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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1948
Page
4
Local notes forecast a 1948 airport in the Decatur area with natural gas, rail and farming improvements, while political commentary weighs Truman's prospects, Southern unity, and Thurmond Wright electors across multiple states.
The August 20 gathering of Athens Decatur Limestone and Morgan officials aims to formalize the Pryor Field purchase for a modern airport. Decatur seeks to attract airline service and complete the transportation hub by linking highway routes to Atlanta. The Daily congratulates county officials and Jaycees for advancing the project from planning to reality.
Washington reports that Congressman Parnell Thomas shifts clerks between his office and the un American Activities Committee. His secretary Vera Halyburton earns a $5000 salary and often drives his car after cocktails leading to a collision with two parked cars on November 25, 1945.
Police report shows Miss Vera Halyburton treated for left knee abrasion and chest contusion after a sedan struck two parked cars on Maryland Avenue. Driver blamed for inattention. daylight, dry road, clear weather. Reports note not admitted, not serious. Congressman Thomas pressuring insurer in pursuit of settlement.
The account shows Mrs. Halyburton visited Dr. Robert Bosworth on November 26. He diagnosed shock and advised rest, later sending her to Sib ley Hospital for an x-ray which a doctor phoned to Congressman Thomas’s office to report as normal. On November 27 Thomas discussed insurance and noted his firm Thomas and Godfrey.
A brief excerpt from Franklin van Zelm titled It’s Just as True Today. The piece references tribulation and the growth of virtue through patience and experience.
Representative Thomas pressed Employers Liability Assurance for a $2,000 settlement to aid Mrs. Halyburton, whose condition worsened and who sought psychiatric care. The insurer rejected the bluff, noting a cooperation clause, and payment to Mrs. Halyburton or to Thomas for vehicle damage never occurred.
President Truman announced that Cuba's president-elect Carlos Prio Socarras will visit Washington in late November as a guest of the White House. Prio, who will be inaugurated October 10, will be hosted with his wife Senora Dé Prio, and Truman looks forward to a cordial welcome to the United States.
The article outlines that the Hawaiian islands trace their formation to volcanic activity. It notes a hotspot beneath the Pacific plate driving magma up to create the archipelago over millions of years.
Pegler airs a mock transcript where I Walsh claims to have lived in the White House since March 4 1933 and to have never seen pro American propaganda. The spoof witness mocked Harvard Law and Navy service while deriding the Senate inquiry as biased and communist influenced.
The Gouzenko case revealed how the Soviet Union used Canadian communist networks to plant spies in government positions. Col. Zabotin recruited through study groups that served as cells, drawing in noncommunists into secret roles and using them for sensitive intelligence tasks. Nevada’s theater seating density is noted at 5.6 per seat.
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