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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1945
Page
4
Grover Hall Jr. writes of Army brass and foreign policy in a light column. Hurley complains about foreign policy, Short and the Japan alert are noted as late. Truman cites conversion hindered by labor strife. Eddie Eubanks, once Decatur, now Ramsay Tech coach, leads his team to the Strawberry Bowl in Louisiana.
Alabama Journal calls John Sparkman and Lister Hill key political whip figures in Washington, arguing Alabama dominates the nation’s whip positions. The piece contrasts Truman’s stance on Big Three meetings with recall of Potsdam, while reflecting on postwar efforts to shape international law and the Nürnberg trials.
A former prisoner of war of the Japanese pledged ten thousand seven hundred dollars to Madison county bond sales, saying government aid to him should be repaid to help others. The Gadsden Times urges overhauling the corrupt practices act to stop campaign cost reporting delays and misleading announcements.
United Automobile Workers seek President Truman’s help to pressure General Motors into immediate negotiations over a demanded 30 percent wage increase. The CIO affiliate began the strike with an aggressive wage claim as public opinion favors the company during a critical national period. workers are urged to return to work without outside help.
Retail Week promotes a $125 000 Series E bond quota for Morgan County retailers with each store employee urged to sell at least one $200 bond. The county remains short as small-bond buyers lag, while workers compete for top three sales prizes amid calls to support wounded, widowed, and orphaned families. Uncle Sam promises $4 return for every $3 invested.
Washington officials fear the labor management conference will stall and provoke a wave of strikes, risking further erosion of Truman’s standing with labor. A Smith Connally repeal bill with penalties for no strike contracts and tighter union politics rules may be brought to the House floor this week. Senate leaders await White House guidance as Schwellenbach faces questions over wage disputes prompting Navy seizure actions.
Washington reports that Ambassador Hurley's resignation could trigger a house effort to delay until next year the bill authorizing additional United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration funds amid concurrent diplomatic developments.
In an election year the focus shifts to housing after war veterans. Lawmakers anticipate several moves in Congress aimed at emergency homes for veterans to serve as campaign ammunition for veteran candidates.
Limstone County Capshaw Mississippi notes Mrs P E Balch’s 62nd birthday with a Sunday homecoming dinner. Relatives include Coleman Ray Goreon Ray Lindsay Thomas Hector Menefee Leva Thomas Carl Balch Harold Balch Hester Smith Lynn Christopher Oscar Wagnon Yula Craft T J Pike Bessie Pike Rosetta W H Martin and others. Thanksgiving visits and weekend gatherings are recorded among extended kin.
Thomas Royde observes Mary Aldin and the vivid Kay Strange during a formal gathering at Lady Tressilian’s house. Old Mr. Treves, the guest of honor, notes Audrey Strange’s quiet distress while Ted Latimer and Nevile Strange join Kay in a graceful dance as tensions simmer among the guests.
Allied control officers say under five percent of impounded German films will be released to German audiences. They cite excess Nazi propaganda as the main reason for keeping most reels from public view.
House Speaker Rayburn voices blunt judgment on the United States in world affairs saying the nation must be tough, good, and wise. His remarks reflect a call for firmness and prudence in foreign policy. He stresses purposeful leadership amid global challenges and aims to reassure allies at a time of strategic pressure.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization plans to promote a policy that governments must ensure every citizen has a job capable of providing a decent diet or else provide subsidies. The move signals potential shifts in social welfare and employment programs at national levels.
Justice Jackson, U S prosecutor, says he expects to return to the Supreme Court in February to continue the Nazi war crimes trial. He warns witness introductions may delay proceedings and notes the execution method for those found guilty will not be announced until sentences are handed down.
A pastor extols church fellowship and worship teaching that the church is a brotherhood in Christ. The article urges choosing a church to deepen relation with God and fellow believers, embracing wider life through communal worship and shared faith.
Walter Winchell notes and recalls socialite circles in 1940s New York. Curvaceous Marie McDonald visits the Waldorf to remind Francis Sinatra of days with T. Dorsey. Hal LeRoy and Sondra Barrett reminisce on stage careers. Doodles Weaver chats with Hank Greenberg at Lindy’s. Celebrity anecdotes, fashion notes, and entertainment gossip fill a crowded page.
A column recalls a kindly old man sharing bread crumbs with a pigeon on a park bench, sparking a mix of wry humor and December anticipation. It also notes a series of short society items and street sightings including actors, editors, and performers in New York’s West Indian Harlem scene.
A quirky montage from New York clubs links diners and drink orders with sharp lines about marriages, money, and loyalty. Notable jabs include a waiter mispronouncing a dish, divorce custody snipes, a boastful heel, and mayoral quips about betting on horses, all sketched in vivid streetwise tone.
The piece lists vivid street scenes including Placardin E. 58th Street candy store window taunt to Tony, Jap invasion money at Penn Station newsstands, Jimmy’s Sawdust Train with a ten cent cover, a No Dogs Allowed sign at the Flea Circus on 42nd Street, and a W 51st Street lunch counter boasting 65 cent meals and no celebrities.
The United Kingdom produced 70 percent of all munitions supplies and equipment used by the armed forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire during World War I.
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