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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
4
A jumble of brief notes reflects postwar issues including service restoration after a coal strike and widespread newspaper shortages. A Georgia espionage tale sounds like fiction while Columbians charter revocation marks, and Theodore Megginson’s rise from janitor to driver highlights American ambition.
Alabama Journal notes that an Atlanta hotel fire and a Lewis surrender on the same day crowded the news. Fire coverage drew human interest while the coal strike topic was top play for national impact. A Hale County News notice jokes about editors and cedar rolling pins as protection.
The Decatur railway station is undergoing lighting and walkway improvements funded by L and N Railroad Co. Southern Railway and the City of Decatur. The project, though not costly, is praised by thousands of residents who thank the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the City Electric Department for their part in the upgrades.
Alabama Journal notes John L. Lewis now in court and facing a change from portal to portal. Drew Pearson reports the Lewis family drew about 150000 dollars from miners payrolls, funded by union dues. Cracks The Columbia Herald comments on women’s age questions and men’s probing.
Rural residents are urged to attend a Saturday Decatur meeting of the Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation. Members will vote on extending borrowing power to fund over 200 miles of new lines in Morgan and Lawrence counties, with Senator Lister Hill expected to speak.
At Courtland Alabama a meeting of federal agency representatives and Courtland Decatur and Florence officials urged keeping the Army Airfield active. They argued the surplus designation and idle 400 bed VA hospital should prompt state or federal action to repurpose the installation for regional needs. They named Senators Hill Sparkman and Governor to the Folksom urging Tennessee Valley action.
Pesler notes Durocher stayed with Raft in Hollywood and dined with gangsters while promising to avoid questionable company before signing 1947 with Brooklyn. Rickey warned Raft barred from dressing rooms and Ebbets Field, yet Raft appeared with DiMaggio and MacPhail at a World Series game, highlighting a shift toward closer ties between baseball and underworld figures after Judge Landis.
Last Sunday's services at the Danville road five miles east of Decatur were encouraging with good attendance and spirit. Preaching on the second and fourth Sunday afternoons at 2 30. Sunday school each Sunday at 10 a m. Prayer and Bible study Fridays at 7 p m. Everyone invited to come with Bibles and study the gospel plan of salvation in the book of Romans led by Pastor Rev. M G Fields each Friday evening.
Mackenzie argues that Albania’s mining of the Corfu channel mirrors the U S Yugoslav aerial incident as Russian backed action in defense of sovereignty. He notes large Russian troop presence and a 100000 strong Albanian army under Hoxha, with Western missions withdrawn and Albania drifting from tolerable to hostile toward the West.
The article argues bed rest should be individualized for tuberculosis patients. It cites Dr. Harry A. Bray marking two weeks of bed rest during fever and symptoms, then gradual activity and outdoor exercise over months. Outcomes with partial bed rest show favorable results, while excessive inactivity can harm recovery.
Mr and Mrs Arlin Skinner moved here from West Point. Several neighbors attended a Baptist associational meeting at Bassiada. Families visited relatives in the area and Cullman. Health is stated good with flu circulating lightly. Church attendance urged and the church needs the community.
Walter Winchell surveys prominent figures who died young including Isadora Duncan Sidney Howard Dorothy Dell Nathaniel West Percy Bysshe Shelley John Reed and others. He recalls their brief peaks and sudden ends while noting their lasting legacies in literature theatre and film.
The fragmentary text references Bessie Smith and her decline after vaudeville, mentions a fatal 1937 Mississippi accident, Ella Mae Morse, and various 1940s figures in media. It weaves anecdotes about entertainment figures, legal notes, and brief biographical hints without cohesive narrative.
Einar Holboell Danish clerk first proposed a Christmas Seat concept. The idea appeared in this country in 1907 with Ch Seals sold to fund a tuberculo sisrel program.
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