Truman And Acheson So Close In White House Tacts
Washington December 30 Shortly after noon each Monday Acheson hides no secret he is in tight with President Truman The two men differ yet share long view of foreign policy and loyalty Their bond under fire questions whether Truman would remove Acheson amid GOP pressure while both pursue national strategy including a Brussels trip and Western alliance aims
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Washington
Dean Acheson
State Department
President Truman
Oval Office
Acheson
Mr. Truman
Harry Truman
Truman
Senate
House
White House
Kansas City Law School
Groton
Yale
Harvard
Kansas City
America
Congress
Moscow
Republic
Brussels
Western
Europe
For Rent on Morgan County Line
A listing notes a rental property located on the Morgan county line with contact at 1257-M for inquiries.
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Morgan County
Decatur Farm Markets Report Shows Mixed Prices
Decatur markets list cotton middling at 42.00 dollars per hundredweight with strict low and 40.56. Cottonseed at 100 dollars per ton. Broilers 22 cents delivered. Hens 20 to 24 cents. Hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen. No 2 wheat 2.41. No 2 Ear Yellow corn 1.57. No 2 Ear White corn 1.52. No 3 Ear White corn 1.47. No 2 oats 0.90. No 2 mile 2.05. Corn basis 154 percent moisture. Other grains basis 13 percent moisture.
Wall Street ends year with brisk week gain on heavy trading
Wall Street closes 1950 with a strong week led by blue chip and speculative issues. The Associated Press 60 stocks average nears February 1931 highs as turnover stays high and MoPac and Boston & Maine post notable gains amid a broad market rally and late-week pullback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Boston & Maine
Missouri Pacific Preferred
MoPac
Alleghany Corp
Missouri Pacific
Pan American Air
St. Regis Paper
Baltimore & Ohio
Graham-Paige
Avco Mfg
Willys-Overland
American Airlines
Continental Motors
Greyhound
Baldwin-Lima
Great Lakes Oil
Kaiser-Frazier
Pancoastal Oil
Raytheon Mfg
Traffic Injury Toll in the Valley 1948 1950 Records
State Highway Patrol figures from Decatur show annual accidents, injuries, and deaths across Cullman Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties. 1950 totals: 411 accidents 261 injured 44 killed with about 194 1200 loss. 1949 and 1948 show lower totals. By county 1950 Morgan 145 accidents 82 injured 12 dead. Limestone 93 53 15. Cullman 102 68 12. Lawrence 71 58 5. overall valley fatalities 44 31 19.
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State Highway Patrol
Decatur
Cullman
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Lawrence County
TVA prevents major damage as levee plans evolve
The Tennessee Valley Authority reports no major flood crests, with regulation averting about 800000 dollars in damage at Chattanooga and smaller losses elsewhere along the Tennessee River. Flood damage prevented at Chattanooga since 1936 totals 45000000 dollars, about a quarter of TVA flood control investment. Muscle Shoals plants, built for WWI munitions, now produce fertilizers under TVA.
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Tennessee Valley
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Norris Dam
TVA
Muscle Shoals
Weekend Quiet Weekends Air Over Four Counties
Police reports show seven arrests across four counties with Decatur officers making three. Two charged with traffic violations and one for public intoxication, Morgan County deputies detaining two for prohibition violations and a peace proceeding. Limestone and Lawrence counties each report one prohibition arrest. Cullman reported no arrests.
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Valley
Decatur
Morgan County
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Natural gas to reach Decatur as system expands
Civic and government forces back a natural gas push in the Valley with H Y Bassett of Wolverine Tube Division backing the effort before the Federal Power Commission. Industrial consumers are lined up in Decatur and gas should flow within weeks, first to about 235 customers in the old system, then the new system under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Y. Bassett
Wolverine Tube Division
Federal Power Commission
Decatur
Garner Pride
Copper curtailment bans copper use in many consumer items
The government imposes an outright ban on copper in ornamental and decorative uses and in many household and automotive parts. It maintains a break provision allowing substitution with other metals or plastic and enables completion of in‑process items by April 30.
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William H. Harrison
NPA
Gospel Four to Perform at Union Grove Concert
The Gospel Four, a well known quartet, will appear next Saturday night at Union Grove. They will also be heard Sunday on the Lawrence County singing conception program at Union Grove, announced chairman J L Nung.
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Gospel Four
Union Grove
Lawrence County Singing Conception
J. L Nung
Youth Meeting To End Today At Auburn Event
The Presbyterian Southwide youth convention in Auburn Alabama closes with a general session featuring Darby Fulton and Charles T Leber. About 1700 young Presbyterians attended the sixth general session and ongoing forums on service.
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Auburn
Ala
Darby Fulton
Charles T. Leber
Fulton
Board of World Missions of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
Leber
Board of Foreign Missions
Progressive Farmer
Charles G. Dobbins
Montgomery
Richard C. Cumming
Ocala
Fla
William Rule
Africa
James Halverstadt
American Presbyterian Congo Mission
William O. Parker Jr
Austin
Texas
Local Leaders Detail Careers of Owen Owen Walker and Goodwyn
Owen Owen of Bibb County earned an Auburn agriculture degree and served as assistant county agent before World War II and later entered the Public Service Commission in 1947. Walker of Escambia County, Montgomery resident since 1916, runs Walker Printing and is a Governor-elect ally. Goodwyn announces he will not seek another term and will serve as Gov Gordon Persons legal advisor after stepping down as mayor.
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Owen
Bibb County
Auburn
Armed Forces
Public Service Commission
Walker
Montgomery
Escambia County
Walker Printing Company
Goodwyn
Gordon Persons
Board of Commissioners
Dave Bunn
Good
Acheson Urges Plain Talk on 1951 World Policy
In a blunt defense of hard line policies, Secretary Acheson warns of grave danger to freedom from Soviet pressure. He praises UN actions in Korea and Western Europe rebuilding, calls for continued aid and a stepped up information program to counter communism.
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Kremlin
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Middle East
Asia
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Russia
Gibraltar
Britain
Japan
United Nations
Korea
UN General Assembly
North Atlantic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Acheson
Free World
Local News Roundup From Decatur Area
Don George of Washington visits relatives in Decatur and attends the Blue Gray game in Montgomery. Multiple births and hospital discharges noted including a Hartsel—Long family birth and hospital releases at Hamill Clinic and Decatur General. Public notices include New Year post office closure and TVA river readings.
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Don George
Washington, D. C
Decatur
Montgomery
W. L. George
Temperance Leaders Publish Cullman Petition List
Dr. Slaughter president of the Alabama Temperance Alliance and pastor of Birmingham’s First Baptist Church says the executive committee will publish in Cullman County newspapers the petition names calling for the election. He notes 1700 names include forged, fictitious, and dead names but enough legitimate names exist to proceed, allowing public denial of forged entries. Wyn reflects prior service and announces appointments across state departments.
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Slaughter
Alabama Temperance Alliance
First Baptist Church of
Birmingham
Cullman County
Speake
Wyn
31St Division
Sixth Army
Conservation
Revenue
Pardon-Parole
Funeral Services for George M Peek Held in Brown's Chapel
George Madison Peek aged 72 dies during a visit to his daughter in Lawrenceburg Tennessee. Funeral services are set for 2 30 PM at Brown's Chapel with Thomas Murphy Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial will be in the city cemetery. Peek served 40 years as a Church of Christ minister and is survived by a widow six sons two sisters two brothers and 17 grandchildren.
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George Madison
Peek
Brown's
Thomas Murphy
Church of Christ
City Cemetery
Brown
Clarence Davis
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
North Carolina
Davis
Robert
New Mexico
Melvin
Bono
Ark
Joseph
Athens
Georgie
Pontiac
Mich
Milton
Decatur
Frederick
Lewisburg
Nanie
Roan
Delpha Oxley
Oklahoma
Sebourne
Tom
Missouri
Reds Press East as UN Forces Hold Seoul Threat
Chinese forces massed in the East probing for a soft spot while United Nations troops fought near Chunchon and north of Seoul. An 8th Army spokesman said troops were in contact with a 5 000 strong Red unit 13 miles south of the border and another 2 000 force ten miles south of the parallel. A 10 000 strong Red force dented the East central line earlier with no fresh report.
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Seoul
Chunchon
Eighth Army
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
Gaic
Otone Nose
MacArthur
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North Atlantic Treaty Council
Courtland Road
Decatur Gas Department
Earl Kightreer
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Fordham Johnson
Goodwin
Wall Street
John D. Long
Hartselle
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Recorder’s’ Court
F. A. Kennedy
Fifth Avenue West
Hamil Clinic
Grady George
Herbert Cagle
Moulton Heights
Sears
Horace Sheats
West Moulton Street
Decatur General Hospital
Willard Chambers
East Wilson Avenue
Hamiltlink Hospital
Monroe W. Copeland
Wadsworth Avenue
E. L. Benefield
Fifteenth Avenue East
Jack Cole
Decature
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Helen Moody
Alma Williams
Arvie Pierce
Huntsville
Malcolm Riget
Sixth Avenue Church of God
J. J. Nunn
Moulton
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Florence
Duke T. McLemore
Decatur 3
J. N. Lee, Hartseller
J. D. Bush
R. W. Hich
R. T. Sheppard
A. L. Mitchell
Delrose, Tenn
T. D. Miller
R. H. Glasgow
Homer Foote
R. W. Stewart
Trinity 1
Woodrow
Helen Asherbranner
Washburn, N
Wallace McVay
Third Avenue West
Mrs. Walton Hill
Tuscaloosa
Hap Halbrooks
M. T. Halbrooks
Mrs. Owen Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Sadie Gil
McCorvey
State Committee
Jespie
Line Street
T. C. Almon
Nancy Ann Stewart
Hopkinsville, Ky
Cpl
Claude Rodgers Jr
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Susan
Ninth Avenue
J c. Rodgers
Twelfth Avenue West
W. T. Smith
Ninth Avenue East
Iyman Smith
Dicky
Chia
S. C
Kenneth
Charles
Mobile
Sgt
Jeff Hobbs
Fort Bell
Donald Blankenship
Fort Campbell
George M. Peek
Homse
Bella
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