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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1950
Page
1
Cloudy with rain and possible freezing rain in northwest sections tonight. much colder Thursday. Tonight’s low 22 to 30 degrees in the north. Strong southerly winds along the coast shift to northerly tonight. Midweek services and church notices follow, with local business and social updates from Decatur, Trinity and surrounding towns.
Dorothy Howryschak 29 told police she shot and killed her husband John Howryschak 35 after he taunted that women are too dumb to use a gun. He died on the kitchen floor of his father in law's bungalow after Mrs Howryschak phoned and said I just shot my husband. The shooting followed six months of domestic strife caused by jealousy.
Two or three youths fled the Ardmore Bank of Ardmore Tennessee after a daylight robbery. A posse found an abandoned car two miles north of the Alabama Tennessee border with Limestone county plates and tracked the suspects toward Athens. Cash from the teller drawer totaled 1734 dollars. employees were unharmed. The robbers wore masks and one had an Army jacket.
A double funeral service will honor Genevieve Bland and her three year old daughter Alice Anita in Cullman on Thursday. Genevieve and Alice Anita died in a fire that destroyed the Falkville home Monday night. Husband Thomas Bland, burned from the hips down while rescuing his family, is recovering at a Falkville hospital and will attend the rites on a stretcher carried by ambulance.
A mass of cold air from the northern plains spreads southeastward signaling sharp temperature drops. Little Rock saw 71 to 45 degrees within hours with near freezing rain and snow forecast for Arkansas and neighboring states. Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee also face colder conditions.
Greenwood South Carolina January four two newspapermen Deling Booth of the Columbia bureau Associated Press and John H McCray publisher The Leaf Informer Negro newspaper charged with criminal libel for stories about the execution of a 16 year old white rape victim Indictments allege false malicious statements intended to injure the victim's character Judge J Robert Martin Jr ordered bench warrants Booth and McCray maximum penalty one year or five thousand dollars fine or both Details note Willie Tolbert Jr a 24 year old negro farmhand died in the electric chair October twenty eight in Greenwood
State tax collections are off 1 514 548 compared with a year ago. Revenue Commissioner Phillip J Hamm says December was the only month to exceed the comparable month in 1948. October November and December last year brought in 21 489 166 from 40 taxes. for the same period in 1948 the total was 22 983 714. December 1949 collections were 7 635 658 versus 7 446 301 in 1948.
Hillsboro county grand jury returns first degree murder indictment against Dr. Hermann N. Sander for the mercy killing of Abbie Borreto in Hillsboro County Hospital. Air injections alleged to hasten death. arraignment set. bail posted. doctor previously released to practice.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general one third cut in railroad passenger service on lines using coal as fuel. The reduction takes effect 11:59 PM local time Sunday and applies to lines with 25 or fewer days of coal supply and no dependable source. The two month order targets shortages from the coal dispute between John L. Lewis and mine operators.
Limestone board member Charles Leopard seeks a 100-foot bridge removed last spring from Brown's Ferry road seven miles east of Tanner. Investigators found no bridge in December, likely dismantled and sold for scrap iron. replacement cost estimated at $25,000 with scrap value about $200.
In Marianna Florida a county court fined two construction workers 25 dollars each after pleading guilty to fornication stemming from an incident involving a 15 year old girl from Cottondale. The men are Joseph Edward Edge 23 Miami and Elbert W Kyles Jr 19 St Bennet Pa. Edge's brother Johnny Elbert Edge 26 Miami had a similar case postponed to January 16. The trio were arrested near DeFuniak Springs after the girl alleged they lured her from a Cottondale theater and drove her to a country road where the acts occurred.
Fourteen convicts escaped from Atmore prison farm in heavy fog by tunneling under a fence. Nine have been recaptured. five more expected to be picked up soon. The tunnel carried steam pipes and wires to a new stockade replacing a fire damaged building.
In Mobile Alabama Lexie Edwardson 35 admitted firing a shotgun at her 14 year old son Chester Lamar Tullous after a quarrel following a movie. Chester was found dead December 27. Edwardson held without bond after signing a written statement detailing the act and disposal of the weapon.
The report captures initial reactions to President Truman’s state of the union address with Democrats praising the message’s leadership and stance against communism while Republicans fault the call for spending and tax policy. Lawmakers quoted include Rep. McCormack and Rep. Martin, with Arends noting it signals a 1950s political campaign.
J. K. Haynes of Hartselle informally signals a likely bid for the Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control chairmanship in the May primary. Sim Howell currently holds the post and is expected to seek reelection.
The Wafd party won an overwhelming victory over conservative parties in yesterday's Egyptian elections. The margin was large, seen as a rebuke to the saadist party and King Farouk's regime. Four people were killed in election day disorders during a citywide run. Premier Hussein Sirry Pasha reported a quiet vote under censorship.
Decatur post office receipts rose in 1949 to 151,312.04 dollars, up from 129,559.42 dollars in 1948. Postmaster R. T. Sheppard cited higher postal rates and business growth as drivers of about a 17 percent increase.
Paroled convict Glenn Davis asked the Alabama Pardon Parole Board to return to Kilby Prison to curb embarrassment from his release. He told board member Bill Drinkard he would be better off in prison than living as a public spectacle on a Walker County chicken farm. Davis, 40, has a long criminal record including 1933 Berry bank robbery and multiple later offenses. the board rejected his offer and he remained in the parole system.
President Truman urged a moderate tax increase today in a hopeful state of the union with a forecast of a booming economy. He said if growth continues as in the past half century, national production could reach about four times present levels in 50 years, averaging over one trillion dollars annually.
Speaker Rayburn disclosed that President Truman’s fiscal 1951 budget will seek a $1.8 billion cut from current year spending. The plan, to be released next Monday, calls for roughly $3 billion less in foreign aid and defense and about $1.2 billion more in domestic outlays for the year starting July 1. Current annual spending runs near $43.5 billion.
The President spoke of a future where average families earn beyond twelve thousand dollars annually and stressed current needs like rent controls and Taft Hartley repeal. He offered no revenue specifics, signaling changes to the tax system later. He aims for a balanced budget but warned of continued red ink and endorsed relief for European recovery without cutting essential programs. See U S on Page 2.
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