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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1949
Page
4
A compact year in Decatur notes shifting policy at state and local levels, business pace, and public concerns. The piece references hotel operators, tax levies, Santa appearances bans, the Dixie Bowl, and regional rivalries. It also touches on newspaper life, Christmas sales, and local media figures.
Editorial urges a practical 1949 plan for Decatur and Morgan County focusing on infrastructure such as schools and gas delivery, plus a booming farm economy with a daily Ash market. It calls for strong civic leadership, industrial growth, and united effort by all residents to raise living standards and opportunities for families and children.
President Truman, while writing at his desk, quips about Senator Taft and reads a Taft note offering future help in the Senate. The exchange with the National Labor Relations Board members ends with Truman hinting Taft may not want Dewey to win.
Ohio congressman George Bender once swept his friends with brooms. now out of office he mails Christmas presents a Dewey campaign necktie and sweatshirt. He has appointed himself a one man lobby to read the Democratic Platform at committee meetings, promising humor and healthy influence.
During the Civil War Jubal Early nearly captured the U.S. capital near today’s Sears Roebuck site in Silver Spring. The postwar shift to council manager governance spread to 17,000,000 Americans, yielding faster road building, higher nurses’ salaries, upgraded police, and slashed gasoline waste from retail purchases under new county supervisor Irving McNair.
The aging population grows as life expectancy rises. Older adults face reduced reserve capacity and common sleep irregularities. Emphasize understanding symptoms, avoid fear, and keep elderly people busy with activities like gardening. Regular physicals help detect and correct ailments.
A county cut fuel costs by buying gasoline wholesale at 13. cents a gallon instead of 23.6 cents, funding better schools. Supervisor metes and faced enemies, becoming a success. Republicans, in a Civil War era shift, aim to overturn a system they started.
Murray Lincoln of the Cooperative League of America urged President Truman to test an alternative for Ruhr recovery via European cooperatives led industries. Lincoln proposed including German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Swiss cooperatives to give Germans a stake in Ruhr recovery and to foster UN cooperation. Truman listened and asked Lincoln to brief Lovett and Draper. Lovett was unavailable, Draper discussed the idea but remained cautious about permanent control and a cooperative international model.
Reader asks about severe headaches. Answer notes migraines as a possible cause and warns there are many causes requiring thorough study to determine the proper treatment. Features Syndicate, Inc.
Four Decatur postmen working routes south of Moulton Street Grant Street South to Gordon Drive Second Avenue to 12th Avenue East Prospect Drive and West Decatur were featured this weekend in The Daily Office for receiving Christmas gifts. S. E. Ryan received 118.55 dollars, Grady Hutto 117 dollars, L. A. Strane Jr. 115.37 dollars, and Sam F Evans 111.43 dollars. Each man, with long tenures on their routes, expressed appreciation for the thoughtfulness of postal customers.
Annie Johnson Flint reflects on pain and forgiveness in a New Year meditation urging readers to abandon regret and trust in God who forgives and records no sin. Rev Glass counsels looking up to Jesus for rest, strength, joy, and peace amid life’s trials. An aside notes American Indians along the Atlantic Coast enjoyed oysters.
President Truman faces a question from a slow fall in living costs. He may seek renewed price control and anti inflation measures if congress agrees, but falling prices risk delaying new controls. The downtrend could continue through December as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports monthly changes.
The administration aims to ask Congress for authority to establish a large farm product reserve larger than the former ever normal granary. It would absorb expected surpluses before peacetime demand and serve in emergencies, with government storage and access only during shortages and high prices. Also, reports from Tokyo say MacArthur seeks to prevent fallen warlords from becoming martyrs, ordering secret disposal of ashes while families keep keepsakes.
Sports experts note sagging pro football and horse racing attendance in 1948 due to television and living costs, while baseball and harness racing rose and are seen continuing growth. Boxing faces weak interest until tighter rules curb activity.
Washington experts see a fragile path to a Palestine settlement as extremist elements on both sides hinder talks. Riots in Iraq and the Egyptian prime minister’s assassination heighten Arab caution, while Jewish arms progress pressures Israeli leaders to overrule moderates. Some see stronger UN action forcing Arab submission to security council rulings.
MOBILE, Ala. Jan 1. Conrad Albrizio, on leave from Louisiana State University, unveils a new mural method using ethyl silicate to fuse pigments with plaster. He tests its permanence by solvents and plans large scale mural work at Wa terman Steamship Corp. office building.
In San Pedro California a baby boy weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces was born to Mrs Earl Bird in Torrance. The AP report notes the midwife joked about the baby’s name mix up and the humor amid delivery.
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