Morse Urges GOP To Revisit 1948 Platform Principles
Senator Morse urges Republicans to draft a statement of party principles echoing the 1948 platform. GOP Chairman Gabrielson seeks a current campaign document with Taft and Dewey supporters voicing mixed views amid debate over a formal declaration of policy.
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Morse
Jack Bell Washington
R Ore
Senate
Congress
Thoomas E. Dewey
New York
Presby
Sons of
Taft-Hartley
Repub
GOP
Vandenberg Ich
Jors Wherry
Jenner Ind
Malone
Watkins
Local Resident Succumbs in Chattanooga
The death of Mrs. Vandergriffe or Mrs. J. L. Appling of De was reported after a period of illness. Funeral services will be held in Chattanooga at 2 30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with interment to follow in Chattanooga.
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Chatta
Vandergriffe
J. L. Appling
English Divorcee Found Dead in Gas Filled Apartment
In Rome on New Year’s Eve a 36 year old English divorcee and freelance photographer Annelli cenyard was found dead in sculptor Robert Howard Cook’s studio apartment from Boston. Police say she likely killed herself. the door was sealed and investigators continued.
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Rome
Annelli Cenyard
Robert Howard Cook
Boston
Finland Denounces Finnish Government for Harboring War Criminals
Russia’s Gromyko protested that the social democratic government led by Prime Minister Karl Fagerholm allowed wanted men to operate on Finnish soil. He accused Finland of providing fake documents and aliases to war criminals. Finland’s foreign office would not comment until the note’s text arrived and a reply could be drafted. The note reportedly listed the names of the deserters and hinted they might be among those who entered Finland during the war.
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Gromyko
Social Democratic
Karl Fagerholm
Russia
Finland
Finland braces for Kremlin charge over Russian war criminals
The Finnish government prepared to answer a Kremlin charge that Finland harbors more than 300 Russian war criminals in violation of the Soviet Finnish peace treaty. Also noted were New Year speeches by presidents in various nations and Jordan looming over Arab Palestine's incorporation into Hashemite Kingdom. Five million Egyptians eyed the first general election in five years set for tomorrow.
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Kremlin
Finland
United States
Indonesia
Soekarnon
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Middle East
Arab Palestine
Abdullah
Jordan
Market prices for crops livestock and dairy
Cotton middling 29.00 and strict low 28.00. Cottonseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 22.00 delivered. Hens heavy 21 and light 16c. Hatching eggs 80c per dozen. Hogs lights 14.00 to 14.50. Cattle tops 15.50. canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50. bulls 1600 to 1700. Corn ear white 1.25. eat yellow 1.20. Wheat 2.10. Cats mile 2.05. Milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
New Year Arrests Sweep Three Counties
In Morgan county Sheriff C. B. Humphrey reports 25 arrests in 36 hours with 15 for public drunkenness 5 vagrancy 2 prohibitions violations 1 DWI 1 reckless driving 1 petit larceny. Limestone county adds eight weekend arrests including a 39 year old for possessing a still and whiskey manufacture.
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Morgan County
C. B. Humphrey
Limestone County
Erskine B. Fuller
Lawrence County
John Sandlin
George Byars
Cullman County
Mackenzie’s column on the UN and postwar peace prospects
Director General Trygve Lie urges East West settlement talks and step by step negotiation toward peace. He notes 1949 progress but offers no concrete plan, while the column questions the odds of peace if Moscow persists in world revolution and cites setbacks in Yugoslavia Italy and France.
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Trygve Lie
United Nations
Unitn
Lie
General Assembly
Paris
Moscow
Orient
Europe
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Peculiar Situation On Europe And Asia War Prospects
The article notes Russia may seek peace in Europe if only Europe were at issue, while Asia presents a different crisis with China under Red forces and communism expanding toward Burma Indo China and Indonesia. It suggests a vigorous US policy and stronger naval presence in Asia to halt spread of communism, with potential small gains in Europe contributing to larger outcomes.
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Europe
Russia
Far East
China
Burma
Indo-China
Indonesia
Asia
United States
Par East
Hearing Postponed for Five Muscogee Lyer Dealers
Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwines announced a postponed hearing against five Muscogee county retailer dealers. The hearing, initially set for tomorrow, is rescheduled for Monday January 9. The dealers named are Calvin Desportes, Harvey Randall, G. D. Coutes, J. A. Cox, and Joe H. Lee.
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Atlanta
Revenue
Charles Redwines
Tod
Muscogee County
Calvin Desportes
Harvey Randall
G. D. Cootes
J. A. Cox
Joe H. Lee
Weather and furlough report with a postponed VFW meeting
At 11 a m the temperature was 64 degrees and Sunday’s high reached 61 with a 53 degree low reported by U S weather observer Cpl James A Lanier who left for Ft Bragg N C after a holiday furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Allen Lanier 1112 White Street The VFW meeting is postponed due to the holiday. no meeting tonight.
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TVA
U. S
Weather Observer
Cpl
James A. Lanier
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Mrs
Allen Lanier
White Street
Holiday era continued from page one blaze deaths list
A mother and son drowned near Pulaski New York when the mother tried to rescue the boy after he fell through ice. Two men died in Homewood Illinois as a small plane crashed in a residential area. A father and two sons perished near Chehalis Washington during a sudden snow squall amid a state death tally.
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John Quinn Found Dead in Decatur Home
John Quinn a 49 year old De catur brickmason was found dead in his bed at his home around noon Sunday after he did not come to breakfast Coroner Joe Morrison said death appeared from a prolonged illness and a neighbor who usually helps with breakfast reported no entry was possible until police were notified Morgan Coroner placed death on Saturday night or early Sunday morning
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John Quinn
Decatur
Morrison
Morgan
Quinn
Probe of Negro's Death is Continued
Police investigate the shooting death of Orean Jackson, 33, found with a .38 pistol wound in the chest at about 5 P.M. Sunday. Decatur police and Special State Investigator R. A. Troupe led the inquiry, with coroner Joe Morrison reporting the discovery by her brother LeRoy Clark.
Federal tele pee bills exceed 3.5 million in Ashington each year
Government reports show tele peeing charges in Ashington climb to over 3.5 million dollars annually. Officials seek new measures to curb waste and improve efficiency amid rising public costs.
Mass Funeral For 5 Victims
In Dillon Montana coroner Sayatovic reports a mass funeral for Hazel Knapp and four of her six children killed in a New Year’s Eve massacre. Lorraine Knapp 21 and Winifred 7 among the dead. two sons Fay 12 and Ernest 4 also slain. Police traced the killings to the Knapp home and await further questioning of John Knapp 55 and two remaining sons George 18 and Jack 16. Burial set for Argenta, Montana after services in Butte.
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Butte
Mont
PCA
Butte-miner
Dillon
R. E. Sayatovic
Sayatovic
Lorraine Knapp
Hazel Knapp
Fay
Ernest
Winifred
Lorraine
Argenta
John A. Knapp
George
Jack
Man Sought in Negro's Death
Morgan county sheriff's deputies seek Howard Orr an ex convict in connection with the fatal shooting of Carl Cohn a 27 year old negro farm laborer. Cohn died at Hamilton Clinic hospital around 4 45 P M Sunday after being shot in the back over the kidney by a 12 gauge shotgun in a field near Trinity near the Lawrence Morgan county line. Witnesses say Cohn and Orr argued over a gambling game and fought with Cohn winning before Orr returned with the shotgun. The shooting occurred about 3 30 P M New Year's. Investigating were Sheriff Humphrey Deputies Garland Nby and James Barnes.
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Howard Orr
Morgan
Carl Cohn
Trinity Farm
Cohn
Hamil Clinic
Humphrey
Negro
Trinity
Lawrence
Morgan County
Orr
Garland Nby
James Barnes
Appointment Made The Orlando Evening Star Names James P Standridge Jr Managing Editor
James P Standridge Jr 39 named managing editor of the Orlando Evening Star by Executive Editor Edgar W Ray Etheridge. Etheridge has spent 14 years in Florida newspaper educational and public relations work, most recently in Tampa as chief editorial writer for The Tampa Times after earlier service at the Macon Telegraph in Georgia.
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Orlando
Fila
James P. Standridge, Jr
Soldier Arrested in Stuttgart Shooting Incident
The U.S. Army announced Private Norman B. Smith of Savannah Georgia is under arrest on charges of shooting and wounding a German boy. Smith and another soldier allegedly pursued two German girls who rejected their advances and tried to compel the girls' younger brother to guide them to the girls' home.
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Stuttgart
U.S. Army
Norman B. Smith
Savannah
Beach
Smith
Radio Slang Twist Turns Turkey Into Broadcast Fiasco
A holiday term for a big meal contrasts with radio slang where turkey signals a complete broadcast failure. The piece notes how language shifts meanings in media during festive seasons.
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Turkey
Three Pacific States Produce Large Share of Lumber
Items of interest note Oregon Washington and California together supply 34 percent of the nation's lumber. The reference mentions a plan to bury newspapers for 100 years in Alexandria Virginia inside a stainless steel cylinder.
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Alexandria
Pacific Coast States
Oregon
Washington
California
Oldest Baltimore and Ohio Run Ends in Mount Airy
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad ends its historic No. 47 service between Baltimore and Mount Airy after 118 years, with New Year’s Eve ridership peaking at over 200 before a gasoline motor failed. Conductor Wilbur Hendricks recalls a plain but friendly line where “everybody knew everybody.”
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Mount Airy
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Frederick County
B. O
No. 47
Wilbur Hendricks
No.47
Formosa geopolitics stir Congress debates foreign aid
The piece reports U S attitudes toward Formosa amid demands for protection. Rumors of a deal with Chiang Kai-shek surface, drawing comment from Senator Conally who heard of the plan and Senator Knowland who denies awareness. MacArthur advisers urge preventing communist capture, while officials oppose direct U S troops citing imperialist backlash and insufficient strategic value per the joint chiefs.
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Formosa
Congress
United States
U. S
Conally
Tex
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Knowland
R-Cal
Okinawa
Social security expansion and oleo repeal eyed in Senate
Senate action looms on a House approved bill to add 11 million to social security and boost pensions and death benefits. Lucas signals fast passage as administration faces civil rights and other budget battles with possible filibusters and amendments.
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Martin
Rpa
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Lucas
Illinois
Alucas
Democratic Policy Committee
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Mass
White House
Millikin
R-Colo
GOP
Finance Group
Senate Labor Committee
Judiciary ‘Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Europe
Escape In Cabell County Jail Sparks Manhunt
An 18 year old convicted murderer and a 40 year old robber escaped from Cabell county jail with three outside accomplices in split second timing. The fugitives were identified as Bernie Martin of Wayne West Virginia and Edward Cravens of Catlettsburg Kentucky by Chief Detective Lt. Howard Newman.
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Huntington
W.va
Cabell County
Howard Newman
Bernie Martin
Wayne
W. Va
Edward Cravens
Catlettsburg
Schoolbags to Go Overseas by Wheeler Girl Scouts
The Girl Scout Council in Wheeler forms the Schoolmates Overseas project to send over 70 handmade schoolbags to Asia and Europe. Bags decorated with paints and embroidery will be filled locally and distributed through relief groups including American Aid to France and World Service. Attendees included Troop 4 to 14 members and council leaders. plans also discussed the annual dinner on Jan 31 at the Lyons hotel.
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Girl Plannin Board
Wheeler Area
Gir Scout Council
Littlehouse
Asia
Europe
France
Ee Ee Girl Scouts
American Middle East Relief
American Relief For
Poland
Church
World Service
National
Catholic ’ Welfare Conference
Greek War’ Relief Association
Diana Davidson
Ann Parker
Ann LeRoy King
Linda Haygood
Anne Layman
Carolyn McMillan
Johnylan Keihl
Jerry Tatum
Eleanor Chenault
Betty Hazel Hamilton
Janie Sue Craft
Nancy Malone
Gwendolyn Dillard
Peggy Spain
Robert Duff
E. M. Chapman
W.D- Sims Jr
Wanda—Hendrix
Lyons Hotel
Marine Vacancies Open For First Time Recruits Reenlists
Marine Recruiting office reports vacancies for first time recruits and reenlistees in the volunteer reserve. Enlistments are four years and reenlistments six years. A reenlistment bonus of 360 dollars is offered to each six year reenlistee.
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Marine Recruiting Office
F. D. Baker
Volunteer Reserve
Sheriff Declares War on Hot Rod Drivers in Macon
Sheriff E. Julian Peacock declared war on hot rod drivers and instructed deputies to make extra efforts to catch youths speeding. He said hot rodders would be jailed and held on a $1,000 bond.
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Macon
E. Julian Peacock
Peacock
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