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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1945
Page
4
In Decatur a flood of wartime issues dominates letters and editorials. The piece backs President Truman's push for fact finding boards to resolve GM and steel tensions, urges broad support for bond financing, and notes local debt reduction while warning against rash antiwar rhetoric.
Westbrook Pegler reports on Franklin Delano Roosevelt relatives owning the Vinton coal properties in Cambria County Pennsylvania. The Delano Coal company operated a company town with argued profits, amid mine closures and wage disputes. Controversy centers on income from the Vinton Collieries and the role of Frederic Delano in the National Resources Planning Board and the company’s practices.
A Decatur origin story recalls a 15 year effort to establish a farm product market and farm center. The plan seeks to improve the curb market while maintaining the principle that market provision drives farmer production to meet demand.
Washington reports the labor-management conference broke down amid stalemate over wage increases. CIO and AFL balked at a proposed fact-finding committee while management favored it as a route to a 15 to 20 percent settlement, labor demanding 30 percent and threatening further strikes.
Shirley Temple, now grown and married to Sgt. John Agar, speeds west to reunite with him as the Army's point system readjustment shortens their separation. Agar, 17 years old, has returned to an RAF overseas depot for a new Pacific-bound assignment after the Army altered overseas duty point requirements.
Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan, 79, famed heredity authority and 1933 Nobel Prize winner in medicine, died after a brief illness at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. His death marks a major loss to science, ending a long career in genetics research.
The piece argues unions will control wages prices and profits if they direct the economy through wage demands and settlements. It calls for a new authority to seize both sides by the neck, directing them to what is just and reasonable, depriving both sides of power in the public interest. The author predicts that time is coming.
A stream of society and show business rumors runs through a chaotic note, naming Walter Winchell as a hub for marriages and engagements. Jascha Heifetz may wed a top modiste, Una Merkel may join Renobia, and Lief Erickson eyes a comeback union. Roz Greenwood, Devi Dja, and Raden Inu reportedly in marriage talks, while Mary Topping becomes Mrs David Baird. Emily Hahn and Charles Boxer wed last week and joke about Connecticut. Betty Alexander and Lt Robert Abercrombie unwind as Mary Doyle and Paul Reed appear in Vanities shows. Johnny O Connors rising status noted, Lyle Stuart to edit, and FBI tips surface about a commentator tied to a $100,000 scheme.
Roney Plaza hosts a tribute to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder with a private cocktail. Baruch’s island was nearly erased by a Florida hurricane. Jane Fox, recently divorced from Geo Herrick, is pursuing a filing again. Helen Cox plans to marry Dr George W Hoover Jr in Washington on Feb 3. Sgt Howard Reilly’s divorce suit seeks alimony and custody of their 3 year old Lot at age ten. Broadway crowd notes Harry Stockwell split and a future marriage to a gal from Oklahoma. Al Newman and Martha Montgomery of 20th will be telegraphed.
A fragmentary item lists Earl Browder under investigation by a Nazish party board and rumors of factional activity. It notes June Haver ending romance with Vic Mature and Ruth Hogg’s singing on Harry James records, while Peggy Cummins shifts to agent Johnny. Hope Shirley O’Hara and Junior Laemmle are cited in a daze, and a boast claims Robert Lewis won $500 in a bet on England’s distance to New York. A separate note mentions a singer entertaining Nazis in Berlin and Vienna years ago and a Manila price tag for STC cards. The Hooper rating lists Bob Hope first, Fibber McGee and Molly second, with a prominent hotel firing staff for graft in room sales.
Eddie Cantors Marilyn denies engagement to producer N Karson and now courts Dr Smith who once owned the Atlantic Beach Club. The first big postwar party hosted by Mrs Wooley Hart drew 800 guests with vintage champagne, costing over 15000 dollars. Freddy Fitzsimmons, ex MLB pitcher, will appear in Dun Braggstreet’s five times this year. Peggy Batley, model, occupies Turban Bey’s attention while Paramount's film shows Mae Clarke and Ruth St Denis in bits. Colonial Inn Florida to pay 150 weekly to gals. Allan Drakes duo in Miami. Norma Richter, top model, to marry Charles Rose. Oklahoma Gin popular. Card game rule notes. Artcraft Hosiery bets nylons unavailable until 1947. Mother of a 16-year-old accuses a former favorite comedian. After 24 years of service, G Man Hoover is broke.
District Attorney Hogan weighs major staff changes after firing several aides and reshuffling assignments, aiming to overhaul the office structure and improve operations. His actions signal a broad reevaluation of personnel and workflow within the district attorney’s office.
A noisy chatter paints Guy Loomis as a fallen playboy, now a Brooklyn bouncer, linked to new backers and a pivot to market ventures. Melba Orr, sister of wealthy Dungan McMartin, says she will wed David Van Buren after decree final. Rosemary Warburton and Ted Rousseau plan church vows when he returns from overseas. Gracie Barrie names Josephine Delmar as next groom. Delmar, a top Latin star, resumes in Havana Madrid after years abroad entertaining troops.
The western meadow lark is highlighted as a highly useful insect eating bird in America, noted for its role in pest control and ecological balance.
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