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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
3
Henry Wallace, defeated in last November's presidential race, remains mostly silent in Westchester County New York. He says he will not grant interviews and hints the Regan party remains essential even as his future in politics is uncertain.
Alabama public schools and higher education seek a 127,212,462 two year appropriation to replace a 102,900,000 current level. State leaders including A R Meadows and university heads urge capital outlay and operating funds, with specific requests for Alabama, Auburn, and University of Alabama systems.
DeWitt Mackenzie discusses Rita Hayworth's rumored engagement to Prince Aly, son of the Aga Khan. He notes the caliphate’s religious influence, their dynastic stakes, and the Aga Khan's immense wealth and philanthropy. The piece weighs how marriage would affect Mohammedan succession and world affairs.
In Hollywood the volume of fan mail to movie stars has declined in recent months though still enough to employ four workers. Superintendent Walter Bott notes no clear reason, with most letters arriving addressed to studios or stars at various California locations. The mail is sorted into cubbyholes for known actors, and daily messenger pickups from studios continue.
The City Council approved a public hearing on zoning ordinances for Decatur and heard about subdivision regulations from state planning officials. They granted a route change for transit, empowered traffic light moves, and scheduled a water rate hearing for January 24.
A collage of humorous exchanges and witticisms about marriage work and society including a Farrow quote about choosing and regretting meals, a Decatur-Wife exchange, talk among druggists and soda fountain chatter, a law and vacation gag, and a coal buyer’s quip with a global note on kissing in England.
Clovis Babler and Bryan McAfee filed a petition January 3 1949 in Morgan County Probate Court to admit Augustus Bassett as deceased and his last will to probate and record. The hearing is set for January 26 1949 with notice to named heirs and interested parties including Vivian Treviranus and others. Date of notice January 3 1949 by Judge T C Almon the probate judge.
Alabama Public Service Commission President Gordon Persons said he will appeal to the state supreme court a court decision granting Southern Bell a 2 530 000 annual rate increase in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge Walter B Jones granted the raise after the commission denied most of it last March. The company has fought the raise since October 1947 and was temporarily allowed a 2 400 000 bond to guarantee rebates if the final outcome denied the hike.
A whimsical dialogue set in Chatham Ontario contrasts memory and omission with jokes about banking, debts, and political platforms. The piece plays on advice, action, and the quirks of memory in a lighthearted tone.
TVA released 1948 figures showing slightly over five million visits to 15 major Tennessee River system dams, led by Kentucky with 893,758 and Fontana 812,268. Norris, Pickwick, Chickamauga, Fort Loudoun, Cherokee, Guntersville, Watts Bar, Douglas, Watauga, Hiwassee, South Holston, Wilson, Wheeler, and others followed, with Great Falls and some dams not counted. Registrations and counts form the basis for the totals.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Minerva S. Cox 71 of Alabama City at Union Grove church with burial at the adjacent cemetery. Surviving are three daughters two sons and other relatives. Also noted are services for Mrs. J C Smith 64 Cullman died Saturday with burial at Center Hill church cemetery and for William A Millwood 64 who died January 14 and was buried at Holly Pond church cemetery.
Pfe William Q. Brookley, 20 from San Francisco, arrives at Brookley Air Force Base Mobile Alabama for duty. He is the son of Capt Wendell H. Brookley, for whom the base is named, who died in 1934 at Bolling Field. The younger Brookley begins his service as an enlisted mechanic.
A Civil War nurse lived 33 years in marriage bearing pairs of twins and six sets of triplets, highlighting a remarkable fertility record for the era.
An advertisement touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a regulator for constipation. It urges daily intake of an ounce with milk and water, promising double money back if no relief after ten days, and invites readers to mail in the empty carton to Battle Creek, Michigan.
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