Scout Plans Mapped by Tennessee Valley Council Meeting
Executive board of the Tennessee Valley Council met at the Russell Erskine hotel in Huntsville with six of nine districts represented. They approved a six day camping period at Camp Drake and a new advancement procedure, set a February executive staff conference, and scheduled regional advancement and training meetings with 27 attendees.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Russel Erskine Hotel
Huntsville
Frank Chengult
Ateatie
Morgan
Emmett McClary
W. J. Brown
F. J. Chenault
Toni
Jordan
Cena
Sheffield
The
Council
Camp Drake
Tennessee River
Camp Westmoreland
H. A. Flowers
Florence State Teachers College
Greystone
E. L.S. Hawkins
Robert McRight
C. C. Coldiron
Decatur
UN Security Council Arcs Over Lebanon Egypt Iran Greece
The article outlines early actions and potential cases in the UN Security Council including Lebanon demanding immediate withdrawal of British and French troops, Egypt possibly filing a case amid a cabinet crisis, and Iran accusing Soviet troops in Azerbaijan of interference. It notes Russia and Britain joining the dispute charges and US Secretary Byrnes favoring public hearings, with council voting by majority.
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Russia
Iran
Edward” R. Stettinius Jr
James F. _Byrngig
Republic of
Lebanon
United Nations
Egypt
Council
Abdel Hamid Badawin Pasha
UNO
Secure Council
France
Soviet
Azerbaijan
Great Britain
Creece
Indonesia
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Washington
Clifford Vaughan Holding His Own at Marine Hospital
Clifford Vaughan of the U S Marine Corps is reported holding his own at the Marine hospital on Treasure Island California where he is dangerously ill with internal hemorrhages Bayne Vaughan a European theater veteran and Normandy invasion casualty flew to California to be at his brother’s bedside They are the sons of Frank B Vaughan of this city
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Clifford Vaughan
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Hospital
Treasure Island
Calif
Bayne Vaughan
Europe
Normandy
California
Frank B. Vaughan
Ste 5 Oplimale GUMPSES ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY
Community page notes discuss local events and concerns with a mix of names and places mentioned in partial column text. Readers are invited to share updates and perspectives on neighborhood matters and current happenings.
College Head Speaks Here At Central Baptist Church
The Central Baptist church hosts Dr. James T. Warren president of Carson-Newman College Jefferson City Tennessee as Sunday speaker for both services His morning topic The Purpose of the Holy Scriptures and evening talk My Church And Its Program The adult choir performs Create In Me A Clean Heart God and Keith leads favorite hymns and gospel songs Church invites Decatur residents to attend.
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Central Baptist Church
James T. Warren
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City
Tennessee
Warren
Keith
Decatur
Train shot at Buenos Aires tour of Tamborini
leaders of the democratic union report a special train carrying presidential candidate Jose Tamborini and other party leaders was shot at and stoned in three towns during a tour through northwestern provinces.
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Buenos Aires
Democratic Union
Jose Tamborini
Blizzard Hits Two Regions As Cold Wave Spreads
The Associated Press reports heavy snow and gusty winds across New England with 21 inches in Rumford Maine and 15 to 25 mph winds in Hartford. Cold air sweeps the Northern Plains toward the South while temperatures rise briefly in the Deep South before another chill arrives.
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New England
Boston
Northern Plains
Dakotas
East
Joniana
North Dakota
Central States
Block Island
R. I
Wilmington
N.C
Virginia
Rumford
Hartford
Conn
Concord
N. H
New Haven
Florida
Miami
Albany
Grand Forks
N.D
GOP weighs strike plan amid party splits in Congress
Republican congressmen weighed a bloc strategy to control labor legislation as party divisions surface. Minority Leader Joseph Martin predicts a possible unified push to seize leadership, while some Democrats doubt GOP cohesion. A modified fact finding bill and a pending no-strike period shape next week’s House action.
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Washington
Jan
House
Joseph Martin iMass
Martin
Cox
Labor Committee
Landis
R.ind
Republican Committee
Truman_jhas
Oldest Oak Grove resident dies after pneumonia
David Y. Leonard aged 85 died January 19 at his daughter’s home in Athens after pneumonia. He was Oak Grove’s oldest resident and served 61 years as a Primitive Baptist minister. Survived by his widow Dona and numerous children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Services were held at the home with Rev Hawkins officiating. interment in Lebanon Cemetery with McConnell directing. Pallbearers named Thurston Leonard David O McNeil John Campbell Blythe Leonard Homer Bowers Wesley Drawbaugh.
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Ward
David Y. Leonard
L R. McNeil
Athens
Leonard
Oak Grove
Primitive Baptist” Church
Dona Leonard
Jasper
L. R. McNeil
Francis Campbell
Madison
Janie McNeil
Stevenson
Melton _ Leonard
Arkansas
Vassar Leonard
Hawkins
Huntsville
Lebanon
Cemé
Tery
McConnell
Thurston Leonard
David O 'McNeil
John Campbell
Blythe Leonard
Homer Bowers
Wesley Drawbaugh
Final Rites Set for C G Lucia
Funeral services for Charles G. Lucia 83 who died yesterday at his home on the Moulton Highway will be held at 2 PM Saturday in Plantersville Alabama burial will be there Brown directing The body will be shipped to Plantersville at 615 PM tonight on the L & N Ban American Surviving are his wife and one son
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Charles G. Lucia
Moulton Highway
Plantersville
Ala
Burijal
Brown
L. & N. Ban-American
Brides Get U S Money at British Exchange Office
An excited crowd of soldiers wives in Tidworth exchanged 20 000 in sterling for American currency at the U S finance center in Southampton. Regulations allowed up to 200 per person, while many asked what notes buy. Adele Hess, an 18 year old from Attleborough, diverts money for soldiers to join her husband, a staff sergeant from Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Tidworth
Eng
United States
U. S. Finance Center
Southampton
Adele Hess
Attleborough
Norfolk
Erie
Radar explanation opens new era in space study
Maj. Gen. Ingles notes radar shows a very high frequency radio wave from Earth can penetrate the ionosphere to about 39 miles and extend to 250 miles. The War Department envisions using radar data to map distant planets and determine their composition and atmospheric traits.
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Harry C. Ingles
Signal Corps
Earth
Eargn
War Department
Higdon Ben F dies at home in Lacon at 59
Ben F Higdon of Lacon died at 6 27 last night at his home aged 59. Funeral services are set for 2 00 Saturday at Ebenezer with Rev Ernie Neal officiating. Burial will follow in adjoining cemetery Mass service directed. Surviving are wife four sons Charlie Higdon and Robert Higdon of Decatur Raymond Higdon of Cullman Ralph Higdon in the U S Navy four brothers and one sister.
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Ben F. Higdon
Lacon
Ernie Neal
Ebenezer
Charlie Higdon
Robert Higdon
Decatur
Raymond Higdon
Cullman
Ralph Higdon
U. S. Navy
AFL Fact-Finding Panel Hears Packers on Wage Rise
The wage panel in Chicago heard five major packers testify that a 25 cent raise, as urged by the CIO union, would add over 95 million dollars to wage costs. In St. Louis a 18 day walkout by 1500 AFL truck drivers prompted authorization to press drayage firms for an 18 cent hourly rise. The strike idled about 90,000 workers across four states, while CIO Longshoremen warned of an imminent shipping tieup and delays in retroactive pay ordered by the War Labor Board.
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Chicago
CIO
St. Louis
AFL
Postwise
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemens Union
War Labor Board
Har ris remarks on threats and tough votes in county
Arnall condemns threats to influence votes in his county as he voices concern for a young man who reported intimidation. The piece notes the first drive in filling station opened in St Louis in 1905.
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Harris
St. Louis, Mo
Morgan County Pines Mrs Peck and Local Visitors
Adrian Bower and Elgin Bower of the U S Navy visited Mr and Mrs J D Bower. Russell Peck and baby visited Lacey Spring Sunday to see sister Mrs Glen Black and her two sons returning from California after four years. Cosy Keyes, Dunn family, Lynn Town visitors and others attended weekend travels and local business.
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Adrian Bower
U. S. Navy
Elgin Bower
Falkville
J. D. Bower
Russell Peck
Lawson
James Lynn
Lynn Town
G. A. Johnson
Walter Foster
Decatur
Wilburn Morrow
Hartselie
Audie Collins
Peck Hollow
Charley Collins
Committees Debate Labor Strife and Atomic Power
Washington scenes highlight a busy day as committees probe labor disputes and atomic policy. Senate labor hearings on Truman’s fact finding plan challenge arbitration and cautious views on state control. Military panel questions Army policy on crossing picket lines during strikes. University of Chicago’s Hitchins warns against drafting domestic control laws for atomic power amid war fears. Pearl Harbor probe Driver Gen Short accuses Rep Murphy of misquoting him on documents destroyed at the Japanese consulate.
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Senate Labor ‘Committee
Truman
Wilson
House Military Committee
Foster L. Murphy
Service Forces Industrial Personnel Division
Robert M .Hitchins
University of Chicago
Senate Atomic Committee
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Rep. Murphy
D.-Pa
Honoluku
Sixth Army Inactivation Edges Near Kyoto
The Sixth Army nears inactivation at Kyoto as top men depart and low pointers move to the Eighth Army. In Batavia British troops force Japanese prisoners to remove Indonesian slogans while sporadic fighting continues on Java. Siam's assembly opens in Bangkok with a revised constitution and Anglo-Siamese treaty on the agenda. Premier Seni Pramoj appears set to quit.
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Seni Pramoj
Death claims Miss Nelson at 78 in Decatur
Miss May Nelson of 909 West Moulton Street died of a heart ailment at Decatur General Hospital. The funeral was held Saturday at Brown's Chapel with burial in the city cemetery. Surviving are three nieces Mrs Fred Madison Lamont Indiana, Mrs J Davis, Mrs J G Millman Montgomery, and five nephews Elmer Brunton Indiana, E E Nelson and Leslie Nelson Athens, Stanley Nelson Huntsville, J L Nelson Decatur.
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May Nelson
West Moulton
Street
Decatur General Hospital
G—M Davenport
Brown's Chapel
City Cemetery
Brown
Fred Madison
Lamont
Ind
J. G. McMillan
Montgomery
Elmer Brunton
Indiana
E. E. Nelson
Leslie Nelson
Athens
Stanley Nelson
Huntsville
J. L. Nelson
Decatur
Kiwanis Night Honors Veterans and Members in Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis marked its 31st Kiwanis International anniversary, awarded 25 year pins and WWII service certificates to nine and five veterans, welcomed three new members George Leng Frank Troupe and Thomas Bailey, with Governor Keneath Thomas as guest. The program included Elton readings from Hamilton Holt and a history of club records.
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Decatur Kiwanis
Kiwanis International
M. R. Rankin
Kiwanis
Keneath Thomas
Huntsville
Gussie
John Felix White
A Mitchell
Edda ‘Wyle
South Butler
N. Y
Holt
Charles Murphy
Carl Schwachow
Alexander
J. Walter Clapton
Asilyde Hendrix
Sam H. Malone
Hunt Sr
Benartes
Arthur A. Jones
Jogo B. Harlow
Marvin Rankin
Jimmy Williams
Philip Shanks
Garner Pride
Fred Hunt Jr
Seybourn Lynne
Star
Nazi trial testimony outlines brutal torture at prisons
French prosecutor Dubost presented documents alleging Gestapo ordered torture at French prisons with oil burned to prisoners and dogs. He linked actions to Keitel and other defendants as court heard savage methods while defense objected to un sworn evidence. Doenitz and Papen reacted with distress as medical reports noted Streicher heart issues and Kaltenbrunner's cranial hemorrhage progress.
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Lampe
Gestapo
Charles Dubost
Fiela Marshal Ae Keitel
High Command
Dubost
Franz von Papen
Hjalmar Sonar
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Julius Streicher
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Slayer admits memory loss but dismembers and scatters victim
In Savannah, Jesse McKethan 24 testifies he cannot recall killing Luther Aids 17 but recalls dismembering the body and distributing it across the city after an October argument. Doctors describe a skull injury and possible mental blackout. psychiatrist calls him a psychopathic personality and a menace to society.
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Savannah
Jesse’ McKethan
Chatham County
Luther Aids
McKethan
EF. J. Whalen
Chatham Lunacy’ Commission
Aids
Whalen
Hervey McClekley
University of Georgia Medical School
Augusta
New York Cotton Market Moves Lower In Quiet Trading
The cotton market eased as profit-taking hit New crop months after a sharp rise. Hedge selling pressured near positions while mill buying supported prices on textile orders. CCC cotton purchases limited spot interest amid crop uncertainty and wage concerns. Prices closed 35 to 65 cents per bale lower with March 25.03, May 25.03, July 24.95.
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N. Y
New York
Commodity Credit Corporation
Nashville Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Movements
Cattle receipts light with steady to higher week trend. Medium and good steers 13.00 to 15.75, up to 16.50. cows 6.00 to 8.75. beef cows 9.50 to 12.50. bulls scarce to 13.60. Hogs active with 140 to 400 lb barrows 14.55 ceiling. under 140 lb 13.25. Sheep steady with ewe and wether lambs 13.00 to 14.00. slaughter lambs 6.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Eva News Notes Illness Delays Morgan County Updates
Mrs Brooks Lindler reports illness interrupts Eva news for weeks. Sgt Jimmie Adams sails from Iran to Naples for next assignment. Emma Kate Aldridge, faculty member, visits Birmingham. Peggy Funderburk from Athens returns home to grandparents Mr and Mrs Ga Merrell. Aston Cobb of Birmingham visits family. Paul Lindler, University of Alabama student, weekends at home. Will Grant of Lacon visits sister Mrs E B Puryear.
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Brooks Lindler
Eva
Robert Adams
Sgt
Jimmie Adams
Lef
Iran
Naples
Italy
Emma Kate Aldridge
Birmingham
Peggy Funderburk
Athens
Ga Merrell
Aston Cobb
Cobb
Brooks
Lindler
Paul Lindler
University of Alabama
Will Grant
Lacon 1
E. B. Puryear
January scavenger hunt marks high school social
Diversified Occupation class at Decatur Senior High held a January social at Gladys Hodge’s home. Students collected items from a scavenger list while Elizabeth Thompson and Fred Schooley led the pack by finishing their lists except for a republican button.
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Decatur Senior High School
Gladys
Leon Balch
Ruby Pridmore
James Burleson
Wanda Craig
James , Wilson
Nelda Fay Randall
Fred Schooley
Elizabeth Thompson
Clifford Strother
Bertha Timberlake
Byron ‘Thomas
Marie Ryan
Richard Branum
Martha Shaw
Sarah Butter
Jack Lackey
Edward White
Gladys Hodge
Working Girls Seek Hosiery Plan At State Capitol
In Montgomery Alabama 751 state employees sign a petition to President Wallace Mercer of the Montgomery Retail Merchants Association asking for a plan to ensure workers receive hosiery, noting the daytime workers miss out and colorfully marking the document with red ribbons. Mercer plans to present the issue at the merchants meeting next Tuesday night.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Wallace Mercer
Montgomery Retail Merchants Association
Mercer
Hitler victim bomb shock linked to Hitler's mental decline
Gen. Nicolaus von Below testifies in British custody that the July 20 1944 assassination attempt caused Hitler shock and contributed to a slide in his nerves and mind. Von Below, once adjutant to Hitler, survived the Berlin bunker blast and may be the last surviving witness to Hitler's will.
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Charles Chamberlain Herford
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Luftwaffe
Nicolaus von Below
von Below
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Berlin
Fuehrer
Eva Braun
Bad Godesberg
Bonn University
Goebbels
Marti Bormann
Short Irked by Murphy at Pearl Harbor Hearing
In Washington on January 25 Major General Walter C. Short challenged Rep. Murphy to produce exact quotations. Murphy accused Short of misquoting him about testimony on December 7 1941 and the destruction of Japanese consulate papers. Short said his intelligence officer informed him on December 6 and did not disclose the code destruction until the next day.
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Washington
Walter Co
Short
Pearl Harbor Committee
Rep
Murphy
Honolulu
Hawaii
George W. Bicknell
Bicknell
Overseas packages may be insured under wartime rules
Postmaster R. T. Sheppard outlined registration and insurance options for overseas APO packages. Eligible parcels must be prepaid at first class or third/fourth class rates, weigh eight ounces to 11 pounds, and fit size limits. unsealed or sealed merchandise may require inspection and further restrictions apply.
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Ethca
War Department
APO
R. T. Sheppard
Sheppard
Playsuits Fire Fatal. Two Boys Burned in Birmingham
In Birmingham on January 25 a four year old boy died from burns after his playsuit ignited while a playmate was in critical condition. Marion Truett Coffey, son of Mr and Mrs M T Coffey, died in hospital. William Gary Gantt, five, son of Mr and Mrs William Gantt, remained in critical condition. Both mothers were burned while trying to extinguish the flames. The mothers said the boys had been playing with matches.
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Birmingham
Marion Truett Coffey
M T. Coffey
William Gary Gantt
William Gantt
Japanese envoy Honored by Pope in Vatican Farewell
Pope Pius XII knighted Japanese Ambassador Ken Harada with the Order of Saint Sylvester during a farewell audience in Vatican City.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Ken Harada
Order of St. Sylvester
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