Churches Prepare Christmas Services in Decatur
Decatur churches plan three special services in December with most holding regular Christmas Day worship. St. Ann's Catholic Church will celebrate Midnight Mass and two Low Masses at 6:30 and 8 a.m. Westminster Presbyterian offers a midnight candle lit Communion led by Mrs. Dalton Jackson singing O Holy Night. St. John's Episcopal holds an 11 30 Christmas Eve service with Holy Eucharist and a brief sermonette preceded by a 11 15 choir music program. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist to stage Student Night Sunday honoring college students home for holidays.
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Decatur
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Dalton Jackson
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Atlanta Negro golfers face Bobby Jones course test
The elderly physician recalls firing a subpar 32 at Lincoln Golf Course and plans for Bobby Jones, while his son Alfred runs an undertaker business and Oliver is a minister at Talladega College. The city courses were opened to Negroes by U.S. District Judge Boyd Sloan, enforcing the Supreme Court ban on segregation.
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North Fulton
Holmes
Bobby Jones
Lincoln
Two Girls Kidnapped and Raped in Hartselle Case
The victims told police they were approached by Shaney and Segars while walking. They rode to a filling station where they drank Cokes before blacking out. One girl reports choking pain. the other was uninjured. Conviction for kidnapping and rape carries 10 year minimum and death maximum.
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Nelson
Kiwanians Host Christmas Party for 62 Morgan County Children
Decatur Kiwanis Club and members plus spouses hosted a Christmas party at the Lyons Hotel for 62 underprivileged rural children from Morgan County. A turkey dinner and gifts including clothing toys and candy were provided with Santa Claus in attendance. The event aids were led by the club’s under privileged children committee and partners.
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Morgan County
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Lyons Hotel
Santa Claus
Decatur
The Wizard of Oz Majestic Screens at Amusements
Listings show Princess venue with Judy Garland and Roy Bolger in multiple showtimes for The Wizard of Oz. Roxy offers Lay That Rifle Down with Judy Canova and Robert Lowery at 1 3 5 7 9. Sunset screens We're No Angels with Humphrey Bogart and Alda Ray at 6 45 and 9.00.
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Judy Garland
Roy Bolger
Roxy
Judy Canova
Robert Lowery
Humphrey Bogart
Alda Ray
Methodist Church to Hear Rev Otis Kirby at Hartselle
The Rev Otis Kirby superintendent of the Decatur District of the North Alabama Conference will preach at the 11 am service Sunday in Hartselle Methodist Church. Pastor E M Barnes serves Hartselle. Austinville High School 1955 graduates plan a 5 pm Monday reunion at the school with a potluck supper. Decatur Curb Market opens Saturday 6 to 11 am with fresh meats homemade cakes and canned goods. St Pauls Lutheran Church children meet for practice tonight at 7. Carl Gibson Jr of Van Wert Ohio is due Saturday to spend holidays with his parents.
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Otis Kirby
Decatur
North Alabama
Austinville High School
Decature Curb
Carl Gibson, Jr
van Wert
Ohio
Mrs
Carl Gibson
Northern California Floods Wipe Out Five Villages
Kalama th Glen and five nearby communities were virtually wiped out by flood waters. Rivers ran 15 to 18 feet deep, isolating towns like Carlotta Ferndale and Elks. Evacuations planned by helicopter and boat as waters surged across the Eel and Redwood valleys.
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Elmer Hodgkinson
Humboldt Times
Eureka
Naval Reserve Radio
Carlotta
Ferndale
Alton
Hodgkinson
Klamath
Klamath Glen
Redwood Creek
Orick
Frank Brown
KHUM
Eel River
Redwood Valley
Pepperwood
Elinor
Weatt
Siskiyou County
Sierra
California
Oregon
Greyhound
U. S
Mackay
Associated Press
Western Pacific
Sacramento River
Lake Shasta
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
Goodwin Knight
Humboldt
Red Cross
Civil Defense
National Guard
Alabama Cotton Allotment Shakeup Aimed at Benson Visit
Commissioner Todd plans a Washington trip with Maynard Layman to press Secretary Benson for three demands. They seek to raise Alabama cotton allotments to 1954 levels, set a five acre minimum, and grant Southern states the higher Western-state quotas.
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Smith
Todd
Washington
Figg
Benson
Alabama
Commissioner Todd
Maynard Layman
The
Daily
Daily Today
California
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Noted
Dismissals include Mrs N R Congiundi and her infant son from Decatur. Admissions list Annie Ruth Stewart of 1120 Fourth Avenue SE and Thomas Wayne White of 603 Rock Street, Hartselle, alongside Mrs J A Eubanks of Hartselle. Baugh Wiley Clinic notes Thomas Bates of Hartselle and Mrs Alvin Craig of Madison.
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Bank ST. Hospital
N. R. Congiundi
Decatur
Annie Ruth Stewart
4Th Ave
Thomas Wayne White
Rock St
Hartselle
J. A. Eubanks
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Thomas Bates
Alvin Craig
Madison
Moulton Residents Named in Lawrence County Hospital List
Ruth Sneed, Charles E Carroll, Tressie Nix, Mary Millwood, Shirley Mae Parker, Lutie Chaney, Leverene Steel, Bessie Sue Tyler, Cathy Freeman, Fred Clemmons, Verla Mae Vandiver, Elizabeth Mills and Mary C Millwood are listed as residents connected to Lawrence County Hospital in Moulton Town Creek and Trinity records with various unit annotations.
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Lawrence County Hospital
Ruth Sneed
Moulton
Charles E. Carroll
Tressie Nix
Mary Millwood
Shirley Mae Parker
Lutie Chaney
Town Creek
Admissions Mary C. Millwood
Leverene Steel
Bessie Sue Tyler
Cathy Freeman
Grayson
Fred Clemmons
Verla Mae Vandiver
Trinity
Elizabeth Mills
Dismissals at Decatur General HospitalList of names
List of patients dismissed from Decatur General Hospital includes Mrs. W. M. Maxwell of Somerville Road Mrs. John Harvey of Grant Street Baby Joe Schlosser of Demopolis Mrs. Earl Terry of State Avenue Mrs. Ben Jaco of Ninth Avenue SE Mrs. Ted Patterson and infant daughter of Ninth Avenue SE Mrs. J L Stewart and infant Mrs Ossie Campbell of Decatur Miss Eula Shaneyfelt of Hartselle Mrs L W Owen of Danville and Mrs John Freeman of Decatur
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W. M. Maxwell
Somerville Rd
John Harvey
Grant St
Joe Schlosser
Demopolis
Earl Terry
State Ave
Ben Jaco
9Th Ave
Ted Patterson
J. L. Stewart
Decatur
Ossie Campbell
Eula Shaneyfelt
Hartselle
L. W. Owen
Danville
John Freeman
Births Reported in Local Hospitals This Week
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Kelley at Baugh-Wiley Clinic on Thursday. A son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. James L. Tyler of Moulton 4 at Lawrence County Hospital. A daughter joined Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Steel of Moulton 3 at Lawrence County Hospital. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. William I. Mills of Trinity 1 at Lawrence County Hospital on Wednesday.
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L. G. Kelley
8Th St
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
James L. Tyler
Moulton
Lawrence County Hospital
Franklin Steel
William I. Mills
Trinity
Mrs Mamie Johnson Lester 1 Dies at 69
Mrs Mamie Lee Johnson 69 of Lester 1 died at 1 15 p m yesterday at her home Funeral services were to be held today at 2 p m from Hesters Chapel Church of Christ with Bro A J Rollings and Bro Tom Holland officiating Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery She is survived by her son Theo W Johnson Lester 1 a daughter Mrs B S Bassham Lester 1 two sisters Mrs Raz Bassham of Florence and Mrs Robert Smith of Pulaski Tenn four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers named Charles Tarpley M L Jenkins Billy Hagood Odell Gatlin E D Gray and Austin Smith
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Athens
Mamie Lee Johnson
Lester
Hester’s Chapel
Church of Christ
A. J. Rollings
Tom Holland
Raz Bassham
Florence
Robert Smith
Pulaski
Tenn
Charles Tarpley
M. L. Jenkins
Billy Hagood
Odell Gatlin
E. D. Gray
Austin Smith
Coast Guard Man Electrocuted Trimming Tree
Thomas Edgar Cadle 21 of Colorado Springs was killed near Mobile when a tree trimming hook touched a 2300 volt line. Cadle, stationed at Choctaw Point Coast Guard Base, was helping a telephone line crew about 20 miles south of Mobile at the time of the accident.
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Mobile
Sparkman carves budget balance issue in 1956 election year
Senator Sparkman criticizes the Eisenhower administration for pursuing a balanced budget for political reasons while planning large future outlays. He cites a proposed billion dollar military boost and 4.9 billion for foreign aid, warning these would require deficits in the year ending June 30 1957. He presses for clearer plans and favors targeted economic aid with technical assistance.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
Ala
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations
White House
Uet
Two-Car Crash Near Atmore Claims Two Lives
A crash near Hartford on the Alabama Florida line killed Jewel O. McDonald 38 of Slocomb Rt. 1 when his car left control. Luther G. Gibbs 63 of Blount County was fatally injured after falling from a pickup and died Thursday following injuries sustained Wednesday.
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Atmore
Jewel O. McDonald
Slocomb Rt. 1
Hartford
The
Highway Patrol
Luther G. Gibbs
Blount County
Vatican approves 5 p.m. Christmas Mass in danger zones
The Mass of the Nativity may begin at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve rather than midnight in hazardous areas, with the Vatican granting approval. In Algeria the past ten days saw about 200 men and rebels killed, including twelve rebels slain yesterday in a snow storm in Kabylie southeast of Algiers. No French losses were reported.
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Vatican
Algeria
Kabylie
Algiers
Employment record set in Alabama in November
Non farm employment in Alabama rose to 699,400 in November, a new state record and 1,600 higher than October. Primary metals led with 47,700 workers, textiles close behind at 47,600, while average hourly earnings rose to $1.54. Unemployed benefits totaled $644,316 for about 10,200 claimants, down from 1954 levels.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Eugene Wells
Wells
Minor Accidents Mar Yule Traffic
Two minor automobile accidents occurred in Decatur yesterday afternoon. The first wreck happened at 3 06 p m at the intersection of 6th Ave SE and l1th St SE when a car was hit on the side while stopping to let a passenger out. Paul Calvin Lott 30 of Owensboro Ky had stopped when an automobile driven by Reba Higen Cobb 34 of 320 12th Ave NW struck his car on the left rear fender. Patrolmen Eugene Slater and William D Collier investigated. A second collision occurred at 3 20 p m at Washington and Vine Sts Robbie J Skinner 29 of 1403 15th SE was coming off Washington St when his car collided with another driven by John Kendersow 67 Negro of Anchorage Ky. Sgt Charles T Smith and Traffic measn Carmen Taylor investigated.
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Decatur
6Th Ave. SE
L1th St
Paul Calvin Lott
Owensboro
Anutomobile
Reba Higden Cobb
12Th Ave. NW
Eugene Slater
William D. Collier
Washington and Vine Sts
Robbie J. Skinner
15Th SE
Washington St
John Kendersow
Negro
Anchorage
Vine
Charles T. Smith
Meen
Carmen Taylor
William Oscar Bice 73 Dies in Austinville
William Oscar Bice 73 a carpenter and contractor died at his home 407 Roberts Ave Austinville at 2 this morning of pneumonia Survivors include his widow Ella Mae two daughters Frances Lamon Roanoke Alma Lane Hill Sheffield two sons William Boyd Rice USAF Kenneth Bice Decatur eight grandchildren one sister Effie Carroll Birmingham and two brothers Fuller and James A Bice Decatur Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown Funeral Co pending word from a son serving with the U S Air Force in Japan
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William Oscar Bice
Brown Funeral Co
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Bice
Roberts Ave
Austinville
Ella Mae Bice
Frances Lamon
Roanoke
Alma Lane Hill
Sheffield
William Boyd Rice
Kenneth Bice
Decatur
Effie Carroll
Birmingham
Fuller Bice
James A. Bice
Decatur 3
16 year old girl admits killing ex employer in Montgomery
Police say Frankie Mae Gunn confessed to fatally shooting John N. Davis, 55, a nightclub owner, during an attempted robbery for about $10. A paper sack with roughly $4,000 was found on Davis. Gunn will be charged with first degree murder.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. J. Ruppenthal
Frankie Mae Gunn
John N. Davis
Ruppenthal
U.S
Davis
Stevensons Son Recovering From Accident Injuries
Adlai Stevenson II reported his youngest son John Fell Stevenson 19 injured in a highway crash near Goshen Indiana. Two Harvard classmates died in the same collision. John Fell was brought to Passavant Hospital after a Goshen hospital treatment. Adlai Stevenson II and Adlai Stevenson Jr. rode in the ambulance.
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Chicago
Adlai S. Stevenson
John
Indiana
Harvard
Passavant Hospital
Young Stevenson
Goshen
Ind
Adlai Jr
Tests Indicating Better Oil Finds in Citronelle
In Citronelle Alabama the center of the new oil field appears north of the Donovan discovery. Gulf Refining Co. reports No. 1 Citronelle Unit No. 3 shows the best sands yet and should yield oil. Favorable sands found in two other tests. plans include perforating Unit No. 1 and Unit No. 4 and coring another test.
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Citronelle
Ala
Gulf Refining Co
Gulf
Gardner Funeral Time Re Set 3 30 P M Today
Funeral services for Mrs Ruby Bell Gardner 58 will be held today at 3 30 p m at the McConnell Service Funeral Home chapel with Bro W V McDougal officiating. Burial follows in the city cemetery. The service was moved from 2 p m.
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Athens
Ruby Bell Gardner
McConnell Service
Bro. W. V. McDougal
Ex‑Prisoners in Peiping Reflect on Korea War and Race Issues
Seven ex-prisoners discuss their wartime views in Peiping. They describe reading newspapers and books, questioning U.S. and Allied actions in Korea, and alleging germ warfare charges. They recount food shortages, political pressures, and sympathy with Marxist ideas while studying Chinese history at the People's University.
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New York Daily Worker
London Daily Worker
Korea
Hawkins
Andrew Condron
Pinky
Rush
Sen
Joseph R.) McCarthy
R-Wis
un-American Committee
Sullivan
Adams
China
America
Dunn
South
Communist Party
Fortune
Detroit
The
People’s University
Peiping
Canterbury Rites Set For Saturday
Funeral services for John L. Canterbury 57 will be held Saturday at 10 30 a m at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev Minar Triplett He died Thursday at Kennedy Veterans Hospital Memphis after three months illness He was a World War I veteran a Mason and worked 36 years for Southern Railway Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery Scottsboro directed by Brown Funeral Co Survivors include his wife three sisters and two brothers pallbearers listed Salt air burial details cited
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John L. Canterbury
Vine St
First Methodist
Minar Triplett
Canterbury
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Southern Railway System
Brown Funeral Home
Ella S. Canterbury
George L. Roach
Huntsville
C. C. McCurley
Cartersville
M. C. Lyles
Biloxi
Miss
L. E. Canterbury
Pittsburg
C. E. Canterbury
Hamilton
Edward Price
John Giles
James Cardin
John B. Sewell
Russell Lynne
Cecil Time
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Scottsboro
Brown Funeral Co
Compton Applies For Education Post
A new application was filed for the Morgan County board of education vacancy and one applicant withdrew, leaving four candidates. E. C. Compton of Union Hill is the latest entrant, while James Gurley of Somerville 2 withdrew. Other seekers are W. H. Blankenship Decatur 2 W. D. Lindsey Hartselle and Alex Collier Decatur 2 Priceville. The seat will be filled at the December 30 board meeting.
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Morgan County Board of Education
E. C. Compton
Union Hill
James Gurley
Somerville 2
W. H. Blankenship
Decatur
W. D
Bill) Lindsey
Christmas Card Instead Of Parking Fine In Sterling
In Sterling Illinois police gave first time offenders a Christmas card rather than a $1 ticket for meter overstay. The card wished a Merry Christmas and asked that the fine be donated to charity.
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Sterling, Ill
One Acre Lost to Insect Damage in U S Crops
A report notes that one acre out of every ten planted in the United States still suffers insect damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Markets Report Railroads Cotton and Grain Prices Listed
Cotton middling up over 2 points as market notes show prices for corn oats and milled wheat. Grain and livestock values include No 2 yellow corn 118 and No 2 white corn 107 while hogs and cattle bid ranges appear and milk prices noted.
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Carley
Stock market settles with fractional gains in quiet session
New York trading was subdued with prices edging higher on small gains. Pan American Airways opened on 1,900 shares near 17% and steady around that price as investors watched the Civil Aeronautics Board cut subsidies and mail pay, citing a new low in need. Stronger buying lifted Youngstown Sheet & Steel, General Motors, Goodrich, General Dynamics, Zenith Radio, International Paper, Texas Corp, and Celanese.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Youngstown Sheet & Steel
General Motors
Goodrich
General Dynamics
Zni
North Alabama live poultry market shows firm demand
In Birmingham and North Georgia markets, live poultry demand strengthens while supplies run short to adequate. North Alabama prices for broilers at farms 19 and delivered to Atlanta 19 to 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. Friday. North Georgia bids show broilers 18 to 19 percent at farms with lob plants 19 to 20 and larger volumes at 19 cents. Hens and turkeys are quiet with too few prices to report.
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Birmingham
Argo
Alabama
Atlanta
North Georgia
Birmingham Egg Market Sees Firm Prices Amid Holidays
AP reports the Birmingham egg market remains very firm with substantial stocks. Prices are listed with near term quotes around 51 to 55 cents, and nearby eggs at 55 to 60 cents, reflecting holiday demand and steady supply.
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Birmingham
Cotton futures firm with holiday buying evident
New York market shows virtually no sales in livestock and apartments with cotton futures firm. Prices were up 25 cents to 1.50 per bale from the prior close, with March at 3.18, May 3.18, and July 3.78.
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New York
Army to send six Corporal missiles to Europe early next year
The Army announced six more battalions of Corporal guided missiles will be shipped to Western Europe in the first four months of the new year, joining existing nuclear capable units. The missiles, with a 70 mile range, will depart from Fort Bliss Texas after months of training.
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Washington
Europe
Air Force
Army
Ft. Bliss
Tex
John Wiechmann defection case unsettles Bonn political scene
Double Wiechmann said Bonn authorities did not charge John with treason intent. Prosecutors tied suspicion to awareness that Communists would pry secrets from him. His wife, a former opera singer, expressed shock at the arrest and hoped for his clearance as friends noted her Christmas preparations. John’s past and shifts between East and West Germany sparked debate over motive and loyalty.
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Wiechmann
Bonn
John
West
Interior Ministry
West Germany
London
Cologne
East
East Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Hendrik Bonde - Hendriksen
East Berlin
Germany
Rail strike postponed amid contract talks in Pennsylvania
A threatened strike by 22,560 Pennsylvania Railroad non-operating employees was postponed indefinitely after the Transport Workers Union accepted a PRR request to call it off seven hours before the deadline. Negotiations continue to resolve the contract dispute.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transport Workers Union
PRR
For Rent and Sale Notes from Danville Area
Too late to classify for rent good four room house on Danville Road available January first at 45 dollars monthly. Also a three room furnished apartment with detailed features and private electric heat. Lost brown cardigan and Jantzen sweater size 40 at bus stop Ferry and Lafayette Streets. For sale tuxedo and full dress suit sizes 38 to 40 at 15 dollars each.
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Danville Road
R. C. McWhorter
Corner Ferry
LaFayette Sts
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