French spokesmen reveal Black Maquis groups plotting anti‑communist coup
Paris reports three opaque far right groups dubbed the Black Maquis have formed a unified command near Luzern Switzerland. They reportedly prepared a blue plan to resist civil war with actions including arson and railway sabotage. Two suspected Vichy supporters linked to Petain reportedly coordinated the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Esta
Ince
Night
Luzern
Switzerland
Black Maquis
Fourth Republic
Estat
Edouard Depreux
Informaon
St. Amand
French Army
AFL
Rally Or Movement
RAC
MAC
France
Marshal Petain
Petain
Vichy
Hartmann Convicted of Murder in Slaying of minister's Wife
James Hartmann a 15 year old student was found guilty of murder for stabbing the minister's wife and her husband in a Southside parking lot. The jury recommended 25 years as strong consideration for death. Rev. Francis F. Bush and the slain woman's husband witnessed the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Hartmann
Husky Vocational
Hartmann
Kathleen Hartmann
Leon
Francis F. Bush
Gracelyn
Tax policy clash as Truman plan faces GOP hurdles
The steering committee eyed Truman's 39.7 billion dollar budget while Republicans press for cuts. Baruch urged delaying tax cuts for two years and restoring wartime excess profits taxes. Harriman backed the plan before Ways and Means, while the American Farm Bureau warned against any material revision to income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congressional Budget Committee
Truman
Baruch
Senate Foreign Retiows
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
House W Ways and Means
GOP
American Farm Bay Federation
Ways and
Means
Demand for investigation into state boys' school deaths
Senator Ralph Erdwin urged a Senate resolution demanding Governor Phil Donnelly and Attorney General J. E. Taylor probe two strangulation slayings at the Missouri training school for boys. He cited chaotic conditions at the correctional institution and called for an official inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
State Training School For Boys
Missouri
Ralph Erdwin
State Senate
Phil M. Donnelly
J. E. Taylor
Correctional Institution
Market grain prices from Decatur report
Decatur markets list No. 1 soft wheat 3.15 per bushel and various corn types ranging 2.46 to 2.61 per bushel. Feed and shelled corn prices appear with white and yellow varieties, Milo at 4.00, barley 1.80, and oats 0.42 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Report January 20
Receipts light with cattle mostly lower grade cows and steady to higher basses for some classes. Calves steady with good and choice weaners 27 to 33 dollars. hogs mostly 50 cents lower with top bars 27.25 for 190 250 lb. sheep steady with good lambs 22 to 24 dollars and smaller ewes around 8 to 9 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Baers
North Georgia live poultry market shows ample supply
North Georgia market reports easy to moderate demand for live poultry. Some processors offered more chickens than needed. Birds weighed 2 1 2 to 3 pounds. FOB farm prices for fryers picked up yesterday afternoon and this morning ranged from 36 to 38 cents, mostly 37 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New York Cotton Futures Firm on March May July Demand
New York cotton futures maintained strength with active dealings largely in nearby positions. Buyers incl March May and July contracts, aided by export sales to Japan and bids from the Army quartermaster for 50 000 bales. Prices rose late, with March 35.50 May 35.55 and July 34.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Japan
Army Quartermaster
VFW Post 4190 Notices Nominating Panels and Dance Plans
The VFW post held a February meeting showing a 1947 World Series film donated by B G Ryan and shown by Harold Aday. Committees were named to nominate a full 1948 officer slate, with two chairmen and members listed. Plans for a Ted Weems dance at the armory on February 11 were discussed. Larry Miller received a ten year stadium ticket and Ed Owens won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
B. G. Ryan
Harold Aday
Ray Childs
Larry Miller
Butler P. A. Hine
O. M. Hutchinson
Wesley Cook
Joe Morrison
Hubert Sandusky
Tommy Todd
Herman Lambert
Bob McLaughlin
Ted Weems
Armory
Ed Owens
River club plans floating clubhouse and patrol boon
John year on Labor Day the club formed aims to appoint a committee to negotiate a floating clubhouse. They drafted recreation plans including a large summer picnic for members and families. The commodore urged river recreation progress and asked the Coast Guard to locate a patrol boat at Decatur for water safety and rescue work. Officers listed include Quince Eddins commodore Leonard Moody vice commodore and Gerald Neher secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore
U. S Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Decatur
Quince Eddins
Leonard Moody
Gerald Neher
Decatur ordinance adds retail bakery service truck fee
City of Decatur Alabama amends Ordinance No 415 Section 12 by adding a provision for retail bakery service. Each person firm or corporation operating trucks selling bakery products at retail only must pay a fee of 25 dollars for each additional truck, with the date on file as January 2 1948. The amendment bears city clerk and mayor signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Bowee
Bank Robber Smith Held After New Orleans Heist
James F. Smith a 24 year old parolee from Pennsylvania identified as one of five men in a January 9 daylight robbery of a New Orleans bank is jailed in Chicago awaiting extradition. FBI chief George McSwain said Smith slept in a downtown hotel when seized and $17 775 was found under his bed along with part of the $22 000 he received. The case ties to a Jan 30 1947 Philadelphia police killing warrant and three accomplices were captured while one remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James F. Smith
Pennsylvania
FBI
New Orleans
George McSwain
Smith
McSwain
Hibernia National Bank
Midcity
Philadelphia
Memphis
St. Chicago
Tom and
George Rickets
Harry Todd
Johnny
Aid funds split for Marshall plan to Britain and others
The State Department estimated Britain could receive 1.76 billion dollars of the 6.8 billion proposed for Europe over 15 months. Illustrative distributions cover France, Western Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium Luxembourg, Greece, Austria and more with Portugal Switzerland and Turkey excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Europe
Department
Congress
France
Western
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgiu - Luxembourg
Greece
Austria
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Saar
Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tax Checks Being Sent Across Morgan County
Tax collector's office announces distribution of real and personal property taxes for January 1 to January 15. Funds allocated to state and Morgan County entities including Morgan County Schools and City Board of Education. Total disbursement listed as 8916.64 with commissions and fees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Alabama
Morgan County
Morgan County Schools City Board of Education
Austinville
Gaceres
Decatur
Falkville
Hartselle
Ei Eho Chi Ees Taaatincidel
Unrest and Strikes Surge Across German Zones
In the Ruhr and Bavaria neo fascist activity grows as 120000 workers may strike at 6 am. Munich and Cologne see general and targeted walkouts. Cologne streetcars halt after 3000 operators strike. Frankfurt telephone staff quit 45 minutes. Essen building trades protest food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr
Bavaria
Communist Party
Cologne Trade Union Council
Munich
Cologne
Frankfurt
Essen
Holtville appoints Formby as head of state poultry plant
John R. Formby vocational agriculture teacher at Holtville Alabama and Elmore county native is named general manager of the state poultry and egg processing plant to be opened soon. Formby recently returned from Brazil where he helped the government establish self sustaining communities patterned after Holtville. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
John R. Formby
Holtville
Ala
Elmore County
Formby
Brazil
Alabama Polytechnics Institute
God Of Creation Film to be Shown at Westminster Church
The Moody Institute of Science documentary The God Of Creation with full color science footage will show at 7 00 P M Thursday at Westminster Presbyterian Church 501 Jackson Street Rev John Troxler says the film has reached over two million viewers in the U S and Europe It features star gazing footage from Mount Wilson and time lapse scenes of natural processes introduced by Rev G H Landers Moody film representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jackson Street
John Troxler
Irwin A. Moon
Los Angeles Laboratories
Moody Institute of Science
Europe
Dr. Moon
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Ena
God of Creation
G. H. Landers
Moody Film Representative
Negro writer Claudia Jones held on deportation warrant
Claudia Jones, a negro woman writer and secretary to the national women's commission of the Communist Party, is detained on a deportation warrant in New York. Officials say she advocates overthrow of the government by force and she was taken from her Manhattan home to Ellis Island on a $1,000 bond. Jones was born in Trinidad on February 21, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Claudia Jones
National Women’s Commission
Communist Party
United States
Manhattan
Immigration Service
FBI
Ellis Island
W. F. Watkins
Immigration and Naturalization
Trinidad
British West Indies
Youth Named Whittle Sentenced in Extortion Case
P Frank Albin Whittle 21-year-old Butler county farmer was sentenced to five years by U S District Judge C B Kennamer after pleading guilty to violating the federal extortion statute. He was arrested when agents and local officers nabbed him while picking up a package under a railroad pass near Greenville Alabama last Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Albin Whittle
Butler
Farmer
U. S
C. B. Kennamer
Ralph Hughes
Greenville
FBI
Butler County
Dulles Defends Marshall Plan as Step Toward Peace
John Foster Dulles, a U N delegate and Republican foreign affairs expert, described the administration proposed European recovery plan as a step toward peace and said the United States cannot long survive as a citadel of self indulgent privilege amid massed human misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
John Foster Dulles
U. S
United Nations
United States
Two Trucks Hit Near Mooresville School
A two-vehicle crash in front of the Mooresville school at 9 15 this morning left four people treated for injuries. Harold Nash six suffered head lacerations and was discharged. Patrick Ryan 33 of Jefferson S C had a cut artery and an eye abrasion. W E Laughan of Lynchburg Va had possible rib fractures. Dean B Geron of Cleveland Tenn was unhurt. Highway patrolmen Little and Coleman said Geron attempted a left turn into the school grounds as the panel truck and pickup collided. damages were estimated at 400 for the pickup and 1000 for the larger trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresville
Harold Nash
Harold E. Nash Sr
Belle Mina
Decatur General Hospital
Patrick Ryan
Jefferson
S. C
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
W. E. Laughan
Lynchburg
Nungester Clinic
Dean B. Geron
Cleveland
Tenn
Little and Coleman
Geron
Mooresville—school
Little Harold Nash
Ryan
Judge Jones Denies Plea Over Alabama Jobless Rule
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones refused a temporary injunction against a new Alabama rule requiring employers to reply within four days when a former worker applies for unemployment benefits. A hearing on a possible permanent injunction will be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
Alabama
Benham Underweills
Jackson County
Debardeleben Coal Corp
Jefferson County
Fleetwood Darnley
Hugh Culverhouse
Girl Scout Chief to Deliver Talk at Luncheon
Mrs. William Marmion of Birmingham, commissioner of Girl Scouts, will speak at a covered dish luncheon at the Girl Scout Littlehouse Thursday at 1 p.m. The public is invited. attendees should bring a covered dish. Marmion will discuss her National Girl Scout convention delegation and general activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marmion
Birmingham
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Littlehouse
Marmion
Oenia
Episcopal Church
Death of Etowah Woman Probed After Gunshot
Coroner Jess Cox sought aid from the state toxicologist in investigating the death of Mrs. Charles William Stokes 23 near McCauley’s chapel. She died from a temple wound after leaving the dinner table, and her husband Charles William Stokes claims she shot herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Jess Cox
Charles William Stokes
McCauley's
Stokes
Cox
Decatur area notes births illnesses and church plans
Mrs. Roy Poff and Ada Troup listed as seriously ill or patients at Decatur General. Newborns include a daughter to Mr and Mrs J W Gist and a son to Mr and Mrs G C Bishop both at Decatur General. Church leaders announce mid week service at First Presbyterian and Protestant groups plan World Day of Prayer activities.
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J. W. Gist
E. Wilson
Avenue
Decatur General
G. C. Bishop
Decatur 2
W. .W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Louisiana Ballot Faces Four Governor Candidates
Louisiana voters head to the polls to pick a Democratic nominee among former governors Sam Jones and Earl K. Long U S Rep James H Morrison and Judge Robert F Kennon. Campaigns hinge on tax disclosure records and promises of highways schools and pensions with a second primary possible February 24 and a looming run off for the party’s nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Earl K. Long
U. S
James H. Morrison
Robert F. Kennon
Congress
James Domengeaux
Long
Domengeaux
Jones
Huey Long
Internal
Richard W. Leche
Earl Long
Hass
Jimmie Davis
Morrison
Organized Labor
Kennon
Mrs. E. R. Martin rites set for Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. E. R. Martin age 51 are scheduled for 2 P M Thursday at Evergreen with burial in Eva cemetery. The deceased died Monday in Tuscaloosa. Officiating is Drinkard of Hartselle. she leaves a husband a daughter Mrs. D. R. Puilet of Leighton a son J. W. Martin of Detroit four sisters and one brother and a grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Martin
Evergreen
Tuscaloosa
Eva
Drinkard
Hartselle
D. R. Puilet
Leighton
J. W. Martin
Detroit
W. D Flowers
Belle Reeder
Cullman
Grady Tucker
Falkville
Commons approves 50,000 pound annual allowance for Princess Elizabeth
The House of Commons voted 17 to none to grant Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip a 50,000 pound yearly allowance. The decision followed a brief debate and a brief rebel showing by a few Labour MPs, and came on the government sponsored measure’s second reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FUND
London
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Marriages and Deeds Reported in Daily ee Records
The notice lists marriages for Elbert Sanders Jr and Ethel Dobbs in Somerville, and Clayton Sanders with Velma Hampton in Decatur. It also records multiple property transfers and loans including Deeds L. C. Compton to Earl Hall for 4250 dollars and various transfers such as Alabama Family Homes to John A. Thompson for 1 dollar, and other sizable sums involving local individuals and companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Sanders Jr
Somerville
Ethel Dobbs
Clayton Sanders
Jasper
Velma Hampton
Decatur
Deeds L. C. Compton
Earl Hall
City of
A. P. Johnson
G. N. Aldridge
Ola Mullican
Evelyn Louise Tidwell
Ruth Emens Sewell
James A. Doane
F. Rice
Omer A. Bates
Cotton spindles operate at 114.2 percent capacity in December
Census Bureau reports the cotton spinning industry ran at 114.2 percent of capacity on a two-shift 80-hour week in December, down from 120.6 percent in November and 107.8 percent a year earlier. Total spindles in place 23,730,000 with 21,412,000 active in December. active spindle hours 9,544,000,000 averaging 402 hours per spindle in place. State figures show Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee with varied spindle counts and hours per spindle.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Frigid Weather Causes 11 Deaths Across States
A three day freeze in Pennsylvania and cold blasts killed 11 people nationwide. Kentucky, Connecticut and Illinois each saw five deaths, Tennessee four, and several states multiple fatalities. Miami posted 72 as the national high while fuel shortages and gas curtailments affected Buffalo and surrounding counties.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Connecticut
Illinois
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Missouri
Mississippi
Maryland
West Virginia
Rocky Mountains
Florida
Miami
Buffalo
N. Y
Iroquois Gas Corp
Olin F. Flumerfelt
Treasure Digging Rush Attracts Crowds To Gold Spot
A man named Medley claims gold lies at a site and has drawn a large crowd as police set up a fence. He has funded another dig after years of failed attempts and finally secured backing for a major venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medley
Heire ss Nancy de Marigny files annulment suit
Nancy Jakes de Marigny 23, heiress to Sir Harry Oakes mine fortune, sues Count Alfred de Marigny to annul their marriage. The suit, filed weeks ago, was made public after Justice Benedict D. Dineen allowed notice by publication. De Marigny, 41, was acquitted in 1948 of Oakes death in Nassau. he is believed in Montreal. Details of the action were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nancy "Jakes de Marigniy
Harry Oakes
Count Alfred de Marigny
State Supreme Court
Benedict D. Dineen
de Marigny
Oak
Los Angeles Back in Film Set Spotlight
Hollywood notes LA returns as a real location hub for films with exteriors for The Pitfall shot on real streets. Garson star Julia Misbehaves and producer Everett Riskin aim to boost careers, while The Spiritualist challenges mediums amid nationwide complaints during a 14 day shoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ray
Los Angeles
Dick Powell
Cass Timberlane
T-Man
Martin
Rome
Qui
Garson
Julia
Greer
Rou
Fim
Everett Riskin
H E
Irene Dunne
Thedora Goes Wild
Eagle-Lion
Hollywood Beat Sights and Sounds Feature Wartime Talent
Marlene Dietrich performs a musical saw solo on the Foreign Affair set to entertain troops before war. An MGM actor comments on Lana Turner’s suspension saying he would take any role as father mother or child in these times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene Sear
Marlene Dietrich
Lana Turner
Tender crops in Florida suffer heavy damage from Jan frost
Warren O. Johnson, head of the frost warning service, reports heavy damage to tender truck crops from the January 15 16 freeze but expects limited monetary loss as winter production was at a low point. The lower East Coast and Everglades show slight damage while hardy stock incurs light losses. citrus damage remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland
Fla
Warren O. Johnson
Frost Warning Service
Lower East Coast
Evergladgs
Johnson
Furnace Repaired Prompting Lafayette Street School to Reopen
The Lafayette Street school closed today due to furnace trouble. Walter Jackson, city superintendent of schools, said repairs are underway and classes will resume Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Street
Walter Jackson
City Superintendenty of Schools
Food Aid Urgently Sought to Stabilize Germany
Britain pleads for rapid U S food shipments to Germany to ease shortages and curb unrest that could hamper production. Foreign Office confirms Bevin's cable to Marshall but withholds exact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
Ernest Bevin
Government troops quell clashes in Santander Del Norte
Government airborne forces landed in troubled Santander Del Norte province and moved quickly to suppress ongoing clashes between liberal and conservative factions. The bloody political struggle intensified after nights of unrest as troops established control in the affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Santander del Norte
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