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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1951
Page
4
Publicity for the Blue and Gray game highlights Champ Pickens as a behind the scenes force in securing Alabama’s first Rose Bowl invitation. Writers credit his efforts for Alabama’s West Coast trips and for elevating Southern football's Bowl prospects.
The Selma Times Journal urges the United Nations to act decisively against aggression or risk losing credibility as a peace agency. It argues a UN that avoids action because of fear undermines its purpose and could threaten its very existence and even its iconic 42 story New York building.
After World War II colleges and universities expanded rapidly to serve returning veterans. Government funding dropped and facilities outpaced enrollment. Institutions fear financial burdens will outpace growth as more students enter higher education.
The Republican leadership proposes a six point plan including a solid Southern Republican organization. They may rely on President Truman as a key ally in the South. Truman’s fair deal proposals could be used to win Southern support, aligning with humanitarian themes to swing votes away from Democrats.
The passage argues against U S involvement in Korea and proposes using Chinese Nationalists against the Chinese Communists. It asserts Russia’s proximity to China and Japan and claims vast mobilization potential in both countries. It advocates arming allies and using American money to counter communism, prioritizing national interests over direct intervention.
The WMC outlines how Reynolds Metals and Henry Kaiser pressed for government-backed loans tax relief and preferential purchase terms to expand aluminum plants while avoiding risk. They sought to amortize investments in five years and to offload plants to Uncle Sam if profits faltered, with Reynolds even hinting at price control exemptions.
An optimistic reflection on life as a year closes and a new one begins. The author cites Henry Van Dyke’s call to live year by year with a hopeful heart, cherishing the past while embracing future possibilities amid uncertainties.
Patterson, former Secretary of War, stated quietly that enough had been asked as the aluminum contract is now signed. The agreement covers 320000 tons of expanded production to Kaiser, Reynolds and Alcoa in equal shares.
The editorial argues Ike must mobilize goodwill and people to people ties across Europe and Korea. It praises the American Legion Tide of Toys program as a priceless gesture beyond factory rebuilding and military aid, stressing heartfelt gifts over dollars to foster lasting support and defense will.
About 50 of the Army's lightweight tanks with radar guided fire control are nearly ready, claimed to be superior to Russian equipment. Reports also note a spike in uranium deposits in Moscow areas and Nehru's growing disillusionment with Chinese communists. Also mentioned are American film portraits of communist leaders used in China’s outreach attempts.
Charles Wilson testifies before the senate banking committee and sums up his plan with analyze organize deputize then supervise. Senator Humphrey of Minnesota closes letters with prayers for divine guidance in senate work. A confidential Air Force survey finds only ten percent of commercial planes usable for defense, delaying Berlin airlift reopening and UK elections.
Westbrook column surveys revisionist critique of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. focusing on his philosophy of law. References Father Ford Mortimer Adler and Harold McKinnon. cites Mencken and Rascoe opinions on law as force, liberty, and liberalism.
International News Service columnist notes Cyrus French Wicker’s proposal to drop a long A bomb strip across Korea to form a radiation barrier. Also comments on Hollywood flight ban, holiday drunken driving, and a GM Le Sabre two seater concept with jet fighter style features and a planned road test lab, plus cautions about postwar shelters.
The passage debates how 1920s liberals misread Holmes as a liberal defender of human rights. Mencken argues Holmes upheld legislative prerogatives rather than humanitarian aims, urging readers to see him as a soldier rather than a liberal, litterateur, reformer, or prophet. It calls for a clear view of the moral clash between worlds reflected in Holmes philosophy.
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