Local Kiwanis Club Week Plans and Community Notices
Kiwanis program directed by Redus Collier and the Key club meets Thursday at noon at Hotel Lyons. W T Jordan returned from Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Birth announced for a daughter to Mr and Mrs Bill Hinkle. Cottage prayer service at 507 East Wilson Avenue Friday at seven. Various residents visited, with updates on people in Decatur and Danville. Mid week prayers at Westminster Presbyterian church at 7 30 P M. Two recorder's court cases set for trial. A refrigerator motor fire caused slight damage at 41512 East Moulton Street. Page 2 Diary by Ken Reynolds.
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Redus Collier
Key
Hotel
Lyons
Church of the Nazarene
Edna Story
East Wilson Avenue
Folsom Group Criticizes Handy Ellis in Alabama Race
Handy Ellis vows another bid for governor and calls for dignity in office. Col. Bill Lyerly accuses the Folsom administration of crooked gambling in Shelby County and reports a Jan 1 1949 raid that led to five arrests. Ellis promotes civil rights limits and higher pensions while criticizing the parole board and seeking tax tweaks for school funding.
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Montgomery
Ala
Handy Ellis
Folsom Administration
Ellis
Bill Lyerly
Public Safety Department
Shelby County
Shelby
Lyerly
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Pardon-Parole Board
State Education Board
Parole Board
Gover
Voters’ Registration Woes Pinpointed by Committee
A governor’s committee chaired by Gov. Folsom’s office says most veterans’ registration problems stem from misunderstanding procedures and timing. Morrison cites Mobile and Jefferson counties as the main sources, with no issues reported in the Valley. A second Birmingham meeting on Jan 17 and a Mobile session on Jan 24 are planned for veterans to present complaints.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Death Claims William Young
William B. Young, 44, a Cullman lumberman and part owner of C Arnold and timber Co, died at 12:18 A.M. in an Atlanta hospital after about 10 days there following a six week Mayo Clinic treatment for a skull base tumor. Survived by widow Mary Ellen, daughter Mary Jane, two brothers Bob and Henry, two sisters Mrs. Henry White of Cullman and Mrs. Margaret Hage of Birmingham, and a brother Richard Scheussler. Services to be announced by Mogs Service Funeral Home.
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William B. Young
Cullman Lumberman
Atlanta
Young
Mayo Clinic
St. Paul's Lutherance
J. P. Young
Cullman ,Lumberman
C. Arnold and Tmber Co
Blizzard Hits Pacific Coast Turbulent Winter Storm Rages
A blizzard swept the Pacific coast then moved toward the Rocky Mountains. Snow clogged highways and winds up to 55 mph felled ice laden power and telephone lines leaving sections isolated and dark for hours.
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San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
High winds lash New York and New Jersey
A winter gale roared across New York and New Jersey with winds to 75 mph. Roofs ripped off, telephone lines toppled, and trees were uprooted. Buffalo and Syracuse reported strong gusts and power outages as a downtown rooming house roof was blown onto a railroad track.
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N. Y
New York
New Jersey
Buffalo
Syracuse
Hailstorm Hits West Coast With Wide Sneak
A severe storm dumped two inch hail across Fort Bragg California and swept through Washington Oregon Northern California and Nevada. Heaviest damage occurred in Southern Oregon and Northern California with four highway deaths blamed on poor visibility. Snow plows worked to clear roads as Highway 99 was closed and a 50 mile stretch near Dunsmuir to Redding saw 93 trucks and buses ditched.
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Fort Bragg
Calif
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Rockies
Dunsmuir
Redding
Santiam Pass
Two fined for election day fight in Mobile ward
In Mobile Alabama on January 11 two men Majoe E Madison and Howard Jenkins were fined 50 each by Judge David H Edington for fighting in a public place at a seventh ward polling place during the September 3 municipal election.
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Mobile
Ala
Majoe E. Madison
Howard Jenkins
David H. Edington
Two Armed Suspects Captured After Massacre
In Jackson Mississippi two armed white men Leon Turner 38 and Wendell Whitt 24 were captured without a struggle near their homes after a mass murder of three African American children south of Sallis. The victims were Ruby Nell Harris 4 Frankie Thurman 10 and Mary Brunside 8. District Attorney Henry L See notes motive as revenge.
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Malcolm Whitt
Kosciusko
Miss
Q. Q. Harris
Jackson
Highway Patrol
Sallis
Leon Turner
Wendell Whitt
Ruby
Nell. Harris
Thomas Harris
Harris
Frankie Thurman
Mary Brunside
Motive District
Henry L
Billfold Stolen From Locked House in Night Theft
A billfold containing $300 Pan Am card and driver's license vanished from a bed post in a locked residence last night. Louis Osbourne of 511 Sixth Avenue West reported the loss after waking to find his shirt and trousers missing. Police say the front screen was latched and the back door locked. investigators Broadrick Petty Collier and Self are on the case.
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Louis Osbourne
Sixth Avenue West
J. B. Whitmire
Osbourne
Broadrick
Petty
Collier
Self
Formosa Tops Capitol News As Acheson Defends Policy
Secretary of State Acheson outlined behind closed doors why the United States should keep ships guns and planes from Formosa where Chinese nationalists hold out before communist forces. His Senate testimony followed a House Foreign Affairs session also conducted privately.
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Robert M. Farrington
Washington
Formosa
Capitol Hill
State Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
House Committee
Taft accuses State Department of left wing bias on Formosa
Senator Taft of Ohio charges a left wing group in the State Department defies Congress over China and Formosa. He reiterates support for Formosa aid and rejects claims it would trigger war with Russia. He denies proposing occupation or sending forces there. He notes U S Navy bases and ships in the area.
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Washington
Jan. U
Taft
Ohio
State Department
Congress
China
Formosa
Senate
United States
Russia
Republicans weigh Formosa aid to save China in Pacific defense
Leading Republicans argue U S military aid to Formosa could save the nationalist government and halt communism’s spread in the Pacific. Democrats back Truman’s stance against American forces entering the Formosa conflict. The Senate debates politics while the House adjourns as dairy oleomargarine battles stir up budget skirmishes. Senator Wiley seeks support by tying oleo ban to excise tax cuts.
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U. S
Formosa
China
Pacific
Truman
House
Senate
Charles Weaver Dies From Gunshot In Homewood Garage
Charles Albert Weaver 59 died yesterday from a self inflicted gunshot in his suburban Homewood garage. Coroner said the wound was self inflicted and notes to Mrs Weaver indicated despondency over financial matters. Survived by widow and six Birmingham daughters. Funeral held at Third Presbyterian Church.
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Birmingham
Charles Albert Weaver
Joe L. Hilderbrand
Homewood
H. L. Posey
Weaver
Third Presbyterian Church
Photographic Evidence Reported for New Particle by Rochester Scientists
University of Rochester scientists report photographic plates showing strong evidence of a neutral meson a short lived particle linked to atomic nucleus energy. Plates were carried 19 miles aloft by balloons near Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The three researchers Dr Helmut L Brandt Dr Bernard Peters and Morton F Kaplan describe mesons as clues to nuclear energy and note no practical use is yet known.
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Rochester
N. Y
University of Rochester
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Helmut L. Brandt
Switzerland
Bernard ~ Peters
Morton F. Kaplan
Gas Line Now To Shoals Area
Tuscaloosa meeting honors completion of the natural gas pipeline to Muscle Shoals with Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Co. officials and North Alabama officials present. Weather canceled a post barbecque program. Moody notes plans to extend the line to Decatur at the earliest opportunity.
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H. R. Summer
Roy Odom
Leonard Moody
Rutledge Thomas
Tuscumbia
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Co
North Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Decatur
Moody
Stewart seeks re election to Alabama House No 2 Morgan
Hart selle business man William H. Bill Stewart announces for re election in the May primary to represent Morgan county in the Alabama house. He has eight years of service and cites experience in education aviation roads and farm issues. He defends a conservative record and opposes heavy tax increases. He vows to vote as the people want if returned to Montgomery.
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William H
Bill) Stewart
Hartselle
Alabama
House of Representatives
Morgan County
Stewart
Montgomery
Mobile man dies at Worcester wrestling match
Russell S. Marvin, 52, of Mobile Alabama, died of a heart attack last night while attending a wrestling event in Worcester Massachusetts. He was a longtime circus clown and stunt car driver and ran a Baltimore promotion agency until retiring six months ago. He was visiting his brother Lawrence G Marvin there.
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Mobile
Worcester
Mass
Russell S. Marvin
Ala
Baltimore
Lawrence G. Marvin
Soviet Push to Expel Chinese Nationalists From UN Council
The Soviet Union aims to use the UN Security Council to expel the nationalist Chinese delegation led by T. F. Tsiang. Soviet Delegate Jakob Malik warned that without Tsiang's removal, the USSR would boycott the January 1950 session and not return until the expulsion is effective.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Security ‘Council
Security Council
Jakob Malik
U. N
Peiping
Chou En-Lai
T. F. Tsiang
Malik
Tsiang
Russia
Arms to Formosa could bring more American tanks to China
Washington officials said 300 tanks and armored cars were loaded onto a Turkish freighter in Philadelphia as part of delayed deliveries for the Chinese nationalists on Formosa. The arms are paid from the 1948 $125 million military aid appropriation, with the Truman administration speeding completion of existing orders despite ruling out new military aid to deter a communist capture of Formosa.
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Washington
Formosa
Philadelphia
Congress
China
Truman
World politics warn of Soviet propaganda as China seat shifts
Nationalist Chinese delegate likely to be replaced by a Chinese communist with a veto power on the United Nations council. The Soviet Union could use the China defeat as a propaganda lever against Western nations. Britain fixes February 23 election date. Attlee announces it. Churchill plans return from Madeira. Labor promises nationalization. Conservatives pledge to stop it. US contemplates recognizing Spain with UN approval and may aid Tito if needed in Yugoslavia. Dispatches from Taipei indicate U.N. discussion on page 2.
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Soviet Union
China
United Nations
Labor
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Madeira
England
Bank of England and
Cable and Wireless
United States
Spain
Washington
Truman
U. N
National Security Council
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Taipei
Formosa
Army Officer Escapes Hurt in Highway Crash Near Decatur
A U S Army car overturned on a highway near Decatur at 1:25 a.m. injuring no one and causing about 150 dollars property damage. Lt John T Golden of Birmingham, en route to Decatur on business, lost control when brakes locked and the car skidded off the roadway. Cpl Paul Jones investigated.
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Highway Patrol
Decatur
John T. Golden
USAF
Birmingham
Golden
Hower
Cpl
Paul Jones
Lewis Demands Three-Day Week Work Schedule
John L. Lewis ordered 66 000 striking coal miners to resume a three day work week starting Monday. He urged district presidents to inform idle members to return to production, citing concerns over Taft Hartley act intervention and growing pressure from operators and Congress.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Ohio
Utah
Virginia
Ilinois
Congress
President Truman
Idle Miners Idle By The Thousands In Checkerboard Strike
The United Mine Workers strategy leaves about 66 000 soft coal miners idle across states including Penna W Va Ala Ky Ohio and Utah with 20 000 more quitting in 24 hours. Illinois saw 16 000 miners return while seven other states began strikes anew. UMW officials refuse to discuss walkouts and government intervention may be considered as four million tons of coal a day are lost.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers’ Checkerboard
Penna
W. Va
Ala
Ohio
Utah
UMW
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Virginia
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Bethlehem Collieries Corporation
Barrackville
John P. Busarello
Washington
Lewis
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Bill Hinkle
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hinkle
Mildred Broadway
Murfreesboro
Robert Broadway
B. W. Hogan
Frances
Velma Hendon
H. N. Wallace
Hogan
Grace Hogan
Danville
J.T. Lee
Anniston
D. F. Lee
G. ¥. Rice
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Mary Caudill
Golden Memories
Riverside High School
the Daily
Riverside
Eual S. Ricks
Sixth Avenue East
Hamil Clinic
E. S. Price
Joppa
J.B. Richardson
Moulton
H. J. Johnson
Decatur 1
W. M.winton
Sixth Avenue South
Hamill Clinic
Raymond Moses
Danville 2
Clark Hodgins
Harry Walker
The
Limestone Democrat
Athens
Lee Sparks
Decatur 3
Adrian G. Jones
Menton Hudson
Decatur 2
Dick Fleming
Huntsville
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Recorder’s’ Court
Moulton Street
Thelma Lenear
Ken Reynolds
Folsom Group
Nee Folsom
William Young
Mogs-Service Funeral Home
Capital News
Acheson
U.S
Charles Weaver
Earth
Dorothy Verkay
Phoenix
Ariz
Bertus H. Verkay
Dorothy
Bertus
Shoals
Tri-Cities
Bill Stewart
U.N
Ferguson
Michigan
Wiley
Wisconsin
Donnell
Missouri
Jenner
Indiana
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