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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
1
Weather outlook and daily notices from Decatur area: partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers and southwest winds. highs around 86, lows near 66. Church meetings, class reunions, hospital updates, baptist committee session, and local social events listed with residents and addresses.
Fragmentary Quickies column by Ken Reynolds features sharp social quips and brief observations reflecting public discourse and contemporary quirks. The unreadable excerpt leaves readers with a sense of midcentury editorial voice and satirical bite.
Washington reports the senate war investigating committee resolved to intensify a probe into the Garsson munitions group. FBI agents will trail the post midnight intruder who removed files, while Comptroller Warren and Warren's auditors offer help behind war contract weaknesses. The committee seeks broader war profits inquiry urged by Senator Taylor and shipbuilder Kaiser.
A tremor struck near New York on August Sunday with shocks described as nearly as strong as the original. The event was detected by University seismic sensors at 9 33 21 am E D R time and noted in preliminary reports.
Chicago August eight. A psychiatric examination of William Heirens was ordered by the criminal court as he faced a third murder charge. Two alienists were appointed to test the confessed killer who promised to reveal details of the Degnan Brown and Ross slayings. The arraignment covered the Ross murder and two other charges, with further hearings set for September.
Congressman John Sparkman, the Democratic Senate nominee, returns to the Valley after speaking in Montgomery and South Alabama towns. He plans to be in Huntsville Saturday, having clinched a majority over four opponents in the district race. No new developments were reported in the congressional lineup.
Doyle Stinson is jailed in Decatur after a multi state forgery spree that stretched through Pulaski Fayetteville Madison and Decatur. Ernest Williams is described as Stinsons accomplice and both were tied to checks cashed at Texaco on Highway 31. Police combined efforts with Highway Patrol to track the suspects from Pulaski to Belle Mina and Madison.
A 17 year old former theater usherette is detained as Savannah police review her account of being raped by two Black men who allegedly killed her companion Anthony Elixson. A physician said the tale was impossible. no charges were filed as investigators pursue the case.
City leader H R Summer launches Hire A Veteran drive as 45000 Alabama veterans seek work. Local employers meet at Hotel Lyons in Decatur at 3 PM with Hugh Barr Miller of Veterans Employment Service to discuss employment needs for returning veterans.
In Philadelphia on August 8, reports say Father Divine, a self styled god and cult leader, married Edna Rose Ritchings on April 29 in Montreal. He told followers the union is “in name only” and addressed them at a wedding banquet, declaring his status as widower. The bride, known as Swet Angel, previously worked in a Montreal jewelry shop.
The Agriculture Department estimated a cotton crop of 9,290,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight as of August 1, down from last year’s 9,015,000 bales and well below the ten year average of 12,553,000.
Rev Harlan McGinnis of Youth for Christ in Louisville will conduct a revival at Cave Springs Baptist Church in Priceville. Services begin Monday and run through August 25. McGinnis will both preach and sing during the revival announced by Pastor Mahlon R Thon.
Aug 8 Miss Sue Donegan of Gadsden and Miss Jean Kern of Greenville were named finalists for the Miss Birmingham contest on Aug 21. Dale Nunnally of Gadsden also made the finals. another group will be chosen next week. The Birmingham winner will compete in Omaha City for Miss America.
The 8000 ton American Farmer limped into harbor under tow by the American Ranger after colliding with the William J. Riddle off the English coast. Salvage rights are disputed with the British steamer Elizabeth. Captain Oscar Johnson to hold a press conference.
Rev Dick Cassity, Morgan County Baptist evangelist, conducts nightly services at 7:45 in a tent on East and 6th Street. Capacity crowds attend since opening night. Rev Dennis Hendon of First Baptist Trinity assists. A vacation Bible school is planned next week under Southside Baptist Church leadership.
Molotov reopened the voting procedure dispute at the 21 nation conference, accusing Evatt of pressuring and filibustering. Evatt accused Moscow of trying to impose veto power, while the session risked delaying treaties for Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland as Byrnes planned to lead the talks.
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