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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy outlook across the state with isolated thundershowers South portion this afternoon. Max 94, min 74. Social notes list church events, graduations, discharge notices, hospital stays, travel, and local family news from Decatur and nearby towns.
Gen Draja Mihailovic the once celebrated Yugoslav resistance leader died at dawn as he and eight co defendants were executed for treason and collaboration. The trial began June 10 with partial confessions and the presidium rejected mercy appeals.
Two youths, Charles M. Davis and Johnny Frank Carroll both 17, were killed when lightning struck a tree they sheltered under at Gray Hill near Bessemer. Three others were injured along with two women at Center Point when a bolt hit a house, causing burns and cuts. Deputy Coroner T J McCollum reported the victims and noted property damage around $100.
Unknown machine gunners ambushed an American Army jeep near midnight, killing one soldier and wounding two others. The attack occurred four days after a US patrol killed two Yugoslav soldiers near the Morgan line, which separates Yugoslav and Allied forces in the West.
The Alabama Public Service Commission will consider the proposed sale of Warrior Water facilities to the municipalities of Columbiana Montevallo and Winona in August. The action reflects a move to transfer water services to local control.
Chicago reports police and state officials near a showdown in the three week investigation of William Heirens. Confession talks grip lawyers and prosecutors as deals to spare the death sentence surface.
Jean Bates testified to the Senate war investigating committee that as secretary for a midwestern munitions firm she handled frequent calls from Rep May of Kentucky and from an office believed to belong to Senator Barkley. She named six congressional offices that contacted or were contacted by Joseph Freeman, a sales agent for the company, marking Barkley’s first public mention in the hearings.
Russian Naval Lt Nikolai Redin was acquitted by a federal court jury on espionage and conspiracy charges. The 30 year old former Soviet purchasing representative here was found innocent of obtaining secrets about the USS Yellowstone from shipyard engineer Herbert Kennedy.
A 16 year old farm girl, Mary Elizabeth Nelms, was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her father Roy Nelms, 40, near Ashville Alabama. She told Sheriff Ira Davis she acted because he was mean to her and the family and had beaten her and her siblings and kept her confined.
The Decatur Junior Chamber Of Commerce opens with 103 charter members led by Frank Troup as membership chair. President Calvin Pettey creates four committees and appoints Tom White as program chair and other officers including Charles Parker secretary and Sam Malone treasurer.
The NAM reported 64 factory chiefs mostly kept prices at OPA levels after June 30. In New York 82 percent of 141 firms did not raise prices above ceilings, and several sectors across Boston and Detroit showed little change. Meanwhile the UAW CIO launched a seven day meat buyers strike and broader anti inflation protests led by Walter Reuther aiming to force price controls and wage reopenings.
The city of Decatur filed a bill in equity in the circuit court asking to temporarily restrain W. N. Weaver from operating a roller skating rink in Greenwood park West Decatur in a residence district. The rink operates daily from 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm with loud noise disturbing nearby residents. Peach, Caddell and Shanks filed the complaint for the city. A West Decatur citizens delegation had asked for action.
Newsman NIEL KINCEY reports cotton talks sweep the South as OPA controls loosen and 35 cent prices emerge. Texas Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonald predicts 50 cent cotton soon, while Georgia Commissioner Tom Linder and others see gains easing farmer costs amid weather and weevil troubles. Continued price rises hinge on market shifts and domestic demand with prospects of 35 to 50 cents a pound shaping years ahead.
senator Burton Wheeler trails challenger Leif Erickson by about 4 000 votes as returns come in Erickson gains lead in urban areas while Wheeler's backers hope for late gains in small towns and rural precincts Erickson leads in 629 of 1 156 Montana precincts with 35 840 to Wheeler 31 410 Incumbents win other primaries in Arizona Arkansas Wyoming and Georgia Democrats push nominees for governor and ten panterm candidates see page 8
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley and members of a 14 man committee discussed potential compromise on price controls. House negotiators pressed to remove meat butter and egg exemptions from the Senate bill, while the White House cited a War Reconversion advisory board warning against lift of controls. President Truman might sign if exemptions are dropped.
The senate-house conference committee on OPA legislation includes Senators Barkley Wagner Downey Radcliffe Taft Tobey Millikin and House members Spence Brown Patman Barry Walcott Crawford Gamble. The list spans D and R party lines from Kentucky New York Georgia Texas Michigan Michigan New York Ohio Colord?
The board reports unanimous sentiment among business, agriculture, and labor representatives to extend price controls for up to a year while a Senate House committee seeks a compromise to revive OPA. Senator Taft opposes concessions and Truman supporters push for meat and food ceilings to be restored.
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