Decatur Area News Highlights Local Events and People
Weather outlook shows showers and warmer periods with strong coastal winds. Decatur Cotton market noon quotes middling 32.5 and strict low 30.5. Local residents attend the Dixie Bowl in Birmingham, with numerous community notices. Church missionary conference at Central Baptist led by Rev. Gordon Bishop and Rev. C. F. Beitzel. Residents travel to Vanderbilt and Vernon Texas, hospital and city policing reports, club meetings, and family visits.
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Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Gordon Bishop
C. F. Beitzel
Airport Plans Receive Boost
State Aeronautics Director Asa Rountree Jr. forecasts more and better airports in Alabama this year with four projects costing 1 250 000 underway and ten more worth over 600 000 to start soon. He said 16 towns are negotiating for new fields or improvements as administration buildings, field extensions, and lighting upgrades are planned in Mobile Fayette Huntsville Anniston Auburn Opelika Birmingham Brewton Florala Gadsden Guntersville Troy Wetumpka and Adalusia.
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Montgomery
Asa Rountree, Jr
Alabama
Guntersville
Florala
Rountree
Mobile
Fayette
Andalusia
Huntsville
Anniston
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham
Municipal
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New Fi Huntsville
Wetumpka
Troy
Japanese Draw Terms in U S War Crimes Trial
Fifteen Japanese including wartime military police chief and several ex generals received heavy prison sentences for the killing of 45 captured American fliers. The five month trial handed life terms to Sanji Okida Michio Kunitake Tsugio Nagatomo Hideo Fujioka Shuichi Ikoma and others. Uchiyama was sentenced to 40 years and Ishida to one year. Twelve were acquitted. Of 53 Americans who died, most were shot or poisoned, with eight dying in prison.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Sanji Okida
Michio Kunitake
15Th District Army
Tsugio Nagatomo
Central District Military Police
Hideo Fujioka
Central Army District
Shuichi Ikoma
Central District
Eitaro Uchiyama
Otogoro Ishida
Robot plane speeds past sound in new robot test
British scientists after a year of failure developed a robot plane reportedly reaching speeds near sound in level flight at Royal Aircraft Establishment. The 11 foot long craft weighs about 900 pounds and costs around 80 000 dollars.
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London
Royal Aircraft Ent
Frost Damage Hits Florida Crops as Floods Recede
Florida Everglades truck growers assess frost wreckage to crops including corn sweet potatoes and beans while a blizzard lashes the Great Plains. Temperatures rebound to the 50s, but heavy winds and drifting snow disrupt transport from Colorado to New Mexico and El Paso with hundreds stranded motorists.
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Associated Press
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High Great Plains
Florida
Warren O. Johnson
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Sparkman Pushes National Racial Study Proposal
Senator Nal a Sparkman of Alabama urges Congress to launch a nationwide study of racial discrimination and its link to economic conditions before civil rights legislation. He plans a resolution for a congressional inquiry focusing on discriminatory practices and the South. He says improving the South’s economy could reduce race tensions and that any broader plan must include southern states.
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Park Details To Be Talked On New TVA Parks
TVA officials and Alabama state agencies meet in Montgomery to discuss acquiring two TVA North Alabama tracts as state parks. The 1800 acre First and Second Creeks area includes Wheeler Dam reservation, land west of Town Creek, and several large brick lakeside homes plus office equipment. State Conservation Director Bert E. Thomas cites a 60000 transfer cost and notes plans for a park serving new residents, with Little Mountain Park already deeded to the state.
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State Planning Board
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Special Term of Court Set in Morgan County
Judge James H. Crow Jr announces a special Morgan County circuit court term opening January 24. Criminal cases occupy the first two weeks, civil cases the next two. The docket includes Vero Anders of Hartseller facing a second degree murder charge in the October 1 death of his brother-in-law John Sparkman. A prior case was continued after 115 witnesses.
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Morgan County Circuit Court
James H. Crow, Jr
Crow
Vero Anders
Anders
John Sparkman
Council Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The city council will convene at seven tonight in city hall for the regularly scheduled meeting. Merchants face a proposed policy requiring sworn stock inventory statements before licenses. Decatur merchants plan to attend to discuss the measure.
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Decatur
Yale Students Die In Charter Plane Crash
A chartered DC-3 carrying Yale students home to New Haven crashed and burned at Boeing Field after takeoff. Eleven passengers and three crew perished. sixteen survived. The pilot allegedly flew despite conditions below minimums, with ice and fog cited. Survivors escaped through openings as the plane struck a hangar and burst into flames.
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Seattle
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Boeing Field
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Conn
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CAA
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Boeing Airplane Company
Urvivors
Bodies Found In Elk River
Two Limestone county men in law Garner Marbut and Wallace Hardaway were found in the Elk River near the mill area about 11:30 am. Identifications were not confirmed yet though coroner officials suspected the pair. River currents from heavy rains may have unearthed the bodies as families posted $100 rewards for each.
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Elk River
Garner Marbut
Wallace Hardaway
Limestone County
W. B. Little
Limestone
Grigsby Griffis
Marbut
Hardaway
Youth slain near Centre at Round Mountain farm home
Eu nice Glenn Edins aged 22 was shot to death at his farm home on Round Mountain five miles north of Centre. Sheriff Mack Garrett said Jesse Edins 40, his uncle, was charged with the slaying and jailed in Cherokee county.
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Ala
Eunice Glenn Edins
Round Mountain
Here
Mack Garrett
Jesse Edins
Cherokee County
Realistic View of Future is Being Taken by U. S. Business
Merchants adjust to post peak sales by aligning stocks with what buyers want and cutting prices. The Wings Shirt Co. slash its entire spring line including shirts and pajamas by about 20 percent below 1946 OPA levels. Burlington Mills follows with a 10 percent cut on women’s hosiery as part of a broader price adjustment to stimulate demand.
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U. S
Sam Dawson
New Y' Jan
Burlington Mis
Peace Talks Sought by Shanghai City Council Amid War Hints
Shanghai City Council urged China’s national government for a cease fire and peace talks with the Reds while nationalist generals in the north debated a separate settlement. A Peiping official hinted at a political settlement within three weeks amid censorship. Hong Kong reports cite Marshal Li Shi-Shen’s return for a coalition government, though Chiang Kai-Shek opposes him. The Dutch on Java call it a mop up against Indonesian rebels as observers are blocked. India invites the Philippines to join a 14 nation Asiatic conference on Indonesia, while Kashmir’s fighting ends with a plebiscite to decide its fate. Jerusalem reports a bombing blamed on Egypt, with retaliation feared.
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Nanking
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Sumatra
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Kashmir
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Cairo
Post Office to Stay Open Till 7 30 In Evening
The Albany station post office moves to a new building on John Stone Street opposite the Southern Bell Telephone company. Postmaster Robert T. Sheppan says doors will lock at 7 30 pm until a permanent front door lock is installed, with plans to stay open later or all night once fixtures arrive. The change is due to safety concerns from old grillwork not fitting the new premises.
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Albany
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Johnston Street
Robert T. Sheppan
Engineers to Meet Board on Decatur Water Study
Engineers from a Birmingham firm will report findings to the Municipal Utilities Board on Thursday afternoon. Over six months they studied Decatur's water system and will present an expansion cost estimate and recommendations at the Mason building department office at two o clock.
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Basenberg
Enginers
Birmingham
Municipal Utilities Board
Decatur
Utilities Board
Mason Building
Water Department
Bandits Hit Birmingham Stores In Weekend Robberies
In Birmingham Alabama two white men robbed Dora Lewis a confectionery operator of 305 dollars in bills and 5 dollars in silver at 1 am. At the American Bakeries cracker plant three masked negro bandits tied night watchman C N Glasgow and removed the plant safe loaded into a company truck. Authorities could not estimate the safe contents.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dora Lewis
N. Glasgow
American Bakeries
Glasgow
Fire kills three children as Chicago home burns down
In an industrial Chicago area blaze near the river, Joyce Nichols four Sandra two and a half and Herbert Jr. 15 months died. Dale Jay five months escaped with serious burns while mother Bernice 23 was away. Fire Chief and police cited a faulty coal stove as a possible cause.
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Joyce Nichols
Sandra
Herbert Jr
Dale Jay
Dale
Earle Downs
Nichols
Bernice
John Ryan
Detroit Man Dies in Aniston Job Change
John W. Scoville, retired Chrysler statistician from Detroit, formerly of 1689 Linwood Ave, died in Aniston Alabama on January 3. Funeral services will be held in Detroit.
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Anniston
Ala
John W. Scoville
Chryssilia
Linwood Ave
Chrysler
The American Adventure See the Daily Jax 6
A brief item notes an American adventure feature in the Daily Jax, page six. It hints at a travel or exploration theme and local interest coverage typical of the paper’s community page. The exact details and names are unavailable in the fragment.
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THE
Daily Jax
Supreme Court upholds closed shop bans in three states
The Supreme Court today ruled state laws banning closed shops constitutional. It held North Carolina Nebraska and Arizona provisions prevent denying employment to nonmembers and bar union enforcement as job conditions. The decision was unanimous except for Justice Murphy dissent in the Arizona case.
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Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Justice Black
Murphy
Rutledge
Frankfurter
Car Leaves Road. One Man Escapes Injury in Alabama Crash
John William Berrett, 25, escaped injury Sunday morning when the car he was riding left Alabama Highway 20 near Glen dale Dairy. The vehicle overturned causing about 200 dollars damage. Patrol Sgt. W B Little, and Officers Vinson and Ashmond investigated. No injuries were reported in a second minor Falkville collision at 10 a.m. and a separate incident at Lacon today at 8 a.m.
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Glendale Dairy
W B. Little
Vinson and
Ashmond
Falkville
Lacon
Little
Weather Snippet Records Mild Temps and No Snow Boots
The report notes a daytime mercury of 51 at noon after a low of 40 overnight. Sunday's high reached 43 around 1 am. The text includes garbled fragments around moon and unclear names.
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Mercury
Bon
Moon
Rules Changes Curb Powers Of Committee
Washington January 3 Administration Democrats defeated a Republican Southern Democrat coalition in the House to pass a rules change limiting the Rules Committee. The proposal, adopted by voice vote after a roll call tally 275 to 442, would bar amendments. Sabath offered the administration backed rules and moved to set it under procedure, cutting off debate and preventing amendments. Rankin of Mississippi protested for the right to be heard as debate ended.
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P— Administration
House
Rules Committee
Sabath
Rhit
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
McKellar Elected Senate President Pro Tempore
Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee was elected president pro tempore of the Senate by a voice vote. Earlier the chamber rejected a motion to reelect Senator Arthur H. Wardenberg of Michigan by a 50 to 40 vote, with the outcome announced amid party lines.
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Washington
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Republicans plan to block rule change in party split
In a pre session maneuver, Republicans sought Southern Democratic support to defeat a rule change in the House amid a 262 Democratic to 171 Republican balance with one American Labor Party member and one Mike I Uld. Senate conservatives, the old guard, crushed liberal GOP senators aiming to replace Taft with Lodge. Taft’s reappointment was assured by lifting term limits, deflating liberal revolt as the House opened at noon EST with John Andrews presiding and prayers by Rev James Shera Montgomery.
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American Labor Party
Senate
Senator Lodge
Mass
Taft
Ohio
Old Guard
Patt
Congress
John Andrews
James Shera Montgomery
Joseph R. Tate Claimed by Death in Birmingham
Funeral services were held for Joseph R. Tate a 77 year old former Jefferson County solicitor who died after a short illness. A University of Alabama graduate he practiced law many years and retired about ten years ago. Tate served as county solicitor from 1907 to 1924 and was a member of the county’s delegation in 1931 34. He leaves four sons two daughters and several brothers and sisters.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joseph R. Tate
Jefferson County
Tate
University of Alabama
Irving
Ee Wox
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