Weather and social notes from Decatur and area news
Partly cloudy to night and Sunday with warmer Sunday and interior low 25 to 32. Tennessee river levels from Knoxville show Decatur 552.1 rising to midnight Sunday. Florence 410.3 fluctuating. Guntersville 593 steady. Local social news notes Auburn Phi Delta Theta officers elected James Rankin chair Decatur Rotary program Sherrill Tapscott greeting friends and other city updates including hospital and public notices.
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Decatur
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Chance of armed truce in Korea with Chinese Reds seen
U S officials see a chance for an armed truce with China in Korea but fear the situation could explode into World War III. Peiping's aims remain unclear and officials weigh a buffer zone to protect Manchuria and the Yalu dams against further Chinese interference. Ambassador Austin urged UN to demand withdrawal from Korea while signaling possible concessions if needed to halt hostilities.
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Yalu River
J. B. Patterson Rites Scheduled for Falkville Monday
J B Patterson 71 died Saturday at his Lacon home after a year long illness. Funeral services set for Monday at 3 p.m. at Falkville Methodist Church officiated by Rev Woodfin K Grove with Rev S D Lankford assisting. Interment in Falkville cemetery. Pallbearers named Duard Sivley Homer Summerford Herbert Stephenson Newt Compton Paul Hodges Pruitt Hodges.
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Newt Compton
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Tito Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Albania
Belgrade Yugoslavia Nov. 11 Yugoslavia ends all but broken relations with Albania over a feud tied to the Cominform dispute with Premier Tito The Albanian legation is closed and its representative expelled for alleged provocative activities against Yugoslavia and its authority The action follows Moscow led pressure and includes an economic boycott See TITO On Page 2
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Sadie Hawkins Day Planned At Decatur High School
Decatur high School plans Sadie Hawkins Day with a girls football game and a square dance to cap the celebration. The Sportsmanship club sponsors the events and earlier staged a Sadie Hawkins race skit during assembly.
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Sadie Hawkins
Shen
Nawamhar
Frank Pickens
Decatur Pta
Orville Wright
Peabody College
Nashville
Mary Garrett
China Rejects Invitation To Talk Of Korea
China announces a nine man delegation will depart Peiping November 14 to address charges of U S aggression but rejects a United Nations Security Council invitation to discuss Chinese involvement in Korea. The council may still address Formosa naval actions and American aggression in Manchuria amid expected talks on Korea.
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Security Council
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Austin
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Britain
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Lame Ducks In Spotlight Again
Washington report notes that more than one eighth of Congress will be lame ducks when lawmakers reconvene later this month. Ten lame duck senators and about sixty house members remain in the post election cohort as the nation prepares for a session starting November 27 unless recalled by the president.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Congress
House
Nebraska
Armistice Day Speakers Sound the Call to Duty
World leaders marked Armistice Day with messages of peace yet urging renewed effort. Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff urged Americans to finish their unfinished task while Gen. George C. Marshall pledged to honor sacrifices by upholding the ideals of freedom and duty.
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Gettysburg
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New York
Germany
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Hunt on for driver of car after Athens hit and run
Athens authorities seek the driver of a dark blue or black 1941 Chevrolet after a hit and run on the Athens square. Mrs Price Wooten and her eight month old son Roger were struck as witnesses said the car ran a red light. Mrs Wooten is in Powers hospital with back head and facial injuries. An alarm has been issued with High.
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Athens
Price Wooten
Athens 3
Powers Hospital
Athens Square
Roger
C. O. Nelson
Nelson
W. T. Compton
Republican Chairman Joins Anew In GOP Fire Acheson Plea
Washington November 11 Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson renewed the GOP attack on Secretary of State Acheson and urged Truman to reshuffle the cabinet amid post election pressure for a tougher foreign policy. Senator Vandenberg, ill but expected back Jan 3, may curb GOP fire on foreign policy. Senator Wiley pressed quick congressional action on inflation and defense costs.
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Guy Gabrielson
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Acheson
Brannan
Vandenberg
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Wisconsin
Harold Stassen
Taft
Ohio
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Daily Legislative Acts Contract Awarded to The Daily
The Daily wins the bid to print the Alabama legislature acts. The contract is signed by Governor James E. Folsom and Knox McRae, director of the Department of Finance, with copies sent to state officers and all 67 counties.
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Knox McRae
Department of Finance
Full Report On Buildings In Decatur Schools
The City Board of Education approved a comprehensive report on two new Decatur school buildings funded by $1.5 million in bonds repaid from school revenues. Extra interest earned and contributions for equipment boosted the building fund to about $1.51 million, with total costs of $1,508,316.91 for both buildings and related expenses.
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Decatur
City Board of Education
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Federal Reserve
PTA
Woman Identifies Suspect in Calera Slaying Case
Mrs. Kathleen Holley, 37, viewed a Kilby prison lineup and identified Cooper Drake, 28, as the attacker who raped her, robbed her, and killed her 4 year-old son near Calera Alabama. Drake, an ex serviceman and convicted sex offender, was wounded by a posse and is held on murder rape assault with intent to murder and highway robbery charges.
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Ala
Kathleen Holly
Kilby
Cooper Drake
Drake
Birmingham
Holley
Calera
Dale
Green Pastures Aimed At Morgan And Nearby Areas
Alabama bankers announce pasture meeting tours in Marshall Fay Jefferson Autauga Randolph Macon Sumter regions. P C Davis notes farmers are shifting from row crops to alfalfa and grazing crops. costs include fences equipment and livestock with debt repayment longer than a year. See GREEN on Page 2.
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Sture
Alabama
Alea
P. C. Davis
Allied Allied forces press north in Korea as Reds resist
Allied troops advanced from the Chongchon river bridgehead in Northwest Korea gaining four miles in three hours. North Korean counterattacks by six battalions halted a South Korean division and forced a withdrawal to the Myong river. Chinese and North Korean forces had pulled back to far North Korea after softening the line, while the UN faced debate in Lake Success over Chinese intervention and a rejection of UN invitations by Peiping.
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Tenth Corps
Republic of Korea
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Myong
Seoul
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Lake Success
Security Council
North Korea
Formosa
Peiping
Some Relief Seen From Cold Snap Late On Sunday
The Associated Press reports relief may arrive late Sunday as temperatures dip below freezing in North Alabama. In Birmingham readings fall toward the low 20s with a 32 or below forecast toward the coast. Muscle Shoals recorded 25 as the cold snap grips the region.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama Gulf Coast
Mobile
Alabama
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