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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1949
Page
4
Reading from the fragmentary notes, a Wisconsin minister returned with a deer shot near Pray Wisconsin, while a woman complains to a judge that her husband stayed out all day. A possible wife of a pro baseball player is teased in the chatter. Weather and world events mix with light local color.
Leo Speros led Wilson high to a one point win in the DC championship high school playoff on a snowy field, scoring touchdown after touchdown and becoming the capital’s sports toast. His father, Speros Sr., quietly helped a government figure by hiring a secretary indicted on a salary kickback charge, amid broader un-American activities committee turmoil.
The author muses that the State Department might have eased the Chinese problem through different handling, but frankly finds it hard to see how. The remark reflects skepticism about official policy options and their potential impact on Chinese communists.
Allen Rankin reports in Alabama Journal that many trailer owners use them as permanent homes or move with the seasons from Florida to the Maine woods. He notes the lifestyle offers a good life and challenges the idea that travelers simply move briefly.
A Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Kerr Scott saying Biloxi speculation discounts Byrnes as a 1960 South Carolina governor candidate and possibly President at the Democratic convention. If rejected, a States’ Rights bid may be pursued, signaling the movement’s persistence.
The South and its states rights cause gain national traction as major publications and editors rally to the view against central federal power. The Last Refuge and Hearst papers join Scripps Howard Knight and others in supporting a program to limit deficit financing, preserve state powers in federal aid, and resist nationalized enterprises, framing the South as defending American democracy and the nation’s constitutional foundation.
Real estate lobby presses clergy to pressure Congress against rent control. Kendall Cady of the Institute of Real Estate Management urged clergy involvement. Monsignor John O Grady of Washington responded that ministers would not side with the lobby, stating clergy serve the people’s interests.
The General calls Britain's war hero Field Marshal Montgomery Monty rather than a formal title. Mary Pitcairn asks Bradley which form to use, and he gives a laconic reply naming him Monty.
Field Marshal Montgomery pressed U S leaders in Washington to allow a German army in the West arguing 360,000 ex-enemy troops already in Prussia could take over if the Western Allies pull out of West Germany. He made the case to Chief of Staff Omar Bradley among others, but Johnson and German leaders remained opposed to rearming Germany.
This article outlines ten practical steps to mental health. It emphasizes facing life realities with confidence, honesty about weaknesses, tolerance for others, balanced views, varied interests, a definite life program, attainable goals, perseverance, relaxation, and a wholesome sense of humor.
John L Lewis rants at Cy Ching and George Love during a secret Winchester meeting. He denounces pensions fight and defends the will to work clause while warning bankers and masters that delays costly. Stalin vacationing in Crimea. Early expected to resign. Rep Pace to retire.
Shelby county grand jury indicted Charles Williams 55 merchant Talladega for ambush killing of Frank Swalley dairyman. Howard Leon Williams charged in deaths of Etheridge and J L Richards. Swalley shot Oct 13 near Wilsonville. trial Jan 15. Howard Leon Williams to stand trial Tuesday for a separate April 11 Montevallo death. Billy Morrell among four charged with mass rape of a nightclub waitress. Morrell trial also set for Tuesday.
Pegler challenges G. P. Putnam's Sons claims that Saul Alinsky's biography of John L. Lewis offers an insider view. He accuses the author of minimizing communist labels and glorifying lawless action, citing disputed interviews, staged scenes, and a perceived anti anti communist bias in major reviews.
Dec 2 report notes the United Nations face off between the United States Britain and Russia over peace proposals. The U N resolution backed by the US Britain won 58 to 5 with Czechoslovakia Poland Soviet Ukraine and White Russia voting against. Observers say the move marks a Western victory though the broader cold war tensions persist with sharp Russian criticisms and diverse reactions from smaller nations.
Mackenzies Column examines the push and pull between keeping Germany disarmed and the risk of rearmament within a divided Europe. It notes Johnson Bradley remarks, Soviet and Western police forces, and debates whether Germany should be defensively rearmed under Allied guard amid East West tensions.
The Decatur Stamps quartet will appear in concert at Shiloh church on Saturday December 3 at 7 00 p m. The church lies about ten miles east of Hartselle on highway 33 near junction 67. Everyone is invited to attend the concert.
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