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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1949
Page
10
Washington report notes Congress faces another stop-gap funding request to keep government agencies running as the fiscal year starts July 1. The Senate is behind as the House had passed the regular appropriation bills months ago. The plan seeks emergency funding likely through late August.
Chairman Cannon warns of an unprecedented moment as the House and Senate continue to haggle over the Army Navy Air Force appropriation, Interior Department funding, and foreign aid measures. Conference actions on civil functions and independent offices bills aim to finish this week for regular agency funding.
Lewis A. Moore of Gadsden Alabama a World War II blinding veteran and Bataan death march survivor is Alabama’s candidate for the Blinded Veterans Association achievement award. He owns an insurance agency and has worked in rehabilitation becoming a licensed salesman and self employed.
Two Alabama graduates Lt Carl F Arantz Jr from West Point and Lt Alonzo M Shoemaker Jr from the University of Alabama report to Tyndall Air Force Base Florida for a three week indoctrination and a sixteenth month class 49 C at the air tactical school with about 80 other academy graduates 19 naval academy graduates and 50 ROTC graduates. Brig Gen J K Lacey commands the school as part of the Air University system.
Jackson Mississippi August 13 7 Dr J R Otis director of negro extension work in Alabama since 1944 was named president of Alcorn A and M College for Negroes in Mississippi.
The Danville Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service met for a business and study session led by president Mrs Arthur Lee. Hymn Are Ye Able opened the gathering followed by prayers, devotional themes from the Upper Room, and a study on Illumination from Newness of Life.
The Soviet Art paper notes Hamlet staged at the Uzbek Theatre of Drama in Tashkent. In Moscow, during the Moscow Art Theatre’s 50th anniversary, Central Asian actors presented The Taming of the Shrew in their native language. Shakespeare's works appear in many national languages and in Russian across the USSR.
Birmingham reports its first traffic death of the year with sparse details from a tragic incident. Authorities investigate the crash location and identify the victim, signaling a somber milestone for the city’s road safety record.
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