Year of storms and drought bands 1952 across regions
The 1952 weather year brought drought and searing heat causing crop losses estimated near a billion dollars across 13 states from Virginia to Texas. Major storms and fires added hundreds of millions in property losses while storms killed at least 221 people, mainly in Arkansas and Tennessee, with dozens more heat deaths.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Texas
Arkansas
Lone Star
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
Dallas
Oklahoma
Navy
Kentucky
Mer
Princess Plymouth Adventure at Plymouth Theater
Movie listings show Princess Plymouth Adventure starring Spencer Tracy Gene Tierney Van Johnson and Leo Genn with showtimes at 1 00 3 05 5 15 7 25 and 9 30 plus Midnight Showings of Showboat at Grayson and other films including Before Dawn Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and Alice In Wonderland with multiple venues and times listed.
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Plymouth
Spencer Tracy
Gene Tierney
van Johnson
Leo Genn
Grayson
Ava Gardner
Howard Keel
Recorder Docket Covers Toxication and Disorderly Conduct
Ten cases appeared on the recorder court docket with charges including toxication on a public street and disorderly conduct. Other charges listed were violations of prohibition law speeding running a red light running a stop sign parking in an alley and defective brakes. Community notices include hospital admissions births and local events as well as church and employment service updates.
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Recorder’s Court
Manila Suburb Battle Ends Siege By 150 Soldiers
The Philippines Army says 150 soldiers with two tanks and a helicopter fought a 20 hour battle in Manila suburbs to subdue a crazed soldier.
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Manila
Philippines
Segregation Debate Led by Williams at Interracial Conference
Aubrey Williams editor of Southern Farm and Home spoke at a 17 state interracial conference on Youth and Racial Unity Through Educational Opportunity. He argued segregation harms democracy and ignores global opinion. Delegates from 43 colleges discussed integration with Fisk University Professor Herman A. Long. They noted limited nonsegregated schooling and separate but equal flaws. All attendees stayed at Allen University in Columbia.
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Columbia
S. C
Aubrey Williams
Southern Farm and Home
Montgomery
Farm Journal
Williams
U. S. Supreme Court
Fisk University
Herman A. Long
South
Long
Allen University
Communist Gunman Seizes Philippine Flight Pursers and Crew
The highjack ends with purser Eduardo Diago killed and pilot Capt. Pedro Perlas fatally shot as a Communist agent forces the aircraft toward China. Co pilot Capt. Felix Gaston takes control. other passengers include Miss Ireton Barrenda and U S information service staff. Barrenda says Hung held two revolvers with possible grenades. Philippine agents question him in Manila.
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Eduardo Diago
Diago
Pedro Perlas
China
Perlas
Felix Caston
Gaston
Barrenda
Hung
Philippine
Manila
Ireton
Marshall Nunn
San Francisco
Araceli Barrera
Ilocos Norte
United States Information Service
Philippines
Senate aide lineup named for the new administration
The officer of the Senate in absentia of the vice president, Sen Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts and a Senate GOP Policy Committee member, Herbert Brownell Jr., will join the incoming administration. Gov Sherman Adams of New Hampshire will assist the president elect, with Thomas E Stephens as special counsel to the general.
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Senate
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Herbert Brownell Jr
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Thomas E. Stephens
Lions Discuss Plans For Ensuing Year
At a Decatur Lions Club meeting held yesterday at the Lyons Hotel dining room, plans for the new year were discussed and committee reports were heard. Visitors included Bob Freeman of Decatur and Vince Dooley of Mobile, both former Aub urn football teammates, Roy Freeman now at Annapolis, and Rev. A B Van Arsdale, pastor of Central Baptist Church.
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Decatur Lions Club
Lyons
Bob Freeman
Decatur
Vince Dooley
Mobile
Auburn
Roy Freeman
Annapolis
A. B. van Arsdale
Central Baptist Church
Lake Superior Reaches Maximum Depth of About 1160 Feet
A historical note records Lake Superior attaining a maximum depth near 1160 feet, indicating its profound and enduring depth. The datum highlights the lake's scale and geologic complexity as a notable geographic feature.
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Lake Superior
No Lynchings Reported For Year But Bombings Deplored
Tuskegee Institute reports no lynchings in 1952 the first such record since 1882 while noting continued violence including bombings. From 1949 to 1952 at least 68 bombings or attempted bombings occurred, 2 people died, with targets including Negroes whites Jewish institutions and a Catholic church.
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AL Lanier
Tuskegee
Ala
United States
Tuskegee Institute
F. D. Patterson
Patterson
Harry T. Moore
Florida
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mims
Fla
Clarendon County
South Carolina
William Felder
Taft Promotes Progressive Republican Program In New York
Senator Taft urged a progressive Republican program after meeting Eisenhower in New York. He said the plan would restore the country to the path abandoned with the New Deal twenty years ago. Truman urged ending filibusters but offered no details on the planned fight in the Senate organize session.
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Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
New York
Senate
Truman
Physicist Greenberg Discusses FBI Interview in Norfolk
In Norfolk Virginia on December 15 1945 physicist Greenberg gave an interview to the FBI. He describes two years of wind tunnel research at Langley Air Force Base through 1946.
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Greenberg
FBI
Norfolk, Va
Langley Air Force Base
Latham Fund Collected For Family Support
Latham family receives $18 from various donors while Morgan County reports no other spinal meningitis cases today. Dr. L R Murphree urges contacts with two girls to seek preventive treatment. Contributions can be mailed or brought to The Decatur Daily and will be deposited for the family’s use.
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Latham
Morgan County Health Department
L. R. Murphree
Decatur Daily
President Truman Hopes Calm Manners For 1953
President Truman voices a wish for calm composure in 1953 and asks the Lord to help him avoid swearing at newspapers during his news conference. He extends New Year wishes to all attendees.
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Washington
Truman
Emperor Shennung Discovers Tea Virtues Legend
The tale credits Emperor Shennung with discovering tea virtues in 2737 as a Chinese legend shaping tea lore and cultural esteem.
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Shennung
Stronger Twin Receives Skin Cap After Separation
In Chicago a 15 month old twin, Rodney Brodie, received a skin covering over the brain two weeks after separation surgery. The graft, taken from his own body, now protects about 75 percent of the brain while Roger Lee remains in a coma. Parents Mr and Mrs Royt Brodie of Moline Illinois watched the procedure and described Rodney as recovering as well as could be expected.
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Chicago
Rodne Brodie
Roger Lee
Rodney
Mrs
Royt Brodie
Moline, Ill
Rampaging Brahman Bull Shot by Police Near Prichard
A red Brahman bull labeled a killer escaped a meatpacking pen at Haas-Davis Packing Co. and terrorized Snug Harbor housing residents for two hours before being killed by a rifle shot from Police Sgt. C. D. Wilkes. No injuries were reported.
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Prichard
Ala
C. D. Wilkes
Wilkes
Haas-Davis Packing Co
Snug Harbor
Packing Company
Frank Haas
Transit unions seek shorter week with wage boost plan
Transit that the 8 000-odd drivers and maintenance men employed by the eight companies could be kept on the job. The affected routes are in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and the lower part of suburban Westchester County. The main issue in the dispute is the union's demand that the 44 to 48 hour week be cut to 40. In addition to the hours cut with no reduction in take home pay the union demand, a pay increase of 25 cents an hour. Current pay ranges from $1.66 to $1.73 an hour.
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Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Westchester County
Russian science weakness urged as Western advantage
Dr. Conway Zirkle of the University of Pennsylvania warned at AAAS that Soviet science is harmed by party obedience. He suggested this internal weakness could become a powerful secret weapon for the West.
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ST. Louis
Conway Zirkle
University of Pennsylvania
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Memphis Beef? No, McDonald Died in Manhattan Home
New York report states J Groves Mc Donald of Memphis Tennessee husband of lyric soprano Marguerite Piazza died suddenly today at their Manhattan apartment. The couple, who wed in 1950, have a son born in New Orleans June 23 last year.
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New York
J. Groves McDonald
Memphis
Tenn
Marguerite Piazza
Manhattan
McDonald
New Orleans
U S Reports Korea War Casualties at 128238
The Defense Department released an updated weekly summary showing 128238 total U S battle casualties in Korea. It includes 20207 killed in action 95066 wounded and 12965 missing as of last Friday.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Two Targets Hit By Superforts In Korea Action
B 29 Superfortress bombers from Japan and Okinawa mounted a two pronged attack on January 1952 21 planes faced heavy ground fire. They dropped over 200 tons on an ore processing plant near the Yalu River and a supply center near Sinanju 45 miles north of Pyongyang. Red night fighters challenged the raid with repeated passes but no losses were reported.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Okinawa
Yalu River
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Air Force
Choak-Tong
Yalu
Wollywon
Loyalty probes target U.N. Americans in State Dept shift
Acheson and Keating condemn disloyal Americans in the U.N. as harming U.S. interests and the U.N. reputation. The hearing highlighted 53 loyalty cases. 27 were discharged as security risks. State Dept plans broader FBI field investigations and appeals in a new system to vet U.N. personnel who are U.S. nationals.
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Keating
Acheson
U. S
U. N
U U. S
Chelf
Ross Malone
New York
Malone
FBI
Trygve
State Department
Adrian Fisher
Fisher
Truman
Lehman Leads Push to End Rule 22 Debate Barrier
Senator Lehman with 11 colleagues plans to bypass Rule 22 by seeking easier debate closure, challenging the 64 vote requirement to curb filibusters. He calls the rule an evil threat to democracy and vows to act, while Ellender vows to filibuster to defend the right to filibuster.
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Sen
Ellender
D-La
Lehman
Senate
Navy ships to call at Spanish ports next month
The 6th Fleet ships will make routine calls at several Spanish ports next month, according to the Navy. The visits are part of standard carrier group operations and include port calls at multiple Spanish locations.
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Washington
6Th Fleet
Decatur Market Signals and Georgia Poultry Undertone
USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady with undertone firm. Farm prices rise as buyers show improved demand for broilers under three pounds, while grain and meat futures reflect steady to firmer tones. Cotton and grain prices vary with middling cotton at 33.50 cents and No. 2 wheat at 2.05 dollars.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville cattle and hog markets show mixed steady activity
In Nashville stockyards slow on steers and heifers with scattered steady sales, calves active and steady, bulls steady, and limited stocker/r feeder activity. Prices cite 700 lb heifers at 24.50, 825 lb steers at 24.50, yearlings 22.00, cows 14.00-15.00, and hogs mostly higher with small porcine gains. Editors note no livestock report tomorrow New Year’s Day though market open.
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Nashville
Woman and Two Sons Shot to Death on Long Island
A woman and her two young sons were found shot to death in their Long Island home. James four and John three died inside. Charles E Weigold Jr 28 a Princeton graduate and wealthy investment broker died across the hall with a shot through the mouth. Walter Scholkopf 31 discovered the scene upon returning home. Police say a male friend of the family committed suicide after the killings amid a romance breakup involving Mrs Scholkopf and her cousin Jean Collingnon.
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Sea Cliff
N. Y
James
John
Long Island
Charles E. Weigold Jr
Plandome
Princeton
Walter Scholkopf
Weigold
Jean
Flushing
Queens
Walter Carbone
Marine Corps
Carbone
Election Bowl at Miami and Top Alabama Stories of 1951
The article lists the 1951 top Alabama stories editors chose, including the Woodstock train collision that killed 17 and injured 68, a pardon parole probe, industrial expansion, and the states rights court battles. Also noted are Wetumpka nurse arrest for child poisoning, spring storms that killed seven and injured 150 in North Alabama, and multiple other events such as bank shortages indictments and prison escapes.
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Miami
Wetumpka
North
Alabama
Woodstock
Thomasville Bank
Bryce Hospitals
Steel Allocation Raised For Quarter
The Defense Production Administration announced that the nation will receive 1,692,000 tons of steel in the April to June quarter, the largest three month allotment since mobilization began two years ago. The move speeds programs for highways bridges power plants barges railroad cars and locomotives. A relaxation will remove the ban on erecting theaters night clubs amusement and recreational venues. Allotments will be liberal and at high rate.
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Washington
Defense Production Administration
Mayer Seeks To Form Cabinet In France
Paris reports veteran socialist politician Mayer agreed to attempt forming a new coalition cabinet after Pinay resignation. He is the fourth to try, backed by a right of center faction, following Bidault's failed bid for broader powers as government crisis deepens.
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Paris
Reye Mayer
Antoine Pinay
France
Pinay
Mayer
Vincent Auriol
Constantine
French North Africa
Clancy Forms Cattle Farm Venture At Wheeler Plantation
Wheeler Leon Clancy of Grayson Alabama forms Clases Cattle and Farming Co with son in law George Kling of Newton Iowa to lease and operate the Wheeler plantation. They plan 4000 acres pine 2000 row crops and 10000 pasture with tenants to remain.
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Leon Clancy
Actx
Clancy Lumber Co
Grayson
Ala
Clases Cattle & Farming Company
Wheeler Plantation
Clancy
George Kling
Newton
Iowa
Kling
University of Iowa
Ames
Mr. Kling
Annie Wheeler
Carrie Buck Wheeler
Greenwood
Julia W. Harris
Washington, D. C
Lucy Buck LeGrand
Chapel Hill
N. C
Carrie Buck ‘Wheeler
Wheeler Lands
Wheeler
Alabama Farm Extension Service
South
Selma
Albany
Moultrie
Grayson Lumber Co
Collision Involves Chevrolet and International Trucks
An accident report lists a Chevrolet truck with a forehead bruise to its driver. The International truck was driven by Robert Buren Jackson of 222 Church Street NE, owned by Nehi Bottling Company on Church Street. Chevrolet owner C. W. Knight of Decatur is named, while William Coy Payne of Falkville is recorded as owner and driver of another car.
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Robert Buren Jackson
Church Street
Nehi Bottling Company
C. W. Knight
Decatur 2
William Coy Payne
Falkville
Lost tan billfold with H. W. Sivley engraving
Man's tan billfold containing valuable papers is lost. Engraved H. W. Sivley. Finder should return to 1315 6th Ave. 5 E. Phone 705 J. Reward offered.
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H. W. Sivley
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