Marines Reach Seoul Suburb in Drive to Liberation
American Marines led 40 000 Allied troops marching toward Seoul as they closed to within three miles of the capital. The Leathernecks head the 10th corps liberation surge driving toward Yongdongpo on the Han river. Kimpo airfield was secured and used as a base as Marine columns pressed north toward the city while warning leaflets urged Reds to surrender or die.
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Seoul
Inchon
Kimpo
Yongdongpo
Tokyo
10Th Corps
Han
Republic
Changn- Yong
U. S
Kyongsan
Pohang
Weather and local notes update from Decatur area
Partly cloudy forecasts mark today and tonight with scattered thundershowers mainly in the far south. Bowling league play postponed tonight with date to be announced. Local visits, college news, church meetings, and court activity are noted along with hospital and funeral updates from Decatur and nearby communities.
Electric Oven Blamed For Monday House Fire
Fire Chief Floyd Elkins said an electric oven left on while a young wife visited her mother caused a wall fire at 412 12 Sherman Street, the Edwards home, about 11 15 AM. Neighbors noted the Edwards had been married three weeks. The furnished garage apartment belonged to Dr Roy M McGlathery, a retired dentist.
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Floyd Elkins
Sherman Street
Tommy Edwards
Elkins
Edwards
Roy M. McGlathery
Solons Mull Tough Communist Crackdown Bill
A senate house conference committee, led by Senator McCarran, agreed on terms of a bill to crack down on communists. The measure is described as tougher in some respects than earlier Senate and House proposals, reflecting a high political priority during the congressional recess.
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Washington
Senate-House
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
House
Truman
Capitol Hill
O'Mahoney and
Connally
Dtex
Congress
Master Civil Defense Plan Unwrapped for Home Front
The plan, approved by President Truman, outlines a nationwide civil defense framework to cut home front casualties by half through trained experts and volunteers. It envisions federal state and local cooperation, pre-attack precautions, mutual aid with neighbors, mobile response teams, and government schools for civil defense. Costs and timelines remain uncertain, with development possibly taking years after action by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President Truman
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Mr. Truman
Congress
America
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
United States
Coast Guard finds SOS from missing Sky Master near Iceland
The Coast Guard received an SOS from a Douglas Sky Master missing near Iceland with seven men and 10 dogs aboard. The Cutter Ingham reported the message saying all are alive. The plane, en route from Luxembourg to Reykjavik, disappeared with location still unknown but suspected on land in southeastern Iceland.
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New York
Coast Guard
Iceland
Ingham
Luxembourg
Reykjavik
Weekend in Valley Reports Very Calm Law Enforcement
Sheriff George Byars of Lawrence county said the weekend brought almost no excitement across four counties with only two people jailed. Morgan county logged six arrests for public drunkenness and one for drunken driving, Limestone tally included five arrests, and Calhoun county reported four as the district remained notably quiet.
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George Byars
Lawrence County
Four County
Ed Mack Owens
Lawrence
Valley
Morgan County
Highway Patrol
Wallace Coleman
Limestone County
Culeman County
Bus Crash Near Garden City Injures Nine
Wet roads sparked a Greyhound bus skid on US 31 north of Garden City at about 8 a.m. seven of nine passengers were treated for injuries. Driver Eather Ellis, 35, Birmingham, credited with preventing a worse outcome as the bus slid into an embankment. Passengers praised the driver while one Birmingham man suffered a fractured leg in another weekend crash near Cullman.
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Greyhound
U. S. 31
Garden City
Cullman
Birmingham
Whitesburg Bridge
W. E. Richey
Eather Ellis
Convict Escapes After Baptism at Montgomery Church
In Montgomery Alabama a 21 year old inmate Joe Ed Hudson who had just been baptized at a downtown church escaped minutes after the ceremony and remained at large. He was among 19 newly baptized prisoners from Kilby Prison escorted by Kilby officials and unarmed guards during a revival led by Rev Blount F Davidson and Rev Lee Gallman. Hudson was serving a 25 year robbery sentence from Chilton County and had a class A record since 1948.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
George Garner
Joe Ed Hudson
Chilton County
Hudson
Garner
Blount F. Davidson
Montgomery Baptist Association
Lee Gallman
Second Baptist Church
W. H. Swearingen
Gallman
Young Hudson
Death ruled self-inflicted in Alabama clerk case
In Birmingham on September 18 the death of Army reserve headquarters clerk Corp. Kirby Minor was ruled self-inflicted by sleeping pills. Acting Coroner J L Boggan said the WW III veteran worried over overseas duty and the body was found by his mother yesterday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Army Reserve
J. L. Boggan
Corp
Kirby Minor
Credit Terms Are lightened By Government
The government issued stop orders against over easy credit and eager buying to conserve materials for defense. The Commerce Department targets lumber, cement, steel, copper, aluminum, tin, rubber, nylon yarn, chemicals and more with penalties up to a year in prison and $10,000 fine. The Federal Reserve Board tightened auto, appliance, furniture, and home repair terms with penalties up to a year in prison and $5,000 fine. Auto terms require one third down and 21 months, appliances 15 percent down and 18 months, furniture 10 percent down and 18 months, and home repairs 10 percent down. See CREDIT On Page 2.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Sales Tax Plan To Be Opposed In City Session
The Decatur City Council holds a busy regular meeting at 7 P M in city hall with a delegation opposing a proposed city sales tax. The school board will discuss issues with the Council as two zoning ordinance hearings are scheduled. Councilman Leonard Moody asked City Attorney John Caddell to review legal aspects of a sales tax. he is expected to attend tonight with a possible report. A businessmen delegation led by D Frederick, retail merchants division chair of the Decatur Chamber, is present.
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Decatur
Leonard Moody
John Caddell
Caddell
D. E. Frederick
Decatur Chamber
Army Reserve Officers Called Up As Plan Expands
The Army announced a major call-up of reserve officers, adding 9,565 captains and enlisted personnel. Aviation officers will be mobilized for four months through December to pilot Army observation planes, while ground force officers totaling 2,561 captains and 7,004 lieutenants across 16 branches are slated for 21 months starting in November.
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Washington
Army
Power Outage Traced To Auto Truck Collision
A 45 minute power interruption hit The Country, club and Bee-line highway areas after a U S 31 South crash near Weaver Lumber. A 1948 Dodge driven by Calvin Tarver passed a half ton truck driven by J D Borden when both Southbound vehicles collided and struck a utility pole, blowing fuses. Borden was treated at Decatur General Hospital for hand lacerations and later dismissed as service was restored by Electric Department crew.
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U. S. 31
Weaver Lumber Company
Calvin Tarver
Negro
Lockland
Ind
J. D. Borden
Decature
Broadrick and
Bowman
Borden
Electric Department
Quince Eddens
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur
Fair Grounds
Trial Opens in Long Island Rail Engineer Killing Case
Testimony began in Mineola today in the trial of Jacob Kiefer a Long Island railroad engineer charged with manslaughter after a head on wreck that killed 32 people Nassau County assistant district attorney Henry Root Stern Jr said the early evidence would focus on causes of death and the wreck scene.
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Mineola
N. Y
Jacob Kiefer
Long Island
Henry Root Stern Jr
Nassau County
Racial Issue In Parley Plan
Refusal by Gov. Herman Talmadge to seat negroes on Georgia's White House conference on children and youth triggers a fight that may leave the state unrepresented. The national planning committee may either refuse Georgia delegates or cut the state's quota by one third and invite negro organizations to name replacements. See RACIAL on Page 2.
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Washington
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
White House
National Committee
Talmadge
Chemist Admits Giving Russians Explosive Data
Alfred Dean Slack, 44, a Syracuse chemist, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greeneville to wartime spying for Russia. Prosecutor James Meek urged a 10 year prison term, noting Slack admitted passing on secrets about the manufacture of RDX high explosive to Russian agents. The government supported the 10-year sentence, citing Slack’s resistance upon realization of the case.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Alfred Dean Slack
Russia
U. S. Atty
James M. Meek
Syracuse, N. Y
Meek
Slack
Robert L. Taylor
U. S
Howard McGrath
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Community Chest Budget To Be Submitted Here Friday
The budget committee will submit a tentative Community Chest budget for approval by the board of directors Friday. Miss Nina Woods secretary said the meeting time 4 PM and location Lyons Hotel or State National Bank. Other committee members attended special sessions at State National Bank last Thursday and Friday. Plans for the coming drive are under way with the women division led by Mrs William North Decatur and chairwoman Mrs Tom White plus Mrs J Frank Keown and Mrs Chenault.
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Nina Woods
Ee Ee
Lyons
State National Bank
Sasha
The
Miss Wood
William
North Decatur
Wilson Avenue
Lee Street
Bank Street
Tom White
J. Frank Keown
Chenault
Central Decature
Prospect Drive
Ninth Street
Proof Of Soviet Help To Koreans Reported
General Douglas MacArthur informed the United Nations he has positive evidence that Russia supplied munitions to North Korea in 1949 and 1950 and that communist China provided trained manpower. The claim appeared in his latest report to the Security Council as UN forces commander in Korea. The UN Secretary-General released the report, but it has not yet been made public.
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Winston Powell
John Cook
Alabama Pest Control Association
Jefferson Davis Hotel
Sally Kimbrough Mills
Bradford Junior College
Bradford
Mass
Miss Kimbrough
W. E. Kimbrough
Line Street
Flint
Maynard Layman
Daily
Brotherhood of the Sixteenth Avenue’ Baptist Church
Central Methodist Church
Good Fellowship
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elk’s Lodge
Second Avenue
Roy Black
Luther Morris
Trinity 1
J. R. Moss
Cecilia and
James Richie
Vidalia, la
Mr. Moss
Ada Moss
Hartselle 1
Kyle Roberts
Lincoln
Hartselle
Little Linda Lawrence
H. W. Lawrence
West Court
Hamil Clinic
Leon Edwards
East Moulton Street
Decatur Recorder’s Court
Solons
Recess
BY Jack Bell
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Alaska
Hawaii
Pacific
By Douglas B. Cornell
Lester Marcum
Vaughn’s Mill
Korea
Wena
Marcum
Byars
Moulton
John Kieff
Alabama
Sewichley
Betty Sue Blackmon
Berniece He
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Lee Power
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