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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1948
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers and southerly coastal winds. Decatur observer reports 83 high 72 low and 1.62 inches rainfall in the last 24 hours. Various hospital admissions and visits noted along with church events and a diary reference to Camp Oveca attendees.
In Rome, Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's top communist, was shot outside the chamber of deputies. Police detained Antonio Pallante, a 25 year old Sicilian nationalist, as clashes erupted and broad protests followed. Togliatti remained gravely injured but alive after surgery.
The state offers a 200 reward for solving the killing of Jake Davis also known as Gabe Davis, a Black man found June 30 in a crudely dug grave in Autauga County. Circuit Solicitor Winston Huddleston says a Black suspect has fled the state.
TVA plans a series of conferences with power distributors to address a possible critical shortage in the Tennessee Valley within four years. TVA Chairman Cordon Clapp notes no dates or places. The shortage hinges on Congress not funding a New Johnsonville steam plant, while new hydro generators are to be added to existing dams to cover the next three years.
Euel Atkins who swam through a river current to save five drowning men after a skiff capsized Monday night is resting comfortably at Baugh and Wiley clinic. One survivor Harmond Ind resident GL Marlow reported much improved at Decatur General hospital despite a broken arm. Atkins who has malaria was aided by Clyde Muler after turning off lights at a boat house owned by Dr W P Baugh.
Soviet Ambassador Alexsandr S. Panyushkin delivered Moscow’s note to Secretary of State Marshall in Washington at 9:30 A M EST rejecting Western protests over Berlin blockade and signaling no change in Soviet stance. Western powers consider UN action if the blockade persists. easing hinges on Soviet acceptance.
Cairo July 14. Jews report military gains across Palestine including Shafa Amr near Haifa and Ras Al Ein near Tel Aviv. Suba near Jerusalem and the Negba area are noted as captured or attacked. Egyptian forces suffer losses near Gaza and Baqua. Britons linked to Irgun Zvai Leumi plan future kidnappings in Jerusalem.
The Alabama delegation voted unanimously to keep President Truman from the first nomination slot at the Democratic Convention. Senator Lister Hill warned he would nominate if no other Alabama delegate acts. Roy D. McCord had planned to nominate Senator Richard B. Russell at the roll call start.
Montgomery July 14. Gov. James E. Folsom says he will be in Birmingham if rebellious Dixiecrats meet there to welcome supporters. He did not state whether he will join any anti Truman conference planned by state rights Southerners. Folsom once sought the Democratic presidential nomination but withdrew after failing to secure a national convention delegate. Southern rebels decry Truman civil rights program and threaten their own convention in Birmingham if the Philadelphia convention misangles.
The 26 vote Alabama group pledges walkout over civil rights, with J M Bonner and Bud Boswell calling the plank unacceptable. Jimmy Roosevelt energizes the scene as Henry Mayfield waves the state banner, Bonner seizing it amid protest.
Decatur Cullman and Hartselle civic clubs will view the color sound film Quality Control From Ore To Finished Product. The forty minute movie tracing copper ore from Calumet & Hecla mines in Upper Michigan through fabrication to end uses was produced by Wolverine Tube. Arrangements are handled by Wolverine Tube's industrial relations department in Decatur.
Philadelphia July 14 Democratic policy makers add a farm plank calling for repeal of oleomargarine taxes and a flexible price support system. The southern bloc opposes the oleo levy repeal while backing the price aid concept. northern states favor it. The plank pushes farm cooperatives and small business protections amid tax debates.
In Philadelphia the Democratic convention opened with a split scene as Dixie delegates won the Mississippi delegation headed by Gov. Pielding Wright, while the movement to restore the two thirds nominating rule failed. A tense session saw booing, cheers, and walkouts as leaders pressed for a roll call but momentum stayed with the voice vote.
At the Democratic convention in Philadelphia July 14 delegates argued over civil rights in the platform. Texas Governor Beauford Jester pressed for Barkley to be named first on the ticket, while Barkley signaled no statement on top or second place.
Pittsburgh July 14. Steel companies move to restore mill operations with 80,000 idle miners in the captive coal miners dispute. Four of 14 U S Steel mines in Uniontown area to resume this afternoon, rest by midnight. normal production expected by Sunday. 2,400 commercial miners back to work in Western Pennsylvania. 14,000 commercial diggers elsewhere. Compromise in Washington modifies union shop clause and is hailed as a victory by UMW leader John Busarello.
The Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation holds its annual stockholders meeting at the Decatur Armory with over 1,000 attendees. W Counts presides as John H. Peach outlines purposes while Paul Horton presents reports. A nine-member trustee slate is elected as Floyd Anderson reports 4 068 members.
Stockholders of the Decatur Country Club held their first annual meeting Tuesday night with 97 of 312 members present. Six board members were re-elected, reports heard from President Frank Stone and committee chairs Tom Fitzpatrick and Quince Eddens, and the current officers were named as Frank Stone president J W Wyker Jr vice president and Albert Clapton secretary treasurer.
Philadelphia July 14 The Democratic convention faced a pivotal clash over civil rights as Senator Francis J. Myers urged delegates to adopt a 5 000 word platform plank. Southern leaders demanded a states rights counter, while Mayor Humphrey pressed for broad anti lynching voting and employment protections echoing Truman. The fight tests unity of Northern and Southern Democrats and could split the party if Southern delegates bolt.
Two driver less parked vehicles sparked Decatur Street collision Tuesday afternoon. A truck owned by R D Cole Manufacturing of Newnan Georgia rolled into a car driven by W Busch of 708 Fifth Avenue W bending the trunk. Police say the truck was not in gear and the emergency brake not set.
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