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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1950
Page
10
A reader asks about a historical law requiring pardon applicants to advertise their clemency bid in a county newspaper. The inquiry notes the practice and seeks to know the statute’s fate, its origin, and whether it remained in force or was repealed, with attention to related discretionary clemency rules.
Congressman George W. Andrews proposes a bill to draft any worker who goes on strike, a move praised by some as protecting vital utilities and industry during national peril and criticized by labor leaders as dangerous. The public recalls wartime labor clashes and fears a repeat of that national disgrace.
A Decatur teen writes The Daily urging action on a proposed Youth Center. The letter laments lost springtime enthusiasm and calls for civic effort by adults to back the community project for young residents.
Alabama athletic director Frank Thomas receives induction into the football hall of fame for his coaching era from 1931 to 1946 at Alabama. His record 115 wins 24 losses 7 ties and a Hall of Fame portrait will join immortals like Rockne Camp Yost.
Drew Pearson notes Soviet delegate Jacob Malik to be recalled to Moscow after his UN presidency ends August 31. He pressed for a Soviet peace treaty for Korea and China recognition, but Allied gains in the Changnyong area shift prospects, ending his usefulness at Lake Success. It is unlikely he will return to New York.
A Washington column notes federal spending for Congress runs high as reporters dub the $27 billion domestic package the silo bill. It highlights intelligence on Russia, Pentagon plant locations, Nat Keith’s slum clearance work, and probes into war contractor conspiracies. It also reports waiters in the house restaurant earn 27 a week and lack Social Security or sick leave.
Former Federal Judge Stephen McMahon of Wauwatosa told the president after Rep. Clement Zablocki of Wisconsin introduced him that he had now.
The piece notes growing mental illness in the United States with 8.5 million affected and 500 million dollars spent annually on care. It argues demand outstrips supply, citing 5,000 trained psychiatrists versus 15,000 needed and 5,500 psychiatric nurses, prompting increased government funding for research and training.
The passage portrays President Truman saying he is just an ordinary man and that any voter could be in his place. He remarks a President has no right to feel superior to the people who elect him, amid handshakes with U S Chief Executives since McKinley.
Three Polish diplomats who quit the Polish embassy in Washington warn the State Department that Russia plans to annex Poland within a year by staging mass demonstrations and a mock plebiscite. Pentagon generals call the B 29 raid on North Korea a tactical blunder. The Daily Worker orders reporters to race angle on Korea while Ebony declares color not involved in today’s conflict. Soviet embassies restrict interactions between non communists and communists. Since Oksana Kasenkina’s defection, Russian children over 10 are sent back to Russia for schooling.
House whip Percy Priest faced intense veteran pressure to attack Secretaries Acheson and Johnson. After renomination in Tennessee he explained he would rather be a living whip than a dead one, with Speaker Rayburn and Majority Leader McCormack pledging his continued frontline role.
The J. H. Phipps Lumber Co. of Fayetteville Arkansas sought Army work to produce truck bows and faced bid submission hurdles. Detroit arsenal claimed Chrysler Corporation controlled blueprints and specifications delaying or denying entry into the bidding process.
In Southeastern Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island the communist program on WSAR Fall River ends after manager Melvin Lahr bowed to public opinion. The move follows criticism of the broadcasts as anti US and pro communism while the FBI reviewed the material.
The Army invited bids for a truck bow program but Chrysler blocked competition. The Army’s push for open bidding failed as Chrysler effectively controlled access to bids, restricting market competition and keeping the process under its influence.
Menhaden fish oil serves as a lubricant for machines and as a tanning agent for leather. It also finds use in aluminum casting and the production of linoleum and oil cloth.
Scientists warn house flies are among the world's most potent disease carriers spreading pathogens to humans and animals. Studies show flies can transfer bacteria, viruses, and parasites between waste, food, and living spaces, highlighting the need for sanitation and control measures.
Tokyo August 22 News profile of Budge Worth a New York night club comic who served amused USO troops in wartime and now decides to stay in Asia. He reflects on Okinawa’s harsh life, but explains he returns to the stage to lift spirits of soldiers and families with jokes and songs, giving comfort amid hardship.
In Montgomery on August 24, State Personnel Director Charles Terry announced raises up to 25 dollars monthly for eligible workers effective October 1. Increases apply to maximum pay scales only and require agency head recommendation and personnel board approval. Gov. James E. Folsom backed the plan following a departmental study. The increases follow a set formula: under 200 dollars monthly rise 10, 200-300 dollars 15, 300-400 dollars 20, over 400 dollars 25.
Yolande Berbeze a 20 year old University of Alabama extension student from Mobile was named Miss Alabama of 1950 at the state pageant. She was chosen from 16 finalists representing 12 cities and will represent Alabama in the Miss America finals in Atlantic City next month. The 1949 winner Frieda Roser had won the crown the previous year after serving as an alternate last year.
The Atomic Energy Commission now has a full slate after the Senate confirmed Thomas Keith Glennan for a five year term. Glennan, president of Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, succeeds Lewis Strauss who resigned, restoring full membership since David Lilienthal's departure.
A black woman reported to Montgomery police that she was duped out of 4176 dollars in cash and six 500 dollar U S savings bonds by two black suspects. Detective Capt. Lewis Miller said Ada Gibson said she paid to gain a share of a large found sum. The man and the other woman vanished. no arrests made.
The Institute of Life Insurance reports Alabama life policy death payments rose from the first half of 1941 to 1950, totaling $9,114,000 for the six months of 1950, about double the 1941 figure and $447,000 higher than the first half of 1949.
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