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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1947
Page
1
Cloudy with interior and east north rain this afternoon and tonight, cooler tonight, Tuesday partly cloudy and cool with fresh coastal westerlies. Decatur cotton noon quote shows middling at 36.25 and low crys at 35.25. Various local notices include ambulance transfers, school games, VFW meeting, legal fines for wildlife molestation, and a shift in Elks supper date.
The Senate approved a compromise foreign aid bill with a $597 million ceiling for emergency aid to France Italy Austria and China in the current winter. The measure passes by voice vote and may go to President Truman for signature after House action.
In Los Angeles a 2250 ton destroyer the U S S Orleck lies in drydock while Mrs Rebecca Orleck, bedridden with a weak heart and failing sight, learns her son the late Lt Joseph Orleck died in action at Salerno in 1943. Her family discovers the ship is named for him through relatives. Ben Orleck and sister Ethel meet the crew after a St. Louis officer reveals the ship’s namesake.
Soviet government announces a currency reform to combat inflation, with a 10 old rubles to 1 new ruble exchange between December 16 and 22. The decree affects bank deposits, bonds, and cash, while wages are untouched.
Labor unrest rises on multiple fronts as 50 000 Western Union workers vote for a wage boost and CIO unions press for immediate increases. AFL and CIO affiliates plan strikes if 1948 contract terms fail to satisfy demands, with actions anticipated across cable firms and air lines.
Mobile agents and the state department raided the Paradise Hunting And Fishing Club on the Mobile Bay Bridge Causeway Saturday night arresting four men and seizing gambling paraphernalia. Four men including H Browning 47 Wood ? Wall 50 and J W Reed were docketed in Bay Minette on gambling device charges released on 300 bonds. Over 25 people were present. players were released.
The Supreme Court let stand a Baltimore circuit court decision that a railroad union must protect all workers from racial discrimination despite not admitting Negroes to membership. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (Independent) had struck a pact with 13 Southeastern railroads to exclude Black firemen, and a $1,000 damages award to Tom Tunstall was upheld.
Off Curacao bay two tankers the Argentine Los Pozos and the Venezuelan Tucapita collided early today flames engulfed both vessels. Four or more dead and several missing were reported as crews were rescued and keys West refloating operations were arranged for the tug Killerig with about 40 crew onboard.
Top American diplomats warned that unless Molotov softens his stance on German reparations the London conference may end almost immediately. Marshall plans to propose adjournment if the four demands on the Soviet zone are not met, including a full withdrawal report and cessation of withdrawals by January 1.
Abner C. Johnson will become Alabama director of the Federal Housing Administration on January 1, succeeding J C McPherson who resigns to enter private business in Mobile. Johnson has served as assistant chief underwriter for FHA since 1940 apart from three years in the Navy.
In Jerusalem on December 15 a Trans-Jordan Arab Legion unit shelled a truck convoy near Tel Aviv, killing 14 Jews and wounding 15. Jewish leaders urged the Palestine government to order immediate Legion withdrawal as Hagana warned of British provocation. Jewish Agency officials cited multiple attacks, criticizing security and urging armored convoys as shortages worsen under 16 days of clashes.
About 25 pirates boarded the 4552 ton Dutch passenger ship Van Heutz near Hong Kong as it neared Swa Tow, held the captain, robbed passengers of cash and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and escaped in junks after a 15 hour siege. Police questioned crew and passengers. raiders used disguises and rendezvoused at Bias Bay before fleeing.
J. E. Putnam now operates Triangle Food store at 722 Second Avenue. The shop was Johnson and Pitt grocery before the purchase. T. L. Britt leads the meat department and Noble Johnson remains employed under the new operation.
Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad canceled performances in Savannah and Atlanta after protests accusing her of Nazi collaboration. Marvin McDonald said calls flooded his office and Flagstad urged by consent canceled the Georgia shows. Blanche Thebom will substitute in Atlanta, while Savannah show is also canceled.
Senator Sparkman speaking at a Champaign know your government conference urged swift, substantial tax reductions focused on small business and low income groups. He outlined Democratic goals including conservation, rural electrification, education, social security, housing for veterans and low income urban groups, fair labor standards, European recovery aid, and a long range farm program.
Jefferson Wisconsin December 14 Buford Sennett admits involvement in the disappearance and death of Georgia Jean Weckler. He says he and a companion gave sleeping pills and dumped her body in the Blue River near Blue River following an earlier Wisconsin student murder. The companion's name was not released.
President Truman's commission on higher education urged doubling college enrollments by 1960 with more federal aid while denouncing quota systems and racial segregation. The 28 member panel warned of an intellectual elite risk and called for equal education regardless of background or color, noting inferior schooling in 17 states and DC. Southern members dissented on desegregation implications.
In Washington lawmakers clash as Republicans push a voluntary control plan to curb living costs. The GOP substitute for Truman’s anti inflation program failed 202 to 137 with no Democratic votes, while debate centered on voluntary industry agreements and suspensions of anti trust laws.
James Mitchell is held in Morgan county jail on burglary charges. Miller McCraig and Willie E Moore are in custody on robbery charges. Mitchell allegedly broke into the home of J Pat Clark, while McCraig and Moore are implicated in Robbery involving Willie E M negro and $4 50.
The Southern Bell Telephone company neared the end of its testimony in a petition to raise intrastate rates in Alabama. B. S. Gilmer of Atlanta, general development and revenue engineer, testified before the public service commission as proceedings recessed for lunch.
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