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10 Feb 1948
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1948
Page
1
Weather, market notes and local society from Decatur papers
Partly cloudy and continued cold with northeasterly winds on the coast. Decatur cotton market noon quotation shows middling 34 cents and strict low 33 cents. Local notices include travel to Birmingham, a World War II casualty shipment to San Francisco, canceled Jeanette McDonald concert, church services, community remodelling, and various ambulances and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Price Dip Hits All Commodities in Broad Market Slide
New York reports a wide price decline across commodities pulling stock values down. Grain and livestock lead losses with cotton and butter falling. early trading shows limited retail price relief but economists warn against optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Miss Spencer Wins Morgan County American Legion Oratorical Award
Miss Mary Allen Spencer of Riverside high school won the Morgan County American Legion oratorical contest held at Decatur junior high school. She spoke on The Privileges And Responsibilities Of An American Citizen and earned a $25 county prize plus a $5 school prize. Second place went to Miss Audrey Belew of Morgan County high school with The Living Constitution, winning $15. judges included Hatchett of Hartselle and W. R. Pees Sone of Decatur post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Allen Spencer
Riverside High School
American Legion
Morgan County
Decatur
Riverside
Spencer
Audrey Belew
Hartselle
Decatur Post
Miss Spencer
Belew
Hatchett
W. R. Pees Sone
Dete Repreeeper
On. Mary
Spencer A H
Organ Coun
South advancing toward equality says MacCracken
Dr Henry Noble MacCracken general secretary of the National Conference Of Christians And Jews reports a substantial Southern opinion supporting fair play and justice. He cites experiences from a Southern tour and judgments by judges as evidence of progress on equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Noble MacCracken
National Conference of Christians and Jews
South
MacCracken
National Council of Jewish Women
Mississippi Revolt Spurs Grass Roots Move in Senate
Mississippi legislators call for a grass roots revolt against the democratic high command after a memorial service for Theodore G. Bilbo. The House urges an early meeting of Southern democrats and sends a resolution to Gov. Fielding L. Wright for Senate action. The measure targets anti Southern proposals including a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission and anti segregation and anti lynch laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
House of Representatives
House
Fielding L. Wright
Senate
Tallahassee
Fla
Wright
Walter Sillers
Bailey criticizes Southern reaction to civil rights proposals
Former Arkansas Governor Carl E. Bailey calls the President's civil rights plan a strange spectacle. He denounces the Southern governors' conference actions and questions Arkansas party leaders withholding Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner proceeds. He says he has reservations but sees no threat to Southern institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
18 Homes to Be Built Here on Allison Farm
Decatur Development Corporation plans a 60 acre housing project between Somerville Road and Bee Line Highway. The firm will buy, construct and sell real estate and materials, with $30,000 capital and $15,000 paid in. Rob in L. Thomas president and John A. Jeegy treasurer. FHA approved the plan for 60 acres east of the Alabama Hosiery mill with 5 and 6 room wood and brick homes to be built gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Somerville Road
Bee Line Highway
Decatur Development Corporation
Robin L. Thomas
John A. Eegy
Alabama
FHA
Winter Returns Across the South with Snow and Outages
Overcoats and mufflers mark a Dixie winter as Arkansas sees eight inches of snow at Dequeen and six at Texarkana while a cold rain hits New Orleans and Mobile. Snow disrupts roads in Tennessee and Georgia, schools close, floods threaten along the Ocmulgee, and power failures paralyze West Point Mississippi. A fireman suffers frozen feet in Goldsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dixie
Arkansas
Dequeen
Texarkana
E. Do- Trade
New Orleans
Mobile
mid-Tennessee
Clarksville
Memphis
Georgia
Macon
Ocmulgee River
Red Cross
Rome
Etowah
West Point
Miss
West Point Daily Leader
Florida
Tupelo
Alabama
Birmingham
Atlanta
Robert McCarter
Decatur Schools Seek Bids February 19 for Stadium Work
Walter Jackson superintendent of Decatur schools announced bids will be invited February 19 for stadium plumbing general construction and all electrical work excluding flood lights. Plans and specs are on file in Jacksons office. prospective bidders can obtain sets there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jackson
Decatur
Jackson
Two Slain in Tuscaloosa Cafe Shooting
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a 40 year old restaurant operator Mrs Della Mae Dockery and her 13 year old daughter Nona Fae Dockery were shot dead at Tide Cafe No 2 after six this morning Richard Smallwood a 55 year old former deputy sheriff and cafe employee is jailed for the killings Police say an argument preceded the shots and Smallwood surrendered at the door after firing multiple times Officers and coroner are investigating details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Richard Smallwood
Della Mae Dockery
Nona Fae Dockery
Dockery
Othside
J.T. Rolen
Ervine Sharpe
Smallwood
Dockerys
Sarah Channell
Rolen
Posse Hunt Girl's Killer Near Lambs Canyon
In California sheriff deputies hunt for a gunman who killed Marjore Winn 17 in Redlands while returning from a rodeo. James Sloan Jr. 18 USC freshman and another man were inside the car when the attacker fired a single shot. The posse uses walkie talkies to close in on the fugitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Winn
James Sloan Jr
Lands
University of Southern California
Redlands
Palm Springs
Sloan
Decatur Faces Second Icy Invasion With Worsening Weather
Decatur endured a second icy intrusion with snow totals around .32 inches and a dangerous highway situation. Temperatures rose to 33 degrees as freezing conditions lingered and reports described highways as hazardous with vehicles slipping off roads. the weather forecast called for rising temperatures Wednesday.
Russians Claim Allies Fueled Hitler War Effort
Moscow asserts secret German documents prove the Western Allies funded Adolf Hitler and helped start World War II. The Soviet information bureau cites a “golden rain of American dollars” and French British diplomacy, echoing US State Department files on prewar relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U. S. State Department
George C Marshall
Russia
Poland
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States of America
Information Bureau
Hitler
Warning to GOP echoes in Reed critique on Marshall plan
Senator Reed warns that failure to pass a workable ERP could wreck Republican hopes in November. He argues a failed Marshall plan might let a communist government replace Western democracies and shift electoral chances against Republicans east of Ohio and on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver W. DE Wolf
Washington
Reed
R-Kas
Congress
United States
Pacific Coast
Truman
Italy
France
Ohio
Maine
Vermont
Widow Sadie Branch Death Sparks Birmingham Probe
The 40-year-old widow Sadie Branch a photo retoucher died in hospital prompting inquiries by the city homicide squad and Coroner Joe Hilderbrand. Albert G. Jackson 40 was held without charge as investigators pursue her injuries and possible fall and beating claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Joe Hilderbrand
Sadie Branch
Albert G. Jackson
City
R. A. McMurdo
Jackson
Branch
Plans Set for Board Hearing on Juke Box Policy
Spokesmen from beer licensees churches temperance groups and music operators were chosen at a preparatory meeting in Montgomery for tomorrow’s ABC board hearing on juke box policy. Gould Beech presided and rules of procedure were laid out. Ed E Reid and R E L Gheate were named as municipal and operators representatives respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
ABC Board
Gould Beech
R. E. Foy
Dothan
John’ B. Nichols
First Methodist Church
Prattville
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Eunice’ Hall
Sisson
Alabama Temperance
Alliance
James Swedenburg
Birmingham
Allen Tucker
Union Springs
John C. .Walters
Troy
Joseph Langan
R. E. L. Gheate
Alabama Music Machine Operators Association
Ed E. Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
Feud Brews Over Curb on Prices and Politics
Washington reports a heated price dispute in an election year between President Truman and Senator Taft. Secretary Anderson accused Taft of acting for political gain while Taft warned against mechanisms that would raise prices and invite government controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Anderson
Chicago
Pruman
Senate-House Economics Committee
Senate
House Banking Committees
Joint Committee
Tobey
N.Y
Senate Banking Committee
Vance
Reprints Seized in Berlin Memoirs of Byrnes
Communist authorities at Eberswalde in the Russian zone confiscated pamphlet reprints of Speaking Frankly, the memoirs of former U S Secretary of State James F Byrnes. American authorities said they were investigating the report as a potential violation of four power accords on freedom of information between occupation zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
James F. Byrnes
U. S
Eberswalde
Telegraf
Arab death by own action squads shock Cairo leader says
Cairo report quotes Jamal Effendi Husseini deputy chairman of the Palestine higher executive describing Arab deaths caused by internal action squads as a train of events. The remark draws attention to internal violence and regional tensions amid ongoing conflict concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Jamal Effendi Husseini
Palestine Higher Executive
Four hour blaze gut Cullman brick building
A second major fire in Cullman destroyed several businesses and offices in a two story Fuller building early today. Firefighters from Cullman Decatur and Arab fought for four hours with volunteers aiding. One firefighter was injured when struck by a falling frame. two others slightly hurt. The Walgreen Drug Store and multiple offices were wiped out including the Farm Security office and Veterans Affairs. The Western Union and other services suffered minor damage as crews worked to control the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
Cullman
Eureka
Decatur
Arab
John Hassenbein
Rassenbein
Rpm
Walgreen Drug Store
Western Union
Asa B. Fuller
Dr. C. L.st. John and
St. J. Law Firm
Veterans Ian
Fuller Abstract Insurance
Boody’s
Troy Rogers
Flavin Copeland
Farm Security Office
Army Recruiting Station
Sidney Morrow
J. C. Chamblee
Paul Knight
Federal Land Bank
Decatur Army Recruiting Station
Cullman Station
Floyd Elkins
Green and Stein
Elkins
Philadelphia Transit Strike Sets Midnight Walkout
Philadelphia faces a transit strike as 11,000 Local 234 CIO workers vote to walk off at midnight. The stoppage, the third major tieup in five years, follows a contract expiration aligned with the strike time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Iia
CIO Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Freighter Pierre S. DuPont in distress off New York
The American freighter Pierre S. DuPont reported a hull crack and rapid flooding 800 miles east of land, later signaling it was holding its own. Operated by U S Lines the ship carries about 53 crew members according to the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pierre S. DuPont
U. S. Lines
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Jeanette McDonald
Miss McDonald
Greenwood
S. C
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
The
Laymen’s League
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Union Station
Southern Railway
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Louisville and Nashville
Denbo
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First Avenue
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Seldon Terry
Arnold Hill
Ypsilanti, Brugh
Floyd Hill
Trinity 1
Johnson
Terry
Hillsboro
A. K. Lee
Eighth Avenue
J. F. Dunlap
First Baptist Sunday School
Homer Slaughter
McNeill Apartments
Don B. McMaster
Mary Ellen Smith
Richard H. McMaster
McMaster
Alexandria
Washington, D. C
Smith-McMaster
Flora Hopper
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Howell's
Leonard Thorn
Hamil Clinic
19Th Avene
J. A. Holder and Son
Baugh and Wiley
Sixth Avenue E. Vn
Howell’s
Gus Burleson
American Red Cross
Eems
Morgan County Redross
William Hockensmith
Im.ving
By Ken Reynolds
Champaign
American Farm Bureau Federation
Henry's
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Richmond
Eair
Lee
Highway Patrol
Ce Terminal
Tenn
Columbia
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Capitol Lines
Grou
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