11 Apr 1946
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
1
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Weather outlook shows showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight in the south, clearing north tonight. cooler and breezy on the coast. Dr. R C Berry elected to Alabama Dental Association executive council from the eighth district at Birmingham convention. Frank E Ross of Decatur has received Army discharge after 40 months service with medals. Miss Elayne Sharp among Somerville Church of God delegates at Lanett Young Peoples convention. C G Sharp to teach at Montevallo College after spring holidays. Mrs Robert Howell Jervis ill at home. P J Messer of Hartselle on business in Decatur. W M Parker of Hartselle among DeKalb visitors. Rev G M Davenport to speak at Central Methodist revival on prayer. George A Rice to preach at Memorial Drive Methodist. Hospital moves include Mrs J N Haddock from Baugh’s infirmary to Mart Seller, Mrs Wann Terry from Decatur General to Illsboro. Absentee ballots total 280 mailed to Circuit Clerk John Green. Major Thomas, Afro-American, jailed on grand larceny charge in Morgan County. Floy Alexander of American Red Cross visited Morgan County for home nursing program. One pistol-permit case fined. two cases fined for delinquency. Mrs Muriel Yancey moved to Tanner by Mutual Service ambulance. Mrs Hilda Lindsey moved to 1721 Avenue East by Mutual Service ambulance. Singing at Sixteenth Avenue Church of God tonight at 7:30. Ruth Wesler dismissed from Hamill clinic. Mr and Mrs T W Birdsong announce birth of a son at Hamill clinic today. Mrs Clarence Blizzard admitted to Hamill clinic. Mrs Euler Tudor admitted to Decatur General. (Continued on Pace Two).
congressional leaders spotlighted money and housing with a broad agenda. The Senate considered a long range housing bill to create 12,500,000 living units by 1956 and a companion to the emergency housing bill for 2,700,000 new homes in two years. An Army Navy pay increase and draft extension dominated debate as the House and Senate weighed changes.
Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks announced Dr Elbert B Norton Alabama Superintendent of Schools has accepted a possible post as Assistant U S Commissioner of Education His resignation would be effective June 15 and a successor is to be named after the May 7 primary Norton returned recently from a mission to Japan and had been in office since September 1942.
New York Mayor William O Dwyer announced the United Nations will meet at Flushing Meadow, with the Sperry gyroscope plant at Lake Success named NGO headquarters. The city plans to spend 1 250 to improve Flushing Meadow Park and its municipal building for assembly meetings.
The United States will back a full UN Security Council hearing on Poland's indictment of Franco Spain as a haven for fugitive German scientists and atomic age weapons research. Britain expected to join in open-session debate as the council reconvenes.
James L. Thomas of Dandridge a constable and hardware store operator was killed near the Cooke Jefferson county line. Sheriff Arthur Holbert and Deputy Ernest Cass were wounded, Holbert critically, after revenue officers and moonshiners exchanged fire during a raid in Grapevine Hollow mistaken for the other side.
In Tokyo April 11 the return of indictments against former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and other officials is postponed after the Russian prose cution staff fails to reach Tokyo. The international military tribunal said the indictments will be delayed a short time to allow Russians to review the documents, with Soviet delegation expected by Saturday. Other nations contributed to drafting.
The government weighs drastic steps at home to aid famine areas abroad amid a bread shortage. Secretary Clinton P. Anderson pledges fulfillment of promises while noting possible 25 percent domestic flour cuts, with rationing ruled out for now. The crop outlook signals a record winter wheat yield, potentially boosting exports by June if harvests allow.
U S labor leaders including Secretary Schwenkenbach arrange separate talks with operators and United Mine Workers after John L Lewis walkout. About 24 000 workers idle as coal mines shut for 10 days, while broader labor disputes idle over 800 000 workers and a new transportation strike emerges in Birmingham.
Thousands of Birmingham residents walked or thumbed rides after a midnight strike by about 1,000 Birmingham Electric Company transportation workers. The action disrupted city transit and prompted continued coverage on Page Two.
A 1929 Ford coupe and a 1940 Ford sedan collided yesterday at the Town Creek intersection of Alabama 20 and 101. Paul Slaton of Town Creek received minor injuries and was taken to Bracken's clinic in Tuscumbia. William Samuel Preston of Sheffield was uninjured. Patrolmen Carl Edgeman and Paul H. Jones investigated, reporting $100 damage to the coupe and $200 to the sedan.
Air conditioning drives a Southern industrial boom, with new factories, перера, and home comfort shifts. Noting haynes cites reduced freight rates and growing demand for cooled working and living spaces, a Yankee chemist frames this as a major postwar transformation across states like South Carolina North Carolina Florida and Georgia in industry and farming.
John McCord, manager of Decatur Harbor Co, announces tentative plans to open a new pleasure craft and fishing boat harbor at the former Cisco shipyard site west of Decatur on Highway 20. The project includes 30 boat slips, 20 rental fishing boats, fuel services, water and electric, boat houses, and concessions with speedboat rides starting this summer.
A second American merchant seaman was killed in the Chinwangtao area, with reports stating he was struck by unidentified persons near Tientsin China on Monday. Officials noted the victim’s name was not released.
The Senate military committee backed a full year extension of the draft act in a three hour session. It also advanced four service pay increase plans as a compromise, with Gurney proposing enlisted pay rises and a fixed 1,550,000 personnel level next July. Revercomb Maybank and Thomas offered alternative pay boosts for armed forces.
Admiral Harold Stark testified before the Senate committee on Pearl Harbor that he likely discussed a December 1941 proposal to warn Japan not to cross a line, with President Roosevelt. He argued the move did not force a U.S. war, and noted Congress declares war. Ensign Phelan testified about Truman denying Kimmel access to the Roosevelt message file.
The Army announced plans to train 2,400 officers and civilians for military government duties over the next 18 months as it prepares for the occupation of defeated areas. The program signals a broad effort to establish civilian and military governance structures following victory.
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