Decatur News Briefs Mixed Weather and Community Notes
Frost covers Decatur as official forecast calls for fair weather in the north and cloudy in the south with scattered frost tonight. Butler Hine Jr returns from university for holidays. Christmas events include a White Christmas program at Memorial Drive Methodist and church sermons. Local arrests reported. city officials update postal hours and utility upgrades in Austinville. Decatur senior class 1938 to hold reunion. cotton market quotes middling and strict low. Funeral for E C Kirby in Tampa noted.
Revenue Hike Approved in Cullman Meeting
A near unanimous Cullman business leaders meeting at the county courthouse approved increased property assessments and a 1 percent city sales tax. The measures move as recommendations to the city council after discussions on funding health schools parks hospitals and recreation.
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Cullman
Cullman County
Jasper
O. B. Hodges
Bill Arnold
M. S. Whiteside
J. G. Daves
Bob Sapp
John Graham
Franchise sought for six team Mid-South baseball league
An application for a six team Class D league was mailed to the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. It names Decatur Tuscaloosa Cullman Florence Sheffield and Huntsville as members with a 180 deposit accompanying the request. Officials plan a January meeting in Decatur to discuss 1948 schedule uniforms and operations. The NAPBL will review the financial soundness of baseball interests before granting or denying the franchise.
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National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
George M. Troutman
Robert J. McNelley
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
Cullman
Florence
Sheffield
Huntsville
National Association
Raider Teams Dedicate The Stadium Here
Decatur's Red Raiders and Birmingham's Phillips high school Red Raiders will dedicate Decatur's new $100000 stadium next fall. The game will be September 17, 1948, here and is the seventh in the series since 1941. Decatur leads 3–3 in wins and 64–62 in points.
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Decatur
Red Raiders
Birmingham
Phillips
H. L. Ogle
Shot” Senn
Senn
Sellers Stough
Ogle
Driver recounts submerged Chevrolet escape after Flint creek crash
Albert Peck found a 1937 Chevrolet submerged with its lights on in Flint creek off Somerville Road. E G Wallace Jr and the driver climbed out through a window after the car struck posts and swamped. both were helped home by passing motorists. Junior R Simmons claims the vehicle.
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Flint Creek
Somerville Road
Albert Peck
Junior R. Simmons
Decatur 1
Chevrolet
E. G. Wallace Jr
Yan
Wallace
Folsom Foes Are Rapped Sharply On Stump Tour
Gov James E Folsom faced sharp criticism from Rep Pugh Haynes a branch head legislator during a central Alabama stop Haynes announced a grass roots campaign in support of the self starter amendment He said he would tell the people the truth about the amendment wherever and whenever I can Folsom planned stops at Lanett LaFayette Camp Davenport and Alexander with more talks in Roan Wedowee Lineville Ashland and Rockford tonight He said we aint getting along at the state capitol and promised to push his progressive program for rural areas
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Associated Press
James E. Folsom
Alabama
State House of Representatives
Pugh Haypes
Lowndes County
Haynes
Folsom
Lanett
LaFayette
Camp
Dadevile
Alexander
Stump
Roan
Wedowee
Lineville
Ashland
Rockford
Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Anderson
White House
Martin
Mass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Bridges
N.H
Senate Appropriations Group
Senate Committee
Halleck Ind
Knowland
Calif
Rac
Peach Urges Yes Vote On Self Starter Amendment
Decatur attorney John H. Peach addressed thousands in Hartselle on Appreciation Day urging support for the self-starter amendment. He argued it preserves independent legislative action with three fifths backing and clarifies rights without stripping the governor’s powers. The talk cited alleged executive overreach including car allocations to state officials and court leaders who reportedly declined state vehicles.
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John H. Peach
Decatur
Hartselle
Peach
Legislative Department
Executive Department
Judicial Department
Arsenal to be closed at Huntsville chemical plants
The Army announced it will close its Huntsville Alabama chemical warfare arsenal and depot and turn them over to the War Assets Administration for disposal as surplus property. Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall cited budgetary limitations in abandoning the Huntsville complex, with evacuation expected to take about a year.
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Washington
Army
Huntsville
Ala
War Assets Administration
Hill and Sparkman
Rep. Jones
Alabama
Kenneth Royall
Edgewood
N. J
Ordnance Department of the Army
Chemical Warfare Service
Royall
House Passes Voluntary Pricing Bill to Curb Living Costs
The House sent to President Truman a voluntary pricing agreement bill to hold down living costs. The 281 to 75 vote faced a failed Democratic bid for authority to allocate scarce commodities. Debate was limited to two hours under a “super gag” rule as the measure heads to final passage.
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Washington, Bee
House
Truran
Senate
Banking Committee
Truman
Banking’ Committee
Ofer
Sidney Mills Injured in Decatur Motorcycle Crash
Sidney H Mills of Decatur 2 is hospitalized at Decatur General after a motorcycle collision on Bee Line highway South with Luther Blizard of Decatur 2 turning left into a driveway. Mills is reported not seriously hurt as car and bike suffered heavy and moderate damage respectively.
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Decatur
Sidney H. Mills
Decatur 2
Decatur General Hospital
Bee Line
Mills
Luther Blizard
Moulton Street
Second Avenue
Johnnie Clemon
E. Cherry Street
Truitt Mitchell
Seventh Avenue W
Road work bids opened across multiple counties
The State Highway Department opened bids on several highway projects in Morgan Walker Cullman Marshall Blount counties. The plans include 3069 miles of grading drainage and bridge work on Falkville McKendry road 10229 miles on Red Rock Bremen road 9608 miles on Bremen to Cullman road and 17273 miles on Arab Blountsville road. Low bidder checks likely not completed before Saturday.
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State Highway Department
Associated Press
Montgomery
Morgan County
Falkville-McKendry
Walker
Cullman
Red Rock-Bremen
Cullman County
Bremen
Cullmahi
Marshall
Blount
Cnt
Shelby Southard Named Editor of The Methodist Layman
Officials of the Methodist church in Chicago announce Shelby Southard of Athens as the new editor of The Methodist Layman the church's official laymen publication. Southard has served as Secretary of War and previously as executive secretary of Alabama College with studies at Birmingham Southern and Vanderbilt. He is Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa and has written for magazines.
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Methodist Church
Chicago
Shelb Southard
Athens
Methodist
Southard
Alabama College
Birmingham Southern College
Vanderbilt University
Rosenwald
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
US studies surpluses to seek overseas markets
Washington December 19 officials announced the Agriculture Department will dispatch marketing specialists to Europe to explore foreign demand for American farm surpluses. The four first experts will study tobacco cotton fruits and tree nuts and meet with European government agencies trade groups and officials.
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Washington
Sam
Agriculture Department
Europe
Frederick Motz
U.S
Austria
Clifford B. Cheatham Jr
Fire damages at E Atlee Holmes home on Sixth Avenue
A Thursday fire at 1810 Sixth Avenue East caused high damages to E Atlee Holmes home. The fire department responded at 4 30 PM. A separate incident Friday morning at 711 Fourth Avenue West involved Mrs Ward's oil stove with slight damage. A grass fire in the 300 block of Eighth Avenue West caused no loss as crews were alerted at 3 15 PM.
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E.atlee Holmes
Sixth Avenue E
Fourth Avenue
Local Schools Get Into Holiday Spirit
Decatur students spread cheer by donating to the needy at home and abroad. Gordon-Bibb students send school supplies and food to a French school and two destitute families, with a scroll naming the donors. A junior high raises pens and tablets for an Austrian school through the National Honor Society. A morning Christmas program at Lafayette Street and gift exchanges at Riverside high add to the season.
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Kemmetzger
Santa Claus
Decatur
Madam la Pirce de L’ecole de Filles
de Saint- Yriexle Jalat
Gordon-Bibb School
Gordon-Bibb
Austria
National Honor ‘Society
Lafayette Street
Riverside High School
Edmond Keith
Glee Club
Multibillion Dollar Total Given Solons
The Associated Press reports a plan to aid 16 Western European countries to peace and prosperity by June 30, 1952. Estimated cost ranges from 15.1 to 17.8 billion dollars depending on domestic prices, with a 20 thousand dollar per year administrator and 17.5 thousand deputy or 25 thousand roaming ambassador. Congress is asked to authorize total spending of 17 billion and provide 6.8 billion in actual money for the first 15 months, amid long hearings and heated debate over amounts and administration.
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Associated Press
Congress
Truman proposes 17 billion dollar European recovery plan
President Truman asked Congress to authorize 17 billion dollars for a European recovery program over 4.25 years and a bold defense of freedom. The first installment would be 6.8 billion for 15 months, with swift action urged as the regular session begins. The package includes a 241 page analysis and a top-level administrator with a large staff, plus an eight-man board proposed by Congress.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Truman
Congress
America
House Committee On Foreign Aid
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Gecature
Butler Hine Jr
University
Mrs
Butler P. A. Hine Sr
Gilbert Speaker
Trinity Baptist Church
James F. Davis
Lon D. Reno
Hamil Clinic
Hartselle 3
Brown
C. B. Humphrey
J. B. Whitmire
R Yy Knox McRae
H. R. Summer
French Hospital
New York
Summer
E. C. Kirby
L. & N. Railroad
Tampa
Fla
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Doc Hurst
George Rice
John Otha Black
The
Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans
L. M. Black
Rev. Black
Seventh Street
Columbia,Tenn
Black
Claude Basham
Albany
Aaron
Legion Home
Austinville
Church of God
City Electric Department
Courtland
Diahky
By Ken Reynolds
Truman Bares
le Havre
France
Paris
Raider
Phenix City
Russell County
State Capitol
Secretary of State
Capitol
Gardner
Supreme Court
Bricken
Court of Appeals
Arsenal
Allen
Ill
Rules Committee
Halleck
Indiana
Lee Limited
Sidney Mills
Shelby Southard
Walter Schreiber
Mediterranean
P. K. Norris
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Italy
E. Atlee Holmes
Marshale Plan
By Bill Baldwin
Uncle Bud
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