Community notes and travel to Korea dead listed
Cloudy and colder in North portion Sunday with northerly winds. The bodies of 288 Americans killed in Korea are being returned to the United States aboard the Robin Goodfellow, including Sergeant Norman C. Rivers of Bremerton. Local events include sermons at St. John's Church and court docket items. Several residents visit relatives over the holidays. local officials and military personnel are mentioned. See Diary on Page 2.
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Korea
United States
Robin Goodfellow
Norman C. Rivers
Vester Rivers
Bremen 2
Sparkman Welcome Tops List Of Local Stories During Year
Local year in review highlights ten top stories from Sparkman area led by John Sparkman’s Hartselle homecoming and a native son near vice presidency. Other items include Morgan county liquor vote, Mallards Creek drowning, a major tornado, Bee Line highway progress, Decatur street widening, city election close result, extended sales tax, Lancaster adultery conviction, unidentified mystery rescuer, and a Fourth Avenue chicken thief shooting.
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Sparkman Welcome
John Sparkman
Hartselle
Alabama
Sparkman
Morgan County
Mallards Creek
Hillsboro
Decatur
Sixth Avenue
Cullman
H. R. Summers
Knox McRae
Lancaster
Lawrence County
Comey Drain
Paul Robinson
W. T. Giles
Tennessee River
Fox
Fourth Avenue
L. L. Landers
R. J. Hyde
Lee Sparkman
Scientist seeks coelacanth by air to remote island
Durban reports Prof. J L B Smith receives Air Force aid to reach a distant Indian Ocean island and recover a 300 million year old coelacanth latimeria chalumnae. Time is critical to preserve the specimen before decomposition due to lack of refrigeration and delayed formalin supplies. The island location remains undisclosed.
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Durban
South Africa
J L. B. Smith
Indian Ocean
Smith
Aiken Halts One Family Fight Over Chairs
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont decided against pursuing the labor committee chairmanship. He will seek the Agriculture Committee head instead, placing Taft and Smith on the labor leadership dynamic. The new Congress opens with tight Republican majorities and standard committee plans.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Congress
Aiken
Putney
Senate Agriculture Committee
Labor Committee
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Taft
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Smith
House
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
CIO Drive Cost Cool Million
The CIO News reports a year end financial statement for the CIO covering the 12 months to Sept. 30. Net worth $2,120,146, up $642,182. Southern organizing campaign $4,612,588, the major income. National and international unions pay 10 cents per member monthly. dues can be suspended during strikes.
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GTON
CIO News
Labor Organization
CIO
Strong Chinese Patrols Roam In Frozen Korea Fight
In Korea strong Chinese patrols faced increased Allied raiders in near freezing weather. An Allied party on the Western Front killed or wounded 53 Chinese about 75 east of Panmunjom as a 40 minute pre dawn clash unfolded. Another Central Front patrol near Chorwon engaged about 60 Communists in ambush. Artillery support was requested.
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George McArthur
Seoul
No Man’s Land
Korea
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Chorwon
Purge Of Suspected Reds In Armed Forces Is Demanded
Senator Ferguson urged the armed forces to purge their ranks of known and suspected Communists. He said subcommittee members believe many Communists exist among commissioned grades in active service and the reserve. Ferguson released a six chapter serialized handout on Red hunting to run in Sunday editions.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Capitol Hill
United States
Court Justice Is Criticized By House Probers
A House subcommittee criticized Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark for departing from authority while attorney general and for interfering with Justice Department routines in the Kansas City vote fraud case. The panel also faulted J Howard McGrath Peyton Ford and T Lamar Caudle for outside activities with Caudle described as honorably motivated in the dissent.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
House
Clark
Justice Department
Kansas City
Judiciary
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Peyton Ford
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
Hillings calls for full inquiry into Clark tenure as attorney general
Rep. Hillings of California urged a House subcommittee to summon former Justice Department head Tom Clark. He cited a report alleging a gross departure from normal channels of authority during Clark's 12 years as attorney general.
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Washington
Hillings
Calif
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Clark
House
Dissenter Attacks Public Sacrifice in Treasury and Justice Probe
A dissenter accuses a weak official of being unfairly used to divert attention from Treasury and Justice weaknesses. Rep. Byron G. Rodgers says Caudl violated public trust and should face Attorney General McGranery action. The subcommittee, led by Chelf and Keating, found Justice Clark intervened in the Kansas City vote amid postwar election irregularities.
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Treasury
Justice Departments
Byron G. Rodgers
D-Cole
Caudl
Subcommittee
James P. McGranery
Chelf
D-Ky
Keating
R-Ny
Justice Clark
Kansas City
Enos Axtell
Truman
Roger Slaughter
Record Toll On Highways Seen
The toll of deaths in holiday accidents neared 500 with 376 lives lost so far in the extended Christmas weekend. Fires and miscellaneous accidents added 51 and 60 deaths, totaling 486. Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council warned the toll could top all previous holiday records, potentially reaching 700 or more.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Draft calls surge to 53 000 men for Army in February
Washington reports the military orders 53 000 draftees for the Army in February the largest draft surge since early 1951. The Defense Department cites expiring service terms as the main reason but notes possible other factors. Pentagon policy lets services propose needs with final approval by Anna Rosenberg.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Department
Pentagon
Anna Rosenberg
Condon Denounced by House Committee Over Security Fit
Washington December 27 a House committee on un American Activities declared Dr Edward A Condon unqualified for security posts due to associations with loyalties questioned individuals He formerly led the National Bureau of Standards and testified last September that he knew nothing of espionage Despite denying Communism the panel said his associations and contempt for security rules undermine his suitability for any security position and cited numerous ties to known or suspected espionage figures
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Edward A. Condon
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Corning Glass Works
Corning
N. Y
Acces
Anti Red Raids in Manila Net Nearly 200 Arrested
In Manila on December 27 a National Defense Department spokesman announced sweeping raids against Chinese Communist leaders in the Philippines and about 200 members of their underground network were arrested. The Manila Times reported nearly 350 arrests nationwide with detainees being brought to Camp Murphy. An additional 100 arrests were anticipated.
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Manila
National Defense Department
Philippines
Manila Times
Islands
Philippine Army
Camp Murphy
French Seek New Cabinet Struggles For Backing In Assembly
Premier designate Jacques Soustelle works to assemble a French government with real RPF influence while facing mixed reception in the National Assembly. He signals opposition to the European army plan and NATO revisions and pushes for a stronger presidency.
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Paris
Jackques Soustelle
Charles de Gaulle
Soustelle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
RPF
RFF
Vincent Auriol
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
France
Assembly
Spy Accusation Aimed At U S Poland Parachuted Spies
Warsaw reports Poland accuses the United States of flying two spies from Wiesbaden on November 4 and dropping them 40 miles behind the Baltic frontier. A US Air Force spokesman in Wiesbaden calls the charge fake and notes no record of an American plane in the Baltic area.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States Today
Wiesbaden
Baltic Sea
West Germany
Baltic
United States
U. S
Hungary
Romania
Soviet Union
Polish Telegraph Agency
PAP
Mzdow
Koszalin
Stefan Skryszowski
Dionizy Sosnowski
United” States
Sweden
Bronholm
Polish
Darlowo
Mizdow
United See
First Babies Of 1953 Gift Plan In Five Alabama Towns
The Daily and local doctors, hospitals, and merchants in Decatur Hartselle Athens Cullman and Moulton will honor the first white baby born in 1953 with gifts and a one year subscription. Gift sponsors include Hagerty Drug Poer s Gift Shop Roberts Drug Co Roberts Bros Sandlin Drug Co Alexander Sales Gilbert s drug store Sharp Killen Hagerty Drugs and David Lee s. TheDaily will photograph each newborn with its mother.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Athens
Cullman
Moulton
Hagerty Drug Store
Poer
Hagerty
David Lee
Eisenhower May Discuss Stalin Peace Overtures With GOP
President elect Eisenhower weighs taking up Stalin peace overtures with Senate Republican leaders to gauge feasibility of Russian conferences. He met Lewis W. Douglas at Columbia University and discussed Churchill visit and broader agenda as 83rd Congress approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Eisenhower
Stalin
Senate
Columbia University
Lewis W. Douglas
Ambas Idor
Great Britain
Truman
Douglas
Britain
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Washington
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Eugene D. Millikin
Heroic Captain Brings Ship In
San Francisco remembers Captain Kurt Carlsen famed for guiding the Flying Enterprise in January. He will command the Flying Enterprise II into port, deliver cargo, then head to New York after an around the world voyage. Carlsen, 38, aided by Kenneth Dancy, faced a 13 day struggle before the original ship sank off England.
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San Francisco
Kurt Carlsen
Carlsen
Mobile
Ala
Kenneth Dancy
Turmoil
Falmouth
England
Flying Enterprise
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Ernie Blackwell
Charleston
W. Va
Robert K. Buford
Recorder’s Court
Donald B. Whitmire
Bobby Dor
Lt. Whitmire
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Navy
Samuel D. Hampton
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Louie Glenn
Decatur 1
Ross Williams
Ross Jr
Georgia
Margaret Clarkson
New York City
Guy F. Ponder
Birmingham
Harry L. Holmes
Edith Livingston
Hartseller
Bill Nelson
Dianne
W. R. Nelson
Tri-Cities
Frank Nelson
Rickey
AL Funderburke
Caudle
Kansas City Star
John Webb
Webb
Robert H. Campbell
Norman Gillespie
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