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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1946
Page
1
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Weather outlook, cotton market quotes from Decatur, and community notes. Reports include sermons by Rev. Miller and Rev. Troxler, Masonic meeting attendance in Huntsville, Legion Auxiliary party, hospital updates, a Montgomery inaugural schedule, and new births in Decatur.
Cullman County ballots seized after the May 5 Democratic primary are released by Circuit Judge A A Griffith following a petition from Circuit Solicitor Melvin Hutson. The ballots were burned at the county jail after transfer from Leeth National Bank, a move Hutson says ends a routine action to settle the case.
Cullman county ballot boxes impounded after the May 5 primary were released and the ballots destroyed by order of Judge James H. Crow Jr. The order was signed by Judge A. A. Griffith. Roy Woods said the boxes were kept at Leeth National Bank and destroyed for an upcoming liquor sales election in January. Hutson, as circuit solicitor, had suggested destroying the ballots.
Diplomatic officials from Russia and Western powers report the council of foreign ministers made great progress toward real peace in Europe. The meeting paved the way for completing peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Hungary Romania and Finland and set a plan for a German settlement at Moscow on March 10. Byrnes Bevin and Couve de Murville praised the six week session and said the group knows each other better and can face the German treaty.
Washington reports advocate gradual lifting of non home building curbs as new housing leadership shapes a revamped program. Senator Stewart cites broad industry pressure to remove building restrictions and rent controls to aid veterans and accelerate housing production.
Marion E. Jones 20 of Vicksburg Mississippi, one of four men who escaped the Ft McClellan stockade December 1, is held in the Shelby County jail on charges from Shelley County authorities. Police report Jones boasted of previous escapes and was captured in Vicksburg after the group robbed a motorist.
Felix Thomas Newton of Hattiesburg testified four checks totaling 25000 dated September 7 1942 were made out to Senator Theodore G Bilbo and endorsed by Bilbo and Robert Gandy. The committee ordered Jackson banker J M Quinn to testify and sought Edward Terry records as FBI searched for Terry amid death threat claims. See Bilbo on Page 2.
TVA said 92 municipalities and 46 cooperatives in seven states sold 43.5 million dollars of power in 1946, yielding a net profit of 8.3 million after expenses. TVA received 16.15 million from 3.5 billion kilowatt hours sold to consumers. rates were among the nation’s lowest and 31 distributors lowered charges, saving about 850 thousand annually. The region covers Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Kentucky Georgia North Carolina and Virginia.
Seattle December 1 A plane carrying 32 Marines from San Diego vanished three days ago in severe storm conditions. Search efforts shifted to Mount Rainier after reports of a plane overhead at 7:15 p m during a heavy downpour and a ranger heard a plane near Paradise Valley. Officials remained silent but fears of no survivors grew as rescuers faced worsening weather.
In Tabriz crowds celebrate Iran's move into Azerbaijan Province as Tehran orders security forces to supervise parliamentary elections. Disappearing local leader Jafar Pishexari, once head of the short lived regime, plus fighting scenes and celebratory firing mark the capitulation to Iran.
The 54 nation United Nations political and security committee approved general principles for a world wide arms reduction program and rejected an immediate international troop census proposal. The troop issue was sent to the security council for detailed consideration while a compromise call on what information may be invited was approved 29 to 4 with Russia opposing.
The War Assets Administration transferred office furniture and equipment valued at $869 to the Decatur Veterans Trade School. The gear was used in OPA offices and comes from 20 Price Administration branch offices in Alabama, part of a statewide $24,000 equipment grant to several schools.
Rescue workers at the six story building collapse in Queens removed the twenty second and twenty third bodies, an unidentified nude man and a six month old baby, as firemen labored by hand amid debris. The blaze began in an adjoining ice plant, destroying the structure and injuring more than 30 residents.
The 1946 annual report lists disbursements and expenses for Decatur high school activities. Band costs reach $700.89 while hospital and operation bills amount to $423.75 for Atlee Phillips. Total expenses total $7,671.57 with combined 1945 and 1946 cash balance of $8,825.21, signed by Principal W. T. Jordan.
A collision involving the Pennsylvania Railroad Golden Triangle and two eastbound freights near Mansfield Ohio killed at least 14 and wounded about 50. Nine hours after the 2:45 AM wreck, seven dead and seven more bodies were found as rescuers searched twisted steel and splintered wood. About 150 soldiers on a Chicago bound furlough were aboard the passenger train.
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