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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1947
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment notes a July 1 191% date and a mention of the Associated Press with re publication rights and post office details in Decatur Alabama. The text resembles standard wire service and copyright notices from early 20th century newspapers.
The snippet lists subscription rates for three months six months and yearly options for daily and Sunday delivery, and carrier delivery per week. It also comments on New Year resolutions and cites fears about Russia and harsh tax laws, predicting cold weather and heavy snow in the region.
The piece lauds the Decatur Chamber of Commerce as the city’s growth driver and urges voters to back Amendment No 1 to empower the legislature with a three-fifths petition while maintaining gubernatorial accountability. It predicts football bowl game profits and criticizes unclear national confidence in government.
Endicott R. Lovell president of Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co. praises Decatur for building its community and anticipates the Wolverine enterprise success. He notes Decatur’s strong community spirit and ongoing interest beyond plant location.
The speaker argues for prioritizing work over holidays and pensions, urging a shift in national focus toward productive labor rather than social benefits as the new year begins. The comment emphasizes practical economic goals for the country and calls for increased individual effort.
An editor who wrote What I Would Do If I Were Mayor is appointed mayor of Calhoun Georgia without opposition. Voters placed the ball in his hands after his bold editorial.
Washington correspondent Lyle C. Wilson analyzes Henry Wallace's likely 1948 campaign path and possible 1952 ambitions. He suggests Wallace could aim to defeat Truman, seek to control the Democratic Party, or build a new party, risking political oblivion if he runs a third party in 1948.
John Temples Graves argues the blame lies with a few individuals who forced a segregation compromise to allow the Freedom Train to bypass Birmingham. He notes many Alabama readers opposed exposing the city to national criticism and describes Southern liberalism as shaped by regional forces rather than party ideology.
Robert S. Allen notes a behind the scenes struggle between the Truman administration and top bankers over stopping support for marketable U S bonds to reduce money in circulation. Bankers argue for letting bonds reach a natural level while officials, led by Snyder and Eccles, oppose this move.
Illinois Republican Sen. Curly Brooks who chairs the senate rules committee also runs the senate restaurant. He watches menus and prices closely. When asked what lunch was, he replied with a sharp quip about lean beef with horse radish sauce.
Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall toured the Walter Reed prosthetic laboratory spending three hours with disabled veterans and reviewing cutting edge artificial limb work. Richard Leonard, former auto worker leader and Reuther rival, now works as a spot welder at the De Soto plant. An observer at a streetcar crash, former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, will be 86 next spring.
Adolphe Menjou, famed actor, has shown strong interest in politics after a congressional appearance before the Un American Activities Committee. He was escorted into and out of a grain speculator list committee executive session by Capitol police as reporters watched.
The expenditures committee probes a proposed 60 million dollar add on to emergency Europe relief for Chiang Kai-Shek. The lobby secured 18 million so far. U S aid to Chiang exceeds 5 billion. About 200 Chiang agents are in the U S amid a senator hearing with 20 Chinese in the chamber. Attention focuses on who funds and runs the Chiang lobby and on Henry Luce's pro Chiang activities.
The Nation presents the first of three stories outlining the Marshall plan detailing its purpose origins and expected effects.
This summary tracks the Marshall plan from its 1947 emergence to Congress considering it in January 1948. It explains the three goals humanitarian aid economic recovery and anti communist effort, the 16 Western European signatories, and the projected 17 billion dollar aid over 1948 to 1951. It notes Truman’s committees and Paris negotiations shaping the final plan.
A 1948 King Features Syndicate health column explains strep throat’s dangers and how penicillin, sometimes with sulfonamides, reduce fever and complications. It notes fast fever normalization in many patients, the value of 5 day courses, injection versus oral dosing, and variations in germ resistance. It also covers stammering treatment in a brief Q and A.
Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas, commander of the U S Army advisory group in China, has been ordered to return to Washington immediately. His reassignment was announced two weeks ago with a previous plan to leave China by March 1.
One more person died and 50 were injured when four cars of the Sam Houston Burlington Zephyr derailed on a 75 foot trestle near Corsicana Texas. Emmit Austin Holman of Dallas died in a hospital around 11:50 p.m. after the accident last night.
The piece reflects Pegler’s fond, humorous reminiscences about a canary named George Spelvin and a pair of dogs, one a dachshund and a mutt. He recalls a warden’s prison bird authority, odd canine anecdotes, and misadventures with pets, ending with a wry note on fate and loss.
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