30 Nov 1952
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1952
Page
1
A compact roundup highlights local happenings and community voices across these pages. Readers will see brief notes on events, civic notes, and small gatherings shaping everyday life in the neighborhood.
Cloudy cold weekend with rain and brisk winds on the coast. Discharge includes Oliver Luck of Decatur and several patients admitted to Decatur General hospital. Birth announcements for five newborns and notes on river stages and local court docket.
Sen John Sparkman of Alabama arrives in London for a month long tour of European capitals to assess how mutual aid program rules help small businesses. He aims to ensure they receive their fair share and spoke to reporters at London airport. Sparkman later was a candidate for vice president on the Democratic ticket.
Atty. Gen. McGranery ordered the FBI to investigate bribery rumors over parole grants to Capone era figures Paul Ricca Louis Campagna and Charles Gice. The probe follows decades of scrutiny and a House subcommittee report that money may have influenced their release.
A 30-year-old Cullman man, Carl Quick, held Cullman officers at bay with a .38 revolver after declaring he would kill anyone. He was charged with assault with intent to murder and held in Cullman county jail after firing at Max Lindsey’s door near Good Hope.
Winnie Ruth Judd the so called Tiger Woman and 1933 Arizona State Hospital escapee was found hiding in a closet at the home of her guardian Mrs Fay Harvey in Phoenix. Detectives Vic Soule and Gene Geiger took the 49 year old suspect to the city jail after she pleaded to stay free and resume a normal life.
Hundreds of dollars in free prizes to be given away tomorrow as 64 Decatur merchants present tickets to visitors during a four day period. Rufus Warren, chairman of the retail merchants committee, says the event helps the public get acquainted with Decatur stores and customers. Open House Night enters its third year with merchants and shoppers invited to participate.
John Foster Dulles, named secretary of state for President-elect Eisenhower, will begin a broad study of U S foreign policy on Wednesday. He plans to meet Secretary Acheson if back from the United Nations, plus Under Secretary Bruce and Defense Secretary Lovett. He will split time between Washington and Eisenhower’s New York headquarters through December and January as the State Department provides five volumes of briefing material.
Allied artillery and hundreds of fighter bombers blasted Communist troops along the Korean front on Saturday and repulsed multiple light jabs at United Nations positions. Reds used heavy artillery on Sniper Ridge before limited assaults on Pinpoint Hill and Rocky Point, all repulsed. U N big guns were said to be used effectively elsewhere as Sabre jets and Fifth Air Force fighters targeted supply and road networks north of Pyongyang and around Samdok Yangdok and Wonsan.
Sister Elizabeth Kenny died peacefully at her Toowoomba home on Sunday afternoon, a quiet end to a life linked with medical pioneering and wartime nursing efforts.
United Nations dispatch reports Red China endorsing a Soviet backed approach to ending the Korean conflict while rejecting non forcible repatriation. Indian diplomat V K Krishna Menon studies and seeks acceptance of a compromise as New Delhi presses Chou En lai to shift position amid Western dismay.
A House subcommittee studying civil works will tour North Alabama visiting Wheeler Dam Decatur Guntersville Dam and Huntsville with lunch in Decatur. The trip led by Rep. R E Jones includes Rep. Henry Larcade Frank E. Smith Thaddeus M. Machrowicz George A. Dondero Homer Angell Russell Mack and Howard H. Baker.
Sen Henry Cabot Lodge will head the American delegation to the United Nations and manage the year round debates with Russia. He will also supervise the U N mission, termed the Little State Department, guiding policy and administration for about 180 staff and officials.
A fierce storm system blankets Britain with rain snow ice fog frost and floods. Three horserace meetings are canceled and many soccer and rugby matches abandoned as playing conditions deteriorate. Prime Minister Churchill attended Kenton Park to watch his horse Nonstop which finished second.
Lawrence County officers destroyed two illegal stills in the national forest area Friday. A 1,500 gallon still near the Winston Cullman county line and an 800 gallon still on Pine Torch Road were found with deputies Clarence Harris Auburn Smith and Lester Reed assisting in the raid.
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon announced he would vote with Republicans on organizing the new Senate. His decision strengthens GOP control as they hold 48 seats to Democrats 47, with Morse listed as an independent.
The Associated Press reports a dreary weather pattern across the nation with below normal temperatures. Snow covers Kansas and Missouri while Texas and Louisiana see rain and Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma experience a mix of snow sleet and freezing rain. Dardanelle records 3.5 inches and Ft. Smith 3 inches as a 49 mile stretch of U S Highway 71 reopens after snow and ice.
Former Birmingham Police Chief C. L. Pierce denies charges from the Personnel Board as he awaits a Wednesday hearing. Pierce, back to detective captain, contests accusations of conduct unbecoming an public servant. He admits taking three $10 gifts from Detective Paul MacMahan but denies other sums from 1947 to 1950.
President elect Eisenhower designates Sen Henry Lodge to head the U S mission to the United Nations succeeding Warren Austin. Lodge will be permanent U N representative and Security Council member with a $25000 annual salary and must be Senate confirmed. Lodge, former senator and world war II officer, aims to build a world reducing need for future wars.
Alabama’s Thanksgiving holiday period raised the accidental death toll to seven by Saturday. The report notes four traffic deaths during Thanksgiving Day or early Friday, plus two home fires. An 80-year-old tenant farmer Henry Chambers died attempting to rescue a cow from a brush fire. Other victims include Ravid Collar 65 and Reggie Harris 34 among traffic deaths, and Jean Banks 4 and Raymond 58 in fires.
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