Local Notes Include Weather Outlook and Community News
Weather outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain in the south and central areas. Senior board of stewards at Memorial Drive Methodist Church remind of a Tuesday seven o'clock meeting to discuss a new auditorium. Community updates include hospital births and discharges at Decatur General Hospital and acknowledgments from local residents. See DIARY on Page 2.
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South Portion
North Central
Memorial Drive
Toll of Death in Wake Of Blizzard Rises to 52
The Associated Press reports that a severe storm across the Northern plains Northwest and Canada killed at least 52 people including nine in the Northwest blizzard and seven in two plane crashes. Other fatalities occurred in vehicle accidents and floods. Temperatures remained subzero from the Great Lakes to the Pacific as rains and winds damaged power lines and livestock. In Wisconsin ice fishermen faced danger as Lake Winnebago ice floes moved out. The Wabash river in Indiana flooded with four drownings and another death from exposure after a boat struck a pier.
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Associated Press
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Rocky Mountain
Northwest States
Canada
Northwest
Michigan
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Buffalo
Syracuse
N. Y
J. Badner
Chicago
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Pacific Northwest
Washington
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Winnebago
Wisconsin
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Home of Negro is Damaged by Blaze
A three room house on Crawford Row occupied by Willie Harrison and family burned Sunday around 4 30 P M. Fire Chief Floyd Elkins said the interior was badly burned and the house was completely ablaze when firemen arrived. No clothing or furniture were saved. The fire likely started from an overturned stove.
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Crawford Row
Willie Harrison
Floyd Elkins
Ins
Jepson Is Here For Concert In Decatur
Miss Helen Jepson soprano arrives for Decatur concert under Decatur Concert Association. She performs tonight at eight in Riverside High School auditorium with accompanist William Johnson. Earlier she sang at Central Methodist church and attended a private dinner at the Country Club hosted by Dr and Mrs W P Baugh. She will depart tonight by train for Washington DC.
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Helen Jepson
Decatur Concert Association
Jepson
Riverside High School
Miss Jepson
William Johnson
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
Country Club
W. P. Baugh
Rotary Club
Hotel Lyons
Washington, D. C
Truman seeks 10-year rubber program and private shift
President Truman asked Congress to pass a new ten year plan to prevent rubber shortages in war. He seeks authority to begin shifting part of the $700 million synthetic rubber program to private ownership while ensuring emergency production for national security. A Steelman report accompanies the message.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Truman
Congress
John R. Steelman
President Truman Faces House Rules Battle and Possible Coalition
Administration leaders seek White House help as a reform bloc led by Rep. Colmer pushes to tighten control of major legislation through the House Rules Committee. Rankin warns a GOP Southern Democrat coalition could prevail, threatening the fair deal and a costly veterans bonus amid election-year pressure.
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White House
Truman
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Rep
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House Rules Committee
Rankin
Rules Committee
Robbers Loot Hotel Statler Cashier Office in Boston
Three masked gunmen robbed the Hotel Statler cashier’s office seizing about 48000 dollars from weekend receipts. They forced employees to surrender cash and checks at pistol point before fleeing through the lobby to the mezzanine.
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Boston
Statler
Park Square
Cambridge
Massachusetts Poultry Company
53 Arrested in Valley Section
Law enforcement reports detail 53 arrests across a four county district over the weekend. Incidents include an assault with intent to murder and a forgery charge in Morgan county, with other arrests for public drunkenness, prohibition violations, speeding, and drunken driving. Sheriff Bibb Humphrey and Sheriff John Sandlin led weekend actions in Limestone and surrounding counties.
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Morgan County
Cullman County
Bibb Humphrey
Decatur
Recorder’s Court
John Sandlin
Limestone County
New York City
Limestone Creek
Athens
Frank Johnson
Lawrence County
Fred Riley
Lawrence
Moulton
Parker Plans To Oppose Hill In Alabama Senate Race
Roy F. Parker 37 announced in Attalla he will seek the U S senate seat held by Lister Hill. Parker, a state Democratic executive committee member, backs states rights and opposes civil rights measures. He cites past campaigns and proposes pension and tax reductions while seeking farmer support and federal aid for schools.
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Attalla
Ala
Roy F. Parker
U. S. Senate
Lister Hill
Parker
Democratic Executive Committee
Philadelphia
J. Thomas Heflin
Heflin
Hill
Truman
Hit
Seek to Speed Up School Aid
House members press to advance the Senate approved school aid bill amid religious controversy. They plan to push committee action before Feb 6, seek passage of the Senate bill, and propose amendments to address parochial school transportation demands.
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Washington
House
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Senate
Dean Acheson Target of GOP Criticism Over China Policy
Republican lawmakers attack Secretary of State Dean Acheson amid the rift with Red China and debate over Formosa. Democratic leaders counter that GOP tactics turn foreign policy into political fodder in the Senate clash, while Senator Lucas accuses Republicans of pressuring Truman. Reverberations reach London as Far Eastern tensions unfold.
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Associated Press
United States
Red China
Acheson
Senate
Formosa
China
Lucas
Illinois
G.O.P
Truman
Brewster
London
Russians Walk Out of UN Body Over Chinese Delegates
Jan 16 Russian bloc delegations walked out of a United Nations committee in protest at Chinese nationalist representatives. Czechoslovakia joined the walkout in the economic and social council committee on procedure, signaling broader boycott aims across UN organs.
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United Nations
U.N
Economic and Social Council
Committee On
Czechoslovakia
Russia
U. N
Security Council
British Officials Wary Over Red Seizure of Peiping Property
Top British officials express serious concern over Red seizure of American property in Peiping while worrying about criticism from Commonwealth partners for recognizing the communist government. Formosa dispatches say more than 100 nationalist planes and warships bombed invasion craft massed near Hainan island to curb a Reds assault.
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Formosa
Luizhow
Hainan
Chinaouth
Big
Japan
Pacific
Ho Kyo-Kwang
McEntire Announces Bid for Morgan County Solicitor Post
Decatur attorney LeRoy McEntire Jr. said he would enter the May primary for solicitor of the Morgan county court. He plans to qualify after the county democratic executive committee sets candidate qualifications. McEntire practices with Ben L. Britnell in the Polhill building and resides at 907 Canal Street.
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LeRoy McEntire Jr
Decatur
Morgan County Court
McEntire
Democratic Executive Committee
Ben L. Britnell
Polhill
Canal Street
Protestants Urge Freedom Of Religion Clause in Italy
Protestants in Naples call on the United States to enforce the religious freedom clause of the Italian peace treaty. A resolution from Waldensian Baptist Methodist Free Church of the Brethren Seventh Day Adventist and Presbyterian churches condemns an interior ministry statement linking Protestant activity to communism.
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Naples
Interior Ministry
Italy
Evangelical Biblical Institute of
Waldensian
Baptist
Methodist
Free Church of the Brethren
Seventh Day Adventist
Presbyterian
United States
State Department
Washington
pon“Ai-Americang
Italian Republic
Republic
Two Die 39 Hurt In Triple Crash
A rush hour crash near the Queensboro Bridge end in Manhattan left two dead and 39 injured. A crowd gathered as a double deck bus struck by a trailer truck plowed into a car and pedestrians including high school students. Harry Hicks of Jackson Heights died at City Hospital. The other victim was a young woman. Thirty-five injured were hospitalized. about ten pedestrians were hurt.
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Manhattan
Queensboro Bridge
Charles Seretan
Harry Hicks
Jakson Heights
Queens
City Hospital
March of Dimes Seeks Strong Polio Campaign Support
Morgan county launches a critical March of Dimes drive led by Chairman Frank Troup to fund polio care and prevention. National HQ advised. 17,000 1949 victims expected to need care through 1950, with large outbreak costs and ongoing research. Local boxes and cards placed in retailers to boost donations.
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Morgan County
Frank Troup
Troup
National Foundation
March of
Chickens killed in Boligee truck overturn
Hundreds of milk fed chickens died when a truck overturned near Boligee Alabama yesterday. The driver Charlie Wilber 29 of Rogers Arkansas and a passenger were not injured. Damage was estimated at about 1500 dollars by Alabama Highway Patrolmen.
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Boligee
Ala
Charlie Wilber
Rogers
Ark
Alabama
Miner Rescued Brother Sought After Rock Slide
In Mahony City Pennsylvania a rescue recovered Joe Burda after 40 hours trapped 55 feet underground. His brother Eddie remains entombed 25 feet away as rescuers press their search with debris still blocking the shaft. Casmir Burda escaped uninjured.
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Mahony City
Joe Burda
Eddie
Burdas
Casmir
Joe
State Hospital
Ashland
Police and FBI Check Car Here
Police and FBI teams inspect a 1940 black Ford coupe with Texas plates found abandoned on Oak Street. They recovered 33 cigarette packages bearing tax stamps near the river and seek identification of a white man in a red checkered jacket carrying a package toward the water.
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FBI
Oak Street
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Georgia
Texas
Chapman Nomination Cleared by Senate Interior Committee
The Senate interior committee unanimously approved Oscar Chapman’s nomination for Secretary of the Interior. Democrats and Republicans praised Chapman, named by President Truman on December 1 to succeed J A Krug, and a quick confirmation by the Senate is expected.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Oscar Chapman
Interior
Chapman
Truman
J. A. Krug
Senate
Miners in Six States Stay Off Jobs During Walkout
Congressional leaders cited President Truman saying he lacks evidence of a national emergency in coal. About 64,600 to 65,000 soft coal miners across six states refused to work after a weeklong strike. Northern fields led idleness with Alabama Ohio Kentucky West Virginia among affected areas.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Steel
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Alabama
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Hill urges board to study coal shortages in nation
Senator Hill of Alabama urged President Truman to name a fact finding board to determine if the coal shortage stems from mine weeks. He stressed not seeking Taft Hartley act powers and cited presidents and War Labor Board precedent. Hill opposes emergency powers to restore coal output.
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Washington
Hill
D-Ala
Truman
Alabama
Old War Labor Board
Congress
Miners Return to Shifts Amid Walkout Uncertainty
In Utah Illinois and Indiana mines ran normal shifts while Southwest Virginia coal fields operated near full capacity with 340 idle of 15 000 miners. No new official explanation for this week's walkouts emerged, echoing last week. UMW president Lewis urged striking miners to return to pits.
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Virginia
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Four Persons Killed In Birmingham Area
Four people died in Birmingham area weekend crashes. Mary Elizabeth Riley of Oak Grove and Grady C. Hart were struck by a car driven by Lee N. Rogers of Trussville, who faces coroner inquest. Two men, Brock Anderson King Jr. of Tuscaloosa and Murphy Hill Freeman of Birmingham, perished in an auto train crash nearby.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mary Elizabeth Riley
Oak Grove
Grady C. Hart
Lee N. Rogers
Trussville
Brock Anderson King Jr
Tuscaloosa
Murphy Hill Freeman
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