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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
1
A committee to select a Sunday school superintendent and BTU director at Southside Baptist Church will meet Saturday at 5:30 PM in the Valley Coal and Lumber Co office. Members include Ed Self Tom Edgil and H A Tucker.
The OPA announces price boosts across many consumer durables including radios stoves washers and small appliances with ceilings rising up to 12 percent. New beer serving ceilings two cents per glass and 32-ounce bottles. used 1945 46 autos priced near new car ceilings. additional material price rises expected.
Washington august 16 the justice department disclosed it is studying complaints of price fixing and artificial shortages in meat since oat price controls lapsed july 1 an official said the inquiry aims to determine if antitrust prosecutions are warranted. additional complaints include tie in purchases coercion into unwanted products wholesale andpacker entry into retail trade and hides withheld to boost prices a civilian production drive also targets shoe production stability.
Sheriff reports burglars broke into the Pacolet Mills Co. No. 6 plant in Gainesville Georgia at night and made off with 25000 dollars from the weekly payroll. The safe was opened by punching the combination lock after entry through a window.
Alabama Republicans plan to condemn the government for fixing a four percent rate on GI loans while lending funds to foreign powers at two percent. The stance will be urged at the state convention next Wednesday.
Polio figures from Hospitals magazine report a child under 10 has a 0.3 percent chance of severe infantile paralysis during an outbreak, dropping to 0.01 percent after age 20. Dr. Howard A. Howe notes the one in a thousand risk remains a tragedy, while most adults likely trace immunity to mild, unrecognized cases. The article discusses transmission and immunity amid ongoing polio research.
Tom Jordan, regarded as a top figure in the New Orleans cotton market, credits his fortune to bold market bets and patient, low-voice trading. He says cotton may rise to 60 cents a pound as demand outstrips supply, noting a 1200 point rise to 36 cents. He started with $300, loaned for taxes, parlaying profits into over $1,000,000 by May after beginning in 1941.
In Lawrenceburg Tennessee Circuit Court prepared to resume jury questioning for 25 Negro defendants from Columbia after seven veniremen were excused. Judge Ingram dismissed two jurors. Klan pressure and a local petition influenced challenges. Defendants face charges of attempted murder and story before the fact with possible sentences up to 21 years.
Ten tons of insecticide were the plane and an additional 40 tons will be flown here from a Pittsburgh plant. Other shipments are expected later by trailer and freight cars as rains slow ground movement.
At the Paris peace conference the Soviet delegation sparked a new clash over voting rights in commissions. New Zealand's W J Jordan denounced Russia with "this blasted old rat" as talks stalled. British, American, and French positions clashed over Romania Finland and vote eligibility.
War veteran S D O'Dell of Oakville Tennessee describes a War Assets Administration surplus vehicle sale at Fort Benning Georgia as rude rugged and rigged. He says Tennessee veterans were discriminated against and certificates dated earlier than January 25 1946 were ignored. He was told to leave and not question officials.
City water manager George Goodwin announced a new elevated tank of 1,000,000 gallons is under construction at Fifth Avenue West, south of Third Street. Chicago Bridge and Iron builds it for $81,900 with completion planned by November 1, 1945.
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Bessemer on August 16 a petition calling for elimination of the mayor alderman form and adoption of a city commission was circulated and signed. The group cited police abuses and a Navy veteran was beaten after arrest leading to resignations and suspensions of two officers. Seven VFW members testified they had been mistreated by city police in recent months.
Eleanor Roosevelt writes in her syndicated column that she is well after a Yonkers auto crash. She describes black and blue eyes and a cracked front tooth, noting plans for porcelain replacements after two dental visits this week.
Calcutta reports fifteen killed and about 250 injured as mobs clash between Muslims and Hindus during the Muslim League direct action protest against the British plan for Indian independence. The league called a nationwide strike. shops closed. some transport halted by volunteers while police vans were left untouched.
In Kilby prison Alabama 41 year old William Edgar Alston was executed in the electric chair at 12 10 a m for killing his second wife while on parole from a life sentence. A twin brother who is serving a life sentence for a murder from two decades ago was in a nearby cell.
In Pike County a wildcat well by Poynter and Sawyer was abandoned at 3 502 feet after a Schlumberger test found no oil. The Spencer No 1 well sits in section 26 8N 20E near Troy and the operation ended this week.
The Tri-County Shrine club float with a nautical theme and Miss Decatur Barbara Jackson won first prize of 300 dollars in the statewide Shrine club parade in Birmingham. Decatur also contributed a blue and white speedboat and a surfboard rider Miss Decatur. runners up were Misses Emens and Moody.
In Jerusalem on August 16 eighteen Jewish youths were sentenced to death for bombing Haifa shops in a night attack. Four Jewish women received life terms as clashes pull Palestine toward revolt. Irgun Zvai Leumi had urged general resistance amid deportation tensions and illegal immigrant arrivals.
Government sources said Truman’s reported refusal to join a plan to partition Palestine would not block future British American agreement. Colonial Secretary George Hall flew to Paris to confer with Bevin and perhaps Byrnes. Whitehall sources noted Truman’s letter contents are not disclosed and that Britain is not the President’s spokesman.
Jewish leader laments U S stance as a plan to divide Palestine into federal zones is reportedly declined. Arab spokesmen condemn American meddling foreseeing ongoing conflict and blame Britain for the political crisis.
President Truman announced he is considering requesting special legislation to admit European refugees including Jews into the United States. A White House statement said no U.S. plan has been presented for solving the Palestine issue and that Truman has discussed options with Prime Minister Churchill.
Town buzzes as a misprint in last night’s pease causes Beezie's Garage to rent flats instead of meodin. The mistaken wording set off a chain of rumors and surprised residents throughout the evening.
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