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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1949
Page
9
FRANKFURT Germany July 16 Western Germans will vote August 14 in Germanys first federal election since 1932. The contest pits social democratic and Christian democratic union lines as voters choose between socialist or private enterprise models while a large eligible female voter base awaits.
In Prague summer crowds line up for US and French films such as Arabian Nights Robin Hood and Silence Its Golden while Russian productions draw small crowds. Czech films underperform at the box office vs Western products as winter demand drives different habits and fewer films are available.
Gov. J. Strom Thurmond condemned a Duke University study on federal policies and Southern freight rates as inaccurate and hostile. He warned Northern interests would use the report against Southern interests before the Interstate Commerce Commission and challenged claims of few complaints and little Southbound traffic on class rates.
The Alabama Aeronautics Commission meeting originally set for July 19, 1949, is postponed to Tuesday July 26 at 10:00 a.m. The session will be at the State Department of Aeronautics office, 102 Church Street Montgomery and open to the public. W Hayden Brooks chairs the commission.
The first steel rail was produced in 1865 marking a milestone in American steel industry. This historic event demonstrated advances in steelmaking and contributed to railway expansion across the United States.
Charles S. Logan, 78 on January 28, 1949, awarded a diamond pin by Ellenen for fifty years with the Louisville and Nashville railroad. A Decatur native, Logan worked as an operator, then flagman, conductor from 1906 to retirement in 1937, now living in Prospect, Tennessee. He has three sons, a daughter and a step-daughter, all with college educations, while his wife preceded him in death four years ago. He remains active in gardening and canning, and makes monthly road trips to stay current.
Accredited Red Cross water safety instructors conduct morning and evening beginner classes at Crystal Plunge. George Porter announces the Morgan Red Cross chapter program with adult and child instruction led by Sidney Chenault and Betty Gunn. Recent graduates listed include Merit Clemmins and others. cards available at the Red Cross office in Courthouse Annex, open weekdays 8:30 to 4:31.
Alvis G. Briscoe chair of the local Red Cross reports CARE packages now available for Europe. Packages range from 5.50 to 10.00 dollars. For details contact the Red Cross office at phone 358.
About 125 witnesses subpoenaed as Walker County Sheriff Grover B. Baggett faces an impeachment trial in Montgomery. The state supreme court will hear charges of willful neglect of duty and corruption, with 86 specifications per count, after a grand jury urged removal.
Funeral services for Foster W. Hull age 43 will be at 2 30 pm today at his father Morris Hull in Tanner Rev Strong and Langford will conduct the rites Burial will follow in Athens cemetery Hull a Tanner resident died Thursday night in a Nashville hospital A biological aide for PVA in Decatur since 1943 Hull had been connected with the Authority since 1933 He is survived by his wife
The earliest American automobiles featured wooden body frames shaping the vehicle structure. This propulsion era relied on timber as a primary framework before metal framing became standard.
Berlin July 16 Five British airlift crewmen died when their Hastings transport faltered at Tegel Airport and crashed on takeoff. There were no survivors, raising the death toll to 59 in the aerial supply operation begun in June 1948 to break the Soviet Berlin siege. Americans accounted for 31 of the victims and 28 were British. A U S airman trio perished when a C 54 cargo plane crashed northwest of Berlin tonight while carrying coal for Western Germany.
Lionel Brans, 38, from Paris, arrives in Jawnton after an eight month journey covering 14 countries on a specially built bicycle with carriers for water and spare parts. He aims to demonstrate his bike’s capabilities and plans to set up factories in the Near East and Asia as he continues to Saigon.
A permit to build a $2,000 four room and bath house at 706 Seventh Avenue West was issued to Phil D. Mitchell from City Clerk Joe Pettey’s office Friday. A permit to add two rooms to a house at 615 Second Avenue North was also issued Friday. Georgia Coleman Taylor estimated these improvements at $300. A $300 garage for the family automobile was issued Thursday to Mrs James N Belew Sr of 1901 Enolam Blvd.
Allan Shivers of Port Arthur was sworn in as Texas governor in Woodville. He said the time was too close to tragedy to discuss policy and politics and pledged to continue the late Governor Beauford H. Jester’s work as little as possible after Jester died in a sleeping car Monday.
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