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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy in the north and mostly cloudy in the south with scattered thunderstorms today and Wednesday. Highs near 85 and a low around 60. A Pleasant Hill school music program Friday features a local quartet to raise funds for lunchroom improvements. Local hospital and ambulance movements list numerous transfers and procedures.
Australian Delegate J A Beasley denounces Russia with charges of lies intimidation and power politics before a clash with Andrei Vishinsky at the Parisee conference. The exchange ends amicably as Australia drops a standing sub committee proposal while a French backed measure to form a standing committee on Italian frontier disputes is adopted. Beasley defends Col Hodgson amid Vishinsky’s criticism.
Betty Deloach a 17 year old former theater usherette who had been held since August 1 after her male companion was found shot to death in an automobile was released yesterday in Savannah Georgia. Investigators will continue probing the death of Anthony Elixson a 22 year old city firefighter though the solicitor declined further comment. A physician who examined the girl said the rape story was impossible.
In Frankfurt on August 27 WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant testified at a court martial about promised freedom in exchange for helping recover 1.5 million dollars in royal jewels from Kronberg castle. She described sleep deprivation and pressure as she denied voluntariness of statements.
A crowded Moscow court heard details of a 30 year old anti Bolshevik emigre plot to seize power in the USSR with Japanese help. The witness, a notorious former czarist officer known as the white bandit of Siberia, described plans for mass killings and espionage against the Soviet state as his trial continued.
U S Ambassador Patterson said 1000 Yugoslav troops will scour the wreck site for the missing fifth crew member of the transport crash if medical tests cannot prove all five airmen survived. In Ljubljana hospital, exhaustive chemical tests on body parts are under way as Stratton notes evidence points to death in the crash. Premier Tito sent greetings to Patterson via General Djuric during his Belgrade return trip.
Next of kin notified that five American Army officers and men perished when an Army transport plane was shot down by Yugoslav fighters August 19. Officials listed Capt Harold Farnsley Schreiber of New Albany Indiana as killed with four others believed dead including Capt Richard H. Claeys, Capt Elen H. Freestone, Corp Matthew M. Combo and Corp Chester J. Lower. families cited with home towns in Indiana Idaho Pennsylvania New Hampshire.
Before chemical tests began U S graves registration officers said no crew member survived the crash. They reported evidence showing all five crewmen died and found four left feet and part of another left foot near Myeroo village, with the commission making the official announcement.
The move seeks a full Army review of the court martial conviction of Marion R. Brown 19 of Danville Tennessee for kidnapping and raping a Japanese girl. Fred E. Martin Brown’s former teacher asks Senator Hill to obtain an official reassessment and potential White House review.
The Civil Aeronautics Board, after one day of hearings, found that most of 25 airlines seeking new Southeastern routes were not satisfied with examiner recommendations. Delta urged scrapping the proposals by Examiners Newmann and Henderson from June 4. Eastern pressed for more than its share and Huntsville-Chattanooga-Greenville route support.
Morgan County court lists thirteen criminal cases for hearing on Wednesday including Mrs. John H. Brooks and John H. Brooks charged with resisting an officer and other defendants facing offenses such as gaming, liquor violations, vagrancy, obscene language, and unlawful firearm presentation. Two appeals from mayor and justice courts also set for Wednesday. Seven jurors added to the term join DeKalb area residents. Judge W H Long presiding as civil jury hearings begin Aug 19.
U S District Attorney Claude N Sapp announced vigorous prosecution of six men arrested in an OPA raid described as the hub of a 75 million dollar automobile black market spanning 114 states. Leesville has long been a black market operation.
OPA District Director Sam J. Watkins reminds dealers they cannot charge higher prices on existing stock. Price increases apply only to new shipments with pre-tagged higher prices. Overcharges must be reported to the Price Control Board. Major item increases include box springs 12 percent, radios 3 percent, window shades 10 percent, and others from 3 to 9 percent.
Sir Shafa'at Ahmad Khan, a Muslim member of India's interim government, was in serious condition from seven stab wounds at Simla as new Muslim Hindu riots flared in New Delhi. Armed police patrolled the streets after a dawn to dusk curfew, with 30 people reported injured Saturday night.
Athens official Johnson resigns as eighth circuit solicitor to devote time to a congressional bid. He will remain in office for a few months to cover duties and allow a successor appointment, citing Alabama law does not allow a leave of absence. He represents Cullman Lawrence Limestone and Morgan counties and was elected in 192. He is 40 years old and previously renominated in the Democratic primary.
The board opened hearings of claims by South Alabama cities for smaller barns to be built across the state and will move to Birmingham to hear North Alabama cities as Decatur bids for a Birmingham site. One large coliseum is planned with Montgomery and Birmingham in a heated contest. four regional exhibit sites may cost $50 000 each, with the state funding a site cost.
Decatur and Morgan county will make a formal bid for the North Alabama 67000 regional cattle exhibition building in Birmingham at 10 oclock Wednesday morning. Dr Ray Ashwander said Tom F Adams will present the written bid to the Alabama Agricultural Center Board in the Thomas Jefferson hotel tomorrow morning. Adams reported the full 17000 needed to back Morgan county's bid is not yet in hand but the way is clear to reach the goal. Four men will go to Birmingham tonight to prepare to bid for Decatur. a larger delegation will go early Wednesday to back the bid and include local officials and business leaders.
It was clear at 12 30 today that editions of The Daily would be delayed due to a serious break in the stereotyping equipment, with management deeply concerned about the disruption. The malfunction halted production and forced postponement of the newspaper's normal timetable.
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