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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1948
Page
1
The forecast for the region notes partly cloudy skies with cooler highs in the extreme north this afternoon and a shift to northerly winds tonight. Decatur noon cotton quotations show middling at 35.40 cents and strict low at 34.40. Local notes include travel, church services, illness, and community events with multiple residents and institutions named.
Senator Taft declares President Truman’s legislative program leads to a totalitarian state and national bankruptcy. He vows GOP congress will not follow it and will pursue heavy spending cuts and tax reductions instead. Taft, Republican presidential hopeful, spoke after Truman’s State of the Union message. He dismisses a peace proposal from Senator Hatch as inadequate.
Ambassador Lewis Douglas told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that failures to approve a European recovery program could force huge arms spending and higher living costs at home. He warned critics that $6.8 billion in aid over 15 months could inflationary impact without aid.
Chairman Taber of the House Appropriations Committee estimated the Truman program would cost 20 billion dollars and urged tax reduction as a GOP priority in a speech for the Senate. Hatch proposed a united policy committee for inflation and foreign aid. Hazen urged united effort to make this Congress one of the greatest in history.
Whitehall sources said the United States sought and won approval from the Palestine government to send U S Marines to Palestine as guards for the U S consulate. Details on numbers and timing were unclear with conflicting reports from British and Arab offices.
The United States will deliver four fleet-type submarines and Navy crews to a Turkish port as part of a $100 million aid package approved by Congress. The move accompanies 1,000 Marines heading to the Mediterranean amid tensions with Soviet aligned forces.
The National Coal Association revised its 1947 bituminous coal output upward to 619 million tons, signaling a possible end-of-year total just shy of the all-time annual high. The prior estimate was 617 million tons, with the 1944 peak at 619.576 million tons.
The mangled body of James R. Beavers, engineer for the Louisville and Nashville Railway, was found on the Delta yards tracks early today. Fireman William G. Long said the train stopped briefly. Beavers left the cab and did not return. A search led to the body, which appeared to have fallen into a moving train. Beavers’s home is 1130 Ohio Avenue, Etowah, Tennessee.
Secretary of State Marshall rejected speculation that he would resign if Congress does not enact the European recovery program as he proposes. He stated Congress must meet all requirements or not undertake the job at all, clarifying his position at a news conference.
Montgomery imposes ban on daily newspaper reporters at Folsoms news conferences but amends to allow radio correspondents. Original order restricted wire services and weekly papers. amendment came after a radio speech leak to opposition leaders. The move relates to a campaign against a legislature special sessions proposal. See PRESS on Page 2.
A nine day strike by about 60,000 bank workers snarls Italy and threatens a nationwide general strike. Milan and Rome labor chambers back the action while police tighten security. Factories seized in Rome and protests spread as Prime Minister De Gasperi faces leftist pressure.
Montgomery Sheffield and Florence await a decision in Decatur's parking meter test case before installing meters. The Duncan Meter Corp is involved with Decatur, while Florence has contracted coin machines. Hearing set for Saturday at 10 A M in Judge Newton Powell's office with Duncan representative as witness. An Alabama supreme court appeal is possible. Defendants are Paul Robinson Charles H Eyster and D E B Frederick.
The Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Co Southeastern Greyhound Lines and Dr W M Booth are named as defendants in damage suits filed in Morgan county court. Lois Hazel by Dora Johnson seeks damages over a Coca Cola with copper wire causing loss of employment. The Coca Cola was sold to Woodall Brothers and purchased by Jack Cottengem on October 5 1947. Powell and Rosemary Powell sue for 500 each over a bus ticket dispute on a Tuscaloosa Falkville round trip on November 26 1947 where they were refused boarding.
Alexander R. George reviews historical third party candidates and their impact on elections. The piece outlines Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Know Nothings, La Follette, and the Populists, noting electoral votes and votes won to illustrate third party influence prior to a discussion of Wallace.
Captain Thomas F. Mantell Jr. 25 of Louisville a World War II veteran and Kentucky air National Guard officer was killed near Franklin Kentucky when his plane exploded in midair after pursuing a sky disc. Authorities said Mantell flew too high causing loss of consciousness during the chase.
Harold E. Stassen told a senate subcommittee that administration insiders profited about 4 million dollars trading in commodities since the war. He charged Edwin W. Pauley with not fully disclosing trading gains and urged a full investigation into insider profiteering and use of official information.
Alabama Finance Department testimony reports Gov. James E. Folsom ordered approval of a 5 516 600 REA loan after Alabama Power opposed him in his 1958 campaign. John P Shaffer says the governor preferred the larger amount and that W H Drinkard overruled Shaffer. The case seeks to void the loan approval for a Gantt steam plant.
Four masked gunmen robbed the Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans, taking about 114000 dollars in cash. The bandits forced the manager to open the vault and escaped before police could catch them, with insured losses covering the bank and workers losing smaller sums. A porter was assaulted during the robbery.
Two gunmen robbed a Cambridge store in Harvard Square near Harvard Yard, taking between 50 and 90 thousand dollars as smoke bombs covered their escape. Police, aided by a bank delivery in an armored car, pursued the trio after panic among about 200 customers who heard a shouted fire cue.
detectives report four bandits robbed a bank at about 8 30 stealing an estimated 114000 from the vault and tellers cages while a woman employee and 22 to 25 workers were herded into locker rooms by the intruders. porter Joseph L Thomas admitted the men as customers entered.
Tass reports Moscow sees Truman state of the union as recognizing domestic crisis and suffering inflation while the Soviet press notes promises on living standards and civil rights but questions specifics. The dispatch from Washington highlights the address raised perennial American principles yet offered general pledges.
Squire Boggins is laid up with gout while police arrest Jake Shore on a fiat pes ape eget gon charges.
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