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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1950
Page
2
Washington reports wage-hour changes raise the interstate minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour and expand exemptions for retail and service firms. The act retains time and a half for overtime and narrows the scope of exemptions for various industries and small operations.
Boston and state troopers stop eight men in a black sedan after an alarm from Boston police. The eight identify as vermin makers en route from a ship job to Brooklyn. Empty bags with federal bank markings found in Wilmington and Brunswick but Boston police say no connection to the robbery. James V. Crowley says the masked gunmen who vanished after a 20 minute raid likely headed to New York. A Pittsfield probe and Albany plans were halted by a Boston recall order. Rewards remain for the eight-man crew who wore Halloween faces during the holdup of five workmen.
Cotton middling 31.00. Cottonseed per ton 40.00. Broilers 20% delivered. Hens heavy 21. Hatching eggs 80c per dozen. Corn ear white 1.25, ear yellow 1.20. Wheat 2.10. Oats-téc. Milo 2.05. Milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Stock exchange activity was selective with advances led by Allied Chemical and Mathieson while General Motors and International Harvester lagged. Cotton futures climbed to new season highs with March and May 1950 deliveries near 31 cents per pound amid strong export and mill buying.
Markets summary shows steady selective movement in New York rails with cotton reaching new season highs. In Chicago wheat mixed with March firm and others easy, corn weak with cash receipts down, oats tracking corn. hogs and cattle nominally steady.
The plan targets lower excise rates across items such as jewelry furs toilet preparations luggage communications transportation and camera gear. Leaders argue the move would speed tax increases while preventing piggybacked hikes and call for enforcement against tax dodgers.
William T. Puckett filed a $750 damage suit in Morgan county court through attorney Norman Harris against the L and N railroad. He says on January 9, 1950, north of Nashville the conductor ordered him off the Hummingbird and to wait for train No. 4, forcing him to walk through rain a quarter mile with other passengers and crew, then wait four hours in a dispatcher's office, leaving him greatly humiliated and ill.
More than 1000 leaders from 18 states attend the National Cotton Council conference in Memphis. Harold A. Young of North Little Rock heads the council as delegates discuss research to improve cotton fabric, crease and soil resistance, and lure with new quality, plus concerns over foreign markets and potential ECA funding cuts.
About 30 textile workers from 13 North Carolina towns and two South Carolina towns will participate in a Capitol conference. They were chosen by local unions for the January visit.
January 25 docket lists multiple civil suits and notes including Brown vs Summerford for 468 dollars and Bromwell Johnston?. Magnus Chemical Co. vs Edgeman for 146 dollars. Hembree and others in a promissory matter. antique cherry bedroom suite dispute. and bank Note suit by First National Bank of Tuscumbia against Chenault, with multiple attorneys named across cases.
Preliminary talks outline plans and costs for a new youth center. Attendees include Mrs. Louis Bell, PTA reps, Civinettes, Mothers' clubs, Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, coaches, city officials, and heads of civic groups.
CIO unions from two states plan a four day trip to Washington to lobby congressional offices and attend a session. The delegation aims to press for labor legislation and meet lawmakers.
In Washington on January 21 a one day filibuster over a small foreign bill may block the House from voting on President Truman’s Fair Employment Practices Committee measure. The FEPC faces delay in the Rules Committee as Southern opponents vow full discussion and many amendments.
Dobbins argued for a dispersed authority approach to both government and the economy. He warned against overcentralization and tariff tariffs, urged government balance in taxation and public works, and called for studying resources and preventing economic misuses. He urged industry groups to form economic improvement associations to start Alabama industries.
L. A. Winfield aged 22 of Shannon Alabama died in a Bessemer hospital from injuries from a collision between his motorcycle and a truck on Highway 31 about 15 miles south of Birmingham. The accident occurred the previous night.
Georgia Tech defeated Tennessee 68 to 57 while Kentucky beat DePaul 86 to 53. Alabama won 57 to 51 over Tulane with Oklahoma A and M 47 Tulsa 33 and Birmingham Southern 55 Florida State 45. Vanderbilt edged Auburn 58 to 47.
In Birmingham on January 21 a high court of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan opened a treason trial series but Rev. Alvin Horn did not attend. Horn, a Talladega Baptist minister and Georgia Klans organizer, accused William Hugh Morris of treason and said he would not appear. Rallies and notes show ongoing Klan split with several klaverns moving to the Georgia Association. Rewards were posted for the arrest of a barber shop flogging suspect, with $25 offered by Horn and $100 by Sheriff Earl Howell.
Kermit Tucker district representative of the soil conservation service spoke to the Business and Professional Women's club about conserving water and soil. Maynard Layman joined as a conservation advocate highlighting rural urban interdependence and the need for forest cover to maintain groundwater.
U S Rep Clifford R Hope charged the Brannan farm plan would turn farm programs into partisan politics at a Cullman county courthouse rally. He said the plan aims to unite farmers and organized labor under a slogan of high incomes for farmers and cheap food for consumers, and warned that someone must pay the bill and parity prices would be destroyed.
William Hynes of UMW District 4 urged immediate polls among about 23 000 miners. Some locals backed returning to work on a three day week while others stayed on strike, with Northern West Virginia plants also seeing mixed votes. Raffelle Magiolo of Bethlehem No 41 mine said the back to work vote was 100 percent.
Morgan Board of Revenue chairman Sim L. Howell announced that right of way deeds for the Cullman Lacon improvements on U S 31 have been received. Deeds cover 79 acres for a 1.75 mile segment and enable $6 444 in agreed claims to be paid. The board seeks proper deeds to proceed with up to six condemnation suits for the Decatur Arab roads.
Morgan W Scott 63 Flint railroad employee dies after Birmingham hospital stay. Funeral Sunday at South side Baptist Church with Rev B Burks and Rev W J Johnson officiating. Burial in city cemetery. Survived by wife Betty, two sons, three daughters, sisters, brothers, and 16 grandchildren. Brown funeral director.
Flood waters along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers recede while about 25,000 people have been driven from homes this month. In Missouri the Birds Point New Madrid floodway evacuation leaves 11,400 residents out. Engineers expect the crisis to pass without opening levees.
Dr Maples a Limestone physician bred in Elkmont and brother Dr Will Maples are honored by the Maples bridge dedication on Sept 22 1949 and his widow Dizzie Potts Maples survives with relatives The Pribilof Islands sealing industry nets the U S government over 1 million dollars annually in revenue
Mr and Mrs H N Teague are visiting Mr and Mrs C R Teague at Hartselle route two. Mr and Mrs Clark Rountree of Decatur visit their daughter who resides in St Augustine Florida.
Alabama League of Municipalities convenes in Montgomery for a three day session with about 400 officials. Leads speakers Rep. Albert Rains Shane McCarthy Gov. James E. Folsom Mayor Cooper Green editor H A Buttenheim and Collins mayor Jimmy Arrington. Topics include streets industry recruitment recreation traffic finances and employee retirement.
Theo W. Morris 61 dies at Decatur General Hospital. Funeral at Decatur Central Methodist Church at 1 30 PM with Rev W Nelson Guthrie officiating and Woodmen of the World graveside rites. Survived by wife two daughters six grandchildren and eight living relatives. Born April 28 1889 in Limestone County.
The report covers U S Secretary Dean Acheson accusing Russia of annexing northern China and Chiang Kai shek allies reacting as Chou En Lai visits Moscow pledging friendship. It notes Truman pressing Congress for quick aid rectification for Korea and Finland denying harboring war criminals amid Baltic tensions. Churchill addresses British voters urging a Tory win to defeat communism.
Mrs. Nora Cody of Buffalo expresses thanks to Falkville and Decatur community members for aid to the Bland family after a New Year fire caused by an exploding stove. Mrs. Bland and daughter Alice Anita died. Thomas Bland is hospitalized with burns, Ruby survived. Thomas rescued Ruby and attempted to save his wife. The couple had a young baby and Thomas later received care in Nashville.
State Senator Noble Russell elected president of the Morgan County Bar Association for 1950 succeeding Julian Harris. Harris praised for reviving the group formed in 1949. New officers include Merrill Doss as vice president LeRoy McEntire as secretary treasurer and Sherman Powell Phillip Shanks Robert Hutson Joe Calvin and Ralph Slate on the executive committee.
Albert Rains in Alabama is named to a new party committee with Brassell succeeding the late W G Rains. Other appointees include J Miller Bonner of Camden Kenneth Griffith of Cullman and Norman Harris of Decatur all elected without opposition. McCorvey urged all Democrats to vote in the May primaries and pledged to support party nominees in November.
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