Weather and church events in Decatur area
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon through Friday with gentle to moderate Northeast winds on the coast. Church plans include Charles Ed Howell at First Baptist Sunday morning and Rev Jimmy Caudill delivering the evening message. Baptismal service with Trinity Baptist at Flint Baptist and Lord's Supper observed. Health notes list several hospitalizations and discharges in Decatur area. Christmas toy drive urged for local children with toy drop sites Bailey's and Office Equipment. Calendar item notes Flint Baptist officers meeting Friday night.
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Charles Ed Howell
Alabama Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Jimmy Caudill
Trinity Baptist
Flint Baptist Church
M. G. Fields
E. T. Jean
Decatur
American Legion
Bailey’s
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Teamwork Key to TVA Progress, Congress Told
TVA reports progress in 16th annual review noting cooperation among agencies, expanded regional control of waters soils forests and minerals, and greater economic opportunity for Tennessee Valley residents. The year saw 630 mile navigation channel traffic rise 21 percent with $4 million savings, Watauga Dam storage starts, and 15.3 billion kWh generated. Power revenues reached $58 million with $21.5 million net operating income. rural service expanded to 1,000,000 consumers, and 17,200 miles of rural line added to total 68,000 miles.
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Tennessee Valley
TVA
Congress
Tennessee Valley Region
U. S. Army Engineers and Coast Guard
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Ohio
Watauga Dam
Watauga River
Veep Helps Driver Check Oil and Find Way in Norfolk
In Norfolk a puzzled cab driver, Oscar Osmund, assisted by a stout gentleman and Mrs Barkley, helped Vice President Alben Barkley locate a ferry dock after getting lost near Little Creek. The incident ends with a five dollar tip to Osmund.
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Norfolk
Oscar Osmund
Little Creek
Osmund
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Washington
Little Creek Amphibious Base
VA Office Open To Aid Veterans
The VA office in Decatur will stay open all day Saturday December 31 to accept applications for National Service Life Insurance from disabled veterans whose right to apply expires at midnight on that date for waiving of service connected disabilities. Veterans with 100 percent disability compensation are not eligible to apply. This may be their last chance to have disabilities waived for insurance purposes.
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Decatur
Service Station Burglarized on Courtland Highway
Police report McCurry Service Station burglarized last night after intruders broke a glass door pane and unlocked the door. Break-in occurred between 6 P M Wednesday and 6 15 A M today. Police Chief J B Whitmire and officers investigated. Roy Manager reported.
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McCurry
Courtland Highway
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Roy
Both Parties See 50 As Crucial Year in 1950 Campaign
Republican leaders align on making Truman administration spending a top issue for the 1950 campaign. GOP factions discuss reorganizing, with Bricker proposing a merger with Southern Democrats and Lodge urging a broader party outreach.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Eight Hurt in Two Highway Crashes
Two crashes within 45 minutes injure eight people near Town Creek and Decatur. Henry J. Bracken, 45, of Town Creek, in serious condition at Colbert county hospital with head and arm injuries. In Decatur General Hospital: Edwin Slaten, 17. Gilbert Mobes, 18. Byron Standridge, 19. Other patients: Kelson Rose, 18. Malcolm Ray Harris, 19. W. D. Bender, 69, and wife treated after single vehicle crash seven miles north of Decatur on U.S. 31. Harris charged with reckless driving. Streeter not injured. All five bakery employees were passengers in the Harris car. Damages to Bender car about $1,000. couple en route to Florida.
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Town Creek
Henry J. Bracken
Colbert County Hospital
Sheffield
Decatur General Hospital
Edwin Joel Slaten
Brooksville
Gilbert Mobes
Decatur
Byron Stand
W. D. Bender
Singer
Penn
Bender
Harris
Bracken
Chadwick Streeter
Town Creek Grocer
Acio Highway Patrol
Slaten
Standridge
Mobes
Rose
McGough Bakery
Colbert County
Highway Patrol
Paul Jones
Florida
Manila Earthquake Shakes City Amid Widespread Damage
Manila suffered a 2 1/2 minute moderate quake along Luzon with cracks in tall buildings and fires started by electrical faults. No casualties were reported though many fled streets, and observers noted severe jarring since 1934 with traffic disruption and reentry cautions.
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Frank White
Manila
Luzon Island
Red Cross
Tembor
Associated Press
Manila Times
Philippine Capital
Plaza Goiti
Sugar Allocation To Remain At Seven-and-Half Million Tons
The Agriculture Department announced a fixed domestic sugar supply of 7,500,000 short tons raw value for the coming year, the same quantity permitted this year. Sugar sales by processors refiners and importers are regulated to stabilize prices and supplies in the interest of consumers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Democrats Aim To Preserve Long Winning Streak
President Truman and Vice President Barkley express confidence in a continued Democratic hold on the White House, forecasting prosperity will aid re election while southern Democrats warn of federal spending and civil rights costs, yet concede party unity remains intact.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Democratic Party
Truman
Barkley
Morse says coal mine week cuts threaten rail service
Senator Morse argues the three day mine week and coal shortage could justify using Truman emergency powers to curb coal rail service. He notes ICC may order a 25 percent passenger service cut on coal railroads as operators blame John L. Lewis and UMW for production declines.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senator Morse
Truman
Morse
Interstate Commerce Commission
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Telephone Official Dies in Birmingham
Horace Comer Bickford 53 district supervisor for Southern Bell Telephone Co. dies at home in Birmingham after a long illness. Native of Van Wert Ohio he worked for Southern Bell since 1919 in Atlanta Jacksonville and Birmingham. Widow and a son Horace Jr. survive.
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Birmingham
Ala
Horace Comer Bickford
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Co
van Wirt, C
Southern Bell
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Horace of Bickford Jr
Year Dawn Of The New Era Of Security
Washington dispatch notes America's shift toward social security funding as New Year tax rises and pension expansion.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
America
Congress
Hatchery Blaze Levels Decatur Incubator Building
Flames from a Decatur Hatchery incubator set the sky aglow last night causing the 225 foot frame building to collapse in under 30 minutes. Fire Chief Floyd Elkins cited water shortage as a hindrance while A N Mitchell owner reported 4000 chickens aged two to three months killed. fire crews also fought three grass fires with no reported losses.
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Decatur Hatchery
Decatur Aglow
Decatur Fire Department
Floyd Elkins
A. N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Multon Street
I W. Byars
Holidays Exact Terrible Toll
The Associated Press reports 1949 holiday periods produced record violent accidental deaths totaling 2,717 with traffic deaths leading at 1,705. The National Safety Council projects about 330 New Year holiday traffic deaths in 1950. Breakdowns include New Year and other holidays with figures for drownings, fires, and miscellaneous fatal accidents.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Probation Denied for Four of Five Applicants in Court
Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell denied probation for Rebecca Baker James Nance Tood lum Chapman and LeRoy Moseley with Charles John son granted probation for one year and one day Nance received 18 months after probation denial Moseley and Chapman received one year and 18 months respectively Baker had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of her husband prior to the hearing.
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Newton B. Powell
Charles Johnson
Rebecca Baker
James Nance
Toodlum” Chapman
LeRoy Moseley
Hilliard Baker
Noble Russell
Nance
John Sherrill Jr
Soviet Ships in Caribbean Maneuver Area
Three mysterious Russian ships sighted in the Caribbean where U S peacetime maneuvers for 80 000 men will begin in January. U S authorities monitor the ships closely as planning for joint services drills proceeds in the region. Hungary nationalizes foreign firms including Standard Electric Works amid espionage and sabotage charges.
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Associated Press
Caribbean
U. S
Hungary
Standard Electric Works
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Escapee Hart Shoots Self Near Wife Home
A three time escaped convict shot himself to death near his estranged wife in Guntersville after fleeing Camp Cullman. Bill Hard, 28, convicted of killing Homer Gunn in 1942, died at Guntersville hospital after a failed return to prison. Sheriff C M Grant reported the events following Hard's second escape this week as officers pursued him toward the Grant community.
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C. M. Grant
Marshall County
Associated Press
Bill Hard
Guntersville
Hard
Camp Cullman
Falkville
Cera
Troy Oney
the Daily
Marshall
Grant
Bill Rice
Gunter’s Mountain
Sheriff's Office
Mullimax
Homer Gunn
Gunn
Two Accidents Reported Here
City police report two minor injuries and substantial vehicle damage from accidents in Decatur. Ruth McWhorter of Somerville suffered a knee cut in an incident at Bank and Church Streets at about 3 45 P M. Mary Virginia Russell of Lacey Spring sustained a facial cut. The Ford of James Earl Skipworth and the Chevrolet tied to the Bank Street crash showed heavy and medium damage. A second crash at Grant and 10 A M involved a 1947 Buick driven by E D Bailey and a 1939 Chevy driven by J W Flowers, with light damage to both cars.
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Decatur
Ruth McWhorter
Somerville
Mary Virginia Russell
Lacey Spring
Bank
Church Streets
Ford
James Earl Skipworth
Wadsworth Street
Chevrolet
Ruth Ae
Wade Jacot
C. T. Smith
Grant
Wade Jacobs
Smith
Carmen Taylor
Buick
E. D. Bailey
East Walnut Street
Chevy
J. W. Flowers
Sixth Avenue South
Petitions Seek Negro Officers on Montgomery Police
Relating to Montgomery Alabama on December 20 a group of Negroes from 20 religious fraternal and labor groups urged the city commission to add Negroes to the police force. They argued better knowledge of local habits and conduct would aid police work.
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Montgomery
Ala
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