Local Decatur births and hospital notes update
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hurst welcome a daughter born Friday night at Decatur General hospital. Miss Jennie Lee Blackwell and Mrs. Myrtice Lyle with infant remain at Decatur General. Marvin Tankersley and Mrs. Billy Black with baby and others are discharged or moved between facilities. Holiday travel and family visits noted, including Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick from Chicago and Mrs. Velma Smith moved by ambulance. Police report four bookings and area residents visit kin for Christmas. University of Alabama ties appear with John Lee Burch and Joan. Robert Long from A P I home for holidays. Mrs. Cheri Chandler returns from campus to spend holidays.
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Paul Hurst
Eighth Avenue W
Decatur General Hospital
John Lee Burch
Joan
The
University of Alabama
Cheri Chandler
Crimson and White
Homeolks
War to Bring Full Controls
Washington dispatch reports NSRB staff plans a national war emergency act to choke off wages and prices in wartime and empower the president with hard power over manpower production and rationing. If war begins Congress may declare emergency. a rapid freeze and broad mobilization agencies would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Truman
NLRB
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
OWMR
Supreme Home Front Command
John R. Steelman
Office of Economic Management
OPA
Office of
War Production Board
Office of Transportation
Office of Defense Transportation
Mr. Truman
Skeleton of Indian with two lower jaws found
The Sussex Archeological Association reports a skeleton found in Lewes Del may be that of an Indian with two lower jaws. Experts discuss whether the extra jaw was a joke device, a social ploy, or a feature of a young man or even an unusually talkative woman.
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Lewes
Del
Sussex Archeological Association
H. Geiger Om Wake
T. Dale Stewart
U. S. National Museum
Santa Visits Before Christmas Leaves Girl in Critical Condition
The four year old Sally Pender of Summerville South Carolina remained in a critical condition at Roper hospital two weeks after a Santa Claus visit. diagnosed with liver cancer doctors used hypodermics to ease pain. Sally is the daughter of Mrs Milton Pender and received gifts at a neighborhood Christmas party.
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Charleston
S. C
Sally Pender
Santa Claus
Roper Hospital
Santa
Sally
Milton Pender
Summerville
Black market parcels window opens at Bismarck post office
Postal clerks in Bismarck set up an extra stamp and parcel window for the Christmas rush. Few used it at first until a sign reading Black market Parcels and stamps was posted. Business then boomed at the window.
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Bismarche
N. D
Bismarck
Market shows small declines and gold stock flare
Wall Street averaged little down this week with minor changes in most quotes. Gold and film shares saw renewed buying as lower prices drew investors, while cotton futures rose to near day’s highs on late trading with spot demand supporting gains.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Associated Press
Stock Exchange
Markets at a Glance Chicago Wheat Corn and Hogs Cattle
Wheat and other grains easy to sell in Chicago trading. Corn prices easy after government confirms record crop. Hogs and cattle steady with little change in markets across the board.
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Chicago
Southwest
Grain futures slide on lower corn oats and soybeans fall
Chicago December grain and soy futures eased across the board as trade sold lightly except soybeans which declined after the Agriculture Department boosted its crop estimate. Wheat closed down about 8 cents, corn down around 8 cents, oats off by 3 to 4 cents, rye and lard also down with December contracts noted.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Miscegenation Contested In State Case
The state argued Rachel was a negro while defense witnesses claimed she was Cherokee. Testimony included 89 year old Tom Knight linking Rachel to Davis Knight’s grandfather and noting Rachel’s label as a negro. State records reportedly show no prior miscegenation conviction. The DA noted Davis Knight’s Navy papers list him as white.
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Rachel
Quitman Ross
Tom Knight
Newt Knight
Mississippi
No Injuries in Two-Car Crash at Bank and Church
A two car collision at Bank and Church Streets Saturday at 5 52 P M caused only minor damages and no injuries police reported Drivers were C W Owens of Town Creek and Posey Horton of Oklahoma Ala Capt Joe Weatherly and Officer O J Price investigated the scene.
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Bank and
Church Streets
C. W. Owens
Town Creek
Posey Horton
Negro
Oklahoma
Ala
Joe Weatherly
O. J. Price
Russians reportedly press French to evacuate Stolpe in Berlin sector
The Telegraf, via AP, says Russians asked France to evacuate Stolpe, a village in the French sector of Berlin with about 1000 residents. France reportedly complied leaving livestock, while lootings were alleged. The move follows French demolition of Soviet radio towers.
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Berlin
Telegraf
Stolpe
Alexander G. Kotikov
Jean Ganeval
Hays Defends Dixie Plan For Regional Negro Higher Education
Rep. Hays of Arkansas defended the 14 state regional university plan saying the NAACP does not speak for southern blacks and urging support. He argued the compact raises educational levels for Negroes to white students and gives Black educators a voice, while Southern states lack resources alone. The plan aims for equitable opportunities and cooperative action across the region.
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Washington
Hays
D-Ark
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
Probation Plea Hearings Lead to Sentences
Circuit Judge James H. Crow presided over 15 probation hearings. W. E. McDaniel and I. B. Meeks received penitentiary terms for forgery while Calvin Mitchell and Edward Irvin were placed on probation after sentencing. Perry Gardner and Guy Edgar Thompson denied probation. Gilbert Jr. withdrew probation appeal.
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James H. Crow
W. E. McDaniel
McDaniel
I. B. Meeks
Guy Edgar Thompson
Perry Gardner
Calvin Mitchell
Edward Irvin
Irvin
E. J. Gilbert Jr
Gilbert
Taft Faces New Republican Push On Welfare Policy
Republican senators press for leadership change after election setbacks. They cite Truman's welfare proposals and Taft’s influence on the policy committee, arguing for a sharp shift in GOP policy as Taft’s term under the 80th congress ends.
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Truman
Taft
Christmas Tree Put Up By Civinettes on Parkway
The Civinettes club decorates a Christmas tree in the city parkway assigned for beautification. The site is at Third Street and Fifth Avenue W.
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Civinettes
City Parkway
Civinette Club
Parkway
Third Street
Fifth Avenue W
Navy Bus Crash Near Tooele Described By Witnesses
Sailors and highway patrol officers reported a bus collision about 55 miles west of Salt Lake City on U S Highway 40. A westbound coach with 18 passengers and an eastbound section of six buses burst into flames after the impact.
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Tooele County
Tooele
Grantsville
Salt Lake City
D. Huggins
Utah
Delle
C. B. Carr
W. G. van Scoy
Boulder
Colo
van Scoy
Winfield T. Weston
U. S. Highway 40
Survival tale from Utah bus crash kills soldiers
A bus crash near six miles west of Utah killed several servicemen and injured many aboard. Pfc. Frank W. Myers of Mather Air Force Base said the bus occupants were mostly sailors with some soldiers and civilians. He described being thrown forward during impact and escaping through a rear window as flames and explosions raged.
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Delle
Utah
Here
Frank W. Myers
Mather Air Force Base
Calif
Myers
Fatal Utah bus crash leaves shrouded victims near highway
Authorities described a tangled wreck with at least twelve bodies along the highway two buses involved one eastbound and one westbound. Military ID tags were found on some victims as rescue crews from Tooele and Salt Lake City tended the injured and transported bodies to local undertakers.
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C. A. Hymas
Tooele
Twen
Naval Supply
Clearfield
Salt Lake
City
Pfc
Joe Wilson
Wichita
Harris
Lavar Tate
Salt Lake City
Policewoman Dorothy Gay Injures Hand Explaining Gun
Detroit report says policewoman Dorothy Gay, 27, was wounded in the left hand while showing her 38 caliber revolver to her inquisitive 7 year old twins. She was taken to receiving hospital for treatment. She says she did not know the gun was loaded.
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Detroit
Dorothy Gay
Gay
Son of Archbishop Weds Catholic Woman in Private Ceremony
London reports the son of Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher married Felicity Sutton, a Catholic artist, in a Chelsea church. Catholic priest Rev Alphonso De Zulueta officiated as the bride and groom, both from notable backgrounds, chose an unobtrusive ceremony with 20 to 30 guests and no attendants.
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London
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Church of England
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer
St. Thomas Moore
Chelsea
Ex-Consul to Quit U.S. Soon from Mobile
Walter H. Zingelmann former German vice consul at Mobile prepared for departure aboard a New Orleans freighter after the U S immigration board of appeals denied his appeal excluding him from the United States He had a visitor visa and a German American wife with three Mobile born children opposing his presence in Mobile groups including the Legion Post opposed his stay.
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Mobile
Ala
Walter H. Zingelmann
New Orleans
Immigration Service
U .S. Immigration Board of Appeals
Zingelmann
Germany
United States
Europe
Mobile Legion Post
Appeal Board
Washington
War Declared by Britain and France on Germany in 1939
The document notes that Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3 1939, two days after Nazi forces entered Poland. It also cites a February 16 1938 confidential message from Wiley to Hull about British backing, and mentions Austrian mood under Guido Schmidt before German troops moved into Austria.
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Germany
Poland
Hitler
Wiley
Hull
Vienna
Guido Schmidt
Schmidt
Austria
Francis Sayre to Face House Committee Questions
Former Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre and his secretary will be questioned by the House Un American Activities Committee next week as it probes leaks to communist spies. Rep. Mundt said Sayre will appear Wednesday with Miss Anna Belle Newcomb testifying Tuesday.
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Washington
Francis B. Sayre
House UN American Activities Committee
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Sayre
France
State Department
Anna Belle Newcomb
New York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
SayTe
U. S
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Ekearnegie Endowment For International Peace
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Sembens
Rus
Gift Exchange Planes Roar In Mobile
Air Force transport planes arrived in Mobile un airdropped gifts and messages from families for Berlin airlift fliers. Project Sleighbells ships gifts from Germany and Panama to Brookley Air Force Base and on to Germany bound planes while families at Brookley sent greetings and photos. Mayor Megginson read a greeting at a ceremony marking the exchange of gifts among crews.
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Mobile
Ala
Air Force
Berlin
Panama
Far East
Alaska
Germany
Brookley Air Force
Japan
Brookley
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Navy
Ernest _Megginson
City of
Alabama Edges Howard In Overtime At Birmingham
Alabama defeats Howard 38 37 in overtime at Birmingham after a tight finish. The game featured a scoring duel and a late stand by the Crimson Tide to seal the win.
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Birmingham University of Alabama
Howard College
Clay Still Has Hope In Berlin
Gen. Lucius D. Clay American military governor says Western Germany could form a federal government by mid 1949. He expects Western powers to agree on an occupation statute for the three western zones as a substitute peace treaty.
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United States
Clay
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Western
Germany
U. S
Washington
America
Japan
China
Costa Rica
inter-American Commission
Nicaragua
Atlantic
Romeriot
Chamber of Deputies
Canada Orders Negro Deported
William L. Patterson executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress of America was ordered deported from Canada by a three member immigration board accusing him of advocating overthrow of Canadian government and law. Patterson said he would return to the States and denied being a subversive or a member of the Illinois Communist Party. He was refused permission to speak at a public meeting, with his prepared remarks read by a CIO union member.
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Toronto
William L. Patterson
Civil Rights Congress of America
Canada
Canadian Immigration Department
United Electrical Workers Union
CIO
New Austrian Pact Looms
London dispatch reports Russia agrees to join efforts toward a new Austria peace treaty. The United States Britain France and Russia back resuming negotiations after May breakdown over Yugoslav demands for Southern Austria and reparations. Tito’s nationalist stance and cominform tensions color prospects as Moscow-Yugoslavia ties weaken.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Russia
Austria
United States
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Samuel Reber
Cominform
Tito
Belgrade
Decatur Girl Graduates From Auburn University
December graduates at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn include Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hixon Jr. nee Martha Evelyn Callahan of Decatur. Mrs. Hixon, daughter of Mrs. Travis Callahan, joined Oracles Owls and Sphinx at API. Mr. Hixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Graham Hixon of Union Springs, recently entered Phi Kappa Phi.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Graham Hixon, Jr
Martha Evelyn Callahan
Decatur
Hixon
Travis Callahan
API
Prison reform ideas outlined by Osborne official
The Osborne official detailed multiple reform recommendations for the prison system. They include a state appropriation to fund operations, profits from prison industries to the general fund, a supervisory organization led by a director, expanded prison industries, guard training, minimum salaries of 150 dollars a month, abolishing prison fees and court costs, and a rebuilding program at Atmore prison using convict labor. He urged laws against flogging and contraband, criticized lax administration and harsh punishments, and argued for firm control, humane treatment, and close surveillance to reduce disciplinary issues.
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Atmore
Osborne
Alcatraz
MacCormick
Missing dry cleaning bags and contents seek return
Three bags reported missing include two men suits and one ladies suit in one bag, 15 children dresses sizes 1 and 4 in another, and eight ladies dresses size 12 in a third. Reward offered for information or return. contact phone 892 XJ.
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Danville Road
Marvin Tankersley
Billy Black and Baby
Athens
Douglas Hardwick
Mrs
J. J. Hardwick
Fourth Avenue
Homer E. Chandler
Birmingham
Chandler
Alcoholics “Anonymous
Why Not Cafe
A. Group
Tuscaloosa
Velma Smith
O Decatur General Hospital
Mutual Service
B. C. Black
Greenbriar
Billy Joe Franklin
Fifth Avenue E
Robert J. Gray
Grant
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
J. D. Lee Decatur
Bay
Wiley Clinic
LeRue Holley
Hamil Clinic
Highway Patrol
Robert Long
Judge
H. Long
Charles H. Eyster
Cincinnati
Julian L. Bibb Sr
Bibb
Wall Street
Rowzee Motors, Inc
Desoto
Plymouth
Grant &T
Dixie
Survivor
Clements Drug Stores
East Moulton St
Sixth Avenues
Weds Catholic
England
Francis Sayre
Attorney General's Office
Neil Kirk
Chiropractor
Grant Street
Chiropractic Clinic
W. T. Grant
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