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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1949
Page
4
The gubernatorial field expands with Joe Money's definite announcement to seek the governorship. A reader is urged to consider America’s vast resources, while a Courtland group of young Black individuals is described as unusually hardy. The piece notes post office pranks and Uncle Sam’s sensitivity to mail handling.
Detroit visitor R W Coleman commends Decatur for well cared for parks pools and recreation facilities noting child delinquency near zero. He credits Quince E Eddens and city administration for a citywide plan emphasizing parks and new school buildings shaping Decatur's future.
Governor James E. Folsom quits the tax battle as House and Senate leaders block administration plans for new revenue. He cites Truman’s reversal on demand for billions, noting peacetime budgets are too high and proposals are futile.
The Daily urges fair campaign financing as six months before primaries approaches. It notes high costs from rallies and barbecues, and discusses illegal solicitation avoidance, urging Public support for worthy causes while warning heavy costs could bar less affluent candidates. It endorses community events that swap costly fundraisers for paid suppers and auctions to spare candidates from excessive financial burdens.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports that a secretive senate appropriations committee action shifted transmission facility funding from government to private power firms. Senator Elmer Thomas led the move, with key resistance from Carl Hayden and Joe O’Mahoney. other supporters included Pat McCarran, Kenneth McKellar, Chan Gurney, Clyde Reed, and Guy Cordon.
The showdown fight shifts to the conference between senate and house appropriations members. The house voted against power companies as Congressman Mike Kirwan of Ohio, a staunch public power advocate, prepares to lead for the public interest.
The senate sellout to private power firms is tied to high paid lobbying led by Montana Power vice president John Corette who visited every appropriations member. The company circulated a propaganda book and Montana Chamber of Commerce warned of taxes, while Atomic Energy Chairman Lilienthal denied the claims. Congressman Jensen cited a Montana map allegedly made by the utility, prompting Brooks Rooney to challenge the claim.
You should honor good ancestors yet avoid letting their past glory impede your own work. Pride in lineage is fine but not a handicap. Oscar Wilde warned that boasting of ancestors may mean you rely on a dead family. Your generation faces new tasks requiring your own effort and resolve.
New York July 17. Pegler argues Judge Kaufman favored the defense in the Hiss trial curtailing Murphy’s cross examination, hindering questions about communists and fellow travelers. He alleges Felix Frankfurter influenced government appointments, cites Witt Stimson and Acheson, notes Hiss’s alleged theft of papers, and praises Murphy’s critique while criticizing the Roosevelt era legal culture. The piece concludes with editorials condemning Frankfurter and Reed.
A brief, partial quotation notes relief that a gentleman asked a question. The readable text conveys a political or social context without further details or names.
The senate appropriations committee specified private power firms to receive government financed power from dams. Idaho Power, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Public Service Company of Colorado are tasked with transmitting power from Anderson ranch dam, Shasta dam facilities, and big Thompson project. President Truman warned that power companies seek to own transmission lines and charge user fees.
Friends of Mrs. Hal W. Neiswanger of Osborne Kansas and formerly of this city regret to learn she died on July 13. Survived by one son M. E. Neiswanger Brownwood Texas four daughters Mrs. Bert Williams Waukegan Illinois Mrs. R R Tolly North Platte Nebraska Mrs Hugh Stinson Nebraska City Nebraska Mrs John Martin Osborne Kansas two sisters Mrs G W Edwards Helena Arkansas and Mrs R E Terry Decatur.
The article explains the change of life, its timing, and common symptoms such as hot flushes. It notes most women experience mild symptoms or none, with treatment ranging from reassurance to mild sedatives, glandular estrogens in severe cases, and cautions on estrogen use. It also mentions thyroid tests for fatigue and describes rheumatic headaches as a back-of-head issue.
About eighty eight percent of all coal mined in the United States comes from Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky, highlighting the concentration of coal resources in these seven states.
Washington dispatch analyzes the Senate’s looming approval of the Atlantic pact linking the United States with Western European nations in peacetime against potential Russian aggression. It weighs will versus ability to defend Europe, arms aid costs, and Taft and Donnell opposition threatening timely action.
Mackenzie argues the cold war is widening from Europe to Asia with communism uniting nationalist movements. He notes Asia’s anti colonial drive and Western mistrust, predicting rising tensions and the specter of World War III. He recalls conversations with Asians during a four month tour amid China’s communist rise.
Mayor James A. Nelson announces Alabama Power will install about 100 new street lights to create a whiteway in Decatur’s business districts aiming for a light on every corner. Rupert Hughes Reno screens tonight with Lew Cody and Helene Chadwick. A local picnic honored Miss Vera Cooper at San Souci cave with numerous attendees.
Miss Ellen Edwards and her brother Cecil depart for Birmingham. Mrs. Jack Murphy heads to Cullman. Mrs. H. H. Hitt and daughter move to Madison. Mrs. R. W. Mullins and son R. W. Jr. relocate to Nashville.
Mrs B J Nelson and her son James from Albertville visit Mr and Mrs James A Nelson Miss Elizabeth Weller is guest of Miss Geneva Eu banks Miss Amelia Holtman from Evansville Indiana visits her uncle A J Aéillian Mrs Wallace Carson of Atlanta plans a visit to Mrs John W Jones
Premium ham at 25 cents a pound four pound can of premium lard 72 cents butter 39 cents a pound breakfast food three boxes for 25 cents and number two can of tomatoes ten cents.
The speaker emphasizes the East’s need for aid and argues that Russia and America have focused strategic energy on Europe. He notes a century of maneuvering experience and sees Europe as saturated and industrialized, forming the emotional core of early Cold War dynamics and the quest for a safer corner.
The English word tattoo derives from the Tahitian term tatau, meaning mark.
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