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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1950
Page
1
Community and mine reports list weather outlook for the state with showers in the extreme south and variable coastal winds. Local births, discharges from hospitals and clinics, visits, travel plans, and upcoming church committee meetings fill the community diary along with temperatures and rainfall data.
Lawrence county solicitor nominee Proctor offered resignation after grand jury report on disputed Moulton box two. Jury found a six vote gap between grand jury and certified counts and cited a five vote error in the official tally. Two indictments followed as watchers alleged miscalled ballots and officials failed to complete tabulation.
An unattended 28 year old white woman held as a mental case in Calhoun County jail in Anniston Alabama gave birth to a four pound ten ounce girl. Both mother and baby were moved to Anniston Memorial hospital in good condition though the infant was born two months early. Deputies and officials said the birth was discovered after a deputy heard a baby cry in an alley near the jail.
A. M. Whitten, a 24 year old Decatur World War II veteran, wandered into Columbus Mississippi police with no memory of his name or home. He had only a pocketbook, knife and ring, no car, about $200, and four vacuum cleaners. Relatives arrived to take him home as police noted he did not recognize them. He was last seen in Huntsville before wandering to the Columbus station.
In 1934 W W Dinsmore envisioned a regional tuberculosis sanatorium serving 12 North Alabama counties. Groundbreaking is Monday for a three story 174 bed facility costing 1.2 million dollars with staff doctors Grosfeld and Nash and 15 to 20 nurses. Construction by Daniel is to be finished in 300 days with occupancy by May 1951.
Boyle calls on the Democratic Party to back Truman in the FEPC debate, noting Senate attendance and votes. He warns that unless Republicans cooperate a debate vote will occur, with 64 votes needed to limit debate as in earlier test results. He stresses the worldwide stakes and urges support for the president.
Goodyear chairman Paul W. Litchfield urges government to boost synthetic rubber production to 50 000 long tons monthly and build a stockpile of 200 000 tons. He notes Indonesia Malaya and Indo China political instability as sources of 90 percent of natural rubber and warns against high prices harming long term stability.
President Truman ordered seizure of the Rock Island Railroad, with the Army taking control but workers refusing to cross the picket lines. The switchmen’s union did not end the strike, and no trains were running within an hour of seizure. AFL head Arthur J. Glover warned the union would resume work only if government seized profits as well as labor.
Detroit July 8 A resentful Haywood Patterson classifies all Southerners as yellow and vows to fight with everything he has. He returns to Alabama to serve a 75 year sentence in the Scottsboro case after being arrested on fleeing across state lines charges. Patterson, 38, escaped from an Alabama prison farm July 17, 1948, after 16 years. He was one of the nine original Scottsboro defendants where two women accused him and others of rape aboard a freight train in 1931 near Paint Rock Alabama. Four were freed after appeals. five were convicted and all but Patterson have since parole.
Haywood Patterson was treated like other inmates at Alabama’s state prison farm. Warden S. W. Hixon stated all prisoners received identical treatment and Patterson caused no unusual trouble. He denied Patterson’s claim that Hixon was “the best white man they’ve got in Alabama.”
Patterson, held on a $5,000 bond posted by the Civil Rights Congress, tells reporters the FBI should not arrest him. A hearing to determine his freedom is scheduled July 13 before U.S. District Judge Arthur F. Lederle in this city.
The Lions Club sponsors the 19th annual horse show at Legion Field on July 27 starting 7 30 pm with prize money totaling 1650 dollars. Entries from many states are requested and proceeds benefit the Light Conservation Fund and other charities. Sam H Wheat is chairman with Nina Woods secretary and Leon Cole as announcer.
Edward Bowden of Decatur reports a wire ordering the draft board back to full-time operation for immediate inductions. The Morgan board, including Grady Long, W. N. Baker, and Bowden, will meet Monday to classify registrants. The office will switch to a six-day week, with no area quotas specified.
President Truman is expected to ask Congress next week for additional military funds to support the Korean war. Senate committee members say the request will focus on expanding voluntary enlistments and, if needed, use of the draft. Representative Chavez notes no amount is set, but a moderate sum is anticipated, and the request will be considered separately from a $34.7 billion funding package.
Athens and Limestone county residents launch the Buddy Marlow Fund to build a home for blind youth Buddy Marlow his wife who is also blind and their one year old son Charles Michael The fund has strong local support with labor donated by the Athens carpenters union and materials from area suppliers A charity drive includes a soft drink and candy stand at the courthouse a talent show It’s A Date at the high school July 13 14 a Blackwood Brothers program July 29 and a baby contest all proceeds aid the Marlows housing project
The vestry of St John’s Episcopal church voted to invite Rev L W McManis from the Alabama diocese to assume duties at St John’s. He is expected to arrive mid August and is a Oklahoma native who studied at the University of Kansas for a master’s in psychology. He has TVA personnel experience and studied at Berkeley seminary. He is married with three children.
In Montgomery Alabama senator Broughton Lamberth of Tallapoosa County appears pivotal in the reapportionment fight. Opponents seek to oust him with a county allotment plan while Gov. Folsom appeals to the supreme court for an advisory opinion on whether removal requires a simple majority or two-thirds of the senate.
General MacArthur's communique reports a U.S. battalion cut off south of Seoul remained behind North Korean lines. Relief efforts failed to reach them and no verifiable updates came after 8 A.M. Saturday. Thirty three Americans reported missing have returned, with Osan 30 air miles south of Seoul as the initial contact point.
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports American armor advancing with reinforcements to the Chonan sector on the Korean Western front. Communists push south after capturing Chonan. no reported engagement with U.S. armor as an Army spokesman says mechanized equipment moved forward.
President Truman designated General Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander in Korea and ordered him to fly the U N flag. In London reports Moscow may seek to end the conflict or sow false hope, with Gromyko’s meeting with Sir David Kelly adding to diplomatic activity.
Spokesman reports American units north of Chonan about 60 miles south of Seoul with success on the American right flank. South Korean forces win two engagements against opposing troops as reinforcements are noted on Page 2.
A 2 year old Athens resident is held in Morgan County jail on a federal warrant charging forgery of a government check. Willie Foster is held on a $300 appearance bond after allegedly forging the signature of John Phillips Jr. on a $63 Treasury check. The warrant was sworn before U S Commissioner Marvin Eubanks.
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