little
Ada Little
Melvin Wells
Decatur
Edwin Little
Louis Little
K. L. Sandlin
Jasper
Fla
A. S. Dennis
Live Oak
Willoughby Church
Neely D. Crawford
City
Brown
Earl Solomon
Henry Norton
B. O. Stinnett
A. L. Burns
H. B. Cavnar
Horace Norman
Pecan Growers Seek End to Marketing Controls
Grand Bay Alabama The Gulf Coast Pecan Growers Association backs lifting marketing controls on the 1952 pecan crop. President Harold Bailey cites defeat of Department of Agriculture goals as growers in five states may sell freely while others remain outside the program. The group urges the secretary of agriculture to lift controls this year.
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Grand Bay
Ala
Gulf Coast
Pecan Growers Association
Harold Bailey
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
North Carolina
Bailey
Secretary of Agriculture
Czech Discontent Acknowledged by Red Spokesman
Czechoslovakia's Communist premier Antonin Zapotocky admitted there is discontent and rebellion, blaming shortages of food and coal. President Klement Gottwald warned milk, eggs and farm goods output is lower than 1947 levels, signaling strain from Soviet demands and rising hunger demonstrations amid police defiance.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
Antonin Zapotocky
Klement Gottwald
Soviet Union
Russia
New Editor in Moscow Pravda Names D T Shepilov Leader
The Moscow Pravda announces D T Shepilov as editor in chief, a Communist party propaganda expert and former head of the propaganda and agitation administration. His appointment was disclosed in editor meeting notes, with a focus on promoting socialist achievements.
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Moscov
Pravda
D.T. Shepilov
Communist Party
Shepilov
Moscow
Ussr
Welfare Aid is Increased Amid Drought Pressures
Welfare aid rose as drought worsened farm conditions in Alabama. Welfare Commissioner Bill Dorrough said many cases arose from loss of income due to death illness or breadwinner absence. The department paid $2,864,503 to 99,245 individuals, averaging $28.85 per case. old age assistance reached 70,150 payments, with 24 more cases receiving dependent children aid in November.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Bill Dorrough
Dorrough
Jersey City Mayor Named in Waterfront Racketeering Probe
New York crime commission hearings tied Jersey City Mayor John V. Kenny to waterfront racketeering. Witnesses alleged Kenny sought to protect gamblers and shake down longshoremen, and called his removal of a safety chief a political move. Kenny denied the charges as a political attack.
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Jersey City
Manhattan
Dade Brothers
Constitutional Privileg
Hudson County
N. J
John V. Kenny
Kenny
New Jersey
New York
New York State Crime Commission
Charles S. Witkowski
Commissioner of Public Safety
Commissioner of Public Works
Alfred E. Driscoll
Thomas E. Dewey
Witkowski
Public Works
Frank de Lorenzo
de Lorenzo
City Commission
City Hall
Moose Lodge Prepares Christmas Baskets in Decatur Area
Preparations for delivering Christmas baskets to underprivileged children in the Decatur area were discussed at a Moose Lodge No 243 meeting. Plans also covered a stag party on December 23 and a New Year's dance for members and their wives on December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lodge No. 243
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Home
Native Decatur Resident Named Plant Engineer
Promotions reveal Fred Trimble, a Decatur native and Auburn mechanical engineer, named plant engineer replacing Robson. Trimble joined the company in October 1947, trained five months at Detroit, rose to chief draftsman in 1950, then engineering general foreman before taking over the full engineering section duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassett
Decatur
Fred Trimble
Robson
Auburn
Trimble
Detroit
Eisenhower backs neutrality on Senate leadership race
An aide says Eisenhower remains absolutely neutral on the Senate leadership contest and will not back Taft or any Republican. Sen. Carlson and Sen. Smith foresee no intra GOP fight and expect Taft to pursue the post if he desires, with Bridges not seeking the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Sen. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Partial Postal Service On December 26 Holiday
The Post Office Department will run a partial mail service on Friday December 26 designated as an extra Christmas holiday for government workers by President Truman. As many workers as possible will be released while post office window service remains to meet public needs and regular mail deliveries continue locally. Rural delivery will be suspended. Regular employees working that day will receive compensating time off later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Truman
Estimated 200000 American Tourists in Germany in 1952
A 1952 estimate places the number of American tourists in Germany at about 200000. The figure reflects postwar travel and travel patterns as Americans visit major cities and sites across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Final Rites Set for Charles L. Sandlin in Lawrence County
Charles L. Sandlin 80, lifelong Lawrence County farmer, died at his Moulton 2 home. Rites Thursday at Liberty Methodist Church at 2:30 P M with Rev G M Bynum officiating and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include wife Celia, 3 daughters, 6 sons, 1 brother Nix Sandlin, 23 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body returned to home today at 2 P M.
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Charles L. Sandlin
Lawrence County
Moulton
Liberty Methodist Church
G. M. Bynum
Brown
Celia Sandlin
Tom Hill
Travis Wallace
Arthur McDonald
Willie ~Sandlin
Decatur
Percy Sandlin
Elmer Lee
Odis
Charlie D
Virgil Sandlin
Nix Sandlin
Sandersville
Rayburny Gwen
Bobby Sandlin
Paul Latham
Jack Waldrep
Emmett Waldrep
Father of Six Killed Returning Home With Toys
In St. Louis a 30 year old Charles P Nichols, sales manager for a real estate firm, was killed when his car collided with a high speed stolen car on a Christmas shopping trip. His wife suffered fractures to both collarbones. The Nichols children, up to seven years old, were not in the car. The stolen vehicle was abandoned and three occupants fled on foot per witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles P. Nichols
Vegetable fats in frozen foods discuss publicly in Alabama
Agriculture Commissioner Frank Stewart will lead a public hearing in Montgomery on allowing vegetable fats as a milk fat substitute in frozen foods. He warns such fats could affect dairy markets similar to oleomargarine, noting Alabama has no current regulations on the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Agriculture
Frank Stewart
Stewart
Alabama
Voting Machines In Birmingham Eyed
Birmingham Mayor Cooper Green asked the city legal department to decide if Jefferson County voting machines must be used in the May city Democratic primary. He noted each machine rents for $50 and that the short ballot would not greatly speed counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Cooper Green
City Legal Department
Jefferson County
Green
Farm Income About Same
Washington reports that the Agriculture Department expects farmers to end the year with about the same net income as 1951, around 14.3 billion dollars. Gross income rises with production, but higher costs keep net near last year’s level despite a 4 percent price dip and a 5 percent rise in marketings. Crops sales climb 13 percent to 13.1 billion dollars while livestock sales total 7.1 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Jaycees Plan Christmas Carols Tour in Decatur
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce members plan to tour the city singing carols Monday night. They will treat underprivileged white and Negro children to Christmas dinners and take them on a shopping tour Saturday morning. Plans were discussed at the Jaycees weekly meeting at the trade school. Bob Cole and Finis Morgan were guests. A table radio was presented to Carolyn Johnson of Hartselle, winner of the Voice of Democracy contest. Paula Garnett of Riverside Elementary School, Decatur, was recognized as second prize winner.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Thetrade School
Bob Cole
Finis Morgan
Carolyn Johnson
Hartselle
Paula Garnett
Riverside
Decatur
73rd Anniversary Being Observed By Texas Couple
Loma Linda California notes Mr. and Mrs. William W. Lambeth celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary with family at hand. He is 113 and once weighed 70 pounds at 19, now with a strong heart and alert mind. She is 94, blind, yet cheerful and active despite frailties. The couple, born in Alabama and married in Deport Texas, once cattle ranchers and gardeners across Texas Arizona and California.
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Loma Linda
Calif
William W. Lambeth
Ellen Lambeth
Lambeths
Alabama
Deport
Tex
Lambeth
Texas
Arizona
Palm Springs
Ellen
Quadruple Amputee and Wife Welcome Daughter Kay Frances
Fred Hensel, a World War II quadruple amputee, and his wife welcomed their first child, a daughter named Kay Frances Hensel, born in a Birmingham hospital. Hensel lost both arms and both legs on Okinawa in 1945 and the family moved from Kentucky to Birmingham in 1946 to farm at Mt. Pinson.
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Birmingham
Fred Hensel
Kay Frances Hensel
Hensels
Hensel
Okinawa
Kentucky
Mt. Pinson
Home for Christmas for Carole Ann Albert
Eleven year old Carole Ann Albert will be home for Christmas after surviving severe burns from a January fire at her Carsonville home. She underwent multiple plastic surgeries skin grafts and blood transfusions and took her first step again five days before her birthday.
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ST. Louis
Carole Ann Albert
Carsonville
Carole
Markets in Decatur show mixed farm prices
Farm markets in Decatur list cotton middling 33.50 cents, strict low 31.50. No. 2 mile at 2.94 dollars, No. 2 wheat 2.05, No. 2 oats 85 cents. No. 2 white ear corn 2.10, No. 2 yellow ear corn 1970. Hogs bring 16.75 cents.
Poultry Market Report From Atlanta North Georgia
USDA market note shows unsettled conditions with weaker undertone. Heavier weights in moderate supply for fair demand, under 2.75 lb weights rising in excess of light demand. Farm prices list broilers under 3 1 2 lb at 27 29 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Report Shows Mixed Steady to Lower Prices
Federal state cattle run 500 head in Nashville with steers and heifers steady to strong while cows mostly steady. Bulls, calves and stockers varied. prime dealer selections reach 33.00, other cattle 12.00 to 23.00, hogs down 25-50, lambs 19.00-21.00 with odd ewes near 5.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Hearing Dec 30 On Returning Escapee To State
Frederick William Walsh, 39, an escapee from Alabama's Atmore Prison Farm, has a December 30 hearing before U S Commissioner Edward W McDonald on returning him to the state. Walsh, serving 15 years for robbery, fled after five years and was found in New York after working as a dishwasher in Armonk. F B I agents arrested him in Manhattan last month on information from informants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alabama
Frederick William Walsh
Leland V. Boardman
Boardman
Walsh
Armonk
N. Y
Manhattan
Alex City Man Held After Fatal Eclectic Collision
In Montgomery region a Alexander City man was charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene after a truck and car crash near Wetumpka. Two Eclectic men, Willie Dean Stokes 18 and Willie W. White 59, were killed. A third Eclectic youth, Willie Bradford 17, injured. Police say James J. Leonard tried to pass the truck three miles north of here but struck it, hurled into a ditch, crushing the cab under a load of cottonseed meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alexander City
Here
Eclectic
Willie Dean Stokes
Willie W. White
Willie Bradford
Jack Hudson
S. E. Kizziak
James J. Leonard
Wetumpka
Man Fighting for Life in Birmingham Hotel Attack
Bernard Eugene Moore a 30 year old Columbus Ga salesman lay near death after a brutal attack in a Birmingham hotel room. He showed multiple head injuries possibly from a water pitcher and was robbed with his car keys taken. Police pressed an intensive hunt for the assailant who may have washed blood from hands before fleeing. Moore had been on a business trip from Columbus to Albany and checked in under an alias. Authorities broadcast a suspect description after a man was seen in the hotel lobby early yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Columbus
Moore
Frankfort Distilleries
Albany
R. R. Chambers
B. J. Lauffer
Atlanta
Indictment Ties Lattimore to Communist Sympathies
The 7 count indictment accuses Lattimore of being a Communist sympathizer and perjury over a 1937 trip to Communist China and meetings with Soviet officials. It cites his edits at Pacific Affairs and ties to IPR while Vincent faces loyalty questions and Tangier posting suspension. Mundt calls for congressional inquiry into protections of Lattimore and Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Lattimore
Internal Security Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Justice Department
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Vincent
State Department
Senate
McCarthy
China
Constantine Oumansky
Russia
Ch’ao Ting Chi
Pacific
Lauchlin Currie
White House
Currie
Roosevelt
Asiaticus
Pacific Affairs
1948 Chevrolet for sale in fair condition
For sale, a 1948 Chevrolet in fair condition. Call 3252 to inquire about the vehicle and arrange viewing.
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Chevrolet
Call
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P. W. Robson
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Cpl
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Grant Street
31St Infantry Division
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Somerville
Ruth Houser
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Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
John Carter Vincent
Tangier
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Neal Stephenson
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