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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1947
Page
1
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon tonight and day with southeasterly winds on the coast. Decatur cotton market noon quotation shows middling at 35.75 and strict low at 34.75. Local items include church sermon tonight and numerous hospital notices and community announcements.
Secretary Schwellenbach said the CIOs third round wage demand will likely reflect living costs at contract expirations. He noted no talks with CIO President Murray about new demands. He backed Truman economic aims and warned measures to curb living cost rises are needed even without a Marshall plan prospect. Other witnesses urged farm price rollback and cautioned against the full Truman program.
Three people were seriously injured in a Bee Line highway crash about 9:30 this morning three miles south of Decatur. James Moore, 51, Decatur, is jailed on leaving the scene. Injured: R E Wilkinson, Decatur. Ralph Whitehorse, Round Lake. Mildred Whitehorse, Round Lake.
Reports of bonfires on a mountainside spurred new search directions as weary U S Army personnel pursue a missing C 47 transport with about 200 aboard. In Bitche French snow hindered teams along the Franco German border, while French gendarmes and U S troops joined the hunt near a crash site believed near Pisa to Frankfurt flight.
Violent protests over the UN partition of Palestine escalated with Arabs and Jews exchanging gunfire and grenades in the no man s land between Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Casualties rose with 12 Jews and eight Arabs unofficially killed, and scores wounded as curfews spread across Jerusalem.
Wheat futures fell for the fourth straight session on the Chicago Board of Trade. December wheat closed at 3.19 to 3.20 on Saturday and traded around 3.06 today amid weak government demand and Southwest rains. Corn oats and butter also moved lower with livestock and eggs mixed. all commodity indexes rose to new highs.
A crazily flown airplane near Springfield raises speculation that one of five federal prisoners who fled a U S medical center may have used the aircraft to aid their escape. Authorities search the Ozarks for the five escapees who threatened a farm family last night and fled with three guns and a motor car.
Charges against 12 Mobile restaurant operators for selling oysters without a state license were dismissed yesterday by Inferior Court Judge Tisdale J. Touar. The ruling ends the case in Mobile Alabama, reflecting a legal decision in a local court.
Alvis Briscoe elected president of the Morgan County Auburn Alumni for the coming year at a meeting held at Greystone. Officers include J. P. Eden vice president Martha Frances Kilgore secretary B G Hall treasurer and Claude Carter Cooper McClanahan on the executive committee. Redus Collier named ex officio member.
Julius Roberts pleaded guilty before Judge W H Long to two counts of false pretense in Chattanooga. He was fined $50 and costs on each charge and sentenced to eight months total. He allegedly posed as a Farley Studio agent, took photographs for enlargement, kept the money, and did not return any pictures.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee pushes for quick passage of a 590 million dollar stop communism aid bill for Europe and China. It cites Soviet 4 050 000 new under arms and reports eight satellite states with 1 216 000 troops, while free European ground forces total 2 789 000. The Senate has already approved 597 million for France Italy and Austria.
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce elected five new directors to its 10 member board. The term starts January 1 for one year with six month rotations.
Paris dispatch reports heavy security as the National Assembly debates a five-section strike control bill. Sabotage provisions aim to curb unrest after a train derailment near Arras kills about 20. The government plans to raise 40,000 more reservists as security fears mount.
In Laconia New Hampshire on December 3 a 21 year old woolen mill worker started a three to five year reform school sentence for manslaughter in the 1946 Christmas season slaying of her father. Barbara Roberts and her brother William 17 pleaded guilty after the charge was reduced from second degree murder. The girl shot her 52 year old seaman father Sylvester at their farm home in Gilmanton Iron Works last Dec 21, and with William buried the body in a pig pen eight months later. William was given four years probation. Barbara hoped for better care for William as she stated. The state plans to send her to the Golden Rule farm at Tilton. County Solicitor William W Keller cited strong circumstances for reducing the charge, noting she fired after her father grabbed her threatening her for not meeting him at a railroad station.
Funeral services for Charles Ray McElyea a 19 month old Huntsville resident who drank lye while visiting his grandmother on Thanksgiving Day were held in Athens. Rev O D Baley conducted the rites at Sprys chapel with interment in Athens city cemetery. He died Tuesday afternoon at Powers hospital after the incident and is survived by his parents a brother and grandparents.
Washington reports Americans are eating more meat since the meatless Tuesday push began. Meat production by federally inspected slaughterers averages over 400 million pounds weekly, with some going to cold storage as supplies rise. The trend reflects earlier marketing of hogs and tighter feed grain supplies, plus farmer price uncertainty.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov proposed delaying a German peace treaty for two months and urged basing aims on Yalta and Potsdam. He floated two month study before presenting a basis to the Big Four, but was said to back down temporarily as informants reported friction.
Unofficial returns show Decatur voters narrowly retaining the mayor and aldermanic system by 15 votes, 766 against and 751 for switching to the commission plan. Official tally due at 7 p.m. at city hall. The Daily reports rapid counts with daily staff manning all boxes and a quiet, low key campaign.
James C. Smith was awarded $800 in his suit against Beasley after a two day hearing in Limestone circuit court before Judge James H. Crow. Plaintiff sought $25,000 for injuries from a truck overturn. No other cases started Tuesday. Thursday's docket includes Atchley Marsh Turner Stroud Bailey Barnes damages.
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