Salvation Army Christmas drive reports $991 debt and aid
Captain Jar P Fuller told The Daily the Salvation Army spent 991.17 for Christmas, covered by 500 from the regular budget and 192.78 from special donations. They distributed 1000 bags of fruit and candy, 1500 toys and clothing, 125 baskets at the TB sanatorium, and sent 53 checks totaling 221 to Decatur and nearby rural areas. Counties served include Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman.
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Jar P. Fuller
Salvation Army
Christma
Fuller
Chamber of Comerce
Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman Counties
Church Drive Big Success at Falkville Methodist
Falkville Methodist Church reports strong response to the Nelson church loyalty campaign begun November 16. The church school and morning worship show consistent gains in attendance and interest over six weeks. Rev. Woodfin K. Grove leads evening sermons on What Methodists Believe through January and invites public attendance.
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Falkville
Wholesale price trends shift as consumer index hits record highs
The Bureau notes the BLS consumer price index rose to about 165 percent of the 1935–39 average by November 15, while the wholesale index trails, due to inclusion of items not in household budgets. December 20 wholesale prices rose 0.7 percent, 2.1 percent above four weeks prior and 16.2 percent higher than a year ago, with farm products up 0.4 percent amid brisk livestock buying. Food prices dip 0.4 percent as meats and eggs fall, but overall costs are expected to rise again with seasonal foods.
Transportation Struggles Amid Snow After Christmas Weekend
Subways and elevated lines ran at near normal service though trains carried record loads. Buses faced delays with many routes shut in all boroughs while suburban and interstate services lagged. Long Island Railroad battled severe delays with some trains up to three hours late. City streets remained snowbound, LaGuardia operations under half normal, fuel and heating in short supply. Board of Trade called business operations mostly spared, while a special session Board of Estimate approved a 3 million dollar snow er loss appropriation with total costs around 6 million.
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Westchester County
Connecticut
New Jersey
Longland Railroad
New York City
la Guardia Field
New York Board of Trade
Board of Estimate
Snower
Markets Decatur Grains Price Snapshot
No 1 soft wheat at 3.05 per bushel. Ear milling white corn 2.25. Shell white corn 2.35. Ear yellow corn 2.20. Shell yellow corn 2.30. Milo 3.65. Barley 1.70. Oats 1.22 per bushel.
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Decatur Grains
North Georgia Poultry Market Sees Strong Demand
USDA reports firm market in North Georgia with outside truckers seeking supply. Bulk fryers weigh 2 1 2 to 2 3 4 pounds as prices rise from 32 to 34 cents at farm and 33 to 34 cents for birds moved this morning.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Butter Eggs Chicago Prices and Receipts Decline
Butter firm receipts rise by 93 to 112 cents per pound for AA and other grades while eggs show weakness with current receipts at 44 to 45 cents per dozen. U S extra and standard classifications listed with minor changes and dirties at 38 cents.
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Chicago
U. S
U.S
Cotton futures rise on year end covering in New York market
In New York on December 30 cotton futures firmed amid moderate activity as mills cover year end. Trade shows shifting from near to distant months with profit taking and hedging. Textile and spot markets quiet. Late quotes show March 36.13, May 35.93, July 34.79.
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New York
Commission House
Markets at a Glance New York Stocks Edge Higher
Markets at New York show higher stocks in a moderate recovery with mixed bonds and quiet cotton. Chicago reports firm tone as mills buy. oats steady. hogs 50 cents to 1.00 lower to a top of 28.00. cattle steady to 50 cents lower with a top of 38.75.
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New York
Chicago
Ae Say
Leepudinandys
Grain futures end mixed after year end trading
Chicago grain markets finish with a steady to firm tone as year end operations merge with mill buying. Wheat closes unchanged to 2 cents higher at 3.03 3/4, corn down 1/8 to 5/8 with May 2.52 1/2, oats mixed 1/8 lower to 1 cent higher at May 1.18 3/8, soybeans up 1 to 3 cents with March at 4.00.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Receipts Light With Record Veal Prices
Nashville livestock market reports light receipts with a Monday run totaling over 1600 cattle. Steers mostly 16.00-24.00, heifers 22.00 down to 23.00, yearlings 25.00, cows 11.50-16.50, veal 27.00-34.00 with a new all time high, hogs 800 head with barrows and gilts around 27.50 top, lambs 19.00-21.00, ewes 6.50 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal-State Departments of Agriculture
Nashville
Fellowship Opens Meet in Cleveland Attended by 10000 Youth
Ten thousand delegates from across the nation and 12 foreign countries gather in Cleveland for a four day Methodist Youth Fellowship conference. The event fills Public Hall and nearby facilities with beds for 3600 boys and 1600 girls as preparations race to finish. Dr. Joseph W. Bell directs the event with addresses by Dr. Harold N. Case and Dr. Baez Camargo. Miss Barbara Jo Smith of Memphis is among foreign and national delegates, noted as Miss America of 1947.
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Cleveland
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Methodist
Epworth League
Joseph W. Bell
Nashville, Tenn
Cleveland Public Hall
Public Hall
Harold N. Case
Pasadena
Calif
First Methodist Church
Christ
World Brotherhood
Baez-Camargo
Mexico
Ralph E. Diffendorfer
New York
Foreign Missions
E. Stanley Jones
India
Africa
Burma
China
Italy
Norway
Spain
Switzerland
Iji Islands
Japan
Latin America
Malaya
Philippine Islands
Barbara 21
Memphis
Wallace Third-Party Bid Sparks Political Debate
The Wallace announcement stirs cross party reactions with ADA calling it a disaster and accusing communists of backing the effort. Senators and representatives debate effects on Dewey Eisenhower Taft and party chances while Wallace frames his peace plea against Soviet pressure.
Volunteers Offer To Ride New Rocket
Volunteers, including former servicemen, offer to ride a V-2 in Navy high altitude research. Dr. T J Killian says no bookings yet, deceleration challenges may allow a survivable eight to nine minute flight. Neptune rocket may be tested next year for 200 mile theoretical altitude.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Science
Chicago
Navy
Uyou
T. J. Killian
Cience
Office of Naval Research
ONR
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Killian
Arner Liddell
E. R. Piere
Wallace Enters 1948 Presidential Race as Independent
Henry A. Wallace announced on a national radio address that he will run as an independent for president in 1948 with a platform of peace and prosperity. He criticized both major parties for policies he says invite war and said there is always hope of election as an independent.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Wallace
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Russia
The
New Republic
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Progressive Citizens of America
New Progressive Party of Chicago
District of Columbia
PCA
Great Britain
Pepper
D-Fla
Democratic Party
Knowland
Calif
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Capper
R-Kans
McCarran
D-Nev
Decatur Postmen Receive Personal Santa Gifts
Three veteran postal workers with 89 years of service were surprised by gifts from their customers. Sam F. Evans received 93.10, S. E. Ryan collected 132, Grady Hutto 110 plus socks neckties and fruits.
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Decatur
Santa Claus
Sam F. Evans
West Moulton Street
S. E. Ryan
East Gordon Drive
Grady Hutto
Magnélia Avenue
Evans
Prospect Drive
Ryan
Gulf Coast
Right of Negroes to vote in South Carolina primaries upheld
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled that Negroes may vote in South Carolina Democratic primaries. The decision rejected election officials arguments that the party is a voluntary association with unrestricted membership. Judge J Waites Waring’s decree denying qualified Black voters a voice in the primaries was found free of error.
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Richmond
United States —Circuit Court of Appeals
South Carolina
Appeals Court
J. Waites Waring
Billy Dunkin is Claimed by Death
Funeral services for Billy Lee Dunkin three year old son of Mr and Mrs J W Dunkin Hartselle will be held Wednesday at 2 P M from Cedar Creek church Rev Frank Smith conducting Interment will be in the adjoining Peck cemetery The child died Tuesday at 1 A M at Decatur General hospital after a short illness Surviving are the parents and one sister Dorothy Ann Pallbearers were Billy Wiley Jack Wiley O C Wiley and James Dutton
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Billy Leeman Dunkin
J. W. Dunkin
Hartselle
Cedar Creek Church
Frank. T. Smith
Peck
Decatur General Hospital
Dorothy Ann
Billy Wiley
Jack Wiley
O. C. Wiley
James Dutton
Nazi camp commandant executed by U S war crimes court
Hans Moeser former commandant of Nordhausen concentration camp in Dacha Germany was sentenced to death by a U S war crimes tribunal. Fourteen accomplices received penalties ranging from five years to life imprisonment.
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Dachau
Germany
Hans Moeser
Nordhausen
U. S
Unnamed Peace Party Eyes Progressive Democratic backing
The text notes a new and unnamed peace party seeking to back progressive Democratic congressional candidates and hints at an eventual running mate choice. It recalls past third party impacts such as the Mugwumps in 1884 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, which affected election outcomes through splits in major parties.
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Peace Party
Congress
America
James G. Blaine
New York
Grover Cleveland
Race effect on elections weighed by Alabama party chiefs
MOBILE Ala Dec 30 Chairman Gessner T McCorvey of the Alabama democratic committee says Henry Wallace's independent bid will not affect Democratic chances. Wallace has few followers and will poll little, especially in the South. In Birmingham Claude O Vardaman, Alabama Republican chair, says Wallace has drifted left enough that his run will not materially help or hurt either party. He adds Republicans must win the election themselves, not rely on Wallace.
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Mobile
Ala
Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama Democratic Committee
Henry Wallace
Henry Wallce
Ivey
McCarvey
Wallace
Birmingham
Claude O. Vardaman
Alabama
Republican State Committee
World Unity Pledge Voiced by Red Cross Leader
Basil O Connor chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies board urged world unity and continued Red Cross solidarity in a New Year message to 65 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. He said lasting peace grows from political economic and social forces and the Red Cross must keep its spirit from waning.
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Basil O'Connor
Ee League ‘Boardvennors
of Beatcutes
Red Cross and Red Crescent
O'Connor
American National Cross
Red Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross International
Peacetime price and priority plan eyed by Commerce
The Commerce Department moves toward a tentative peacetime priority system with voluntary certificates to grant anti trust protected allocations for essential materials. A steel industry session with Secretary Harriman is set for January 8 as industry advisory groups form, with aims to cover steel, nitrogen fertilizer, coal equipment, and other key sectors. The plan would extend export and rail controls to February 28 1949.
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Commerce Department
White House
Harriman
War Production Board
Commerce and Agriculture Department
Local notes and updates from Decatur area
Decatur General treats patients Thelma Guschke and W O Fowler while Ellen Sticherling and O J Rodgers undergo operations at Baugh and Wiley clinic. Several fires reported with no losses. Local residents attend Sugar Bowl events in New Orleans. Weather warms to 68 with 4 degree low. Various arrests, permits, and Red Cross and public notices listed.
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A. H. Hassell
New Orleans
A. Culver
Decatur
Whiskey Makers Face Grain Rationing Order
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced grain rationing for whiskey distillers to conserve food supplies. The limit is 2,450,000 bushels from now to January 31, 1948, far below the prior monthly average of about 5,000,000 bushels. The measure, effective at midnight, allocates a plant specific ration based on past use and crush capacity and bans wheat use under the allocation.
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Washington
Anderson
Officials seek radioactive source after two leukemia cases at Robins Field
In Macon on December 30 officials and physicians investigated two rare leukemia cases at Robins Field. One case proved fatal and authorities considered a possible link to radioactive material from a plane tied to the Bikini atomic tests.
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Macon
Robins Field
Ten Convicts Escape From Alabama Prison
Ten inmates overpowered guards at Draper prison and fled in a state truck. Donald Donaldson surrendered to attorney C. Alexander in Prattville. Nine others remain at large near Pratt as lawmen increase patrols. Names and sentences include Harold Bowman 17 grand larceny, Ola Edmonds 22 grand larceny, and Leslee Spencer 31 robbery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Donald Donaldson
Rea Draper
Ourcithe
Donaldson
Cecil Alexander
Prattville
Pratt
Frank Boswell
A. L. Vanna
C. C. Upshaw
H. B. Rankin
Harold D. Bowman
Calhoun County
Jefferson
Ola Edmonds
Tuscaloosa
Orville Gray
Lauderdale
James Lee Harris
Hale
Everett Roberts
Franklin
Herschel Kelly
Marshall
Leslee Spencer
G. W. Hendrix
Aubrey Foster
Tallapoosa
Boston Underground Explosions Burn 25 In Dewey Square
A series of underground gas explosions in Boston last night left 25 people injured by flying glass and burning manhole covers. Firemen and residents described fiery bursts and loud detonations, with many treated at city hospital and at least half the injured being firefighters.
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Boston
Dewey Square
William F. Quigley
City Hospital
Quigley
Rebels Report Bloodshed as War Bulletin Calls Situation Satisfactory
Rebels dispatches describe bloody fighting in the North around Kalpaki Bourazani bridges with guerrillas overthrown and air force support noted. The ministry of war bulletin says the situation is satisfactory though a rebel broadcast claims guerrillas entered Konitsa since Christmas.
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Ministry of War
Kalpaki
Bourazani
Konitsa
Marriages and Notices From Daily Records
Madison Hershel White age 24 of Decatur wed Laverne Hester Crow age 24 of Decatur. Albert Bradley Puckett 25 of Decatur wed Reba Bernice Odell 22 of Decatur. Ollie Street 23 of Decatur and Crow Lou Charles 19 of Stent. Hoyt L. Greet to W. J. Nesmith $4000. J. P. Simpson to L. L. Bates $1800. Almer Thomas to Cecil L. Griffin $700.
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Madison Hershel White
Decatur
Laverne Hester Crow
Albert Bradley Puckett
Reba Bernice Odell
Ollie Street
Crow Lou Charles
Stent
Hoyt L. Greet
W. J. Nesmith
J. P. Simpson
L. L. Bates
Almer Thomas
Cecil L. Griffin
Seven-Year-Old Gene Manker Dies in New York Flight
Memphis report says Gene Manker, seven, a cancer patient flown to Memorial Hospital earlier this month, died early today after doctors in New York offered no hope and gave a prognosis of six months to a year.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gene Manker
New York Memorial Hospital
New York
Reds Executed Madrid Officials in Spain
Agustin Zorca Sanchez once viewed as Spain's top communist and Lucas Nunez Bocas, another accused communist, were executed yesterday per an official statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REDS
Madrid
Agustin Zorca Sanchez
Spain
Lucas Nunez Bocas
Isbell Family Christmas Visit and Local Injuries
This week Mr and Mrs B E Isbell spent Christmas with their son Bill Isbell in Crossville Alabama. Charles L Merrill of the City Electric department is improved but in critical condition at Decatur General Hospital after a near electrocution at a substation on Christmas Eve. Sherry Gayle Manor is seriously burned from the same incident with the report mirroring Merrill’s condition.
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W. H. Powell
Athens
Bobby
Francis
Bill Isbell
Crossville
B. E. Isbell
Mrs
Ala
Charles L. Merrill
City Electric Department
Decatur General Hospital
Merritt
Sherry Gayle Manor
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ADA
Brooks
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D-Coro
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Taft
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Saltonstall
Massachusetts
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D-Wye
GOP
Clarence J. Brown
McCormack
Mass
House
Wagner
D-N. Y
Billy Dunkin
World Unity Plea
Ondimalle
Thelma Guschke
Sixth Avenue W
Decatur General
W. O. Fowler
Decatur 2
Ellen Sticherling
Moulton Heights 3
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
O. J. Rodgers
Vinemont 2
E. M. Taylor
Sherman
Xee
15Th Avenue
Gordon Drive
Jimmy Nance
Vicksburg
Miss
H. H. _ Frasa
Grace Jackson
Moulton Heights
Thomas W.wert
Sanne ‘Wert
T.S. Sparkman
Seventh Avenue E
Hamil Clinic
Bert Rutherford
Co. E. Brown
Russellville
Monnaw
Marion Blackwell
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Claude Smith
Fifth Avenue W
Miami
Norlee Blasingim
Grafton D. Sharp
Jacksonville State Teachers College
D. A Sharp
Priceville
Elayne Sharp
Kansas City
Linda Bedingfield
Leslie Bedingfield
Malcolm
Tarner
Don
New Mexico
C. R. Vassar
Fourth Avenue S
Turner
Somerville
Rising Sun Lodge
Ben C. Poole
Ralph Agee
Eighth Avenue
Brown's Ambulance
Aline Byars
C. B. Humphrey
Morgan County
American Red Cross
J. W. Barlow
Seventh Avenue
J. O. Colvard
Johnston Street
J. B. Whitmire
Patsy Storey
Betty Carl Hendon
Ieee
Seney Vester Barnard
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