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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
1
Weather outlook describes scattered thundershowers in the southeast and extreme south today with partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Local items cover veterans affairs, hospital transfers, church events, military leaves, and community notices across Decatur and nearby towns.
A quirky column notes a Daily Want Ad parrot getting new words daily. The piece playfully critiques advertising language and the evolving jargon in brief humor.
Montgomery plan calls for a district primary on Sept 24 to fill the House seat of Rep. John Sparkman after his Senate nomination. Sen. McCorvey said no immediate election for the two year term. vacancy would occur Jan 3 if Sparkman resigns. He may visit Montgomery to discuss with Governor Sparks.
J W Letson of Alabama's department of education will address Morgan County teachers at Hart selle's Morgan County High School Saturday morning session from 9 to 1. Lunch served by the local PTA. devotional led by Rev Paul Roberts and Edmond Keith at Central Baptist Church.
Thirsty North Alabama residents gain a new liquor source as Huntsville opens following Madison County June vote legalizing sales. Store hours run from 10 A M to 6 P M with holiday closings per local practice.
The Limestone County jury recessed today at 11 o'clock until Friday morning at 8 30. The jury was unable to report and will resume proceedings Friday.
Lt Col Gregory Boyington recovers his Navy Cross and a suitcase of clothes amid a romance with Lucy Malcolmson. He questions who will pay income tax on 8800 not returned. Charges of embezzlement were dismissed by Municipal Judge Eugene Daney Jr. after a preliminary hearing.
Sheriff office reports no arrests by noon in the hit and run killing of Clyde S Jeffreys a Town Creek merchant and cattle buyer on the Joe Wheeler highway near Town Creek. Investigators seek an unidentified man seen with Jeffreys. Funeral held at Primitive Baptist cemetery in Lawrence County. Survived by wife daughter Barbara Anne mother Ida and several siblings. Burial at Primitive Baptist cemetery with Brown of Decatur directing.
Mrs. Alice L. Vest died at 6 20 p m Wednesday at her Hartselle home. She was 63. Survived by three daughters Mrs W C Cooksey Mrs Willis K Winton Columbus Ga and Mrs Joe Guimond North Attleboro Mass four sons James Vest Decatur William T West Birmingham Culpepper and Venner Padgett An two brothers Ernest Poaget and Charlie Padgett with funeral arrangements pending.
The OPA raises coal price ceilings and signals higher orange prices as meat controls resume by Sept 9. Lambs will cost at least five cents more per pound, cattle and hog subsidies revived at June 29 rates, and a seven cent per hundred pounds flour rise planned.
Saboteurs using limpet mines blew a hole below the waterline of the Empire Rival in Haifa bay but failed to sink the ship. British troops moved into Tel Aviv and four other towns as authorities suspected Hagana Palmach involvement. Roadblocks and curfews followed in Jerusalem and Haifa harbor areas amid heightened security and further searches.
Amendments to the Social Security act expand protection for widows and children of veterans who died after discharge in World War II. Ware Foster of the Decatur SSA says new provisions include monthly payments or lump sums if no minor children exist, and retroactive benefits for deaths occurring before enactment when survivors file timely claims.
U S Ambassador Richard C. Patterson flies to Tito near the Austrian border to deliver a 48 hour ultimatum demanding release of American fliers. Yugoslav officials join meeting at Bled with Gen. Vladimir Velebit and Mirko Bruner as bodies of three airmen are searched near the border. The C 47 crash crew reports two more missing air crew members.
Four days remain to raise 10000 for a 67000 cattle exhibition building in Decatur Morgan County. Tom Adams says response is weak and rural drives will be pressed with help from Hartselle Falkville Limestone County. The facility will serve cattle shows swine breeders and other events for the region.
U S records show more than 269.9 million dollars in wartime and postwar aid to Yugoslavia including UNRRA and lend lease. State Department lists lend lease at 32 million. UNRRA deliveries total 327.6 million with over 100 million more to ship. Yugoslavia tops UNRRA recipients with 72 percent of 237.9 million contributed by the United States.
The United States issue a sharp ultimatum to Yugoslavia dominates the Paris peace conference as Byrnes presses for satisfaction within 48 hours over the airmen incident. Delegates weigh reparations and territorial claims against Italy while tensions with the Soviet bloc shadow negotiations. U.S. envoy Byrnes corl.
Washington officials report the United States weighs fighter plane protection for transports near the Yugoslav border on the Austrian Italian route while keeping an absolute ban on overflying Yugoslavia. The move follows a note claiming the two planes attacked by Yugoslav fighters may not have been over Yugoslavia.
At a news conference State Department press officer Lincoln White said he had no information on any release of American airmen held after planes were forced down near the Yugoslav Austrian border. The US government had demanded the immediate release of the prisoners from Belgrade yesterday.
Undersecretary Acheson and Ambassador Johnson held a conference to discuss potential U S action in the Security Council if Yugoslavia does not comply with a 48 hour ultimatum. Officials weigh when the time begins running and consider channels for American fighter planes possibly tied to prior shoot downs amid lend lease operations.
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