Pope Opens Holy Year Amid Joy and Communist Disorders
Pope Pius XII opened the 1950 Holy Year at St. Peter's amid joyous bells and clashes with communist led demonstrations in Rome. Thousands filled the basilica as a general strike was threatened and then canceled, with police guarding the Santa Maria Maggiore and the Spanish embassy amid protests against Franco.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Franco
Vatican
Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore
Martin Artajo
U. S
St. Peters
St. Peter's Square
Chamber of Labor
Mario Scelba
St. Peter's
St. Paul's
St. John Lateran
St. Mary Major
St. Major
Colosseum
Unita
Bethlehem Christmas Observances Amid Wartime Mine Clearance
Rain and explosions mark the wartime route as Jewish soldiers clear mines along a corridor to the Arab Jewish demarcation line. Pilgrims may pass at set hours, while Bethlehem hosts services in St Catherine's adjoining the Church of the Nativity. Catholic Pat Remn, Gustave, and Anglican and Protestant groups plan carols and worship despite tense conditions.
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Bethlehem
Catherine's
Markets In Decatur Farm Report
Farm markets in Decatur show cotton middling at 28.00, cottonseed per ton 40.00, broilers 23.00 delivered, hens heavy 21 a range, hatching eggs 0.80 per dozen, hogs 14.00 to 14.50, cattle tops 15.50, canners 8.50 to 13.50, bulls 16.00 to 17.00, corn white 1.20, ear yellow 1.15, wheat 2.10, oats 0.75, mile 2.00, milk grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Markets Closed For Christmas Holiday In New York
Markets and commodity exchanges paused for a Christmas holiday extending through next Monday. Stock exchanges plan a short Saturday session a week from today, while commodities remain closed. N Y markets will also close for New Year on Monday due to the Sunday holiday.
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New York
Swamp Buggy Hunts Victims
A swamp buggy crew searches marsh wreckage of a B-30 bomber for six missing airmen after a crash near Chat ham Field, Savannah. Five bodies have been recovered. Lt Rogers Hornsby Jr and Capt Andrew Walker among the deceased, as helicopters assist the salvage effort.
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Savannah
Rom Chatham Field
Here
Rogers Hornby Jr
Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby
Denison
Tex
Andrew G. Walker
Norfolk
Europe
Andrews
Eglin Field
Fla
Chatham Field
Air Force
Polite gunman in New Market raid held up stores
Garrison, once jailed in Huntsville on theft and interstate transportation charges, faced a U S commissioner's hearing and $10000 bond. In New Market he allegedly robbed Gil es general store of over 1400 dollars, with nine citizens held at gunpoint and four shots fired at Farrar store. A 100 mile hour chase preceded his escape amid gunfire and a hospital spokesman said deputy Durham noted Garrison refused to comment.
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Huntsville
Ala
Garrison
King
U. S
New Market
North Alabama
Giles General
Fred C. Farrow
Home Supply Co
Farrow
Farrar
London
Jack Durham
Durham
Alabama
Airport costs shared by four counties in planned project
The Valley will split airport costs among Decatur Morgan Athens and Limestone counties. Decatur 48 percent Morgan 32 percent and Athens and Limestone 10 percent each. Local contrib could total 62036. Officials expect federal offer in about two weeks and will decide to accept or reject based on the grant amount and project feasibility.
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Decatur
Athens
Morgan
Limestone
Morgan County
Caddell
New Trials For Three Sought In Morgan Circuit Court
A motion for a new trial and a venue change has been filed in Morgan circuit court for Betty Love an 18 year old convicted of forgery and facing multiple counts. Hearings set for January 9 for Love Clark and Nance regarding trial errors and court proceedings.
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Morgan
Betty Love
Jor
Newton B. Powell
Powell
Terrell Clark
Ratkins-Perry Grill
James Nance
Montgomery
M. A. Ashley Dickerson
Isobel Wyker
C. B. Humphrey
John Sherrill Jr
Clark
Sixth Avenue Grill
Nance
Sherrill
Bookkeeper Misses Raid by Bandits in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn the Bloch Metal Stamping Co payroll bookkeeper arrives late for a robbery by gunmen who held workers at pistol point. The pair take $100 before fleeing. the bookkeeper explains bank delays and Christmas rush. Benjamin Bloch notes the missed excitement.
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New
York
Bloch Metal, Stamping Co
Brooklyn
Benjamin Bloch
Bloch
Quiet Holiday Traffic Across Area Warns of Peace
AN reports a quiet Christmas with no major accidents in Lime Stone, Lawrence, Cullman, and Morgan counties. One patient admitted to Decatur General from a midnight Ardmore crash, but Highway Patrol has no record of the event. A Morgan count minor trio of incidents ends the tally.
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Lime Stone County
Decatur General Hospital
Highway Patrol
Lawrence County
Cullman County
John Williams
Morgan County
White Christmas prospects shift to rain for central nation
The weather bureau revised its Christmas forecast showing rain across the central United States while the Northwest could see new snow. Only the Northwest holds actual snow prospects, with other regions expected to be fair or cold. The agency notes a guaranteed White Christmas for northern states from the Rockies to the upper Great Lakes due to existing snow cover.
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Washington
Northwest
New
England
Gulf States
California
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Great Lakes
Bureau
Back From Hospital Edd Garrett Returns Home
Edd Garrett came home Tuesday after receiving treatment at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. He had been hospitalized earlier, and his discharge marks a recovery milestone for the local figure.
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Edd Garrett
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Transit Group to Vote Today
Cleveland area transit strike enters third day as 4,900 workers consider ballots on vacation pay cut. Police stand by while only a few operators report for midnight and 4 am shifts. Union seeks to keep 96 hours of annual vacation pay. company proposes 88 hours for operating and 80 for non operating staff under arbiter’s plan.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Transit System
Transit Board
Howard G. Cumler
Thomas A. Burke
Truman Family Plans Quiet Evening and Jackson Statue Unveiling
President Truman and Mrs. Truman with Margaret will attend midnight services at Trinity Episcopal Church. Margaret will again sing in the church choir. On Monday Truman will formally present Jackson County with its second Andrew Jackson statue to be unveiled on the courthouse lawn by Miss Truman, following a prior ceremony in Kansas City fifteen years ago.
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Jackson
Kansasity
Mother leaps to death before speeding train in Sacramento
Sacramento dispatch reports Mrs. Faith M. Land, 26, a mother of six, cried to her seven year old to tell her father she loved him before fleeing to the track and throwing herself in front of an oncoming train. She died from the injuries.
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Sacramento
Calif
Faith M. Land
Tipplers Get Break As Police Offer Free Rides
Cincinnati police renew the 1948 policy allowing intoxicated drivers to give their cars to police and be driven home by taxi at no cost. Last year 37 calls, no traffic fatalities. Police chief Weatherly says the service applies to pedestrians too and may hold offenders overnight without charges.
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Cincinnati
Chief Weatherly
Central Police Station
Department stores report stronger pre Christmas sales
The Federal Reserve Board shows Kansas City area sales up 19 percent for four weeks ending Dec 17 from last year, Missouri up 17 percent and Kansas four percent. Boston and other cities project sales to meet or exceed 1948. gains seen in televisions radios gifts and major appliances while women's apparel and textiles slip. Rich mond reports 10 to 20 percent higher Christmas business at five leading stores. Daniels and Fisher up 15 percent in Denver. Sangers up seven percent in Dallas. Sears Roebuck gains seven to eight percent. Neiman Marcus sees slight gains in units and dollars with shoppers happier about prices.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve Board
Missouri
Kansas
Boston
Richmond
Atlanta
Denver
Daniels and Fisher
Dallas
Sanger's
Sears
Roebucks
Neiman-Marcus
Woman dies from head injury after driving argument
Yesterday a head injury caused the death of Mrs. Land after a town drive during an argument with her husband. Deputy sheriff said she had been treated for a nervous disorder. Land said he and his wife argued. he exited the car at home while she drove off with seven year old Patty Lou, leaving behind two brothers and three sisters.
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Sheri
Probe Progress Hinted in Detroit Bomb Plot Case
Detroit officials and FBI agents pursue deepening lead in a major bombing probe tied to the Reuther shootings. A dynamite device failed at the CIO United Auto Workers headquarters as authorities press a two hour strategy session to map a broader crackdown amid secrecy. Walter and Victor Reuther, UAW officials, are central figures in the linked investigations.
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Detroit
FBI
Reuther
Wayne
Gerald K. O’brien
Walter
Victor Reuther
Michigan
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
UAW
Victor
O'Brien
O’brien
Coal Shortages Put Pressure on Railways and Mines
The ICC warned railroads with under nine days of coal on hand may apply to its service bureau for relief amid widespread shortages. Major lines reported stock ranging from 10 to 12 days, with a two week supply cited by the Pennsylvania. Observers note the extreme shortage threatens rail service and public commerce, while miners face a three day workweek and possible new strike actions as Taft Hartley considerations loom. UMW leaders defend the miners and reject industry rhetoric, stressing workers’ livelihoods as Lewis pushes for higher royalties and wage terms on contracts covering millions of tons.
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ICC
Commission
Service Bureau
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Louisville
Nashville
White House
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Taft-Hartley
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
UMW Welfare Fund
Father of Five Dies in Paint Can Explosion
Willie Ballard, 42, of near Kaulton just outside Tuscaloosa city limits, died from burns after a can of paint exploded while he was heating it. He left five children.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Willie Ballard
Kaulton
Divorcee fires at ex husband in living room, then flees
The couple, Kathleen Merry Drewry and her husband, John Drewry, had divorced last summer. Kathleen entered the home with a pearl handled 32 pistol, fired at John as a scene unfolded in front of her daughter and mother. Kathleen left with the gun in a handbag and was later taken into custody after contacting friends. John Drewry, a noted journalism professor at the University of Georgia, suffered injuries while Kathleen was held on an open charge under armed guard.
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Mrs. Drewry
Miss Thurmound
Roberts
Drewrys
Milton
Drewry
Associated Press
Atlanta
State Mail
University of Georgia
Henry W. Grady
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Georgia Scholastic Press Association
Georgia Collegiate Press Association
John
First Baptist Church
Fourth Estate
Post
Frank Luthe- Mott
Missouri School of Journalism
Mott
America
Are Hurt in Danville Crash
Two persons were slightly injured in a Danville accident at about 5 30 P M Friday, causing about 600 in property damage. Mrs Floree McNutt Lindsey of Moulton and Mrs Lucille Hembree of Danville were bruised but not hospitalized. The 1947 Mercury driven by Lindsey and a 1935 Plymouth driven by Lorene Turrentine sustained 500 and 100 damage respectively, per officers Bryants and Jones.
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Danville
Highway Patrol
Floree McNutt Lindsey
Moulton
Lucille Hembree
W. B. Little
Mercury
Lindsey
Plymouth
Lorene Turrentine
J. Ageut
L. S. Bryant
Cpl
Paul Jones
VFW Delivers Christmas Dinner, Receives Clothing Gifts
The Veterans of Foreign Wars sent a basket of food for a Christmas dinner. Neighbors and strangers delivered food, with one lady bringing two jackets for a boy and another giving dresses to a girl. Mrs. Varnell thanked them, noting they had only corn bread before the story appeared.
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VFW
Ballard Fire Tragedy Incinerates Home and Wrecks Family
A stove explosion yesterday left Mr Ballard severely burned making him a human torch. His wife and neighbors removed burning clothes and conveyed him to hospital. Mrs Ballard's home and all possessions were destroyed. Ballard, a city water works repair foreman, has children up to age 12.
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Ballard
City Water Works
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Stetson West
Dickee
Thms
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