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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1946
Page
1
Weather outlook and local notices report cloudiness and thundershowers with highs near 90. Veterans and students visit, church meetings announced, revivals in progress, hospital updates and births cited, Morgan county Legion officers to be installed, diary note directs readers to Page 2.
Senate war investigating committee plans to recall Joseph Freeman Washington agent for a Midwest munitions firm to question him about alleged witness influence. The panel may also hear Rep. May and other figures including Justice Samuel Dickstein Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt and secretary Jean Bates as witnesses.
Finishing touches on the Benson field arena 175 by 130 feet were completed by Lions club decora tion committee members Bill Stone and John McBride. The Tennessee Valley horse show opens July 25 at 8 p.m. with purple and gold Lions colors flying over the boxes and grandstand. Prize ribbons arrive at the Second Avenue show office for presentation Thursday. Show managers H. R. Sherrow and Sam Wheat say the rib ben girls will enter in a vintage stage coach. General admission tickets are on sale at Dinsmore Furniture.
Dr Louis D Newton of Atlanta says 1.5 to 2 million Baptists in the Soviet Union with 250000 baptized and 3000 churches. The delegation visits Russia to study relief aid and reports free worship at Moscow Baptist Church.
Army trucks with 200 soldiers ferry bread as 1 500 Aoirseqibitures refuse routes on the first business day of rationing. In Belfast many stocked shelves before start. nationwide to 4 500 000 may face shortages while some bakers report surplus sales without coupons in nynburgh Scotland.
Speaking dates for Congressman John Sparkman have been revised at his Huntsville headquarters. The new itinerary lists Friday visits to Bridgeport Stevenson Scottsboro Guntersville Oneonta Pinson Tarrant City Birmingham and Saturday to Falkville Hartselle Decatur Athens Rogersville Town Creek Courtland Moulton Leigh Tuscumbia Florence Sheffield.
Washington July 22 The house senate conference committee finished a compromise on the revival of OPA delaying price ceilings on meat eggs milk and other basics until August 20 A three man board will decide future controls The plan faces a House Senate showdown tomorrow The panel approved the measure with 11 of 14 conferees signing It was opposed by Milliken Wolcott and Smith.
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley after meeting with President Truman says no prospect of adjournment this week or the next. He reports Truman is evaluating the OPA revival bill for possible signing or veto while Congress must also tackle terminal leave pay railroad retirement and an aviation treaty.
Senate Vice President Barkley told reporters at the White House he did not know if President Truman would sign Lee on the page two item.
City police report slight injuries and minor damage from a two-car crash on U. S. Highway 31 at 6 40 PM Sunday. Vehicles involved were a 1940 Plymouth coach driven by Alvis Briscoe and a 1935 Ford Sedan driven by W R Adams. Briscoe suffered a minor injury to the left hand. Adams received a head injury. Damages were listed as 15 and 7 50 dollars respectively.
Terrorists bombed the King David hotel complex in Jerusalem killing at least 50 people and injuring many. The blast hit the hotel headquarters of the British army and the Palestine government secretariat, with further casualties and widespread panic across the city.
The Agriculture Department announced a 314 million dollar subsidy program for 1947 to aid farmers in rebuilding soil after wartime drain. Eligible farmers must follow soil and water conservation practices and are advised by state and local committees and department experts. Practices include lime and fertilizer use, cover crops, certain legumes and grasses, erosion control, forestry improvements, weed control, and land clearance for farming. Money will not pay for production restrictions or expansions.
James McCrory seven, of near Trussville, died in a Birmingham hospital from polio myelitis over the weekend. He was the fourth local death this year with other recent victims from Tuscaloosa and Elmore. Ten Jefferson hospital admissions in a weekend included four seven-year-olds, all from the Bessemer area.
Madame Sun Yat Sen, widow of the republic founder and Chiang Kai Shek’s sister in law, says Kuomintang reactionaries seek civil war to provoke a U S USSR war. She warns American allies to be told Chinese and American reactionaries are colluding, aiming to spark conflict and crush Chinese communists.
W. D. Crowden 34, of Van Buren Arkansas, was killed instantly Sunday when the rabbit hunting gun reportedly slipped and discharged a bullet into his chest. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Funeral set for Mount Zion Church, West Lawrence County. Survivors include his parents four sons one daughter and a brother.
Boards of revenue from 12 counties including Morgan Jackson Limestone Madison and Lauderdale will meet at the Morgan County TB Sanatorium to select two representatives each for a 12 county board. Dr. William Grosfeld says the 11 A M gathering includes a planned luncheon as plans proceed for a 200 bed facility funded by federal and state grants.
In La Paz on July 22 rebels toppled President Gualberto Villarroel after a four day street battle that left about 2000 dead or wounded. Villarroel was thrown from the palace and hanged from a lamppost amid a macabre victory parade. Acting President Nestor Guitten vowed to resign once Tomas Monje recovers, and rebels promised restoration of civil liberties and elections.
Samuel M. Slaton announces Decatur VA sub regional office extends veteran services to Athens and Moulton. Janey M. Brown will visit Athens Monday and Tuesday, and Moulton Thursday and Friday, with offices at the U S Employment Service and the county service commissioner’s courthouse. Brown also serves veterans at the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Decatur Wednesday each week.
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