Weather and local notices from Decatur area
Showers this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions. coast winds shift from south to north this afternoon. Wheeler Lake Yacht Club to meet Monday at harbor clubhouse. J Ross Williams urges attendance. Two arrested for trial in recorder's court. one disorderly conduct case tried. vagrancy sent to county jail. Decatur residents invited to Muscle Shoals celebration on January 10 for Alabama-Tennessee Gas pipeline completion. Gas company to supply North Alabama with plans to serve Decatur Huntsville area later. Local hospital admissions and discharges listed. several residents mentioned. White Shrine meeting canceled due to bad weather. DIARY note directs readers to Page 2.
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Recorder's Court
Decatur
Muscle Shoals
Alabama - Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Second Street
Alabama-Tennessee Gas Company
Alabama
Huntsville
Bank Robbery Confession Ties Three Limestone Men to Ardmore Heist
Three Limestone County men faced federal robbery charges after the Bank of Ardmore raid netting 1734 dollars. James William Wilson and brothers Clarence and Jesse Swanner were arraigned with bonds set at 10000 each. Wilson claimed the men crossed the state line signaling a clear bank, while Swanner denied involvement.
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U.S
Limestone
Morgan County
Ardmore
Tennessee
Alabama-Tennessee
James William
Junior) Wilson
Athens
Clarence E
C. E.) Swanner
Oakdale
Jesse Eugene Swanner
John Sandlin
Frank
Johnson
R. A. Troupe
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marvin Eubanks
Federal Deposit Insurance
Middle Tennessee
Columbia
Tennis Chambers
Joe Smith
William
Chicken) Downs
Bank of Ardmore
Jesse Swanner
State Line Bank
Junior Wilson
Troupe
Wilson
Swanners
Mail trains curtailed to conserve fuel this January
Postmaster R T Sheppard announced that mail train service will be cut back starting Sunday to save fuel. The Southern removes trains 7 and 8 from January 8 at 11 59 p m, with Louisville and Nashville doing the same. Trains 3 and 2 on Sundays also suspended by L N. Most outgoing mail will go via trains 4 and 99 on the Southern, with a request to mail before 4 30 p m for Southbound No 99.
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R. T. Sheppard
Southern
Louisville and Nashville
Sheppard
Ellenen
Rountree stays on Coliseum board as council rejects resignation
City Council declined Charles T. Rountree’s bid to resign as coliseum board chairman, urging him to remain. The council debated an early drive for a commission form of government and considered sewer bids, school heating funds, electrical classifications, street lighting, and utility funding.
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Rountree
Coliseum
Council
Mary Delmore
Charles T. Rountree
Burgreen Contracting Co
Athens
Eighth Street South
Burgreen
Walter M. Jackson
Courtland
British Extend Recognition of Chinese Reds
Britain becomes the first major Western power to recognize Mao Zedong's communist regime in China. The move follows earlier recognitions by Russia and others, with France and Italy delaying and Scandinavian nations poised for action. The United States under President Truman reiterates a hands off policy and weighs conditions for possible future relations, including fair treatment of Americans and China’s international obligations.
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Britain
Mao Tze-Tung
Russia
Yugoslavia
Burma
India
Pakistan
British Commonwealth
France
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Truman
United States
Formosa
Chang Kai-Shek
Tokyo
Philip C. Jessup
China
Washington
U. S
Far East
U.S
Taipei
Athens
Paul I
John Theotokis
Theotokis
Stabbing Leaves Moore in Critical Condition at Local Clinic
John D. Moore, 29, was stabbed once through the left upper chest, puncturing his left lung, and is hospitalized in critical condition at Hamil Clinic. He was found near Vine Street yesterday with an unidentified man. police had no report by noon today.
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John D. Moore
Hamil Clinic
Moore
Vine Street
Youth Jealousy Triggers Shooting of 14-Year-Old Girlfriend
In Bayonne New Jersey a 16 year old boy shot his 14 year old girlfriend over jealousy about her sweater wear. He admitted sweaters drew attention to her shape and she would not stop wearing them. The girl lies in Bayonne hospital after being shot. She is reported improved but still on the danger list.
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Bayonne
N. J
Bayonne—hospital
Veterans Vote Rights Probed in Alabama
Gov. James E. Folsom formed a special committee to investigate alleged denial of voting rights to war veterans in Alabama. The panel, all veterans, will hear testimony and examine county registrar records with state prosecutive support. Members include Lucious Smiley, George Huddleston Jr., Arch Farrell, and Bill Partlow as chairman.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Lucious Smiley
Unian
Eorge Huddleston, Jr
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Birmingham
Arch Farrell
Phenix City
American Legion
Bill Partlow
Tuscaloosa
Nat Welch
Roy J. Grimmett
J. Paul Pitts
Fred Watson
Enterprise
Hugh Overton
Wadley
Thomas B. Dean
Gadsden
Morgan’s 1st Health Officer Returns to Decatur
Dr. Burton F. Austin, former Alabama state health officer, is named chief medical officer at the Veterans Administration office in Decatur. Hassell announces the appointment noting Austin’s 1920 Morgan county health officer post and later Madison county and state Board of Health district roles across sixteen North Alabama counties.
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Burton F. Austin
Alabama
Veterans Administration Office
Decatur
Vel H. Hassell
Austin Haean
Morgan County
Madison County
State Board of Health
Austin
American ‘Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
American Medical Association
The
American Public Health Association
Medical Association of Alabama
Florida’ Public Health Association
Southern Medical Association
International Society of National Health, Officers
American Association of School Physicians
Montgomery County
Medical Society
New VA Medical Chief Dr. Burton Welcomed at Luncheon
Dr. Burton Austin was the guest of honor at a luncheon in Flint honoring his appointment as the new chief medical officer at the VA. The event was hosted by Dr. William Grosfeld, medical director of the Flint sanatorium, marking Austin’s return to his new field.
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Burton. Austin
William Grosfeld
Flint Sanatorium
Austin
State health official rises through Florida roles
The obituary notes a career starting as assistant to the state health officer from 1931 to 1936, then director of the bureau of maternal and child health until 1941 when elected state health officer. He served as state health officer 1941 to 1947, became medical director of the Southeastern area, American Red Cross, later leading Palm Beach county health department in West Palm Beach Florida.
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Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Austin
American
Red Cross
Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach
Fla
Dr. Austin Named Chief Medical Officer At VA Decatur Office
Dr. Austin, a WWI veteran and diplomat of multiple medical associations, joins the Veterans Administration as chief medical officer in Decatur replacing Dr. George W. Adams who will remain as medical officer. Adams will serve alongside another full time VA doctor in Decatur.
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Alabama
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Austin
Veterans Administration
Montgomery
George W. Adams
Adams
Decatur
Gas Survey Delayed by Rains Across Area
Gas survey canvassers were slowed by rain this week say Garner Pride gas department manager. About 400 people have signed for the proposed service from the 1,200 contacted in the first two weeks, with virtually no new calls this week due to weather.
Printing Firms Merge as Ridgeway and Yates Buy Decatur Co
Decatur Printing Co. on Bank Street has been purchased by Bill Ridgeway and Doyle Yates. Ridgeway plans to move his family from Birmingham to the area within a short time, and Yates will relocate from Hartselle within three months. The pair previously owned and ran the Hartselle Enquirer before its sale last year and have recent printing experience in Birmingham and Cullman.
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Decatur Printing Company
Bank Street
Bill Ridgeway
Doyle Yates
Ridgeway
Birmingham
Albert
Yates
Hartselle
Messrs Ridgeway
Eddens Resigns as Decatur Recreation Board Chairman
Quince Eddens resigns as chairman of the Decatur Park and Recreation Commission in a letter to the Mayor and City Council. He has led the board since its 1940 formation. The council did not act on the resignation Thursday night. The board oversees all city parks and has operated for nine years on a small budget serving thousands each summer.
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Municipal Utilitiesgas Board
Municipal Utilities Board
John Caddell
Caddell
Birmingham
H. R. Summer
Federal Power Commission
North Alabama Natural Gas Co
Montgomery
Quince E. Eddens
Decatur Park and Recreation Commission
Eddens
Miner Jailed For Contempt In Grand Jury Case
A federal judge in Birmingham Alabama sentenced coal miner Claude Bee Vernon 45 of Warrior to 60 days in jail for contempt for allegedly lying to a U S grand jury. Four other miners were discharged without sentence for obstructing justice. judge Mullins criticized their conduct and doubtfully upheld perjury findings.
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Birmingham
Ala
U. S
U.S
Clarence Mullins
Claude Bee Vernon
Warrior
Shelby County
Mullins
Pat Lawrence Brantly
Aldrich
William M. Johnson
Calera
Reuben Orange
Boothton
Bishop Carter
Miner
Highway Bids to Be Opened Jan 20
The state Highway Department will open bids January 20 for 24 sections totaling about $2,500,000. Projects include Ardmore to Holland gin road improvements, Hanceville to Holly Pond bridges, Cullman Lacon road grading drainage and bridges, and a Morgan Flint Creek bridge southwest of Decatur.
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State Highway Department
Sears
Cullman
Hanceville
Holly Pond
Cullman and Morgan
Cullman-Lacon
Morgan
Flint Creek
Decatur
Flood Risk Rise As Moulton Decatur Road Floods
Highway Patrol reports Moulton Decatur road closed due to high water about 11 miles from Decatur. At 12 15 PM the patrol said 18 inches of water over the road and still rising. No other regional roads currently impassable.
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Highway Patrol
Decatur
Moulton-Decatur
Floods and Ice Storms Hit Midwest and Memphis
Floods menaced Indiana and Illinois with swollen rivers. An ice storm crippled Memphis utilities and transport, closing schools and delaying business as temperatures plunged and power and phone service fell. Snow and freezing conditions spread across the region, with travel hindered from Ohio to Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Illinois
Memphis
mid-West
California
Middle Atlantic
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee Valley
Mississippi River
Bland in an Ambulance Goes To Rites For Fire Victims
Funeral services were held in Cullman for Mrs Genevieve Bland and her two year old daughter Alice Anita after a house fire in Falkville. Thomas Bland a husband and father, badly burned, attended from his ambulance as the procession began. The fire started from a stove explosion while Thomas built a night fire. the family had returned from a movie. The two lost were buried in a single casket with relatives and neighbors as pallbearers.
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Genevieve Bland
Alice Anita
Falkville
Cullman
Wenac
Milburn
Bland
Falk- Vine
Ruby
Marion
Dan O'Reilly
Decatur
Peck’s
Hartselle
Reuben L. Sims
Walter Brooks
Wade West
Hoyt Raycom
J. P. Daniel
James Douglas
Joe Roe
Lee Bland
Thomas
the Daily
President Says Nation's Income Can Soar Again
President Truman outlines an optimistic economic plan in a message to Congress. He projects 61 million jobs this year and 64 million in five years with a path to eliminate poverty, aiming for higher national income and improved living standards by 1954. He calls for credit controls, modest tax changes, and steady growth across business labor and government.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
Balanc
Gove
Federal Deposit Insurance
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Dalal
Voul
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Harbor
J. Ross Williams
W. M. Bailey
Ferry Street
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Judy Pricilla Brown
C. G. Brown
Decatur Trade School
Decatur General Hospital
T Yhursday
Luther Sellers
Eighth Avenue East
I. M. Murphree
Beech Street
Decatur General
Porter Vinson
Fifth Avenue East
John P. Morrow
Third Avenue H
A. B. Gill
Somerville
John E. Garner
Hartselie 1
North Alabama
Masonic Temple
Otto
Danville 2
Wm. H. Ryan
Hartselle 3
H. R. Mason
H. H. Masterson
Vincent, Ala
Martha Buck
Hubert Buck
SAS
Laie I
Junior’ Wilson
BY Vic Bubbett
Nancy Talkington
Beverly Bledsoe
Capitol
Washington Monument
By Ken Reynolds
Musical Toyal
Leonard Moody
Moody
Election Board
Rowland Compton
Brock and Spight
Jim Johnson
Emmett Barran
Coliseum Board
Agricultural Center Board
Barron
Center Board
Eighth Avenue West
Morrison
Folsom Committee
Veterans
Decatur Printing Co
Ridgeway, Yates
Recreation Board
Department
Veterans’ Hospital
Nashville
Toledo
Percy Bysshe i
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