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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1946
Page
1
Weather outlook for the state shows cloudy conditions with showers and a colder trend in the North. Local health notes include births Connie Jean Hawkins in Decatur, Barry Richard Smith in Sheffield, and several admissions and discharges at Baugh's infirmary and Decatur General hospital. Community events mention church meetings, templeton tonsil operation, and visits to Florence, Montgomery, and Nashville hospitals.
A special Morgan county election set for January 28 will decide whether Decatur voters approve a one mill school tax and a one mill maintenance tax for Decatur General Hospital. If approved the school tax would add about nine thousand dollars annually and the hospital tax would fund public hospital properties for twenty years. The school tax relies on petitions from the Parent-Teacher Associations and is limited to Decatur qualified voters.
Rev. J. L. Mathis and his wife and three children were treated after carbon monoxide fumes from a faulty exhaust entered their car between Birmingham and Decatur. The family, en route from Tuskegee to Sheffield, was discharged later that night after oxygen and stimulants. The front-seat passengers were unharmed.
Physicians Saturday expressed little hope for H A Kaufman Jr son in law of Mrs Sadie Gillespie of Decatur seriously injured when his coat sleeve was caught in a water wheel at his Champlain New York lumber and saw mill and his body was pulled into the machinery.
Fifteen year old Janet Gentle paralyzed from the neck down arrived at Children’s Hospital in Baltimore after a ten day 900 mile mobile iron lung trip from Rockwood Alabama. Police escorted the unit from the state line and she will join the hospital's respiratory unit as attendants note past delays and generator trouble posed few risks with hand pumps and emergency resuscitation.
The death of Jones Deadwyler a Birmingham automobile executive on Christmas Eve prompted a citywide overhaul of handling ill or unconscious persons. Police will transport such individuals by county hospital ambulances with two interns assigned to the city jail and private ambulances coordinated for rapid medical attention. The case will be reviewed by the Jefferson County grand jury January 6 after Solicitor Robert McAvory ordered the inquest postponed. The death was ruled a cerebral hemorrhage.
Associates of Herman Talmadge claim 155 of 257 Georgia legislators pledge to back him for governor when the General Assembly convenes January 13. Lieutenant Governor elect M. E. Thompson disputes the result, promising to fight to the finish for the people's will.
Elberton Georgia December 28 Republican D Talmadge Bow ers says he will attend the legislature to claim the governorship as the only avowed write in candidate at the November 5 general election He argues he led write in votes and was blocked from joining the ballot by a prior act Herman Talmadge backers seek legislative election by write in votes Lieutenant Governor elect M E Thompson also claims the office Bowers once worked in a granite quarry in Elberton.
The article notes write-in votes for Herman Talmadge James V. Carmichael and D Talmadge Bowers a North Georgia Republican and states the legislature is authorized to appoint an alternate following the death of the father. See friends on Page 2.
About $90,000, roughly one fifth of the $450,000 total tax bill in Morgan County, remains unpaid with two days left before penalties attach. The January 1 delinquency rule adds a fifty cent fee and six percent interest on overdue taxes. Poll tax deadlines arrive February 1, funding schools, with a January 28 vote to choose Bob Jones for Congress and decide two one mill tax elections for schools and hospital support.
A Trans-World Airline Constellation crashed two miles from Shannon runway killing 12 and injuring 11. The Star of Cairo broke apart on a boggy island in the Shannon river, trapping passengers in flaming wreckage and delaying rescue. Six of the injured were critically hurt while 23 people aboard survived.
Fire Inspector J. B. Foster announced Mobile will require hotel employees to be trained in reporting and fighting fires. The move aims to prevent conflagrations like the Winecoff disaster in Atlanta.
A majority of the 23 new senators favors tax changes in labor laws, signaling possible speedy action. The Senate has been slower than the House to curb union activity, with focus ranging from a new national labor policy to compulsory arbitration in health and safety industries.
Limestone County voters will decide January 28 on legalizing alcohol sales while Judge Robert E. Jones runs for Congress in the Eighth District. Probate Judge-Elect Roy L. Malone expects the election to be called that date after petition signatures are verified. about 550 of 1150 to 1200 names are certified. With 6,500 on the list, about 5,000 may vote, amid nearby dry counties Madison and Colbert.
Theo Kennedy a 20 year old Negro veteran was shot in the left thigh by Enoch White night watchman at Terre Haute Cooperage Inc on company property Friday night after a prior warning Kennedy was moved from Decatur General hospital to the veterans hospital at Tuskegee Saturday with a bullet that pierced a large artery and badly hurt him White says he warned Kennedy earlier and again before the shooting the 10 30 pm shot occurred and Kennedy was admitted to Decatur General about 1130 pm Friday
The forecast warns against premature warmups as North area temperatures remain near freezing and across the region Old Man Winter is expected to tighten its grip by Monday with below freezing conditions anticipated.
Bayou La Batre Alabama December 28 A statement by W T Hieronymus chief seafood inspector for the state Conservation Department says the gulf coast seafood catch is considerably less than last season noting a comparatively poor season for Alabama shrimpers and oyster tonguers.
Washington December 28 Senator Ferguson Republican Michigan announced a majority of the Senate war investigating committee approved a report criticizing Senator Bilbo Mississippi for dealings with war contractors. The report prints next week with no recommendations, leaving Bilbo's fate to the Senate.
Fire destroyed Green and Stein Furniture and Sign Service buildings with early Saturday blaze causing heavy water damage to Economy Auto and minor damage to Clara's Beauty Shop and Joe's Coffee Cup. Fire Chief Elkins said the alarm came at 7:31 AM. employees Ricks and Canada helped reopen the stores just before 7:30 AM after smoke was detected.
Fire Chief Floyd Elkins expressed appreciation to the Athens and Huntsville fire departments for assisting in the Decatur fire. He praised the city police and street departments for traffic control and spectator management. He also thanked the street cleaning department led by Joe Elliott for promptly clearing debris.
A salesman investigated a blaze erupting in a store area and ran to Joe's Coffee Cup for help. A taxi driver notified the fire department while operators traced the call. Firefighters, misled by an off hook receiver, prepared to spray at the Coffee Cup before learning the fire was in a neighboring shop.
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