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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
6
The French National Assembly voted to draft Americans of conscription age living in France for service in the French Army. Draft age ranges from 18 to 25 years. The note compares colonial Pennsylvania death penalty only for willful murder to England’s 200 death offenses.
Birmingham detectives released a Georgia man after questioning in the brutal beating of a liquor salesman. Bernard Eugene Moore of Columbus Ga. lies semi conscious with skull fractures and may ID his attacker. Moore used a false name. his car was checked after being found in Arab Alabama.
Operation Turkey sent 27,000 pounds of Christmas turkey and shrimp aboard a Military Air Transport Command C-74 Globemaster from Brookley AFB heading to Tripoli with stops at Bermuda and the Azores. The mission aims to replace meals after the Grommet Reefer wreck off Leghorn Italy.
About 500 children gathered at the National Guard Armory in Hartselle for Kids Day. The event, sponsored by the American Legion and local groups, featured a Strand theatre cartoon show a meal, fruit bags, and a visit from Santa Claus aboard the Forty and Eight train through town. J B Womack led planning as the day concluded with Santa distributing presents.
Reading, Pa. 17 year old William H. Houston reenlists in the Marines after two prior enlistments and two discharges. His father Maj. John Lester Houston died at Iwo Jima in 1943. Houston says he is 17 and heads for Parris Island again soon. Potassium salts are found in all fertile soils.
Sen. Sparkman of Alabama told the America Japan Society in Tokyo that Japan will be a tremendous power for good. He noted world faith in Japan and its future fulfilling global hopes as he concludes a world tour with stops in Formosa, Hawaii, and the U.S. to inspect mutual security agency programs.
Crestview Florida three boys Jimmy Warr 11 Donald Ray Ward 12 and Pete Richardson 13 found 1176 dollars buried in sand after Christmas last year and turned it in to authorities. Circuit Judge D Stuart Gillis ruled no substantial claim had been made for the money and ordered it returned to the youths.
A brief, friendly exchange ends with wishes for a Merry Christmas from Justice Gillis as a share of money is discussed among three people. The fragment hints at a local community moment and Christmas goodwill.
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