Decatur Daily Briefs Weather and Local Notes
Cloudy with occasional rain this afternoon and tonight, colder north with near freezing in extreme north. Decatur cotton prices quoted middling at 36 and strict low at 35. Pvt Karl G Mittwede to attend Tokyo medical technicians school, 12 weeks, then return to Marbo Guam. Smith daughter of Gus Smith of Moulton 2 is patient at St Vincent Hospital Birmingham. Lawrence Miller returned from holiday leave. family visit. Taft Thompson and Pat Maples in town. T L Little on business. T L Roberts to Jefferson Hospital. Several ambulance transfers, pecan weighing incident, sheriff reports arrests under prohibition and disorderly conduct. Building permits issued. police reported 10 arrests. Measles illness in Donnie Leathers. See DIARY On Page 2 Quickies by Ken Reynolds.
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Pvt
Karl G. Mittwede
Decatur
Tokyo
22Nd Station
Marbo
Guam
Fight Shapes Up in Greece
Dispatches from Athens report a major encounter forming in Northwest Greece south of the Albanian border. About 1500 to 2000 guerrillas skirmish near the frontier with mortars and artillery, after withdrawing from Konitsa, while hostages are reported.
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Athens
Greece
Konitsa
Phe
Montier
Gore Wickes
Yugoslavia
Warsaw
Zenon Kliszko
Polané
Markos Vafiades
Sofia
Fatherland Front
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Borba
Cars Crash Near Decatur Injures No One
Two Decatur men drove separate cars in a 500 dollar collision about 6.2 miles west of Decatur on Moulton road. John Wesley Hughes 1939 Nash sedan overturned after skidding on a slick road. Thomas M Austelle 1946 Chevrolet struck Hughes’s overturned vehicle.
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Decatur
Bryant
John Wesley Hughes
Decature
Thomas M. Austelle
Thomas Terrace
Church Street
Hughes
Austelle
Southwind Derailed in Georgia Injury Count Rises
In Georgia 14 people were slightly injured when the Atlantic Coast Line Southwind derailed after a broken rail near the Florida border. Eight cars left the tracks, four plunging toward a pond while passengers endured fright and water in the aisles. Emergency crews treated the injured. Mrs. C B Rice remained hospitalized.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Vidcock
Miami
Chicago
Thomas E. Griffis
Millwood
Pidcock
Georgia
Thomasville
Quitman
Here
Florida State Line
C.B. Rice
Bessemer
Ala
Southern's Special Also Is Derailed
Four cars of the Southern Railroad Florida Kansas City special derailed near Eastman Georgia today. Officials said no passengers were harmed. Train service disrupted but no injuries reported.
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Southern
Atlanta
Eastman
Cancer patient II not Premier Stalin in Moscow
Dr Elis Bervin of Sweden says his patient was not Prime Minister Stalin and may issue a statement after returning home. He arrived in Moscow Tuesday to examine the case amid persistent rumors about Stalin's health. Stalin, 68, is reported in good health and about his business as usual.
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Moscow
Elis Bervin
Stockholm
Stalin
Bervin
Federal grand jury to probe St Louis food prices
Attorney General orders a federal grand jury in St Louis to investigate the food industry with focus on milk prices. Four specialists join U S Attorney Drake Watson to study production and distribution as the probe expands to Chicago and other areas.
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U.S
St. Louis
Washington
Clark
Justice Department
U.S. Attorn
Drake Watson
John Ford B. M
John R. Niesley
Murphy
Paces
Columbia
E Federal
New Saucers Are Balloons Over Tennessee and Kentucky
Miami reporter surfaces clippings describing recent flying saucer sightings near Nashville and Fort Knox. National Guard planes chased a supposed object at 20 000 feet as observers noted balloons with rope and crepe paper streamers.
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Miami
Fila
Tennessee
Kentucky
F. J. Routon
Nashville
Stronomers
National Guard
Fort Knox
Routon
Fire destroys apartment on South Perry Street
In Montgomery Alabama an early morning fire heavily damaged an apartment house on South Perry Street forcing several families to flee in their night clothes. Fire Chief R L Lampley said six to eight families lived there and all second floor residents escaped by ladders. Fire started in the basement and spread to the roof but was confined to one corner. Firefighters arrived about 4 AM and could have finished the blaze but risked raw gas from the basement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Burt
Alabama Gas Company
Lampley
Cannon Blast Damages Windows in West Nashville
Early Sunday a cannon explosion at Montgomery Bell Academy campus shattered some windows and was felt over two miles. A reporter found fresh powder burns and a clear chamber in a three inch barrel among five cannons at the site. Father Ryan defeated Friday night 41 to 26 in basketball.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Tennessean Ses
Europe Recovery Plan faces U S burden debate
Washington January hearings on the European Recovery Program featured testimony by Secretaries Marshall and Harriman about costs and benefits. They argued aid will require sacrifice at home but will restore Europe and secure lasting peace. Ambassador Lewis Douglas urged prudence in influencing Western Europe’s reforms.
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Washington
Marshall
Harriman
Congress
House Foreign Affairs
Europe
Commerce Harriman
Senate’ Foreign Relations
America
United States
House
China
Ewis Dougis
U. S
Great Britain
Senate
Western Europe
Rep
Mason
R-Ill
Soviets Press for Four-Power Berlin Changes
Kremlin page reports claim a Soviet move to oust Britain and the United States from joint Berlin control. The Taegliche Rundschau says Frankfurt’s German economic administration would be rejected by the Western powers, prompting a Berlin statute shift under four power rule. Gen. Clay and Lt. Gen. Robertson allegedly prepared a report for the January 20 control council session. In Munich sources note a large American personnel shift from Berlin to Frankfurt and a reduced government presence.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Britain
United States
Allied Control Council
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
Frankfurt
USS
Lucius D. Clay
Control Council
Clay
Brian Robertson
Munich
President seeks larger TVA funds for next fiscal year
President Truman urged congress to approve a 35 million 154 thousand 600 dollar TVA appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1 an 88 percent increase over this year. The proposal covers navigation flood control fertilizer research and capital plant additions with a total budget near 107 million including carryover and power sale receipts. TVA net power income is expected to rise to about 18.7 million in 1948. The TVA installed capacity stands at about 2.54 gigawatts with 1947 energy output around 15.5 billion kilowatt hours.
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Harry Snyder
Washington Service
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Truman
Congress
Southern Agency
TVA
Igreen of American Operate Authority
Wie Heenes
Vishal
Tennessee
Bank Robbery Rocks Tel Aviv Amid Palestine Tensions
Eight assailants robbed Barclay's bank in Tel Aviv at noon, taking between 50 000 and 75 000 dollars as violence across Palestine escalates. Skirmishes, sniper fire, and mounting casualties as Arabs and Jews clash after partition voting, with a damaged bridge near Haifa undergoing temporary repairs.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Barclay’s Bank
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Partition
Haifa
Kefar Uriah
Lydda
No Man’s Land
Jisr Banat Yacoub
Haifa-Damascus
Sea of Galilee
Lake Hula
Tankers Depart Texas City After 10 Day Strike
Thousands of barrels of fuel oil were to move to two Eastern ports as Pan American Refinery resumes shipments after a 10 day strike. Two tankers, the Bulklube and Pan American, carried about 290000 barrels to Providence Rhode Island and New York.
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Texas City
Tex
Pan American Refinery Co
Bulklube
Pan American
Providence
Rhode Island
New York
Stricken Dvina Towed Toward Kushiro Japan
The water logged Soviet ship Dvina with 780 rescued passengers drifts north toward Kushiro Hokkaido under tow by Soviet tug Pepuhye. Officials query passenger identity and destination with theories of political prisoners.
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Russell
Pepuhye
Siberia
Kushiro
Sapporo
Senator Bares His Record Of Trading
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma offered senate investigators his books on commodity trading as Edwin W. Pauley announced profits of 932703 dollars from three years of speculation. The inquiry by the senate appropriations committee seeks access to Thomas records and was supported by Senator Ferguson who chairs the handling of the inquiry. Anderson, directing disclosure of traders in commodity futures, urged broad access for congressional members.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okia
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Thomas
Yaeerde
Senate Appropriations Committee
Rennctar
Fe Ferguson
R-Mich
Ane
Apprenltees
Ander
Son
Congress
Anderson
Truman Says Cost of Help Defense High
President Truman asks Congress for a record 39.67 billion dollar peace time budget for 1949 with 11 billion for defense and 7 billion for international affairs. He projects large surpluses if taxes are not cut and debt to fall to about 246.2 billion by mid 1949. He stresses costs of preventing future war and warns against Europe under totalitarian rule. Republican plans to cut taxes and reduce early Marshall plan funding loom.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Truman
Congress
Treasury
United States
Republican Congress
Europe
Senate
House
Marshall
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