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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1949
Page
4
The item surveys political shifts as Dewey era talk surfaces about a state FEPC versus broader unity. It notes Alabama delegates walking out, the states rights argument gaining traction in Charleston, and questions tax and policy directions amid winter economic strains.
Drew Pearson notes Democrats failed to defeat Senator Revercomb over religious discrimination in the displaced persons bill. He argues Senate Judiciary chair McCarran controls a subcommittee likely to block changes, implying any liberalization must come from the House Judiciary Committee with Chairman Celler.
Governor Folsom cites Alabama voters casting ballots for presidential electors under the Democratic banner while denying intent to support Dixiecrats. He notes confusion over May primaries and the failure of Mey to send him as a national convention delegate.
A 1949 forecast for Decatur notes strong construction prospects including school building, airport, harbor, baseball park, and a new tuberculosis hospital. Employment is expected to rise as equipment is modernized, with few cutbacks and continued farm profits to support broader business activity.
The article notes that refrigerators ordered for each senate office were never used after Republicans funded them to hinder the incumbent’s re election. Democrats inherited the units yet they remain unhooked as the dynamo in the senate building is altered. A senate custodian still delivers ice each morning.
John Kennedy and Wingate Lucas forced Michigan's John Lesinski to explain a closed door staff meeting. Kennedy questioned if Lesinski followed the reorganization act. The exchange exposed a struggle over committee control and patronage on Education and Labor.
A tense Detroit committee meeting centers on staff appointments under the reorganization act. Proponents argue for lawful hires, while critics claim powers to fire and appoint rest with the committee. Members expose appointees listing Detroit as their address, prompting hints about a mayoral run.
Religion is universal and spans past and present with forms from Neanderthals to modern belief. It is a way of life grounded in human needs and the character of God, offering progress power and peace when man and God live in harmony.
A York England Rotary club hosted American exchange teachers including Miss Zelma Parker of Decatur for a year. The note to Decatur Rotary editor Jimmy Bloodworth mentions Miss Traftford of Bradford, England. The piece links Rotary International’s expansive patronage to hosting teachers.
The Decatur civic front remains active with Rotary Lions and Women's Chamber of Commerce supporting industry and internationalism. Miss Trafford joins a strong speaker list while DAV and VFW auxiliaries expand. plans include a Valentine party, a blood drive, and a baseball park fundraiser.
A historical column discusses threats to small business from growing monopolies and the risk of government power over large firms. It notes political clashes over the Un American Activities Committee and debates on whether the Small Business Committee should remain independent or be merged under banking and currency oversight, amid wartime contract concentration with six firms.
A brief note claims Wanking has served as the seat of China’s government eight times, highlighting a peculiar historical assertion.
Miss Harriet Glaze, Business and Professional Women sub state public affairs chairman, will speak at the Decatur BPW club meeting Thursday night on the topic Comserve Our. Plans for the Our Bosses Banquet set for February 17 will be announced. Guest speaker Nina Migtionico, attorney from Birmingham, will attend.
Washington officials see no large new US cash outpouring after the Marshall plan ends. President Truman and Secretary Acheson stress private capital and World Bank style financing, implying Europe must prepare to rely on private funds. The plan's end could precede the next election.
Following President Trumans surprise re election playwrights turn to Washington themes. Two plays are in progress for Broadway debuts in March. Samuel Spewack writes a comedy and Jack Finke another political piece with central figures named in early production notes.
The piece argues that as Germany recovers its economy it will constrict world markets, pressuring the United States Britain and other industrial nations with higher costs for German recovery. Protest grows that the nation is funding its own recovery by charging others. The British are already vocal.
President Truman's inauguration grips energy as his daily calling list expands. Eighteen people met him on a typical day last week, with two Texas boys adding to the count and a secretary receiving a gift labeled bass.
Riviera florists in France plan to send a scarlet rose named Happiness to Margaret Truman this week the bloom has been cultivated secretly for eight years and will not be offered to the public until 1951.
A U.S. tax court ruling grants a deduction for lodging costs incurred by a mare while away from home in pursuit of its trade. The decision hinges on the animal's need to travel to various locations for short periods in performing its work.
Washington insecticide experts urge users to quickly buy rotenone to cover minimum estimates as supplies run short before the bug season. Limited stock and shrinking time frame threaten preparation.
Trade circles think the battle of the phonograph records may yield a player for new type discs practically free. If you buy two Columbia long playing records at 4.85 each you get a special player for 10.25.
A sermon extols church attendance for fellowship and support but emphasizes the sole duty of worship of Almighty God. It cites the psalmist call to worship and urges grateful praise for God’s goodness mercy and truth enduring through generations.
Article suggests increasing simulated day length by placing lights in the poultry house to extend daylight for hens, aiming to raise egg production.
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