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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1949
Page
1
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Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with warmer conditions Saturday and on the coast. The Decatur cotton market noon quotes middling 32.5 and strict low 30.5. Police Chief J B Whitmire reports four gaming arrests, one drunkenness, two disorderly conduct and one speeding. Rev Joe Gomes of Moulton Heights Baptist will speak at Fairview Baptist Church Sunday both services. Building permit approved for remodeling Shumake Furniture store valued at 2200 dollars. owner W J Duncan signs. Traffic light on Johnston Street at Fourth Avenue caused confusion as lights differed by side. John Doe family news and local movements include transfers to Huntsville and hiring updates. Fire department responded to Gobble-Fire Lumber Co. alarm. no loss. Multiple hospital moves and births noted. legal deadline approaching for poll tax payments on February 1. Diary reference on Page 2.
A brief citywide power outage affected Decatur from 11 15 to 11 25 am this morning. Officials attributed the blackout to unusual circumstances in the TVA supplied system with no local fault evident.
A three judge federal court in MOBILE ALABAMA ruled the Boswell amendment invalid and enjoined the Mobile county board of registrars from enforcing its two year old voter qualification test. The ruling cited that the amendment denied registration based on race and violated the 14th and 15th amendments. Two negro plaintiffs Hunter Davis and Julius B Cook were refused registration solely due to race. Damages sought were denied. court noted prior registrations and rejections tied to the Boswell amendment.
Pell City mayor and Oak Ridge merchant Joe Doby received a note from The 21 Firebugs threatening his store with destruction unless he paid $1,000 in twenty dollar bills. The letter cites the Rennie couple killed in their home on May 1, 1948 as a warning and was found near Doby’s store and the Oak Ridge post office where he serves as postmaster.
Washington January 7 The House subcommittee on cotton holds first hearings on 1950 crop controls with two Agriculture Department officials as witnesses C D Walker and E D White Pace chairman of the subcommittee asks whether 1950 cotton plantings will count toward next year s allotments under possible acreage limits He cites an overall U S cotton supply near 19 million bales with domestic consumption and exports around 12 13 million and a July carryover likely above 6 million bales indicating the need for acreage controls The 15 member subcommittee covers all major cotton states
Washington January 7 Senator Hill of Alabama introduced a bill to eliminate the quarter cent per pound levy on oleo margarine. Other Southern lawmakers proposed measures include Stennis seeking $100 million for rural road cooperation and Allen calling for a 25 percent rise in WWI veterans compensation and pension rates.
Warmer, fair weather speeds relief work across storm battered West and flood prone Southern states. Snow near lakes Ontario and Huron. rain along Washington coast. Death toll rises to 17 with nine in Wyoming and others in Nebraska. California crop losses rise. Los Angeles reaches 50s after record lows.
President Truman voiced firm belief the United States can reach its goals of maximum employment production and purchasing power. He warned that gains are not guaranteed and could be lost if the future is left to chance.
President Truman, at a news conference, rejected Life magazine claims of a cabinet fight to soften U S policy toward Russia. He called the Life article by Jay Franklin unfounded in nearly every respect and said he never had a private interview with Franklin. He noted Franklin never saw top secret documents and had only met him for a job inquiry.
He hailed the halt of the low price rage as a signal of approaching stable prosperity. The annual report to Congress describes the Fair Deal program as a two edged weapon of government, anti low mood and anti inflation. Truman set national goals for the year including another million man employment increase.
Washington January 7 Southern Democrats predict President Truman will avoid a civil rights showdown in the Senate for two to three months or longer. Dixie foes vow to keep powder dry while Truman seeks a broad program including tax reform and housing, making civil rights a risky single issue for now. Senator Sparkman says civil rights is one plank in a larger agenda and he doubts quick action will be pursued. Senator Russell anticipates leading a Dixie filibuster contingent to block civil rights moves.
Murphy Alexander sustained minor lip and left face injuries after a bicycle was struck by a ton and a half truck at Bank City police. The driver was listed as E. H. Nesmith. Decatur 2. Investigating officers were Self and Jacobs.
Secretary of State Marshall resigns due to illness and is replaced by Dean Acheson. Undersecretary Lovett also quits. Budget Director James E. Webb named as Undersecretary. Changes take effect Jan 20, with Truman's inauguration.
George Mills leads the Disabled American Veterans blood donors club here after appointment by Commander Clifford Odom at a Legion meeting. Eighteen DAV members attended as the slogan The Blood You Give Might Be Given Back to You was adopted. Members receive physicals and, if eligible, a donor card with contact details and blood type on file for call to donate.
In Brewton Alabama a 19 year old Bayonne New Jersey soldier Alexander Kurry remains unconscious days after a truck car collision Wednesday. X rays were taken to check for skull fracture. He was returning to Keesler Field Mississippi with four other New Jersey soldiers and a civilian who suffered minor injuries. The truck driver Cicero Hutchinson was charged with operating an overwidth truck and released on 730 dollar bond.
Three 16-year-old boys from Columbia Tennessee are in Coosa County jail after confessing to stealing an All-Wright Pastry shop truck in Decatur and an earlier auto in Columbia. They were caught trying to burglarize a Rockford store as authorities await FBI guidance and decide on prosecution venue. The truck was found abandoned at Sylacauga and agencies from Decatur police to highway patrol are involved.
Montgomery Alabama January 7. Chief Joseph T Burton of the ABC enforcement division says the moonshine whisky business remains at its peak in the state. Enforcers destroyed 284 stills in December up 48 from November, with 27 offenders nabbed for violations. Agents seized 813 pints of unstamped liquor half pints 164 bottles of unstamped beer and eight pints of unstamped wine, a potential 52 700 gallons of whisky monthly worth 421 600 at current prices.
Israel halted firing and prepared for armistice talks with Egypt, raising hopes for peace in Palestine. Britain reported a new incursion by Jews into Egypt near Rafa and a fortified roadblock inside Egypt. The Security Council examined the Palestine issue as Trans-Jordan and Iraq faced political upheaval and ongoing conflicts with Israel.
Decatur residents enjoyed a dry spell as the weather bureau reported no rainfall for the day. Readings reached 52 at noon with a low of 31 overnight. hourly temperatures climbed from 38 at 8 AM to 52 by noon.
Cox of Georgia denounces House rules changes as a move toward leftist statism and reversals in policy. He argues the rules have moderated action and that altering them could curb business expansion and slow economic growth, warning of nationwide repercussions.
The Decatur Municipal Utilities Board plans a joint meeting with the City Council to authorize a near one million dollar water plant expansion funded by revenue bonds. Engineers Pol glaze Basenburg forecast new rates, expanding capacity to 38 million gallons daily, with 2 million more storage and 35 800 feet of new mains to improve domestic, commercial, industrial service and fire protection.
Selective Service in Alabama will start the New Year by calling 2333 selectees for preinduction and induction in January. Of this number 2000 will be called for preinduction physical examination and 333 for induction into the Army. Morgan county was overall to furnish 50 men for January 6.
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