Weather outlook and veteran Army discharges noted
Cloudy with rain in the south and rain turning to snow in the north. Much colder afternoon with a cold wave tonight. North will see 22 to 26 degrees, interior south 26 to 30, coast 30 to 34. Thursday looks fair but continued cold. Local records show high 50 and low 35. Several servicemen received discharges with medals and ribbons, including Roy Bedingfield Athens 3 40 months service 25 overseas Good Conduct Medal Distinguished Unit Badge American theatre Asiatic Pacific ribbon. Eugene B Mays Hartsville discharged after 37 months 12 overseas with Combat Infantryman’s Badge Good Conduct Medal Distinguished Unit Badge Victory American and ETO ribbons with three stars. Mrs Miller and son visited Pvt Miller at Camp Bowie Texas. Sgt Brad B Bailey discharged after 29 months 17 overseas with Combat Infantryman’s Badge Good Conduct Medal American theatre and ETO ribbon with four stars. C W Goggans seaman second class Cullman served aboard USS Sarbanac fleet carrier in the Pacific continuing from Solomons operations 1943. Tech 5g William E Cook Decatur received discharge after 30 months 18 overseas with Good Conduct Medal American and ETO ribbons with three battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Roy Bedingfield
Athens
Eugene B. Mays
Hartselle
Army
Brad B. Bailey
Sherman Street
Tech
William E. Cook
Third Avenue West
Decatur
Hitler's Goal for Germany Told in Court
The international tribunal in Nuernberg heard Hitler aimed to build a 250 million German speaking nation within 100 years and to import 500000 young women from Ukraine. The record cited a 1942 Sauckel meeting about labor and assimilation aims as prosecutors cited other defendants including Seyss-Inquart and von Schirach in their war crimes case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Ukraine
Fritz Sauckel
Ministry For Occupied Eastern Territories
Nazi Labor Front
Sauckél
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Henry V. Ahterton
Boston
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austria
Netherlands
Holland
Seyss-Inquart
Baldur von Schiratch
Hitler Youth Movement
Gauleiters
Refinery Blast Kills Two At Findlay Plant
A blast at Midwest Refineries Inc. in Findlay Ohio fatally injures Carl Cramer and Harold McRill, ages 35 and 46, after four asphalt tanks explode and flames threaten 50,000 gallon high octane gasoline tanks. Don Winstead and Jess Dotson are listed in critical condition as firefighters battle the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Midwest Refineries Inc
Carl Cramer
Harold McRill
Don Winstead
Jess Dotson
Two Car Collision Damages City Street. Two Injured
Police report a morning crash at Oak and Church streets involving a 1937 Ford coach driven by Mrs. A L. Mitchell and a 1941 Ford coach driven by Yancy W. Hughes from Courtland. Damage estimated at 625 dollars. two people lightly injured, Mitchell and Hughes passengers. Also a separate 7 10 p m collision between Bill Lindsey and a Decatur Transit cab on Cherry and Bank streets caused only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
A. L. Mitchell
Eighth Avenue South
Yancy W. Hughes
Courtland
Oak Street
Church Street
Frank Sandlin
Mitchell
Hughes
Bill Lindsey
W. E. Harden
W. C. Hunter
Collier and Broadrick
Lindsey
Cherry Street
Bank Street
Fate of condemned man rests with governor in clemency hearing
Peter Paul Hall a 23 year old Eufaula Negro condemned for drowning Ethel Luck an 18 year old Eufaula cotton mill worker faced a clemency hearing before Governor Chauncey Sparks. If denied he is scheduled to walk to Kilby prison for execution by electric chair after midnight tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Peter Paul Hall
Eufaula
Ghauncey Sparks
Hall
Kilby
Ethel Luck
County School Head S Not To Enter Race
S C Maner Morgan county school superintendent announces he will not seek re election in May. After twenty five years as a teacher and four as superintendent by June 30 1947 he retires citing age and personal interests. He praises the County Board of Education office shop force and Morgan county teachers and offers future support to education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Maner
Morgan County
Maner
County Board of Education
Kimmel Testifies Life Threatened After Pearl Harbor
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel testified before a senate-house committee that he received death threats after Pearl Harbor. He read a 1942 letter to Adm. Harold Stark accusing the Navy of inflaming public opinion against him and noting his retirement date. He said he faced daily hostile letters but would accept consequences, while blaming Washington officials for failing to pass along critical information about the Pearl Harbor attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. Kimmtel
Senate-House
Harold R. Stark
Navy Department
Stark
Naval Operations
Kimmel
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Seth Richardson
Navy
Supreme Court
Owen J.roberts
Ferguson
R-Mich
Roberts Commission
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Congressional Committee
Gearhart
R-Calif
Eee
Lucas Oe
Eeemenet
Humphrey Enters Morgan County Sheriff Race
Co B Bibb Humphrey qualified to run for sheriff of Morgan County. A native of the county, he lived east of Hartsville, spent 20 years in Decatur, and worked for Louisville Nashville Railroad in Louisville. A World War I veteran, he served overseas a year and is a member of the American Legion and the Ninth Street Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Royall says Army aims to demobilize quickly and safely
Acting Secretary Royall told a Senate subcommittee the War Department is anxious to return soldiers home as fast as duties permit. He cited Eisenhower outlining the plan and noted 1.6 million had already been released and the rate must be moderated to avoid leaving no one by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Royall
Congress
War Department
Jnt
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Pacific
Atlantic
Military orders end mass meetings by US soldiers in Europe
General McNarney announced no more large demonstrations by American soldiers in the European theater without explicit command approval. He said such meetings caused confusion about redeployment and had served their purpose, directing officers to limit gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
14 Killed in Havaco Mine Blast in West Virginia
The Havaco mine No. 9 explosion in Welch West Virginia raised the death toll to 14 with Clarence Hale among the latest victims dying of burns at Grace hospital. Officials say 253 miners escaped and 267 were underground when the blast occurred at New River Pocahontas Coal Co. No. 9 shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havaco
New River Pocahontas Coal Company
Byston
Four Building Permits Authorized for $6800
City Clerk Joe Pettey issued four building permits totaling $6800. Mrs. C. H. Sims will build a six room apartment garage at Prospect Drive and Ninth Avenue for $3500. William T. Sharp plans a $2000 one family apartment garage on Ninth Street South. H. G. Johnson to construct a $1000 two room frame dwelling at 1705 Fifth Avenue East. Willie A. Earp to build a $300 temporary two room frame house at 1313 Third Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Pettey
C. H. Sims
Prospect Drive
Ninth Avenue
Ninth Street
William T. Sharp
H. G. Johnson
Fifth Avenue East
Third Avenue East
Willie A. Earp
Salvation Army Building Fund Drive Under Way
Funds from the Decatur business district campaign are coming in rapidly, drive chairman Smith reports. The week long drive ends Saturday with workers soliciting in workplaces and circulars mailed to homemakers. Gifts support new Salvation Army centers to expand local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Building Fund
Smith
Decatur
Salvation Army
Army
Inflation Foe or Fix? Thomas Calls Higher Prices to Tame Debt
Senator Elmer Thomas argues for higher prices and wages as the only way to ease the national debt, urging farmers receive better prices under a market run by supply and demand. Wisconsin Republicans Reed S. Murray and Lawrence H. Smith press for hearings on extending OPA and subsidies to prevent strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Reed S. Murray
Lawrence H. Smith
Congress
House Banking Committee
Iran May Appeal to UN Security Council Over Azerbaijan Clash
Iran considers an immediate appeal to the United Nations Security Council to resolve the Azerbaijan dispute with Soviet Russia. Tehran instructed diplomats after debates in the General Assembly, with Nasrullah Entezam saying the move could come by direct petition or via the UN secretary general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Azerbaijan
Antonorty
Nasrullah Entezam
Security Council
Entezam
UNO
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations
Soviet Union
Contract Awarded For Electric Work In Alabama
The Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation awards the rehabilitation contract for existing distribution lines to Bush Building Company of Nashville. Work covers Moulton Town Creek Falkville and lines from Hartselle to the Cullman county line near Eva Alabama. Construction will begin soon for about 1500 members while right of way clearing proceeds to reduce future interruptions. H Cunningham Manager Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Bush Building Company
Nashville
H. Cunningham
Hartselle
Ala
Bush Bldg. Co
Tenn
Cooperative
Ice
National strike halts meat packing as talks planned
A nationwide strike suspends meat packing nationwide with 268000 union workers. AFL CIO leaders agree to conference in Washington with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach though walkout may continue. About 193000 CIO and 75000 AFL members strike across 140 plants threatening a meatless week and impacting feeds. Politically, strikes affect Flint schools and Panther valley miners with local confrontations and plant picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Schwellenbach
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
CIO United Packinghouse
CIO
AFI
George Dressler
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Swift and Company
Kansas City
Kans
E. E. Phelps
Flint
Mich
Robert Lomesney
Panther Valley
Lansford
Pittsburgh
A. W. Robertson
Westinghouse Electric Corp
General Electric
General Motors
Westinghouse
Morgan county March of Dimes drive under way
Frank G. Yaney chairs the Morgan county campaign opening Monday and running through January with boxes placed at local businesses to collect voluntary donations. The Morgan county chapter and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis pledge care for all victims regardless of age creed color or race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Frank G. Yaney
Yaney
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
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John F. Miller
Pvt. Miller
Camp Bowie
Texas
C. W. Goggans
Cullman
Bnac
Solomons
Albert Tacket
Huntsville
Wanda Lee
Ramon H. Thomas
Vinemont 1
Central Methodist Church
Russell Powell
James Wright
LaGrange, Ga
L-C
Ernest Byford
Hartsellé
the Baugh Infirmary
J. W. Sisk
The
Baugh Infirmary
Dorothy Ladd
Hamil Clinic
John Watson
Fairview
Mrs. de Ryan
St. and
Bruce Flesher
Tamer
H. D. Edwards
Hamil
James Wayne-Terry
Decatur General Hospital
Clara Hill
Danville 2
Howell
Bruce Byars
Fifth Avenue West
A. F. Griffis
Sixth Avenue East
Ken Reynolds
Louise de Chants
Sonja Leggett
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Miss de Chants
Roberts
Richardson
William D. Mitchell
Humphrey
Joseph Hicswa
Wallington
N.J
Pfc
Joseph.e. Hicswa
Osaka
U. K
Solon
Stir
Secretary of Labor
Dimes Drive
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