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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered afternoon thundershowers and gentle to moderate southeast winds along the coast. High 86, low 71. Local social news covers residents in Florence Cherokee Tuscaloosa and Decatur plus Navy discharges, Rotary club plans, and visits by relatives and business people. See further diary for details.
The Senate War Investigating Committee issued a subpoena for Rep. Andrew J. May to testify in a war profits inquiry into a Midwest munitions group tied to Erie Basin Metal and Batavia Metal firms that won about 78 million dollars in contracts. May, chairman of the House Military Committee, denied personal profit and said he merely served the war effort.
The Textile Workers Union of America CIO will demand wage increases for about 12 000 Alabama members. State Director Edmund F. Ryan Jr. said notices to re open contracts go to mills with 15 day clauses. The union seeks 77 cents an hour from 65 to offset living costs after OPA ended. Similar wage push planned for Southern states.
A C-47 military transport crashed west of Goodland during a night electrical storm killing 10 passengers and 3 crew. The wreckage spread for a quarter mile in a wheat stubble field three miles west and one mile north of Goodland. The flight was from Topeka to the West Coast with a stop at Lowry Field Denver. time of crash about 9 10 P M MST, bodies burned or clothes burned on most.
Chicago police and FBI study prints found on a tissue box in Suzanne Degnan's bedroom as a potential link to William Heirens. Officials caution results are not final and may not match Heirens, the Degnan family, or Suzanne.
Albert Jones, 14, faced a murder charge for Patricia Crandall's death and a second charge for the death of Mrs. Harold Nielsen. Authorities say Jones confessed to shooting Nielsen and strangling Crandall before setting her house fire, then fleeing as flames spread.
Thieves broke into the UT athletic office and stole season and individual game tickets for the Alabama game on Oct 19. Secretary Edna Calloway said one cabinet held Alabama tickets and that ticket recalls may be needed if many tickets are missing.
The Army announced the firing of five civilian employees at Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland citing national security. The dismissed included physicists and chemists who were officers in the CIO Public Workers of America local. The War Department called it a coincidence and declined to detail the reasons. A UPWA delegation protested to Secretary Patterson, claiming an organized drive and alleging the firings targeted union officers.
Representative John Rankin renewed claims that foreign spies operate at Oak Ridge Tennessee and the Aberdeen proving grounds for new weapons. He argued spies seek atomic secrets to harm the United States and allies as Congress resumed debate on atomic energy control legislation.
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks announced Brig. Gen. Alfred B. Quinton Jr. removed five Army employees from the proving grounds for subversive activities. The group, identified as Harry and Irving Spector, Abraham Kotelchuck, Phil Weiss, and Rheadel Mendelsohn, were dismissed June 22 with appeal rights under civil service rules.
A group of scientists led by Berth Brixner and Dr. William Runinson sought permission to remain on Bikini Atoll through the first atomic test and underwater blast. They proposed to witness the aerial dropped cloud and one man, Dussay, even sought to fly a drone into the cloud to photograph the event, offering to waive government responsibility.
Marine veteran Earl McFarland died in the electric chair in the District of Columbia jail at 10 05 am in the rape slaying of a young government girl. He contended his innocence as he faced execution after years of appeals failed.
The CIO United Auto Workers urged a full weekend embargo on meat purchases as prices faltered under the strike. Walter P. Reuther said the week long halt aimed to cut meat buying to zero on Friday and Saturday, with nationwide reports of slipping sales in meat and butter. Detroit retailers noted households buying only bare necessities as livestock prices fell and stockyards faced large slaughter lines.
A gas main explosion in Buzzards Bay center, Massachuset ts, destroyed four two story wooden buildings. Nine residents died and 25 were hospitalized as debris and glass injuries spread across the village. Army Lt. Bassett, nearby, called the blast blockbuster and fire crews quickly contained a spreading fire.
An L and N northbound passenger train was delayed over three hours after rains washed out ten rail lengths on the Wilhite and Vinemont cut. The Pan-American bypassed the disruption and freight cars were used to repair the line. Local residents said rain began around 2 P M Thursday with extensive mountain damage but little in Vinemont.
London reports bakers reluctantly withdraw threats as labor government bread rationing plan wins approval after five hours of debate. The scheme, set to take effect Sunday, survives a Conservative bid to scrap it. Churchill calls the plan unnecessary and burdensome while urging bakers to implement it.
William Nickens, charged with bigamy, was discharged without bond at a preliminary hearing before County Judge W H Long ay. The charge claimed he married in Jefferson county while still married here. No evidence showed he cohabited with the Jefferson county spouse. Julian Harris served as Nickens' attorney.
Washington July 19 Democratic Leader Barkley said a senate-house conference committee found no common ground for agreement on terms of an OPA revival bill. He noted rough form of Radcliffe proposal and hinted at possible shift to Civilian Production Administration. CIO called for a national buyers strike amid wage rise fears as Taft proposals faltered. See BARKLEY On Page 2.
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