Progress in China Seen After First Peace Talks
AP reports Gen. Marshall said progress after his Chungking meeting with Chinese leaders. A cease fire may follow when the three member committee concludes work, possibly tomorrow. Chow En Lai and Chang Chun Li were photographed smiling as talks continued.
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Associated Press
George C. Marshall
Chungking
Truman
Marshall
Chow En-Lai
Chang Chun
U. S
Manila
Philippines Congress Forum
Tokyo
Belliott. R. Thorpe
Army
Supreme Headquarters
MacArthur
Shidehara
Wage disputes ripple through major U.S. industries
Fact-findings on a 30 percent wage increase demand at General Motors are to be reported to President Truman by Wednesday or Thursday. Government economists weigh meat packers price increases as CIO United Electrical Workers plan a January 15 strike involving about 200000 workers. A poll among 260000 National Federation of Telephone Workers tests sympathy with Western Electric strikes. White House talks with CIO leaders are possible but unlikely. No move to seize steel or meat packing industries is being considered.
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General. Motors
Mr. Truman
Chicago
Edgar L. Warren
Cio-United Electrical Workers
General Electric
General Motors
Westinghouse
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Employees’ Association
Truman
White House
CIO
Tiny Cagers and Girls to Play Tomorrow in Decatur
Decatur Central High hosts two youth basketball doubleheaders at 7 00 and 8 00 pm. The Decatur Tiny Cagers boys face Moulton Heights Tiny Cagers, followed by the Decatur girls meeting Moulton Heights girls in their season openers.
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Decatur
Central High School
Tiny Cagers
Moulton Heights
Decatur Girls
Service Held For Veteran Douglas D Summers in Hart selle
Douglas D Summers 22 Hart selle resident died of pneumonia and tertian malaria Sunday at Decatur General Hospital after recently being discharged from the Army. He served three years with time in the Pacific theater. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Edwart Summers and brother E W Summers of Hart selle. Services at 11 am today at Hart selle Baptist church. Pallbearers named. Interment at Hart selle City Cemetery with Peck directing.
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Douglas D. Summers
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
Frank. T. Smith
Walter Wade
Arthur Bean
Arthur Smith Jr
Gregory Glasscock
Harold Eason
Julian Blackwood
Hartselle City Cemetery
Peck
Atomic mandates in Africa face UNO trustee ship talks
The article notes that atomic mandates in Africa may be among first items for consideration by the new world organization and that consultations are under way on practical steps to prepare and submit UNO trusteeship agreements.
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Africa
New World Organization
Byrnes Names Five To Atomic Energy Control Committee
Secretary Byrnes announced five appointees to a new committee to oversee United States atomic energy know‑how. Dean Acheson will chair with John J. McCloy Vannevar Bush James Conant and Leslie Groves joining as members. The move precedes a UN General Assembly session in London.
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Washington
Pas
Byrnes
United States Atomic Energy
I London
United Nations Assembly
Dean Acheson
John J. McCloy
Vannevar Bush
James B. Conant
Leslie. R. Groves
State Department
United Nations Organization
Truman unlikely to deliver state of the union in person
The White House said President Truman is highly unlikely to appear in person before Congress for the January 14 state of the union message. Press Secretary Ross noted the date was not definite and a broadcast could be used if he appeared at all.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Markets Edge Higher as Rails Lead on Sluggish Session
New York stocks rallied with rail shares in front while overall activity remained uneven. Cotton futures tumbled on talk of a 1946 price ceiling, later recovering some losses as mills and brokers showed renewed demand. grains and livestock moved mixed with Hogs and Cattle firming late.
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New York
Chicago
Price Administration
Commission House
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report From Nashville
Market news shows cattle opening slow in Nashville with few sales steady and others higher. Steers 15.00 to 15.75 per cwt, top 16.50. common cattle 6.00 to 8.75. best vealers 14.50 to 17.00. hogs 33.25 under 140 lbs up to 145.5 ceiling. sheep and lambs in weak to nominal ranges.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal Market News Service
Butter and Egg Market Reports From Chicago
Chicago market notes show receipts of 214327 pounds of butter with varied price bids and grades A B C. Egg receipts 21591 with nervous demand and standard price ranges. U S extras and dirties quoted with mixed to firm values as reports list several charged prices and grade distinctions.
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Chicago
U. S
Nazi Defense Blows Hole in War Crimes Case
Nazi witness Lt. Gen. Erich Von Dem Bachzelewski testified before the United Nations war crimes tribunal that Nazi forces aimed to wipe out 30,000,000 Slavs in Russia. He described Warsaw suppression, Himmler's alleged postwar plan, and an order banning disciplinary action against German troops for civilian killings.
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Nuernberg
Waffen SS
Erich von Dem Bachzelewski
International Military Tribunal Today
Russia
United States
Great
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Frances
Warsaw
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Himmler
Bach-Zelewski
U. S
Man DieS In Auto Crash Near Atmore
James W. Deraldson, about 29, of Atmore was killed when his car collided with a truck on Highway 31 about one mile north of town. Alabama Highway Patrolmen Oscar Murphy and Jack Patrick reported the crash occurred last night. He had lived in Atmore since his Navy discharge a few months ago and formerly lived in Tennessee.
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Atmore
Ata
James W. Deraldson
Highway 31
Here
Alabama
Oscar Murphy
Jack Patrick
Navy
Tennessee
Flood Warning Issued for Montgomery Over Rivers
The U S weather bureau warned farmers and lowland residents in Alabama to prepare for possible floods as forecasts remained tentative. Meteorologist F C Pate said some streams had reached overflow stage and additional high water was expected in most watersheds depending on future rainfall.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
Building Permits Total About 400000 In Syla Cauga Last Year
About 400000 in building permits were issued in Syla Cauga during the previous year, with the majority in the business district.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Syla Cauga
Grain prices drift in uneven light trading
Wheat edged up 1-4 to 3-8 cents lower from Saturday. May wheat at 1.80 1-2. Corn unchanged at 1.18 1-2. Oats declined 1-8 to 3-8. May oats 0.75 5-8. Rye steady to down 1 5-8. May rye 1.73 3-4 5-8. Barley flat to up 1 1-4. May barley 1.21 1-2.
Glimpses About Your Community and Mine
Local notices recount moves to and from Decatur area facilities Brown's ambulance transfers medical patients to Hamil clinic and Decatur General hospital residents births names patrons and service members updates on court and community figures Mary Lou Dancy chapter CBS meets tonight at Masonic Temple initiatory work planned several residents and visitors listed with their towns and statuses
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Mary Lou Dancy
CBS
Masonic Temple
Safe Robbery at Adams Real Estate Office in Birmingham
Safe crackers forced entry into the A. A. Adams Real Estate Co. office over the weekend, removing 376 dollars in cash and leaving checks scattered. A janitor discovered the theft, and an earlier attempt to breach the Wainwright Realty Co. safe was unsuccessful.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. A. Adams. Real Estate Co
Wainwright Realty Co
Ford plant begins producing cars in Memphis after long pause
Memphis Tennessee January 7 1946 for the first time since 1942 the Ford Motor Company's assembly plant started turning out new cars. The first cars emerged from the line mid morning and officials said 30 vehicles would be completed by night. Production is expected to rise steadily toward a 10 car day target.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ford Motor Company
Plane Help to Rancher in Wyoming Uses Aircraft Like Mule
Gus Sherwin, a Wyoming rancher with a 34000 acre Northeast Wyoming spread, flies to round up 2000 cattle and run errands as weather grounds him in Decatur. He and his wife plan to buy a new plane in Miami while daughter Clara Jean, 12, contemplates flying to school. The family notes mutual help and ties to Miss Helen Rauschenberg during a Decatur layover.
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Gus Sherwin
Wyoming
Sherwin
Miami
Clara Jean
Decatur
Ransom Threat Targets Degnan Family in Chicago Area
Police and FBI joined Sheriff Mulcahy and Chicago officials in a major kidnapping case. Detectives found a ransom note and a telephone threat demanding payment with a warning against notifying authorities or the child would be harmed. Suzanne Degnan, in first grade, was taken from a two story duplex while her sister Betty slept nearby.
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Sbid
News Bureau
Walter Storms
Summerdale
West
FBI
Degnan
Michael Mulcahy
Cook County
Chicago
John C. Prendergast
Degnans
Baltimore
Washington
A. Louis Flynn
Susan
Marriage Licenses Listed in Local District
Waldon Wade McMillan of Moulton and Hattie Leene Cunningham of Decatur. Peuel Hopes Warres of Hartselle and Louise Blackwood of Falkville. Winford Blasingame of Hillsboro and Mary Cottingame of Hillsboro. Henry David Hardiman of Hartselle and Flora Haynes of Decatur.
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Winford Blasingame
Hillsboro
Mary Cottingame
Henry
David Hardiman
Hartselle
Flora Haynes Decatur
Plans Available in Alexander City for Home Builders
Alexander City plans a free set of twenty three house designs through the chamber of commerce project. Housing committee chairman Hoyt Carlisle said the plans help prospective builders who would not typically hire an architect.
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Alexander City
Ala
i/P
Alexander City Chamber of Commerce
Hoyt Carlisle
Housing Committee
Shaw Returns to Cherokee County Herald Post
Joseph M. Shaw Jr. is discharged from the Army and resumes as associate editor and publisher of The Cherokee County Herald in Centre Alabama. He previously served as assistant publisher after joining the military in 1942.
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Shaw
Centre
Ala
Joseph M. Shaw Jr
Cherokee County Herald
Marion resumes Wednesday closing for businesses
Business establishments in Marion Alabama have resumed their Wednesday afternoon closing schedule after a Christmas season suspension. The change returns to the regular midweek rest period for local shops and offices.
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Marion
Ala
Hanging for Japanese War Criminal Yuri Decreed in Japan
Lt Kei Yuri, former commandant of Omuta POW camp, was sentenced to hang for ordering a bayonet killing and for starving a Marine in solitary confinement. An eight man U. S. military commission condemned him in the second war crimes trial in Japan, first death penalty invoked, to be reviewed by General MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Hall.
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Duane Hennessy
Yokohama
Kei Yuri
Omuta
U. S. Military Commission
Yuri
Japan
Gm MacArthur
C. P. Hall
U. S Eighth Army
Pvt
Noah C
Heard
Salinas
Calif
Cpl
James G. Pavlokos
Chicago
Savannah May Be Scene of Parley
Atlanta Journal reports from Washington that Savannah is tentatively chosen for a world monetary conference in February modeled on Bretton Woods. The event would draw 250 to 300 delegates from 30 nations and run about two weeks, with a tentative late February start.
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Atlanta
The
Atlanta Journal
Washington
Savannah
Bretton Woods
Community appeals clothing for three families fire wrecks Fifth Ave home
Capt. Oscar P. Fuller expressed appreciation for the clothing drive after a fire destroyed possessions of three families at 1535 Fifth Avenue South. He said the response was good and donations of clothing and furniture continued to arrive.
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Oscar P. Fuller
Fifth Avenue South
Rescue Deadline in River Island for Autry Brothers
A rescue party led by Fort Benning officers worked to reach Archie Lee Autry and James Autry, brothers aged 33 and 24, marooned since Saturday on a small island in the Chattahoochee River near Columbus.
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Columbus, Ga
Fort Benning
Chattahoochee River
Archie Lee Autry
James Autry
Columbus
Pell City students return to classes after fire disruption
Pell City high school pupils resumed studies after a vacation of nearly three weeks caused by a December 15 fire that destroyed the school building. Classes are held at Avondale Mills school while cypher plans for a new building are finalized.
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VAC Nor
Pell City
Ala
Avondale Mills
Brewton Receives New Fire Truck on Schedule
Brewton Alabama on January 7 1950s era reports Chief Aubrey Strong says the city now has firefighting equipment as good as any town its size in the nation. The old truck is restored to running condition.
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Brewton
Ala
Aubrey Strong
Fitness plan now urged for Alabama children
Jessie R. Garrison, state supervisor of health and physical education, calls for a broad national program of fitness training for school children. She outlines goals including disease-free health, strength and agility, useful work, stress control, shared responsibility, and ready adaptation to daily demands. She urges schools as fitness centers, more facilities, trained teachers, and year-round funding. She advocates living memorials to WWII heroes in the form of playgrounds and gym facilities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States
Jessie R. Garrison
Garrison
Soldiers urge letters to congressmen amid rapid demobilization
Soldiers call on readers to write to families and congressmen while War Department demobilization proceeds rapidly. A spokesman questions who finds it alarming and what interests push for continued war. One group raises funds to buy home newspaper ads pressuring senior officers.
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War Department
State Department
Far East
Florala Drives New Business Growth With Eight Projects
Florala Alabama reports four new business places nearly completed and three more under construction as part of the "more and better business houses" campaign. The initiative aims to revitalize the town's commercial district with updated facilities and added commerce.
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Florala. Ala
Florala
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