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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
1
Weather outlook with light snow on the northeast. temperatures range 30s to 40s. Army and Navy discharge updates for local servicemen include Peebles, Hallmark, Walter, Bailey, Hamilton, Eyster, Guthrie, Patton, and others with service details and medals. Community meetings, church services, PTAs, and hospital updates are listed with local names and addresses. Continued on Page Two.
The Navy reveals a plan to test an atomic bomb on a fleet of 97 ships in the Marshall Islands as part of a Crossroads experiment. Senator McMahon urges UN observers. cost may exceed 100 million dollars. The operation will use Nagasaki type devices, with unmanned ships anchored off Bikini Atoll to measure temperature and radioactivity.
The United Nations moved to create a special commission under the Security Council to devise controls on atomic energy. In Washington, James F. Byrnes urged rapid Security Council action on Greece Iran and Indonesia, as the council scheduled hearings for next week. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. will head the American delegation with Senator Tom Connally on the general committee.
Willard Clarence Howater, 27, a recently discharged Pacific veteran, died early yesterday while being transported to a Russellville hospital after his gun fired accidentally. He lived near Mt. Hope and was hunting with his brother when the mishap occurred. Funeral services are set for Friday at Crooked Oak church with Spry of Russellville directing. burial in Crooked Oak cemetery. He had been discharged three weeks ago and is survived by his father Cullen Hovator, seven sisters and two brothers.
Sid ney Raskin bakery executive charged in domestic relations court. Actress Darlene Welch testified she fed the habit to discourage him or take what he had if he had no money. Divorce trial set for next summer. alimony denied by Judge Kurtz Kauffman.
The Alabama Public Service Commission amended its segregation order to require railroads to offer separate accommodations and toilet facilities for white and colored passengers. The rule allows meals in the occupying space with consent and keeps curtains in dining cars, but removes partitions for trains from nonsegregating states. The measure applies to all passengers including uniformed military travelers and takes effect February 1.
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short charged the War Department delayed radar in Hawaii in 1941 while completing mainland installations in New York Seattle and San Francisco. He cited a Waterloo Iowa telegram and said Hawaii had limited initial radar capability before Pearl Harbor.
President Truman announced that meat workers would return to old wages if the government seizes the meat packing industry on Saturday, but whether the 263000 strikers will work for the government remains uncertain. AFL and CIO leaders weighed return conditions as unions warned against being misled by others actions.
Decature residents awoke to a fresh snowfall this morning. Snow blanketed streets and sidewalks before traffic began clearing it, with falling snow reported to have started around four o'clock.
Snow fell across North Georgia, Northeast Alabama, and Eastern Tennessee with light accumulation. The Weather Bureau predicted the snow would be brief and not extend far south of Atlanta, with warmer conditions in the afternoon expected to melt most flakes.
Decatur businessmen have six days left to pay city privilege licenses to avoid penalties. Licenses for 1946 may be paid through Jan 31 without penalty, city clerk Joe Pettey said. Beginning Feb 1 a 15 percent penalty will be charged. Only 415 of an estimated 1,000 licenses have been issued so far.
A White House poll shows the Senate likely will reject cloture to halt the FEPC debate. Senator Mead says a cloture petition will be pushed, with about 50 percent of votes counted in favor. The gag rule could limit debate to a total of one hour per speaker if adopted. Eastland and Maybank urge broader journal corrections and more disclosure of absences.
President Truman says current industrial strife is a contest for power between management and labor with both sides too powerful. He urges settlement of the steel strike on his wage plan and warns the government may seize plants if needed. He notes possible federal operation of a Utah steel plant and says meat plants may be seized with workers returning to old wages.
In a Madrid interview Generalissimo Francisco Franco rejects Nazi and Fascist policies, says Spain follows its own course toward "absolute democratic rule by the people," and asserts no persecution of Jews or other religions. He notes return of monarchy only when suited to Spain’s interests.
Newton B Powell announces his run for judge of Alabama's eighth judicial circuit place one. He is a Morgan county resident born July 16 1910 near the Morgan Cullman county line and a 1934 University of Alabama law graduate who practiced in state and federal courts and served in the Army JAG and in the Philippines during World War II.
Glenn Ballew 23 of Union Grove was arrested near Oleander about 5 30 pm four and a half hours after robbing the Arab bank of 4550 in cash. The chase involved Sheriff Zeke Boyles, FBI agents, highway patrolmen and five other officers. Ballew was described as six feet tall, blue clothing, and fled into fields then woods before a friend helped him toward Chattanooga with 500 dollars.
Dave Byrd a Negro farm worker employed at the Decatur Box and Basket factory died at Decatur General hospital from injuries after his truck collided with a Southern Railway passenger train at the Greenbrier crossing yesterday afternoon. He suffered lacerations to the face head injuries two broken legs and internal injuries. The 1 1/2 ton truck loaded with 42 inch blocks of wood was driven west on the Decatur Madison road when the collision threw the truck about 100 yards off the road. Byrd was rushed to the hospital yesterday afternoon.
R. H. Bob Burleson of Ha 3 announces candidacy for the Morgan County Revenue Board. He cites his service in World War I and his role with the American Thompson Post No. Alabama as part of his qualification and pledge to serve to the best of his ability.
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