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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1945
Page
1
Several local residents receive Navy and Army discharges including William Sanders Raymond Moore and Maurice Holmes. Families visit during Christmas with J W Russell in Decatur. Church services and programs announced at Antioch and Sixteenth Avenue Baptist as local troops are honored and remembered.
Prague dispatch reports Karl Hermann Frank, once chief in Bohemia Moravia and linked to the Lidice massacre, admitting the Sudeten German party’s 1933 program was treason to Czechoslovakia and a step in re Germanizing Bohemia. He awaits trial as a war criminal and reflects on Nazi failures and humanity.
J P Hooper of 225 Wilson Avenue received severe injuries when struck by a hit-and-run vehicle at 5 30 Thursday. He was admitted to Decatur General Hospital at 7 30 with a compound fracture of the right leg a dislocated shoulder and a scalp wound. Police report says Hooper was on the east side of Highway 31 near East Lafayette and the driveway to a service station when struck. No trace of the car or driver found. Two Negroes are the only persons believed involved.
Los Angeles December 2 forecast from the Weather Bureau predicts good weather for the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl game between Alabama and Southern California. Expect considerable high cloudiness through early next week with no rain anticipated.
Rescue work paused as underground crews moved toward more than 30 trapped miners at Kentucky Straight Creek Mine Number 1. The 23rd fire in the mine halted progress after an explosion, with conditions described as worse than any prior Kentucky mining disaster. Officials denied reports of bodies found and said any recoveries would be immediate. Rescue teams, 1,500 feet from the blast, faced fallen rock and debris as they continued relays through the tunnel seeking the entombed workers.
E W McLeod president announces three new directors Charlies H Eyster Ewell K Gregg and Robert H Tweedy Jr to fill vacancies created by deaths of H B Beard and L C Henkel and removal of Henry R Davis Regular semi annual dividend declared payable to shareholders February 2 1946 at 150 per share six percent annual rate and a preferred stock dividend on February 1 1946 at 25 percent annual rate
Morgan county races toward finishing the eighth war loan campaign with a goal of 641000 in series E bonds. Citizens have 95 percent already and bond offices in Decatur Hartselle and Falkville urge purchases today and Saturday to push Morgan over the line. Countywide total shows strong performance, reaching 2727000 against a 2041000 quota, with the final push resting on small investors.
Col Albert A Carmichael former lieutenant governor and discharged Army officer announced he will not pursue the Alabama governorship. He says he cannot build an effective campaign in time and will run for attorney general instead. Carmichael previously served as attorney general 1935 39 and was military governor of Aachen and the southern half of Nuernberg during World War II.
The Henry D. Thoreau, a Liberty ship out of Naples bound for Cape May New Jersey, reported 5000 tons of bombs breaking loose in a tween decks hatch about 420 miles southwest of the Azores. Navy officials said the bombs were unfused and packaged for safe transport. The ship, built in 1942 at Portland, Oregon, has a 417 foot length and a crew of about 40. Shippers noted the vessel left Gibraltar December 20.
Frederick M. Fritz Schilcher 86, longtime Decatur figure, died at eight this morning at home after influenza followed by a heart attack. Funeral services Saturday 2:30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Chapel with Dr. G M Davenport officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Survived by sister and brother in Austria and many nieces and nephews.
In Los Angeles a superior court approved a contract for 13 year old actress Elizabeth Taylor paying $750 a week. The judge ordered at least 15 percent of the wages to be invested in Victory bonds.
Helmeted British troops imposed a strict curfew across municipal and Jewish quarters in Jerusalem amid bombings and gunfire that killed at least nine people and wounded many. Detentions were reported as rubble cleared around police HQ, with seven killed and eleven injured in the city center.
A United Nations committee, after deciding the capital would be near the North Atlantic coast, narrowed the field to six proposed East Coast sites. The seven member group will visit the United States in early January to inspect Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware, and will notify city officials to avoid ceremonies as the trip is funded by the UNO.
After the Big Three agreed to form a large occupation council for Japan the mood in Tokyo ranged from concern to cautious optimism. The Allies backed a unified China under Chiang Kai-Shek and a provisional Korea, while debating issues with Romania Bulgaria and Italy.
Mrs Clyde Hendrix Sr aged 62 long a Decatur resident died this morning at 11 at her home 610 Ferry Street after a long illness. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Gerald Neher and Mrs J E King and one son Clyde Hendrix II. Funeral at 3 30 Saturday at residence Rev First Methodist Church officiating Interment in City Cemetery pallbearers named Lynne John Caddell Julian Harris Redus Collier
New York body notes drastic industrial shift in the South from agriculture to diversified manufacturing. Factory payrolls in 1940 surpassed 1929 by 12 percent, while national payrolls fell 7 percent. southern income rose through 1940-44 amid rearmament. New plants include rayon, furniture, pulp and paper, cotton textiles, and tobacco.
General Motors with 175000 workers on strike withdraws permanently from a govern fact finding hearing over profits in wage dispute. CIO-UAW vice president Reuther counters unity for American economic security as hearings resume in Washington after a Detroit meeting. Garrison urges settlement as labor front developments unfold in Indianapolis.
Washington reports that Generali Motors Corp withdrew from the President Tru man fact finding hearings on the GM strike over the 30 percent wage demand by the CIO Auto Workers Union. GM cited profit inclusion as a factor and accused the union of challenging management prerogatives.
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