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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy today with a warmer night and chance of rain in the northwest area. Cotton market unchanged at noon with Middle inch at 31.25 and strict low inch at 30.25. Local church meetings, births, hospital ads, and community notes from Decatur and nearby areas appear throughout the page.
The Associated Press reports both parties agreed on March 31 as the deadline for labor control measures to avert a new coal strike. President Truman tasks Clark Clifford with White House recommendations while Republicans push a compulsory arbitration bill to quickly prevent disruptions in essential services.
F G Yaney Morgan county chairman announces Rotary Lions Civitan and Kiwanis will lead the March of Dimes campaign ahead of the official start January 15 1947 Each club to give individual contributions before the campaign and the Help Me Walk Again coin box will be passed at club meetings Mrs W J Duncan Jr to head the women’s division in Decatur Scouts to aid in distributing advertising material State headquarters at First Federal Savings and Loan on Second Avenue Contributions now qualify for 1946 tax deductions Checks to March of Dimes mailed to the same address
Arnold Hardy a Georgia Tech student and amateur photographer is charged with disorderly conduct for breaking a drugstore door to aid victims after the Winecoff hotel fire. His trial is set for December 13 in city court.
The Somerville Road Parent Teachers Association sets Father’s Night for this evening at seven o’clock at the school. The program opens with a covered dish supper followed by games.
Abbeville Alabama sheriff reports Joe Hartley charged with murder after his wife Lillian Hartley was found dead in a burning home near Abbeville. Authorities say the victim was discovered on a bed with fatal head injuries.
The commission meets December 10 with construction funds still unallocated. The remaining sum dates from the prior allocation when the commission was created, and it remains to be assigned under Gov. Chauncey Sparks administration.
Ohio’s largest coal mine fines workers $1 a day for recent strike header. Adolph Pacifico urged a return to work and to vote on rejoining. Walkouts at three other mines planned to end today as union members vote on resuming work at Dunglen Blaine and Rail & River No 3 mines.
The high court agrees to decide whether foremen fall under the Wagner act as union rights in the Lewis coal dispute. It sets January 14 for arguments on the contempt convictions tied to the lower court restraining order. Lewis also faces a Virginia blue sky inquiry over UMW membership sales and securities law.
An unofficial survey indicated the United Nations assembly will override Russia's opposition to an international inventory of armed troops at home. Britain also looked set to lose its bid to create a UN inspection board to verify member figures. The plenary session was to resume debate on the troop census.
John M. Hightower reports that Western diplomats urge Molotov to seek small nation input on Germany before a German peace treaty. If Molotov resists by week’s end the Moscow conference on March 10 may be canceled and Byrnes insists no German decisions until small nations are heard.
The contract was let to E. M. Morrow Construction Co. for erecting the Farmer's Market on the site of the old Grant Street station. The pre-fabricated steel building is being located today and construction will begin soon. It will house the curb market and serve as a gathering place for thousands of farm people visiting Decatur.
Garlon Pike, 33, of Capshaw Limestone County died when a tractor wheel passed over him on US 72 near Huntsville. He was returning from Huntsville with his brother in law Silas Knox and died en route to hospital. Funeral set for Capshaw Baptist Church with interment at Wesley Chapel Spry Athens. He leaves a wife two sons three daughters and several relatives.
Six teenagers died when their car collided with a St. Louis bound bus near Corinth Mississippi late last night. Two newlywed brides, Helen Roades aged 18 and Mrs Nathaniel Goff aged 19, were critically injured. The deceased include Scott 19 and his 18-year-old Memphis wife and four Corinth residents: Sylvester Roades Nathaniel Goff Leman Austin and J D Hearn.
In New York on December 10, ten firemen were overcome by smoke while battling a five alarm fire at P. S. 2 in the Bronx. Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy said the blaze was the work of youthful vandals. The school, built in 1870, is among the city’s oldest.
An Associated Press survey of 35 cities shows Omaha has the largest yearlong rise in cost of living at 35.9 percent and offers some of the lowest butter and bacon prices. Butter runs around 98 cents to $1 a pound in several cities with Omaha at 85 to 88 cents for cheaper grades, while bacon is 53 to 59 cents a pound in Omaha, with other cities reporting 41 to 55 cents. See OMAHA on Page 2.
Grand jurors open a probe into the Winecoff hotel fire with a walk through the ruin and hearings. Foreman Henry Chandler says witnesses will guide the investigation as officials debate outside fire escapes and potential causes amid a rising death toll reaching 121.
In a Lansing courtroom a three year old boy failed a dramatic test with his father’s revolver then passed a second test in chambers. The boy named Butchie was a defense witness in the murder trial of Clayton Smith a former officer charged with killing his wife Roxanne last August. The judge reported the boy cocked and pulled the trigger three times during the test.
Louise Anne Moore a 21 year old New York sculptress and Smith College alumna was beaten and assaulted by two men near Smith College in South Deerfield. She was found semi conscious at Coo ley Dickinson Hospital with facial injuries after an evening lecture and a ride ended in a dine and dance stop.
Senator John J. Sparkman predicts the coalition of Republicans and some Southern Democrats will fade in the next session. He cites a working Republican majority and party loyalty as reasons and says FEPC passage will be delayed rather than pushed to a showdown. He notes Republicans could have passed FEPC in the last Congress.
L. P. Brooks assistant Attorney General of Kansas dodges detailed explanations on marriage and divorce laws when a Kansan asks to know the full mark and divorce law. He notes caution has its limits but avoids delving into specifics of wedlock rules.
In New Orleans on December 10 a famed leprosy patient, Mrs Gertrude Hornbostel, hopes to be cured within two years due to new treatments. A six month trial at Maireville shows decisive improvement, according to E Hans Hornbostel.
White hooded figure on a white horse stickers appeared on pillars and walls of the Georgia state capitol. The Ku Klux Klan slogan yesterday today forever was visible outside Governor Arnall's office as Negro janitors were ordered to remove them. Attorney General Eugene Cook announced confessions of two Columbians members, a uniformed order aligned with the Klan.
Assistant Attorney General Dan Duke, aided by Prof. Sheldon, reports undercover efforts in Atlanta exposing ties between the Columbians and Nazi groups in New York, Canada, and England. Georgia representatives include Mario Buzzi and Re nee Forrest. Loomis and Burke seek colonies in Indiana and Oklahoma.
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