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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy outlook with scattered thundershowers. temperature 89 high 75 low. Local church services announced. veterans and local residents listed with hospital stays, births, returns from service, and visitors. Notables include Rev Duncan Hunter at First Methodist and Edwin G Chunn discharged from Navy with medals. turnip weigh-in near Hartselle. multiple family visits and local club events.
Holyoke Massachusetts reports the loss of twenty nine service members when a Flying Fortress crashed into Mount Tom while returning from Newfoundland. Salvage crews recovered bodies by dawn, with five believed trapped in wreckage as heat and flames hampered rescue efforts. неизвест
Dr Chenault from Decatur named head of the North Alabama Tuberculosis Association at a Morgan Madison Limestone counties meeting in Decatur. The board includes six members from each county with B M Cornell and Mrs J B Carrington among officers and a full time executive secretary to be hired.
Rescue teams scoured the Tennessee river near the American Oak and Leather company for 13 year old Billy Turner, missing since early today after taking a cow to graze by the river. His coat and missing swimming trunks belt were found on the riverbank while police and volunteers used several motor boats. He is the son of O A Turner and was living with his grandmother at 603 Commercial Street.
Ex Senator James Pope and others addressed Alabama University students praising TVA plans to develop regional resources and attract industry. He cited 500 new businesses drawn by low electric costs and urged more manufacturing to prevent loss of profits from shipping raw materials out of the South. He noted foreign visitors including Chinese interest and referenced broader national efforts on economic development.
Lawrenceburg Tenn July 10 The mayor R O Downey protests moving the trial of 25 Negro defendants from Columbia to Lawrenceburg saying sentiment here is against transfer and pledging to oppose Prosecutor Paw F Bumpus in reelection. NAACP and local groups pressed for venue change. Bumpus says he acts under duty not politics and is too old to change.
Calvin Pettey was elected president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting with about 50 members. He will lead the newly formed group for six months until December. The slate includes Tom White as 1st vice president and Frank Troup as 2nd vice president plus several directors. The nominating committee was chaired by Ned Frazier. Pettey urged cooperation and promised roles for all members to aid Decatur’s development.
The United States favors extending its proposed disarmament treaty with Germany from 25 to 40 years to address Soviet concerns. Byrnes and Molotov clash over the German question as four powers push final peace-treaty drafts for Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland.
At the annual meeting in Decatur Morgan and Lawrence counties citizens heard the election of six new board members and three incumbents re elected to the Joe Wheeler Membership Electric Corporation board. Newly seated districts include Norton Smith Gentry Horton Wiley Hall Lipscomb Clark Beall. Retiring trustees include Taylor Richardson Cropper Fields Sample West. The meeting marked the first quorum in five years. President Cropper presided and noted co operation. Financials show 332 more members since 1945 with 2910 members as of May 31 1946 and plant value at 390463.91 up 25568.31 from 1945. Construction through May 31 totaled 20615.19. See BOARD On Page 2.
Undersecretary of War Kenneth C. Royall urged a Justice Department inquiry into an alleged overpayment to Batavia Metal Products Co in May 1945. Royall cited an advance of 4.5 million dollars on a bomb components contract and questioned the firm’s ability to repay about 1 million dollars. He pressed for a full report on all persons connected with the overpayment and noted a tentative settlement offer.
Sidney Hillman 59 a former immigrant garment worker and CIO Political Action Committee chair died of a heart condition at 8 40 am EDT in a six room Long Island bungalow near Long Beach. He had become a central figure in the 1944 presidential campaign amid charges over campaign strategy and the phrase clear everything with Sidney. His wife Bessie found him unconscious and doctors failed to revive him.
The Decatur Lions Club announces the roadster to bike class as the biggest surprise for the Tennessee Valley show. Four top entries include Flowing Gold from Albertville, Kate Buford of Swain Stables, Speed Boy and Hi-Ball of Nashville. Kiwanis and Birmingham Legion Field winners headline, with announcer Gillie Orr promising a lively display. limited box seats remain at Second Avenue office.
Senator Lister Hill hailed a Senate victory supporting TVA and REA in Alabama. The approval of 12 million dollars for the Southwest Power Administration funds new transmission facilities and extends REA lines to about 11,252 miles serving nearly 50,000 rural customers with 7,000 more miles planned. He denounced lobbying to undermine TVA and REA and urged continued efforts to bring electricity to every farm home in the state.
The Senate voted 42 to 34 to forbid price controls on cottonseed and soybeans and their products in any revival of OPA, adding this restriction to an extender bill that already carries meat and poultry exemptions. An amendment to recontrol dairy products was placed before the chamber, while Barkley warned of a possible night session to push final votes.
Doc Quiggle was furious today when he learned his wife donated their marriage certificate to the scrap-paper drive. Bill Baldwin writes a humorous Anytown lampoon about domestic ado and community charity.
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