Sight Of Patrol Car Deterrent To Speeders
James Spotswood reports on Alabama Highway Patrolmen patrolling U S 78 West as Christmas approaches. Officers Fulton and Mooney describe how visibility curbs speeding and drunk driving, recount chases, arrests, and the extra sacrifices officers make to enforce law on holidays.
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James Spotswood
Birmingham
Alabama
U. S. Highway 78
A. P. Fulton
Jiggs) Mooney
Walker County
Mooney
Fulton
Amusements listings theater showtimes and titles
The page lists cinema schedules for multiple theaters including Princess, ROXY, Sunset, Hatfield, Strand and Mars. It shows film titles such as His Kind of Woman Apache War Smoke Lovely to Look At Redhead and the Cowboy The Denver and Rio Grande and Two Tickets To Broadway with cast names and showtimes across the day.
County Court Opens Monday for Three Week Term
Morgan county court under Judge W H Long opens Monday January 5 for a three week term. First week schedule allocates three days to civil jury docket and two days to non jury civil cases. Next two weeks focus on criminal trials. Individuals with cases in the term urged to appear on time. failures may prompt attachments. Court opens daily at 9 o clock.
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Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
Eisenhower Visits Hoover as Christmas at Columbia House
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower reunites with former President Herbert Hoover for a social session at Columbia University on Morning Side Heights. The gathering touches on executive reorganization and other government matters, with Dulles and Arthur Flemming also present. Eisenhower’s grandchildren join the family for a holiday tree set to be trimmed for his son John’s children.
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Hoover
Eisenhower
John
Korea
Dwight David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Columbia University
Morningside Heights
Highland Falls
N. Y
Truman
Dulles
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
FBI estimates huge NYC shipping industry tainted by mob influence
FBI figures put seven billion annual New York City shipping trade at risk of mob graft and terrorism. Testimony alleges ILA corruption with gangsters in control of dock workers and connections to political figures.
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New York City
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Exchange Club Members Bring Gifts for Salvation Army
Members of the Decatur Exchange club brought gifts to their meeting last night at Pitts motel for Capt. Ed Bowman of the Salvation Army to distribute to needy children. The collection included some fruit and clothing. George Fletcher, exchange program chairman, spoke on the origin of Christmas and its observance in various countries. Capt. Bowman spoke briefly.
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Decatur Exchange Club
Pitts Motel
Ed Bowman
Salvation Army
George Sletcher
Capt
Bowman
Truman Lights National Christmas Tree at White House
President Truman lights the national Christmas tree on the White House grounds in a traditional ceremony. He planned a six minute Christmas message, his last as president, before lighting the 35 foot Norway spruce with ornamental bulbs.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Best Professions Highlight Highway Patrolman Worthwhile
A writer extols top careers and ranks Highway Patrolman supreme for saving lives. The line notes the job’s value and sense of purpose, stating that saving lives makes it worthwhile.
Births and hospital notices from Decatur area
Discharged yesterday from Decatur General hospital were Mrs Daniel Wilson Falkville Mrs Ann Fusch 402 Fourth Avenue NW Mrs Robert Johnson and infant daughter 603 Prospect Drive and J L Praytor Hartselle Mr and Mrs D H Lassiter 1611 Wadsworth announce the birth of a son yesterday at Decatur General hospital Mr and Mrs James Springer Athens announce the birth of a daughter in Decatur General hospital yesterday Mrs Y H Harrison Hartseller admitted to Decatur General hospital yesterday Miss Doris Davis spending Christmas with relatives in Minor Hill Tennessee Cecil Quillen Sheridan Apartments admitted Tuesday to the Ellis Meyer hospital Mrs J D Vinson 403 Fifth Avenue SW admitted yesterday Miss Bobbie Kirby Town Creek admitted Monday night to the Ellis Meyer hospital Charles R Willingham Decatur e discharged from the Ellis Meyer hospital this morning James Legg 1020 Fourth Avenue SE dismissed yesterday from W N Jeffreys Jr 611 Sixth Avenue South dismissed yesterday from the Ellis Meyer hospital W R Nelson visited his son Frank Nelson and family in the Tri Cities Tuesday The Morgan county Red Cross office will close at noon today and remain closed until Monday morn ing In case of emergency call 2013 or 1440 Prayer services at Central Methodist church will be held tonight at 7 PM with Dr T J Chitwood conducting Choir rehearsal will follow at 8 PM.
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Decatur General Hospital
Daniel Wilson
Falkville
Ann Fusch
Fourth Avenue
Robert Johnson
Prospect Drive
J. L. Praytor
Hartselle
Morgan County Red Cross
Budenz Testimony Sparks Denials From Emerson Pauling
Budenz claims identify Emerson as a Red and a Yale Law School professor denies it. Emerson calls Budenz's tale a fabrication and notes a Guggenheim grant received this year. Linus Pauling says Budenz is a liar and a professional ex Communist.
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Budenz
Thomas I. Emerson
Yale Law School
New Haven
Emerson
Communist Party
Guggenheim Fund
House
Guggenheim Foundation
Linus Pauling
Division
Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pauling
Pasadena
Rites Held Friday For Robert Puckett
Final rites for 68 year old Robert B. Puckett of Trinity 1 will be at Halsey chapel near Caddo. Interment will be in Caddo cemetery with Mutual Service directing. Survived by wife Sara L. Puckett Chattanooga two sons Robert and Horace Puckett of New York and Chattanooga two daughters Louise McCowan Morris Ala Francis James Pontiac Mich Myrtle Nichols Detroit one brother Ernest Puckett Decatur. It is estimated that 11 ae cherring are caught every year National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Puckett
Trinity 1
Halsey Chapel
Caddo
Puckett
Sara L. Puckett
Chattanooga
Robert Puckett
New York
Horace Puckett
Louise McCowan
Morris, Ala
Francis James
Pontiac
Mich
Myrtle Nichols
Detroit
Ernest Puckett
Decatur
Soviet Newsman Arrested in The Hague on Spy Suspicions
Lev Constantinovitch Pissarev a 37 year old Tass correspondent was arrested in The Hague on suspicion of spying. Dutch police found him with classified documents and the Foreign Office noted he lacked diplomatic immunity. Investigations focus on his meetings with Dutch civil servants and questions about internal security.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Tass
Foreign Office
Lev Constantinovitch Pissarev
Pissarev
Santa Claus Letters from Alabama Children
A pair of Christmas letters from young Santa fans in Vinemont Alabama request a big trailer truck jeep and tractor for seven year old Douglas Powell and gifts for friends Olga Billy Joan and Larry Gobble. Betty Lee Nation asks for a doll clothes a doll bed fruit nuts and candy for Christmas.
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Santa
Battleground School
Mrs. Meadows
Olga
Billy
Joan
Larry Gobble
Douglas Powell
Santa Claus
Betty Lee Nation
McCulloch siblings list desires for toys and doll
Janet Libby and Charles McCulloch describe gift wishes for a cuddly doll with a bottle a cuddly companion for a sister and a train and truck plus other toys for their brother all unspecified if needed or wanted by others.
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Santa Claus
Dear Santa letters from Eva and Lipsey Alabama 1952
Four children from Alabama write Santa for gifts in December 1952. Jane Cobbs asks for an ironing board and pocket watches for her brothers, a farm set for her little brother, candy for her parents, and notes her teacher. Dianne Lipsey asks for a doll and Bronco pony, while David Lipsey asks for anything. Lyda Rosanne Ennis requests a doll, blocks, rattles, a musical duck, playthings for two sisters, and gifts for family.
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Santa
Mr. Cooper
Jane Cobbs
Vinemont
Alabama
Santa Claus
Dianne
Phylis Dianne Lipsey
P. S
ABC
Lyda Rosanne Ennis
Terri Susan Ennis
MacArthur Talks With Eisenhower On Korea War Peace
General Douglas MacArthur met with President Eisenhower after returning from Korea. MacArthur expressed confidence that there is a clear and definite solution to the Korean War and discussed world peace problems.
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MacArthur
Far East
Eisenhower
Korea
Truman Promotes Nash to Administrative Assistant
President Truman promoted Phillip Nash a longtime White House advisor on minority issues to administrative assistant. Nash, a Wisconsin native and cranberry producer, has denied McCarthy’s charges of Communist ties and will receive a raise from 11 000 to 15 000 dollars for the remainder of the Truman administration. The White House called the move one of the major Christmas gifts of the President.
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Washington
Truman
Phillip Nash
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Nash
Communist Party
Wisconsin
White House
New Commandant Appointed for Berlin Station
U S Army officials announce Maj Gen Thomas S Timberman will replace Maj Gen Lemuel Mathewson as U S commandant of Berlin. Mathewson, in Berlin since 1951, will take a new assignment likely in January. Timberman, 52, from Jamesburg New Jersey, arrived in Germany in May 1951.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Thomas S. Timberman
Lemuel Mathewson
Berlin
Mathewson
Timberman
Jamesburg
N. J
Batting Average Of Cupid In Bad Slump
Cupid had a bad slump in Alabama during July through September this year. Only 5 095 couples spoke the traditional I do during those three months, compared with 5 266 in the same period in 1951.
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Montgomery
Cupid
Alabama
Christmas Wish List From Terri and Margare Nan Nelson
A pair of girls write letters requesting toys for Christmas. Terri Susan Ennis asks for a doll and doll accessories and recalls stocking traditions. Margare Nan Nelson asks for a pin heating iron, ironing board, skates, and a paint set for her doll and herself.
Christmas Week Traffic Wrecks Hit Decatur
Five vehicles damaged in three Decatur wrecks over Christmas week. No injuries. At 6 26 a m a 1950 Ford and a 1946 Ford half ton truck collided at Second Avenue and Moulton Street with heavy truck fender damage and light car damage. Drivers were Clarence W Owens and Ollie Rodgers Maddox. At 9 14 p m Wilbanks of Huntsville lost control on State Highway 20 east of Third Avenue and Vine Street. intoxicated driving and unlawful pistol possession reported. At 3 16 p m a 1951 Chevrolet half ton and a 1950 Ford collided at Seventh Street and Eighth Avenue SE with moderate damage to both vehicles. Drivers were Jodie F Holmes and Loyd M Crumpton.
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Decatur
Second Avenue
Moulton Street
Cecil Sims
James E. Sims
Clarence W. Owens
Fifth Avenue
Ollie Rodgers Maddox
Grant Street
Benjamin H. Wilbanks
Huntsville
Third Avenue
Vine Street
J. T. Weatherly
Garland Nuby
Wilbanks
Seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Louis Landers
Richard Hyde
Seventh Avenue
Eighth Street
Jodie F. Holmes
Falkville 1
Loyd M. Crumpton
Fourth Avenue
Pilgrims Gather for Bethlehem Christmas Eve
Hundreds of foreign pilgrims travel via Israel through the Mandelbaum Gate toward Bethlehem. They cannot return home through the Jewish state. As the Magi followed a star to Jesus birthplace tonight the Church of the Nativity will glow with a guiding star for Christmas Eve services marking Christ birth.
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Israel
Mandelbaum Gate
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Christ
Inaugural Ball Split With Large Attendance Expected
Washington officials say more than 50 000 requests for inaugural ball tickets have been received and the event will be held in two sections at the armory and an arena. Tickets cost 12 dollars and indicate admission to a specific section. The Eisenhowers and entertainers will shuttle between venues.
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Washington
Sparkman Seeks Economy Revival and Asia Market Focus
Sparkman calls for reestablishing a strong economy and says Japan views South Asia as its best future market, signaling regional trade priorities.
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Japan
South Asia
Murder charges in Dallas as comedian husband and dancer wife are accused
In Dallas Texas Billie Shonnae 23 and comedian Roscoe Ails 53 face murder charges after Alfred Rosenfield 38 cafe owner is shot dead in Ails apartment. Lawyer Maury Hughes claims both men drew guns and Rosenfield fired first grazing Shonnae.
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Dallas
Tex
Billie Shonnae
Alfred Rosenfield
Rosenfield
Roscoe Ails
Ails
Billie
New Orleans
Hughes
Maury Hughes
Miss Shonnae
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Prices
Cotton middling 33.50c strict low 31.50c. No 2 mile 2.95 dollars. No 2 wheat 2.05. No 2 oats 85c. No 2 white ear corn 2.10. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.70. Hogs 18.50c.
Mrs Paddock and Dr Taylor Marry at Ft Myer
Washington based Mrs Henel Greene Paddock and Dr John Wilkinson Taylor wed in the post chapel at Ft Myer Virginia. The bride is daughter of Harold and Grace Greene of New York and attended Shipley School and Sorbonne. The groom is former University of Louisville president and WWII lieutenant colonel. they will reside in Paris.
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Washington
John Wilkinson Taylor
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Henel Greene Paddock
New York City
Post
Ft. Myer
Harold Frederick Greene
New York
Shipley School
Sorbonne University
Paris
France
Ralph L. Paddock
John W. Taylor
Florence
Ala
University of Louisville
U.S. Mints Four Million Business Firms in 1951 Survey
Washington reports the Commerce Department counted 4,014,000 business firms at the end of 1951. Most firms are very small and about half are roughly four years old. Farm ownership is not included in the tally.
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Washington
U. S
Commerce Department
Department
Moulin Rouge Premiere and Hollywood Party Night
Hollywood opened the Christmas season with a star packed premiere and exclusive party at the Mocambo benefiting the Damon Runyon cancer fund. Notable guests included Bogart Garson Williams Garland Holden and Piaf with the new film by Huston Ferrer drawing praise amid Legion picket protests.
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Hollywood
Humphrey Bogart
Greer Garson
Esther Williams
Judy Garland
William Holden
Mocambo
Edith Piaf
Damon Runyon
Toulouse- Lautrec
John Huston
Jose Ferrer
American Legion
Ferrer
Huston
France faces battle over new immigration law provisions
The Liberte case centers on a screening requirement for crewmen including political affiliations and records. Critics attack the retained national quotas, while supporters claim the law adds 25 percent more entrants and helps screen out Communists and subversives.
Weather Across Eastern Half and Southern States
It was cloudy over most of the eastern half of the country and across the Southern states from the Carolinas to New Mexico. Temperatures were around seasonal levels.
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Carolinas
New Mexico
License Fees For 1952 Now Accepted
City Clerk Joe Petty announced the city is now accepting 1953 license fees. Merchants may obtain licenses from the city clerk. The schedule remains the same with two changes, including a reduced cotton compress fee from 25 to 200 dollars and itinerant monument dealers’ fee set at 100 dollars.
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Joe Pettey
Poker origins traced to Persian game influence
Historians note that poker is believed to have evolved from a Persian game, blending elements from gambling traditions across regions. The claim highlights cross cultural exchanges shaping card play.
For Sale 25 Percent John Patterson Company Stock
Limited sale of 25 percent of John Patterson Company stock offered for immediate purchase. Receiver notes include a $3 787.50 distribution in January 1950 and $50.50 paid since then. party had partial management in 1950 but no involvement since. Contact John Patterson at phone 2994 J.
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John Patterson Company, Inc
John Patterson
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