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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
2
Washington reports airline executives meet with the Civil Aeronautics Board amid heavy losses totaling about 22 million dollars last year. They weigh a 10 percent fare increase and face issues from non scheduled operators, traffic dilution from multi airline routes, state gas taxes, higher mail pay, and peacetime readjustment costs.
In memory of Corporal Wiley L. Horton the Wiley Horton Post of the American Legion will hold an old-fashioned Brunswick stew and social at Courtland. Brigadier General James S. Saliba will speak as colors are presented by Clarence C. Horton. The meeting starts at 7 30 Tuesday evening. Carl Mooring Jr of Huntsville will supervise officer installations. All Legionnaires are invited to attend.
In the past year Bob school groups awarded 400 certificates for first aid to seventh to ninth graders and 172 Red Cross swimming certificates were given to varying levels of swimmers. Members Miss Lucile Russell Mrs Mary Gilchrist and Mrs Elizabeth Lamon aided in courses while Dr Erskine Chenault urged plans for a Decatur aquatic school. The Morgan and Mobile counties saw pension and veteran dependent support from Red Cross efforts with 2410 recurrent cases 298 new ones and 85 reopened cases managed by the chapter. The board of trustees elected includes Garth Kimbrell J W Decatur Dr E M Chenault R C McNelly Ernest Maddox Alex Dunn E M Wise Delmar Bagwell.
A teacher in critical condition received multiple blood transfusions and was placed under an oxygen tent. Dr Grant Pennoyer phoned to request a consultation with Surgeon Lomakin, who agreed to meet and discuss with Pennoyer and hospital staff today.
In New York trading, steel stocks moved within a fractional range with some gains of a point or more as volume totaled about 550000 shares. Republic Steel Corp and Babcock & Wilcox Tube Co announced a new casting process promising higher productivity and decentralization of production to raise final steel yield.
In New York, stocks show narrow trading with steel shares improving a bit. Bonds are quiet with select rails showing gains. Cotton is irregular with liquidation and short covering. Chicago wheat is mixed with July down sharply and other months steady. corn is mixed with September firm and other months easy. oats steady with decent activity. Hogs mostly 50 to 75 cents higher, around the 385 level, uneven changes in prices.
North Georgia live poultry market stays steady within unchanged price range. Chickens 2 1/2 to 3 4 pounds plentiful. heavier sizes inquired but supply limited. New Hampshire Reds most in demand, prices FOB farm for fryers 33-34 cents, Barred Rock crosses 31 1/2 to 33 cents, mostly 32 to 32 1/2 cents.
Cattle 500 head receipts light steady for slaughter stock. Beef steers 24.00-27.00 with rare 27.50, cows 17.00-23.00, bulls to 22.25. calves 26.00-32.00 for good to choice, 18.00-25.00 common, culls 17.00 down. Hogs 190-240 lb at 30.00, 160-180 lb 27.00-28.00, 120-155 lb 24.00, 240-280 lb 27.00-27.50. Sheep 250 head, lambs 23.50-26.50, ewes 7.50-9.50.
New York trading saw cotton futures climb to fresh highs as locals and mills stepped up covering amid sparse hedge offerings. Prices closed 25 to 60 cents higher. October and December contracts led gains with Guthrie’s nearby modules showing notable strength.
Spot wheat rose while futures held steady as receipts reach 30 cars. Corn dropped 5 to 10 cents with 92 000 bushels booked and 108 cars received. Oats were steady to down a penny with 4 600 bushels booked and 33 cars received. No soybeans received.
In Berlin today an angry German crowd inside the Russian sector pelted two Soviet police cars with stones as they pursued black marketeers toward the American and British sectors. Initial reports say one person was killed and another wounded amid taunts of communists by about 600 Germans.
A woman died following an attempt to escape after claiming police at the hospital barred consular access. The guard reportedly said she jumped to escape from the consulate and feared Soviet officials.
Wash halad greens then place between two towels and shake to remove excess moisture. This quick technique yields drier leaves ready for cooking or storage.
The Civitan Club heard Trinity community farm leaders discuss crops and farming advances in Morgan County. L. T. Wagnon and Alvis Briscoe led program updates on registered sire improvements, cottonseed varieties, sericea hay, alfalfa yields, and near Trinity a potential dehydrating plant site. Joe Whitlow reported yellow corn on Trinity mountain exceeding 100 bushels per acre.
Dewey proposes a long range program adjusting loan floors by crop type and urges consideration of hired labor costs in parity. He backs soil conservation irrigation and expansion of animal agriculture while criticizing administration shifts. The campaign also features Tobin and Green at Labor Day events as Truman campaigns in Michigan and Detroit.
In Mobile Alabama on August 19 striking AFL railroad shop workers returned to their posts at the state docks. About 150 CIO docks warehousemen who walked out Monday also returned but left when offered only eight jobs. Judge Cecil F Bates issued an injunction ordering end to the strikes and picketing, citing Alabama law blocking union contracts. Docks Director Henry W Sweet said operations continued at full capacity and workers would be hired without regard to union membership.
Mrs. Tom Ratliff reports a three feet high flaming cross burned Tuesday night at Somerville Road and Tower Avenue near Decatur General hospital. She and her husband saw it shortly before 8 pm while driving home after a hospital visit. This is the third cross sighting in two weeks. Police Chief J B Whitmire said officers are investigating.
President says hearings infringe the bill of rights and opposes any Gestapo style law. Nixon outlines spadework to probe Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers with three new witnesses subpoenaed for secret testimony ahead of Wednesday public hearings.
The article reports Soviet charges of imperialism rebuffed by actions of a teacher who survived a New York consulate attack. It notes Western refusal to sign a Danube waterway accord, claims of Soviet enslavement, and a stalled Moscow Belgrade dialogue with Berlin blockade persisting amid intensified anti Western propaganda.
Weidrich Motors Acceptance Corp's Leon Stevenson and Kiwanis members in Germantown and Decatur hear a Carnation Company official discuss milk supply growth. The speaker notes South milk production advantages, envisions a Decatur condensary, and estimates 5,000 to 6,000 producers could be served, urging diversified farm income.
A squall wave moved into the Caribbean Sea about 1,100 miles southeast of Miami. It was observed by hurricane hunting planes. The Easterly wave began developing two days ago near St Lucia in the West Indies.
M. N. Jackson, employed at Farm Industries, became suddenly ill on the checking line this afternoon and was transported to Chenault clinic in a Brown's ambulance for treatment.
J D Hays of the Alabama Farm Bureau praised the National Cotton Council for a decade of efforts to raise cotton and cottonseed markets. He urged ginners to collect ten cent per bale producer contributions and highlighted gains from Research and Marketing Act programs. He noted margarine tax repeal campaigns boosted support for cottonseed oil and predicted over one billion pounds of margarine usage if production and consumption stay high.
Montgomery August 19 Gov James E Folsom accused Alabama Daily Press of bias at the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals meeting He lamented lack of independent outlets and touted Folsoms Forum as a government backed counter. He noted tax collections up 33 percent and 40000 more filers for income taxes and that a 1800 minimum teacher salary was discussed with surplus funds. R C McCulley of Jasper was elected association president succeeding F A Peake of Trussville.
In Lawrence County circuit court Reuben James Harris of Town Creek faces first degree manslaughter charges over the death of Clyde Jeffers of Hatton. Deliberations began at 4 45 p m Wednesday and ended at 9 p m with a morning restart at 8 30 a m today. The second trial follows an appeal and a new trial granted after the first conviction for second degree murder.
Ralph W. St. John son of Mr and Mrs F J St John of 1707 Eighth Avenue South has enlisted for three years in the Air Force. He has been a carrier in The Daily’s circulation department for several years. He is the second of The...
Local residents share hospital updates including Mrs W A Blackwell and infant daughter at 1113 Sixth Avenue E after transfer from Hamil clinic. Birth announcements at Decatur General and upcoming sermons at Central Methodist and other churches. Community events include DAV Chapter 11 meeting and revival services at Antioch Methodist Church with Rev Weeks.
Glynn Hal Brooks, former head carrier and now sports editor, has enlisted in the Army for a one year term and is at Camp Hood Texas. St John who graduated in June from Riverside high school was active in the international relations club.
A planned 600 by 800 foot harbor on Keller Memorial bridge site is under study with 22. acres submerged land proposed for use. TVA official A J Grey reports on Decatur riverfront plans as a public hearing nears with yacht club support and engineering input. The harbor could serve about 100000 Valley residents.
Thousands lined the funeral route as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey led honorary pallbearers including Jack Dempsey Connie Mack Leo Durocher and Moe Berg. Some 50 000 mourners gathered at the cathedral while over 100 000 paid respects at Yankee Stadium and outside the church of Gate of Heaven Cemetery received the Babe Ruth body.
Cullman officer notes no epidemic signals as polio cases rise. Last week’s total fell five from the prior week. Reports cover 8 counties with only 3 above one case. Dr. Gill says 20 of 67 counties have had infantile paralysis, distribution aligns with population and figures are below 1941 levels when 871 cases occurred. Health records list county totals including Jefferson 29 and Mobile 12 among others.
More than one hundred certificates were to be awarded this afternoon at Crystal Plunge for Red Cross swimming courses. Groups from classes held this summer under the water safety services demonstrated swimming skills under George Porter, chairman, and instructors. Names listed include many beginners intermediates and junior life saving students who earned certificates.
The city education board explains seat allocation for a large seating area of 1010 seats between the forty yard lines. Ticket holders may sit with others who drew adjacent numbers and can appoint a proxy if unable to attend Friday. Those who drew earlier numbers sit first, ensuring everyone a seat.
Calvin Pearson, a black man, must serve 10 years in the state penitentiary after Judge Newton B. Powell denied probation at a hearing. Convicted of first degree manslaughter in the slaying of Laverne Harris, a Black woman, last June, Pearson had earlier been charged with second degree murder, which was reduced.
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