Cheatham Rites Set for Miss Ruby Cheatham
Funeral services for Miss Ruby Lucife Cheatham will be held at Aldridge Grove church at 1 pm Wednesday. Burial in Aldridge Grove cemetery. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. R F Cheatham five sisters Merle Christine Cheatham Decatur Mrs Blevins Chattanooga and Mrs Pete Montgomery Columbus Ga one brother Bobby Cheatham Decatur two nephews James and Robert three nieces Nell Nadine Cheatham Jane Blevins Columbus and Decatur Ss. Church of Christ member pallbearers are brothers-in-law and cousins. flowers by cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Lucife
R. D. Underwood
ED &. Byars
Aldridge Grove
Alds Grove
Brown
R. F. Cheatham
Merle
Christine Cheatham
Decatur
Blevins
Pete Montgomery
Chattanooga
Bobby Cheatham
James
Robert
Nell
Nadine Cheathan
Columbus
Jane Blevins
Miss Cheatham
Church of Christ
Woman Mrs Callihan Dies at Danville
Funeral services for Mrs. John Callihaw 72 died Sunday at her Danville home were held at Fairfield church Monday afternoon conducted by Dr Emmett Byars. Burial followed at Red Hill with Drinkard directing. Survived by husband John W Callahan four daughters Mrs William Bates Danville Mrs Claudie Boger Hartselle Mrs Robert Sandlin Hartselle and Mrs Christine Dobbins Hartselle four sons Arthur Jack Paul Callahan Danville and Emmett Callahan Moulton brother Joe Watson Multon 30 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Callihaw
Danville 2
Emmett Byars
Fairfield Church
Red Hill
Hartselle
Arthur
Jack
Paul Callahan
Danville
Emmett Callahan
Moulton
Joe Watson
Rites Set for John Harris
Funeral services for John Austin Harris aged 46 who died Monday morning at his home 1212 Fifth Avenue South will be held at 2 00 Wednesday afternoon at the Southside Baptist church with Rev B B Burks and Rev Paul Roberts officiating. Burial is in Roselawn cemetery Mutual Service directing Men of the Sunday school class of the Southside Baptist church will be pallbearers and WMU ladies of the Southside and Central Baptist churches will arrange flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Austin Harris
Fifth Avenue South
B. B. Burks
Paul Roberts
Southside Baptist Church
Roselawn
WMU
Southside
Central Baptist Churches
Fleet questions security of Pearl Harbor plan
Rep Murphy asked if positioning the fleet behind the roads instead of Pearl Harbor would have been less secure. Wilkinson answered that it would be less secure due to submarine attack, with similar air attack danger, and noted anti air defenses were as complete at Puget Sound or San Pedro, though perhaps less safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Murphy
D.-Pa
Pearl Harbor
Wilkinson
Puget Sound
San Pedro
Pearl Haro
Cotton Futures Rise as Demand Supports Prices
Aggressive mill and commission house push cotton futures higher by as much as 70 cents a bale amid strong primary market demand and export inquiries. Census reports November cotton consumption at 743,500 bales. Late trade shows March 24.67, May 24.61, and July 24.39. In Tennessee Valley news, E L S Hawkins urges full support for Scouting program at a Morgan County Christmas party. 20 year service pin presented to W T Jashes. various local figures attend.}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bureau of Census
Stee
Tennessee Valley Council
E. L. S. Hawkins
Cornelian Hotel
Morgan County
W. 7
Jashes
George Simpson
Tom Fitzpatrick
Edgar Guest
James Rankin
Emily Kay McClary
Emmett McClary
Billy Mack Hawkins
Hawkins
F. K. Gamble
Santa
Claus
I. C. Craig
Sim Price
Tommy Fitzpatrick
Buckey —Bily _Kevin
Chenault
Frank Yaney
W. J. Brown
Nashville Livestock Market Report Shows Light Receipts
In Nashville storm market, cattle receipts are very light with an overall steady undertone. Odd head of common and low medium steers and heifers bring 10.00 to 13.10, canner and cutter cows 6.00 to 8.75, common beef cows 9.00 to 10.00, Good and choice feeders 14.00 to 16.50, calls 9.00 down. Hogs steady with 140 to 400 lb barrows and gilts 14.55 ceiling, under 140 lb 13.25, sows 13.80. Sheep light with good and choice ewes and wethers 13.00 to 14.00, buck lambs 1.00 less, slaughter ewes 6.00 and below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Cotton consumption and stocks in November 1945 report
The Census Bureau reports November 1945 cotton use of 743450 bales lint and 3680 bales linters, down from October levels. Four months to Nov 30 show 2944067 lint bales and 330838 linters, with on hand stocks in consuming establishments and storage totaling over 12 million lint bales and linters combined. Spindle activity for November 1945 is 21605060, slightly below October and November last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ensus Bureau
Couple Found Dead in Auto Near Montgomery
In Alexander City Alabama two people were found dead in a parked car on the Montgomery Alexander City highway. The coroner ruled death by carbon monoxide poisoning from a heater left running after the engine stopped. The deceased were M. M. Sellers 31 and Hazel Ward 25 of Montgomery. Sellers was identified by Clyde Sellers, his first cousin. No foul play indicated according to State Toxicologist Carl Rehling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander City
Ala
Bradley Whatley
Hazel Ward
Montgomery
Here
Montgomery-Alexander City
Whatley
Sellers
State Highway Patrol
Clyde Sellers
Carl Rehling
Auburn
Cost of Paper Rise in 1946 to Boost News Purchases
New York December 18 American newspaper publishers will pay about 20 million more to publish next year from a six dollar per ton increase in newsprint price. Government quarters say the move aims to curb falling U S newsprint output which has trended downward for years. The New York delivered price rose to 67 dollars per ton after Pearl Harbor, up from 60 dollars, with about 3 25 million tons consumed annually in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Chief sardine fisheries of the world identified
The Mediterranean coasts, the Bay of Biscay, and the coast of Maine are noted as the chief sardine fisheries of the world, highlighting key regions where sardine stocks are concentrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Bay of Biscay
Maine
Additions Continue As Decatur Council Acts On Coal Frauds And Permits
Decatur city council reports police caught a man who under delivered two tons of coal to a customer. Officials consider offers to repair police car radios and approve a 1 million gallon water tank project and a new supply main. An agreement allows city use of two owners live stock in exchange for boarding, with no liability. The council bans fortune telling and gypsy camps, approves bond debt payments, and adjourns for a holiday observance with a Saturday noon closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E.maze
Tom Bailiff
H. F. Simmons
Thompson Coal Co
Valley Coal Oo
J. W. Roser
Roser
Nashville Police Department
Roland McKay
Huntsville
H. R. Summer
C. W. Pettey
H. H. Hunter
Decatur
Walput Street
Sixth Avenue
Knox McRae
Union tensions keep 400000 workers idle in nationwide disputes
Union properties return to private control as disputes persist on the labor front. About 400,000 workers remain idle including 175,000 out of work at General Motors plants. An estimated 10,000 non striking GM salaried employees were kept from work past picket lines. In Flint, police were called to force an opening while union officials assured no further barring of office workers from plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Flint
Midh
Nazi Governor Leaks Louvre Art Transport Directive
A Goering directive ordered German forces to move art treasures from the Louvre in Paris to Germany. The ominous order highlights Nazi attempts to plunder cultural masterpieces amid occupation and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Ir Force
Louvre
Paris
Germany
Navy discharge notices and enrollments in Morgan Alabama
Multiple veterans are listed as discharged from the Navy after 27 to 44 months of service with details on theatres, invasions, and battle stars. Other items include a rerpor t of educational enrollment in England, local business trips, a corn husking event funded by Baptists, and tax distributions by Morgan County Tax Collector Alvis Briscoe including sums for city and county schools and towns like Decatur Falkville Hartselle and Trinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Dutton
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Alonzo B. Pettey Jr
Third Avenue West
Decatur
Hariselle
Morgan County
Troy
W. R. Smith Grocery Company
Tom Fitzpatrick
Alvis G. Briscoe
State of Alabama
Austinville
Falkville
Hartselle
Trinity
City of Decatur
Christmas party and notices brighten Decatur week
The Business and Professional Women's club hosts a Christmas party at 7 p.m. Thursday at Cornelian Court hotel. Numerous local residents and service members are noted, including pre induction tests for Latham and Duffy, Red Cross workers, and arrivals/departures for Christmas leave. Several military honors and hospital visits are listed alongside family announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Fire damages Mi and Daniels home. quick action saves others
A fire at 521 Line Street destroyed a spinet piano a radio and furnishings in the music room of Mr and Mrs Daniel. Discovered at 3 30 am the blaze damaged the living room but was controlled by Decatur fire department with insurance covering the loss. Firefighters also answered calls to City cafe a gas pump a grass fire on Eighth Street South and a grass fire on Fifth Avenue West and to Clarence Jones home for a defective flue with no further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J--R-Daniel
Line Street
Daniels
Icone Oss
Eighth Street
Fifth Avenue West
Clarence. Jones
Hitler orders Middle East push to strike at Suez Canal
The order 30 issued May 23 1941 aims to back Iraq against Britain and drive Middle East campaigns to weaken the British. It cites Barbarossa as the Russia invasion code and notes the Suez Canal defense from the East as a target. A prior order 19 from Dec 19 1940 planned rapid occupation of unoccupied French mainland areas if resistance rose in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Iraq
Britain
Middle East
Suez Canal
Russia
Middle—East
Red Army
Near
France
Germany
North Africa
Maxime) Weygand
1000 Gallon Still Destroyed Sunday
Sheriff Willoughby and Deputy Dunlap destroyed a 1000 gallon still near the southwest corner of the county Sunday, losing about 330 pounds of sugar in the process. They arrested four men over the weekend for violating prohibition law, two near Ryan's Crossroad and two near the Falkville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Willoughby
J. P. Dunlap
Ryan’s Crossroad
Falkville
Determination Won Dan’s Way Into Navy
Shanghai dispatch profiles Vice Admiral Daniel Barbey the most determined Navy flag officer, recounting his iftest against medical boards and political hurdles to enter Annapolis in 1908. His insistence and persistence earned entry, leading to a career with more amphibious landings than any other officer and continuous sea duty in combat zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Shanghai
Navy
Dan Barbey
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Daniel
Edward Barbey
Annapolis Medical Board
Academy
Portland
Ore
Washington, D. C
Surgeon General
Barbey
America
Musser
Philadelphia
Tye
Oregon
Annapolis
Dan
Surprise Shower for Mr and Mrs Nathan Tomlinson in Danville
Mrs Hancel Glover hosted a surprise shower at the Livingston home for the Danville faculty couple Nathan Tomlinson and Dorothy Simmons Tomlinson. Guests from the community enjoyed Christmas décor, progressive rock, a high score by Marie Ford, and gifts for the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancel Glover
Danville School
Nathan Tomlinson
Marie Ford
Edith Ad
Kathleen_Livingston
Lucile Wiggins
Loréne Dutton
Clara Briscoe
Frank Martin
Raymond Compton
Bennett Livingston
Hardiman
John Bryant
GO. Spencer
Lulleen West
Alton Owens
Report if Red Top ride is not with the driver
Instructs to notify the office whenever a Red Top request is answered by someone other than the cab driver. The directive emphasizes reporting any deviation from the assigned driver to ensure proper service.
Matsuoka stalls on American plan amid Japan US talks
Konoye notes Matsuoka's excitement over an American plan for a Japan US understanding after European talks with Nazi leaders. Matsuoka drafts revisions approved by the cabinet but balks on assurances about a southwest Pacific shift. He presses for neutrality pact hints while friction grows with the cabinet and even the Emperor questions his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konoye
Matsuoka
Tachikawa Airfield
Europe
Germany
Japan
U. S
Southwest
Pacific
U.S
Britain
United States
Nomura
Washington
Hull
Hirohito
Italy
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Singapore
PTA at Flint Christmas Meeting
The Flint PTA held its monthly meeting in the school auditorium Thursday at 7 o'clock. Pot flowers and a small Christmas tree with gifts decorated the scene for a Christmas program. songs were sung and Mr. Clarence Light gave a devotional. Mrs. Burt Murphree led the business session. The secretary reported 43 members. S. D. Whitten led a discussion on "Our Problems and How to Solve Them." Mrs. Ted Foole and Mrs. Buren Grant served refreshments during social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint P.T. A
Clarence Light
Burt Murphree
S. D. Whitten
Ted Foole
Buren Grant
Death Probe Expands Across States in Cline Case
San Francisco police broadened the murder inquiry into Alfred Leonard Cline to Lyons Kansas and Fort Collins Colorado. District Attorney Edmund G Brown says Cline, a former convict, is held as a fugitive from Dallas murder charges and questioned about the deaths of elderly women he allegedly befriended or married. Investigators pursue leads about a Mrs. Sarah Slentz of Lyons and a former Fort Collins incident involving a Miss Anna Bell O Loughlin. The DA also probes deaths in Dallas Macon Jacksonville Portland Reno and other cases linked to Cline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alfred
Leonard Cline
Lyons
Kas
Fort Collins
Colo
Edmund G. Brown
Cline
Dallas
Tex
Brown
San_ Francisco
Sarah Slentz
Rudolph Kopfer
Slentz
Nora R. Miller
Connor Heads Fund Division For Salvation Army Drive
George Connor of Grant's Store was named chair man of the chain store division of the Salvation Army building fund campaign announced by F. O. Smith. The campaign seeks cooperation and funds for suitable facilities in South and East Decatur with chairs named for publicity, business districts, small and large industries and the women's division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Connor
Grant
Salvation Army Building Fund Campaign
F. O. Smith
Smith
Salvation Army
Decatur
B. T. Gardner
Ray Kelley
Paul Eubanks
Bill Stone
Jim McBride
Barrett Shelton
R. N. Harris
J. H. Branum
T. G. Morrow
Frigid Weather Readings From Various Cities
Morning temperature readings show Boston 16 and Albany 14, Pittsburgh 9, New York 19, Richmond 24, Atlanta 31, Dodge City 10, North Platte 0, Des Moines 2, Chicago 2 below, Bismarck 8 below, Havre 1 below, Seattle 1. The data reflect early predawn measurements across multiple states and regions.
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Boston
Albany
N. Y
Pittsburgh
New York
Richmond
Atlanta
Dodge City
Kas
North Platte
Nebr
Des Moines
Chicago
Bismarck
N. Dak
Havre
Mont
Seattle Wash
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Cheatham
John Harris
Bank Street
Decatur Transit
Ryan
Tire Service
B. G. Ryan
Mari
James L. Rankin Insurance
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Jplimaire Gumpses
Sidney L. Blackwell
Seamen
East
Moulton Street
Shoemaker
Calif
Frank John Lowery
Htear Samuel
Hernandez
Memorial Drive
Army
Warton American Technical School
England
B. C. Shelton
Maynard -Layman
Fioyd B.cross
Town Creek
South Pacific
Saipan
Tinnian
Navy Department
Earlie. Freeman
Terry
Orville Terry
Timothy Jackson
Market Street
James P. Latham
Perry E. Duffy
Fort McClellan
Duffy
Bradley Jones
Decatur 3
Robert Hutson
An Ican Red Cross
Hartselle 2
Floyd West
Baugh Infirmary
Percy Garnett
DecCatur- 2
the Baugh Infirmary
Wyatt Roberts
Athens J
The
Baby Travis Hardwick
Canal Street
Decatur General Hospital
Edward James
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Cecil Carey
Carolyn
Jackson, Miss
Foster H. Pointer
Mr. Carey
Ruby Thompson
J. E. F. Westmoreland
Florence
Thompson
Leroy J. Pryor
12Th Avenue East
George. $. Wells
Fourth Avenue South
Leslie C. Echols
Decatur 2
Sallie Berryhills
Willie G Murphy
J."m. Bond
Maxwell
T. G Walden
Bond
OWI
Department of Commerce
B. Roberson
Mary Ridgeway
Ray Ridgeway
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
A. J. Moore
Cpl. Talmadge Wallace
E. V. Wallace
Wallace
Par Ingold V.timberlake
Bertha Timberlake
Bertha Mae Timberlake
Second Ave
PTA
Connor
Johnnie Giles
Mahlon Trimble
Johnnie
Blackstone
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