Publicity Men Appointed for Bishop's Youth Fund Campaign
William J. Mahoney was named managing editor of the Montgomery Advertiser and state publicity chairman, with M. Stanley as co chair. Moreland Griffith announced the nationwide effort aims to raise 260000 dollars for an Episcopal Chapel and student center at the University of Alabama and other campus chapels. The campaign will include Camp McDowell and the conference center, utilizing all media without charge to spread publicity.
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William J. Mahoney
Montgomery
M. Stanley
Ala Journal
Moreland Griffith
Matt
Bishop's Youth Fund
Smith
University of Bama
Auburn
Alabama College For Women
Tuskegee
Negro Press
Markets Inch Up In Mixed Wall Street Trading
Demand picked up in today’s stock market but failed to spark a full advance. Many shares gained, with Nickel Plate common rising after a dividend approval on arrears for its 6 percent cumulative preferred stock. Others advancing included U S Steel Chrysler International Harvest … Transcontinental and Western Air while losses appeared for General Motors Studebaker Woolworth Douglas Aircraft Schenley Du Pont Philip Morris Union Pacific and Kennecott Copper.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
International Harvester
Consolidated Natural Gas
American Smelting
Westinghouse Electric
American Tobacco
Illinois Central
United Air Lines
Transcontinental
Western Air
General Motors
Studebaker
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
Schenley, du Pont
Philip Morris
Union Pacific
Kennecott Copper
Nashville livestock market report from December cattle and hog prices
In Nashville Tennessee cattle receipts around 200 were generally steady with light volumes. Steers and heifers under 750 pounds traded 20.00 to 25.00, heavier steers 24.00 to 24.58, cows 12.00 to 16.50, bulls 18.50 to 21.00, vealers 29.00 to 35.00. Hogs 600 head active with barrows and gilts 21.75 to 22.00 top, heavier weights higher. Sheep 50 head steady with good lambs 20.00 to 23.00 and ewes 8.00 to 9.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market holds steady amid light truck demand
Poultry prices in Atlanta show general steadiness with wide variation. Most purchases completed as processors close for the week. Light sizes in surplus, but over 3 lb birds scarce. Fryer prices FOB farm ranged from 33 to 39 cents for New Hampshire Reds White crosses 39 33 cents Barred Rock Crosses 29 30 1 2 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
New York Cotton Futures Turn Irregular After Early Steady Start
Cotton futures showed uneven moves after morning steadiness as light mill buying pushed prices up to 40 cents per bale. Hedging and liquidation trimmed gains while quiet textile demand and a lull in exports slowed activity. Late afternoon quotes ranged about 20 cents higher to 10 cents lower from the prior close with May and July contracts cited.
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New York
Donald Brian Dies At New York Home
Donald Brian, 73, a famed actor and singer, died of a heart ailment at his Great Neck home. A native of Newfoundland, he rose to Broadway prominence in 1907 as Prince Danilo in The Merry Widow and later appeared in musical comedies. His last New York appearance was in 1939 in Very Warm For May.
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Great Neck
N. Y
Donald Brian
Newfoundland
Brian
Prince Danilo
Brain
New York
Americans Disrobed and Searched by Czechoslovak Officials
Prague dispatch reports the U S embassy protested after three embassy personnel were subjected to strip searches. Irene Foster Vaclav of Chicago was searched 45 minutes at Ruzyne airport on December 8 en route to Oslo. John Pazourek of Flushing and wife were stripped at Cheb December 6 while train detained. One official’s mailbag was opened. Edythe Radovsky, longtime Prague resident, was arrested December 11 and held without comm.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Irene Adelaide Foster-Vaclavik
Chicago
Ruzyne
Oslo
Norway
Cheb
John Pazourek
Flushing
N.Y
United States
Pabourek
Edythe Radovsky
Assaults Halt Seattle Port as Union Walkout Expands
AFL foremen and checkers accuse two workers of beatings and refuse to return until safety guarantees are given. The port shutdown affects 35 ships including five Army transports after CIO longshoremen could not operate without supervision. William Gettings denies CIO involvement as the two sides clash post the Coast Maritime strike end.
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Seattle
AFL
CIO
Jack Doyle
Pape Crummer
AFL Checkers
William Gettings
CIO- Longshoremen's Union
Britain to Send Jet Fighters to Allied Nations
A Brussels pact plan moves Britain to equip France Belgium and Luxembourg allied states with jet fighters for Western Europe air defense. Source says defense plans under the Western European union are far advanced beyond public perception.
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London
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Europe
Luxembourg
Western
Burned Boy Will Spend Christmas Night at Home
An 11 year old burn victim Malcolm Gentry from a dairy farm near Austell will spend Christmas night at home with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Plunkett now living in Atlanta. He has undergone 50 to 60 operations blood transfusions and skin grafts since Grady Hospital admission. Doctors fear he may never walk again though eventual recovery is hoped. An adult tried to smother flames after clothing caught fire while an older brother intervened to smother the fire.
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Atlanta
Malcolm Gentry
Grady Hospital
Austell
Albert Plunkett
Malcolm
Bethany Named Youngest U S Bankruptcy Referee
C. W. Bethany Jr. of Decatur has been noted as the youngest bankruptcy referee in the United States by the National Association of Referees in Bankruptcy. The 29 year old federal appointee serves the North Alabama court division among about 160 referees nationwide.
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C. W. Bethany Jr
Decatur
United States
National Association of Referees In
Bankrutcy
Bethany
North Alabama
Recollections of Poverty in Peer Gynt An Old Childhood Tale
Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt reflects the narrator's memories of childhood poverty shaping the hero's character and choices. The work uses vivid scenes to explore hardship and imagination as a response to deprivation.
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Henrik Ibsen
Assault Alleged in Damage Suit Here
Karl Link seeks 25000 dollars in damages from Alabama Hosiery mill claiming employee Howard Craze assaulted him on January 7 1948 while on duty knocked him unconscious and injured him The suit was filed today in the circuit clerk office by attorney LeRoy McEntire Jr.
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Karl Link
Alabama
Howard Craze
LeRoy McEntire Jr
Craze
Marriages for Olen Smith and Lola Brown in City Records
Daily records note Olen Hollis Smith aged 36 of 1427 Sixth Avenue East marrying Lola Mase Brown Smith aged 35 of 1818 Fifth Avenue East. Also listed are James Lester Beam 23 of Dozier and Henderson 18 at Court and location.
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Olen Hollis Smith
Sixth Avenue E
Lola Mase Brown Smith
Fifth Avenue E
James Lester Beam
Dozier
Ae Henderson
Courtand
Markets to Close Worldwide for Christmas Day Observed
Markets to close all stock and commodity exchanges next Saturday for Christmas with many commodity markets closing at noon Friday. New York stock and curb exchanges shut all day while American exchanges reopen Monday after the holiday.
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New York
New York Produce Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Commodity Exchange
New Orleans
Opossums Keep Young In Pouch After Birth
The young of the opossum are born incompletely and stay developing inside their mother's pouch for about two months after birth.
Christmas notices and local happenings in Decatur
Local residents attend services, holiday events, and family visits in Decatur. Mrs G R Rodgers and Catherine of Camp Hill visit 709 Oak Street. many prepare for Christmas Eve closures and holiday programs at Central Methodist and Church of the Nazarene. Community births, hospital notes, and ambulance runs are noted along with market quotes and local readings.
Capital Cuts Planned by U S Forces in Germany
An authoritative source in Chile says democratic nations may issue a joint declaration calling for an economic blockade against governments installed by revolution. A Chilean court convicted 20 men of attempting to overthrow the government last month. An Inter American Commission finished its inquiry into Costa Rica being invaded from Nicaragua. A Czechoslovak airline plane with 24 aboard disappeared between Rome and Athens.
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Germany
Chile
America
inter-American Commission
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Rome
Athens
Duggan Welles Defends 14 Years in State Department
Duggan Welles and two former high ranking state officials defended his fourteen year service in the State Department yesterday. Police said Duggan, 43, died Monday night after reportedly jumping or falling from the Institute of International Education office where he was president. No signs of a struggle were found.
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Welles
State Department
Duggan
Institute of International Education
Bogarts' Dogs Bring Skunk To Beverly Hills Home
A Bogart household tale from Beverly Hills reports boxer dogs returning with a skunk in the hallway. The incident follows earlier rattlesnake and wildcat mishaps linked to Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. A social note mentions the couple spending Christmas with friends. A Dutch Delft fire altered the city’s tile industry heritage.
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Humphrey Bogarts
Beverly Hills
Calif
Humphrey Bogart
Benedict Canyon
Cacat
Jeffee Skunk
Delft
Holland
Europe
Decatur Girl Scouts Host Holiday Parties and Crafts
Decatur Girl Scouts and Brownies organized festive events at Littlehouse in Delano Park with hand made decorations. Troops 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 and 16 held parties featuring stories songs gifts and crafts for neighbors and family.
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Decatur
Littlehouse
Delano Park
Troop 11
Wanda Harris
Littlehorse
Ranaratiane
Death Takes Mrs. Clanton
Mrs. R. L. Clanton 56 of 914 College Avenue died this morning at Decatur General Hospital after a 13 day illness. She leaves husband two daughters Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. Jessie Pickett both of Decatur one son Price Clanton mother Mrs. W. P. Miller of Athens five brothers one sister and two grandchildren. The body goes to daughter Mrs. Pickett 925 North Avenue. The funeral procession leaves Thursday at 1 P. M. for Athens for 2 P. M. services at Athens Church of Christ. Burial in Athens City Cemetery. Brown's directing.
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R. L. Clanton
College Avenue
Decatur General Hospital
Jessie Pickett
North Avenue
Athens
War Crimes Trial Figures Named In Final Executions
The article lists former Japanese leaders including War Minister Gen Seishiro Itagaki and premier War Koki Hirota among those executed by the U S eighth army after the anti nation tribunal verdicts. It notes plans to cremate bodies to prevent enshrinement and denial of ashes to families while two convicts appealed to the U S Supreme Court, which dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
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Koki Hirota
Seishiro Itagaki
Heitaro Kumura
Manchuria
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
Philippines
Pacific
Far East
Allied Tribunal
U. S. Eighth Army
MacArthur
International Tribunal
United States Supreme Court
Visitors Here From Hillsboro Arrive in Decatur
Frank Calvert and S Kilpatrick of Hillsboro visited Decatur today. олардың itinerary not provided.
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Frank Calvert
S. Kilpatrick
Hillsboro 2
Decatur
Miss Sara Barrett Hosts Intermediate Troop Party
Miss Sara Barrett, troop assistant leader, entertained the intermediate troop members in her room decorated with festive trimmings. The girls presented their mothers with handmade leather coin purses and were served cookies and candies.
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Troop 14
E. J. Austin
E. O. Craft
Ruth Neher
F. F. Smith
Anne Pritchett
Somerville Road School
Troop 16
Miss Pritchett
Sara Barrett
Girl Scout Troop Parties Share Gifts and Treats
Monday afternoon Troop 15 led by Mrs George Devine and co leader Mrs Raymond Baker hosted a Christmas party at the Little House with gifts for a needy child and refreshments. Troop 18 led by Mrs Withers Peebles Jr and Mrs R K Vana held a food gift party for a local family with ice cream and cake. Troop 11 held a Friday afternoon party with games and candies. Troop 8 hosted a Christmas sleepover at Finley Island McNeil Camp led by Mrs John Wyker Jr and Miss Wanda Harris. Girl Scout Council Board members enjoyed a Christmas meeting with Mrs alter Jackson serving as hostess and Mrs Erskine Chenault presiding along with other board members.
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Littlehouse
John Stewart
John Patterson, Jr
Ed Austin
Sam Evans
Tom Parker
Prentiss Clark
Troop 12
Harriet Wright
Nellye Jean Brown
Kay Lane
Louise Thrasher
George Devine
Raymond Baker
Ernie Blackwell
Bonnie Lewis
Troop 18
Troop 11
Troop 8
McNeil
Finley Island
John Wyker, Jr
Wanda Harris
Girl Scout Council Board
Alter Jackson
Erskine Chenault
H. B. Norwood
Joe Duncan
Paul Robinson
R. B. Bagley
Helen Morrow
Jackson
William D. Sims, Jr
Antiques sale at Porter Vaughan home
Just opened featuring a neat collection for last minute shoppers. Mrs Porter Vaughan hosts at 510 4th Ave West with phone 1066 J.
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Porter Vaughan
4Th Ave
Driving '48 Ford to Houston Texas by Shreveport
A passenger ride listing from Shreveport Louisiana describes a 1948 Ford being driven to Houston Texas on December 23 with two passengers and a contact phone provided.
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Ford
Houston
Texas
Shreveport
Tae Ae
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Decatur 3
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Mrs. C. W. Strother
Johnston Street
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Decatur 2
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Decatur, Ab
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