Decatur Area News Briefs Include Births and Local Updates
Weather outlook calls for a fair day with frost interiors and warmer temperatures late. The Decatur cotton market quotes middling at 32 and strict low at 30 at noon. A daughter was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Black at Decatur General Hospital. E W Kennedy, ill two weeks, likely to remain in New Orleans hospital for two to three weeks. Local holiday visits noted as families travel. Various local officials and residents appear in daily notes, including vagrancy and drunkenness arrests, a Lady Machado Bible class in town, and upcoming Christmas services at St. John’s and Willoughby churches. John Rothfus moved to Nashville Veterans Hospital by ambulance. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Chapman. See Diary on Page 2.
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E. W
Dick) Kennedy
Decatur
New Orleans
Kennedy
Billy Chapman
Fourth Avenue
Decatur General Hospital
Firearms Mishaps in State Claim 65 Lives Last Year
Alabama Health Department data show 65 people died in firearms accidents in the previous year. Among the incidents a man killed a snake with a gun butt, another was shot by a hunter who mistook him for a deer. Most fatalities occurred in homes or while hunting.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Health Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Probers Seek Justice Help On Calling Witnesses
House committee on American activities seeks Justice Department guidance on calling witnesses to finish a forthcoming story on communist espionage. Mundt says eight individuals may be questioned before the New York grand jury indictments are addressed, amid a long friendly talk with Campbell and Fay. The list includes Elizabeth Bentley and Hedda Gompers, with others named in context of prewar Red networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House
Justice Department
Mundt
R-Sd
American Activities Committee
Alex Campbell
New York
Congress
New York Grand Jury
Campbell
U. S
George Fay
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittacker Chambers
R S.D
Donald Hiss
Alger
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Chambers
Henry Julian Wadleigh
William Ward Pigman
Franklin Victor Reno
Hedda Gompers
New Attempt To Save Fliers
Officials directing rescue operations said they may use a ski equipped transport plane to pick up 10 or more U S air men stranded on Greenland s ice cap. Seven men have been marooned since Dec 9 after a C 47 forced landing. A B 17 attempting rescue nosed into a snowbank. glider snatch attempts failed due to tow line break.
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ST. John's
Mid
U. S
Greenland
Thirteen Killed in Utah Bus Collision With Service Members
Thirteen died and 43 injured when two Burlington Trailways buses crashed and burned on a foggy highway west of Salt Lake City. Four of 34 servicemen aboard the eastbound bus were killed. seven of 18 injured service members were in critical condition. Names of several victims withheld pending notification. Investigations by Tooele county officers, the Navy, the Army, and the bus company.
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U. S.highway 40
Delle
Utah
Salt Lake City
Tooele
Burlington Trailways
Veterans Hospital
Thomas H. Johnson
Thomaston
Navy
Daniel W. Eggers
Kari Arvidson
Sherry Ann Cook
Gold Hill
Inez Magtonos
Elko
Nev
Catherine Hendrix
Akron
Colo
Albert Warschka
Toledo
Joelene Bowcutt
Midvale
Tooele County
Army and Bus Company
Bassett Rites On Wednesday
Funeral rites for Augustus Bassett, aged 81, will be held Wednesday morning after a long illness. He died Monday at six o'clock. Prayer services by Rev. Daniel O'Reilly at 9 30 at Brown's chapel followed by a Requiem Mass at St. Ann's Catholic Church at ten Sou. Burial in Bassett family cemetery. Pallbearers: T. H. Fitzpatrick, H. O. Goidel, Bruce Joiner, Bryan McAfee, Floyd Smith, Harry Wyatt. See BASSETT on Page 2.
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Augustus Bassett
Bassett
Birmingham
Decatur
Decatur General
Daniel O'Reilly
Brown's Chapel
Rev. O'Reilly
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Ten Sou
Basie Anes
Bee Cemetery
Brown
T. H. Fitzpatric
H. O. Goidel
Bruce Joiner
Bryan McAfee
Floyd Smith
Harry Wyatt
Reminder to 18 Year Olds to Register with Selective Service
Officials remind boys who turn 18 to register on or within five days of their birthday. Registration occurs at the Selective Service office in the Morgan courthouse annex.
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Selective Service
Selective Service Office
Morgan Courthouse Annex
Segregation debate in South Carolina prompts NAACP call
In Columbia, James M. Hinton of the NC AAP declares regional Southern Governor's Conference plan to fund separate Negro colleges unacceptable. He urges end to segregation in state supported schools and warns of legal action to gain entry for qualified Negroes in white only institutions. He calls segregation illegal immoral and un-American.
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Columbia
S. C
James M. Hinton
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Strom Thurmond
Hinton
U. S. Supreme Course
Thurmond
South Carolina
A and M. College
Orangeburg
Upset coffee pot kills Tuscaloosa baby
One year old Dorothy Nell Rogers died from head burns after pulling an electric cord and upsetting a boiling coffee pot at home in the Samantha community. Survived by parents W Rogers and Mrs Rogers, a brother, and other relatives. funeral at Nazareth Church at Samantha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Dorothy Nell Rogers
Druid City Hospital
Samantha
W. Rogers
Jolson Gives Mulholland Mountain Home to Cedars Hospital
Hollywood singer Al Jolson announced a donation of his 14 room Mulholland Drive mansion and estate valued at 75000 dollars to Cedars of Lebanon hospital as a Christmas gift. The hospital may use the property as it sees fit.
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al Jolson
Mountain Top
Cedars’ Hospital
Hollywood
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Mulholland Drive Mountain
Jolson
Dutch Forces Advance In Indonesia Amid Crisis
Dutch troops push toward key oil center at Tieppe after seizing Jogjakarta and detaining top Republic officials including President Soekarno. Dutch parliament debates war powers as U N Security Council convenes in emergency session without Russian delegates.
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Associated. Press
Tieppe
Indies
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
United Nations
The
Hague
Willem Drees
Java
Jogjakarta
Soekarno
Netherlands
Sumatra
Paris
United States
Australia
D. A. Stikker
China
Kam
Sinking ship hunt widens as crew vanishes near Cuba
A major search for the Honduran vessel San Luis and its crew was underway off Cape San Antonio Cuba with Coast Guard planes and the cutter Macona joining three ships in locating the 607 ton ship. The last report said crew members took to lifeboats after leaking badly.
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Miami
Fila
San Luis
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Coast Guard
Macona
Gulflight
Hayworth and Flynn Dubbed Least Cooperative by Club
Hollywood press group named Rita Hayworth and Errol Flynn the least cooperative actress and actor of the year. The Hollywood Women’s Press Club handed out the club awards while Lamour and Glenn Ford received the Golden Apples as top actress and actor.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Errol Flynn
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Lamour
Glenn Ford
Americans plan Japan as postwar bulwark not military base
Tokyo reports an accelerated American program to shape Japan as a political and economic bulwark in the Far East, not a military fortress. Allied spokesmen deny any secret plan to enhance Japan’s armed potential, noting only occupation related air bases and repair facilities at Yokosuka.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Japan
Far East
Russia
Australia
Yokosuka
Air Force
Third Heaviest Snowfall in New York City History Does Not Paralyze Heavy Traffic
New York City faced 19.5 inches of snow as part of a regional storm that killed at least 12 people across the Northeast. Despite freeze and transport delays, subways and elevated lines ran near normal and major airports remained closed. Mayor O'Dwyer mobilized city facilities to clear streets while more than 20 thousand snow crews worked to restore traffic.
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New York City
New York
New Jersey
New England
Long Island Railroad
Atlantic
New York State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
West Virginia
la Guardia Field
New York International Airport
Newark
N. J
William O’dwyer
Weather Bureau
Crippled Janitor To Get Home as Christmas Gift
Leslie H. Lawrence a 45 year old partly crippled janitor and his large family faced eviction from their tent home on Christmas Eve. Local Elks lodge members and friends arrived with materials to build a three room bungalow and garage on their lot and plan to complete it by Christmas Eve with a tree and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fernando
Calif
Leslie H. Lawrence
Elks Lodge
Court Denies Japs Appeal Denies Japs Appeal
The U S Supreme Court refused to intervene with the 11 nation international military tribunal that condemned former Premier Tojo and six other Japanese warlords to death The court 6 to 1 held it had no authority over the tribunal and thus upheld the sentences General MacArthur confirmed the sentences but stayed executions until the high court acted Justice Murphy dissented but offered no opinion Justice Jackson did not participate in the final vote The unsigned majority opinion stated the tribunal is not a U S court and was set up by General MacArthur as Allied power authority
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Washington
Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
Tojo
Cane Ee
Epee Vieted Eel
Aki Sica Ials
International Tribunal
MacArthur
Murphy
Rutledge
Jackson
High Court
Vinson
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Burton
Inaugural Plans Expand for Truman Ceremony
Washington expects about 50 special trains to bring visitors for President Truman’s inauguration on January 20. 120 more coaches and sleepers are being readied. General Omar Bradley will be parade grand marshal with cadets from West Point Annapolis and the Coast Guard Academy in attendance.
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Washington
Truman
Melvin D. Hildreth
Dreth
Omar N. Bradley
Army Chief of Staff
West Point
Annapolis
Coast Guard Academy
Hildreth
University of Alabama
Missouri
Oklahoma
Delaware
Kentucky
Puerto Rico
Cattle Thefts Probed In Alabama County
MOULTON Ala Dec 20 Officers investigate alleged cattle theft from Ira J Boyd a West Lawrence County farmer Jake Jeffreys of Moulton 1 is out on 3000 bond after grand larceny charges related to the theft Two others are being held for inquiry A Cow said to be stolen from Boyd was run through the Moulton Sales barn with Jeffreys named as the seller A second animal was later found in a buyer’s herd Investigators include Sheriff G D Byars County Attorney James P Miller State Criminal Investigator R A Troupe and Dunlap and Dawson.
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Moulton
Ala
Ira J. Boyd
West Lawrence
Jake Jeffreys
Boyd
Moulton Sales Company
Jeffreys
G. D. Byars
James P. Miller
R. A. Troupe
Dunlap and Dawson
Wayward Bus Goes on Unplanned City Tour
The De catur Transit bus left idle on Grant Street rolled backward after driver A. L. Sparkman left for lunch. It struck a Louisiana cafe Christmas tree and four parking meters, then hit the front of B. Frank Chenault's insurance office at 107 Grant Street before stopping. City Officers Terry and Jacobs investigated.
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Steinbeck
Decatur
Grant Street
A. L. Sparkman
Second Avenue
Louisianine Cafe
B. Frank Chenault
Terry and
Jacobs
Girl Killed in Cullman Crash Plus Multiple Injuries
A Birmingham woman died and five North Alabama residents were injured in a two car crash near Cullman on Sunday night. The toll included Ethridge Acres 23 of Falkville and Betty Jean Gay about 18 of Cullman.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Cullman
Falkville
Ethridge Acres
Falkville Clinic
Aces
Frances Lawrence
Vinemont
Mercury Drops as Winter Arrives in Decatur
Decatur residents shivered as temperatures plunged from recent mild 50s and 60s to the upper 40s and 30s. Readings reported 50 by noon, 48 at 9 AM, and 34 to 46 later in the day, signaling a decisive turn to cold winter weather.
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Santa Claus
Decatur
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Conrad Strickland
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H. K. Belser
Tuscumbia
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J. E. Gambill
Sam Frazier
Alvis Briscoe
Mr. Briscoe
C. B. Humphrey
Lady Machado
Brazil
First Methodist
E. R. Carter Jr
E. W. Beasle
James Webster
L. A
Martha Webster
Mr. Webster
E. M. Day
Somerville 1
John Rowe
Falkville 1
St. John's Episcopal Church
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
John Rothfus
Jackson Street
Nashville Veterans Hospital
Mutual Service
By Ken Reynolds
Nanking
Hunt
Wayward Bus
Girl
Huntsville
Richey and
Williams
England
Highway 31
Cullman Hospital
Moss Service
Ruth Wilson Elmore
Beatrice Wilson
Robert Earl Elmore
Ashford
Blakely
James
Bud) Ross
Eugene Payne
Myrtle Finley
Evans Nash
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Nash
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Woodstock
Bowin
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