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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1946
Page
2
A Douglas C-74 Globemaster crashed near a million-barrel oil storage tank in Los Angeles, injuring only one crew member who parachuted to safety. Pilot Thaw and co pilot survived while tests were being conducted, with the Army noting a world record claim from a recent lift.
Party leaders anticipate key GOP and Democratic primaries in Kansas Missouri Virginia New Hampshire West Virginia and Arkansas. Notable contests include James P. Kem and Ray Mabee in Kansas, Harry Byrd facing Martin Hutchinson in Virginia, Woodring seeking liquor constitutional change, Gov Dale facing Sherman Adams, Kilgore in West Virginia, and multiple house and senate battles nationwide.
General announces promotion of all battalion commanders and three staff officers after the 21 day Dauphin Island encampment. Ranks rise from major to lieutenant colonel for battalion leaders. staff officers promoted include Arthur Heustess, William Truby, and Oscar M. Spencer with respective new ranks.
Council votes to install two street lights at Seventh Street and 15th Avenue and Riverview Avenue between 12th Avenue and Sherman Street. They also approve a request by George E Little regarding alley access south of Ninth Street parallel to the Somerville Road valley connecting to Somerville Road and 11th Avenue.
New York markets opened unevenly with thin dealings and mixed price moves. Shares traded near 750000 transfers with occasional one point gains or losses while industrial output outlook weighed on sentiment and dividends and earnings offered mixed support. Railway bonds declined.
Cattle numbers steady to moderately active in Nashville market with fat steers and heifers in demand. Bulls slow. canner and cutter cows weak, good to choice steers 17 to 18.50, vealers 17 to 19, calves steady, hogs generally 75 lower with barrows and gilts 23.50 top, sows 20.50, sheep steady with spring lambs 18 to 20.
Butter unsettled with receipts 630186 and price indices 90 score B 67.5 89 C 66. Cars 89 C 66. Eggs firm at top balance irregular with U S extras No 1 and 2 at 38 41.5. other items unchanged.
New York stocks slide further as leaders extend a quiet retreat. Bonds weaken while rails turn down. Cotton shows liquidation and hedging by commission houses. Chicago corn and oats weaken with selling pressure. hogs fall 25 cents to 1 dollar, top at 24. Cattle hold steady to up 25 cents, early top 26.50.
In New York on August 6, scattered liquidation spurred a reactionary trend as futures edged lower by 75 cents to 2.30 a bale. Commentary cited revised 1946 crop expectations and thin trading ahead of government forecasts, with private estimates near 445 to 9,768,000 bales and 1945 output at 9,015,000 bales.
Attorneys say Heirens will confess to the December lipstick murder of Frances Brown and the June 2 1945 Degnan slaying of Mrs. Josephine Ross. Prosecutors report Heirens described dismembering the Degnan victim with a hunting knife and discarding parts along elevated tracks.
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a semi monthly meeting at the Rowzee Motor Co building at 7 30 tonight. A board call meeting precedes the membership session. All members are urged to attend as the club’s first project will be announced.
The article notes that the bulk of flowers used in perfume production are sourced from southern Europe, highlighting regional cultivation as the core supply.
A candidate from the seven Alabama counties touts the regions farming strength and postwar needs. He endorses expanding the Tennessee Valley Authority to spur broad industrial development and outlines a forthcoming detailed platform for veterans farmers educators and retirees.
Birmingham August 6. At a two day AFL Southern policy committee session leaders discussed increasing Negro representation on rolls and organizing six new paper plants in the South. Humble said two more Negro organizers are employed and Googe urged efficiency and higher production to hold prices, noting labor will cooperate.
In Pell City Alabama a three man police force was suspended after a crowd estimated between 150 and 200 demanded their removal over claims of beating a prisoner. The council voted to suspend Chief Luke Jinwright and Officers Ingram Richie and Pat Rich amid a heated dispute and a four member citizen committee was formed to discuss further steps.
The University of Alabama cancer foundation announced plans for a new two million dollar hospital and research center at the university medical center in Birmingham. The goal is a 100 bed hospital to care for cancer patients from across Alabama with facilities for research into the disease.
Ankara August 6 Recep Peker, ally of Ataturk in the 1920 revolt, began forming a new Turkish government today to replace Premier Sukru Saracoglu whose administration resigned last night amid strong opposition to its domestic policies.
The federal government filed a civil anti trust case accusing 37 insurance companies savings banks commercial banks and a bank owned firm of conspiring to keep rents high and block certain types of news construction in the New York City area.
Amid heated debate the Byrnes Molotov exchange challenges the two thirds voting rule for treaty recommendations. Ukraine and Yugoslavia back two thirds while Australia Netherlands lead a bloc for simple majority sending to the foreign ministers. Poland supports the Russian amendment upholding Big Four decisions.
Washington officials say a tip links Rep. May of Kentucky to a 1944 Miami Beach stay with Garsson munitions group executives. The Mead committee plans to question May about Florida travel expenses and his 1945 letters to General Eisenhower concerning court martial proceedings involving Capt. Joseph Hermann Garsson.
Mobile youth Carter Smith, 16, hauled in a 471 1 2 pound tarpon along Mobile bay as rain drenched Dauphin Island. The catch earned 1 000 points toward the king mackerel prize, the largest total so far, while noting the all species record remains the 139 1 2 pound tarpon caught in 1936. The rodeo runs to 1 P M tomorrow with awards then. Gov. Chauncey Sparks and ex Governor Frank Dixon were aboard the vessel Dixie for part of the event.
Cornero declares the Bunker Hill a mobile gambling ship three miles offshore from California and vows Coast Guard protection if raided. He intends to operate year round regardless of conditions.
Alice P. Allen, a Miles College teacher, filed a federal suit arguing the Birmingham city commission violated constitutional rights by rezoning Northside property to bar Negroes from living there. She contends the action amounts to confiscation after she purchased the property, originally described as adjacent to white occupants.
State Highway Patrol compiled an AP report detailing annual and year to date figures for accidents injuries fatalities and estimated property damage in non urban areas. The data shows totals such as 11 age entries 2124 accidents 1156 injuries and 254 fatalities with property damage estimates around 794512 dollars.
Mrs. Belle Harper of Athens was operated on this morning at the Baugh infirmary. Mrs. R. L. Melton of Decatur was dismissed from the Baugh infirmary Monday afternoon. Mrs. H. L. Garrison of Somerville has been dismissed from W. G. Harrison. Decatur was admitted to Decatur General hospital Monday.
A spokesman says higher cotton ceilings push costs up and may bring $2.25 shirts and 79 cent shorts back to stores within about 30 days. The price advisory committee urges stronger enforcement and consumer organizing to curb inflation.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Turner will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Sulpher Springs Baptist Church. She died Sunday night at her Hillsboro 1 home. Burial in Smyrna cemetery follows with Howell directing and pallbearers named. Surviving family includes two sons, two daughters, a sister, two half sisters, a half brother, 36 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
In 1897 the cutter Bear undertook a daring rescue when the U S whaling fleet froze in the Arctic. It reached the stranded ships after 103 days at sea and, nine months and 16 days after departure, Bear returned to Seattle on September 13 1898.
A fragment notes musk as the most important single material used in perfumery, highlighting its central role in fragrance composition.
The Decatur police department reported 212 cases investigated in July led by 91 drunks and 74 cases of disorderly conduct. City court handled 291 cases with $882.50 in fines and bonds. notable incidents included the Winton robbery, two arrests, and signed confessions.
In Birmingham a 39 year old Black man Harrison Lee was killed by Patrolman F R Brockman after Lee fatally wounded Officer J A Hale in a barber shop near downtown. Detective Batchelder said a radio car pursuit followed a confrontation with Robert Green who claimed he had been shot. Brockman fired when Lee aimed at him.
In Macon Georgia two men Thomas Durden and Arthur Miller were arrested for the murder of Albert Rosenberger a Florida vegetable dealer. They allegedly rode with him from Chattanooga Tennessee slept in the truck and the slaying occurred Sunday morning. The body was found north of Macon after the truck became stuck. Authorities say both men accuse the other of the crime.
Dr. Tom Spies, discoverer of the nicotinic treatment of pellagra, now at Hillman hospital Birmingham, departed yesterday for a seven weeks lecture tour in Switzerland.
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