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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
3
A hurricane of 75 mph winds near its center was far from land and moving northwest at a slow pace. Navy hurricane hunters observed a well formed eye about 20 miles wide and noted minimal rain as the storm stayed over open ocean for several days, about 1,000 miles south of Miami.
Mackenzie's Cincinnati column explains communism versus old proto communism, detailing Moscow control, loss of sovereignty, state domination, purges, and atheism. It warns of Red agents, fifth columnists, and the danger of subversives during a potential cold war turning to war.
Five people died in Alabama over the weekend in accidents. Mrs E G Dawson, 28, of Fairfield, and her nine year old niece Shirley Ann Price drowned when the girl fell from a rubber inner tube and was swept away. Also killed were W H Johnson, 33, and Willard Green, 39, in separate car crashes near Columbiana and Kushla. Norman Dunaway, 29, was injured. Annie Johnson, 60, was killed by a train in Montgomery.
Bantam Ben Hogan visits the set for a film about his life The star says parts may be too fantastic for the screen and notes a possible shot of him hitting a ball past the camera The film to be called Follow The Sun with Glenn Ford as Hogan and Anne Baxter portraying his wife will be produced in Hollywood by Bantam.
A $10,000 check from the Damon Runyon memorial fund was given to Tuskegee Institute today for cancer research. Retired Admiral John Crommelin presented the check to Dr. F. D. Patterson, president of the college, for a project led by Dr. James H. Henderson.
Rev. W. Harlen McGinnis of Louisville Kentucky will leave October 1 for Nigeria West Africa to serve with the Southern Baptist Convention foreign mission board. He will be joined by his wife and son David and will remain with Cave Spring Baptist through August 22. Charlie Collier will direct the church musical programs during this period.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad asked a federal court for authority to switch two trains on the Birmingham to Manchester route from daily to tri weekly runs. The request follows a recent denial by the Alabama Public Service Commission, and the carrier seeks to override the commission’s ruling.
Washington reports that radiological warfare is explored as a concept though practical use remains uncertain. A commission book notes RW weapons’ compactness and psychological impact but cites difficulty in even distribution and questions about current feasibility. Senator McMahon hints newer A-bombs may outstrip WWII devices in destructive power while stressing Hiroshima style weapons are outdated.
United Steelworkers of America picketed all Ten nessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. mines in Birmingham after a 1000 member meeting at Bessemer. Union official Frank House called the company's job reclassification refusal a tactic to frighten populations with unseen death, while noting RW material cannot be stockpiled like conventional munitions. The government report also examines underground A-bomb explosions to create artificial quakes, though no such test has occurred.
The union seeks reclassification with pay raises of nine to 13 cents an hour. About 5,000 workers planned to leave their jobs after picket lines were established. The steelworkers voted to picket the Wenonah De lona Quarry Muskoda Ishkoo da ore mines and the Brown Station conditioning plant yesterday.
Smokers are urged to try the Camel 30 Day Mildness Test and smoke Camels daily for a month. The ad promotes regular, pack-after-pack testing to judge Camel mildness and flavor using the smoker’s own T Zone as the proving ground.
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