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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
4
No-Words Return Haunt John L. Lewis Says Merchants
A local merchant notes a change in pre Christmas shopping doubts, citing that customers now ask if items are available rather than whether the shop has them in stock, reflecting a shift in consumer urgency and sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Plan moves Decatur Athens toward airport facilities
The Decatur Athens area is included in Alabama’s master airport plan, with project costs submitted to the federal government as part of a 500 million dollar state program for the next three years. Officials say aviation facilities are essential like rail, highway, and water transportation, and Decatur Athens seeks the fourth essential link on the postwar plan, contingent on federal approval to proceed and land acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daily
Decatur
Decatur-Athens
Alabama
Tenessee Valley
Folsom Set to Take Office as Alabama Governor
The Opelika Daily News weighs in on the transition as James E. Folsom prepares to become governor in January. It predicts likely conflicts with affecting legislature over reapportionment, representation, and poll tax repeal, noting regional tensions between South and North Alabama and the challenge of coalition governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
James E
Big Jim
Folsom
Chauncey Sparks
Opelika Daily News
South
North Alabama
South Alabama
Young Schlesinger and the communist front networks
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr son of a Harvard professor faced questions over his ties to leftist and communist front groups as outlined by the Dies Committee reports. The piece notes his Life magazine piece on the U S communist movement and outlines affiliations with the National Citizens Political Action Committee and various unions and student organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
New York Herald Tribune
Arthur Meier Schlesinger
CIO
New York Newspaper Guild
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Office and Profong Workers’ Union
Schlessinger
National Citizens’ Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Schlesinger
House — Committee
Dies Committee
United States
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
Committee To Congress
Communist Party
Hillman-Browder-Cio
Democratic Party
Biddle
Hillman’s
American Committee For Democracy and Intellectual Freedom
Congress
Citizens’ Committee
New York Legislative Committee
American Friends of Spanish Democracy
Spain
Roosevelt
American Student Union
National Student League
Student League For Industrial Democracy
Socialist
United Front
Communist International
National Emergency Conference For Democratic Rights
Hillman
Red Front
Young Schlesinger
Life
The
Herald Tribune
Tasty meatless baked spaghetti and broccoli dish
Combine cooked spaghetti and broccoli with diced hard cooked eggs in a greased casserole. Stir in a white sauce with a pinch of dry mustard. Pour the mixture over the pasta and bake. Garnish with chopped pimiento for color.
Careful Cleaning Advice for China and Pottery
Do not scour china or pottery. Hard rubbing and cleaning powders can remove color or gilt and damage the smooth finish. Use gentle cleaning methods to preserve surfaces.
unions and court rulings sharpen labor law debate
Washington reports that judge voided the Petrillo standby rule as unconstitutional for singling out musicians. The piece notes rising congressional push for stricter union regulation, cites Harold Laski libel loss, and foresees unions’ battles moving deeper into law amid new regulatory efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Czar Petrillo
Congress
Act of Congress
Petrillo
Laski
Lewis
An Odd Treatment for Edema
A Montana doctor proposes treating edema with high water intake and salt restriction. The method targets heart and kidney failure by balancing acid and alkaline ash foods and using salt substitutes. Diet plans include neutral foods and possible vitamin concentrates, with fluids rising to four to eight quarts daily during edema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand R. Schemm
Great Falls
Montana
Schemm
How to Remove Candle Wax From Cloth
Instructions to lift candle wax from a tablecloth by scraping with a blunt knife. Place white blotting paper or brown wrapping over the spots and press with a hot iron, moving the paper frequently. Bleach may be used on white cloth to treat remaining stain.
Walter Winchell on Krupp figures linked to Nazi crimes
The column links Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and Gustav Krupp to Nazi slave labor at Krupp factories during World War II. It names Fritz Sauckel as executed and adds Von Bülow as a Nazi official involved in coercive practices. The piece argues they should face justice for mass torture and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
United Winchell States
Telford Taylor
Sam Harris
Alfried Krupp von
Alfried
Krupp
Fritz Sauckel
Alfried Krupp
von Bulow
Yworks
Gestapo
Farflung Krupp
I G Farben chief Hermann Schmitz and the Nazi war effort
Hermann Schmitz led I G Farben in supporting the Nazi war machine. Under his directive the trust aided the economy ministry in seizing chemical plants in Czechoslovakia and France. The firm built Auschwitz and employed thousands of inmates while scientists developed poison gases for potential use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Schmitz
I. G. Farben Trust
Schmitz
I. G. Farben
Hitler
Ministry of Economics
Czechoslovakia
France
Auschwitz
Karl Krauch and IG Farben Ties Under Nazi War Effort
Karl Krauch a leading figure in the IG Farben Trust and head of the chemical section in Goering's four year plan office helped mobilize the German chemical industry for the Nazi war machine. He shares guilt with Schmitz in the criminal program of IG Farben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Krauch
I. G. Farben Trust
Goering
Schmitz
I. G. Farben
Max Ilgner and IG Farben Ties in Nazi Networks
Max Ilgner emerges as a leading figure linked to the IG Farben Trust. He is notable to Americans for leveraging IG Farben employees and contracts in South America for espionage and propaganda. Within the Nazi circle he is seen as a liaison between the German High Command and IG Farben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Ilgner
I. G. Farben Trust
I. G. Farben
South America
High Command
Baron Kurt von Schroeder and the Nazi funding network
Baron Kurt von Schroeder, a leading figure at the Stein Bank of Cologne, orchestrated Himmler’s circle of friends funding the special purposes with one million Reichsmarks annually. Notable contributors included Dr. R. Bingler of Siemens Schuckertwerke, Ritter Von Halt of Deutsche Bank, Helfferich and Lindemann, Otto Steinbrinck of Vereinigte Stahlwerke, among others. He was rewarded with the rank of SS Brigadeführer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Kurt von Schroeder
Stein Bank
Cologne
von Schroeder
Himmler
Dr. R. Bingler
Siemens Schuckertwerke A. G
Electric Trust
Ritter von Halt
Deutsche Bank
Staatsrat Helfferich
Staats
Friedrich Flick and the Nazi War Machine
The German steel and coal magnate Friedrich Flick led a vast wartime production network. His factories produced tanks with the labor of concentration camp prisoners and POWs, fueling profits for the Nazi regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich Flick
Germany
Flick
Notable Nazi Asset Seizure Involving Lignite Mines Theft
The document notes a high profile seizure of properties by the Nazis. It highlights a major transaction involving the theft of lignite mines that were previously owned by the Czech Jewish Petscheck family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Petscheck Family
Dresdner Bank officers linked to Nazi loot and slave labor
Karl Rasche and other Dresdner Bank leaders are blamed for directing the bank to back Nazi industry and oil acquisitions, finance the Goering Works, and profit from concentration camp labor. They also participated in looting across occupied Europe and Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Goetz
S. S. Oberstumbannfuehrer
Karl Rasche
S. S
Mexico
Iraq
Hermann Goering
Dresdner Bank
Occupied
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Nazi financiers avoid trial in high court case
Fritz Thyssen and Alfred Hugenberg escape trial citing precedent from Schacht and Von Papen. The most they face is ten years if acquitted. The remark questions whether murder and torture records can be erased by money through large banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Thyssen
Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
Schacht
von Papen
Community Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Morgan County
Sunday gatherings centered on Morgan County families with Reverend and Mrs. Lewis Miller hosting, and multiple local residents visiting relatives in Tanner and Falkville. News notes include Jane Wilhite's Birmingham ties and the marriage of Jane Wilhite to S. Sgt. William Dubel in San Antonio with future residence in Anniston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Miller
James
Rowena Shaneyfelt
Homer Boger
Frances Shaneyfelt
Vondale Shaneyfelt
J. B. Shaneyfelt
Vondale
Elmer Appletor
Tanner
Alabama
Dean Goff
Lorene Price
Elna, Nappier
Faye Nell Lake
Helen
Otto Winsett
Jackie Boger
Willard Nappier
Solon Hughes
Mitchell
James Hughes
Cullman
Woodrow Anders
Joyce Townsend
C. F. Lake
Buddy Knox
J. J. Lee
J. F. Brown
Hubert Lee
Less Parker
Falkville
Prentice Wilhite
Billie
William Dybel
Birmingham
Thery Knox
Jane Wilhite
William Dubel
San Antonio
Texas
Joseph Dubel
Fairbanks
Alaska
Major Dubel
Stanley G. Hutson
Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Christine Avenue
Anniston
Sgt
Dubéel
Fort McClellan
United States Army
Dubel
Mele Kalikimaka Greeting in Hawaiian
In Hawaii, a native greeting on Christmas using Mele Kalikimaka conveys Merry Christmas. The phrase reflects local language and cultural festive manners during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
Kein Niens
Wilson Wyatt
Columbia Herald
Molotov
Mike Jacobs
Madison Square Garden
ABC Board
Dothan
Bilbo
Senate
Florence Times
James J. Kilroy
Halifax
Mass
Kilroy
Mr. K
Pickers
Pegler
Esthroln
Joon L.lewis
Lea
Labor Party
Harold Laski
Kings Bench
Oscar Wilde
Wilde
Newark
Prof
Paul Mallon
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
Science of
Thap
King Fontmret
Walter Winchell
Brown T
Morgan County
Lebanon
Morgen County
Stewart
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