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13 Feb 1948
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1948
Page
1
Decatur News Briefs Include Weather Outlook and Local Updates
The state weather outlook notes cloudy conditions with intermittent rain and shifting winds. Decatur noon cotton quotes show middling at 32.5 cents and strict low at 31.5. Highway Patrol reports no wrecks. Local notices include hospital activity, church events, school and club meetings, and births. Community mentions cover baptisms, class schedules, and ambulance transfers.
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Decatur
GOP Blasts Truman and Dixie Revolt Grows
The GOP split on Marshall plan details with Dewey calling for full support and Taft demanding restraint in foreign aid. Stassen backs carrying it out under Vandenberg leadership while Vandenberg heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Governor Warren weighs in on Lincoln era racial unity. See GOP On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Boston
Taft
St. Paul
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Germantown
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
California
Aarren
Los Angeles
Lincoln
Warren
Vivien Kellems Says She Will Stop Withholding Taxes
Miss Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut announces her firm will cease withholding federal income taxes from employees and plans to challenge the issue in court. She proposes to act as an Internal Revenue agent and to be paid by the government if forced to collect the tax. The cable grips maker, with about 30 workers, says taxation is a citizen duty and refuses to handle the taxes for her employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Harry
Rotary Club
Internal Revenue Department
Connecticut
Clare Booth Luce
Ema
Kellems
Truman Still Favors Curb On Price Changes
President Truman remains supportive of price controls despite a grain market drop. Republican leaders in Congress push for restraint on wheat export limits and debate extending rent control. Wolcott suggests delaying other measures while monitoring inflation and economic trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Wolcott
House Banking Committee
GOP
Young
Bushfield
Morgan Girls Take Honors on Alabama College Dean's List
Six county girls appear on Alabama College dean's list with two on first honor roll. Ruth Hardwick and Betty Holesapple top the first honor roll while Sylvia Greene Jo Hamilton Betty Heflin and Nell Wallace make the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama College
Ruth Hardwick
Betty Holesapple
Sylvia Greene
Jo Hamilton
Betty Heflin
Nell Wallace
Miss Hardwick
W. M. Hardwick
Fallrville High School
Hamilton
Decatur High
H. L. Heflin
Heflin
Danville
Oil heir delays wedding to Saturday in Palm Beach
Winthrop Rockefeller and Barbara Sears postpone their marriage from Friday the 13th to Saturday Valentine's Day to satisfy Florida law a 72 hour license waiting period. The ceremony will take place at the Guest home with about 50 guests after midnight. Reverend Wilson Drumond will officiate. Sears is the divorced wife of Richard Sears Jr embassy secretary in Paris. Rockefeller is an officer of the Socony Vacuum Oil company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Winthrop Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Florida
Winston Guest
Wilson S. Drummond
West Palm Beach Presbyterian Church
Sears
Richard Sears, Jr
Paris
America
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Chinese Reds Hold Marines in North China Capture
The Chinese communist radio confirmed five U S Marines were captured in North China after a jeep assault near Wanglintao on the Shandong peninsula last Christmas Day. One Marine, Pfc Charles J Brayton of Fort Jay New York, died of wounds. officials warned no confirmation on his death.
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San Francisco
United States
China
U. S. Navy
Pfc
Charles J. Brayton
Fort Jay
Governor's Island
N. Y
U. S
Charles N. Cooke Jr
Shanghai
Associated Press
Peoples Liberation
Communist
Wanglintao
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
Peoples Liberation Army
Kuomintang
Brayton
Liberation Army
Russians Set German Rule in Reds' Area
Russians order an economic commission for the Soviet zone in Germany to oversee peacetime industry and reparations while denying a link to Western Germany. The body can issue binding orders and coordinates central German administration across five states. Pravda notes American moves in the Ruhr and asserts U.S. buys into German industry, with claims of restoring former Nazis.
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Reds
Lynn Heinzerling
Berlin
Marshall - Vassily
United States
Germany
Sokolovsky
Trade Union Federation
Mutual Farmers’ Aid Society
Pravda
Moscow Communist Party
Munich
Rthr
Ruhr
Producers Watch Prices As Butter Slumps and Grains Edge Up
New York price swings show butter dropping 5 to 6 12 cents a pound on the Mercantile Exchange. Grain markets are irregular with some gains after a week of declines. Cotton slides early then rebounds with mills buying, while New Orleans cotton falls between 1.25 and 2.60 dollars per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
National Association of Retail Grocers
Patsy D'Agostino
New Orleans
Davis says AFL is voted down in Cullman election
Davis said the firm’s employees rejected the AFL in a Union election cited as decided by the National Labor Relations Board. The report notes the case had ongoing legal or bargaining stakes and references local union activity in Cullman Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
AFL
Cullman
Ala
National Labor
Mrs Long Counts Friday the 13th Lucky Numbers
Mrs Long believes 13 is lucky as she notes her marriage on October 13, 1913 and two daughters born on Friday the 13th. Her name Hollie Lee Long has 13 letters and she lives at 1311 Fifth Avenue. Anyone wishing to write may mail to her daughter at post office box 1313.
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Herman ,long_ Sr
Long
Paul Refoule Dies After Long Illness In Atlanta
Paul Refoule French born artist and husband of Peggy Refoule, a socialite found murdered in Peachtree Creek, dies at 4 31 AM after a prolonged illness and two major operations. Police had long suspected Refoule though he denied guilt and a rope was later found near the crime scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bem Price
Atlanta
Paul R. Refoule
Peggy
Refoule
Peachtree Creek
Filling Station Bandit Is Traced
Chief J B Whitmire said police traced the daylight holdup suspect from the Gulf station to Birmingham where he bought a bus ticket. A bus station customer reportedly spotted him. The robber took about 65 dollars from the cash register at 1 PM, said Ralph Pence the station proprietor.
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J. B. Whitmire
The
Daily Today
Gulf Station
Birmingham
Ralph Pence
Dixie Commander Speaks at Decatur Memorial Chapel Dedication
Lt. Col. John A. Morrison, Dixie divisional commander of the Salvation Army, dedicates Decatur’s new memorial chapel praising faith, family, and service. He honors Capt. and Mrs. Fuller for their hard work while officials, citizens, and Legion members witness the ceremony despite rain.
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Mary Williams
John A. Morrison
Dixie Divisional
Salvation Army
Decatur
New Memorial Chapel
Jenel Morrison
Oscar P. Fuller
Morrison
W. B. Purdue
Dixie
H. R. Summer
Ngtur
Salvation _Army
Fuller
F. O. Smith
Jimmy Williams
American Legion
Fires Devastate Cullman Causing Half Million Dollar Loss
Two fires in Cullman caused estimated damage of about 500000 dollars. The Fuller building was completely destroyed with losses of 50000? to 500000. Walgreens drugstore on the first floor lost over 20000 dollars in property and contents. Eureka hotel sustained about 20000 in damage and will be remodeled. Finis St John Jr. lost a valued law library, doctors lost equipment, and debris removal began as reconstruction plans move forward with a new Fuller building project in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Asa B. Fuller
Fuller
C. L. Bishop
Walgreen
Eureka
T. A. Robinson
E. C. Kinney
Finis St. John Jr
Fuller Building
Snatched Bride Returns to Husband After Abduction
In Blackshear Georgia a 14-year-old bride Mildred Aspinwall was returned to her 18-year-old husband Doniver Teston after being abducted just after their wedding. Sheriff L L Taylor sought James Davis on a charge of holding for ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackshe&r
Doniver Teston
Mildred Aspinwall
L. L. Taylor
Taylor
James Davis
Sittie
Mildred
Davis
Teston
Alma
Chattanooga
Macon
Georgia
Savannah
Valley Hopes Deluge Nears An End Today
Decatur residents watched rain taper as the Weather Bureau logged 2.32 inches in 24 hours and 452 inches over two days amid floods. Cars stranded, stations flooded, and buses detoured as residents, officials, and travelers coped with high water across Somerville Road, South Avenue, and nearby routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Weather Bureau
Jack Evans
Billy Brooks
Somerville Road
Melvin Oliver
South Avenue
T. C. Almon
Williams
Frank M. Hood
12Th Avenue E
Greyhound
Moulton
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Highway Patrol
Sateen Varnell
Rome
Fifth Avenue S
Nashville
Amos Kirby
Otis E. Kirby
Kirby
Louise Robinson
McGehee
Wesley Fellowship
Charles Lewter
W. Lafayette Street
Hamil Clinic
C. B. Humphrey
Morban County Red Cross
James L. Rankin
Montgomery
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Baby Dan Ryan
Joppa
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Bill Appling
J. L. Appling
Columbia Military Academy
Young Appling
John W. Wood, Jr
Buford Johnson
Fifth Avenue W
Brown's
Mgrs
Phil Irwin
Decatur General
Church Street
Brown's Ambulance
George. Rice
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
W. J. Sandlin
Seventh Avenue E
Willoughby Yterian Church
J. B. Jernigan
Charlie Hargrove
Third Avenue E
Somerville Road School
William P. Woods
Caroline Lucille
Fairfield Hosospital
Washington, D. C
Woods
Caroline
J. T. Jones
By Ken Reynolds
Standard Oil Fame
Morgan
Miss Holesapple
C. F. Holesapple
Ee Biekama College
Decatur High School
National Honor Society
Sylvia Green
J. H. Green
Deee High School
E. G. Hamilton
Lee Morgan
Mrs. Long
Paul Refoule
Paul
Joe Wheeler
Town Creek
Flint Creek
Lacon
U. S. Highway 31
Pulaski
Columbia
Lawrenceburg
Abraham
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