Red Ink Spending Looms As Top Domestic Issue In Congress
Washington observers mark red ink spending as the leading domestic worry as the new Congress opens. Democrats and Republicans condemn Treasury deficits and debate Brannan farm subsidies. Taft warns subsidies could reach 6 billion annually, while Lucas defends deficit finance for peace. Wherry calls for Marshall Plan cuts of 1.5 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Luakas
Illinois
Lucas
Havana
Ill
Marshall
Europe
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Princess Yasmin Born To Rita Hayworth And Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan welcomed a daughter named Yasmin at 9:45 am in Lausanne Switzerland weighing about five and a half pounds. The baby is described as of mixed Spanish American Iranian Italian heritage and is the granddaughter of Aga Khan. Aly Khan announced the birth after Rita’s labor began at midnight and the couple left the Palace hotel for the Montchoissi clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Montchoissi
Yasmin
France
Prince Aly
Aga Khan
Aly
Palace Hotel
Deeds and transfers listed in Daily Records
A sequence of property transfers and deed corrections, naming numerous buyers and sellers such as Morris to Jarrett, Alverson to Harris, Aldridge to Weems, Foote to Anders, Godfrey to Ball ew, Spiege to Noble, Ward to Ledlow, Massey to Decatur Land Co, and others with amounts ranging from 50 to 10,000 dollars. Includes a deed correction for Aldridge to Weems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Sample
D. B. Day
Perry Neal Aldridge
Norton Weems
Robert F. Foote
Howard H. Anders
B. F. Godfrey
W. L. Ballew
Grady L. Godfrey
Mary Jane Godfrey
Arell N. Spiege
Edward O. Noble
Fred L. Ward
Howard Ledlow
Gladys Ray Speakman
J. D. Wyker
E. H. Hill
Decatur Land Company Ltd
James Harold Massey
Dewey M. Ledlow
A. W. Faulkner
H. McCluskey
Ike Johnson
To the tribal chiefs of the Amer can Indians on a totem pole
Fragmentary note reflects how totems represented status and names within tribes during the 1860s social frameworks. The text hints at recording names on a totem pole as a form of social register among Indigenous groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer
Senators Seek Greater Voice in Foreign Policy
Senate Republicans press for a bigger role in shaping international policy. They urge public debate before presidential commitments, calling for a non partisan approach and pre decisional discussion to avoid secrecy and preserve U S prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wherry
Congress
Vandenberg
Michigan
Family Found Dead in Home on Christmas Eve
In New York a father and mother aged 33 and 32 and their two children were found dead in a gas-filled East Side apartment after a Christmas Eve in unventilated space. A turkey dinner was ready, and a tree with gifts stood by the bed where five-year-old Veronica Gazak and three-year-old Andrew Jr. lay. A gas company rep said the refrigerator was functioning but lacked ventilation, depleting oxygen in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Veronica Gazak
Andrew Jr
Your Angels
Veronica
Class of 1938 Holds Reunion at American Legion Home
Elizabeth and Jeanne Sivley sang their specialty Courting Peggy Jane for the class of 1938 annual reunion. About 35 members with spouses attended starting 7 30 PM. The Sivley sisters sang several selections as games followed. Next year’s meeting set for Dec 26 with committee members Ginnie Pucket LeRoy McEntire Dr Raymond Parks and Harold Michaelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Jeanne Sivley
Peggy Jane
American Legion Home
Sivley
Guinnie Pucket
LeRoy McEntire
Raymond Parks
Harold Michaelson
Christmas Eve Lecture Sparks Sharp-Object Incident
Deputy Sheriff George A. Mosley Jr. said Leola Sledge, 40, is jailed on serious case charges after a December 24 incident at a Christmas Eve party. The 63 year old man was involved after warning her about drinking, and authorities describe the event as a serious altercation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Mosley, Jr
Leola Sledge
Weed
Markets Summary: crop and livestock prices listed
Cotton middling 29.00, low 28.00. Caostguseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 22.00 delivered. Hens heavy 21, light 16c. Hatching eggs 0.80 per dot. Hogs lights 14.00 to 14.50. Cattle tops 15.50, canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50. Corn ear white 1.20, ear yellow 1.15. Wheat 2.10, oats 0.75. Mil k Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Poultry market in Atlanta shows weak demand
North Georgia live poultry market was barely steady to weak with heavy supplies and slow demand. Prices paid FOB farm Tuesday afternoon and today ranged for broilers and fryers all weights 18 to 28, mostly 20 12 to 21 per hundred, highest prices where dressing plants bought from own growers, lowest for heavy fryers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Livestock market report from Nashville on Dec 28
Cattle numbers around 400 with steady to higher tones. Steers and heifers mixed common to medium mostly 18.00 to 23.00, yearlings up to 23.50, lows down to 16.00, cows 10.50 to 13.75 for cutters and common, beef cows 14.00 to 16.00, bulls 16.45 to 17.50, add-ons to 18.25, calves steady with vealers 26.00 to 31.00 and other grades 18.00 to 25.00. hogs around 600 head with barrows and gilts steady early then weak to 25 lower, good and choice 180 to 240 lb 16.25 to 16.50, 250 to 260 lb 15.75, 260 to 325 lb 15.00 to 15.50, 140 to 170 lb 15.00 to 15.50, 100 to 135 lb 13.00 to 14.00, sows steady at 12.00 to 13.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ees Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Cotton futures drift lower amid slow trading
Cotton futures eased in thin dealings as scattered hedging and New Orleans selling were absorbed by mill buying and short covering. Quiet activity in textiles and spot markets reduced interest with early predictions of a parity rise this Friday. Mid November parity stood at 29.76 cents and late prices were 20 to 40 cents a bale lower. March 30.63, May 30.41 and July 29.77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Captain Eyes Shanghai Waters With Flying Arrow Mission
Captain David Jones of the Flying Arrow, a 3500 ton Isbrandtsen Line vessel, plans to sail into Shanghai despite a U S State Department warning. The ship carrying industrial chemicals arrived in Hong Kong and is to depart Jan 1. Crew size 41. bonuses expected if mission proceeds amid nationalist-Zone of danger designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mong Kong
David Jones
Chicago
Isbrandtsen Line
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
U. S. State Department
Jones
Hans Isbrandtsen
New York
U.S. State Department
Isbrandtsen
The
Line
Dewey to Quit Political Arena
New York December report says Governor Thomas E. Dewey plans a temporary retirement after his term ends in 1950. The New York Times cites two developments, a Princeton lecture series and naming Charles Breitel to the Supreme Court district, as signals he will seek an elder statesman role and step back from office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren Moscow
the Times
Dewey
Moscow
Princeton University
Charles D. Breitel
Supreme Court of the
First Judicial District
Lloyd George Menaced King
A London weekly reported that in 1922 King George V threatened to abdicate if Lloyd George returned to power. The Recorder says Conservatives at the Carlton Club revolted, allowing Bonar Law to form a Tory government in November 1922, and Lloyd George never came back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George V
Recorder
David Lloyd George
Stanley Baldwin
Edward VIII
Buckingham Palace
the Recorder
Lloyd George
King George
King George V
Carlton Club
Bonar Law
Negros Suit Now Reversed in Atlanta Education Row
NEW ORLEANS December 28 The United States fifth circuit court of appeals reversed a district court ruling against Atlanta board of education for discriminating against negro teachers. The case Samuel L. Davis et al v E S Cook et al returns to district court to seek settlement after urging the teachers to try to iron out grievances with the State board before retrial. Davis, a negro high school teacher, sought equal salary scales with white instructors for similar education and responsibility. The district court had found the board’s pay policy unlawful and unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta, Ga
Board of Education
Samuel L. Davis
E. S. Cook
Atlanta
Davis
Radio Bridge Aids Gap Between Broadcast Segments
A bridge in a radio program serves as a device to cover a gap between two sections of a broadcast. It can be musical or nonmusical and helps maintain flow and continuity across the program.
French Regime Faces Test Ahead of Confidence Vote
Paris December 28 The fate of France's government hinges on a confidence vote by the National Assembly. Prime Minister Bidault pressed his tax increase program to meet a record 1950 budget and asked for a second confidence vote. A cooling-off period delays the vote to early Friday, with failure likely to force elections and force deputies to defend their seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Ntional
Bidault
Assembly
Station Operator Kidnapped and Robbed by Two Men
Montgomery December 28 A service station operator was kidnapped and robbed by two white men on the Atlanta highway last night. Gerald Meads said the pair in their early twenties lured him with a gas purchase pretext, forced him into their car at pistol point, and drove off with his money belt and wallet before dumping him near Snowdown nine miles south of Montgomery. He walked to a nearby house and alerted police. A Highway Patrol car then returned him to Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
J. Lewis Miller
Gerald Meads
Atlanta
Pistol Point
Snowdown
Meads
Local Docket and Weather Notes In Decatur Area
Zola D. McCulloch of Decatur and Mrs. Lee Hornbuckle of Lacey's Spring were in Decatur on business. Dr. W Nelson Guthrie will lead a prayer service at Central Methodist Church at 7 30 PM. The thermometer neared freezing with 35 degrees as TVA reported. TVA noted 56 degrees high around 10 AM Tuesday. Rain in the last 24 hours totaled .03 inches. At noon TVA listed 54 degrees. Miss Leonie Rothfus of Austinville visits Evergreen Salem and Basham with the Martin family during Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hornbuckle
Lacey's Spring
Decatur
W. Nelson Guthrie
Central Methodist Church
U. S
TVA
Leonie Rothfus
Austinville
Evergreen
Salem
Martin
Basham
Baby's Fingers Gnawed by Rats in Abilene Home
ABILENE Texas Dec 28 Rats gnawed all eight fingers and both thumbs from the hands of a three month old girl Carmen Martinez in her mother's apartment Saturday. The family pet dog licked the wounds after the mother returned. The father found two large rats in the house. The child was taken to a hospital and later reported in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
Rita Marinez
Carmen Martinez
Ex Olympian Lovelock Killed on Brooklyn Subway
New Zealand born Olympic runner and former world record holder Dr John E Jack Lovelock aged 39 was killed by a subway train in Brooklyn. Police said he apparently collapsed from dizziness and fell from the platform in front of a Church Avenue bound train. The Oxford educated physician set the mile world record at Princeton in July 1933 with a 4 07 6 beating Bill Bonthron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John E
Jack) Lovelock
Brooklyn
Lovelock
Church Avenue
Princeton
N. J
Bill Bonthron
Former IOOF Leader Clarence Jacobs Dies in Mobile
Clarence Otis Jacobs 77, former grand patriarch and grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Alabama, died in Mobile. He previously lived in Birmingham about 50 years. Survivors include son W. D. Jacobs of Mobile and brother A. F. Jacobs of Birmingham. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Clarence Otis Jacobs
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Alabama
Jacobs
IOOF
Birmingham
W. D. Jacobs
A. F. Jacobs
Bargain In Foul Hen Reveals Odd Clothes Bits
In Wadley Alabama on December 28 an unnamed Mrs. J D Lane bought a five pound hen and discovered inside its gizzard five dime sized overalls buttons, two rivets, a carpet tack, a medicine tube cap, and an actual dime. The incident follows a prior Saturday purchase by the same buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foul Wadley
Ala
J. D. Lane
Missing Man Sought After Illness Report
Gadsden Alabama police searched today for Arlin Taunton 45 missing from his home since last week Taunton was last seen at a farm near here and his family said he had been ill Police Chief Fay Boman announced the missing man case as authorities follow leads to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Arlin Taunton
Fay Boman
Taunton
Vatican Hails Vatican City as Citadel of Peace
Pope Pius XII called the Vatican a citadel of peace in a New Year address to about 40 foreign ambassadors. He spoke in French of a new orientation of hearts, urged peace through social and international harmony, and skipped private audiences due to Holy Year duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican State
Vatican
Judge Witness for Alger Hiss
A federal judge testified that Alger Hiss did not back Lee Pressman for a 1935 Labor Department post. Judge Charles E. Wyzanski said Hiss recommended William Marbury, later refused by Frances Perkins. Gregory received the appointment after Marbury declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
Lee Pressman
Labor Department
Hiss
State Department
Charles E. Wyzanski
Boston
Wyzanski
U. S. Department of Labor
CIO
Frances Perkins
Labor
Marbury
Charles O. Gregory
Chicago
Whittaker Chambers
Pressman
Washington
Dog Saves Family But Dies in Blaze
In East Oxford Maine a puppy hound named Blacky alerted a family of eleven to a barn fire. Fred Bartlett and his wife woke the children and evacuated them as flames spread from barn to house. Blacky died after returning to the burning home. Loss estimated at $6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Oxford
Fred Bartlett
Blacky
Bartlett
Infant Mary Weeks funeral plans announced
Funeral services for Mary Weeks infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Weeks Danville will be held tomorrow at 11 PM at Johnsons Chapel. Interment will follow in adjoining cemetery Peck directing. The child died today at 5 AM in a Hartselle hospital shortly after birth. Surviving are the parents, three sisters Lyn Merle and Sue and two Theo and James
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dees
Mary Weeks
Danville
Johnsons Chapel
Peck
Hartselle
Lyn
Merle
Sue
Theo
James
Loot Suiters in Theater Battle
In Times Square, about 15 zoot-suiters clashed with ushers in the Paramount theater lobby while 500 moviegoers watched. An usher, Lawrence Russi, 22, was knocked down stairs and hospitalized with a brain concussion. Eight youths were arrested for assault. others fled as police intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paramount Theater
Times Square
Lawrence Russi
Four men accused in King kidnapping case
King, returning from a Birmingham hospital visit with his son, identified Paul Sweat 23 Scant City, Bill Padget 24 Lucian Padget 33, and J B Smith 27 Union Grove as abductor suspects. They allegedly forced him to drive to Huntsville for whiskey then to Tuscumbia and Courtland before police arrested them. bond not posted, grand jury to consider in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Paul Sweat
Bill Padget
Lucian Padget
J. B. Smith
Union Grove
Birmingham
Guntersville
Huntsville
Tuscumbia
Courtland
J. B. Whitmire
Grant
New age against the Hungarian state spymaster case
Hungarian authorities report Robert A. Vogeler vice president of ITT confessed to spying and sabotage while being held on charges in a communist led state. London maritime circles say Cunard White Star plans a liner larger than Queen Elizabeth to lead postwar fleets. Pope Pius XII greeted world diplomats informally as New Year notes circulated among Catholics and iron curtain delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vogeler
London
Cunard
White Star Line
Pius XII
Czechoslovakia
Arthur Maixner
Sparkman criticizes civil rights as political football
Sparkman argues the civil rights program loses vote appeal as black voters tire of party use. He says their focus is economic gains, urging federal aid to education, medical facilities, housing, school lunch, tenant farm programs, and similar measures. He contends both parties mishandle civil rights for political gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparkman
Local gifts to be sent to national Legion HQ overseas shipment
Local committee members including Oliver Bonenee J T Thrasher and Julian Bibb Jr arrange gifts to be forwarded to Indianapolis national headquarters for overseas shipment. The international relief group CARE will handle the dispatch free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Legion
International Relief Group
C.A.R.E
Oliver Bonenee
J. T. Thrasher
Julian Bibb, Jr
Megacycle Radio Term Defined As One Million Cycles Per Second
A Megacycle in radio terminology denotes a vibration rate of one million cycles per second. The term reflects early spectral measurement units used to describe radio frequencies before standardization.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brannan Farm
By Jack Bell
Hijalmer Hagevik
Ortonville
Minn
John R. Mitchell
Chance-Vought
Dallas
Mitchell
L. M
Morris
J.L. Jarrett
James Oppene
Milton C. Thompson
L. L. Bateseye
R. Kinney
Corum
L. L. Smith
Margaret C. Harris
Jané Harris Alverson
A Johnson
Sam Melson
H. B Minor
Mandie Minor
Roy B. Smith
Charles Toney
Jimmie Wil- Ruth S. Baker
A. Burleson
Hazel M. Beall
Billie C. Mc
Rt J. Lowe
Mary B Malone
W. R. McDonald
W. O. Rice
Janie Owen
Thomas N. McGus
Bassett
Jessie L
Smith
P. A. Crawford
H. M. Briscoe
Decatur Land Se 4 Ltd
Alvin G. Maxwell
Shanghai Waters
Virginia Grace Eubanks
Union S. C
Charlie Eubanks
Gecatur
Diarte
Zola D. McCulloch
Decatur 3
Peace Citadel
Dog
Bond
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!