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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1950
Page
10
Four locations are named for the H-Bomb plant with confidence from residents in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. Officials anticipate four plants and many other areas offering land, while noting the Russians must stop spreading communism for peace.
A strong case for city and area planning is made in Communities for Better Living by James Dahir. Harper & Brothers published the book this year. Dahir plans to study the Tennessee Valley and will visit Decatur from Guntersville early next week.
This passage argues that Americans broadly support mobilization against Communism and a global war, with shared willingness to bear war costs via taxation and controls. It criticizes profiteers and black marketeers and questions whether a fair, enforceable law to cover them can be written.
The Birmingham Post argues that Harry Bridges, convicted of perjury in 1945, deserves a five year sentence after decades of alleged subservience to communism. It cites his stance against Korea intervention and his ties to the Maritime Federation of the World as grounds for denying him freedom.
In a Korea era anecdote from the Washington Merry-Go-Round, Trygve Lie recalls Truman rebuffing appeasement. The U N chief proposed recognizing communist China for peace talks, but Truman refused to be appeased. He told Lie to relay that the only demand from the United States is peace and no more pushing around.
President Truman will appoint John R. Steelman as the coordinating head of the economic controls program with Symington acting as the lead adviser. Cabinet members Louis Johnson and Charles Sawyer pressed for changes, while Fred Lawton and Leon Keyserling join as additional assistants.
A feature describes President Truman as punctual and calm under pressure. It notes his personal dislikes, such as air conditioning, and his nightly routine when the First Lady travels, with details about his viewing habits, health routines, and security safeguards surrounding the White House.
The text urges careful self management during world concerns. It warns against letting fear and worry paralyze action and stresses taking time to analyze life, build stability, and contribute to family church and community. It emphasizes choosing meaningful activities over dissipated time.
The article reports that American tank production will be delayed by at least a year with only the smallest model ready for production. It notes Korea arrivals of X class and Sherman I II, Marines with Pershing, and ongoing conversion to Patton. Russia’s Stalin tank dominates in capability.
President Truman assures baseball chief Happy Chandler that no government plan calls for banning or curtailing the sport. Chandler met, offering the national pastime to aid the war effort, with Truman replying he has no intent to restrict baseball and would use Chandler if needed.
A 25-year-old Montgomery pilot identified as Allen Jones was seriously hurt when his cotton-dusting plane crashed near Mt. Meggs Alabama yesterday. He suffered two broken legs and serious head wounds. There were no passengers aboard.
The piece attacks Philip Murray James B Carey Mike Quill and Joe Curran as treacherous allies of communism, citing Carey’s old defense of Harry Bridges and Quill’s wartime union actions. It portrays Bridges’ deportation battle and Labor Department maneuvers, arguing current claims of anti communist reliability are political theater.
Scores of cities enact smoke control rules to clear skies. The American Municipal Association reports more than 200 U S municipalities have adopted ordinances banning or limiting emissions for set durations.
In Tokyo, a GI asks Premier Yoshida for a cigarette halting his car, while ads in Nippon Times mock English ads and MacArthur frets about pace on a C-54 flight. The piece notes Japan’s disarmament aims and the cost of keeping Japan, with subsidies, and the potential price of a rebuilt division.
Reports allege Lt Gen Walton H Walker hosted lavish Tokyo residence gatherings featuring geisha girls, prompting questions about conduct and military propriety amid postwar occupation. Investigations focus on leadership style, expense oversight, and potential impact on morale.
Quotation by C S Shearer notes that people who mind others business often lack business or mind, reflecting on intrusions and social boundaries with pointed wit.
In New York City a glove shop displays a sign reading Your Dirty Kids Cleaned, 25 Cents. Mrs Vera Paint, Brooklyn Friend. A stenographer voices a joke about how a boss eats hot dogs for lunch, noting the rasp he makes when he returns.
The piece notes federal outlays now total 276 dollars per person versus 29 in 1931, highlighting a per capita national debt share of 1712 dollars for every man, woman, and child. It argues the government has grown beyond the people.
A child questions the governor's appointing power while a teacher notes the constitution grants it yet implies widespread disappointment as offices are filled. The exchange highlights political tensions over patronage and appointments.
A brief exchange yields the name E. Q. Jones with phonetic hints E as in any thing and Q as in Cuba. The note ends with a Franklin quote about brutal facts defeating ideals.
A brief comic exchange shows a husband warning that theft brings regret, while the wife coyly recalls stealing kisses before marriage, prompting a playful retort about past mischief.
A note suggests John Howard Payne penned Home Sweet Home after returning from a vacation. The claim links Payne to the famous tune and its revival while detailing a possible travel period that influenced the work.
A playful excerpt notes a sweet hat seen in Decatur, with a husband inviting his wife to try it on, adding a lighthearted domestic moment from a downtown stroll. The brief vignette captures a small town domestic exchange and shoppers’ atmosphere.
A neighbor fishing for catfish reeled in an eel that splashed and drew an owl to the water. The eel tangled the line around the owl’s leg and drowned it. Hours later the fisherman recovered both eel and owl on his line.
A lighthearted snippet from a Beacon-Herald page features a remark about a striking tan and a redhead with freckling, capturing a whimsical local moment as if overheard in a dining setting.
A worm moves by crawling on its own body while a flea is an external parasite that jumps and feeds on hosts, unlike a worm which lives in soil or decayed matter. The joke hinges on wordplay about being particular.
Fragmentary OCR shows a tense exchange about a car in motion with incomplete dialogue. Names and context are unreadable, yielding only a brief snapshot of a momentary concern and a remark about worry.
Health officials advise wearing as little as possible in public settings while noting no necessity to transmit the guidance to young women. The comment underscores cautious messaging during health campaigns and reflects broader debates on public attire standards.
At MacArthur’s headquarters memories of early World War II are kept alive by four engined Bataan aircraft on display and paintings by prominent Philippine artists. A visitor can call the former U. S. embassy home and hear the operator boom Corregidor.
Mrs Flora Allred reports Olen Shelton returned from Decatur after visiting Edsil Hardin and Gail. Marie and Jo Ann Walters of Birmingham stay with Cleo Tucker family. Cindy and Janice Cole of Tuscumbia spent week with Hollis Shelton. Freeman Parker of Chicago visits sister Cole Roberts. Mrs Johnny Shelton and daughters travel to Kalamazoo Michigan to visit Stanley Cronkite family Melvin. Rev Dennis Tucker attends revival near Jasper at New Hope. Clifford Reeves and family visit Dennis Tucker’s mother. Cleo Tucker clan visit grandparents Rev and Mrs Joe Yates of Hartselle. Margie Tucker visits Lou Ann Shelton. Hollis Shelton visits with Dennis Tucker family. Johnny Shelton spends night with George Shelton family.
Bernard D. Jacoby, a retired Santa Monica city employee, mastered engraving the Lord’s Prayer on miniature silver hearts after a Michigan lumberjack tale sparked his precision craft. Forty-six years later he recalls the dime challenge that pushed him to perfect the tiny letters and reopens the practice from scraps of practice paper.
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