Local notices and weather update from The Daily
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a little warmer conditions in the north. Maynard H. Layman of The Daily was in Birmingham for medical treatment. Morgan County Tax Collector Alvis Briscoe warns Wednesday is the last day to pay real estate and property taxes before delinquency. Various social notes follow with visits, hospital stays, and local births and dismissals at Ellis-Meyer and Decatur General hospitals. See Diary on Page 2.
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Denmark Mourns Death of Queen Alexandrine
Denmark observes a week of official mourning after the death of Queen Mother Alexandrine. The German-born queen died after an operation days after her 73rd birthday and lay in state at Amalienborg Castle. Her son King Frederik IX resides there with the royal family as a simple state funeral is planned for next Sunday.
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Controls To Be Topic Of Parley Of Ike And Taff
President elect Eisenhower meets with Senator Taft and other GOP leaders to discuss the new administration agenda including wage price controls. A luncheon at the Commodore Hotel will host the talks with other senators and topics such as Senate rules and filibuster limits may be touched upon. Eisenhower named a 14 member agricultural advisory group to shape the farm program and expects a bi partisan commission later.
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Ohio
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Governor names Franklin County tax collector pick
Montgomery Gov Gordon names Martin Golden of Newburg to fill the Franklin County tax collector vacancy after James F. Hester resigns to become probate judge. Nominees included C. V. Morrow and Mrs Elizabeth Lucas of Russellville, with Rep Emmett Oden denying attempts to bypass the committee.
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Franklin County
Democratic Executive Committee
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Newburg
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Golden
C. V. Morrow
Elizabeth Lucas
Russellville
Emmett Oden
Democratic Committee
McCarthy Plans College Probe Against Subversive Influence
Sen. McCarthy of Wisconsin said the new Congress would probe U S colleges for subversive influence. He warned of a harsh fight over academic freedom and pledged to root out what he calls Communist thinkers from campuses. He discussed the plan in an interview with U S News & World Report, noting this was his first time detailing the effort.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
U. S. News & World Report
Humphrey
Senate
Senate Long
See
Good Business Is Seen For 53
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and a team of government and private economists predict good business in the new year with a possible downturn in 1954 and a sharp test in 1955. The defense buildup peaks in late 1953 and remains high through 1954 before slipping in 1955.
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Frank O'Brien
Washington
Sawyer
First Convicted Atom Spy Is Set Out Of Prison
WAKEFIELD England The British released Dr Alan Nunn May West s first convicted atom spy from prison He 41 served six years eight months of a 10 year sentence He admitted being a Communist scientist who leaked uranium secrets to the Russians May was smuggled out a side door as reporters watched He is now a free man Others like Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Klaus Fuchs face execution or long terms in prison and Grin...
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Eng
Alan Nunn May
U. S
May
Akefield
West
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Klaus Fuchs
Canada
Fuchs
Rosenbergs
David Grenglass
Chinese Reds Hit Back After Heavy Allied Air Strikes
In the central front clash the Reds launched a ground assault and U N troops forced them back before dawn. Allied air power pummeled Pyongyang supply centers and troop billets as Sabres and B 29s pressed the campaign.
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Seoul
U. N
North Korea
Bidault Seeks New Cabinet After Government Crisis
Paris reports veteran politician Georges Bidault was asked by President Vincent Auriol to try to form a cabinet after Jacques Soustelle failed to win enough support for his right wing faction. Bidault seeks majority via coalition with De Gaullists but risks losing left of center Radical Socialists and independents.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Jacques Soustelle
Charles de Gaulle
Soustell
Auriol
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Antoin Pinay
Socialist
42 Syrian officers arrested in Cairo plot against Shi shen
Cairo based Al Ahram reports 42 Syrians including army officers and civilians detained on charges of conspiring to overthrow Col. Adib Shihehky's government. The arrests highlight tensions between Syria and Egypt amid regional upheaval.
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Cairo
Egypt
al Ahram
Adib Shishekly
MacArthur Challenges Truman Claim On Far East War
General Douglas MacArthur denounces President Truman as inaccurate and misleading over a reported remark that MacArthur sought all-out war in the Far East. The White House defends Truman and cites no comment on the dispute.
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Truman
Far East
MacArthur
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White House
Washington
Roger Tubby
Tubby
Courtney Whitney
Confession of Spies Ties U S to Polish Espionage Ring
Warsaw agents testified that the United States paid over a million dollars to recruit about 100000 Polish spies but got little. J Kowalski and S Sienko admitted signing an espionage pact in 1950 with ex U S ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane. They said the money was wasted and only a Warsaw menu was shared after confession.
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S. Sienko
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
W. L. Freedom and Independence
Posal
U.S
Kowalski
Sienko
Watchman Apprehends Suspect in Bank Street Break-In
John G. Ware nightwatchman hired by local merchants grabbed Roy Lee Alexander as he tried to pry a Brock and Spight rear door with a crowbar at 6 50 PM on Bank Street. His accomplice fled. City Detectives Smith and Self will continue the investigation under Police Chief Whitmire.
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John G. Ware
Ware
Brock
Bank Street
J. B. Whitmire
Roy Lee Alexander
Brock and Spight
It Navy Ships Hit By Gunfire
The 1952 year end Navy report notes 21 U S Navy ships hit by Communist gunfire off Korea. Sixteen crew killed and 55 wounded. the tug Sarsi lost to a mine with two sailors killed, three missing, four wounded. Absolute blockade of the enemy coast and inland strikes cited. first guided missiles used against North Korean targets. Destroyed targets include 13 425 buildings, 943 bridges, 24 factories, 771 gun positions, 1 915 sampans, 344 machine gun positions, 15 tanks, 35 dumps, 592 warehouses.
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Tokyo
Korea
Navy
U. S
Unions Urged To Toss Out Reds
A Senate Internal Security subcommittee backed a House call to purge Communist leaders from unions and urged tougher laws against subversives in organized labor. It cited the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and urged the union to rid itself of its leadership amid ongoing political tensions.
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Senate
House
Senate Internal Security
Mc Carran
D-Nev
Salt Lake City
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
McCarran
CIO
Communist Party
Cullman Jewelry Store Burglarized In Weekend Break-In
Cullman county and city officers investigated a Saturday night burglary at Buettner jewelry store. Juveniles suspected as suspects after entry through a broken front glass. Five watches valued at 75 dollars taken. other items left undisturbed. No arrests by morning.
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Cullman
Cullman Jewelry
Tom Waldrop
Buettner Jewelry
FBI May Be Asked To Probe Beating Of Baptist Pastor
In Batesville Mississippi two men beat Rev Sammie P Crawford pastor of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church after midnight on Christmas Eve the attackers ordered him to leave the county The incident left him with injuries including a rebroken leg Sheriff Ross Darby said he would seek FBI involvement to determine civil rights violations and identify suspects The pastor suspects a jealous congregant may have hired the attackers and warrants have been issued for two unnamed men
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FBI
Batesville
Miss
Ross Darby
Sammie P. Crawford
Crawford
Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church
Here
Memphis
Sammie
Darby
Four Senators Plan To Demand Change In Rules
Four senators will meet in Washington to discuss attacking the filibuster and changing Senate rules. Sen. Lehman hosts with Sens. Humphrey Douglas and Ives as opponents of current rules that allow a minority to block civil rights bills.
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Lehman
D-Lib.-Ny
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
Douglas
D-Ill
Ives
R-Ny
Civilian Role For Atom Seen
Washington reports indicate the new Congress may assign the atom a civilian role. Officials expect a small pioneer plant within two to three years to produce limited electric power for industry. Within five years a large central plant could generate millions of kilowatts and produce plutonium for bombs, though no plans exist today.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Carl T. Durham
D-Nc
Congressional Committee
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