Northport teen killed as two jailed in Tuscaloosa area shooting
In Northport Alabama a 15 year old boy was killed after a shotgun fired as a group left the home of Guy Cannon Sr. and son Guy Cannon Jr. both 15 were jailed on murder charges. An adult and four teens were at the home when an argument led to the shooting. The incident occurred near the Cannon residence three miles north of Northport across the Warrior River from Tuscaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Northport
Foss Wright
Ee G Bache Serute
le Rigine
Sener
Guy” Cannon” Sr
Cannon
Guy ”Cannon Jr
Dhe
Warrior River
Indictment Arises From Winecoff Hotel Fire Probe
Fulton county grand jury indicts hotel lessees on three counts of involuntary manslaughter and labels the Winecoff blaze a fire trap. A special agent cites rapid spread suggesting arson by a skilled firestarter and disputes cigarette-start theory citing witnesses on third floor. Solicitor General refutes rumors about two men seeking luggage after the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fulton County
Winecoff Hotel
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Fulton County Grand Jury
Charles M. Huguley
Grand Jury
Huguley
E. E. Andrews
Birmingham
Courthouse and Red Cross Offices Close for Holidays
Morgan County courthouse will close at noon Tuesday for Christmas and reopen Thursday morning. The American Red Cross office is closed today and will also close Tuesday and Wednesday with welfare board office closing Tuesday noon and reopening Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Board of Welfare
Highway Patrol reports 15 to 27 9 injuries 3 fatalities
State patrol tallies 15 accidents 9 injured 3 fatalities in 24 hours. Totals year to date show 3914 accidents 2469 injuries 3180 injuries? 467 fatalities with property damage estimated over 1.49 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Rites Held Today for Lenox Baby
Funeral services for Ernest Leroy Lenox two month old son of Mr and Mrs G D Lenox of Talucah will be held at 2 pm today at Valhermosa The infant died at 9 pm Sunday night at the parents home Surviving are the parents two sisters Pauline and Margie Lenox six brothers John ElmerId Gene Billy and Jerry Lenox Burial will be in Valhermosa cemetery Peck of Hartselle directing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Leroy Lenox
G. D. Lenox
Talucah
Valhermosa
Pauline
Margie Lennox
John
Elmer
Gene
Billy
Jerry Ox
Peck
Hartselle
Talmadge Death Triggers Statewide Tributes and Reactions
Crowds pay last respects at the state capitol as Georgia mourns Tal madge. Leaders from Muscogee to Columbus condemn the loss and pledge future guidance while plans for a Tel fair courthouse monument surface amid mixed tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Redwine
Talmadge
James S. Peters
C. J. Maloy
Telfair County
George W. Wilson
W. E. Wilburn
Bayard
W. A. Mann
Little Baptist Church
Camp
Capitol
Columbus
T. Hicks Fort
Georgia
J. B. Walker
Telfair
Atlanta
Amvets
Hapeville
Jonesboro
Griffin
Barnesville
Forsyth
Culloden
Roberts
Fort Valley
Pera Hawkinsville
Eastman
Cotton Prices to Rise on Short Crops in Deep South
Analysts cite two consecutive poor cotton harvests in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama as fueling stronger demand and tighter supply. Shearson, Hammill notes frantic spot buying already under way as the crop is harvested. Agriculture urges raising national cotton acreage from 18 million to 23 million acres to avert spinners’ trouble in 1946-47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Shearson, Hammil and Co
Department of Agriculture
Shearson, Hammill
Henn Quads Case Highlights Rare Births in U S
Mrs Henn wrote discharge papers for Norah Carpenter the British girl who bore quadruplets in England with S Sgt William H Thompson of Pittsburgh named as father Embryology director Dr George Corner notes two Henn babies are identical twins after Johns Hopkins tests The quads occur about once in 658963 deliveries and were thought the 11th living US group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Corner
Department of Embryology
Carnegie Institute of Washington
D. C
Johns Hopkins Medical School
United States
Athens Fire Destroys Home With No Injuries
Firefighters battled flames for three hours in Athens this morning as heavy damage to a house and belongings was reported. The blaze started in a kitchen chimney at about 8 25 and no injuries occurred. A holiday crowd watched the incident unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Monarch Food Store Robbery Leads to Partial Recovery
Decatur police announced the $5,000 robbery at the Monarch Food Store Friday night. $4,000 in checks were recovered Saturday behind the Waco-Pep station by Rudolph Stevenson. Cash $1,000 remains missing. Entry used a basement rear door skeleton key. No arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch
Decatur
J. B
Whitmire
Bob Harrison
Rudolph Stevenson
Woco-Pep Station
Waco Pep Station
Harrison
Food prices hit new peak in mid November
Retail food prices rose to a record high in mid November, 1.5 per cent above June 1920 levels, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics noting a 43 per cent jump from mid October to mid November. The index shows prices in November at 187.7 per cent of the 1935-39 average, 35 per cent higher than a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Peoria
Ill
New York
Denver
Knoxville
Birmingham
Winston-Salem
Newark
Buffalo
Portland
Ore
Thompson dies of stroke in Hartselle home
Edgar L. Thompson, 71, died suddenly about 3 a.m. after suffering a stroke on Sunday and another stroke late yesterday. Survived by his wife four daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar L. Thompson
Hartselle
R. Thompson
G. C. Lane
Louisville
Herman Johnson
Mary Sue Ellis
Danville
Ruby Roberts
Private James E Peck completes artillery school training
Private James E Peck of Somerville returns to headquarters Fort Knox after finishing the artillery mechanics course at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He enlisted June 1946 and arrived at Fort Sill in September. As a center for the 1st Detachment basketball team he helped the post lead the league after eight wins. He played basketball and softball at Cotaco High School where he graduated in 19. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Peck of Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Peck
Somerville
3Rd Regiment
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Artillery School
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Peck
Army hospital transfer for PFC Ira W Dedmon
Pfc Ira W Dedmon AC brother of Delbert Dedmon of Decatur moved from RAF Eglin Field Fla to Oliver General Hospital Augusta Ga for further treatment. Thousands of service men who fought in Europe and the Pacific are today receiving medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira W. Dedmon
Delbert Dedmon
Decatur
Raf Station Hospital
Eglin, Field
Fla
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Europe
Pacific
Navy ship visit faces delays as sailors seek ashore access
Benninghoff asked Soviet authorities to allow three Americans ashore for a Navy surface ship's brief visit. Repeated attempts failed as officials claimed the Soviet commander was unavailable or away, though later reports indicated the commander was at home. LC-3 1090 carried 26 enlisted men and five officers with all armament removed for the Darien voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benninghoff
Recler
Hans
Rarenoff
Darien
French Hit At City Hall in Hanoi Battle
French troops bombard Hanoi city hall and post office as fighting rages through the Indochinese quarter. The French press agency says 29 French civilians were killed and mutilated, while Viet Nam batteries shell the citadel and streets. Ho Chi Minh’s residence was stormed on December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hanoi
Rue Coton
Tonkin
Annam
Viet-Nam
Ho Chi Hinh
T. M. Green Dies at Home
Funeral services for Thomas Myrtis Green 27 will be led by Rev. E L Hunt at 2 today at Antioch. He died Saturday at his Gruitle Tenn home. Surviving are his wife one son Charles his parents Mr and Mrs T H Green Gruitle three sisters Mrs Fred Lowery Mrs C B McCurston and Mrs Murry McCutch eon three brothers Jessie Homer and Willie Green Burial in Antioch cemetery Peck of Hartselle directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Myrtis Green
E. L. Hunt
Antioch
Mr. Green
Gruitle
Tenn
Charles
T. H. Green
Fred Lowery
C. B. McCurston
Murry McCutcheon
Jessie
Homer
Willie Green
Antioch Cemetery
Peck of
Hartselle
Generous Offering Given at First Presbyterian Pageant
Church members attended a Sunday pageant at First Presbyterian to support a fund for retired ministers. A total of 158 was collected and sent to Louisville Kentucky to the committee on church education and ministerial relief. The pageant, directed by Mrs J F Graham, narrated the Christmas story and Christian spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Louisville
J. F. Graham
Delta Plans $5 Million Two Year Expansion
Delta Air Lines announces a $5,000,000 two year expansion program to extend routes add equipment and build facilities financed by 17 banks, 14 of them in the South. President C. E. Woolman commented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Delta Air Lines
South
C. E. Woolman
Delta
City of Decatur amends license tax list 1946
Ordinance 442 adds new items and fees to Section 12 of Ordinance 415 within Decatur Alabama. Items include air conditioners bakers motor boats water melon stands and other business categories with specified fees. The ordinance is adopted and approved December 16 1946 with city clerk and mayoral signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
Joe Pettey
Local Names Appear in Daily Records Amid Mixed Entries
Readable items include Lavon Arrington in Falkville entries and Kathleen Chaney with Falkville. Paul Carmen Tidwell and Hazel Mildred Chandler appear linked to Athens and Tan Her, reflecting scattered records across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leanked
Lavon Arrington
Falkville
Kathleen Chaney
Paul Carmen Tidwell
Athens
Hazel Mildred Chandler
Tanher
Seven Alabama Girls Enter Maid of Cotton Contest
Decatur's Miss Ann Kimbrough heads seven Alabama entrants in the Maid of Cotton pageant announced by Ford Boyd of the National Cotton Council. Other competitors include Frances Shoemaker Falkville Kate McDonnell Huntsville Sara Killen Florence Martha Jan Albert Guntersville Leila Mae Barrow West Blockton. Ten finalists to be notified by December 26 for the January 13 Memphis contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Kimbrough
Decatur
Alabama
Ford Boyd
National Cotton Council
Frances Shoemaker
Falkville 2
Kate McDonnell
Huntsville
Sara Killen
Florence
Martha Jan Albert
Guntersville
Virginia Ellen Bell Heflin
Leila Mae Barrow
West Blockton
Miss Shoemaker
M. ©. Shoemaker
Massey
Miss McDonnell
J. S. McDonald
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Commodore
Huuntsville High School
Democrats Defend Reciprocal Trade Program Amid Republican Push
Senate Democrats rallied to defend the administration’s reciprocal trade agreements as Senator Butler urged suspending the program while the GOP surveys progress. Senator Hatch warned such a move would be disastrous for the United States and the world, while Senator Tydings warned of political consequences of a Republican attack. Senator Brooks indicated agreement with Butler that gains from reciprocal reductions may be incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Butler
Neb
State Department
Hatch
Tydings
D-Md
Brooks
R-Ill
United States
Mable Turner Named President of New Home Economic Club
Mable Turner has been named president of the newly organized home economic club at the junior high school. Other officers are Betty Pierce vice president Anna Marie Chastain secretary Elsie Crow treasurer and Joanne Woodruff program chairman. About 40 members are registered. The club held a Christmas party December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Turner
Home
Betty Pierce
Anna Marie Chastain
Elsie Crow
Joanne Woodruff
Bevin Sees First Stage of Harmony Among Great Powers
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said in a radio address that the powers have entered the first stage of concord and harmony. He urged friendship and cooperation as peace’s surest basis but cautioned peacemaking will take several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United Nations
General Clay objects to Saar separation frontier
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay deputy American military governor condemned the French move to separate the Saar from the rest of Germany with a customs frontier calling it an entirely unilateral action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Saar
Germany
War Plants Plan Made by Army Navy Munitions Board
The Army and Navy munitions board expects to complete by next fall its two year plan to mobilize industry for atomic war. The plan envisions a civilian controlled War Production Board type agency, streamlined, with annual revisions as technology changes. It notes 11 aircraft plants and other facilities for funding and integration into arsenal and shore establishments. The fate of the synthetic rubber industry is under study by the rubber reserves corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Ae Richard R
Ee Board
War Production Board
Pearl Harbor
Deupree
Cincinnati
War Assets Administration
Army
Navy
Congress
Rubber Reserves Corporation
William L. Batt
WPB
Pope Calls for Holy Union Against Hostility
Pope Pius XII urged a holy union of Rome Italy and the Christian world to overcome hostility in a speech from St Peter's Square. Thousands cheered as soldiers patrolled the crowd after renewed anti clerical outbreaks linked to Don Basilio editors and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
St. Peter's Square
Pius XII
Christ
Don Basilio
Decatur High School Band Holds Yearly Banquet
The Decatur high school band held its annual banquet at the Greystone cafe on Tuesday with a Christmas theme. The event featured a four course dinner for band members and several adults, gifts exchanged among musicians, and a program of Christmas carols led by Mary Allen Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Greystone Cafe
Carl Schwuchow
Bobby Schwuchow
Ed Price
Walter M. Jackson
W. R. Riley
W. T. Jordan
Schwuchow
Band Mothers Club
Edsel Holden
Willie Taylor
Jeanne White
Mary Allen Spencer
Former Ellenen Official Passes in Birmingham
E Brownlie 74 former assistant superintendent of the L and N Birmingham division died after a short illness. Native of Livingston Kentucky he served the railroad over fifty years. Survived by widow a son Harry C Brownlie a daughter Mrs J B Lassiter two brothers Delbert Melbourne and Brownlie both of Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
E. Brownlie
L. and N. Railroad
Livingston
Harry C. Brownlie
J. B. Lassiter
Delbert
Melbourne
Fila
Y Brownlie
Track star chases prowler in fraternity house
Ray Adee of Kansas Lake College pursued a house prowler after hearing a noise in the kitchen but lost the chase. The thief supposedly fled with a chicken, a bowl of potatoes, a quart of milk, and two pounds of fish, as Adee attempted to stop him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FLEET
Manhattan
Kas
Ray Adee
Kansas Lake Co
Adee
Local Decatur Notes Pace Holiday Movements
Decatur area residents attend hospital transfers and Christmas plans. Lynn Hallmark moved to Decatur General by ambulance. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wells plan Christmas in Decatur. Pvt Billy Maner to visit relatives from Fort Dix. Various locals travel or visit, a city building permit issued, post office extends hours, and court fines listed amid holiday activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Hallmark
City Cafe
Decatur General Hospital
Brown's Ambulance
Marvin Wells
Huntsville
Decatur
T. E. Skinner
Fifth Avenue East
Howell
D. T. Sivley
Decatur 3
Mutual Service Ambulance
Christmas Visit Plans From Robert Creighton
Robert Creighton left today for Nashville Tennessee to spend the Christmas holidays. Rev J T Echols and Mrs Echols with family of Huntsville are visiting this afternoon at the home of Rev and Mrs W W Glass. The Youth Fellowship of First Presbyterian church will entertain returning college student members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Miller
Decatur
Fritz Miller
San Jose
Ill
Polk Dailey
Hillsboro, Tenn
Mrs. Dailey
Robert Creighton
Nashville
Tenn
J. T. Echols
Huntsville
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Alabama to get almost all new phones in 1947 predicts official
Frank M. Malone of Southern Bell says a government decontrol order will make phones more available to households next year. He notes a 45 000 backlog statewide and 9 000 in Birmingham, with 12 percent of new phones in the city. rates may rise but earnings are described as alarmingly low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Frank M. Malone
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone ‘Company
Civilian Production Administration
Malone
Hyde, Pugh Are Better After Cullman Crash
Luther Hyde and TM Riley Pugh were said a little improved at Cullman hospital after a two truck collision near Cullman Friday. Mrs Hyde died from injuries to the collision between her husband’s pickup and a Birmingham truck and trailer. Jessie Willard Burgess, a four year South Pacific veteran, died two hours after the crash. Junior Lackey, riding in the pickup's back, was slightly injured. The truck driver was unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Mrs. Hyde
Olen Spann
Birmingham
Jessie Willard Burgess
South Pacific
Junior Lackey
J. M. Franklin to be buried today at city cemetery
Graveside services for J. M. Franklin will be held at 3 pm at the city cemetery. Rev. W. W. Glass will officiate. Franklin of 302 Railroad Street died of a heart attack Sunday morning at Decatur General Hospital. burial directed by Brown at the city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Franklin
City Cemetery
W. W. Glass
Funeral services for Kyle infant at Tanner Cemetery
Funeral services were held for Willie Kyle infant son of Mr and Mrs Rube Kyle at 1 30 Sunday afternoon at Tanner Cemetery. He is survived by his parents two brothers Rube Kyle Jr and Gerald Franklin Kyle and two sisters Helen and Dorot Kyle all of Falkville and grandparents Mr and Mrs T Kyle and grandmother Mrs B Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Kyl
Rube Kyle
Tanner Cemtery
Rube Kyle Jr
Gerald Franklin Kyl
Helen
Dorot Kyle
Falkville 1
T. Kyle
B Thomas
St Pauls Lutheran Christmas Eve Service Plans
The church will hold a Christmas Eve service at 7 30 directed by Miss Mary Louise Garrett and assisted by the church men's auxiliary. Rev E T Town of Florence will conduct. No Christmas Day services announced. A hospital transfer and birth announcements follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Garrett
Theman
St. Paul's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lenox Baby
Culver
Mic
Thompson
Pfc
Dedmon
Army Hospital
T. M. Green
Mand
Gen
Clay
Arnall
Ellis
Eugene Talmadge
Arnell
Pope
Ellenen
And
Billy Maner
Fort Dix
N. J
Henry Turner
Ira M. Murphree
Decatur 2
James E. Watkins
Henry C. Brannon, Hartseller
Nealy Lamar Osborne
Baugh’s Infirmary
W. L. Banks
Percy G. Phillips
Percy
John W. Phillips
Tihd Avenue
James Blythe
Courtland
Prince Jones
Jones
Fifth Street
Seventh
Eighth Street
DeMolay Commandry
Knights Templar
William W. Glass
Grand Commandry
Raymond Ross
Detroit, Mich
A. M. Roan
Hollis Cobb
Cumberland Law School
Frank Cobb
E. H. Hill
Lee Deal
Albertville
John McCutcheon
Somerville 2
G. H. McClellan
Flint
Luther Hyde
Riley’ Pugh
Cullman Hospital
Kyle Infant
R. E. Case
Wadsworth Street
Howell's Ambulance
Paul Kormis
Carol Ann
Hamil Clinic
Neal Speake
Whitmire, C
Mary
Elbert Eg Abram
Jim Abram
I. B. Howard
P Tenn
Spen
Fred S. Robinson
Priceville
Hallmark
Xmas
City Park
James L. Rankin Insurance
Decatur Phone
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!