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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1946
Page
4
The column surveys 1946 expectations including China’s wartime stance, the atom bowl, auto shop strikes, and holiday economics. It notes Farm Bureau gains, veteran voting neglect, war paper shortages, and returning soldiers, with commentary on Bing Crosby, General MacArthur, and British loans.
The Valley Authority outlines 1945 gains including record power output, 26 dams with Kentucky and Fontana in operation, 650 miles of navigation, and 13 million acre feet storage. Employment fell to 12,350. power revenue topped 39 million with 18 million net income. Rate cuts and farm demonstrations boosted efficiency as postwar shifts loom.
Westbrook Pegler argues unions should be liable entities in lawsuits for abuses against victims, citing state law variation and federal constraints. He notes New York allows unions to sue in their own name while others require targeting individual members, and discusses Illinois and federal rulings in union contracts and the Wagner Act context.
Analysts say 1946 stock gains ride not on earnings or inflation but on factors like wartime housing, plant and worker shortages, and a massive housing program. They warn that capital and materials limits, plus labor shortages, curb new business and shape the postwar economy.
Mobile residents recall James Ellis Dickerson the retired engineer who piloted a two hour and sixteen minute mercy run from New Orleans to Mobile in 1916. The Lone coach special carried Dr Butterworth to treat two ill children saving their lives. Dickerson served nearly 50 years in railroading and celebrated his 55th wedding anniversary in December.
The text argues that large building programs should wait until a clearer economic need emerges as incomes fall and prices falter. The government could pause its own public works while preparing a restrained long term private building stimulus to avoid worsening inflation from material shortages.
A fragment from a night club act shows a performer and others trading lines about a showboy and a manager. The dialogue touches on love, money, jealousy, and tension backstage amid stage life and flirtations.
A Broadway comedian vents at an interviewer over coverage of stars like Joe E Lewis Fred Allen and Bob Hope. He mocks fame and vows to rise to prominence while joking about being a patron of the arts and three flop blondes. He riffs on self and audience reactions.
The waiter and patrons erupt in a tense scene at the Beanery with a waitress threatening a dramatic display over a pest at a table. A customer curses a public figure and vows to confront him after an evening of applause and payoffs.
A snippet from a theater column notes the wardrobe mistress preparing costumes for a popular musical. The piece mentions a recurring tabby theme and familiar routines backstage.
A 1945 Bally Mirror excerpt portrays a night club scene with a girl photographer and a flirtatious worker critiquing patrons. A manicured figure mocks a patron while the narrator muses about gangsters and distant dates, hinting at hardening attitudes and personal weariness.
A Miami soldier complains about repeated railroad misrouting selling tickets to New York then dropping passengers in Philadelphia. He describes rushed transfers and unavailable seats, warning of potential lawsuits over the ongoing travel nuisance tied to recent wrecks. He concludes with frustration about the service.
A doorman comments on a social scene in Park Avenue society noting the woman’s numerous affairs. He admits taking money to watch and stay silent about the relationship while criticizing her husband’s discretion. He grouses about his own loyalties.
James H. Kelley, long time commercial agent for the Southern Railway based in Atlanta, will tomorrow assume the newly created position of commercial agent at Gainesville, Georgia.
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