Weather and local notices from Decatur area
Fair and continued cold this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with lows 16 to 25 in north and central zones and 25 to 30 in extreme south portions. Moderate north to northeast winds on the coast. D. W. Carbon of Somerville visited on business. Mr and Mrs J C Teague announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital. Mrs Rol Humphrey of Hillsboro 2 discharged from Decatur General hospital. Police Chief J B Whitmire says stolen goods including two men s shirts recovered after burglar arrest and may be claimed at the police station. Mrs William Hagler admitted to Decatur General hospital. Mrs J D Hill discharged from Decatur General hospital. Mrs C A Culver admitted to Decatur General hospital. Mrs Joseph McDonald discharged from Decatur General hospital. Mrs James W Clardy admitted to Hamilton Clinic hospital. See DIARY on Page 2.
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J. C. Teague
Third Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
J. B. Whitmire
Ninth Avenue East
James W. Clardy
Sherman Street
Hamil Clinic
Cordiner elected head of General Electric replaces Wilson
GE board selects Ralph J. Cordiner to succeed Charles E. Wilson who resigned to lead the new defense mobilization board. Cordiner, 50, had been executive vice president of the company, elected on Saturday.
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New York
Ralph J. Cordiner
Electtric Company
Charles FE. Wilson
New Defense Mobilization Board
Cordiner
Woman Feared Lost When Car Goes Into River
Rescue efforts were planned on the Tennessee river after a car plunged through an open Keller bridge into about 30 feet of water. Iola Elliott, 30, a Why Not cafe kitchen helper, was trapped as the car sank, with Jones and his wife escaping. Police and bridge staff assisted. Jones and wife were treated for injuries.
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Tennessee
Keller Bridge
Highway Patrol
Iola Elliott
Why Not Cafe
Charlie Jones
Decatur
Jones
Julia
Wesley Blalock
Madison Street
Iola
J. M. Bynum
Bynum
J. T. Broadrick
Ernest Bowman
Hamil Clinic
Charlie
Keller Memorial Bridge
J. M. Call
Howard
Scottsboro Rape Case Defendant Faces New Quiz
Detroit reports Haywood Patterson, 37, once part of the Scottsboro rape case, is sought for questioning in a saloon murder of Willie Mitchell, 27. Patterson had escaped a Alabama 75 year rape sentence and was not extradited by Gov. Williams.
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Detroit
Haywood Patterson
Alabama
Scottsboro
Willie Mitchell
Gerald Walters
Haywoo Patterson
G. Mennen Williams
Patterson
U N Committee Offers To Go To Peiping For Talks
The United Nations cease fire committee offered to meet Chou En Lai in Peiping or elsewhere for direct Korean peace talks. Lester Pearson announced the cable sent to Peiping after informal talks with Wu Hsiu Chuan showed no authority to negotiate. No reply yet. Malik urged continuing debate on American aggression charges and Korea hostilities until UN troops withdraw.
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Max Harrelson
U. N
Peiping
Chou En-Lai
China
General Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Chou
Red China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Jacob A. Malik
Sweden
Rickard Sandler
Malik
United States
Formosa
U.N
Lake Success
Cholera Claims Hundreds in Indian Pilgrim Village
In Orissa state the cholera outbreak hits the village of Rantali where a 12 year old cowherd Nepal Baba distributes a claimed divine cure. Reports say about 500 dead and several hundred seriously ill as thousands flock to obtain the herbal medicine.
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New Delhi
Orissa
Rantali
India
Nepal Baba
Mad Snipers Target Of Hunt In Philadelphia
Philadelphia police hunted a so called mad sniper blamed for six shootings in the Pesidential Oak Lane area over six weeks. One person was killed and Mrs. Claire Cohen, wife of a teacher, was killed as the gunman fired through blinds while she washed dishes.
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Philadelphia
Pesidential
Oak Lane
Claire Cohen
Mighty Mo Arrives Off Hungnam Beachhead
The battleship Missouri arrived to reinforce the United Nations armada off Hungnam port in Northeast Korea. Missouri previously participated in operations on both Korean coasts and hurled long range fire during the Inchon landings.
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Hungnam
Northeast
Korea
Missouri
United Nations
Hungnam Port
Death Ends Pain Of Mrs. Santa Claus In Capital
Mrs Edna Dees 47 wife of State Highway Patrolman Otto Dees died at her home in Montgomery after an illness that began with a fall years ago. Partially paralyzed, she had been bedbound recently. For seven years she played Santa to North Montgomery children hosting a Christmas party for underprivileged white and black youngsters, giving sacks of candy and fruit to about 75 children last year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Santa Claus
Edna Ees
Otto Dees
General Motors Orders Freeze On New Models
General Motors freezes sale of 1951 model Chevrolet Pontiac and Cadillac cars after government price rollback. Cars received from today stay GM property on consignment until the corporation releases them. GM aims to review the Economic Stabilization Agency order and wage impacts.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Cadillac
Economic Stabilization Agency
General Motors
General
New Rail Pact Hopes Brighter
A strike by 50 conductors on a Birmingham belt line railroad serving steel mills continued into its fourth day as no settlement or wage proposal from Birmingham Southern railroad had been received.
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Birmingham
Birmingham-Southern Railroad
Rail unions and railroads urged to settle wage dispute
Hope rose today for an early settlement of the long wage and hour dispute between the nation’s railroads and four operating unions as the White House pressed both sides to reach terms. See NEW on Page 2.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
White House
Volunteer Curb Looms As Next Inflation Move
Washington reports a voluntary price and wage freeze may be requested soon by Alan Valentine head of the ESA. Officials say business unions and the public would freeze prices and wages to Dec 1 levels while teeth are prepared for possible compulsory controls. Charles E. Wilson to become overall mobilization leader against potential new communist aggression.
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Washington
Alan Valentine
Economic Stabilization Authority
ESA
Valentine
Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Cold Weather Grips Eastern Half Nation
Unseasonably cold conditions spread across the Eastern half of the United States with long range forecasts predicting continued cooling. Forecasters noted lower temperatures from Jacksonville to Rochester, Minnesota, with several locations recording subzero readings as a Midwest cold wave moves east.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Mercury
Charleston
S.C
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Missouri River Valley
Great Lakes
Middle West
Rochester
Minn
GIs Eat Turkey Early On Beachhead
Seventh division troops on a tiny Northeast Korea beachhead celebrated an early Christmas as chaos prevented a formal holiday. Naval shells replaced church bells, burning buildings served as a Yule log, and the snowbound hills nearby held Chinese communist forces awaiting action in the bitter 1950 Christmas season.
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Hungnam
Korea
Gi's
Senate Drives For Profits Tax
Washington December 18 The Senate sidetracked a resolution demanding a detailed report from President Truman on talks with British Prime Minister Attlee. By a 47 to 29 vote the measure was sent to the foreign relations committee where it is expected to linger until Congress adjourns.
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Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Truman
Attlee
Congress
Senate eyes swift pass of excess profits tax bill
Senate leaders sought a quick vote on a large excess profits tax measure as the Finance Committee met to finish details. Aimed for debate today or tomorrow and approval by Friday before a Christmas recess, leaders hoped holiday urgency would shorten speeches and aid passage. The Senate also planned possible action on the House bill during the week.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House passes $10,000 free life insurance for all service members
The House approved a bill providing every armed forces member a $10,000 life insurance policy at no cost. The plan covers those who died in the Korean War and would be retroactive to June 27. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
Senate
Hungnam Beachhead Faces Fresh Red Chinese Assault
Warships and field artillery hammered the Hungnam front as U S Marines and the 10th corps held the line against renewed Chinese attacks. The battleship Missouri arrived offshore boosting firepower with 16 inch shells to aid defenses around Hungnam and Hamhung. General Almond said the plan was working as artillery concentrate to disrupt and knock out advancing Reds. Estimated 25 000 Chinese pressed the beachhead rim while 75 000 moved in the hills to the west and northwest.
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Olen W. Clements
Tokyo
United Nations
Hungnam
Korea
Missouri
U.S
10Th Corps
Edward M Almond
Hungnam Port
Hamhung
Misuri
White
MacArthur
U.S. Third Infantry Division
Doughboys
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D. W. Carbon
Somerville 1
Rol Humphrey
Hillsboro 2
William H. Hagler
Eighth Avenue West
J. D. Hill
East Church Street
C. A. Culver
Oak Street
Joseph McDonald
Decatur 3
Jersey
Mighty MO
Mrs. Santa Claus
Capital
Beachhead
Bulletin
By Ken Reynolds
George LaBoon
Alabama Brick and Tile Company
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