Air General Says Planes Can Help Prevent Europe Overrun
Air General Hoyt Vandenberg testified that strategic bombing can aid a smaller land army in defending Western Europe. He supported the air war approach as a major component of U S defense planning amid ongoing budget hearings. Chairman Mahon challenged extremists who overestimate air power’s battlefield impact.
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Europe
Washington
Congress
Hoyt Vandenberg
Western
Air Force
Capitol Hill
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vandenberg
House Appropriations
Mahon
D-Tex
GM freeze does not affect 1951 Buick and Oldsmobile lines
General Motors says its 1951 Buick and Oldsmobile models are not affected by today’s price rollback order. GM notes that the rollback would not violate the order but could halt sales pending government action. Dealers must decide disposition of 1951 cars already in hand under price regulation No. 1 or future action.
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General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Nash
Ford
ESA
Pace of talks rises as yard strike fades yet lingers
About 10 000 yardmen walked off for three days last week blocking freight and Christmas mail at key rail terminals. Presidential Assistant John R Steelman kept negotiators in talks until 245 a m EST and said some progress. This was the first bargaining session since August when the roads were seized to prevent a strike. Another session was arranged for this afternoon at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Relief at Last for Your Cough Message
An advertisement warns that untreated coughs or bronchitis can lead to chronic bronchitis and promotes Creomulsion as a guaranteed remedy. It claims the product reaches the seat of trouble to loosen and expel germs, with a druggist refund if not pleased and notes it has been used by millions.
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Cion
Nilsen
East 26Th Street
Houston
Texas
Hadacol
Ogle
Horse Cavalry Reconsidered for Asia Battlefields
HAL BOYLE reports U S Eighth Army officers in Korea entertain reviving horse cavalry to exploit Asia terrain. Maj. William Cochrane Jr. cites the Chinese use of horses and argues the Missouri mule could haul troops and supplies in rough Korean terrain, with horses offering ambush speed and raid versatility.
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Hal Boyle
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Europe
Dobbin
Asia
Maj
William Cochrane Jr
Joplin
Major Cochrane
Missouri
Citywide siege as killer fires from street terrace
Police say the gunman fired from a terrace across the street and glimpsed shadows behind blinds. Oak Lane area on the city’s Northwestern edge is under heavy patrol with 130 officers and 50 auxiliaries. Residents stay inside after a shootout that wounded Mrs Cohen. an earlier shooting at 17-year-old John Diener and 18-year-old Rudolph Heller occurred nearby. Mrs Leah Kaufman recounted hearing two shots while washing dishes.
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Oak Lane
Ann Fine
Bernard Samuel
Samuel’ Rosenberg
Public Safety
Leah Kaufman
Cohen
Scottsboro Fugitive Patterson Freed on Parole
Patterson, once held as a Scottsboro fugitive since June 12, was released after Williams refused extradition and the Montgomery district attorney showed no desire to pursue. Eight co-defendants have since been freed or died. Patterson claimed employment with a local construction firm. A witness said Patterson stabbed Mitchell in a fight that sparked the dispute. Initial reports suggested Mitchell died from injuries after an automobile incident, but an autopsy showed neck wounds as the cause.
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Williams
U.S
Montgomery
Scottsboro
Patterson
Lieut
Walter
Mitchell
Walters
Markets Report from Decatur Farm Prices
Decatur markets show Cotton Middling 42.00 cents, Cottonseed 100 dollars per ton, Broilers 23 cents delivered, Hens 20 to 24 cents, Hatching Eggs 80 cents per dozen. No 2 Wheat 2.38, No 2 Ear Yellow Corn 1.52, No 2 Ear White Corn 1.47, No 3 Ear White Corn 1.42, No 2 Oats 87 cents, No 2 Mile 2.00. Corn moisture bases 15 42 percent, other grains 13 42 percent.
North Georgia live poultry market weak and lower
North Georgia live poultry market weak and lower with fair trucking demand and dressed demand reported fair. Supplies adequate as plants plan shorter weeks. Prices paid FOB farm this morning for broilers and fryers all weights ranged 20 to 22 cents, mostly 20 to 21 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Truman creates Office of Defense Mobilization to direct agencies
President Truman established the Office of Defense Mobilization on Saturday after declaring a national emergency. The ODM head will answer only to the president and gain control over civilian agencies as the nation builds military strength. New price controls and rollbacks are planned, with penalties for noncompliance by automakers.
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Valentine
ESA
Truman
ESA Satuday
General Motors
Ford
OPA
UN Deliberations Over Korea War See Chinese Requests
Malik criticizes the delay in presenting views as a report is framed. Ray cites conversations with Wu Hsiu Chuan who denounced UN Korea cease fire plans. Wu suggested volunteers might return only after UN capitulates to China demands including Formosa and Chiang Kai-shek’s forces. Rau remains hopeful for a Peiping trip despite China’s tough stance.
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Malik
Ray
Red China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Rau
Jam Saheb
Maharajah of
Nawanager
U.N
Korea
Lake Success
U. N
Asia
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Reds
Peiping
Guard Units Seek Recruits in Dixie Division Call-Up
Two central Valley National Guard units 167th Infantry Culman and Battery D 104th AAA at Moulton received federal service orders. Both units of the 31st Dixie division will report January 16, likely to go in uniform while processing. Reid and Caspers cite openings for about 80 and 45 plus one officer.
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Central Valley National Guard
167Th Infantry Regiment
Cullman
104Th
A.A.A
Moulton
Glen Reid
Culman
Joan Caspers
Dixie Division
1343Rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Athens Decatur
Hartselle
Ft. Campbell
Associated Press
Dixie
Ft. Jackson
Columbia
Reid
Caspers
Cullman County
Alabama
Eighth Judicial Circuit
James H. Crow Jr
Northern Korea forces attack Hungnam beachhead in late 1950s report
Field dispatches describe North Korean assault on the Hungnam defense perimeter with Chinese supporters, the right flank seen as most dangerous, while U S and Allied forces brace with air and naval bombardment. A later report notes intensified guerrilla activity and coordinated raids as the front cools near parallel 38.
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U.N
Hungnam
10Th Corps
U.S
St. Paul
Rochester
Navy
Parallel 38
North
South Korea
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Red Army
Cholera Epidemic Crests as Nepal Refuses Medicinal Use
An official committee found the medicine ineffective and Nepal Baba suspended its distribution for two months amid growing hysteria. The cholera outbreak among pilgrims spreads to travelers homeward, with about 60,000 stranded. Orissa sponsors mass inoculations and arranges trains and buses to evacuate those at risk as mass cremations proceed to curb the plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nepal
Baba
Orissa
Whitecollar Workers Face Wages With Freezes In Place
New wage price controls chill white collar workers and may slow raises while easing living costs. Three issues loom: gross inequities, sub standards of living, and maladjustments. Auto industry shows uneven application as salaried pay rises trail production boosts.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Whitecollar
37 Arrests In Two Counties
Thirty seven arrests across Morgan and Limestone counties were reported. The Somerville raid led to Doris Johnson age 56 charged with prohibition violation and seven others charged with vagrancy. Limestone arrests included two Athens suspects for burglary and grand larceny with additional public drunkenness, assault and battery, and driving while intoxicated. In Decatur recorder court, fourteen cases were tried with six disorderly conduct, three traffic violations, one public drunkenness, one driving without license, one destruction of public property, one prohibition violation, and one intoxication on a public street. two cases were postponed.
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Morgan
Limestone
Somerville
Doris Johnson
Garland Nuby
Nuby
Carl Wiggins
James Barnes
Athens
Leslie Nelson
Clyde Howell
Tom Jackson
Nelson
Jessie Burrell
Highway Patrol
Decatur Recorder’s Court
Schmidt Rites Set Tuesday
Rites for Joe T. Schmidt 72 of Cullman will be Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart church. He died Sunday at Cullman hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife and three sisters. burial in Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers named. born 1878 in Cullman. former restaurant operator.
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Joe T. Schmidt
Cullman
Sacred Heart Church
Schmidt
Cullman Hospital
Annie Loegler
Lena Schnurr
Decatur
Frances Schmidt
Milwaukee
Marion Schwallie
Mass Service
Frank Fink
al Gasser
Pete Woerz
Robert Spear
Willie Abt
Pete Geisen
Mr. Schmidt
Wreckers Retrieve Car After Keller Bridge Accident
A 1946 Chevrolet was lifted from the Alabama river after a bridge crash near Keller Memorial. No body was found in the car and officials weighed jurisdiction between Morgan and Limestone counties as recovery efforts continued in bitter cold.
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Carter Davis
Alabama Brick and Tile Company
Keller Memorial Bridge
Roy Bradford
Highway Patrol
D. A. Hanserd
O'Neal Coleman
Morgan
Garland Nuvy
R. A. Troupe
Tennessee
Limestone
Thorson
TVA
Coast Guard
Sheffield
Leonard Moody
Associated Press
Gene
Gary Henry
Jasper
Pell City
John M. Sweeney
Alabama City
Whitney
Birmingham-Attalla Road
Luther Ernest Joyner
Cobb City
Greenville
Joyner
Myra Black
Inez Smith Wright
L. E. Towery
Kenneth, Parker
Crichton
Mobile
Menard
Onl
J. H. Roberson
Killen
Rt. 2
Flor
Pace warns NATO on readiness for Western Europe defense
In Brussels the U S Army Secretary says allied nations are far from ready to withstand a communist assault. He urges faster defense plans and a unified European army while pledging American support only if partners boost self defense.
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Brussels
Belgium
U. S. Army
Frank Pace
North Atlantic
Europe
Atlantic Defense
Pace
U. S
U. S. Defense
George C. Marshall
Airmail Traffic Flourishes as International Mail Reaches Korea
Mail from sixteen nations pours into war torn Korea at about one ton daily with outgoing mail around five tons daily. An international exchange office now sorts and routes mail to and from United Nations forces.
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Korea
Tokyo
Wartorn Korea
United Nations
Decatur area notes on hospital admissions fires and weather
Mrs. John F. Smithers Jr. admitted to Decatur General. Mrs. John F. Webb admitted Sunday. Neb Shackleford visits his mother Mrs. W. F. Boswell Sr. Fire calls Saturday and Sunday report no loss. Oil stove fire 306 Moulton Street and two grass fires on College Avenue and Avenue A. no losses. Coffee Club at Alabama drug store notes former member Frank Campbell in Mt. Dora, Florida. Temperatures recorded with 16 to 18 degrees. Bob Harrison back from illness. J A LeCroix admitted. Jim Roberson and S W Odom mentioned. Police seek hit and run at Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue South. Korea war wounded defense department report. TVA readings and city council meeting announced. River stages and forecasts noted.
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Moulton Street
College Avenue
Avenue A
Coffee Club
Alabama
Frank Campbell
Frank
Mt. Dora
Fla
Decatur
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue South
C. H. Sims
Eighth Avenue East
C. M. Kennedy
Alex Terry
Slate Pageant At Falkville
A Christmas pageant Joyful and Triumphant by Mattie Shan non will be presented at Falkville Baptist Church on Wednesday at 7 o'clock. The program includes a prelude, carols, prayers by Rev. C. D. Boozer, solos by Conner Jenkins, a gift duet by Mrs. L. E. Brown and Mrs. Harold Rowe, and roles for Shelba Jean Wilson, Clinton Owens, and W. C. Payne with Mrs. W. C. Payne directing. Public invited.
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Mattie Shannon
Falkville Baptist Church
Jesus
Joseph
Clinton Owens
Angels
Reece
W. C. Payne
Herod
Senate passes large defense funding bill
Senate approved a defense funding bill totaling 17 809 304 424 dollars and sent it toward passage. President Truman said he would seek restoration of WWII powers over government organization and contract negotiation. Congress may struggle to fit the new assignment into its crowded schedule. The White House has not finalised the specifics yet.
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Senate
House
Truman
Congress
White House
Tragedy Strikes As Three Die In Jerseydale Incidents
Two other occupants were injured in separate Friday accidents. Bud Johnson, 22, of Guntersville Route 2, died when his tractor overturned. Clayton R. McVay, 65, of Loxley, died in a Baldwin County truck collision.
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Ence
Bud Johnson
Guntersville
Rt. 2
Clayton R. McVay
Loxley
Baldwin County
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By Elton C. Fay
Australia
BY Carter Davidson
Penney
John F. Smithers Jr
Johnston Street
Decatur General Hospital
John F. Webb
Seventh Avenue East
Neb Shackleford
St. Louis
W. F. Boswell Sr
E. C. Stockton
Walter Rauschenberg
Danville Road
Bob Harrison
J. A. LeCroix
Jim Roberson
East Walnut Street
Anniston
S. W. Odom
Third Avenue South
R. T. Hanners
Pfe
John B. Harris
Chamler L. Harris, Jr
Gardendale
Defense Department
T.V.A. Gunterville
Whitesburg
Florence
Falkville
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