Immigration Act becomes law amid new Congress storm
Washington reports the McCarran Walter Immigration Act, passed over Truman’s veto, becomes law at 12:01 a.m. It preserves national origins quotas but removes racial barriers to entry and naturalization, amid administration calls for revisions and international protests. Senator McCarran defends the act as a safeguard against subversives.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
McCarran
United States
Gen. McGranery
U. S
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
Europe
Sen. McCarran
D-New
U.N. Pressure Seeks Inquiry Into Mass Murders
Red urged the United Nations and the U S delegation to push for an international commission to investigate other mass murders and crimes against humanity. The Katyn massacre could not be brought before the World Court as Russia has not accepted the court's jurisdiction, preventing her being a defendant.
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U. N
United States
U. N. International Commission
Katyn
Russia
Hendrix Service To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Ellis B. Hendrix eighty seven, of Hartseller, who died at his residence yesterday, will be held today at 2 P.M. at the Rice school with Rev. Haiden Copeland officiating. Interment follows in the adjoining cemetery, directed by Peck. Pallbearers include Hubert Wallace, Theodore Wallace, Pervin Isley, Luther Hendrix, Roy Hendrix, and Bill Evans. Surviving are his widow Mrs Gracie Hendrix and two daughters Mrs Helen Roan and Mrs L T Burris.
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Ellis B. Hendrix
Hartseller
Rice School
Haiden Copeland
Peck
Hubert Wallace
Theodore Wallace
Pervin Isley
Luther Hendrix
Roy Hendrix
Bill Evans
Gracie Hendrix
Hartselle
Helen Roan
Bir
L.T. Burris
Amusements Today Showings at Princess and Hatfield
Princess features His Kind of Woman with Mitchum and Russell at 1 35 4 10 6 50 9 25. Hatfield Athens screens Steel Town with Sheridian Lund and Duff at 6 30 8 18.
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Robert Mitchum
Jane Russell
Hatfield
Athens
Ana Sheridian
John Lund
Howard Duff
Christmas Week Notices and Local Appointments in Decatur
Decatur area notices list hospital dismissals and new births, church events, sermons by Rev. George T. Hubbard, and the hour of power at Westside Baptist. Local residents travel for business, guests arrive from Cairo Illinois, and town residents attend services and community events. Public drunkenness and vagrancy arrests are reported along with highway patrol intoxication and court docket items.
Southern governors plan freight rates and tidelands projects
Byrnes continues from page one as South Carolina governor accepts the appointment. Talmadge reveals 1953 committee heads with Mississippi's Gov. Hugh White chairing Freight Rates and Texas's Gov. Allan Shivers leading Tidelands. He says these chairmanships aim to conclude the two major southern goals. Other chairmen include Gov. Jobn S. Battle of Virginia and Gov. Theodore R. Mc Maryland on Treaties.
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South Carolina
Talmadge
Hugh White
Mississippi
Allan Shivers
Texas
Tidelands
Jobo
Battle
Virginia
Theodore R. McMaryland
Pan American Bares Its Side In Holiday Troop Return
Pan American World Airways announces Operation Way Back Home to repatriate over a thousand service members for Christmas using low tourist fares. VP Willis Lipscomb defends the program, cites cooperation with Armed Forces Special Services in Europe, and denies blocking other airlines. A Sabena letter confirms charter cancellations were due to IATA rules, not Pan American decisions.
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Pan American World Airways
Willis G. Lipscomb
Pan American
Drew Pearson
Europe
Sabena
Sine Signal Battalion
Darmstadt
John Kumps
Frankfurt
322Nd
Brussels
IATA
International Air Transport Association
PAA
Resignation of Pinay Sparks Efforts to Preserve Government
Auriol presses for Pinay to carry on after resignation claims heavy charges require a solid majority. Crumbling government may seek MRP support to mend the broken majority and steer toward a balanced budget. If Pinay resigns, it ends the 17th postwar government since 1944 liberation.
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Pinay
Auriol
MRP
Enclosures at Koje Follow Policy Recommendation
On Koje steps, officials report voluntary prisoner training continues only for those who refused to return to Communist controlled territory, following a recommendation to discontinue political orientation of prisoners.
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Koje
Birthday at the bench: 90-year-old Otho Lighter works on his day
In Providence Rhode Island 90-year-old Otho Lighter celebrated his birthday by working at a heating concern. He started as a blacksmith at a young age before switching to wheel tire work and later sheet metal jobs after pneumatics emerged. He rises at 3 30 am and is the first man on the job at 5 45 am with a friend driving him.
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Providence
R. N.B
Otho
Poe
Airman Ardin Morrow dies after motorcycle crash injuries
Final rites for Ardin Morrow of Moulton Alabama scheduled for 2 p m at Smyrna church in Lawrence County. He died at Maxwell Field General Hospital Montgomery after sustaining head injuries from a July 1952 motorcycle accident on the Moulton Courtland highway while on Air Force leave. Interment will be at Smyrna cemetery with Moulton American Legion pallbearers and military services at the graveside. He is survived by his wife Bernice Smith Morrow his mother Nettie Morrow a sister trio and a brother with other relatives. He worked at Goodyear Mills before enlisting in 1946 and 1951 respectively.
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Ardin Price Morrow
Maxwell Field General Hospital
Montgomery
Moulton-Courtland
Smyrna
Lawrence
Morrow
Air Force
Maxwell Field
Maxwell General Hospital
Walter Webb
Clyde Jones
Brown
Moulton
Traffic Death Is Investigated in Alabama
An inquest was set for 10 a m tomorrow into the death of 66 year old retired Loxley farmer John P Acreman who was killed in a Saturday traffic incident on the Daphne Belforest road. Coroner Fred Thrasher ordered the inquiry to determine if the death was accidental. Sheriff Taylor Wilkins said investigators were probing unusual circumstances with help from Assistant State Toxicologist Nelson E Grubbs and a State Patrol investigator.
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Bay Minette
Ala
John P. Acreman
Loxley
Fred Thrasher
Acreman
Daphne-Belforest
Taylor Wilkins
Nelson E. Grubbs
Wilkins
Student Wins Fight Against Rare Disease
John Carroll Steakley, 22, a Howard College pharmacy student from Sheffield, returned home by ambulance after recovering from brain inflammation linked to a rare and often fatal complication of mumps. He had been hospitalized since December 10 in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
John Carroll Steakley
Steakley
Sheffield
Howard College
Shislen Pel
Morris family rites and survivals noted in Hartselle
Obituary fragment shows Mrs. E C Morris and Charles Gary Morris with siblings and pallbearers named. Maxine Woodall obituary mentions parents Sherman and wife Betty, and Kalamazoo grandparents. Mutual Service directs interment. services led by Revs L E Toone and F O Parker.
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Maxine Woodall
L. E. Toone
F. O. Parker
Mutual Service
Sherman Woodall
Betty Woodall
W. A. Hardin
Kalamazoo
Mrs. Wright Dies At Home
Final rites for Mrs. Welby Par thena Wright 83 who died at her Hartselle home yesterday at 5 10 P M will be held tomorrow at 11 A M at Lebanon Baptist church Rev Lanny Smallwood and Rev Wilburn Smallwood will officiate and interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery Pallbearers include Cline Smallwood Herman Collins Edward Livingston Jack Wright Lester Shaneyfelt and Charles Burden Surviving are four daughters Mrs Annie Shaneyfelt Hartselle Mrs Lizzie Pannell Kansas City Mo Mrs Marvie Hardin Vimont and Mrs Donna Godfrey two sons Jesse Wright Hartseller and Charlie Wright Langdale Ala one sister Mrs Martha Flemond Chattanooga and one brother Charlie Thorn Minor Hill Tenn
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Hartselle 1
Lebanon Baptist Church
Lanny Smallwood
Wilburn Smallwood
Peck
Cline Smallwood
Herman Collins
Edward Livingston
Jack Wright
Lester Shaneyfelt
Charles Burden
Annie Shaneyfelt
Hartseller
Lizzie Pannell
Kansas City
Marvie Hardin
Vinemont
Donna Godfrey
Jesse Wright
Charlie Wright
Langdale
Ala
Martha Flemmond
Chattanooga
Charlie Thorn
Minor Hill
Tenn
Onion Pepper Luncheon Dish with Cream Corn
A simple luncheon recipe combines finely chopped onion and green pepper sautéed in bacon fat with a can of cream style corn. Heat through and serve with strips of crisp bacon.
October Sales Set New Mark
Alabama businesses set records in October per the University of Alabama Bureau of Business Research. Iron and coke output reached historic highs while building activity fell. Manufacturing employment rose to 236,500. department store sales up 14 percent from October 1951. outbound traffic at State Docks up 31 percent from September.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
Iron and Steel
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Alabama State Docks
Stricken port ship rescue unfolds amid gale and chaos
The 12 546 ton liner grounded four miles offshore near Beirut as a motor launch rescued seven passengers from the surf. Survivors were shivering and treated in hospitals while thousands watched. Two bodies washed ashore after a lifeboat wreck. Rescue teams from Lebanon and foreign nations aided amid repeated failed cable drops and air attempts. An American aboard was among those identified, with Charls Harris noted. President Chamoun visited the scene as authorities persisted with shore-to-ship lines and helicopter support.
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Beirut Harbor
Francois Pugh
Pugh
Coast Guard
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Lebanon
Messageries Maritimes
Charles Harris
France
Kenya
E. R. Jones
Marine Division
Trans - Arabian Pipeline Co
U. S. Navy
Tripoli
Libya
Walnut Butter Cake Recipe Note
Add a cup of finely ground black walnuts to a butter cake batter for a rich flavor. Bake in a tube or loaf pan until golden and fragrant for a luscious dessert.
Australian ships replace hammocks with bunks for sailors
Naval authorities announce bunks are being issued aboard Australian warships as a modern alternative to traditional hammocks for sailors. The change aims to improve comfort and accommodation aboard vessels.
Markets Report From Decatur And Atlanta Poultry Trade
Farm markets in Decatur list cotton middling 33.50c, No 2 wheat 2.05, oats 85c, white ear corn 2.10, yellow ear corn 1.70, hogs 18.50c. Atlanta market shows live poultry steady with light trading and heavy delivery bookings for Friday and Saturday. Broilers under 3% lbs priced 25-28 cents per lb.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Market Report: Cattle Hogs Steady to Higher
Nashville cattle sales mixed with steady to higher prices across categories. Calves scarce with good demand. hogs active with higher quotes for two days. barrows and gilts around 18 to 19 dollars for various weights. sows mostly 14 to 15 dollars. Sheep activity nominal at around 25 dollars.
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Nashville
Multiple vehicle collisions cause property damage on city streets
At 2:45 P.M. two trucks and cars collided at Grant Street and Fourth Avenue SE injuring no one. a 1947 Dodge and a 1950 Ford were damaged while a 1949 Dodge escaped damage. Earlier, at 1:10 P.M., a Studebaker and a Plymouth collided at Grant Street and First Avenue causing extensive body damage to both. owners include C. W. Strother and N. R. Johnson.
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Jesse Dawson Buchanan
Moulton Street
Decatur Box and Basket Company
Market Street
Grant Street
Fourth Avenue
Grant
Atlas Auto Finance Company
Alex Terry
Euel Thompson Jr
T. H. Fitzpatrick
Gordon Drive
George White
Studebaker
Plymouth
First Avenue
Terry and
Thompson
C. W. Strother
N. R. Johnson
Decatur 3
TV Station Plan Extends Picture Range to 40 Miles
A proposed hookup would provide a good picture up to 40 miles from the station and a fair view to 50 or 60 miles. The service area would include Huntsville the Tri-Cities Decatur and nearby towns like Athens and Moulton. The TV studio would likely be in the Mutual Savings Life building on Bank Street with WMSL studios on the first or third floor.
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Huntsville
Tri-Cities
Decatur
Athens
Moulton
WMSL
Mutual Savings Life
Bank Street
Whisenant
Montgomery Traffic Accidents Compared By Patrol
Yesterday there were 21 accidents with 12 injured and no deaths causing 8740 dollars in property damage. A year ago 58 accidents caused 33 injuries two deaths and 22450 dollars in property damage.
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Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Thirteen Die In Korean Air Crash With Greek Crew
The Air Force reported thirteen killed and one fatally injured when a Greek crewed transport was struck by a small single engine plane during takeoff at a western Korean air base. The C-47 air evac transport suffered the fatal collision on the ground. among the dead were the Greek crew, American medical staff, flight nurses, and patients.
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Seoul
Air
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Korea
Arrest of Commissioner Connor linked to Miss Brown case
The Post Herald faced charges over publishing a photo of Miss Brown in a hotel room. Commissioner Connor, arrested on warrants by City Detective Henry Darnell, faced counts of illicit relations, disturbance, and hotel occupancy with a woman not his wife. Brown left Birmingham for Texas. Connor’s prior conviction led to appeals and an eventual ruling upholding only the joint occupancy charge, later found unconstitutional as too broad.
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the News
Post-Herald
Connor
Henry Darnell
Miss Brown
Birmingham
Texas
Circuit Court
Alabama Court of Appeals
Payroll Loot Accusations Hit Atlantic Stevedoring Staff
Leibowitz warned company officers who profit from or ignore payroll fraud could face larceny and conspiracy charges. Twenty arrested faced grand larceny forgery and conspiracy accusations with bail up to 25 000. Four of the detainees were Atlantic Stevedoring Co employees including the chief paymaster. trial set for January 12.
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The
Atlantic Stevedoring Co
Leibowitz
National Fraternal Council in Washington DC Grows Reach
The National Fraternal Council of Churches based in Washington DC represents 13 denominations and claims a potential reach of more than seven million African Americans as part of its expanding mission.
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National Fraternal Council of Churches
Washington, D. C
Johnson's Chapel Singing Schedule Announcement
A singing will be held Sunday afternoon at Johnson's Chapel beginning at 1 30 o clock. The public was extended a cordial invitation to attend.
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Union Grove Methodist Church
Johnson's Chapel
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