Baby Dies In Odd Accident In Bayou La Batre
Eight month old Gwendolyn Steele drowned in a tub of water while sleeping between her mother and the wall. The unscreened wash tub sat beside the bed and the child slipped to the foot of the bed and into the water. Dr. Charles Gaston said the infant had been dead several hours when found by the mother and Deputy Sheriff George Crawford. No inquest was held.
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Bayou LA Batre
Ala
Gwendolyn Steele
Charles Gaston
Gwendolyn
A. D. Steel
George Crawford
State Convict Shot to Death in Pittsburgh
A man identified by police as an escaped Alabama convict was shot to death by a policeman in Pittsburgh. The incident occurred after authorities said the fugitive resisted arrest and tried to flee, prompting the officer to fire. Police and investigators reviewed the case as a fatal exchange.
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Pittsburgh
Alabama
Rotary Governor To Visit Decatur Monday
Rov D Hickman Alabama Rotary district governor will visit the Decatur club Monday. He speaks on Practical Application Of Rotary Principles at Hotel Lyons noon and meets directors and committee chairmen before leaving for Birmingham. Hickman, Chattanooga native, alumnus of University of New Mexico, ex Birmingham Rotary president and Pi Kappa Alpha national past president, is an Alabama Engraving vice president and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel.
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Alabama
Rotary District
Decatur
Rotary
Hotel Lyons
Hickman
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Tenn
University of New Mexico
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Birmingham Rotary
Birmingham Executives Club
Ordnance Reserve
Alabama Engraving Company
Squirrel Hill Shooting Report Links Victim to Escaped Inmate
Lt. Alex Born of the homicide bureau identifies 32 year old Otha Lee Sanders alias Willie Hatch as the victim. Patrolman Oliver Mason says he fired twice into Sanders chest when the suspect refused to surrender a .45 pistol and attempted to draw it. Sanders escaped from Camp Tuscaloosa in Alabama on Aug. 21, 1945 and had a 10 to 12 year sentence for assault to murder from Hale County Court imposed April 13, 1937.
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Squirrel Hill
Alex Born
Homicide Bureau
Otha Lee Sanders
Sanders
Willie Hatch
Oliver Mason
Mason
Born
Camp Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Hale
Mrs Terry Laid to Rest in Courtland
Last rites were held for Shirley Mae Terry 50 Courtland 2 at Smyrna Church with Rev Clyde Jones officiating. She died Friday at 11 10 A M at her home after an extended illness. Burial followed at Brown s Directing Cemetery. Survived by husband W E Terry two daughters Estelle Jones Courtland Nadine Jones Hillsboro 3 three sons Dempsey Edward Courtland 2 Hershel Moulton 1 three sisters Edny Letson Ford City Lena Walker Florence Matt Stewart Town Creek one brother Roy Nelson Courtland 2 and many relatives.
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Courtland
Smyrna
Clyde Jones
Terry
Brown
Robert Smith
Dewey Williams
Floyd Lambert
Candler Sherrill
Johnny Terry
Eugene Williams
W.E. Terry
Estelle Jones
Nadine Jones
Hillsboro
Dempsey
Edward
Hershel
Moulton
Edny Letson
Ford City
Lena
Walker
Florence
Matt Stewart
Town Creek
Roy Nelson
Trials Set For Morgan County Three Weeks Session
Fifteen cases are scheduled for trial as Morgan county circuit court opens a three weeks session led by Judge Newton B. Powell. Defendants include Marion Schull grand larceny Al Flanagan retrial Ezell Chatmon arson Rayborn Jones two charges grand larceny Melvin Fletcher buying stolen property Ed Davis bastardy James Daniel Sales burglary Clarence Weaver grand larceny Ed Sparks grand larceny Arnold Bolan grand larceny Olen Smith assault with intent to ravish Al Metcalf assault with intent to murder Clyde Miller robbery Willie Garner forgery.
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Morgan County Circuit Court
Newton B. Powell
Marion Schull
al Flanagan
Ezell
Chatmon
Rayborn Jones
Melvin Fletcher
Ed Davis
James Daniel Sales
Clarence Weaver
Ed Sparks
Arnold S. Bolan
Olen Smith
al. Metcalf
Clyde Miller
Willie Garner
Arabs Likely To Reject Cease Fire At U N
Fighting ceased briefly after a tense night in Jerusalem as Arab and Jewish forces traded heavy shelling. Arab Legion officers estimated 5 000 Jewish troops engaged with 50 craters and constant mortar fire around the mosque area. United Nations delegates studied possible enforcement steps if the truce fails.
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Security Council
U. N
Jerusalem
Mea Shearim
Arab Legion
Damascus
Jaffa
Zion
Old City
Legion
Omar
Mohammed
Nazareth
Galilee
Farewell to Pershing at Capitol and Arlington Funeral
General John J. Pershing lies in state at the Capitol rotunda after death at Walter Reed. Thousands file by his bronze casket as Arlington rites plan a large ceremony with Major General Luther D. Miller and Very Rev John W. Suter to conduct graveside and amphitheater services.
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Eral
Walter Reed Hospital
Third Infantry Regiment
Arlington National Cemetery
Army
Luther D. Miller
John W. Suter
Washington Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
Pershing
Farmer Dies En Route To Town Near Vance
George R. Snider 68 a farmer near Vance collapsed and died this afternoon en route to town to obtain medicine for his ill wife. Cause of death listed as heart attack due to cancer. Survivors include his widow two sons a daughter four sisters and ten grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 P M Monday at Ruhama Baptist Church.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
George R. Snider
Vance
Ruhama Baptist Church
Congress Faces 900 Pending Executive Nominations
The piece notes 900 executive nominations awaiting approval, signaling potential gridlock and opposition in Congress as legislative stalemate persists. It hints at conflict between Congress and the President over Nominations and party politics.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Restaurants seek staff as layoffs extend to January
Restaurants search for workers after dismissing most waiters with plans to rehire in January. Management cites reduced patronage and budget constraints while staff shortages loom for peak season.
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