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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1946
Page
1
Local Notices and Arrivals Highlight Holiday Posts
The column lists residents returning home from military service and travels. Cecil M Young and family have moved to Decatur from Huntsville. Cpl Tillman Knowles returned to West Point GA after New Year visits. Byars, a Portland OR veteran from Okinawa, plans to be home soon. Marel Sheats and Marjorie Prater return to Florence State Teachers College for holidays. Several service members are discharged or on furlough, with details on badges battles and ships. Church programs and sermons are announced while taxes distributions are shared by Morgan County officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Tillman Knowles
West Point
Jimmie Lou Knowles
Marel Sheats
Marjorie Prater
State Teachers’ College
Florence
Morgan County highway bids advertised for 9 projects
The Alabama Highway Department announced bids for nine projects across nine counties totaling about 2.0 to 2.5 million dollars with work including grading drainage paving and two bridges. Contracts to be let January 25 with some cost shared by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Montgomery
Whitesburg
Memphis
Atlanta
Associated Press
States Highway Department
Marshall County
Horton
Albertville
Morgan
Marshall Counties
Arab
DeKalb County
Dawson
Crossville
Randolph County
Hutton Creek
Montgomery County
Catoma Creek
Selma
Sprott
Lowndes County
Mt. Willing
Wilcox
Peacetime Use for War Baby Jeeps Aid Mercy in North Alabama
Dr. D. E. Jackson, a West Limestone physician, buys a jeep to reach his hospital when weather and roads hinder ordinary cars. The jeep, developed by the Armed Forces for rugged terrain, proves ideal for errands of mercy and healing across battlefront and back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
D. E. Jackson
West Limestone
Carrollton man dies in electric chair murder case headline
James W. Hall a 24 year old former Little Rock cab driver and confessed slayer of six persons died in the electric chair at 7 22 am at the state prison farm Tucker Ark for the murder of his second wife Faye rene Clemmons Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker, Ark
James W. Hall
Little Rock
Fayrene Clemmons Hall
War of Disease Secret Weapon for the Future
Navy reports a likely future war using man-made epidemics after two years of secret experiments at the University of California. The unit gained knowledge on mass defense against a highly fatal disease, name withheld for security. Japan was on the road to perfecting biological weapons when the war ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Naval Medical Research Unit
University of California
United States
Britain
Canada
War Research Service
Japan
MacArthur orders sweeping purge of Japanese government
General MacArthur and Premier Shidehara move to cleanse Japan’s government, ousting ultra nationalist, militarist and war era leaders. The directives bar many Diet members from running in the next election and target high level officials from the Cho kunin-rank up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Shidehara
Kyodo
Kijuro Shidehara
Shigeru Yoshida
Chu
Black Dragon
UNRRA calls for Morgan resignation over Jewish exodus claim
UNRRA announces Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan should resign as chief of operations in Germany after his Frankfurt news conference alleging a secret Jewish group linked to a Polish Jewish exodus. Morgan disputed the decision and said he had not resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UNRRA
Frederick E. Morgan
Germany
Frankfurt
Morgan
Poland
Hoechst
Volun
Sir Humfrey Gale
United Nations Administration
Herbert H. Lehman
California
Gale
Reports Denied Hoeschst Resignation as UNRRA Chief
Germany Jan 4 reports from Washington that Hoeschst resigned as UNRRA operation chief in Germany were denied today. A controversy surrounding the post was noted, but no resignation has been confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoechst
Germany
Today
Washington
UNRRA
Follow Up By Mips At Pearl Anticipated
Congressional investigators heard Hawaii defense forces expected Japan to strike again after Pearl Harbor. Knox's secret report to Roosevelt cited surprise by Kimmel and Short and noted weak prewar fighter strength due to diversions. The December 7 patrol reportedly went south, not toward the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Ferguson
R-Mich
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Husband F. Kimmel
Walter C. . Short
Oahu
Walter Co. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Adm. Kimmel
China Truce Terms Advanced to End Civil War
Chinese communists outline four conditions for peace with Chiang Kai-shek's government, including Marshall chairing a ceasefire committee, immediate halt to civil war, restoration of all communications and blockades, and inclusive investigation groups. K. C. Wu called the first point favorable. talks to continue today or Saturday in Chungking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
George C. Marshall
Truman
Hfe
Jehol
Yena
Political Consultative Council
K. C. Wu
Truman Urges Action On Proposals Amid Labor Tensions
President Truman appeals to the American people to pressure Congress to act on reconversion measures and curb strikes. He warns that delayed production and rising costs threaten postwar leadership and urges immediate passage of proposed fact finding boards legislation. Senate and House return January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Truman
Congress
The
Nation
Senate
House
Mr. Truman
Lucas
D.-Snl
George
D.-Ga
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
United States
Salvation Army Building Fund Receives Multiple Donations
Interest in the Decatur Salvation Army building fund grows with gifts from Malcolm Link of Rockmart Georgia and Mrs. Leftwich and L B Leftwich of Mooresville. Capt Oscar Fuller notes broader support across communities as donations total 35 dollars and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Decatur
Oscar P. Fuller
Malcolm Link
Rockmart
Goodyear Mills
Link
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Georgia
L.B. Leftwich
Mooresville
Army
Capt. Fuller
Leftwich
Sherrow Store Workers Get 1945 Bonuses
Nine Sherrow’s Store employees on Second Avenue received year end bonus checks for 1945. A total of 642 checks were issued ranging from 25 to 500 dollars, based on length of service. Part-time and extra staff were included alongside regular employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrow
Second Avenue
Youth Rally at Central Methodist Church Sunday
Preparations completed for a Methodist youth rally at Central Methodist Church Sunday at 2:30 PM. Principal speaker will be Dr. A S Pitts, former Decatur district superintendent and wartime Army chaplain, now pastor of Florence First Methodist Church. Adults and children welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
A.S. Pitts
Decatur
Chaplain Corps of
Army
Pitts
First Methodist Church of
Florence
Eight year old boy caught selling cigarettes at railway station
An eight year old Decatur boy was found selling cigarettes at the Southern railway station and returned to his mother by Decatur police. Special agent Jesse Hassel reported the boy had two cartons and seven packs, claiming the cigarettes came from a truck behind Harlow Grocery Co. He said he had already sold three packs for 65 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Southern Railway Station
Jesse Hassel
L and N Railroad
Harlow Grocery Co
Bank Street
Alabama Farm Bureau Sets 80,000-Member Goal
The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation aims for 80,000 members in five years, a resolution adopted by the executive committee at yesterday's meeting. This year's membership was estimated at 55,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
German field marshal ties war aims to Polish corridor
In a Mannheim affidavit, Marshal Werner Von Blomberg says the general staff viewed the drive to secure the Polish corridor, Ruhr, and Memel as a sacred duty. He links prewar secret rearmament to fears for East Prussia and notes generals did not oppose Hitler before 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard Muernberg
Germany
Marshall Werner von Blomberg
International Military Tribunal
Fuehrer
Hitler
General Staff
High Command
Blomberg
Ruhr
Memel
East Prussia
Poland
Lithuania
War Secretary Surprised by Guam Demobilization Plan
Honolulu dispatch from January 4 reports Secretary of War Patterson was shocked to learn on Guam that overseas discharge points had ceased accumulating since September 2. Patterson, arriving in Tokyo on a world tour, was told two-year men would be released by late winter with Ma 20 as the discharge date. He said he was unaware of that schedule and noted Pacific demobilization pressures and a personnel shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Army
Stars and Stripes
Patterson
Guam
W J . Patterson
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
New Threats of Walkouts Roil Nations Labor Scene
The Associated Press reports rising labor unrest with walkouts looming in four major industries affecting about 1.5 million workers. CIO unions threaten strikes in Harvester plants and Goodyear/Firestone affiliates, while Western Electric sympathy actions and AFL and CIO activity intensify pressure on wage demands and labor policy nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New
Truman
Chicago
CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
International Harvester Company
Harvester
CIO
Salt Lake City
Utah
Akron
Ciio-United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tires and Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
C. V. Wheeler
Goodyear
Western Electric Co
New York
New Jersey
Joseph A. Beirne
Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Employer Association
Beirne
NFTW
AFL
Western Union Telegraph Co
Metropolis
War Labor Board
Stamford, Conn
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co
United
United Electrical Workers
Immete
Crect
os —_ Westinghouse
Motors An Electric
United Auto Workers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decaturs Diare
Dniimale
Cecil. M. Young
Huntsville
Fifth Avenue West
F. D. Byars
Portland
Ore
Byars
Okinawa
Pfc
Erby B. Caldwell
Capshaw
Jack Bryant
Naval Service
First Baptist Church
George A. Rice
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Huie Ryan
1-C
Wisconsin
M. W. Ryan
James Campbell
Decatur 3
Pacific
R. F. Miller
Avenue Church of God
O. KE. Ogie
Madison
Mary E. Hampton
Olen E. Hampton
States
Hampton
Thomas
Cotton) Holt
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Bert Murphree
Flint
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Alvis G. Briscoe
State of Alabama
Austinville
Falkville
Hartselle
Trinity
City of Decatur
Geraldine Hill
Moody Bible Institute
John Standridge
Danville 3
Y James Hopson
Lacon 1
Edward Cassidy
Sarah Elliott
Morgan Area
Somerville
Swift
Aen Reynolds
Nips
Russell Brines
Morgan Post
MIPS
Pearl
FDR
Spur
Robert F. White
Ohio
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
White
Ohio State University
War Department
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