Decatur Area Briefs Capture Weather, Socials and Local Notes
Mostly cloudy and warmer this afternoon into Tuesday with occasional rain on Tuesday. Decatur cotton market noon quotes middling 32 and strict low 30. News and visits include Ww. E. Morgan greeting friends, J C Gray family’s Pensacola trip, and several local residents in town for business or holidays. Sheriff reports arrests for public drunkenness and prohibition violations as well as tag and probation matters. Lawrence Bishop, formerly of Decatur, returns for Christmas with ties to Scottsville Kentucky basketball. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Lawrence
Bishop
Decatur
Scottsville
Kentucky
Scottsville High School
Santa Can Be Had in Christmas Mail Discovery
Goshen Indiana junior chamber of commerce reports a letter to the Santa Claus mailbox from a 29 year old woman asking for Santa himself. The letter drew wide publicity as imposters from Joplin Milledgeville St Albans New York Los Angeles and Seattle offered to become pen pals and even proposed marriage.
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Goshen
Ind
Officials Hope Welles Is Able To Talk Today
Former Undersecretary Sumner Welles lay unconscious in a snow field near Oxon Hill Maryland. Found by a boy he showed signs of exposure and his doctors said recovery remains fragile with possible amputation risk. Family and officials hope to learn how he came to be in the field and what happened.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Welles
Oxon Hill
Maryland
Elles
George R. Huffman
Man Arrested in Capital Will Go Back to Florida
Florida police planned to return Russell County man Alvey Pittman 34 to Florida to serve a life sentence for armed robbery. Montgomery detectives arrested Pittman on a tip after he fled a Kilby prison parole violation. Pittman had a 25 year Russell County sentence for robbery in 1939 and later received a Florida life term for armed robbery near Pensacola.
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Florida
Montgomery
Ala
Russell County
Montgomery City
R. C. Cox
W. R
Alvey Pittman
Fort Myers
Fla
Pittman
D. L. Odiorne
Kilby
Pitt
Odiorne
Pensacola
Red Couriers Still Sought By Congress Spy Probe
Congressional investigators seek at least two more couriers tied to communist espionage rings. The House American Activities Committee plans to question Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers again to fill in a three year gap after Chambers left the party in 1938.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congressional
Congress
House On American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Miss Bentley
Reds
FBI
Mundt
Chambers
Communist Party
Tomato Shipment To Canada Cleared Through Mobile Port
A 46 440 pound shipment of fresh tomatoes from Kingston Jamaica was unloaded at Mobile Alabama on the Alcoa Clipper. It is the first tomato cargo by water here in many years and was headed for Montreal in refrigerated rail cars. Officials said further Jamaica vegetable movements are expected this winter.
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Mobile
Ala
Kingston
Jamaica
Alcoa Clipper
Department of Commerce
Montreal
Canada
Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc
Considine's Column Added to The Daily's All-Star Line-up
The Daily announces Bob Considine as a new addition to its all-star editorial line up. He will write daily on general topics on the editorial page and Sports on Sundays. He rose from the Washington Post to be sports editor of the Washington Herald and gained national renown for his wide range of writings.
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Considine
Bob Considi
Mr. Considine
Joe Wildete Dey
Washington Post
Bob Considine
Bob
The
State Department
Public Parks
Post
Washington Herald
Two Men Sought In Bristol Rape Killing
Bristol police hunted two suspects in the rape slaying of Lillian Rich Brackett 42 of Plainville. Joseph Therrein 18 and St James 18, boarders in Mrs Lombardi’s home, face manslaughter and aggravated assault warrants.
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Bristol
Conn
Lillian Rich Brackett
Plainville
Crowley
Lombardi
VA Warning Against Solicitors Selling NSSLI Refund Forms
Haywood I Reams of the Veterans Administration in Decatur issued a warning about solicitors offering to sell veterans forms to obtain a refund of all money paid into National Service Life Insurance. He said such forms for dividends have not been developed and would not be charged when printed. He urged reporting any such sales to the Decatur VA office.
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Haywood I Reams
Decature
Veterans Administraion
Reams
Veterans Administration Office
Decatur
Correction Asked by Police of Rumor of Arrest
City police today denied rumors that Estelle Allen of 426 West Vine had been arrested for shoplifting. The police stated the report was unfounded and false and that no arrest related to the matter had occurred.
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Estelle Allen
W. Vine
Jy Was
Christmas Day Baby With Two Front Teeth Born
An infant boy born at Clearfield hospital on Christmas Day to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Liberty arrived with two front teeth, though parents claim the tooth incident is unrelated to a song. The story notes the birth occurred in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
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Clearfield
Frank Liberty
Clearfield Hospital
Desert Clash Hits Palestine and Indonesia Fronts
The Associated Press reports a wide scale battle today in the Negev as fighting intensifies in Palestine while Dutch efforts against the Indonesian Republic continue. The United Nations faces dual crises as it reconvenes to address the Egyptian Israeli conflict and Palestinian violations of a truce. Ralph Bunche notes Egyptian complaints that Israeli forces started new hostilities contrary to the council’s truce order.
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The
Negev
Palestine
United Nations
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Holy Land
Fight for Desert in Negev Expands as Israeli Forces Advance
Reporting from Tel Aviv on December 27 describes the Negev battle widening into a full scale desert fight. Israeli commanders aim to push Egypt back to frontiers or push Cairo toward armistice talks, while Cairo cites a general clash and notes Egypt's military position as good.
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Israel
The
Negev
Cairo
Dessouki Abaza Pasha
Egypt
Negev Clash Deepens as Arab States Press League
Bunche denied incidents linked to Evacuation claims while Arab planes bombed east of Tel Aviv during Israel's blackout. In Cairo the Negev battle broadened into a general clash as regional pressure mounted on the Arab League.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Cairo
Arab League
Cardinal Mindszenty Arrest Reported in Budapest
Hungary as police detain Cardinal Mindszenty prime Roman Catholic leader on suspected plotting, spying, treason and black market money dealings. The government promises a detailed statement in 48 hours, with claimed evidence and possible Catholic excommunications discussed by Vatican sources.
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Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hunary
Vatican City
Cardinal Mindszenty
Istvan Barankovits
Mi E
Istvan Dobi
Matyas Rakosi
Mindszenty
Esztergom
Foreign Ministry
Mercury Tumbles In Decatur Weekend Chill Eases
A Decatur morning sees residents braving the cold as temperatures span from early 30s to the mid 40s by noon. The day opens with a chilly 22 degrees and rises to around 36 by mid afternoon, with sun and wind shaping the mild rebound.
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Decatur
Mercury
Valley injuries mark holiday amid fires and crashes
Several Valley residents were hospitalized after a Christmas period of fires and accidents. Steven Terry of Hillsboro 1 suffered a shotgun wound to the foot and was treated at Decatur General hospital, where officials said no formal investigation had begun. Curtis Ralph Eubanks, 37, later released on bond after leaving an accident scene on Morgan Road. no injuries were reported in the crash. A Trinity Road car fire destroyed Tennis Teague’s vehicle, with cause undetermined. Fire Chief Floyd Elkins warned against improvised oil heaters after a coal heater explosion caused a blaze at 534 First Avenue N owned by L C Walker. Sam Williams remained in fair condition at Decatur General, while Carrul Taylor, 24, faced assault charges. further details referenced on page 2.
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Steven Terry
Hillsboro 1
Decatur General Hospital
Lawrence County
The
Daily
Terry
Curtis Ralph Eubanks
Morgan
Trinity Road
Juanita Long
First Avenue N
Floyd Elkins
Elkins
L. C. Walker
Sam Williams
Fred Riley
Moulton
Carrul Taylor
Shifting Planes Delays Return of Stricken Bolivian Student
A seriously ill Bolivian exchange student, Sernando Biscarra, was moved to Brookley Air Force Base for transport to Balboa but plane shifts for the Berlin airlift delayed his flight home. MATS planned a special B-17 to Balboa, aiming to fly him tomorrow if possible. Biscarra, an engineering student at the University of Tulsa, contracted tuberculosis and remains hospitalized at Brookley.
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Berlin
Sernando Biscarra
Brookley Air Force Base
Fort Smith, Ark
Military
Balboa
Canal Zone
MATS
Germany
Air Force
Biscarra
la Paz
University of Tulsa
Anton
Brookley Base
Good
Rewards Offered for Two Bodies in Elk River Tragedy
Athens Alabama December 27 families offer rewards of one hundred dollars each for the bodies of Garner Marbut and Wad dell Hardaway two young farmers who vanished after their fishing boat capsized in Elk River. Dragging crews searched the river for days near the capsized craft while speculation about hidden snags and river obstructions continued.
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Athens
Ala
Garner Marbut
Waddell Hardaway
Elk River
Couple Killed in Plane Crash at Lovell Field Nooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee a light plane crashed and burned at Lovell Field killing a couple. A billfold near the bodies indicated the man was Jay H Leason president of the J H Leason Investment Co of Chicago. Fire and police officials described the victims as burned beyond recognition after the emergency takeoff incident.
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Tenn
Chicago
Lovell Field
Bill Eckenrod
Jay H Leason
J. H. Leason Investment Company
R. R. Gouldy
Harry Brady
Saipan Battling Storms on Way to Try Rescue of Airmen
Aboard the U S S Saipan en route to Greenland the carrier fights 100 mph gusts as it nears the rescue point for 13 stranded air force men. Winds knocked down antennas and life rafts while the ship slowed from 27 knots to 10 as crews battled the storm.
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James J. Strebig
Associated Press
U. S. S. Saipan
Greenland
Air Force
Norfolk
Skinner
Joseph L. Kane
Kane
Christmas Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 27 Dead
Across the nation accidents and fires during Christmas weekend killed at least 395 people. Traffic crashes claimed 27 lives between Friday evening and Sunday midnight, with fires and other misc deaths raising the total. States listed include New Jersey, New York, California, and Michigan among others with varied tallies.
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Theational Safety Council
New Brunswick
Barre
Mass
Terre Haute
Ind
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Bessemer
Ala
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Falmouth
Maryland
Tennessee
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Mississippi
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New Jersey
New Mexico
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North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Sam Frazier Service Held
Last rites for Samuel Wiley Frazier 64 a Union Station ticket agent were held at Browns Chapel. He died after a heart attack at home and his funeral proceeded to Scottsboro for graveside rites at Frazier cemetery. Survived by son Harry Frazier and brothers Clay Frazier Jr and S S Frazier with several relatives. Pallbearers named Rufus Warren Kitty Nelson Clay Frazier Jr George Perry W G Roberts Sr and Fred Robinson.
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Samuel Wiley Frazier
Union Station
Browns Chapel
Ferry Street
Frazier
Decatur General Hospital
Brown’s
Scottsboro
Jesse Rogers
Frazier Cemetery
Brown
Harry Frazier
Decatur
Clay Frazier, Jr
Tuscumbia
S. S. Frazier
Denver
Colo
Rufus Warren
Kitty Nelson
George Perry
W. G. Roberts, Sr
Fred Robinson
Fire destroys scoreboard at Mobile Bears game
In Mobile Alabama the scoreboard at Hartwell Field caught fire during a cold night. Firemen suspect someone built a small fire behind the scoreboard to keep warm. The blaze damaged a portion of the left field wall but was brought under control.
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Mobile
Ala
Hartwell Field
Mobile Bears
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