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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
4
Circulation figures rise mirroring WWII and pre war newsprint strains. An Editor and Publisher ad touts Pennsylvania as a state with strong production, asking which state leads in steel works and chocolate bars and then in steel works and cotton, highlighting the nation’s appetite for accurate information and the newspapers’ role.
A Montgomery Advertiser Sunday column by C M Stanley of the Alabama Journal reveals that the D in Dan D Emmett's name stands for Decatur, a fact previously unknown to many readers. The note links Dixie’s origins to 1859 minstrel roots and Davis's inauguration in Montgomery.
Construction of the new District Sanatorium at Flint shows slow progress due to wet weather but is expected to accelerate after foundation work. The modern 174 bed hospital will replace the crowded 50 bed facility serving 12 counties, illustrating how twelve counties pooled funds to build a better institution.
Residents commend the Alabama highway department for resurfacing U S Highway 31 in the Lacon to north of Hartselle area. The work addresses a badly needed repair and reflects efforts by Governor and Jim Folsom to straighten this troublesome stretch.
Leaders across Alabama sound the education tax drum as schools need more money now. The next governor and legislature must find new funds, unite interests, and craft a plan to meet legitimate school needs rather than block tax ideas.
Morgan Buchner Jr., eleven, wins the John Hopkins prize for catching lightning bugs. The Alabama Journal notes the bug's use in cold light experiments and Morgan's $67 earnings plus a $10 prize, with payments to a sister and subcontractors. He becomes a small time businessman in this playful chronicle.
Washington dispatch notes Moscow's delight over the Senate loan of 100 million dollars to Franco, with Russians planning to weaponize Franco quotes against the U.S. The piece lists Franco's past statements to Hitler, promising German expansion and attacks on New York, and frames them as propaganda fodder.
President Truman admitted privately at a big four meeting that he might have voted the same way on four rejected nominations. Senate leaders warned of an embarrassing defeat if he pressed the picks, which included Hutchison for the FTC and Switzer for a Southern Iowa federal court.
An editorial urges patriotic Americans to form home front committees to oppose profiteers and rent gougers profiting from wartime shortages. It condemns those prioritizing comfort over freedom and seeks public action against such un Americanism.
A rookie capitol cop challenged a man reading newspapers in the house lounge asking if he was a member. The man replied yes for about 26 years, identifying GOP Minority Leader Joe Martin of Massachusetts. House public works committee members may address the chair when the next congress convenes, with Chairman William Whittington of Mississippi.
ARLIE B DAVIDSON reports on Dr. Lewis M. Terman who studied a hundred couples to identify traits linked to happiness in marriage. Key qualities include kindness, resilience to offense, cooperative spirit, willingness to play subordinate roles, thrift, conservatism in religion and morals, a poised optimistic outlook, and a missionary inclination toward helping the needy.
The column discusses Pegler noting Buckley to succeed, praise for Tony Tauriello lifting Britain’s arms embargo on Israel, and a warning about Brewster’s shadow case. It surveys the atomic submarine race with experts predicting the race could decide democracy’s fate, plus a lengthy New York column on union probes and Lattimore. The piece includes local notices of visitors and community updates.
A joint shipyard operation linked the prow of a Liberty ship wrecked in the Red Sea with the stern of another split by a mine off the Italian coast to form the Superliberty Boccadasse. The vessel weighs 11,600 tons and can reach 11 to 12 knots.
Hyderabad official R A Gopalaswami the registrar general said next year’s census would place India's population at about 350 million. He estimated 800000 persons would be counted at a cost of roughly 2 million dollars.
A Chinese owner markets Chico, an 18 inch Burmese monkey busking roadside, dancing with a three foot cobra as Chico strokes the snake and customers pay for the odd performance. The owner declines to discuss how Chico was involved in this unusual show.
The arclight, once common in early electric street lighting, also found use in some of the first radio telephony applications.
Advancing air power under Fifth Air Force in Korea has created a deep alliance with ground troops. Air and naval volunteers coordinate close air support, delivering rapid responses within minutes. Pilots roam front lines, observe enemy concentrations, and report to clearing houses at headquarters as ground forces endure a battered perimeter near Pusan.
Vera Mae Bradford to wed Raymond Lichty of Waterloo Iowa in September 9. Vera Mae a Hazlewood High School graduate with a Florence State Teachers College BS and teaching in Lauderdale and Selman City schools. Lichty is an Iowa State University graduate employed by General Electric. Additional items report a GA girls camp at Shocco Springs, hospital cases, travels, church revival endings, and a McGuffey readers sale totaling over 122 million copies.
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