Local Christmas notices and weather outlook for Decatur
Weather forecast calls for fair tonight and Sunday with slight warming and light east to southeast winds along the coast. Notables include Cheri Chandler returning home for holidays, Pfc Grady O Stone wounded in Korea, Major Max A Morris killed in action, and Salvation Army Christmas program at the Army chapel. Local hospital discharges and visits noted, with Christmas services scheduled at St John s Episcopal Church and diary reference on page 2.
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St. . John’s Episcopal Church
Salvation Army
Army Chapel
Home League
Sunbeams of
South Decatur
Girl Guards
East Decatur
Decatur Jaycees Name Winners in Lighting Contest
Charles R. Minton and Meredith Woodall will present $100 prizes to Walter M. Penney and the American Beauty Greenhouse for top decorations in the Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas contest. Penney praises the Jaycees and notes holiday cheer amid family and business participation.
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Decatur
Charles R. Minton
Meredith Woodall
Chamber of Commerce
Minton
Woodall
Decatur Club
Walter M. Penney
Jackson
American Beauty Greenhouse
West Moulton
Mary Burke
Greenhouse
Jack Lakey
National Guard
Jaycee
West Moulton Street
Walter Marvin Penney
Jackson Street
Aily
Royalty To Have Merry Holiday Over All Europe
In Europe many kings queens princes and princesses plan a quiet family Christmas. Ex rulers and pretenders also prosper though monarchy shows decline. They share one impulse to keep Christmas intimate with family. Most will have turkey and plum pudding and attend church. Some will nap in the afternoon and exchange lavish gifts.
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London
Europe
Soldier Hurt As 2 Cars Hit Near Whiteside Mississippi
A Keesler Field soldier en route to New York for Christmas was injured in a two car crash at the Whiteside intersection of Highways 20 and 31. The 19 year old Roland Sands received first aid at Decatur General Hospital after the 2 A.M. Saturday collision involving a 1949 Ford station wagon driven by Sgt. William D. Mullins 20 of Keesler Field and other vehicles.
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Keesler Field
Miss
New York City
Whiteside
Roland Sands
Decatur General Hospital
Carl Edgeman
William D. Mullins
Time Question Hangs Over U S This Christmas Weekend
Washington observers debate the most vital issue facing the nation as Christmas approaches. The central question concerns timing and how quickly the United States can respond to key domestic and international pressures during the holiday period.
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Washington
U. S
Truman
Holidays Off To Grim Start
The Christmas holiday season begins with 188 violent deaths reported in the first 24 hours of the holiday weekend. Traffic deaths total 146, miscellaneous 42, with the toll rising by Saturday evening. See HOLIDAYS on Page 2.
Former pastor freed in Pickens gunshot slaying case
Pardons freed Pryor Royer 63 once a Moulton minister jailed for life in a shotgun murder. Jonas Grady Moody 24 of Moulton 2 got two years for transporting illicit whiskey. The board freed or paroled at least 95 convicts last week, with Royer’s past and other cases noted.
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Pryor Royer
Moulton
Jonas Grady Moody
State Pardon and Parole Board
Paul Kimball
Morgan County
Oscar W. Terry
Lawrence County
Calvin Pearson
Edward Lay
Cullman County
Frank Pickens
Pickens
Royer
Roger
Speigner
Arkansas
J. C. Ford
el Centro
Calif
California
Roy Sims
Alabama
Morgan Circuit
Moody
Morgan
Annual Meeting Of C C Slated
The Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting at the Country Club on January 12 with Elmer Loyd president announcing. Dr. Percy Hodgson of Parkin Yarn Mills Pawtucket R I will speak on World Observations Of A Good Will Ambassador. Officers and reports will be presented and out of town friends expected. Entertainment by Mrs. Louis Ling on the organ. Nominating committee directors Duncann Scroggins Burns working to propose 1951 officers. Results to be reported at a special meeting January 5.
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Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Elmer Loyd
Percy Hodgs Os
Parkin Yarn Mills
Pawtucket
R. I
England
Hodgson
Rotary International
Chamber
Loyd
Louis Ling
W. J. Duncann
Frank Scroggins
A. L. Burns
Christmas Rushes Hit City Merchants And Post Office
During a busy last rush Saturday merchants report heavy sales as clerks struggle to breathe. The post office notes its heaviest season on record as services run strong. The Chamber of Commerce leader D E Frederick says business is rushing and shoppers bought more premium value than ever. See more on page 5.
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Sunda
D. E. Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Christmas Prayer by Paul Warwick in The Atlanta Constitution
A Christmas prayer asks for inner glow and moral action amid war and division. It seeks self control over harmful thoughts and words, tolerance of intolerance, and calm discussion with others while upholding faith and neighborliness. The piece invites reflection on personal virtues shaping national unity.
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Paul Warwick
Atlanta Constitution
Heavenly Father
War worries temper Christmas joy across Europe
War worries tempered the festive mood in Europe as carolers sang of goodwill. In homes and streets, talk centered on Korea and the Kremlin, lasting concerns overshadowing a decade’s prosperity and holiday cheer.
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London
Korea
Kremlin
Natural Gas Due Saturday in Decatur
Decatur will receive natural gas Saturday as the Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas company supplies the fuel to Wolverine Copper Tubing plant. City gas department manager Garner Pride noted the 800 foot Dry Creek gap still blocks a bulk line, with welding of the gate near the substation to be done by noon Wednesday after the Christmas holidays.
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Decatur
Garner Pride
City Gas Department
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Wolverine
Pride
Dry Creek
Paul W. Robson
New Controls Are Due Soon in U S Economy
Six months after K day the government uses standby powers and plans more controls. Military needs from Korea hasten mobilization and the pace of rearmament. Price ceilings on new cars are in force and talks consider meats oil gasoline steel copper lead zinc scrap. A general CPA like ceiling could come by March 1 if inflation persists.
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Washington
Congress
Korea
Truman
Economic Stabilization Agency
Eighth Army Leader Lost Braced for Major Red Offensive
Chinese and Korean Red forces edged toward Seoul crossing near the 38th parallel. Lt. Gen. Walton Walker is killed in a Jeep accident. Lt. Gen. Ridgway named to take over. MacArthur says sufficient mass exists for a large onslaught as Christmas Eve air adds to tension.
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Tokyo
Korea
38Th Parallel
U. S. Eighth Army
Seoul
MacArthur
Red Army
Chogye
North
South Korea
Associated Press
William J. Waugh
Chunchon
Hungnam
U. S
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S. Army
Washington, D. C
Walker
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Cheri Chandler
The
Nashville Banner
Mrs
Homer Chandler
J. H. Burks
Moulten 1
Grady O. Stone
Karl V. Stone
Cullman 7
Defense Department
Maxa. Morris
Sarah A. Morris
Haleyville
C. A. Culver
Oak Street
Hodges Minor
Fifth Avenue East
Hamil Clinic
W. W. Morris
Harvey
Fourth Avenue West
Elizabethtown
Mrs. Bland
Ned Shackleford
Rees
Roger and
Jaycees
Penney
By John M. Hightower
By Vic Bubbett
J. T. Whitman
Eighth Avenue East
Santa
Savana
Thomas
Sam Hobbs
Daily
C.C
Mary Delmore
By Donald B. Schwind
Wolverine Plant
First Line
BY Sterling F. Green
Robert Eunson
By Ken Reynolds
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