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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with scattered afternoon thunderstorms in the extreme south. Winds on the coast are gentle to variable. Local report of 84 high and 64 low. Residents and visitors share travel health family and church news including baptisms visits and a postponed meeting. Masses and notices mark the religious calendar and a watermelon cutting at Greenwood park tonight.
Kathleen B. Nash Durant, a U S Army captain and key defendant in the Hesse crown jewels theft, calls the charges baseless and expects acquittal. Her husband Col Jack Durant and Maj David F Watson face charges as conspirators. most jewels have been recovered and trial begins soon in Frankfurt.
Ten boys and girls aged 12 to 15 got lost for four hours in an abandoned ore mine near Spaulding, Birmingham. They emerged unharmed but with torn clothing and scratches. They entered the mine on an exploring trip and found a shaft leading to the surface after their flashlights failed.
Regulations intended to spur veteran home building led the Civilian Production Administration to withhold approval on 8.8 million dollars of planned commercial and industrial construction in Alabama.
Circuit Solicitor George C. Johnson said he would seek immediate trials for Athens mobsters indicted by a special grand jury. He called Saturday’s riot a disgrace and would move to set riot charges with up to five years in prison, replacing lesser counts if indicted. Nine defendants aged 13 to 41 remain on bond and are to be arraigned August 26.
A three way gubernatorial contest and Senator Robert M Lafollette's bid for the Republican nomination loom as Wisconsin voters head to the primary. Lafollette and 83 year old Governor Walter S Goodland seek the GOP nod despite party endorsements.
Citizens in Alexander City Alabama will vote on August 20 to decide whether the local government changes from a mayor council system to a three man commission. The measure seeks to alter the city's form of government and update municipal leadership.
Donald Murray 41 is acquitted of murder in the May 27 Loop hotel slaying of Maj John Fletcher 46 a Canadian Army officer. Murray testified self defense after Fletcher attacked him with a chair. Murray plans to stay in Chicago and resume work while his wife Doris 39 awaits his call.
Army investigators detain Lewis L Warner 23 in Berlin and Oscar Selig Warner 29 in Paris over a suspected smuggling and black market ring. CID says the family operation spanned Europe Asia and North America with potential annual profits near 2 million dollars.
Washington interprets the GI terminal leave law to count en route delays as furlough time. Terminal leave pay is based on discharge pay, affecting those discharged before the new base pay raise. Details show old and new base pay scales by grade and subsistence and quarters allowances during furlough with fixed per diem rates and dependents provisions.
Labor leaders announce an all day Labor Day picnic at Delano Park near Decatur Central La inviting everyone to attend. Unions and their families were asked to bring a picnic basket.
Six year old Allen D. Moore died from injuries after falling from the top of a double-decker bed at his Tuscaloosa home. The accident occurred Sunday. he died yesterday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Horace M Moore.
Romania proposes reparations from Germany and Hungary while Molotov opposes leniency for Italy at the peace conference. In Washington Wesley Hardenbergh argues against meat price ceilings as decontrol hearings open with testimony from farmers, packers, and labor groups.
Wyker and Son purchased two Bank Street buildings housing the Green and Stein Furniture Co at 515 Bank Street and the Economy Auto Store at 513 Bank Street. The sale price was not disclosed. W Wyker Jr said the buildings were bought from McClendon with Russell and completed the sale.
London, Aug. 13 The world famous author H G Wells died at his home in London at age 79. He passed away peacefully at 4 PM after a period of failing health. The funeral will be private according to his secretary.
Ben C. Morgan announced that Conservation Department employees will receive training as first aid instructors. The program is in cooperation with the state relations office of the Red Cross in Montgomery on August 13.
In Scottsboro Alabama ex GI residents seize county road machinery and demand impeachment of Commissioners Dewey Bryant and Joan Wallace for road delays. A temporary road supervisor, W E Bulman, is appointed at 200 dollars monthly until a registered engineer is hired, as political dispute over governance persists.
Twenty four representatives from 12 Tennessee Valley counties will gather at the Morgan County Tubercular Sanatorium Wednesday after noon. They will name a five member executive committee to run the hospital with the session starting at three.
The eighth district Democratic executive committee adopts a plan with a September 24 first primary to choose a successor to Congressman John Sparkman, with a possible October 2 runoff and an August 31 filing deadline. The group forwards the recommendations to Chairman Gessner McCorvey in Mobile for action.
Italian police report Mussolini body stolen April 22 from an unmarked grave was recovered in a trunk at a Pavia monastery. Two monks and three laymen are detained as investigators guard the body awaiting further instructions from authorities.
British troops fired on rioting Jews in Haifa Palestine as protesters clashed with tanks trucks and soldiers during deportations of 11000 illegal Jewish immigrants. reports say injuries occurred from stones and bottles and Hagana urged street action. ships carried detainees and further arrivals were watched by authorities.
David Lee of 404 East Moulton Street suffered second degree burns to his back right ankle and left arm after an incident at a Texaco Service station on Avenue and Moulton Street Saturday night about 11. He was taken by private car to Decatur General Hospital in serious condition.
An eyewitness account from The Stockholm Aftonbladet describes a 100-foot ghost rocket exploding in a blinding flash over Sweden. Military officials say such missiles seem to carry destruction devices making traces hard to locate, with Sweden repeatedly targeted by remote missile experiments possibly launched from the German Baltic coast.
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