Weather outlook and church sermon headline
Increasing cloudiness and war mer this afternoon with showers in Northwest and turning colder tonight. Thursday showers and colder in North and West portions with fresh southeasterly winds along the coast shifting to northerly Thursday night. John Hamilton returns Thursday from a hunting trip to Arkansas. "The Word Made Flesh" will be the sermon subject by Rev M Fields at Flint Baptist Church Sunday morning.
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John Hamilton
Arkansas
M. Fields
The
Flint Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Big Housing Project Here Is Considered Big Housing Project
A $214000 contract for a 50 unit apartment complex on Seventh Street South is under Federal Housing Authority review. Homer B Hutchinson of Decatur won the bid for developers Kantor Warner Birmingham. The project includes three shop buildings and four block site near Somerville Road.
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Seventh Street South
Federal Housing Authority
Homer B. Hutchinson
Decatur
Joe Kantor
Marvin Warner
Birmingham
Somerville Road
Fourteenth Avenue East
Decatur Land Company
Russell Speake Realtor
B. Frank Chenault
Pembleton and Mims
Goodyear Gifts To 800 Kiddies Next Saturday
Eight hundred children of Goodyear employees will receive Christmas fruits candies and toys next Saturday morning. Charles W Young superintendent said the annual party for the employees' children will be held Saturday from nine to twelve o'clock in mill 3. The gifts will be spread on long tables and mill operations will cease Friday midnight and resume Monday midnight.
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Goodyear
Charles W. Young
Patterson to Toss in His Hat
State Sen. A L Patterson of Phenix City announced his candidacy for Alabama lieutenant governor next year. The 55 year old lawyer, a former cotton mill worker and teacher, plans an intensive campaign across the state and will qualify for the May 2 Democratic primary after the January executive committee meets. He vows to run independently, focus on education and local self government, oppose FEPC federal intervention, and push for greater local tax revenue shares. Patterson is married with four children and was born in Tallapoosa County.
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Phenix City
Ala
A. L. Patterson
Alabama
Senate
Democratic Executive Committee
Patterson
James E. Folsom
FEPC
Tallapoosa County
New chief named for Alabama safety and inspection division
Montgomery December 21 A Finley Harper of Birmingham is named chief of the state industrial relations division of safety and inspection announced by Industrial Relations Director Fleetwood Darnley Harper succeeds the late T L Ball of Birmingham who held the post until his death several months ago059
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Montgomery
A. Finley Harper
Birmingham
Fleetwood Darnley
Harper
T. L. Ball
Danger Seen To Segregation Sparks Southern Unity
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel calls on all southern states to unite in the U S Supreme Court fight to preserve racial segregation in schools. He warns a Texas case may affect 17 states while Heman Sweat seeks admission to the University of Texas arguing that separate but equal facilities are unjust.
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Atlanta
Texas
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Price Daniel
Heman Sweat
University of Texas
Daniel
Amicus Curae
Sweetheart Slayer Dies by Own Hand in Tragedy
Covington Tex December report details 19 year old George Clements fatally shooting his sweetheart Marilyn Forston 17 then taking his own life at 1 25 AM. Sheriff Garrison notes the pistol had previous tragedies including Georges brother Robert 27 who killed his father in law Charles Avery and then fatally shot himself after a family quarrel.
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Ronnie Pitts
Eft
Jackson
Miss
Anna Henderson
Pitts
Perry Henderson
Henderson
Covington
Tex
Charles Garrison
George Clements
Marilyn Forston
George
Robert
Charles Avery
Lion Kills Mother in Lion Cage Amid Rescue Attempt
Mrs May Kovar Schafer 42 a noted animal trainer died when Sultan the lion attacked during a training session in Thousand Oaks California. Her children Michael 18 and May 14 along with Rudy Muller 59 an elephant trainer aided in escape while Muller fought the beast with a pitchfork and a pipe.
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Lion
Thousand Oaks
Calif
May Kovar Schafer
Sultan
Nhovaal
Kovar
Michael
May
Rudy Muller
Jaycees Banquet Hails Yale Season In Decatur
A half hundred Jaycees and guests celebrated Yale season at the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas banquet. Master of ceremonies Paul McRae outlined the local group’s history and projects while Sam Patton and Ben Le Duke discussed the 1949 program and 1950 key man project.
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Jaycees
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Paul McRae
Chuck Murphy Studios
Sam Patton
Ben le Duke
Five Directors Elected to Chamber Board
Chamber of Commerce president Ewell K. Gregg announced five new members to the Board of Directors A L Burns W J Duncan A L Johnson R W Orr and Frank Scroggins for three year terms. They replace retiring directors James Rankin E W McLeod W J Duncan Jr Raymond Britain and Ben Britnell. Fitzpatrick fills the unfinished term of John Pennell for one year. Ballots were returned by 89 percent of members and counted by Rankin Dobbs and Clements.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ewell K. Gregg
A. L. Burns
W. J. Duncan
A. L. Johnson
R. W. Orr
Frank Scroggins
James Rankin
E. W. McLeod
W. J. Duncan, Jr
Raymond Britain
Ben Britnell
Gregg
T. H. Fitzpatrick
John Pennell
Fitzpatrick
Carter Dobbs
Frank Clements
Chamber
Bill Sims
Efort
Decatur Country Club
Flmilton Holt
Kiwanis
Associated Industries of Georgia
Clark Mc Macon
Spokesman of Reds Says War Not Inevitable
The piece reports on Stalin’s birthday era and the peace theme in Pravda. It notes Malenkov's peace stance, new Stalin peace prizes, and Mongolia and Mao actions alongside Western reactions and Molotov as a potential successor. It mentions Soviet walkout over repatriation and Beria as a security figure. It ends with Stalin’s health and Buckingham Palace Christmas party.
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Reds
Joseph Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Stalin
Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow
Supreme Soviet Presidium
Mao Tze-Tung
China
Tokyo
Russia
Four Power Council
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Kuzma Derevyanko
U. S
Britain
Washington
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Lavrenti Beria
London
Buckingham Palace
Margaret
Sparkman says Southerners won't leave party units
Senator Sparkman of Alabama says Southern Democrats will not sabotage the Democratic program in opposition to President Truman's civil rights campaign. He warns a civil rights fight may widen splits but asserts Democrats will stay united and not align with Republicans.
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Washington
Sparkman
Truman
Congress
Democratic Party
Move Toward Diplomacy Over Cash in Congress
Washington dispatch notes a growing push among lawmakers for more diplomacy and less spending in the cold war. Key aims include Atlantic pact talks, recognizing Franco Spain, cutting European recovery aid, reducing military outlays, and extending the peacetime draft. Senator Kefauver leads push for Atlantic union talks while Republicans target the China policy and Spain stance amid budget cuts.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
America
Congress
Russia
Spain
Europe
U. S
China
Britain
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McCarran ‘D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Acheson
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Connally
D-Tex
Fowler and Tune Sent to Kilby Prison for Robbery
Lester A. Tune and Earl Fowler, two Falkville bank robbers, were transported from Morgan county jail to Kilby prison to serve prison terms. Fowler drew 15 years plus two for grand larceny, while Tune received 10 years after a speedy local trial. Others sent to Kilby included Virgil Guerin for burglary and Isaac Cullum for second degree murder.
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Lester A. Tune
Earl Fowler
Falkville
Morgan County
Kilby
C. B. Humphrey
Fowler
Tune
Virgil Guerin
Hartselle
Congress Forgets To Appropriate One Buck Cost $2 000
HONOLULU December 21 The Navy must pay $2,000 in Hawaiian territorial taxes on the Oahu Railway and Land Company Pearl Harbor branch under a lease, because Congress forgot to appropriate $1 that would have bought the line. If the U S government owned the line it would be tax free.
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Honolulu
Navy
Congress
Oahu
Hungary Travel Ban Hits Americans in Hungary
The State Department bans American travel to communist Hungary and weighs closing Hungarian consulates in New York and Cleveland. The embargo follows a protest note over treatment of Americans including Robert A. Vogeler and Israel Jacobson, both held in Hungary.
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Washington
Dec
State Department
Hungary
New York
Cleveland
Robert A. Vogeler
Budapest
Israel Jacobson
Hunga
American Joint Tribution Committee
Work Signal Flashed at Chapman and Greenville Mills
The work signal was on again at W. T. Smith Lumber Co. plants in Chapman and Greenville after a 12 hour lapse. Disagreement persists over who broke the truce that ended the latest stoppage. About 700 workers walked out October 17 when contract negotiations failed, and both plants have been idle much of the time since.
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Chapman
Ala
W. T. Smith Lumber Co
Greenville
Merry Christmas For This Local Family Faces Hard Times
A Varnell family at 1423 Fifth Avenue South endures hardship as Ennis Varnell, a veteran with back injuries, cannot work heavy tasks. Without a found medical record, he may be ineligible for a service pension, leaving Mrs. Varnell and their five children ages 5 to 12 with little to look forward to this Christmas.
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Mary Delmore
Varnells
Mrs
Ennis Varnell
Fifth Avenue South
Varnell
Veterans Administration
Ennis
Thelma
Coleman
Evelyn
Gene
Dynamite Plot Foiled At UAW Headquarters in Detroit
In Detroit on December 21 unknown plotters planted a large dynamite charge at the CIO United Auto Workers international headquarters. The blast failed to detonate as police recovered 39 sticks wrapped in Christmas paper on a stairwell outside the basement. One fuse burned to within an inch but failed. detonator on the other fuse did not work. UAW officials tightened security, closing entrances except the front door, and offered a 25,000 reward for information.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors Research Laboratory
Emil Mazey
Mazey
Walter Reuther
Winter Strikes In Wide Areas
The Associated Press reports a broad winter outbreak across the nation with freezing temperatures from North Dakota to the Dakotas, Minnesota, and New Mexico. Cold air extends from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Pacific, with subzero readings in North Dakota and frigid conditions in Arizona and California. A storm in Texas brings freezing rain across the Panhandle and neighboring states, with the icy mix expected to spread tonight into the North Central region.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
North Central
Water Wasters Fined in Gotham Court
New York magistrate Morris Rothenberg fined nine men $25 to $100 for water waste as the city fights shortages. He warned that drastic punishment and potential prison terms await repeat offenders. Reservoirs were 34.7 percent full, with about 62 days of supply left at normal usage.
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New York
Morris Rothenberg
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H M. Watson
Edna Story
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Seventh Avenue West
Red Cross
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Electric Department
Johnston Street
Harry Brewer
Washington and Lee University
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State Branch Laboratory
Blount Springs
Blount County
P. D. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Central One Church
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
R. L. Baker
Hutchinson
By Ken Reynolds
Wamt
South
Muller
Mrs. Schafer
Little May
Meet
By Vic Bubbett
Decatur Jaycee
McRae
Lee Jaycee
Lee
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