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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1949
Page
4
Fairview Baptist church members, few in number, pursue a financing plan for a church building that seemed over their heads. With the goal within 15000 dollars, they anticipate public support as they announce a plea Friday inviting community help.
Decatur city council discusses future natural gas distribution with Alabama Gas Corporation president J N Greene present. Officials consider municipal versus private operation after two surveys failed to convince, and propose a public questionnaire to gauge needs and potential profitability or loss.
Editorial review notes Los Alamos New Mexico boom town failed to yield expected profits for concession merchants. Bidders overpaid for licenses, rents tied to sales, and local residents' shopping shifted to Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Parking layout and resident habits hindered foot traffic. AEC may renegotiate terms, but only after weighing fairness to late bid competitors.
President Truman vows to press the Department of Welfare proposal amid Senate rejection. He argues lobby pressure blocks economy and says he will resend revised plans. House rules panel debate on arms for Europe triggers sharp exchange over Hoover era spending. Sabath notes Lodge lineage as heated exchange erupts.
Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan continues as Sunday school teacher for a Westminister Presbyterian church class in Alexandria Virginia. Attendance runs 10 to 12 high school boys each Sunday morning. Vaughan, an elder and popular figure, uses church material and avoids his uniform. When absent, his wife leads the session and Vaughan remains regular in appearance. Note Vaughan has told friends that regular Army antipathy to re
A Santa Clara farmer Vincent Capra spends over two thousand dollars of a three thousand dollar farm sale fund to publish a film work. He aims to crash critics and vows to persevere even if it takes years with no clear results.
Westroock Pegler reports on Congressman Leonard Irving of Missouri noting he blames democracy in unions and cites a Kansas City graft dispute. The piece portrays Irving amid race tensions, a volatile press environment, and alleged union racketeering, with attacks at a meeting and accusations of overpaying executives and a tainted international.
Serve officers are cited as a secret influence behind the senate probe. Vaughan has long criticized West Pointers, tying their stance to the ongoing inquiry.
Sen Joe O Mahoney chairman of the interior affairs committee blocks secret conference drafts on tideland oil. House hearings open today under Rep Francis E Walter. Proposals vary from a federal take to a 50 50 proceeds split with states. O Mahoney renews support for federal management, signaling slim odds this session.
House Ways and Means blocked disclosure of the three members who voted against the social security liberalization bill Reps Carl Curtis of Nebraska Noah Mason of Alabama and John Byrnes of Utah. They pushed through a 70 million Weber basin reclamation measure without debate The President called it a very big bill to pass by unanimous consent to Sen Elbert Thomas and Rep Walter Granger of Utah Former Sen John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky Alican to address a United Workers meeting from three states on Labor Cooper was among the Republicans who opposed the Ta
The Albany Decatur Daily did not publish an issue on Sunday August 24 1924, with no edition generated for that date.
County health organizations in Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi will conduct the annual malaria survey in TVA reservoir regions. Blood films will be collected only in areas with highest transmission risk due to the low overall malaria level in the Valley.
The article details union practices after hours including overtime for answering calls and processing work permit applicants at a private residence. compensation totaled 175 dollars weekly plus tips, with a 3800 dollar overtime check over 14 months. Irving used funds for travel to Washington and San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Jefferson City. He also employed his son Jerry as business agent for Local 264, illustrating nepotism.
By Bob Considine IN S S New York August 24 a parade of famed American fortunes moves from Parke-Bernet to new quarters as Morgan and Rocke feller brady Stotesbury and Brady items auctioned for a total turnover near 6 million dollars yearly. Parke-Bernet charges 10 percent plus surcharges totaling about 20 percent and prides itself on selling everything consignors bring in. The piece notes the eerie humor of the business and recalls notable sales including Gainsborough’s Harvest Wagon and Lincoln’s Gettysburg address draft while highlighting the human costs and reputations tied to high value estates.
North Alabama commercial fishermen sold 190000 pounds of fish in the past month, about 20000 more than July 1948. Most of the catch was catfish, averaging 11 pounds with a largest fish of 62 pounds. Six fishermen harvested 14400 pounds of catfish in lower Pickwick Reservoir over 16 days.
John H. Williams, wartime counter espionage supervisor, assumed command of the FBI office in Mobile. He will direct FBI operations in South Alabama and Northwest Florida, succeeding James D. Good who returns to private law practice in Columbia.
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