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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1949
Page
4
The column weighs budget aims and war spending, notes farm price policy and China, and celebrates Miss Marcella Collier’s 30-year service pin with Southern Bell. It also praises Alabama livestock prospects and urges local baseball revival in Decatur while defending press source protection in New York reporting.
The WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND recounts how Sen. Bob Taft and Sen. Allen Ellender split over the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill. Ellender pressed immediate introduction while Taft sought review. Taft sought unit estimates. Ellender corrected figures. The split ended decades long collaboration on housing policy.
Eight year old Tolise Gathings seated on Rep. E. C. Gathings lap in Arkansas warmly applauded during President Truman's civil rights passages. As the address advanced the room grew silent while Tolise kept clapping, drawing a sheepish glance from her father who finally stirred.
Scraps Of Life by Arlie B Davidson reflects on inward poise and tranquility. It contrasts self centered pursuit and wealth with the wisdom of living well, citing Charles Steinmetz who says the wise man learns to live and the shrewd man to make money. The piece frames a moral about values and happiness.
A congressman paused to applaud as a man reached down to cradle his daughter’s hands and keep her safe, signaling a restrained, respectful interlude during a public moment.
Maine's Sen Owen Brewster publicly touted his sister Margaret Chase Smith's selection to the Republican Policy Committee. The appointment was already decided to appease liberal Republicans, with Brewster rushing a letter to claim credit after a Taft tip.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg’s son Art Jr resigns from his post after two weeks’ notice as he seeks PR work in New York. Manny Celler leads with 35 measures in the opening day tally. Carl Hinshaw adds 25. John Carroll and Stephen Young meet at the Democratic caucus, last seen together on Anzio. Phil Kaiser to become assistant Secretary of Labor for international affairs. A veteran, if Ewing’s status isn’t raised, he may run for New York governor.
Last week Senator Estes Kefauver’s father visited Washington to witness his son being sworn into the Senate. He quipped that he is now “his daddy” and praised the country’s improvement when a son outshines his father.
Senate GOP leader Ken Wherry’s ghostwriter Albion Beveridge, who ranked last in Maine primaries, drafted many of Wherry’s lines. Beveridge was outed by fellow Republican Senator Vandenberg after a fallout over leadership steps. Edith Ridgely, a restaurant hostess, can identify all incoming congressmen by sight. India Edwards of the Democratic women’s division proposed 15 women for high government and diplomatic posts.
Westbrook Pegler outlines Truman’s choice of Dean Acheson for Secretary of State as part of ongoing opposition to alleged Communist treachery in the State Department. He catalogs links between Acheson, Alger Hiss, Felix Frankfurter, and Whittaker Chambers, noting hearings and loyalties shaping policy toward Russia.
New York dispatch reviews Alger Hiss and his career as listed in Who's Who with an aside on his impending trial. The column also recalls Sonja Henie returning to Madison Square Garden on January 20, praising her ice show earnings and recent tour investments.
The text portrays General Smith as a Roosevelt ally who rose from Lieut Colonel to Lieutenant General amid Pearl Harbor events and later stood up to Stalin in Russia under Truman. It notes shifts in Communist leadership from Browder to Foster, Browder’s firing, and hints at forthcoming ambassadorial moves and party line changes.
A TVA region report shows 1448 new manufacturing plants began operations through June 1948, with 796 in the Tennessee Valley. Only nine moved from outside the Valley, and most plants cluster in towns of varying sizes, including many in large cities.
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