Lucas asks GOP Senate aid in Berlin repatriation move
U S Army ordered a Russian repatriation mission to leave the American zone of Germany by midnight or be escorted to the border. Moscow protested the ouster, with one informant saying the eight man mission could be considered deserters if they left the U S zone. Russia seeks to repatriate about 100,000 people from Ukraine Latvia Estonia and Lithuania who have no part of Russia.
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Associated Press
United States Army
Germany
Russia
U.S
U. S
Local notices and hospital entries brighten Decatur day
Weather outlook notes partly cloudy skies with rain possible in the southwest tonight. Memorial Drive Methodist church board meets at 7 PM to discuss the building fund with all members urged to attend. A new daughter born to Mr and Mrs James Bolan at Decatur General hospital Monday night. Several local residents admitted or discharged at Decatur General hospital and Baugh Wily clinic. Local banks closed for Mardi Gras as a legal holiday. Church events include Nazarenes Friday night singing led by Bill Willoughby and an 8 PM St Ann Catholic church games night. Central Methodist Church plans a 7 30 PM meeting and St Johns Episcopal rector to speak Sunday morning on Come Ye Aside And Rest. See Diary on Page 2.
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Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Association
James Bolan
Grant St
Decatur General Hospital
Red Cross campaign hits a third of goal in Decatur drive
Ferguson says the annual Red Cross membership drive is one third toward its 12750 goal with 4325 raised so far. Campaign opened Monday at Belk Hudson HQ. No reports yet from outside Decatur. urgent calls for prompt reports.
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Hill Ferguson, Jr
Red __ross
Ferguson
Belk-Hudson Company
Red Cross
Decatur
Confessions Withdrawn in Mindszenty Trial
In Budapest on March 1 five of fourteen men on trial for black market dealings with Cardinal Mindszenty withdrew their pre trial confessions claiming police intimidation A sixth defendant withdrew part of his confession The defendants faced charges of illicit foreign currency dealing and political conspiracy with Mindszenty who was sentenced to life imprisonment 21 days earlier on treason and illegal speculation in American dollars
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Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Mathers Opens New Finance Firm In Decatur
John B. Mathers announces General Finance Co. at 228 Grant St in Decatur after service as a B 17 navigator. He and his wife plan to raise their son as Decatur civic clubs review a single firm for 1949 beautification work with pro rata costs.
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John B. Mathers
Mr. Mathers
General Finance Co
Grant St
Johnny
Europe
Mississippi State College
Louisiana
Mobile
Mathers
Decatur
Alabama
Russians Seen Issuing New Berlin Peace Feelers
A British licensed social democrat in Berlin reports Moscow has issued fresh peace feelers amid the Berlin blockade. Russia announces price cuts on 45 classes of goods and uses the decree for propaganda praising Stalin. Pravda urges Russians that the United States faces ouster, with see see.
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Berlin
Russia
Stalin
Trud
Brothers Face Charges Here
Warrants charging Gordon Kelley and Charles Kelley for night burglary were sworn out before Morgan County Judge J H Long by Police Chief Whitmire. The brothers, arrested Saturday by Decatur police after a series of break ins and attempted robberies, are held in Morgan County jail awaiting preliminary hearings. They were caught Feb 25 breaking into the Poole Motor.
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Gordon Kelley
Charles Kelley
J.H. Long
Morgan County
Whitmire
Southeastern Metals
Decatur
Gordon
Ralph Poole
Fred Robinson
Poole Motor
Car Rolls. Driver Escapes After Wreck
A 1949 Ford driven by Kerr rolled over three times at about 40 mph on Cornalion Court around 6:45 p.m. Monday. The driver was thrown from the car but escaped injury. witness Patrolman D. A. Hansard and others reported the details as emergency crews arrived.
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Iice Cornalion Court
Kerr
Seaenae Tel A
D. A. Hansard
Hansard
Sally Denies Accusations In Treason Trial Testimony
Axis Sally Mildred Gillars testified in her treason case that she preferred being with lover Max Otto Koischwitz in Germany to being rescued by American troops. Prosecutor John M. Kelley pressed why she did not hide in Paris in 1944 as Allied forces neared.
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Washington
Mildred E
Sally
Max Otto Koischwitz
Miss Gillars
Kelley
Wright Dismissed From The Hospital
L. E. Wright of Hartselle was discharged from Baught-Wiley clinic this morning after an automobile accident Sunday. His wife was also hospitalized following the crash. Unofficial reports name a Wright farm truck involved, driven by Winston Smithson, near the Wright home on a highway about miles from the town. Authorities said no second vehicle was involved.
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L. E. Wright
Hartseller
Baught-Wiley
Hartselle Farmer Exchange
Winston Smithson
Wright
Tnehi
New Warden At Kilby Named
Kilby prison in Montgomery names George W. Garner as warden replacing ill Tennyson Dennis. Dennis has been moved to chief clerk while Garner, a 12 year Kilby veteran who rose from guard to steward and deputy, will earn the same 300 dollar monthly salary.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
George W. Garner
Frank Boswell
Garner
Tennyson Dennis
Dennis
Boswell
Chattanooga Man Jake Dickertt Dies Suddenl y
Services for Jake Dickertt will be in Chattanooga this afternoon according to relatives. He was husband of Mary Lake and son of Sally Lake with ties to Decatur. An aunt reported a heart attack death during a fishing trip near Chattanooga.
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Jake Dickertt
Chattanooga
Dickertt
Mary Lake
Sally Lake
Decatur
H. G. George
Freeze Hits South and Northeast With Heavy Snowfall
Freezing weather threatens Georgia and South Carolina peaches while the Northeast digs out from heavy snow. Snow ranges from 5 to 12 inches in cities like New York, Boston and Providence. Roads icy and travel slowed as temperatures dip below freezing across the Dixie cold belt.
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Associated Press
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Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York City
Rhode Island
East Tennessee
Maine
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Augusta
Columbia
Charleston
Albany
Dothan
Ala
Jackson
Miss
Mobile
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
N. C
Manhattan
Morgan county court acts on forfeitures and trials
The Morgan county court in session called for three forfeitures of bonds for E. L. Thomas William Quinn and Roy McCutcheon with alias capias orders issued. Willie Russell and Albert Vann Bentley paid fines and costs for intoxicated driving. Dewely L. Smith and Isaac Wade Delaney were found guilty of assault and reckless driving respectively with fines. Trial of Sneady Connor on prohibition charges postponed to Wednesday. Several trials were continued to the next term.
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M. & Bisho Paesenry C. Engle
Pirkle
Leo Pirkle
Treasury to hire 1,500 tax enforcers under budget plan
The House appropriations committee approved funds to add 1,500 tax enforcement workers, boosting Internal Revenue Bureau staff to about 30,000. The move caps a $3,072,817 annual bill for Treasury and Post Office directions and an $8,260,809 of permanent uncontrollable appropriations, partly for debt interest and Social Security.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Post Office
Annual Battle On Oleo Taxes Starts Again
The oleomargarine tax fight returns as the House Agriculture Committee opens hearings on repealing federal taxes. Rep Poage argues the butter lobby seeks to bar Yellow Margarine, while a filibuster in the Senate delays action.
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Jack Putledge
Washington
House
Senate
Capitol
House Labor Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Peage
Connally
Tex
George
Dixie
Senate-House
Congress
Kenyon Hall Fire Claims Toll Rises to Nine Victims
Fire at Kenyon College dormitory Old Kenyon Hall kills two students and leaves six still missing as wrecking crews prepare to tear down walls. Victims include Edward Brout 19 from Mount Vernon and Marc S. Peck 19 of Fenton. missing students listed with hometowns.
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Gambier
Kenyon College
Kenyon Hall
Jack McDonald
Hamilton
Mount Vernon
Gordon K. Chalmers
Chalmers
Edward Brout
N. Y
Marc S. Peck
Fenton
Mich
Ernest Ahwajee
Akron
Albert J. Lewis
Hazelton
George Pincus
Brooklyn
Stephen Shepard
New York
Colin Woodworth
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Martin E. Mangel
Baby Burned After Hot Water Sink Accident at Home
A severely burned infant was flown from Tyndall Field to a hospital plane after turning on hot water in a sink. Relatives report the child climbed into the sink and activated the faucet, causing burns from the waist down.
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Tyndall Field Hospital
Tyndall
Speculation Grows Over Etowah County Sheriff Vacancy
Gadsden Ala March 1 Speculation runs high on a successor to the Etowah County Sheriff Ira C Ballard who resigned after a grand jury began a general investigation into the sheriff s office Coroner Jess Cox will act as sheriff until Gov James E Folsom names a replacement Ballard said cooperation problems among law enforcement spurred his step More than a dozen names circulated as possible successors with no clear front runner from the governor s choice context.
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Gadsden
Ala
Etowah
Ira C. Ballard
Ballardel
Grand Jury
Alabama
Jess Cox
James E. Folsom
Ballara
Atty
A. A. Carmichael
J. H. Disque Jr
Carmichae
Circuit
Leland Randall
Ballard
Folsom
Decatur Electric Plant Growth Outlined for Rotary
Quince E. Eddens, manager of the Decatur electric system, spoke to the Rotary club on growth and service over ten years. He cited earnings of 930000, debt reductions, cash on hand, and ongoing taxes as part of the department’s financial picture.
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Decatur Electric Department
Decatur Rotary Club
Quince E. Eddens
Electric
Rotary
America
Lawson Davidson
Frank Scroggins
James H. Johnson
Municipal Utilities Board
Harry Wyatt
Barrett Shelton
Eddens
Ared Decatur
Plea For Aid In Passing Filibuster Curb
Washington March 1 Senator Connally of Texas denounced the administration bid for an ironclad debate limit as political. He argued the anti filibuster move aims to push three bills anti poll tax anti lynch and FEPC and called the plan unconstitutional. Senate leaders sought Republican support to enforce cloture while Southerners argued it as a wedge against civil rights proposals.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Lucas
Truman
Barkley
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wherry
Rneb
Man And Woman Found Slain In Albany Apartment
Albany Georgia March 1 A 55 year old liquor store employee Samuel A Lamb and Ada Newburn about 30 were shot to death in a swank apartment. Mrs Newburn lay on the bed with shotgun wounds to the neck while Lamb was on the floor with half his head blown off. A shotgun was found near Lamb. An inquest will be held as coroner C W Thomas noted the apartment was among the nicest in town. He said Newburn had come from Enigma Georgia for dental work.
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Albany
C. W. Thomas
Samuel A. Lamb
Ada Newburn
Thomas
Lamb
Enigma
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