End to Segregation at Washington National Airport Ordered
Federal officials ordered an immediate end to segregation at Washington National Airport in Virginia. Civil Aeronautics Administration head D W Rentzel ruled there shall be no discrimination in airport facilities. Airport administrator Bennett H Griffin awaited enforcement instructions. A concessionaire spokesman said the firm is studying the order’s legality.
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Washington
Washington National
Virginia
D. W. Rentzel
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bennett H. Griffin
CAA
Terrace
Airport
Rentzel
Justice Department
Nashville Livestock Market Report for December
Nashville Tennessee market notes show light cattle receipts with steady to higher prices for cows up to 30 or more in two days. Calves and hogs sell steady to higher, with good and choice lambs up about one dollar, and lighter feedlot cattle mixed with various price ranges across cattle hogs and sheep categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New York Cotton Futures Turn Easy on Profit Taking
New York cotton futures eased in light trading as investors booked profits and lowered new crop months on expectations of a mid December parity drop. The market failed to match Monday’s gains amid reduced export sales and weaker mill buying, with short covering fading after early rises.
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New York
Poultry market barely steady in North Georgia
Atlanta, Dec 28. North Georgia live poultry market was barely steady with a weak undertone. Prices unchanged from yesterday. Supply of birds 2 3 4 lbs or less ample to moderate trade needs. Over 3 lb birds scattered but equal to requirements. Fryers FOB farm prices ranged 30 1 2 to 32 cents, New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses 30 1 2 to 32. Barred Rock Crosses 28 1 2 to 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Fire kills shipyard worker aboard Gulf Shipbuilding yard
At Gulf Shipbuilding Corp in Mobile a ship being converted caught fire injuring two other workers and killing one. An acetylene hose burst in the engine room and gas ignited, safety inspector J. E. Waldrip said. The dead man was burned beyond recognition. Two others were hospitalized in critical condition. The accident occurred after lunch with unknown engine room personnel present.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf Shipbuilding Corp
J. E. Waldrip
City Hospital
Man Surrenders In Death of Wife
Henry J. Brock, 35, of 9 Yarbrough Street, turned himself in at the county jail on suspicion of murdering his estranged wife Ivary Brock, 30, who was shot near her home in Rome Georgia. Witnesses told police Brock stomped her after she was mortally wounded. a neighbor, John Henderson, brought him in.
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Rome
Henry J. Brock
Yarbrough Street
Ivary Brock
Smith Horton
Brock
John Henderson
Georgia War Crimes Investigator Jones Injured in Car Wreck
Maj. Russell V. Jones a former Georgia state legislator is recovering in a U S Army hospital in Munich after a November 14 car crash. The Cartersville, Georgia native and war crimes investigator sustained a broken jaw and is expected to be released next week. He served in Georgia from 1936 to 1938.
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Munich
Germany
Russell V. Jones
Georgia
Maj. Jones
Cartersville
U. S.army
Seven Earthquakes Hit Reno in Four Hours
Seven earthquakes struck Reno Nevada within four and a half hours last night. The tremors caused prompt adjournment of a 42-year-old city council session with no reports of damage.
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Reno
Nev
Truman Signals Possible Moscow Contacts Amid Talks
President Truman hinted that certain Moscow leaders are eager for an understanding with the United States but did not name them. He and press secretary Ross declined to specify who was meant, while Truman prepared to fly to Washington for a White House conference with Vice President-Elect Barkley and Speaker-Designate Rayburn on party organization and the incoming Congress.
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United States
Moscow
Ross
Truman
Washington
White House
Barkley
Sam Rayburn
New Democratic Party
State of the Union
New
Congress
Minister's Son Receives Suspended Sentence in Car Theft Case
Curtis Leroy Jones, 22, son of a Georgia minister, pleaded guilty to illegally transporting a car across state lines. U S District Judge Albert L Watson placed him on five years probation and advised him to follow his father's teachings. Jones admitted passing about $1,000 in bad checks between Georgia and Pennsylvania.
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Scranton
Georgia
Curtis Leroy Jones
U. S
Albert L. Watson
Jones
Savannah
Pennsylvania
Watson
Mrs. Green Passes At Daughter's Home
Mrs. Tennessee Ann Green aged 69 of Lacon died at her daughter's home in Hartselle after a month of illness. Last rites set for Wednesday at Ebeneezer Baptist Church with Rev. D H Davenport officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include six sons Luther Green Joe Greene Homer Ozias Huey Early Green two daughters Mrs L C Reeves and Mrs John D Aday three brothers two sisters and 39 grandchildren with grandsons as pallbearers and granddaughters to arrange flowers.
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Tennessee Ann Green
Lacon
Ebeneezer Baptist Church
D. H. Davenport
Mutual
Homer
Ozias
Huey
Early Green
Falkville
L. C. Reeves
Decatur
John D. Aday
Hartselle
Louis Accepts Service in Heart Balm Suit
Boxing champion Joe Louis ends a seven month legal fight by agreeing to accept service of a $500000 heart balm suit filed by Rev. Matthew C. Faulkner of Atlanta. The case involved questions of proper residence and service.
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Chicago
Joe Louis
Col Friedman
Matthew C. Faulkner
Atlanta
Truman Gibson Jr
Louis
Marva
Edgecombe Avenue
New York City
Mattie Carrie
Gibson
Paige Fined In Mobile Over Reckless Driving Age Dispute
Negro pitcher Satchel Paige was arrested in Mobile on a reckless driving charge. He gave his age as 40 at the police station, renewing a long standing dispute over his age. Paige paid a $25 fine and said he planned to buy his mother a new home during a monthlong stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Leroy
Satchel
Paige
Satch
Resident Engineer of Ladd Memorial Stadium Dies
John Randolph Thrasher Jr., resident engineer for the completed Ladd Memorial stadium in Mobile Alabama, died suddenly at his Mobile home. A former Corps of Engineers captain, he later worked in private practice and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Funeral services will be in Mobile and interment in Corinth Mississippi.
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Mobile
Ala
John Randolph Thrasher
Ladd Memorial Stadium
Thrasher
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Mobile District
Corinth
Miss
University of Alabama
Tennessee Highway Department
Auction Sale of White Way Milk Building on Moulton Street
An afternoon auction offered the White Way Pure Milk Company building on E Moulton Street and 300 front feet of land near U S Highway 31. The building was put up for sale after the company moved to Highway 31, with bidders to name their price at the sale site.
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White Way Pure Milk Company
E. Moulton Street
U. S. Highway 31
White Way
Highway 31
Ruhr Authority Sets Rules for Coal and Steel Division
The communique outlines rules for Ruhr control to prevent concentration of economic power. It assigns indefinite responsibility for dividing coal coke and steel between German needs and exports and sets a rotating six month chair. The authority may require reports and witness examinations and must align with ERP and EECC guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr
National Socialist Party
Nazis
Walter Johnson Charged With Attempted Murder
Walter Johnson, 21, jailed in Morgan on an assault with intent to murder charge. He was arrested Monday in Cedar Lake by Deputy Garland Nuby after allegedly firing three shots at Josie Orr, a Black motel employee, at a Cedar Lake cafe on Christmas night. Orr described the incident while holding a dog in her lap.
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Walter Johnson
Morgan
Johnson
Cedar Lake
Garland Nuby
Josie Orr
Pitts Motel
Walter
Birmingham Golf Pro Passes Today
Bob Andrews, 54, longtime golf professional at Roebuck Golf Club in Birmingham for 28 years, died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Born in Edinburgh, he served in a Scottish regiment in World War I and moved to Birmingham in 1920. He is survived by his widow Agnes Barbour Andrews.
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Birmingham
Bob Andrews
the Roebuck Golf Club
Andrews
Edinburgh
Scotland
United States
Cloverhurst Country Club
Athens
Agnes Barbour Andrews
Community News Briefs From Decatur General Hospital
Community notices report several local residents at Decatur General Hospital for illnesses and admissions. Joab Counts of Fifth Avenue West, Y. P. Parham of Trinity, Mrs. Jack Montgomery of Tuscaloosa, and Mrs. Montgomery's daughter Mrs. Chenault are among those mentioned. Other entries note patients Falkville, Madison, Somerville, Danville, and Hartselle area residents and a minor operation at Baugh-Wiley clinic. The Pilot club reminded members of a dinner meeting at Why Not cafe Thursday at 7 PM with calls to RSVP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Marie Childs
Duel Childs
Decatur General Hospital
Joab
Fifth Avenue W
Jack P. Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Pilot Club
Why Not Care
Hazel McCaghren
UN genocide convention could put Stalin on trial
A United Nations reporter notes the genocide convention promises to try heads of state for wholesale minority liquidation once ratified and a court system is established. He predicts possible Stalin trials, notes Paris espionage activity surrounding the UN, and praises rescue efforts in Greenland as noble, life saving feats.
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New York
INS
United Nations
Paris
U. N
Joseph Stalin
Politburo
NKVD
Security Council
Staligs End
U. Nis
Peter of
Yugoslavia
Lito
Tito
U S War Aid Outlays and Five World Power Centers
The United States plans about 1.4 billion dollars in relief and civilian aid to Germany Japan and other occupied areas this year with next year’s costs down by about 100 million as the Economic Cooperation Administration absorbs more burden. Total foreign policy spending reaches 6.5 billion this year and will rise next year. The aim of U S policy centers on armed strength as the basis for non communist security. Five global power centers are identified: United States Britain Japan Ruhr region USSR Urals Volga area. Western nations hold three of these zones while Russia seeks to expand its grip and combine Ruhr with the Urals Volga region for potential war power.
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United States
Germany
Japan
Economic Cooperation Administration
Marshall Plan Agency
China
Europe
Truman
Congress
State Marshall
British Isles
Ruhr
Urals-Volga
Russia
Isladus
Restatement of the Western Principle on Human Conduct
A discussion repeats the Western principle that man is not inherently inhumane to fellow humans, emphasizing ethical restraint and humane treatment as guiding norms. The note frames the idea as a foundational standard for social interaction and justice.
American policy aims to build Western Europe as a new power center
American officials envision a united Western Europe through the Marshall plan and a North Atlantic alliance to counter the Soviet bloc. They stress cooperative European action, view China as less critical to US security, and foresee policy shifts in Japan if China falls to communism. The ultimate goal is rolling back Soviet power east of Poland and the Balkans by rejuvenating Western Europe.
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Germany
Britain
France
Europe
China
United States
Japan
State Department
Western
Poland
Balkans
Mrs Cowart Dies In Andalusia At 71
Mrs B M Cowart aged 71 mother in law of Florence State Teachers College president died of a heart attack at her home in Andalusia. Survivors include two daughters Mrs E B Norton and Mrs Frank Bentley. Funeral services to be held at the Glenwood Methodist church at a later time.
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Andalusia
Ala
B. M. Cowart
Florence State Teachers College
E. B. Norton
Frank Bentley
Methodist
Glenwood
Death of J. Dan Goforth in Eufaula services today
Funeral services are held today in Eufaula for J. Dan Goforth 65 a Fort Gaines resident in the electrical appliance business and former Eufaula merchant. Surviving: widow Jewel Goforth Fort Gaines two sons Carl in Miami Joe Dillard in Washington two daughters Gwen Knox Virginia Knowles both of Miami one brother P C Goforth Sr. Decatur three grandchildren.
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Eufaula
Goforth
P. C. Goforth Sr
Decatur
P. C. Goforth
Tax Return Aid Given Farmers
Extension service adviser outlines 1948 filing rules for Alabama farmers. Any farmer earning $600 or more must file a return. taxes due must be paid by Jan 15 or within 15 days after year end. Options include paying tax by Jan 15 or declaring estimated tax due and paying by Jan 15, then filing a full return by March 15. Forms listed include 1040F, Form 1040 with instructions, Schedule D, and 1040F for estimated tax.
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Auburn
Ala
Extension Service
Alabama
Foy Helms
Extension Statistician
Senator McKellar Recalls Mayflower Corridor Confrontation
In Washington Senator McKellar recounts confronting Silliman Evans in the Mayflower hotel corridor after Evans allegedly taunted him with rumors about being old and in ill health. McKellar says he struck Evans after repeated questions and regrets the un dignified act though he believes he might act similarly if repeated.
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Washington
McKellar
Evans
Mayflower Hotel
Senator McKellar
Silliman Evans
Skunk
Notable World War II Air Crew Members Listed From December Crashes
A list names of crew members from C-47 and B-17 crash rescues in December including Edwin W. Thompson Milford Conn Francis J Summers Manayunk Pa Francis J Duffy Windsor Conn Posy L Holcomb Gainesville Ga Walter F Speakman Drumright Okla Lt Charles L Ferguson Sturgeon Bay Wis Louis A Lane Willow N Y Allerd M Hedwall Seattle James C Buerke Tampa Howard L Halstead Greenville S C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
W. Va
Edwin W. Thompson
Milford
Conn
Francis J. Summers
Manayunk
Francis J. Duffy
Windsor
Posy L. Holcomb
Gainesville
Walter F. Speakman
Drumwright
Oklahoma
Charles L. Ferguson
Sturgeon Bay
Wisc
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California
Middletown
Calif
Middleton
Mrs. Green
pDr
Jerome G Schnedorf
Big Bear
Jerry
Judy
Ruhr Plas
West
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
International Board
Dia Silemale
MIME
Y. P. Parham
Trinity 1
A. Wilson and Son
Jimmie
Medenia, Tenn
Leland King
Trinity
W. T. Brown
Madison 1
W. T. Lemmond
Somerville 1
J. P. Bowling
Danville
Business Today
Glenn Johnston
Harry Bridges
Decatur 2
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Nealy Osborn
Hartselle 2
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
By Bob Considine
International News Service
Air Force
Navy
Greenland
Rusas
Bob Considine
Clyde R. Hoey
Democrat
North Carolina
Joe Billy Mauney
Shelby
N. C
Daily Star
Hoey
Young Mauney
Shelby High School
Wake Forest College
The
Lee B. Weathers
Budapest
Edward J. Lada
Newark
N. J
Berlin
U. S. Army
J. Dan Goforth
Clements Drug Stores
East
Sixth Avenue East
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