Escaped Man Back In Toils After Kidnap Case
William Smothers 25 year old fugitive captured near Trenton Georgia after an extended manhunt. He was found with Raymond Edmundson’s car and taken to Jackson County jail Scottsboro. Edmundson had been kidnapped on Christmas Eve and released early Christmas morning. Smothers previously escaped Kilby prison on Sept 23 and faced multiple armed holdups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
William Smothers
Raymond R. Edmundson
Oil Company
King Raiders
Alabama
Trenton
Smothers
Edmundson
Kilby
King
Jackson County
Scottsboro
Dade County
Tatum
Henry Jones
Jackson
W. R. Evans
DeKalb
Birmingham
Florida
Jefferson
Millican Called Home in Hartselle Funeral
Rev. O. T. Millican, 78, dies after long illness in Birmingham. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at First Methodist Church Hartselle with Rev. Doyce Mitchell and Rev. Ed Branscomb officiating. Body lies in state 30 minutes prior. interment in Rome Ga directed by Drinkard's. Survived by widow Mrs. O Q Millican, two sons Bogie Millican Berlin Germany and James L Millican Roxboro NC, two sisters Nona Henderson Trion Ga and Beatrice Kerr Cave Springs. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Millican
Hartselle
Doyce Mitchell
Edor Branscomb
Jasper
Rome
Drinkard’s of
Millican
Birmingham Hospital
Morgan County Rescue News Notes Local Visits
Community updates from Morgan County report multiple visits and social calls. Mrs W A Helms remains ill at home while Deltha Lee Edwards is noted. Families from Falkville Memphis and Union Grove are listed with weekend and weekday visits and trips to Huntsville Louisville and Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudie Edwards
Wiley
Ray Edwards
Claud Compton
Robert Greenhaw
Ella Pettit
Edd Thomas
Carl Sides
Baby Paula
Memphis
Tenn
Herman Myrick
C. C. Garrett
Falkville
Wiley Edwards
Owen Edwards
W. G. Whisenant
Bruce Hornbuckle
Huntsville
Louisville
Kentucky
Pettit
Deltha Lee Edwards
W. E. Helms
Jim Johnson
Louis Johnson
Union Grove
Charles Myrick
William Hendrix
Melvin
Marvin Whisenant
Otto Walter
Christmas Liquor Round Up in Limestone County
In Limestone County Alabama Sheriff John G Sandlin and deputies seized multiple locations after issuing more than a dozen search warrants on Saturday for prohibition violations. George Battles a Black man was charged with possessing seventy seven gallons of wildcat whiskey and jailed. Others were detained as the sheriff warned Christmas would be spent pursuing violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Limestone
John G. Sandlin
George Battles
Christmaas
Chimes Ring Out From Athens First Presbyterian Church
In Athens Alabama the amplified Christmas chimes from the First Presbyterian church on the public square brought joy during the season. Farmers visiting for last minute shopping paused to listen as the spire's music echoed through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
First Presbyterian Church
Markets and Poultry Reports From Decatur and Atlanta
Market notes show No 1 soft wheat at 3.05 a bushel and various corn prices from 2.20 to 2.35. Cotton futures weaken then recover amid light selling. mill buyers stay out till after holidays. CCC may buy 100000 bales for Japan. Poultry markets steady with 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 lb fryers abundant, prices 32 to 34 cents FOB farm.
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Decatur Grains
New York
Atlanta
Japan
Washington Advices
C C. C
USDA
Butter and Eggs Prices Chicago Market Report
Butter firm with receipts 317 and varied grade scores from AA to C. Eggs weaker with receipts 17,740. U S extras and standards numbers listed, current receipts 47, other values unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
General Lee Appointed Secretary for Episcopal Brotherhood
Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee was named general secretary of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the Episcopal church. Samuel S. Schmidt announced Lee will take the post early next year after a prior Army inquiry into Italy command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John C. H
Lee
Italy
Special Army
The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
the Episcopal Church
Samuel S Schmidt
Brotherhood
U S 1948 Inflation Outlook From Top Economic Adviser
Washington reports that 1948 may see record US production with inflation easing if crops avoid drought. Dr Edwin G Nourse cites weather crop prospects wage pressures and foreign aid as key factors shaping prices and output next year. Federal controls may curb shortages to prevent additional inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Edwin G. Nourse
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Truman may name ticket partner among cabinet members
The article notes Democratic leaders consider several figures for Truman’s running mate in 1948 including Harriman and Anderson, with criticism of Forrestal and cautious interest in Justice Douglas and Gov Wallgren. Other names include Sen. O Mahoney, Sen. McMahon, Sen. Pepper, and Maryland Gov Lane amid internal debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Commerce Harriman
New York
Wall Street
Agriculture Anderson
New Mexico
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Man Wallgren
Washington
Solid South
William Preston’Lane Jr
Maryland
Lane
Tydings
McMahon
D-Conn
Pepper
Florida
Henry A. Wallace
Ten Indians Die in Blaze at Christmas Party
In Gardnerville a drunken man's rage over his father's rebuke sparked a gasoline explosion that burned a 30 foot square gambling shack. Ten Indians died and seven were badly burned. Greeley Jim, 24, a paratroop veteran, caused the blaze after yelling at his father Willie Jim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardnerville
James Farrell
Greeley Jim
Willie Jim
Farrell
Policy firms escape taxes under 1942 law
Treasury Secretary Snyder announced that nearly all life insurance companies will owe no federal income tax this year due to a 1942 law. He urged Congress to amend the statute to prevent this unavoidable result, noting the formula allows deducting 100.66 percent of life insurance investment income to maintain reserves for policyholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Treasury
Burglars Take Safe From Tallapoosa Drive In
In Tallapoosa Georgia burglars broke into Sam Johnson and wife drive in restaurant cabin and escaped with a safe containing between 28000 and 30000 dollars in cash. Sheriff Grover L Newman said the burglars sawed out a wall to reach the safe and fled in a car. A posse followed tracks toward Piedmont Alabama but lost them. Johnson has run the restaurant since 1939 and kept money in the safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallapoosa
Grover L. Newman
Sam Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Highway 78
Atlanta
Georgia-Alabama
Sniping War Toll Mounts in Holy Land
In Jerusalem on December 26, a Jewish Agency official Hans Beith and 12 other Jews died as snipers on hills near Jerusalem along the road to Tel Aviv. An Arab ambush killed four and wounded seven on a Jewish bus. a convoy attack wounded. a three year old girl and a 70 year old woman were killed. The total Palestine fatalities since UN partition reached 363.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Hans Beith
Aliyah
Palestine
United Nations
City utility worker injured in fall from damaged line
An injured man, identified as Merrell, was taken to the hospital after an incident involving a Brown's ambulance and an insulator. Officials with the Electric Department cited lack of clear cause and noted Watkins had warned Lee about the wire being at a hazardous height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Department
Power
Merrell
Watkins
Lee
Brown's
Amendment fight resumes in Alabama after Christmas break
Gov James E Folsom and opponents planned to renew campaigns against the self-starter amendment. Col Bill Lyerly would tour Leeds Tarrant and Fairfield Monday then Birmingham Tuesday for a 7 30 p m speech at the Temple theater. The committee added another address to next Tuesday with Sen Paul J Hooton speaking in Opelika Rotary club and Rep Ira Pruitt Sumter speaking in Demopolis while Rep John Gillis visits Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Bill Lyerly
Leeds
Tarrant
Fairfield
Birmingham
Temple Theater
Committee For the
Paul J. Hooton
Randolph County
Opelika
Isolation Of Common Cold Now Is Achieved
Washington reports that NIH researchers Norman Topping and Leon Atlas isolated a germ in fertilized hen eggs that produced a cold in 57 of 60 prisoner volunteers. They caution the work is early, pointing to a possible vaccine rather than a proven vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Institute of Health
Tors Norman Topping
Leon T. Atlas
Be. Sui
s.eCerwes Wee Siucu Wy
District of Columbia
Lawton Reformatory
Technical Journal
Science
R. W. G. Wyckoff
Institute
Topping
Tojo Defends Japan’s Pacific Policy In Draft Testimony
Tojo presented a chronology defending Japan’s Far East stance and the Pearl Harbor decision. He argued U S and British aid to Chiang Kai Shek drove Tokyo’s actions and claimed the Tripartite Pact aimed to raise Japan’s international position. He said Southward expansion targeted cutting Chiang’s supply routes through Indochina and Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Tojo
China
Manchuria
Kwantung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Japan
Germany
Italy
Pacific
French IndoChina
IndoChina
Thailand
United States
Britain
Typhoon Halts Rescue Efforts Over Manila Leyte S storm
The typhoon stalled救 rescue craft and planes as Manila faced widespread damage. Tacloban on Leyte reported 70 percent of its business district wiped out by fire. Manila police counted casualties and widespread disruptions hit transport, power, and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Tacloban
Leyte
Island
Taclo
Associated Press
South Harbor
North Harbor
Pasig River
Nichols Field
Pan-American World Airways
Northwest Airlines
Makati International
Action On Inflation Bill Due In Week
President Truman will act early next week on the anti inflation bill passed by Congress. Press Secretary Ross said the president will issue a statement of his views and has signaled likely approval though he calls the measure inadequate. The bill aims to promote voluntary industry pacts to restrain prices and requests authority for price and rationing controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Survivors Safe After Labrador Crash Stranding
Nine American airmen are safe after a Christmas mission forced a landing 275 miles southeast of Goose Bay on Lake Astray in Labrador. They endured 18 below zero temperatures and a third night outdoors as emergency supplies were dropped to them. all seven crewmen and two passengers survived with no serious injuries.
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Westover Field
Mass
Labrador
Flying Fortress
Goose Bay
Air Transport Command
Baffin Bay
ATC
Duchess Best Dressed Again Tops Ten Best-Dressed List
The Duchess of Windsor is named the world’s best dressed woman in the annual New York Dress Institute list. She favors simple daytime outfits in black navy or dark red, prefers slender styles, and will retain her long skirt length. Also on the list are Mrs. William Paley Mrs. Harrison Williams Mrs. William Rhienlander Stewart Mrs. Byron Foy Mrs. John C. Wilson Mrs. Millicent Rogers Mrs. Howard Hawks and Mrs. William Wallace Ina Claire of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duchess of Windsor
New York Dress Institute
William Paley
Harrison Williams
William Rhienlander Stewart
Byron Foy
John C. Wilson
Millicent Rogers
Howard Hawks
William Wallace
Ina Claire
San Francisco
Greek guerrilla leader proclaims independent communist state
Gen Markos Vifiades, anti-government commander in Northern Greece, on Wednesday announced a separate communist state in the fighting zone. Allies and Moscow satellites weigh recognition while Greek forces hunt for his headquarters and doubt he can hold territory beyond 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markos Vifiades
Greece
Markos
Visiades
Nicholas Zachariades
Zachariades
John Ioannides
Vifiades
Ioannides
Themistokles Sophoulis
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Paris
United States
Athens
Moscow
New York Covered by Four Inch Snowfall
The New York metropolitan area was blanketed with four inches of snow today and more was possible. The weather bureau predicted up to six inches. Thousands of workers and snow removal equipment joined efforts as trains and roads moved slowly. Commuters faced 28 degree cold and gusty winds while aviation travel halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weather Bureau
Fireworks ban quiets Athens Christmas season
Athens Alabama celebrates a quieter safer Christmas as a new city ordinance banning selling and shooting fireworks within the police jurisdiction reduces injuries and earns praise from parents and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Seven Die In Orange Hotel Fire
A New Year’s Eve blaze at a small Orange hotel killed seven guests with nine others registered. Seven bodies were initially unidentified including Junious O. Carter W L Jordan Bill Douglas Ralph Slade and Early Gisler. Fire damage was estimated at 57 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Tex
Junious O. Carter
Pennsylvania
W. L. Jordan
Tampa
Fla
Bill Douglas
Ralph Slade
Early Gisler
E. L. Anner
Christmas Eve Violence Leaves Dozens Dead Across South
The report details dozens of holiday deaths from Christmas Eve incidents. It cites a 69 year old man in Greensboro with an eviction dispute fatally injuring two men and a woman, a Florida vengeful stabbings and a fall from a sixth floor, and multiple shootings and accidents from Florida to Georgia and Mississippi. It notes a bus crash in Beaufort killing six Black passengers and injuring 31, a train auto crash in Como Mississippi killing four, and a range of other fatal incidents and missing persons across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Joe de Santis
Greensboro
N. C
West Palm Beach
Fla
David Ralph Burnside
Burnside
Bernice
Everglades
Reed Leroy Hatten
Collier County
Lewis Thorp
Hatten
Thorp
Beaufort
S. C
St. Helena Island
Statesboro
Iir Grady Wilson
Savannah
Mike
Ronald Bartlett
Miami
Tony Samphillippo
Kenneth Peters
Miami Canal
Kenneth
Tony
Madisonville
Frank Stokes
Stokes
Kentucky
Grayson
Ben Burton
Dug
Lee Bowen
Eudora
Ark
Albert, Marks
New Hartford
Iowa
Garland Turnage
San Francisco
Leroy Holden
Pine. Bluff
Odell Holden
el Dorado
Florida
Julian J. Goodson
Goodson
Jacksonville
Doath
A. M. Jacobs
Wallace H. Beckner
South
Jewish Girl Slain in Crib Amid Arab Jewish Warfare
In Jerusalem on December 26 stray sniper fire killed a three year old girl and a 70 year old Jewish woman. Five others died in border clashes around Tel Aviv and Jaffa. The child was found by her mother in a pool of blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Decatur Christmas Notices Highlight Local Visitors and Fire Losses
Local social notes list guests visiting Decatur families from Chattanooga Shelbyville Canton Prospect and Nashville. Fire crews battled two small blazes from faulty flues including a garage apartment and a Fairview grass fire near the Moulton line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Britain
N. Avenue
Fairview
Moulton
Christmas Night Attendees At Enon Program
From Lawrence County records several locals attended the Enon Christmas program. Buford McCaghren of Arkansas visits relatives here this week. Jack Owens bought a new car. Archie Rainey and family visited Mrs. Dealie Rainey. Emmett Owens Mose Owens shopped in Moulton. Kyle McCaghren Gail and Dealie Rainey visited J. W. McCaghren and Jessie. Lewis Key of Mississippi spends Christmas with mother Tandy Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enon
Buford McCaghren
Arkansas
Jack Owens
Archie Rainey
Moulton
Dealie Rainey
Emmett Owens
Mose Owens
Kyle McCaghren
Gail
J. W. McCaghren
Jessie
Lewis Key
Misssissippi
Tandy Thompson
VFW Benefits From Public Auction of Cars in Athens
In Athens Alabama on Christmas Eve the VFW auctioned new cars in the courthouse yard. A Plymouth five passenger sold for 2375 dollars, a Ford Tudor for 2185, a Chevrolet two door for 2000, and a GMC pickup for 1950. Local dealers Draper Motor Littrell Motor Bitting Chevrolet and W E Estes and Son cooperated, each donating cars to let the VFW pay list price and keep profits for its new clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
VFW Post
Andrews and Wellden
GMC
Draper Motor Company
Littrell Motor Company
Bitting Chevrolet Company
W. E. Estes and Son
VFW
Students to Give Program at First Methodist Church
Several college students will describe Wesley Foundation activities and Methodist churches near their campuses during a vesper program at 5 P M Sunday at the First Methodist Church Rev E L McFee vice president of Athens College will speak on youth focus on full time Christian service The program ties to Student Recognition Day with speakers from Stephens College Marion Institute Auburn University University of Alabama Birmingham Southern Vanderbilt Columbia Military Academy Alabama College The public was invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Foundation
Bill Wear
Auburn
Paul Rozear
Uversity of
Alabama
Richard Kirby
Birmingham Southern
Paul Gene Hargrove
Vanderbilt
Ned Shackelford
Columbia Military Academy
Eloise Riethmaier
Alabama College
Beloved Lady Minnie Sit tason Dies After Long Illness
Beloved Minnie D Sittason 78 dies at Decatur General Hospital after three weeks as a patient. Final rites set for Saturday 3 p m at Brown's chapel Rev Paul Roberts to officiate with interment in city cemetery. Survived by husband C L Sittason two daughters Norma Price and Sura Cherry four sons Eugene Fred M Robert D Ben H and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie D. Sittason
Brown
Paul Roberts
City Cemetery
Sittason
Fifth Avenue E
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur
New Albany
Ind
Central Baptist Church
C. £. Sittason
Norma Price
Sura
Cherry
Cincinnati
Eugene
Birmingham
Fred M
Robert D
Ben H. Sittason
Baltimore
Stimson On 1942 Plans and Normandy Decision
Stimson recalls the 1942 Torch plan as the only option meeting aims while noting Churchill’s resistance to cross channel invasion and Roosevelt’s eventual push for a 1944 Normandy landing. He describes Churchill’s initial opposition, the Casablanca delays, and Roosevelt’s leadership in wartime strategy. He also critiques Roosevelt’s lack of a wartime cabinet and praises Roosevelt as a capable, single national leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
George Marshall
France
Roosevelt
Japan
Casablanca
Sicily
Churchill
Normandy
Mediterranean
Cross Channel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosvelt
White House
T. R
Franklin Roosevelt
Illness Fatal to Mrs Ethel Black
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ethel Mullins Black wife of Thaddeus M. Black who died after a brief illness at Decatur General hospital Rev Lucius M Hart officiated burial followed in the city cemetery She was a Flat Creek Tennessee native and survived by her husband two sons Bernard and Tullis M Black and two daughters Miss Mary Dean Black of Athens and Mrs Rebecca Evans of Birmingham
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Ethel Mullins
Black
Thaddeus M. Black
Decatur General Hospital
Lucius M. Hart
First Baptist Church
McConnell
City
Flat Creek
Tenn
Bernard
Tullis M. Black
Mary Dean Black
Rebecca Evans
Birmingham
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Toils
Rev. Millican
Franklin Stewart
Ernest Ray
Prof. Burleson
Dewey Channell
L. H. Houston
Lile Roberts
Morgan County Rescue
W. A Helms
N. Y
Dixie
Beserk
Dearing
John Robin Edwards
Dessele Huff
Edwards
Como
Miss
Mike Bartlett
Ann Speed
Nancy
Selma Stuart
Lema
L. L
Cy) Kennedy
Chattanooga, Tenn
Carl Gibson
Shelbyville, Tenn
Betty Johnson
Canton
W. Moulton
Melba
Jean Langford
Robert D. Garrison
S. R. Garrison
Seventh Avenue
I. B. Howard
David V. Howard
Prospect
Fred S. Robinson
Decature 2
Evelyn Robinson
Nashville, Tenn
Fred-S.-Robinson Jr
Will
Jacksonville State Teachers College
Erd
Fred-S.-Robinson
Luke Murphy
Madison 3
Hamil Clinic
C.E. Green
Second Avenue
J. H. Reeves
Fifth Avenue W
W. H. Baugh
Chattanooga
W. P. Baugh
Clifford Hargroves
Allston Hargroves
Skipper
Ovie Hargrove
Horace Moore
Larkin Sanderson
Madison
Mrs
Fred Allen Moder
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghren
Ethel Black
AA. Jones
Soun
A. Joncs
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