Audit finds minor faults in Jefferson Hospital operations
Dr. R Kracke dean of Alabama medical college says the audit shows only minor management faults at Jefferson Hospital Birmingham. He cites underfunding for indigent care at about 11 dollars per day per patient totaling 1 million annually, plus criticisms of small expenditures and lax business office practices.
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R. Kracke
Jefferson-Hillman Loon
Kracke
Alabama Medical College
Jefferson Hospital
Jefferson
Birmingham
All-Southern 1947 Football Team Picks
Sports editors select a 1947 All-Southern team with Ole Miss claiming two players Poole and Charley Conerly while Georgia Tech Kentucky Alabama Texas and others place players at key positions. The list includes Poole End Ole Miss Conerly Halfback Ole Miss Layne Quarterback Texas and Doak Walker Fullback Methodist among others.
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New Orleans
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
Southeastern
Poole
Charley Conerly
Conerly
Surf
Southern Intercollegiate Magazine
Barney Poole
Bob Davis
Georgia Tech
Knox Ramsey
William & Mary
Ae Rhodemyre
Kentucky
den- Herb St. John
Georgia
Bob Garrett
Miss. State
John North
Vanderbilt
Bobby Layne
Texas
Charlie Conerly
Harry Gilmer
Alabama
Doak Walker
Greek guerrilla battle on Konitsa front continues
Reports say Greek forces silenced two guerrilla artillery batteries near Konitsa as hill 915 remains in garrison control. A relief column led by brigadier Assimakis moved from Macedonia to bolster the North western front while Chiang communique tallies 95 guerrillas killed and 63 captured in northern Greece over 24 hours.
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Konitsa
Assimakis
Greece
Macedonia
Toannina-Konitsa
Third Army
Barbhere Visiades
Ila
Athens
Markets Turn As Snowbound Week Tests Wall Street
New York heavy snowstorm hampered the final year end session with staff shortages and weak investor participation. Traders faced deflation fears after the Federal Reserve cut support for government bonds, while transfers reached 5.34 million shares. The 60 stock index held at 64.9 as declines outweighed advances and the week slipped. Bonds were uneven and grains rose in the brief session.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Associated Press
Grains Market Prices Reported in Decatur
Decatur markets show No 1 soft wheat at 3.05 dollars. Ear corn varieties listed: white 2.35, yellow 2.20. Barley 1.70 per bushel. Oats 1.22 and 2.25 per bushel.
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Decatur Grains
Grain futures rally on board with May wheat lagging
Chicago grain prices rose late in trading with gains across wheat and other cereals. May wheat lagged as new crop contracts led the upturn. May wheat at 2.93 1 2, corn up to 2.51, oats at 1.16 1 8, soybeans down 1/2 at 3.94 1/2.
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Chicago
Board of’ Trade
Cotton futures drift in irregular trading at New York
Trading in cotton futures was slow with an irregular range as opening quotes dipped and buying by trade houses and New Orleans interests supported deferred months. Profit taking by commission houses balanced by storm and holiday lull as futures closed 50 cents to 10 cents above or below prior close with notable activity in nearby and deferred contracts.
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New York
New Orleans
Wall Street
Markets at a Glance Mixed closes and steady hogs
New York stocks mixed as price changes narrowed while bonds remained quiet and rails drifted lower. Cotton showed irregular activity with profit taking and buying by a commission house. Chicago wheat strengthened on foreign flour demand, corn firm due to short covering, and oats rose. Hogs and cattle stayed nominally steady.
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New York
Chicago
Living costs hit new high in mid November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a mid November consumer price index record with prices eight percent higher than a year ago and sixty seven percent above August 1939 in the run up to 1948. A private note suggests a two per cent wholesale rise since mid November could push the year start to an even higher level.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Europe
Plea for girl made by cop in Chicago boy's court
A 19 year old unwed mother appeared in a Chicago boy's court on petty larceny charges. Detective Tim OConnell pleaded for leniency and offered to be best man to wed the mother and her war veteran fiancé whose nine month old son required support. Judge Gibson E Gorman granted probation and offered to perform the ceremony.
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Chicago
Gibson E. Gorman
Boy’s Court
Tim O'Connell
O’connell
O'Connell
Margaret Healy
Big Central Furniture plant razed in major fire
In Bessemer Alabama on December 27 a fire destroyed the Central Furniture Manufacturing Co building, causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Firemen fought the one story structure for two hours amid surrounding flames and nearby negro houses caught fire. Owner J W McDonald estimated the origin as a passerby tossing a lighted cigarette into grass near the plant. Earlier today the Birmingham Stove and Range Co plant suffered about 100000 dollars in damage.
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Bessemer
Ala
Central Furniture Manufacturing Co
Hessemer
J. W. McDonald
McDonald
Birmingham Stove and Range Co
Birmingham
City clears streets as buses go out of service in freezing thaw
record: buses halted and main streets cleared amid subfreezing temperatures. Mayor O Dwyer flies back from California as Northwest plane resumes service from LaGuardia. City asks 350000 civil defense volunteers to assist, with snow removal costs estimated at 2.5 to 3 million dollars, far above the winter budget.
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Weather Bureau
New York
William O’dwyer
California
Los Angeles
Northwest Airlines
Detroit
Minneapolis
LaGuardia Field
Wallander
Civilian Defense Corps
Neighbors Help Town Survive Big Snowstorm
HAL BOYLE notes New York residents rally to aid each other after a brutal snowstorm. Police constable Henry Brockstedt delivers a baby during the outage while his colleague Hank helps, ice on Rockefeller Center pond halts skating, Fifth Avenue store Best & Co. keeps sidewalks clear with steam pipes, a Brooklyn limo firm asks for horses, and forecaster Jim Osman is snowbound in his office.
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Vivian Love
Brockstedt
Hank
Squire John D. Rockefeller
Radio City
John
Best & Co
Fifth Avenue
Regiments Raised to Aid Arabs Reach Palestine Fight
Col. Taher Mohammed says two regiments of volunteers will be sent to Palestine within a week to fight for the Arabs. The Palestine Defense Committee plans the units from retired soldiers and officers. An additional 100 retired Iraqi officers will go to Syria to train Syrian volunteers.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Taher Mohammed
Palestine Defense Committee
Palestine
Syria
Bee's long trek fuels tiny honey creation
The average bee travels about 550 miles to produce a single teaspoon of honey. This remarkable foraging shows the extreme effort behind a familiar sweet.
Decatur Sees Growth With Airport Dreams and Industrial Expansion
Decatur advances toward an airport with an agreement to buy 200 acres of Pryor Field involving Decatur Athens and Morgan Limestone counties. The city reports rising industrial payrolls, 892 more jobs, 500 new families, a $12.35 million farmers payment in 1947, and housing projects amid ongoing growth and development efforts.
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Alabama Flour Mills
White Way Iey
Smith Motors
Decatur Iron and Steel
Decatur Transit
Decatur Gare Bne
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co-Operative
Decatur
Athens
Morgan
Limestone Counties
Pryor
Peretti
Progressive Farmer
American Mercury
Merchants Journal
News Co-op
Parade
The
Birmingham Post
Birmingham News
Land N Magazine
Iowa
National Farm Board
Ohio College
Tuscaloosa
North Alabama
Columbus
Ohio
Decature
Five Weymouth Family Die From Gas in Home
Five members of the Voight family were found dead from asphyxiation caused by leaking illuminating gas in their Weymouth summer home. Carl Voight 45 Esther his wife and daughters Elvia 22 Lorraine 20 Ethel 17 perished. Virginia 14 escaped while son Carl Jr. was believed in California. Police cite a leaky pipe as the cause amid recent eviction from a prior house.
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Weymouth
Mass
Carl Voight
Esther
Elvia
Lorraine
Ethel
Virginia
Carl Jr
California
Twins marry in Reading double wedding
Mary Jane Hoffmaster and Fern Hoffmaster, both 23, wed twin bridesgrooms Merrille R. Stoudt and Melvin R. Stoudt in a double ring ceremony at St Marys Episcopal Church Reading. The couples will live in adjacent floors of a shared apartment building.
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Reading
Mary Jane Hoffmaster
Merrille R. Stoudt
Fern
Melvin
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Merrill R. Stoudts
Melvin R. Stoudts
Missing Fort Now Sighted Near Seward Peninsula
In Fairbanks Alaska on December 27 officers at Ladd Field reported a B 29 Superfortress missing since Tuesday with eight aboard was sighted on the Northern Seward peninsula. Radio reports were vague about the plane’s condition or life signs as search efforts continued. The crew list was revised naming First Lieuts Donde Duesler Lyle Larson Frederick Sheetz Francis Schaack Tech Sgt Wilbur Decker Staff Sgt Leslie Warren and Sgt Olan Samford with their families and home towns.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ladd Field
Seward Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Public Information Office
The
Alaska Air Command
Donde B. Duesler
Mary
Georgia Duesler
San Fernando
Calif
Lyle B. Larson
Elizabeth
Colfax
Wis
Frederick Sheetz
Harriet
S. Main
Keyser
W. Va
Francis J. Schaack
Rebecca
Oklahoma City
Tech
Wilbur E. Decker
Alice
Freedom Train arrives in Montgomery amid crowds
The Freedom Train and its historic documents drew thousands in Montgomery on December 27. Mayor John A. Goodwyn announced no racial segregation for boarding, while Birmingham's stop was canceled over segregation rules as a $2,500 foundation check supported the exhibit.
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Montgomery
Ala
Freedom Train
Tuscaloosa
J.o
John AL. Goodwyn
Goodwyn
Birmingham
American Heritage Foundation
Earth Tremor Reported in Chattanooga and Nearby Areas
A slight tremor at 7 10 P M was felt in Chattanooga and North Georgia communities including Missionary Ridge Rossvilleville Boynton and Ringgold with no damage reported. The Lovell Field weather bureau noted several injuries.
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Chattanooga
Chattanooga Times
Missionary Ridge
Rossvilleville
Boynton
Ringgold
North Georgia
Lovell Field
Distiller James B Beam Dies at 89 in Bardstown Ky
James B Beam age 89 founder of James B Beam Distilling Company died at his Bardstown home from heart ailment. He had led the Clermont Kentucky firm until retirement three years ago and was a fourth generation Beam distiller.
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Bardstown
James B. Beam
Kentucky Distillers
Beam
Clermont
Beam Family
Local Notices Sweep Christmas Weekend in Decatur
Police reported several arrests for drunkenness fighting and disorderly conduct during the Christmas weekend. Two pairs of residents were visiting family, while church and university events highlighted the holiday period. Weather data noted 60 high and 29 low, with civic meetings and hospital transfers listed.
Beaver blamed for Michigan telephone outage
A beaver chewed a power pole east of Baraga causing cut F1 circuits between Houghton and Nestoria. Michigan Bell repair crews traced the fault to the animal and restored service after the chew.
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Beaver
Houghton
Mich
Michigan
Michigan Bell
Here
Nestoria
Baraga
Jewish Hagana informants report high casualties in target practice
Reports from Hagana informants say Jews were surprised at target practice with four missing and four wounded. Government trials note Arabs killed and wounded. multiple bodies found in Haifa and Jericho road area.
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Hagana
Haifa
Athlit
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Jericho
Palestine
Bucharest
S. S. Pan Crescent
S. S. Pan York
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
midEast
Freedom Train Asked To Visit Birmingham For Negro Population
The Birmingham Young Men's Business club urged the Freedom Train be allowed a Dec. 29 visit "for our negro population only" by telegram to American Heritage Foundation head Thomas Brophy. The Foundation canceled the Birmingham stop over segregated entry plans, which Brophy said violated its non segregation policy.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Young Men's Business Club Board of Directors
Thomas D'Archy Brophy
American Heritage Foundation
Brophy
Foundation
Young Men's Business Club
A. J. Beck
Young Men's Business Club of
Four Die in Kentucky Electrocution Tragedy
In Martin Kentucky police report four people were electrocuted after an aerial line touched a high tension wire. Robert Flanary 38 his six year old son John Hugh Flanary and Floyd County neighbor Hugh Norris 30 died along with Norris wife Edith 28. The scene drew a crowd of about 300 as the coroner described the tangled line carrying 6900 volts and a family left widowed with three children.
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Norris
Edith
Shepherds
Flanary
Plane Seeks Flight Mark From Cleveland to Jacksonville
Eastern Airlines Constellation with 59 passengers and five officers departed Cleveland at 7 15 p m EST aiming to set a record flight to Jacksonville Fla The craft with four Lockheed engines carries 2 200 gallons of fuel and could beat the 2 55 elapsed time by about 55 minutes Wind conditions of 50 mph headwinds near start and 25 mph later may push speed above 400 mph Cleveland to Anderson South Carolina segment to be flown at 18 000 feet.
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Cleveland
Eastern Airlines
Constellation
E.S.T
Jacksonville
Fla
Lockhey
Anderson
S. C
Cardinals Eagles Set for National Football Championship Battle
Chicago prepares for the NFL title clash with Philadelphia tomorrow in snow, drawing 38 000 to 40 000 fans. Paul Christman will direct the Cardinals offense with Charley Trippi and Elmer Angsman among the backs while Mal Kutner and Billy Dowell pace the Eagles receiving corps. Quarterback Tommy Thompson and Steve Van Buren lead the Eagles attack as both teams seek their first title appearance.
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Charles Dumkley
Chicago
Losive Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles
Cardinals
Chicago Bears
Pittsburgh
Paul Christman
Charley Trippi
Elmer Angsman
Marshall Goldberg
Pat Harder
Boris Dimancheff
Campaign circuit shifts as leaders plan talks in Alabama
Self Starter Cullman and Folsom’s home region host Senator Paul Hooton of Randolph for a Tuesday Opelika rally as Rep Ira Pruitt and Rep John Gillis campaign in Demopolis and Mobile. Senator Albert Boutwell is also set to address the Bessemer Civitan club Monday. The 1947 legislative amendment would allow a three fifths call for extraordinary sessions, with limits on frequency and length. Both sides avoid firm election predictions as votes approach.
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Cullman
Folsom
Paul Hooton
Randolph
Opelika
Ira Pruitt
Sumter
John Gillis
Clarke
Beasley Backs Self Starter Pension in Alabama Vote
Beasley of the Old Age Pension Association urges members to vote for the legislature backed self-starter amendment on January 6. He accuses Gov. Folsom of ignoring the group's appeal for a specific pension plan and calls for legislative action to relieve aged and needy citizens.
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Attalla
Ala
George W. Beasley
The
Old Age Pension Association Inc
Beasley
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Dinner at Curtis Home Christmas Day
Dinner was enjoyed Christmas Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G B Curtis on Danville. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. M L Vinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curtis and family, Mr. and Mrs Wesley Curtis and family, Mr. and Mrs James Curtis and family, Tom Curtis and Wayne, Mr. and Mrs Cordie Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs J M Smith, Mr. and Mrs S J Curtis and family, Mrs. Arthur Welborn and Cadle, Arthur Curtis.
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G.B. Curtis
Danville 2
M. L. Vinson
Robert Curtis
Wesley Curtis
James Curtis
Tom Curtis
Wayne
Cordie Smith
J. M. Smith
S. J. Curtis
Arthur Welborn
Cadle
Arthur Curtis
Tragedy as mother saves child during publicized fall
A young mother Mary Moose 19 acted to save her five month old daughter Carla by tossing her to safety into a snow bank from a second floor window in York Pennsylvania on December 27. She suffered a broken left leg and dislocated shoulder when she leaped or fell.
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York
Carla
Mary Moose
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