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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
1
The weather outlook predicts a short cold snap with rising temperatures by week end. Cotton prices eased with middling cotton at 32.55 and strict low at 31.55 in Decatur. Local university students plan holiday travel as Morgan county sends a student cohort home. Funeral court and church programs fill Decatur as DeMolay, Kiwanis, and Methodist events mark the week.
Harold E. Stassen announced his candidacy for the 1948 Republican presidential nomination in Washington. He urged amending the Wagner labor relations act to curb mass picketing and to balance collective bargaining, signaling a liberal path for the GOP. He outlined a Washington office opening January 1 and pledged to seek freedom across social economic and political realms while opposing both communism and fascism. He praised President Truman's coal strike handling and laid out four requirements for working people over the next six months including no large strikes and protecting workers' rights.
Edward P. Terry, ex secretary to Senator Bilbo, testified that A. B. Friend warned him last April that he would be killed if he revealed what he knew about Bilbo. Terry recounted the dinner warning in a Senate war contracts hearing and described further debt and repayment arrangements involving war contractors and Bilbo's campaign.
Frank Chenault of the Morgan County Tuberculosis Association urges Morgan County residents to buy Christmas seals to fund TB education and early discovery efforts. He notes 16 TB deaths in Morgan last year and warns more die each day from late diagnosis. The campaign seeks protection for all Alabama citizens against TB.
The Winecoff hotel operator A F Geele claimed incendiary origin for the pre dawn blaze that killed 119. He said rapid spread suggests deliberate destruction and asked the Army chemical warfare division to probe the arson theory.
The Middle West endures sub zero and below freez ing temperatures as the severest cold wave lingers. Readings fall to 10 below at Pembina North Dakota, with snow flurries in the belt and rainfall across the Southeast. Forecasters expect temperatures to moderate in the Western plains today and spread eastward by tomorrow with a rise by Friday.
The Humming Bird streamliner will sell tickets and take reservations in Decatur starting December 19. Tickets may be bought for Birmingham or other scheduled stops. Marshall Haynes of Birmingham confirms Decatur becomes a flag stop for boarding and dropping passengers on the route.
The Civil Liberties Union asked the San Francisco school board if singing Christmas carols in classrooms violates the state constitution. Ernest Besig, theCLU front man, said mothers protested that carols clash with home teachings.
William L. Ryan reports Herschel V. Johnson proposed a UN council commission including six permanent members plus Brazil and Poland to investigate Greece's frontier conflict. Sir Alexander Cadogan welcomed the plan, urging rapid adoption as Balkan tensions run high amid accusations from Greece against Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.
Goodyear Decatur Mills will observe a two day Christmas holiday. Charles W. Young announces the break begins December 24 and ends Christmas Day with workers back at eight o clock Thursday morning. The annual Christmas tree for employees’ children is Tuesday at 10 a m in No 3 mill.
The Morgan County jail project completed ahead of schedule with a $115000 final payment. Sim Howell says bonded debt fell from 796000 to 446000 since 1939. Construction began December 29 1939 and occupancy was ready by August 1940. The three story jail measures 60 by 41 feet and seats a modern capacity of prisoners.
The United States Chamber of Commerce warned that a new round of wage increases could make reducing prices impossible. The debate centers on CIO claims that industry can raise wages up to 25 percent without triggering price hikes and reduced profits, with both sides citing government data to support their positions. The CIO demands follow a broader wage-drive across unions, while the Chamber cautions that further wage boosts threaten a depression and higher costs for fixed income groups.
Judge Robert E. Jones of Scottsboro will leave for Washington on December 30 to represent the eighth congressional district in the next congress. Although not formally elected until January 28 a special election is called, Jones plans a January first week in Washington to settle his family. He will return to the Valley Bee in January and stay until February before resuming duty in Washington. He aims to push development of the Valley and keep the military installation active for aviation industry hospital use and continued use as a base for Sosaire.
Postmaster R T Sheppard reports Decatur handled over 50 000 pieces of outgoing mail in one day breaking 1944 Christmas rush record. Two day total tops 80 000 with extra staff and a seventh World War II veteran extra truck added to speed Christmas deliveries. The two offices will stay open 2 to 5 p m Sundays to assist late mailers as incoming mail volume rises.
Ten students and driver Richard S. Sanders died when a Southern Railway passenger train struck a Silverstreet bound bus at Dead Fall Junction. Eleven more students were hospitalized with critical injuries. several others escaped unharmed.
The Decatur Community Chest held its last 1946 board meeting at Hotel Lyons with T. H. Fitzpatrick presiding. A January 21 1947 annual meeting was scheduled there. 1946 expenses were mostly paid leaving a slight deficit as luncheon costs exceeded remaining funds of about 242 dollars. The annual fundraising campaign exceeded its goal by 57.36 dollars with actual receipts of 28 333 36 dollars. The Veterans of Foreign Wars joined the Chest, and terms expiring include Dr W M Jackson W K Wilder and Mrs J W Darrah.
Attorneys for William P Mitchell of Tuskegee rested their federal case after presenting 60 registration applications said to be blocked by the Macon county board of registrars. Witnesses including Tuskegee Institute student Matthew Plummer testified that approvals were granted by board chair Mrs George C Wright but no action followed.
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