Local IRS asks taxpayers to prep forms before visits
Community officials urge residents to complete income tax forms prior to visiting or calling the local IRS office. Inquiries by phone may be made at 3194. The District Missionary Institute meets at The First Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 15 P M with Dr Otis Kirby presiding and Rev Jim Sells as principal speaker. Dr Jack Early will deliver the Sunday sermon at 10 55 worship. Morgan County Board of Equalization sits in the Tax Assessor's office at the courthouse until around April 1 with J B Leeman as chairman. other members are Minor Russell and Ben Bean. Carolyn Wyatt will attend a Westminster Fellowship meeting in Chattanooga. A S A Lee Campbell and B G Ryan were in Montgomery on business. Paul Peete underwent an appendectomy at Decatur General Hospital. Leon L Isom Jr enrolled as a student at the State Vocational Trade School. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Internal Revenue Service
District Missionary Institute
First Methodist Church
Otis Kirby
Jim Sells
Southeastern Jurisdictional Council
Morgan County Board of Equalization
J. B. Leeman
Minor Russell
Ben Bean
Hartselle
Pinay Abandons Bid to Form France’s Postwar Government
Former Premier An toine Pinay today abandoned his attempt to form France’s 21st postwar government after winning support from only about 135 of the 627-member Assembly. He planned to inform President Rene Coty at the Elysee Palace as Coty resumes talks with leaders to find another candidate. The crisis began with Mendes-France’s resignation after a defeat on a confidence vote and factions opposed Pinay from the start.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
France
Rene Coty
Elysee Palace
Coty
Pierre Mendes-France
Pinay
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Assembly
State Official Backs Road Plan On Safety Angle
A State Department of Public Safety official testified that improved roads reduced accidents by 28.8 percent and traffic deaths by 23 percent with a 92.6 percent drop in property damage due to road defects. He spoke at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Gov. Folsom's 100 million road program. County leaders and farmers urged adoption, highlighting miles of unpaved roads and the need to move produce to market.
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Montgomery
State Department of Public Safety
Senate Finance Committee
James E. Folsom
N. W. Kimbrough
Department
Service Division
Kimbrough
Henry W. Smith
Etowah County
Smith
C. R. Holder
Albertville
Holder
Stuart Gandy
Greene County
Senate Approves Formosa Treaty Victory Gears Up U.S. Defense Pact
In a 64 to 6 vote the Senate approved a mutual security treaty with Nationalist China pledging American military support for Formosa and the Pescadores Islands. The action follows Eisenhower’s request for authority to use forces in the Far East if needed and came after brief debate. Senators Chavez Gore Kefauver Lehman Langer Morse opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
China
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Eisenhower
Far East
Chavez
D-Nm
Gore
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Langer
R-Nd
Morse
Ind-Ore
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 19.87 feet, down 0.05 feet in 24 hours. High reached 64 degrees Wednesday, with a low of 45 at 3 am. 8 am temperature was 49. Forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with wind and showers, turning much colder late tonight and Friday, clearing Friday afternoon. Today’s high 62, tonight’s low 32, tomorrow’s high 34.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Cold Weather Return Forecast for Alabama States
The Weather Bureau announced a return of cold weather to Alabama with upstate temperatures in the low 20s likely Saturday. A hard freeze is forecast for Central Alabama tomorrow night and is also indicated for the Gulf Coast.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Upstate
Gulf Coast
Eden Sidesteps Labor Demands in Formosa Cease Fire
London Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden sidestepped a Labour demand for an immediate Geneva type conference to secure a Formosa cease fire. Opposition MP James Hudson pressed for a multilateral meeting inviting China and the United States. Eden said the consequences of China's refusal are being studied with Commonwealth and friendly governments. The Foreign Office would not comment on secret cease-fire negotiations. Nehru said Western powers Russia and India are quietly exploring moves including a conference outside the UN to end the fighting.
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London
Anthony Eden
Formosa
James Hudson
Eden
House of Commons
Chou En-lai
United Nations
China
United States
Formosa Strait
Commonwealth
Nehru
Russia
India
United’ Nations
Khrushchev Downplays Rift With Malenkov
Tass released an interview text from Khrushchev stating there are no differences with Malenkov. Hearst Jr. and Kingsbury Smith reported Khrushchev and Malenkov sat in friendly conversation at Supreme Soviet sessions. Three days later Malenkov resigned. Bulganin was named Premier and Malenkov became deputy premier and electrical minister.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Georgi M. Malenkov
Tass
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Khrushchev
Kingsbury Smith
Hearst
International News Service
Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Stocks Soar Above New All Time High In Early Tradings
New York stocks opened higher, pushing the Associated Press average to a fresh peak of 158.10, above Sept 3 1929 record. Early gains across aircrafts, steels, railroads, chemicals, airlines, autos, oils, building materials and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Western Union
Chrysler
American Telephone
Pan American World Airway
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Boeing
Chiang Quits Small Outposts Near Mainland
Nationalist China has stripped three small islands near the Red mainland of all civilian and military populations and redeployed forces on the Tachens. Civilians from Yushan and Pishan islands arrived in Formosa, while guerrilla units were moved to Quemoy Matsu or Nanchishan. Tachens reports say troops boarded U.S. transports in cold rain as explosions echo.
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Taipei
China
Defend Ministry
Yushan Islands
Pishan
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Nanchishan
Tachens
U.S
Man Is Crushed By His Own Car
CHICAGO James M Bennan aged 44 was fatally injured when his car rolled forward with him clinging to the front end as his wife Elizabeth aged 39 sat in the front seat. The stalled vehicle rolled about 70 feet across the driveway into a parked car. Bennan died at the scene.
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Chicago
James M. Bennan
Robert Witt
Bennan
Elizabeth
Evanston
Witt
Four Fishermen Sought In Gulf
The Coast Guard hunted for four crewmen missing after a 38 foot snapper schooner from Pensacola sank in the Gulf of Mexico near Dauphin Island. The Oceanic carried Capt Jesse Fitzgerald W N Williamson Paul Bergins and Ray Newsom. Wreckage later identified as Oceanic by relatives. No survivors found.
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Mobile
Coast Guard
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
American Seafood Co
Billy Williamson
W. N. Williamson
Oceanic
Biloxi
Miss
Ft. Gaines
Red-hunters in Congress agree to avoid overlap
Chairman Walter of the House Un American Activities Committee said three leading Red-hunting panels will not duplicate each other’s work in the new Congress. He disclosed a private meeting with Chairman McClellan of the Senate Investigations subcommittee and Chairman Eastland of the Senate Internal Security subcommittee to formalize the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Walter
D-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Wild auto chase ends in death for young girl and her abductor
In New Jersey a man Leonard Pasco forced 11 year old Constance Cobb to drive him at gunpoint. The car crashed into a Hudson County patrol car on the Pulaski Skyway and burned with both occupants dead. Pasco was later captured but fled during transport.
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Jersey City
N.J. W
Constance Cobb
Milltown
Middlesex County Prosecutor's
Leonard Pasco
Bound Brook
Constance
Pasco
Hudson County
Pulaski Skyway
Hylan Petri
North Brunswick Township
Miss Cobb
Route 1
Experts Dispute Molotov Hydrogen Bomb Boast
Washington analysts question Molotov's claim of Soviet hydrogen bomb lead. They cite a 1953 potential shortcut for fusion triggers and assess whether Soviet efficiency was surpassed as U S experts say American progress now leads.
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Washington
Molotov
Russia
United States
Gibbons Spells Out Food Views In Morgan County
Falkville mayor R D Gibbons voiced openness to a surplus food program, stating he would cooperate if the people want it. The Decatur courthouse meeting failed to organize the plan amid funding and distribution disputes among municipalities and county officials. Gibbons said he discussed the matter with L E Hardin, who was absent due to his grandson's illness, and offered his store building for storing and distributing commodities.
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Falkville
R. D. Gibbons
Morgan County
Decatur
County Board of Revenue and Control
Gibbons
L. E. Hardin
Hardin
U S pays off Tokyo in yen compensation
Kyodo news service reports the United States will pay more than two million yen about 5 540 dollars to a Japanese farmer whose house was destroyed when an American bomber crashed after an attack by Soviet fighters off Hokkaido last year The RB29 photo mapping plane was downed during a routine mission on Nov 7 with ten of eleven crewmen parachuting to safety and one killed
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
United States
Kyodo
Goodyear Union Ponder New Master Contract Talks
Negotiations between Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers reach for a master contract before midnight expiry. About 25,000 workers across 10 plants in nine states stand to be affected. Talks opened Jan 10 in Cincinnati with 40 participants. progress described as peaceful and somewhat progressive. The 1953 contract provided union shop, six holidays, overtime pay, and other benefits. Plants span Ohio, Indiana, Massachusetts, Kansas, Michigan, Vermont, Alabama, and Nebraska.
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Cincinnati
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
CIO United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear
Akron
St. Mary
Ohio
Muncie
Ind
New Bedford
Mass
Topeka
Kan
Jackson
Mich
Windsor
Gadsden
Ala
Lincoln
Nebr
Phenix Trials to Be Lengthy in Alabama Murder Case
In Birmingham, the Albert Fuller and Arch Ferrell murder trials for Albert Patterson begin Monday with extensive testimony planned. With 277 witnesses called so far by state and defense, both sides anticipate long proceedings as juror questioning may occur in the witness box.
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Birmingham
Albert Fuller
Arch Ferrell
Albert Patterson
Fuller
Ferrell
J. Russell McElroy
Jefferson County
Churchill says will seek talks with Bulganin possibly later
British Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he hopes for top level talks with the Soviet Premier Bulganin to ease East West tensions, but a Four Power meeting is unlikely until after ratification of the London Paris rearmament accords. He noted Moscow shakeup does not lessen his aim for genuine results in negotiations.
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House of Commons
Eisenhower
Bulgaria
Paris
West Germany
Moscow
Churchill
W. N. Warbey
Georgi Malenkov
Warbey
Bulganin
Laborite
Labor
Quake Rattles Peruvian Area
An earthquake near Lima fractured a sea wall at Magdalena Del Mar, damaged seaside homes, and caused near panic in two movie theaters. Ten people were injured as crowds attempted to exit, with calm spectators helping avoid a stampede. The tremor spread over about 375 miles, centered 30 miles south of the capital. boulders blocked the highway between Lima and Ancon.
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Lima
Peru
Magdalena del Mar
Ancon
Copter Student Dies At Rucker
Camp Rucker Ala A student pilot at the Army Aviation School was killed in a crash of an H13 helicopter near Newton Dale County. The officer was 2nd Lt Charles J Hardy 24 whose wife lives in Dothan His father John J Hardy of North Liberty Ind was listed.
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Camp Rucker
Ala
Army Aviation School
Newton
Dale County
Public Information Office
Charles J. Hardy
Dothan
John J. Hardy
North Liberty
Ind
Hardy
Army
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Dalenale
Jack Early
Athens College
Carolyn Wyatt
Chattahooga
Westminster Fellowship of the
Synod of Mid-South Presbyterian Church
Lee Campbell
B. G. Ryan
Paul Peete
Olive Sr
Decatur Daily
Decatur General Hospital
Leon L. Isom, Jr
Sheffield
State Vocational Trade School
Buckley
Bama
Chiang
Tachen Islands
Morgan
Hershel Bates
William Bates
Eva
Bates
Carswell Air Force Base
Ft. Worth
Tex
Briggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Gulf
Isle
Red-Hunters
U. S
Union
Ponder
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Rey
Peruvian
Copter
Rucker
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