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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1949
Page
1
Cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change. Frank Wasuta and family travel to Washington for work. Various local church events, attendees to district conference, and community updates including birthdays hospital admissions births and plans for the new Decatur high school building.
The Decatur school pageant scheduled for tonight at the stadium is postponed one week due to heavy rains and dark skies. About 1400 children from local schools will participate in the program, now moved to a later date announced by Miss Frances Nungester.
Stockmen and farm leaders from 11 states toured the Alabama Valley. They praised the region’s agricultural progress after being hosted by the Alabama Extension Service and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. Ewell K. Gregg delivered the official Decatur welcome.
Ewell K. Gregg served as official host for a gathering of farm leaders aiding the Decatur Fat Stock Show. The Alabama Extension Service and the Alabama Department of Vocational Education sponsored the event hosted by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce with several out of town guests and local officials in attendance.
The group arrived in Decatur from Belle Mina and heard Fred Stewart’s selling of crimson clover. Camden South Carolina lumberman and farmer J. L. Guy praised the trip noting plans for future farming progress and recalling earlier travels through Alabama.
Junior Chamber of Commerce board votes to bring the Tennessee Valley conference track meet to Decatur next spring. Jaycee President Alvis Briscoe says high school teams from across North Alabama will compete in 12 events. Plan to be submitted at the Tuesday regular meeting.
A damage suit brought by John and Louie Houston against Robert Louis regarding desecration of a family cemetery will be heard by Circuit Judge Newton B Powell in Limestone circuit court Monday. The case was postponed from early April due to Louis illness with mumps and a doctor's certificate.
In a 2008 traffic fatality, Betlow died following a collision that also involved other occupants in the vehicle. Authorities confirmed Betlow was the deceased victim on that grim day.
North Alabama women advancing agricultural programs saw 600 plus Home Demonstration members from nine counties convene at the Decatur Country Club. State President Mrs. T F Holloway outlined three aims including youth activities and citizenship. Lillie M Alexander noted growth since 1911 and 43 000 active members this year.
More than 130 4 H and FFA members attended a Merchants Committee dinner at The Why Not Care to close Show Day. H H Higdon chaired the event and introductions featured Mrs Lucille Parker Diane Shop Richard Frank Rose Jewelry H R Sherrow and E W McLeod. T C Bailey farm agent with State National Bank Athens spoke as did W A Wales assistant county agent. Casto Jarvis of Carnation Co presented the farm film Whats New On The Farm.
Tonight marks the final chance to view Decatur's large electrical appliance show now in its second successful day. A drawing of prize-winning tickets is part of tonight's program slated to end at 10:00 PM with Miss Dorothy Barbee a TVA home economist scheduled for an 8:00 PM demonstration.
J W Hampton of Decatur claimed the honor of being first to register for a free electric range at the armory. Registration opened at two o clock Thursday afternoon and more than 2 000 people signed in on the opening day.
The Decatur Electric Department and local appliance dealers sponsored a two day show opening yesterday at 2:00 PM. Prizes include a new electric range and other appliances with no requirement to be present to win. Despite bad weather, over 800 registrants were counted by 5:00 PM and crowds praised the modern electrical exhibits.
W S Eastep president of Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas says Decatur will have natural gas by January 1 1950. He notes a TVA contract for a five million dollar supply line from Selmer Tennessee to Decatur and Huntsville with construction starting in July and a June contract deadline.
James Mitchell 26 of Cullman died in Kennedy hospital Memphis from leukemia contracted four years ago while serving overseas with the artillery. A former Army captain discharged after treatment at Walter Reed and Kennedy hospital he was an Auburn graduate. He is survived by his parents and sister Eleanor of Cullman. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the family home in Cullman.
E. L. Drinkard of Falkville has been chosen to lead the 24 North Alabama posts of the second district in the Department of Alabama American Legion. The selection came late during a conference in Huntsville.
A 12 year old Cullman county 4-H member Buck Teague of the Fairview club won grand champion at the Decatur Fat Stock Show with a 1140 pound US choice Angus steer. Reserve champion went to Bill Roberson of the Mt Hope FFA Lawrence county with a 1140 pound Hereford. Cullman led county exhibits with first place, Limestone second, Lawrence third. Kennan Wood received the showmanship award for his Cullman lineage.
Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath asked Senator Stennis to meet President Truman to discuss the proposed appointment of J. P. Coleman as U S marshal. Coleman was Stennis choice and approval from the party was given weeks ago, but the White House tied it up.
An attractive pamphlet Teach ers Wanted is distributed to 30000 Alabama residents featuring a Decatur picture of Mrs Heather Comer a Gordon Bibb school second grade teacher. The appeal targets high school graduates and college graduates statewide with the message Alabama needs 1500 new teachers annually for five years and you will find happiness in teaching.
In Morgan county this morning Judge T. C. Almon presided over a lunacy case involving Soular Jordan, an elderly Black woman, with Henry McKinney filing the petition. The unusual proceeding summoned an all-Black jury from outside the county, chosen on property criteria, to determine mental unsoundness.
In Washington on April 29 the House refused to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act and return to the Wagner Act. Rep. Marcantonio proposed the change but the motion failed 275 to 37. After four days of debate the chamber moved into initial votes as it weighs a Wood substitute against the administration bill.
In Washington on April 29 the House faced a tense choice as Rep. Marcantonio proposed a substitute bill to repeal Taft-Hartley and restore the Wagner Act, challenging Democrats to back campaign promises. The House yarded between this repeal and the administration’s labor bill or Rep. Wood’s alternative. After four days of debate the outcome remained uncertain.
Giants manager Leo Durocher was suspended indefinitely by Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler after a disturbance following a Brooklyn New York game. Durocher must appear in Cincinnati May 3 as the commissioner continues a full investigation.
Horace Stoneham, president of the New York Giants, defended manager Leo Durocher amid accusations he struck a fan after a Polo Grounds game. Commissioner A B Chandler suspended Durocher indefinitely, while Stoneham pledged full support and denied the hit occurred.
Philippine soldiers and constabulary fought a battle with Hukbalahap ambushers in the Sierra Madre mountains after a deadly ambush that killed Mrs. Aurora Quezon and 11 others. Gen. Alberto Ramos said the fighting continued overnight led by Col. Alejandro Viernes with Lt. Col. Angel Magallanes identifying the attackers.
A Peoria landlady identifies the shooting victim as Frank Walker 50 of Leighton Ala. His body was found on a road near Peoria. Walker worked seven months at the Caterpillar plant but did not report for work Wednesday night. Sheriff Earl Spainhower said no motive is known.
Readings show a 56 degree high at 9 a.m with a steady fall afterward. Innoor mercury at 52 while TVA sub-station logs record 8 a.m. 55 10 a.m. 55 and 11 a.m. 34. Thursday’s high reached 73 and the low 58. Rain in the prior 24 hours measured 0.41 inches as Decatur nears 2.0 inches.
A Lockbourne airbase pilot was killed last night when his fighter crashed near Columbus Ohio. The incident occurred at the airbase and authorities are investigating the crash and its cause.
United States and Soviet representatives will meet in New York at 3 p.m. today to discuss the Berlin blockade. The talks involve Philip C. Jessup and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob A. Malik at the Soviet headquarters. Malik requested the meeting, possibly signaling Moscow’s reply to Jessup’s Wednesday demand for a formal position on lifting the blockade.
Washington diplomats report snags remain in East West negotiations over Germany with Russia. Acheson warned the United States will back a Western German program or seek a separate state if Russia blocks progress. Parallel clashes and reprisals unfold in Berlin and Asia as Manila hunts Hukbalahaps after an ambush killing.
A former Montgomery County deputy sheriff Clem Frizzle aged 38 was bound over to the grand jury after waiving a preliminary hearing charged with aiding prisoners escape by slipping hacksaw blades to inmates. He had recently been released after serving time for ness.
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