Local notes on hospital moves births and church offerings
Dismissals and admissions at Ellis Meyers hospital include Jesse Counts and Mrs Cecil Julian among others. The Riggs announce a daughter in Decatur General. Layman's Loyalty Sunday at St John’s Episcopal invites Advance Fund gifts. Births reported for Miller and Disker families. A note directs readers to Diary on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymon Riggs
Decatur 3
Decatur General Hospital
Ellis-Meyers Hospital
James Newton
Cecil Julian
First Avenue
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Emmett Miller
West Moulton Street
Decatur- General Hospital
Olan Disker
Endlam Boulevard
Cullman Man Named Director
J Walker Barfield of Foremost Dairies Montgomery was elected president of the Alabama Dairy Products Association at its annual convention in Biloxi. Don Rogers of Barbers Pure Milk Co Birmingham was chosen secretary treasurer, with a slate of officers and directors led by Barfield for the milk and ice cream divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
J. Walker Barfield
Montgomery
Alabama Dairy Products Association
Barfield
Dairies
J. W. Parkman Jr
Dothan
Don Rogers
Barber’s Pure Milk Co
Birmingham
Donald Porch
Gadsden
Robert G. Brown
Opelika
Pascal Schilleci
Bessemer
E. L. Turner Jr
Anniston
E. J. Huffman
Fayette
James E. Stoner
Lem Morrison
Greensboro
Henry Howell
Cullman
Forest L. Douglas
Wilson Holds Up Confirmation Of New Cabinet
President elect Eisenhower faces a delay as Charles E. Wilson, nominee for secretary of defense, refuses to relinquish 20 million dollars in General Motors stock. Senate hearings and legal questions focus on conflict of interest rules for cabinet members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
General Motors
Defense
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
Egypt arrests 40 in nationwide Communist roundup
Egypt launches a nation wide roundup of Communists accusing them of threatening Premier Naguib's reform program. 25 army officers and 15 civilians are jailed, six Communist newspapers closed. Notables detained include Fuad Serag Ed Din Prince Abbas Halim and Col Rashed Mehenna. Plotters planned violence on Jan 23 during Army coup anniversary celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zein Nagati
Cairo
Egypt
A Naguib
Ith
Abdel Nasser
Naguib
Nasser
Fuad Serag Ed-Din
Abbas Halim
Farouk
Col
Rashed Mehenna
Troy Man Held In Bold Robbery
A Troy man, Raiford C. Bass, is held after a burglary at a ticket office. The thief entered while the night man stood outside and stole the cash drawer contents. an automatic pistol and a sing were reported. Bass was arrested about an hour later with $119.85 in his possession.
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Troy
Amk
Raiford C. Bass
Ball
Bass
Bull
Charles Norman Named Chairman Of Drive For Heart Fund
Charles Norman will head the Morgan county annual Heart Fund campaign in February. Dr. W. H. Block announced the selection. Norman is manager of the Southern Steel Nut Company and a director of First Federal Savings and Loan. He urged Morgan county to support education, research, and rehabilitation funded by the Heart Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norman
Morgan County
Norman
W. H. Block
Hartselle
Southern Steel Nut Company
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
St. John’s Episcopal Church
United States
Heart Fund
Truman May Be Congressman Truman May Be Congressman
President Harry S. Truman said in an interview with the Miami Daily News that he may seek return to Washington, possibly in the House or Senate. He praised his seven years in office, noted improved unemployment and peacetime production, and defended his stance on communism and foreign aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Miami Daily News
Truman
Senate
Congress
Hoke Welch
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Jeffrey P. Hillelson
Ian
Independence
Missouri
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Hugh L. White
Mississippi
J. Strom Thurmond
Three Men Open For Nomination for Legislator
Three men in Morgan county seek the Democratic nomination for state representative. Lester E. Wooten of Somerville joins Rutledge Thomas of Decatur and Merrill Doss of Hartselle as declared candidates. Nomination by the county committee effectively decides the race ahead of the March 24 election. The Republican party will not field a candidate. The vacancy follows Luther Roberts resignation to become county tax collector. Alvis Briscoe also left the tax office to enter private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Lester E. Wooten
Somerville 2
Cotaco
Rutledge Thomas
Decatur
Merrill Doss
Hartselle
Democratic County Executive Committee
Tatamount
Persons
Republican Party
Luther Roberts Hartselle
Alvis Briscoe
Purge fears shadow East German Premier Grotewohl
East German Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl faces possible arrest as a purge targets non Communist officials. Foreign Minister Georg Dertinger and several allied leaders have been seized, prompting West German officials to predict Grotewohl may be next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Gohl
Georg Dertinger
Jakob Kaiser
West Germany
Grotewohl
Bonn
Kaiser
Otto Nuschke
Dertinger
Christian Democrat Party
Karl Hamann
Rain Flurries Sweep Alabama As Weekend Cold Front Moves In
Rain flurries swept Alabama as a weakened cold front moved across the state. Temperatures rose to 74 in Birmingham with no immediate cool-down, while the Weather Bureau forecast lows around 43 in Birmingham and 40 in Huntsville. North Alabama highs were seen in the 50s Sunday, with a 35 expected in Birmingham, as the front weakened but lingered. Muscle Shoals reported the state’s lowest morning at 39 and about 0.5 inch of rain.
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Birmingham
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
Huntsville
Tennessee Valley
North Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Snow and Rain Spread Across Nation This Weekend
The Weather Bureau warns a slushy weekend for the northern half of the country as a storm belt covers the Northeast by Sunday. Heavy rains hit the West Coast and Pacific to the Western Rockies while Texas sees a thaw ending a five day winter threat to Rio Grande crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Rockies
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Roberts Elected GOP National Chairman Amid Election Reflections
C Wesley Roberts a 49 year old former Kansas newspaper editor was chosen as the Republican National Chairman. The party praised Eisenhower victory while noting slim Senate and House majorities and urged vigilance to avoid losing Congress in 1954. Opposition leaders stressed Eisenhower represented change to the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
C. Wesley
Wes) Roberts
Kansas
Congress
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Leonard W. Hall
New York
House Republican Campaign Committee
Roberts
Republican Party
Lee Wesley
Inauguration Week Begins as Eisenhower Takes Oath
Thousands flood Washington for the Eisenhower inauguration with a two day buildup. The parade will roll along Pennsylvania Avenue and visitors stream into the capital by train plane bus and car. Officials expect crowds to fill the area while housing committees arrange rooms in homes hotels and even yards for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eisenhower
Vety Ee Ae Grandchildren
Robert S. Hinds
Ind
Union Station
Two Superforts Lost In Combat Over Korea
Two U S Superforts were shot down in air to air combat during Allied bomber raids on North Korea. The loss brings to two the number of B 29s announced lost by the Air Force in four months. Red night fighters, MIGs equipped with cannons, opposed the strikes with meager to intense flak and passes. Temperatures on the Sindow Korean front dropped to four below zero as the aerial war continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Tokyo
Sinanju
Manchurian
Air Force
U. S
Fugitive Wallace Faces Forfeiture Across Three States
A bond forfeiture total of 48000 looms as Alabama fugitive Howard Thomas Wallace, captured in Jackson, faces hearings over missed appearances and charges from a 1951 holdup to burglary and assault. Tennessee bonds include 15000 cash and 15000 secured by property. other bonds exist in Englewood Tennessee and Jackson Mississippi.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
Sheffield
Ala
Charles Gilbert
Howard Thomas Wallace
Tennessee
Indiana
Englewood
Chattanooga
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Wallace
Hand John Cole
Dist
Carlton Loser
Mrs. Frank H. Kirby In Critical Condition
Mrs. Frank H. Kirby, executive secretary of the Morgan county Red Cross, remains critically ill at the Hamil Clinic after a week of deteriorating health. She, long associated with the Red Cross for over two decades, began as a secretary and has led the chapter for 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Kirby
Morgan County
Red Cross
Hamil Clinic
Credit Man Paul Millians to Speak at Jaycee Banquet
Paul M Millians vice president of Commercial Credit Company Baltimore Md will address the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award banquet set for January 21 Jaycee President J B Hewitt announced Millians long career spans military government and business including posts with US Shipping Board American Credit Indemnifix Company and Commercial Credit Company He has led credit man associations in Atlanta and nationally The event features a Distinguished Service Award key to a young community contributor and Jaycees inviting bosses to join the at convention style program
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Paul M.millians
Commercial Credit Company
Baltimore
Atlanta
Association of Credit Men
Atlanta Association
National Association
National Association of Credit Men
Hewitt
O'Dwyer and Wife Separated Under Church Canon Law
Former New York mayor William O'Dwyer said he has separated from his wife Sham Simpson. A church letter from the Mexico City archbishop confirms a conditional separation while canonical study proceeds, with authorities to decide final terms. O'Dwyer released the documents and offered no further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
William O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
New York
Mexico
Luis M . Martinez
Simpson
William Yawyer
Sham Simpson
Youth Jumps Or Falls From Car Near Hartselle
Coroner reports 14 year old George Wallace Steele of Decatur died after jumping or falling from a moving freight train two miles north of Hartselle. He was taken to Decatur General Hospital where he died about 7:30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decature
Joe Morrison
Morrison
George Wallace Steele
Moulton Street
Decatur General Hospital
Hartselle
Charles Gilbert
West Vine Street
Joe
Lewis Harris
West Newcombe Street
Birmingham
Decatua
Decatur
Steele
Decatura
Nashville
Bees
Inj
Train Crash In Dense Fog Injures Seven Near Savannah
A Miami to Boston passenger train crashed into a freight train in thick fog near Fleming Georgia about 3 am causing seven injuries, two critical. The ACL Miamian derailed three locomotives and four passenger cars, eight freight cars left track. flames erupted in the freight caboose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Fleming
Herrman L. Coffer
ACL
Southern State
E._E. Sharpe
Coffer
Gers
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Donate
Jesse Counts
Fifth Avenue
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Laura Thier Wright
Walter Nielsen
Mrs. Perry Orr
Walnut Street
John Webb
North
Ellis - Meyers Hospital
Jimmy Jackson
Danville Road
Bobby Webster
Hartseller
Robert Lovelady
Fourth Avenue, SE
Ellis Meyer Hospital
Addie Kitchens
Moulton 2
Jack Coolidge
Veterans’ Hospital
Maryland
Veterans Administration Hospital
Terryville
R. C. Griffin Jr
Gene
Drive For Heart Fund
L. E. Wooten
Wesley Roberts
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