Weather notes and local society and market items
Cloudy and rainy conditions expected in extreme east with colder temperatures today and frosts tonight. Decatur cotton market noon quotation shows middling at 31 and strict low at 29.5. Mrs. Lou Allen Williams will travel to Birmingham then Atlanta and Carrollton visiting relatives and friends. Public library closed Thursday for Armistice Day. Two city court disorderly conduct cases, one for traffic, led to bond forfeitures. Kiwanis noon meeting at Hotel Lyons. new transfers welcomed from Dothan and Lewisburg. Girl Scout activities at First Baptist. Armistice observances noted. Coonskin barbecues highlighted by local men. visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Harwell. See Diary on Page 2.
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Lou Allen Williams
Birmingham
A. L. Johnson
Fairfield
Kiwanis
Hotel Lyons
Jack Bailey
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Elmer Bishop
Kroger
Dothan
Ala
Lewisburg, Tenn
Heart Restarted By Surgeon In Jersey Shore Hospital
At POINT PLEASANT New Jersey on November 10 a physician revived a patient after her heart stopped beating An anesthetist and staff tried CPR and stimulants but failed The chief of staff performed an open chest procedure to manually restart the heart The patient Miss Ross Havens of Lakewood was reported in fair condition today
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Henry S. Ivory
Ivory
Jersey Shore Hospital
Ross Havens
Lakewood
Navy
Josephine Fraser
Jordan Fired For FEPC View
The U S collector of internal revenue for Alabama was dismissed for refusing to comply with a Presidential order barring racial discrimination in federal employment. Mortimer Jordan of Birmingham declined to resign and cited dangers to race relations and local traditions in his statement.
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Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue
Alabama
Mortimer Jordan
Secretary of Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Jordan
Internal Revenue
George J. Schoeneman
Truman
London Seeks Brasieres On TV Show Controversy
The BBC canceled a Paris Lide cabaret segment after four semi-nude performers appeared on screen. Brassieres and shielding were ordered to cover more, reflecting strict British guidelines.
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London
Paris
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Lissome
Yvette Comets
Civil Rights Group Proposed by Solon Lawmaker
Representative Huber of Ohio proposes creating a bi partisan civil rights group to replace the un American activities committee if it agrees to end the life of the committee. The plan would form a joint Senate House panel with five senators and five representatives, a bill introduced last February but killed in the house rules committee.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Huber
Ohio
Condoes
Senate
House Committee
House Rules Committee
Worst Appears Now To Be Over in Brush Blaze
The Santa Ana area brush fire near Silverado Canyon eased as winds subsided. Firefighters held flames 100 yards from Silverado Village with no homes burned. about 46 000 acres charred across brush and range land, officials reported.
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el Toro
Santa Ana
Calif
Los Angeles
Silverado Canyon
Santa Ana Mountains
Silverado
Modjeska Canyon
Ladd
Silverado Village
Hamilton Pyles
Cleveland National Forest
Yanks flee Chinese riots as evacuees leave by air and sea
U S dependents flee Nanking amid hunger and mob violence as food riots and strikes erupt in Hankow Shanghai and Nanking. Mothers and children of military advisers are among those evacuated to Tsingtao aboard ship Repose and other transports with further sea evacuations planned from Shanghai and Nanking amid fears of Red incursions and foreign danger.
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Nanking
China
Suchow
Pengpu
Yangtze
Hankow
Shanghai
U. S
Tsingtao
U. S. Army
Collins
Strikes in Birmingham and Mobile Boost 1947-48 Lost Hours
Alabama reports 6,231,328 lost man hours for 1947-48, driven by coal mine walkout in Birmingham and building trades strike in Mobile. Miners' strike accounted for 4,960,000 hours and Mobile building trades added 1,120,000, raising total lost time.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
R. R. Wade
Birand
Wade
Court action seeks writ to force Truman electors vote
Plaintiffs in Morgan county circuit court file a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Ben Bloodworth and Norman W. Harris to cast their electoral college ballots for President Truman and Alben Barkley. The suit, brought by D. T. Kinney and E. L. Drinkard as Democratic Party officials, asks for a hearing date and argues that denying a straight Democratic ticket would violate voters rights.
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Mary Huffaker
Ben Bloodworth
Norman W. Harris
Truman
Morgan County
Alben Barkiey
Democratic Party
D. T. Kinney
Cullman County
Democratic Executive Committee
E. L. Drinkard
Falkville
Thurmond
Wright
Newton Powell
Cullman
H. A. Entrekin
Kenneth Griffith
Powell
Kinney and Drinkard
Alabama
Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Assault Laid To Pickle Heir
John La Porte Given Jr., 41, Heinz pickle fortune heir, was arrested in midtown Manhattan after allegedly attacking R. Howard Reardon with a heavy cane containing a three edged epee. Beardon, a nightclub kitchen concession operator, declined to press charges. Given claimed a $23 million fortune and said he bought the cane in Paris in 1927.
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New York
John la Porte Given, Jr
R. Howard Reardon
West 52Nd Street
Midtown Manhattan
Beardon
Given
Paris
Phyllis Lane
H. J. Heinz
Sale Endorsed for Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Nearly a dozen Alabama business concerns endorsed the proposed sale of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad to the Frisco system. The deal involves 1,161,075 dollars of stock and bonds and would give Frisco its first direct entry into Mobile, Alabama.
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Washington
Alabama
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co
Frisco
Mobile
Ala
Testimony in Big Damage Suit Resumes This Afternoon
The McCormick McClendon case resumes in circuit court after the court struck a fourth count seeking 50000 in damages for not moving a leather plant to Montgomery. Plaintiffs reduce damages to 5000 for loss of work and tax issues while broader claims total over 127000.
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McCormick- McClendon
Montgomery
James H. Crow
Decatur
McClendon
Eft
Wage Hikes to Be Urged Again
A government report shows wages still lagging prices fueling union demands for a fourth round of pay raises. The AFL calls for cooperation to boost efficiency and curb costs to enable higher wages without triggering price hikes. A National Foremen's Institute survey of 600 contracts notes a start of about 9 1/2 cents per hour more, after prior rounds averaging 18 1/2, 15, and 11 cents.
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Washington
AFL
National Foremen's Institute
Two Accidents Reported Here
Two accidents occurred in Decatur on Tuesday with no injuries and limited property damage. At 5 30 p m a car driven by L R Brooks collided with a jeep driven by James McFerrion in the 100 block of Moulton Street as the jeep turned into an alley. Earlier, a motorcycle auto collision at Holley Street and Sixth Avenue E p a Day rode the motorcycle and J O Camp drove the other vehicle as it pulled from Holley Street.
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L. R. Brooks
Decature
James McFerrion
Eighth Street
Sherrill Weir
Decatur Delivery Service
Moulton Street
Hunter and Kennedy
Holley Street
Sixth Avenue
E. T.V. Day
J. O. Camp
Fifth Avenue West
Mr. Camp
Sandlin and
Terry
Ingalls Donates $150,000 for New Ro bert I Ingalls Laboratory
Birmingham industrialist Robert J. Ingalls donated $150,000 to the Southern Research Institute for a new laboratory building. The gift will fund Laboratory No. 6, named the Robert I Ingalls Laboratory, with completion slated for next spring, per Institute board chairman Thomas W. Martin.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert J. Ingalls
Southern Research Institute
Thomas W. Martin
Institute
Robert I. Ingalls
Ingalls
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Birmingham Tank Co
Weather With Bite Settles on Decatur
Weather with a bite settled over Decatur as overnight low reached 40 with unusual rainfall. The temperature rose to 51 by noon after a 71 degree high earlier in the day, with hourly readings from 8 A.M. to noon showing a steady climb.
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Decatur
Mercury
Decatur Pauses Thursday for Armistice Day Celebration
Decatur residents plan a pause in daily life to mark the 30th anniversary of Armistice Day. The event features a Civitan football game in Decatur Stadium at 8 p.m. with performances by Decatur and Athens high school bands and includes the first varsity college game in Decatur.
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Decatur
Tiennum
Civitan
Athens
Air Maneuvers Close Combine III At Eglin Field
At Eglin Field Florida the six week Operation Combine III ended as air, ground and service members demonstrated joint strike capability. Five hundred planes eight thousand personnel participated with sixty five tons of live ordnance used weekly. Major General William Old led the exercise proving expanded air force cooperation.
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Eglin Field
Fla
America
Air Force
Navy
Marine Es
U. S
Eglin
William D Old
Ninth Air Force
Germany
Japan
You May Get Look At New Comet in Pre-Dawn Hours
Cambridge special: Sky and Telescope editor Charles Federer says a new comet may stay visible a few days. Best viewing before sunrise from any US location. clear weather improves chances. Astronomers at Harvard Observatory track its course as it moves westward and southward, with a risk of fadeout.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles Federer
Sky and Telescope
United States
Federer
Harvard Observatory
Ward
James L. Griffey Hurt in Florida Auto Crash
Word has been received that James L. Greon of Mrs. Z. A. Cothern is hospitalized in Alexander City after injuries from a Florida Short Route auto accident Saturday. His wife and mother are at his bedside.
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James L. Greon
Z. A. Cothern
T ™Tal
Lexander City
Florida
Mr. Griffey
Barkley Stirs Speculation on Truman Plans
Senator Alben W. Barkley joined President Truman at the Florida retreat stirring talk of important decisions ahead. Officials offered only weather notes and leisure details while Biffle, the Democratic policy chief and future secretary of the Senate, discussed fishing.
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Key West
Fla
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
White House
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Senate
Biffle
Barkley
Germans to regain control of key German industries
In a Nov 10 joint release, British and American military governments say the coal, iron and steel industries in the Bizone will revert to German ownership in the near future. German firms will be created to operate companies, with limits on concentration of power and bans on Nazi sponsors from ownership roles. The move may not preclude a later German government decision on socialization.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Britain
Ruhr
Storm Moves Up The Coast
Hurricane warnings stretched along a 75 mile North Carolina coastline as a tropical storm with 80 mph winds moved toward the mainland. Warnings extended from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras as small craft sought harbors and larger vessels retreated to sea. The storm, late for the season, was expected to reach land late afternoon after intensifying to about 80 mph and advancing north at roughly 18 mph.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
North Carolina
Cape Lookout
Barome
Moorehead City
Trail Slaying Mystery Yet Unsolved in Birmingham Case
In Birmingham investigators still seek answers in the year old slaying of Corrine Limbaugh a former nightclub singer killed on a mountain trail near the city. Sheriff Holt uchowel says the case remains open as newly released details show no progress.
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Birmingham
Corrine Lambaugh
Here
Holtit Uchowel
Limbaugh
Transports Go To The Rescue Of Americans
Americans flee Shanghai and Nanking as Chinese communists push from Manchuria. Gen. MacArthur dispatches a transport from Japan to evacuate nationals from Shanghai while anti foreign sentiment & riots surge in North Central China. Desertes to the communists near Suchow reported among nationalist regiments.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hankow
Manchuria
China
Pengpu
Suchow
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Suchow Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Europe
Asia
William C. Bullitt
Truman Marshall to Hold Talks With Stalin Rumors
American sources say Truman and Marshall may meet Stalin soon to discuss direct talks with Russia. The aim is to ease East West strains amid tension in key world areas. Delegates at the United Nations and dispatches from Rome Prague Moscow and the U S reflect broad speculation.
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Paris
Truman
Marshall
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Rome
Prague
Moscow
United States
Stalin
United Nations Palestine tensions and Greece dispute rise
The U N security council held a secret session on Palestine peace talks as Russia pressed for Arab Jewish negotiations while Israel arrests U N observers. Tension grows on the Negev front as U N calls for Greek troop withdrawal and Balkan settlement efforts continue.
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Russia
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
U.N
Negev
U. N
U .N
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Greece
United States
Trumans Move to Blair House During White House Repairs
President Truman will relocate from the White House to Blair House after his Key West trip. Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret will join him in Florida, with the family expected to stay at Blair House for several months while repairs to the White House are completed.
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Washington
Trumans
White House
Blair House
Truman
Key West
Margaret
Florida
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