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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1952
Page
3
Evangelist Billy Graham flew to the Western Korean Front and spoke to about 750 Allied troops in an amphitheater near the front lines. He urged faith and said soldiers face danger but can "have Christ at your side now, tonight, and forever" as artillery lighted the cold morning.
Cpl. James A. Murray of Muskogee Oklahoma, who had lunch with President elect Eisenhower on a Korean hillside three weeks earlier, was killed in a recent patrol action, the Army disclosed.
Researchers suggest that rice developed from plants native to India. The claim points to early cultivation regions and traces of domestication in South Asia.
Britain implements universal military conscription requiring all eligible citizens to serve for two years. The policy aims to bolster national defense and fill manpower needs across armed services during a period of heightened security concerns.
Police identify 25 European holiday skiers killed when an avalanche roared down the Arlberg Pass, blowing a bus into a stream. Six Britons among the dead, others German Dutch French and Belgian. Thirteen are women. The bus carried about 30 people. four seriously injured survivors.
The first Mobile County oil test in about a year is set to begin near Creola, 18 miles north of here. Mobile Drilling Co. moved on location to start the wildcat test named E. L. Hatter Estate No. 1 for Kenneth A. Ellison of Oklahoma City.
Edward Seymour Stern 23 a former store helper was captured at Elgin State Hospital while signing in as a voluntary patient. He is charged with the murder of his wife Marie Garnett Stern 19 in Downers Grove, near Chicago, where the couple lived with her parents.
A Milan-Venice express carrying Christmas travelers jumped the rails near Verona today. At least five people were killed and a car was crushed as fire erupted in the wreckage.
The article notes that pottery emerges among some primitive peoples while others with advanced civilization fail to adopt the craft, highlighting uneven cultural development and artistic uptake across societies.
In Manhattan early today three young servicemen, one shouting a xenophobic remark, exploded a phosphorous grenade in The Royal Flush bar injuring 14 and killing one Marine. Patrolmen pursued, one knifed, and McDermott was fatally shot after slashing a cop. Federal agent and tavern owner among the injured.
In Paris a military court sentenced fifteen Frenchmen to death for torture deaths of compatriots just before the liberation. Three others got life terms and a woman was condemned to twenty years. Prosecutors say about 400 people were interrogated at the Gestapo center on Rue de la Pompe, with 60 killed and 120 deported to Germany. half of the deportees returned.
Senior high students in Larissa Greece petition government officials describing harsh conditions imposed by a teacher. They allege abuse including removal of his false teeth and prohibitions on walking in public hand in hand and on wearing silk underwear, claiming rights to humane treatment.
A blaze at Wainwright Shipyard Panama City Florida destroyed two large buildings in a three hour effort. Damage cited above 500000 dollars. Lether Forester hospitalized but in good condition. Yard built 1942 by J A Jones for Maritime Commission. Seaboard Machinery operates part of yard after wartime activity.
WALLA WALLA Wash Six tough convicts tunneled 200 feet by digging dirt in cups and capsized a security break from Washington State Prison. Six men remain at large as police race toward the Pacific Northwest. Ralph Courser, 45, wounded and captured in Portland, Ore, six hours after the escape.
The Highway Patrol reports a two car crash in Town Creek caused $350 in damage. A 1951 Pontiac driven by Price Crosswhite and a 1941 Chevrolet driven by Hosea Smith collided on Alabama 101 as the Pontiac backed into a driveway and the Chevrolet traveling south could not avoid the impact. No injuries were reported. Patrolmen Roy Thomas and Wilburn Craft investigated.
Ila Lester reports a simple mouse trap tip from Waldo Denker to avoid bait theft. Fasten cheese with transparent tape so the mouse cannot pull the bait free before the trap springs.
Hans Renner owns a Berlin News issue dated March 23, 1813. The message signed by King Frederick Wilhelm IV appeals to Berliners to oppose Napoleon.
A fragment notes that when he suspected they were involved the moment became furious. The terse line captures a surge of anger amid a tense encounter.
Ljuba Basic a 31 year old Russian woman was convicted in a Belgrade district court of spying for the Soviet Union and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Her husband Jovan Basic a Russian trained former Yugoslav pilot serving a prison term testified in court. The defense said she only met Soviet correspondents at the Russian House of Culture.
A British Information Service report says a 750 kilowatt open cycle gas turbine with a special press dries peat by removing two thirds of its water before heat from exhaust finishes drying. This enables peat, once uneconomical, to be used industrially in Britain and beyond.
Rescue teams recovered 16 bodies after a large fertilizer plant exploded in Nagoya yesterday. Five remain missing while 33 are seriously injured and 198 slightly hurt. The Toa Gosei Co. reports damage at 1.4 million dollars.
An estimate places the number of American tourists in Germany in 1952 at about 200000. The figure highlights postwar travel and American interest in European destinations during that period.
In Manchester Iowa Grant Faust and wife face a rare brain destroying illness in two of their three children. Allan five and Marsha four are paralyzed and sedated while doctors at Mayo Clinic tentatively diagnose peleigeous merzbacher. Craig six months old remains at risk.
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