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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
4
The Sugar Bowl faces ticket demand far exceeding supply as stadium capacity prevents expansion. Attendees note some seats are so distant from the field that fans rely on second hand information to follow the action.
A Asian bloc at the United Nations urges a resolution urging the United States to negotiate with Red China. The piece compares backing China’s UN admission to a bandit rewarding a victim with a pistol for handing over cash.
Louisville papers raise weekly home delivery to 65 cents citing higher newsprint and distribution costs. Publisher notes no choice but to pass along increased costs to consumers, despite general aim to keep delivery prices low.
Joseph H. Calvin assumed the Kiwanis presidency succeeding Fred Hunt Jr who led the club in 1950. Both men follow a family tradition with Calvins and Hunts having previously served as president in 1922 and 1934 respectively, and both are praised as sturdy club builders for 1951.
Alabama principal crops totaled 309.6 million dollars in 1950, up 2.8 percent from 1949 due to higher prices. Cotton and cottonseed earned 131 million, peanuts 33 million, and corn 90 million, with corn peanuts and Irish potatoes reaching new output-per-acre highs amid favorable reports from the CMp and U.S. Agriculture data.
Inside GOP ranks two trends emerge as lines form on isolationist and non isolationist wings. Taft and Dewey head the rival camps while Dewey pressures bipartisan policy and Senator Ives eases attacks. Acheson debate at caucus hints sharp splits in foreign policy views.
Taft denounces further consultation with the Truman administration while Morse cautions against toppling Acheson just before the Brussels conference. Saltonstall proposes a substitute for State Department reorganization, as isolationists argue over wartime diplomacy and internationalists.
A column urges average citizens to support national programs and collaborate with freedom-loving nations. It argues against passive doom, calls for renewed diplomacy, and promotes peace over war while highlighting wartime resilience and public duty.
Westbrook Pesler denounces U S policy in Korea, blaming Truman for expanding a lone army into a UN force, and accusing Roosevelt era allies of betrayal. He cites McMahon Hoover and Kennedy as “confusers” and attacks the Democratic Party for aiding traitors and appeasement.
NY Dec 29 INS The proposed HR1739 would create a government service university near Washington DC with a ten year service contract for graduates. Civil Service Commission would select students, provide free lodging and pay of 780 a year, and a 25 000 a year president would run the ten year program. The piece also notes safety council findings on winter stopping distances and critiques of US foreign policy and Spain under Franco with references to Truman and the Korea war.
The Christmas tree and program were well attended at the church Saturday night with Reverend Willie Pattridge delivering an inspiring message. Local families including the Coles Lindleys Cheathams Echols and Allgoods shared holiday visits and travel plans across Florida Chicago Detroit Gadsden Cullman and Tennessee destinations.
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