Quotas Still To Determine Exact Totals
President Truman directed entry of European war refugees within existing immigration quotas at about 39,000 a year. Most arrivals expected from central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, with about 2,000,000 homeless. The order aims to fill quotas with displaced persons while avoiding harm to American service members.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Europe
Balkans
America
White House
Palestine
Britain
Italy
Oswego
Germany
Great Britain
Eire
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Local Happenings and Naval Updates From Decatur Area
Weather outlook for the state shows partial clouds and mild to cold turns with light rains in the north and warmer southerly winds along the coast. News notes residents visiting relatives, military moves, illness, homecomings, and Navy discharge updates across Decatur, Hartselle, Selma, and surrounding towns with multiple service members returning home or deploying.
Decatur Records Peak Electric Load As Demand Surges
Decatur's electric department reports an all time peak load and rising monthly consumption. In December the city excluding Goodyear Decatur Mills used about one million kilowatt hours, with a single hour peak near 3200 kilowatts. In November 1945 total usage was over three million kWh and an hourly peak of 7808 kilowatts. The city’s customer base grew from 3800 in 1939 to 5498, while wartime reductions at Ingalls Shipbuilding and Decatur Iron and Steel did not prevent the record load. Manager Quince Eddens notes that the figures exclude power used by certain facilities.
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Decatur
Ante Dapartment
Elecen Ae Ee
Goodyear Decatur Mills
City Electric Department
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Quince E. Eddens
Electric Department
Finished Job in Lawrence County War Loan Drive
Lawrence County reports success in the eighth war loan with county chair W. G. Burch noting most beats met goals. Citizens invested $185,227 on a super E bond with county sales at $700,000 vs a $485,000 quota. Town Creek crossed its $12,000 quota by purchasing $13,000 as final reports awaited. Mr. Burch expects more counties to beat their lines when final tallies arrive.
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Lawrence County
W. G. Burch
Lawrence
Town Creek
Burch
Yuletide Services Across Decatur Churches
Decatur churches mark Yuletide Sunday with Christmas anthems pageants and candlelight. Sermons at Central First Ninth Street and Memorial Drive Methodists cover Unveiling God The World's Gift The Wonderful Christ and The Christmas Message with prayers for service members abroad or hospitalized. The day includes 5 pm White Christmas services at Central and First Methodist.
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Lucretia Low
Decatur
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Thad McDonald
First Methodist Church
O. S. Gamble
Christ
Ninth Street Methodist Church
George A. Rice
Memorial Drive
Central
First Methodist Cohen
John O. Braswell
Methodist
Parley Hopes Still Bright In Wartime Talks
Moscow reports say Big Three foreign ministers Byrnes Bevin and Molotov held a two session day long conference in Kremlin for about four hours. They met again at Speridoniska palace with cordial atmosphere and informal talks. Officials declined to disclose progress on atomic energy and other vital topics.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Kremlin
Byrnes
Bevin
Red Room
Speridoniska Palace
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
Croggins Named Sales Chief at Decatur Iron & Steel
Eugene Bailey announces Frank Scroggins will return as vice president and sales manager for Decatur Iron & Steel Co. from St. Louis. He replaces C. A. Ballentine after ownership change. Scroggins, with Cisco ten years, will relocate after New Year as Christmas bonuses are noted and plans for 1946 production advance.
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Eugene Bailey
Decatur Iron & Steel Co
Frank Scroggins
Decatur
Scroggins
St. Louis
C. A. Ballentine
Cisco
Bailey
Pearl Harbor hearings eyed for new intel on unification
Washington dispatch reports Senator Ferguson views the Pearl Harbor probe as yielding valuable information for Congress on side questions including unifying the Army and Navy. The committee has heard a dozen of about 60 witnesses and will resume December 31 as it seeks translators and decoders of intercepted Japanese messages.
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Pearl Harbor
Ferguson
Rmich
Congress
Army
Navy
Central Intelligence Service
Army and Navy
Sherman Miles
Theodore S. Wilkinson
Army-Navy
Japan
U. S
Hawaii
United States
Truman
George C. Marshall
Senate House
Barkley
D-Ky
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Rep. Clark
D-N. C
Clark
Harold R. Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Comrades Prepare Final Tribute for Patton in Germany
The body of Gen George S Patton Jr was borne to Villa Reiner Germany where he will lie in state ahead of Christmas Eve funeral in Hamm Luxembourg The steel casket bore banners of the third seventh and 15th US armies amid roses and carnations as Sgt Joseph Crosby played the organ Lt William Higgenbotham led fifty MPs on guard duty Pfc Henry Kozabol of Chicago who served under Patton in the 10th Armored Division was among the guards.
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RICHARD A. O'REGAN _ DELABRE
Germany
George Smith Patton, Jr
Villa Reiner
Patton
U. S
Hamm
Luxembourg
U.S
France
Joseph Crosby
Corvallis
Oreg
William Higgenbotham
Fairmont
W. Va
Pfc
Henry Kozabol
Chicago
10Th Armored
Railroads Sold Out on Some Lines in Holiday Rush
A New York Central spokesman said heavy holiday travel forced temporary ticket sales suspensions at multiple points. Eastbound trains from Chicago are sold out, and tickets are not being sold for those trains along the line. The measure applies to civilians and service members.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Sparks leads drive to ease Alabama College housing shortage
Gov Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery on December 22 announced a plan to relieve housing shortages at Alabama College by obtaining prefabricated houses. He named State Superintendent E B Norton, Surplus Property Director Haygood Paterson, and Veterans Affairs director C C Horton to a committee for the effort.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama College
E. B. Norton
Haygood Paterson
C. C. Horton
Veterans Affairs Tment
Three Alabama counties aim to raise Victory bond quotas
The Daily reported a telegram listing Winston, Lawrence, and one other Alabama county as targets to raise bond quotas to reach a stronger Victory record. The message stressed improving totals to bolster postwar efforts.
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Alabama
Winston
Cne
Lawrence
South Bend man recalls Patton slapping incident
Kuhl a 30-year-old carpet maker from South Bend said in a letter from Sicily that he felt deep regret at Patton's death. He described Patton as a good leader and recalled being slapped with leather gloves and kicked in the pants during a 1943 hospital inspection. Kuhl was discharged September 27, 1945.
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South Bend
Ind
Kuhl
Patton
Sicily
Patton Dies Becomes Last Meeting With Envoy
A funeral procession leaves the 130th station hospital as Major General George Patton dies. Generals from the Third and Seventh Armies will oversee services at a historic battlefield grave site prior to interment, with Episcopalian rites at Heidelberg. Tributes pour in from around the world as U.S. forces lower flags and observe mourning.
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University City
130Th Station
Patton
Paton
Third Army
Ex President Arias Arrested as Panama Coup Fails
Former Panama President Arnulfo Arias was arrested after a failed Colon coup in which seven people died and seven were wounded. Authorities say the nationwide roundup of Arias followers followed a cabinet meeting called by President Enrique Jimenez.
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Panama City
Arnulfo Arias
Colon
Arias
Enrique Jimenez
Panama
U. S. Army
United States
Carlos Sucre
Meanest Thief Kidnaps Hospital Christmas Tree Lights
At Flint Morgan County sanatorium a Christmas tree for tubercular patients sought bulbs and wiring. A thief stole fifty bulbs and five strings of wiring from Dr. Willie Grosfeld's office. The medical director warned the culprit faces jail if found.
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Morgan County
Flint
Willie Grosfeld
Morgan County Faces Final Victory Bond Push
Morgan County enters Christmas week $48,000 short of the $641,000 series E bond quota. As of Saturday, residents had invested $593,000 toward the target, with countywide sales totaling $2,661,000 against a $2,041,000 goal. The Hartselle area led in participation, and organizers urged 700 county residents to buy $100 series E bonds by December 29 to seal victory.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
M. H
Dlean
Concentration of Red Units Reported in Tehran
A general staff officer in the Iranian government stated today that the army concentration of Red units was reported in Tehran. The brief dispatch notes a claimed buildup or movement within the city, with no further details on scale or command.
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Tehran
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