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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1949
Page
1
Weather outlook notes partly cloudy skies with colder temperatures tonight and Saturday across the state. Sunday events include a Sunday school rally at Nazarene church in Huntsville at 3 PM and various local hospital and home discharge updates for residents, including Wallace Flanagan and Mrs. Bertie Cobble family notices.
The Decatur City Council approved an ordinance increasing water rates effective midnight January 31 to fund a one million dollar Water Department expansion. A two million gallon storage tank and plant upgrades will boost city supply from four to eight million gallons daily with bids to be sought by mid February and work to start by April.
In Frankfurt Germany dated January 28 German billboards display blunt romance ads as a new trend. Women post messages seeking weekend or evening companionship with wealthy men while men advertise for a young partner to accompany them on trips. Ads emphasize immediacy over marriage and are said to attract many responses.
A subway fire in the Atlantic station under the harbor tunnel to East Boston killed two women and a man, with 11 others injured as flames swept shafts and stairs. Two women escaped through smoke to exits but died on a stair leading into the station’s structure. Fire Chief Johann Bough said a spark from a work torch ignited the blaze.
Wilbur Fisk Boswell Sr. aged 69 died at seven this morning in a Brooksville Florida hospital after sudden illness. He had visited Florida with his wife Ethel and previously lived in Decatur since 1910 where he co owned Decatur Box and Basket Co. He served on the city council for about 20 years and contributed to street work. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Brown Funeral Company.
Circuit court handed down seven decisions to clear the docket for the week. Otis Oden Bryant and Edward J. Smith were convicted of grand larceny for stealing a 1947 Plymouth coupe owned by Joseph Portwood. Smith received eight years. Bryant also drew eight years. Smith testified he did not participate in the robbery. Bryant and Smith faced related charges including first degree manslaughter.
In Decatur January features a winter nip despite spring weather notes. The day sees a high around 74 with a 42 low and about 3 inches of rainfall. Hourly readings show temperatures rising from the mid 40s to mid 50s through the afternoon.
Washington January 28 The administration's labor bill bogged down and Secretary of Labor Tobin's capitol appearance was postponed. The Senate labor committee canceled its session until further notice. House appropriations leaders planned talks with Omar Bradley and Hoyt Vandenberg on armed forces strength. Budget debates focus on defense funding with debate over Air Force size and universal military training. Senate banking opened quick hearings on export controls. Secretary Sawyer listed as first witness.
Hugh D. Scott Jr. faced a fragile start as Republican National Committee chair with a 54 to 50 confidence vote. Ohio's Clarence Brown warned the post may be challenged within months, while Kansas's Harry Darby defended Scott and Dewey’s 1948 bid. Maryland's Jacob France accused Scott of aiding a Dewey third nomination, which he denied.
A China crisis report says acting president Li Tsung Jen urged Communists to name venue and negotiators for peace talks. Premiers Sun Fo and Wu Te Chen, key antiwar figures, are missing, with rumors of a rival fugitive government led by Chiang Kai-shek.
Gov James E Folsom commuted Isaac Logans death sentence to life imprisonment hours before execution for the shotgun slaying of O Neal Bayne in Lawrence County He telephoned from Birmingham to halt the electric chair hearing Logan pleaded for mercy and denied involvement in the crime claiming he was asleep during the incident in a dispute over a dice game with a white man
Washington report notes wages may have peaked after the war with signs of a downward trend. General Motors auto and electrical workers face pay cuts of one to three cents an hour as the cost of living index declines. CIO clothing workers decline to seek new raises due to weak demand and falling prices.
Fresh snow and strong winds hit Nebraska Nevada Utah Idaho and Arizona worsening relief efforts for over 5 million cattle and sheep. Federal and state officials mobilized cash aid while winter storms disrupt highways rail lines and rescue work across the Western Plains and Rocky Mountain region.
At the Morgan County High School cafeteria the Hartselle Chamber of Commerce elected Gus Roberts as president for 1949 and reappointed Merrill Doss as secretary. George McLean of Tupelo Journal urged expanded farm production with advanced methods as 100 attendees heard about 1948 progress and 1949 goals.
About 125 bank employees from Morgan Limestone Madison and Lawrence counties travel to Decatur Country club for a public relations meeting tonight. Dinner at seven opens the session with Nashville Tenn speaker Will Gay of Scottsboro on the relations committee of A. J. Bryan and films on public relations to be shown.
State Aeronautics backs four local governments in seeking transfer of two hangars a concrete ramp and about 13 acres from the Decatur Board of Education to Decatur Athens Morgan County and Limestone County The group already operates Pryor Field as a public airport and argues the land is essential to operations and regional aviation growth.
Rep Grant of Alabama seeks a public hearing on a 75 cent hourly minimum wage bill in the Senate labor committee. He warned of efforts to block or modify the measure, arguing to protect the Southern economy despite proponent votes.
Senator Lodge urged killing the filibuster to prevent communist use of unlimited debate. Eastland defended the rule as a national emergency tool while Byrd Robertson and Maybank opposed changes. Maybank warned filibuster limits could destroy the open legislative forum and free speech.
Bowling Green officials investigate a possible link between a hand grenade found on a street near Green High School and Wednesday's post office bombing. City Engineer John Galvin reported the grenade found by a street sweeper, its pin nearly sheared and firing pin worn. Postal inspectors say identity of the bomb’s intended victim is known but not released. four postal workers were hurt, one seriously, when the blast occurred. William Harry Osborne, 29, carried the package and lost an arm and a leg. his doctor notes a possible chance of survival.
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