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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1948
Page
4
A collage of quotations and observations covers cargo scale projections for Scotch imports in New York, potential electoral shifts if court decisions loosen voting mandates, Alabama funding for Pryor Field runway, letters to the editor, federal tax and budget concerns, Huntsville arsenal lease bids, Senator Russell’s civil rights warnings, and Decatur’s baseball season prospects with a push for local poultry and milk production targets.
The article argues Governor Folsom has few achievements for Alabama but credits him with one point. It states his election and tenure have shown voters future candidates must offer more than flashy rhetoric to win support.
A season review notes odd events including Alabama facing Auburn after 41 years. Iron University guard Don Mills is barred from varsity play for allegedly striking an official after a Thanksgiving game vs Chattanooga. A photographer captured the incident.
State personnel board heard four hearing in nature charges against an ABC enforcement agent. A carnival in Luverne tied to the fire department was discussed as witnesses described dice games open to the public and department proceeds. The Daily notes the dilemma of sponsorship versus embarrassment in public affairs.
President Truman told a close confidant he would not replace cabinet members before January 20. He said he did not want any member to seem fired and worried about future earnings, remarking he would pick his team when the press stops criticizing.
A columnist notes how big papers miss subtler stories about China aid deals linked to ex senator Clark and a law firm payday. It highlights Mayor Davis’s quip about qualifications and Oscar Ewing’s push for federal medical student loans to ease doctor nurse shortages, including subsidies tied to graduate output.
Truman advisers weigh appointing a labor leader as Assistant Secretary of State. European governments favor labor figures as bulwarks against Russia and a labor diplomat like Irving Brown may become ambassador. Other notes include Jerilyn Jessel meeting the president and Fuller details on China policy debates.
President Truman says the three Economic Advisers plan to report on inflation and the economy as a new Congress nears. Edwin Nourse Leon Keyserling and John Clark are the council's members, each earning fifteen thousand dollars yearly for diagnosing the nation's financial fever.
A quoted remark from W F Bond, Mississippi Commissioner of Public Welfare, claims Samson slew 1 000 Philistines with a jawbone and dates a record to over 6 000 years, then alleges Harry Truman used a jawbone to defeat 21 000 000 Republicans in November.
Inside reports from Moscow indicate several significant politburo meetings since November 2 to address Henry Vale's fate and to shape a new international communist party line. Forresta orders secret army inventories and rushed arms to Europe to support Marshal Plan allies amid peacetime military talks with French firms to build British fighters.
The article explains how shortages of vitamins such as C B complex and niacin can cause mouth issues from scurvy related gum problems to tongue inflammation and cracking at mouth corners. It notes possible eye discomfort with riboflavin deficiency and links niacin lack to Vincent's angina, stressing adequate vitamin intake for those with related disturbances.
The three advisers are seasoned economists also skilled as lawyers, with diverse backgrounds in banking business and teaching. They rely on long experience and a 200 strong staff to track prices building international trade and other sectors, drawing on data from the Federal Reserve Treasury Commerce Labor and related agencies. They meet quarterly with representatives from business labor and farming to discuss the economy.
In a letter to Jimmy Powers, Rev. Francis A. Moore argues the standard baseball player contract echoes a yellow-dog agreement. He compares this to union rules that limit individual bargaining power, noting both workers and players face fines, suspensions, or expulsion and that collective bargaining is not a true right but a restriction.
The National Association of Manufacturers and other business lobbies meet with unions and farm groups, along with consumer and education organizations, to assess how the economy is performing. The Council gathers representatives during the year to discuss impacts and progress.
In Birmingham on December 3 a circuit court jury found Thomas Eugene Johnson, 38, former county jail dietitian, not guilty of raping inmate Dorothy Rotenberry who testified she was held on a worthless checks charge. Rotenberry said she gave birth at a Tuscaloosa veterans hospital on September 14.
The Weather Bureau reported mild early December conditions with Midwest readings 20 to 25 degrees above normal. It was 57 in Bismarck and 53 in Omaha, with similar warmth forecast. Cool spots were Northern New England and the Southern Rocky Mountain region as light rain and light snow affected several areas.
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