Taft Opposes Broad GOP Policy Draft With National Committee
Senator Taft said GOP members of Congress will draft a Republican policy statement with limited input from the national committee. He argued a 45 person convention cannot easily reach agreement. National Chairman Gabrielson plans to convene the 15 member groups within a week or 10 days to ratify a platform drafted by lawmakers.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Jan
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Congress
House
National Committee
Ohiodn
Senate
Guy.g. Gabrielson
A. B. Hermann
Truman
Ohioan
Morse
Ore
Ice storm ends long road disruption across South
The worst ice storm in 17 years hit Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas causing power outages and thousands of homeless. Governors ordered National Guard standbys in the Midwest and Dixie as floods in Missouri Illinois and Ohio abated while snow piled up in the Northeast and New England regions. Snow and cold followed a period of record warmth as Memphis thawed and bus service and power recovery continued.
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Page One
Mississippi
Tennessee
National Guard
midWest
Dixie
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Warfare Between Mayor and Klan to Be Aired in Court
DONALSONVILLE Ga January 7 Smoldering feud between former Iron City mayor C L Drake and the Ku Klux Klan will go to court next week A Seminole county grand jury will convene to hear charges about the shooting of a Klan parade at Lion City on August 9 More than 20 witnesses expected Drake has clashed with Klansmen in prior episodes but recent events left him defeated for re election 96 to 54 by Wilson Roberts an auto dealer
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Donalsonville
C. L. Drake
Iron City
Bill
Rix
Tallahassee
Fla
Seminole County
Lion City
Drake
Wilson - Roberts
Wieneeed Beard
Markets Brief from Decatur and New York
Decatur markets show cotton middling at 29.00 with strict low 28.00 and cottonseed at 40 per ton. Hog and cattle quotes cited, corn and wheat prices listed, while New York stocks rise on selective buying and bonds hold steady. Chicago notes show wheat easy and oats lower, with hogs and cattle steady to nominal.
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New ‘York
Chicago
Cotton futures firm as spot buyers push March May positions
New York traders reported firm cotton futures with nearby contracts at season highs. Spot houses bought March and May for textile mill and export accounts amid expectations of stronger near term export sales and quarter two demand. Futures closed 50 to 90 cents higher while grains showed mixed, with wheat and corn slipping in a slow trading session.
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New York
Jan
Board of Trade
Notable regional leaders invited to Southern event across multiple cities
Valley Visitors Chamber of Commerce officers from Florence to Cullman and civic leaders from five rail and logistics entities gather for a regional meeting. Attendees include Florence secretary C H Jackson and H E Hooper, Sheffield officials R Wirt, J L Cahoon, and Goodyear and Carnation executives, with TVA, Southern Railway, and A and P stores represented.
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Guy Roberts
Mertill “Doss
Hartselle Chamber
Bob Young
Henry White
Edythe Engle
Cullman C of C
Charles C. Cooper
A and P Stores
Sheffield
Southern Railway
R. W. Wirt
Washington
W. Cooper
J. L. Cahoon
A. Bailey
Memphis
G. W. Humphrey
W. R. Russell
Atlanta
Land. I
EU W. Kerchner
Marshall Haynes
Roland Gray
Goodyear- Tire and Rubber
Cedartown
T. W. de Zonia
Greyound Lines
Lexington
No Complaint By Vets On Ballot Ban Heard Here
Morgan County Coroner Joe Morrison said Saturday he heard no complaints about veterans being denied voting rights in the area. A check with Veterans Service Officer Julian Bibb Jr. found no such complaints. Morrison noted a statewide eleven man board appointed by Governor Folsom to investigate a stream of complaints from Alabama counties and said the panel would meet Tuesday in the governor's office. He could not say if he would attend. Registration records will be open to all parties in federal courts.
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Morgan County
Joe Morrison
Veterans Service
Julian Bibb. Jr
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Morrison
Federal Courte
J. E. Markham
Marion County
R. C.mcwhorter
Berry
Winston County
Sidouatt
L. L. Self
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Lauderdale
Mr. O'Neal
Georgia
North Via
South Carolina
Tennessee
South
Randolph
Secretary’ of Agriculture
Washington
Cullman Man Laid To Rest
Francis M. Patrick 81, a prominent Cullman county settler, was buried Saturday after Mass Service chapel services and at Providence church eight miles northeast of Cullman. He died Friday in Cullman hospital after a three month illness, leaving sons Luther, Gilbert, Ivan, Irving, Ferris, Ethan and a nephew Earl Morgan.
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Cullman County
Providence Church
Cullman
Patrick
U.S
Luther Patrick
Jasper
Gilbert T. Patrick
Cullman Hospital
Otto Hunt
Earl. Morgan
Veterans’ Hospital
Ivan
Irving
Birmingham
Ferris
Ethan
Democratic Executive Committée
Cotton control debate stirs county views at Belle Mina
County representatives including Hass from Jackson and Cunningham from Lauderdale urged adjustments to the cotton allotment law. Lauderdale cited a 17 000 acre cut and urged more acreage for Valley counties while others praised the program, and a veteran farmer warned of a possible change to the plan as testimony concludes with Randolph defending the policy before Washington hearings.
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Jackson County
Hass
Bynum
Jackson
Rutland Cunningham
Lauderdale County
Belle Mina
Lauderdale
Cunningham
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Wade
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Cheatham
Farm Bureau
Tom Williamson
Limestone
Stockwell
Madison County
Acheson Targets Urgent Dollar Shortage Strategy
Secretary of State Acheson has ordered an urgent top priority on developing an attack to ease the world dollar shortage. Officials foresee continued foreign aid needs beyond the 1952 Marshall Plan and consider proposals to sustain assistance for years. Acheson favors expanding markets and tariff cuts, but acknowledges political hurdles and the slow pace before Marshall Plan ends.
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Acheson
John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
United States
Congress
Europe
Relapse Threatens Gene Black After Hunting Injury
Gene Black, 705 Seventh Street East, remained in critical condition at Decatur General Hospital after a Thanksgiving Day leg wound. He initially recovered, but Friday night chills and fever followed a brain lesion suspected to cause a septic clot. nurses described him as still very ill despite slight Saturday improvement.
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Gene Black
Seventh Street
Decatur General Hospital
Gene
Valley Reports Sane Saturday Despite Still Busts
Sheriff George Byars led a team including Chief Deputy Fred Riley and Deputy Neal Fretwell on a Saturday raid that destroyed a still and 200 gallons of mash about five miles north of Five Points. Limestone Ath ens and Cullman officers reported three public drunkenness arrests and a quiet weekend in Cullman.
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Valley
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
George Byars
Fred Riley
Neal Fretwell
Athens
J-E.pierce
Reporter Turns Editor Demands Manual Read Before Tests
A local complaint urges reading the state DPS driver manual prior to licensing tests. In Morgan county 39 of 122 testers failed to know road rules and in Limestone 21 of 113. driving tests caught 16 Morgan and 37 Limestone unprepared. Eyesight failures totaled 3 in Morgan and 5 in Limestone, with 16 Morgan and 13 Limestone failing for mechanical issues needing a retake.
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State Department of Public Safety
Morgan County
H. L. ‘Hester
Limestone County
Morgan
Limestone
Farm Bureau Attacks Brannan Plan in Alabama Meeting
Dolph t. criticized the Brannan farm plan calling it a snare and delusion while saying it could not be funded and would fail. R G Arnold, head of the Farm Bureau campaign for 12 southern states, urged membership as the Belle Mina gathering was noted as the coolest in Alabama’s series.
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Dolph
Brannan Farm
R. G. Arnold
Farm Bureau
Folsom’s political role debated in Alabama race
The article notes Governor Folsom faces pressure to intervene in the U S Senate contest and state races. Some advise he stay out, others urge him to back a candidate already in, or to endorse someone with a chance to win. Cabinet members question the governor's influence and timing.
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Alabama
Folsom
Expenses overhaul of the tax structure eyed
George, head of the tax framing senate finance committee, called for reductions and readjustments to reach the Presidents five year production goal. He argued lowering the burden on producers is the path to higher national income. Meanwhile the excise tax repeal fight moves to the oleo margarine debate with dairy state senators attaching repeal to a margarine bill as a House substitute, a tactic supporters say aims to kill the measure.
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George
Senate, Finance Committee
Senate
December Active Month For Decatur Police Department
A December report to City Council details Decatur police activity: 179 misdemeanor arrests, 193 investigations, 21 wrecks, nine burglaries, and nine prisoners held for Morgan and other counties. Revenue totals include 5,02.16 collected, with recorder’s court fines at 3,970.50 and parking meters yielding 1,923.42.
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Decatur Police Department
Morgan
Recorder's Court
Minister Hurt In Auto Crash
Two traffic accidents injuried Baptist preacher Rev. Jasper Kelly and Price Harper, both hospitalized. Fifteen hogs were killed when a 1948 White semi trailer overturned on Highway 31 near Athens, causing about $1 000 damage to the truck and hog losses. Officer Vinson and Freeman investigated both incidents.
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J. D. Vinson
Price Harper
Athens
Jasper Kelly
New Center Missionary Baptist Church
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
Flint Creek
Rev. Kelly
Red Bank Church
Harper
Kelly
Lionel Freeman
Athenis
Nashville
Birmingham
Powell Perry Wells
Spring Hill
Tenn
Fire Devastates 60-Year-Old Ward Building In Horrific Blaze
Firefighters battled a four hour blaze that tore through a 60 year old ward hospital killing several patients and forcing nurses and aides to guide others to safety. A nurse’s aide Josephine O Toole escaped from a third floor room as flames filled the stairwell. Police and Fire Lt Al Korando described a hellish scene with patients trapped behind iron bars and a roof caving in. Nuns and priests offered comfort outside as rescued patients were treated at the main hospital.
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Francis
Josephine O'Toole
al Korando
Lester Schick
Bill Stegen
Stegen
Richard Fee
Koranda
Mercy Hospital
Gladys Oestendorf
No Bills Returned in Birmingham Murder Case
A county grand jury returned no indictment against streetcar conductor M. A. Weeks in the killing of Sammie Lee Williams, a black man, following an argument over seating. Williams died days later after two other black passengers were wounded in the incident.
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Birmingham
M. A. Weeks
Weeks
Sammie
Lee Williams
Williams
Community and MI Admit to Decatur General Hospital
Admitted were Mrs. Mattie McSherry of Decatur, Mrs. Janie N. Cagle of 1212 Second Street West, and James Thomas Rouse, 17 months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rouse of Picayune Mississippi. Discharged was Mrs. Frank Carall of 1621 Seventh Street East. Mrs. J. T. Warren of 1625 Seventh Street East admitted to Hamil Clinic. Mrs. Herman Wagner of Decatur 2 also was here. No losses were recorded by the Decatur fire department from an automobile blaze in the 200 block on East Gordon Drive about 2 40 PM Saturday.
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Decatur General Hospital
Mattie McSherry
Decatur 1
Janie N. Cagle
Second Street
James Thomas Rouse
J. T. Rouse
Picayune
Frank Carall
Seventh Street East
J. T. Warren
Hamil Clinic
Decatur Fire Department
East Gordon Drive
Parley To Back Truman Plans
A Southern regional conference to drum up support for President Truman will be held in Raleigh North Carolina on January 28 The Democratic National Committee announced the gathering aims to advance the President's legislative program Southern leaders split over civil rights remain a key issue Invitations went to all Southern governors members of Congress and committee members The 1948 split involved Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina with Thurmond Wright carrying the states rights ticket since then the committee expelled members from the four states and replaced Thurmond with Maybank for South Carolina
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Washington
Truman
Raleigh
Democratic -National Committee
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Congress
Truman-Barkley
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
States’ Rights
Govs. J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding Wright
Democratic National Committee
Maybank
Thurmond
Motorboat Deliveries Help Neighborhood During Flood
About 20 families in the 1200 block of Seventh Avenue South relied on a motorboat operated by Bill Biles and Herman Lambert to carry mail groceries and return home during a flood. Water rose to three and a half feet as drainage backed up, surfacing walkways and leaving silt and debris. Biles, a railroad employee, and Lambert, an assistant manager of a finance company, used the boat to reach residents and collect mail from the head of the waters.
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Seventh Avenue
Bill Biles
South
Biles
Herman Lambert
Seventh Avenue South
Decatur
Venice
Lambert
Murder Probe Shifts Focus to Florida Area
Alabama investigators identify a burned car as the victim Hoyt S. Robinson a 32 year old Enterprise taxicab driver and father of three. His body was found in the Choctawhatchee river near Bellwood with a cord tied around his neck indicating strangulation. Autopsy confirms death by strangulation as authorities from Alabama Bay County and the FBI join the case.
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Panama
CIPY
Ala
Alabama
Hoyt S. Robinson
Enterprise
Choctawhatchee River
Bellwood
Robinson
C. W. Lassard
Bahama Beach
Here
Bay County
FBI
Governor to Bring Cabinet to Moulton Visit
Governor Folsom and his cabinet will spend Monday at Lawrence county courthouse in Moulton. The appearance is part of a series of state official visitations to various communities.
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Folsom
Lawrence County
Moulton
Veteran Held After Fatal Madison County Crash
A 24-year-old Decatur veteran, George W. Hubbard, was jailed on a manslaughter charge after a Thursday night crash in Madison County that killed 36-year-old Tommy Smith. Hubbard posted 1500 dollar bond and awaits a January 13 preliminary hearing.
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Decatur
Madison County
George W. Hubbard
Fifth Avenue South
T. W. Harwell
Hubbard
Tommy Smith
Madison
Sgt
Herbert Thornton
Huntsville Division
State Highway Patrol
Smith
Smith Pontiac Co
Huntsville
Pruitt Letson
Letson
Andrew Brewer
Decature
Brewer
Veterans School
Parks Grocery
Dora Parks
Alabama Blue and Gray game costs and fundraising plea
Champ Pickens, general manager, vents frustration over rising costs for hosting the Blue and Gray game in Montgomery. He cites hotel bills, travel by plane, band visits, and unsold tickets while urging state and city support and political commitments from candidates. He highlights a 1950 date and offers to screen a game film for clubs.
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Afa
Gunter
Alabama
Montgomery
Uncle Sam
Miami
Tuscaloosa
Chamber of Commerce
Senate
House
Lions Club
McKeen
Governor Pushes Plan to Bring Government Closer to People
The governor describes a broad effort to place state government nearer to citizens as a key goal. Officials cite reforms aimed at increasing public participation and responsiveness at local and regional levels.
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Frank Hulse
Southern Airways
J. L. Sheehan
TVA
Knoxville
W. J. Sheehan
H. A. Smith
Acces Tva
Guntersville
Brannan
Ran
Folsom’s
Phillip Hamm
John
Whitmire
John Sandlin
Marshall County
Taunters
Recorder's
Sascaturs Bio
Herman Wagner
Decatur 2
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