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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
4
Law son Miller Killen 2 soldier learning under the GI bill received a signed check for 120 dollars with the amount left blank. After consulting the service commissioner the check was sent back to the VA office requesting proper completion and greater care in the future.
The Tuscaloosa News notes H Allen Smith found no printing method for the Rebel yell despite extensive research and cites varied versions from Yeeeeeee to Yip. The Selma Times Journal argues the yell existed as a flexible battle cry tied to mood and context with vivid anecdotes about Grandpa and Confederate lore.
Ex price administrator Di Salle urged Truman to keep wage and price controls, arguing they are needed as a hedge against inflation with 3.5 million troops under arms. He consulted Republicans and Democrats and noted Baruch’s insistence on retention to avoid an Eisenhower era crisis. John Steelman favored ending controls to absolve Truman on a wage dispute with John L. Lewis.
Secretary of the Air Force Finletter plans to urge Republicans to rush atomic bombs to Europe to deter the Soviets while warning against any Asia risk. He favors a strong 143‑group Air Force with ample reserves and a $30 billion budget after two years, condemning Congress for cutting $130 million last year, which slowed readiness.
A motivational tale urging steadfastness in goals. It argues that persistence underpins progress in science, medicine, and social reform, citing wars, inventions, and humanitarian advances as outcomes of sticking to a mission. Encourages bearing burdens, improving methods, and keeping courage toward a greater purpose.
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon pressures the Defense Department for exact figures on overseas military expenditures. He reports being met with misleading data and warns he will expose concealment in Congress if denied the cost details. GOP leaders scheme to remove Morse from the armed services committee to curb his probing.
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie ponders a strange incident involving Arkady Sobolev and another Russian associate. Sobolev rushed home claiming his sick son and planned to send a coded note if detained. A later English message claimed Sobolev would not return due to his son's illness, deepening the intrigue.
Pegler visits Freedom House and confronts Irving Brown at a conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Paris. Brown refuses to speak, denying presence and challenging Pegler as a hostile figure amid claims of Lovestoneite communist ties.
A Russian official distances himself from Lie amid a broken English plea to stay away due to illness. Sobolev, named ambassador to Poland and Soviet delegate to the UN, now appears distant and formal, treating Trygve Lie as a distant acquaintance.
HAL BOYLE reflects on Everest ambition from the famous quip why climb it to the broader human drive to push limits. He notes recent expeditions fall short, Everest as symbol, and contrasts motives of native Nepalese and Tibetan climbers with British and Swiss alpinists. The piece frames conquest as a test of courage, planning, and teamwork.
A miscellany of jokes and reflections opens with a piece on fellowship, contrasting professions with the human desire to meet a man beyond his job. The page then delivers humor about weddings, sleep, Christmas cards, a quarrelsome wife, Voltaire quotes, and an earthquake witnessed in Seattle.
The lines include a 1929 car joke from the Seattle Times about constant shakes and driving humor. A Decatur Man quips that progress improves as the road turns. A sitcom style exchange hints at courting, womanly wit, and a train journey where a conductor omits stations, sneezes, and Oshkosh is announced.
A short verse by Richard Wheeler questions one’s grace on the dance floor and notes that only spectators may enjoy the dance. It reflects on memory and the lesson of how hard one tries to forget the past.
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