Inaugural Day Notes and Alabama Elections
A scrambled column notes Henry Wallace not liking Truman's speech and calls the inaugural typical. It lists Alabama Education Association candidates, draft law debates, and civic fights over Auburn Mississippi State game sites. A Chattanooga ad gimmick draws dogs to papers while D battery veterans address Truman as Captain Marry. Dothan holds Napier Field plant sale 98 to 30.
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Auburn
Memphis
Battery D
Truman
President
Mr. Truman
Dothan
Napier Field
Truman Inauguration Gap Ends With Barkley as Vice President
For 28 minutes on Thursday the U S momentarily lacked a president as the oath of office was ready for Truman. During that interval a vice president sat in the chair marked by Vice President Barkley who assumed office for a brief period before the new term began.
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United States
Truman
Barkley
Year Ahead for Decatur Chamber of Commerce
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce marks the end of another year and looks ahead to activity in year in review notes the city’s growth tied to chamber efforts and civic investment. It stresses Decatur’s need to increase funding for chamber operations and ongoing community projects.
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Decatur Chamber
Commierce
Decatur
Chamber of Andesite
Decatur Seeks Community Fund for Modern Baseball Park
Morgan County Post reports Decatur advances a plan to build a modern baseball field to be owned by the American Legion. The project targets 60 000 for half the cost with 30000 already raised through advance box and grandstand seats.
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Morgan County Post
American Legion
Wlegion
Legion
Robert McNelly
Claude McMurtrie
Lloyd L. Lively
Eddie Glennon
Birmingham Barons
Truman Faces Tax Battle as Congress Delays Action
The Washington Round reports that President Truman plans to defer a decision on a proposed 4 billion dollar tax increase. Senate finance chair Walter George signals a fight against an excess profits tax and may instead raise normal corporate tax rates from 38 to 45 percent to raise about 2 billion dollars.
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Harry Truman
United States
Alben Barkley
Franklin Roosevelt
Tsuman
Senate
Georgia
Walter George
Finance Committee
George
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Thuman
Liberal tax proposals spark House battle over deficits and excises
Michigan Democrat John Dingell advocates liberalizing wartime excess profits taxes to raise 3.5 to 4 billion dollars and offset a 2 billion deficit under the George proposal. He cites possible estate and gift tax gains of 500 million to fund tax relief and reduce excises on entertainment and goods. Senate conservatives oppose the plan as President and Treasury study the broader tax issue.
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Ways and Means Committee
John Hanes
Cheever Cowdin
Wall Street
Knutson
John Dingell
Michigan
George
Congress
Dingell
Senate
Treasury
Department
Allies Seek Aid and Indonesian Crisis Grows
President Truman asks Congress for half a billion dollars in aid to Latin America while global tensions rise. The Swiss secret police are accused of tapping U S telephone lines in Switzerland. Dutch策略 uncertainty grows as guerrilla warfare flares behind Indonesian fronts amid a Dutch retreat. Bellet Smith nears Moscow as ambassador for months, with Acheson set to choose a successor. Nehru and Evatt convene ten Far Eastern nations to back Indonesian Republicans and oppose aggression. Sweden asks for arms under a regional defense pact but stalls joining Atlantic defense.
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Congress
Latin America
Legation
Switzerland
Bedell Smith
Moscow
Dean
Acheson
Lovett Reveals Backstage Foreign Policy Reflections
Former undersecretary of state Robert Lovett gave an off the record account to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee just before his retirement. He spoke candidly about American diplomacy and the behind the scenes conduct of foreign policy.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Lovett
Fix it up
Advice column urges reconciliation and renewed effort to mend relationships. Addresses parents children spouses and emphasizes forgiveness and renewed effort to restore harmony after misunderstandings and quarrels.
Decatur civic clubs grow as Pilot club moves toward charter
Mary Williams reports Decatur’s Pilot club advances toward a full charter while a Legion auxiliary meeting is arranged for eligible Disabled American Veterans members. Citizens are invited to a Legion home meeting Thursday at 2:30 PM. A $60,000 baseball park ticket drive funds construction via the American Legion. Kiwanis public affairs, led by Philip Shanks, launches a public information effort against subversive propaganda.
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Mar Williams
Decatur
Pilot Club
The
Legion
Mary Williams
American Legion
Kiwanis Public Affairs Committee
Philip Shanks
Kiwanis Club
United States
Truman
Assembly
John Troxler
State Dept Chief Compares Global Crises to Firefighting
Lovett says policy hinges on how Russia acts at the Austrian peace talks starting February 7. He notes Moscow will gauge Soviet American ties by the conference chair and warns Russia may use war if diplomacy fails. He likens the State Department to a volunteer firefighting force racing to quell clashes in Palestine Egypt and Indonesia.
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Truman
Lovett
Kremlin
United Sates
State Department
Palestine
Israel
Egypt
Indonesia
U. S
Lovett Outlines China Policy and Europe Aid
Lovett says the United States will honor commitments to Chiang Kai Shek but favors limited support if needed. He classifies Chinese Communists into three groups and notes Moscow trained radicals. He reports Berlin crisis shows Russia blocked and Europe improving under the Marshall Plan with a deadline in 1952 for European independence. The U S aims to lower tariffs and expand world trade while offering loans for specific projects in South America.
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U.S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lovett
United States
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
Europe
Howevever
State Department
U. S
Uuth America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Minstrel Show Planned By The Cub Scouts
The Cub Scouts at Hens, Alabama plan a minstrel show in the high school auditorium next Thursday evening with no admission charged. Cub Scoutmaster Wallace Jeffery and F. M. Pate will act as interlocutor and direct the performance.
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Hens, Ala
Wallace Jeffery
F. M. Pate
Luther Patrick to Speak at Civitan Noon Meeting
Birmingham reform congressman and author Luther Patrick will be principal speaker at the Civitan club noon meeting at Hotel Lyons on Wednesday. The report clarifies Rotarian Maynard Layman was not expelled and Civitan has not tried to raid members.
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Luther Patrick
Birmingham
The
Civitan Club
Lyons
Maynard Layman
Government's New Socialized Medicine Program Hearing
Dr Erskine Chenault will explain the Government's new socialized medicine program at the Rotary Club meeting on Monday at 12 15 PM at the Hotel Lyons Hafford Leeman chairs the vocational service committee and leads the program
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Erskine Chenault
Rotary Club
Hotel
Lyons
Hafford Leeman
Vocational Service Committee
Chamber Directors Re-elect Gregg for Another Term
Chamber of Commerce directors re-elected Ewell K. Gregg as president at a Friday banquet at the Country Club. Gregg vowed to balance agricultural and industrial development and to diversify the farm program while attracting new industries to Decatur. The names of new officers were not announced at the banquet, fueling local speculation. The Kiwanis club backs a strong agricultural future tied to 4-H programs led by Marvin Rankin and plans for an extensive 4-H drive to encourage youth involvement.
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Ewell K. Gregg
Chamber
Country Club
Gregg
Decatur
Grege ++fornia
Kiwanis Club
Marvin Rankin
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Yacht Club
Tennessee River
Lions club full membership in Alabama Light Conservation
The Decatur Lions Club reports 100 percent enrollment in the Alabama Light Conservation Association. At a recent meeting it was announced that every Decatur member has joined as an individual in addition to the club’s organizational status.
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Lions Club
Alabama Light Conservation Association
Decatur
Civitan council meeting set for Guntersville February 4
Decatur Civitans are expected to attend a north Alabama Civitan council meeting in Guntersville on February 4. The Guntersville Civitan club will host visiting Civitan members with an excursion on Guntersville Lake. The Civitette club plans a Valentine party for its members’ sweethearts.
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Decatur Civitans
Civitan Council
North Alabama
Guntersville
Civitan Club
Civitans
Goumtersville Lake
Civinette club revives rose beds after setback in park
The Civinette club faced a loss as many newly planted rose bushes at Fifth Avenue W. and Danville Road withered. Undeterred, members regroup and plant more roses along with tulips in the triangular parkway, continuing the beautification effort with resolve.
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Civinette Club
Fifth Avenue W
Danville Road
Draft Appeal Seen Unlikely to Endure
Washington reports two congressional opponents of the draft say they will not push repeal this year. Rep Havenner of California and Rep Bishop of Indiana oppose repeal and warn it would prompt calls for universal military training. The draft law expires June 24, 1950.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
Havenner
D-Calif
House
Rep. Bishop
R-I
Bishop
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Attendance Improves in Morgan County Schools
Oscar Napps reports county school attendance for the fifth month of the year at about 88 percent, up from 87.16 percent last month. Union Hill posted the highest attendance at 96.5 percent among the district’s 21 elementary and junior high schools and seven high schools with 6,117 white students counted.
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Morgan Ae
Mont
Oscar Napps
Suuperintendent
Union Hill
Civic groups honor Decatur leaders and pledge service
Community notes describe the Oz city as a growing hub with civic clubs boosting agriculture and industry. Activities highlight the Yacht club’s harbor project, the Disabled American Veterans blood donor drive, and Kiwanis’ post election prayer for President Truman, praising democracy in action.
Rhododendrons Ranging From Bushy to Tree Height
Most rhododendron plants stay small and bushy, but a few varieties grow to tree-like proportions, expanding the range of forms in gardens.
Pastors Praise The March of Dimes Faith in Action
The essay links The March of Dimes to Christian faith, arguing charity and non sectarian effort against infantile paralysis. It urges all readers to contribute at least a dime and to support Chairman Barney Rickenbacker and his colleagues leading the campaign.
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March of Dimes
Barney Rickenbacker
Master of Men
Parking Limits Suggested for Athens Square
State representatives visiting Athens from Montgomery recommended a two hour parking limit around the public square and one block outward to ease congestion. They noted many cars stay all day on the square, blocking spaces for shoppers and farmers near stores, causing access problems.
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Ala
Montgomery
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