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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1949
Page
4
The piece argues that a federal polls tax ban, if upheld, could force Alabama to run two ballots in primary elections and complicate ballots in presidential years. It notes electors are state officials and questions federal reach over state election prerogatives.
The piece cites General Eisenhower's letter to Congressman Gwinn clarifying views on federal aid to education. He supports aid only in areas with demonstrated need and opposes nationwide grants, warning of bureaucratic growth and reduced funds for needy regions. The letter was released via The Montgomery Advertiser's public forum column.
The column exposes a smear campaign against Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Air Secretary Stuart Symington over the B 36 program. It traces the anonymous memo to Glenn L. Martin Co notes, claims misstatements in Van Zandt's Capitol Hill speech, and notes Martin’s 1948 loss and Emerson tie.
A columnist recounts Congressman Van Zandt's claim that Symington’s Emerson Electric had its B-29 gun turret contracts renegotiated in 1948 by Col. Franklin Wolfe, alleging a $20 million loss to U.S. taxpayers. The writer recalls hearing the rumor in 1945 but states investigation found no truth, praising Symington’s record at Emerson Electric.
The piece urges disciplined mental use and training to unlock full potential. It stresses analyzing personal problems, purposeful reading, challenging digestion of ideas, and linking parts to the whole. It advises examining institutions and laws, avoiding passive life, and using the mind to understand reality.
Vice Admiral A W Radford former deputy chief of naval operations for air has been reassigned to Hawaii. Rear Admiral Edward Ewen, a longtime critic of the B 36, moves to Guam. Harold Mosher a Hill lobbyist and Glenn Martin backer linked to Congressman Clarence Brown and Senator Tydings. Brown previously attacked the B 36.
A speech inserted in the Congressional Record attacks the B 36 program. It cites a mysterious memorandum and notes photostats circulated on Capitol Hill by Navy officers. The articles in Aviation Week and Aeroplane are said to be written by Stanley Harold Evans and backed by a British motive to shift US aviation spending.
In Mobile County Alabama a $2,000,000 bridge plan to Dauphin Island was voted down by a 2-1 margin in a special election. The four mile span would link the island to Cedar Point and fund via a one cent per gallon tax until completion. Returns showed 4,178 for and 9,267 against the proposal, with opposition focused on the gasoline tax.
No one called the Albany Decatur Daily office 25 years ago today asking where is my paper. There wasnt any. It was Sunday.
New York July 26 Barney Ruditzky a retired detective of the gangster squad says columnists in Hollywood misrepresent the underworld. He ties himself to Sherry's in Los Angeles and to a Las Vegas underworld hotel. He recalls Siegel's murder and names many gang figures tied to gambling in the East Florida New Orleans and Philadelphia.
In Hamilton Bermuda a funeral was held for Mrs. Howard A. Bowman wife of a veteran U S consular officer. The Bowmans long service included Danzig Poland and Bermuda posts. American officials and Bermudians attended as the consul mourned beside the flag draped coffin and prayed in a cathedral service.
J T Robinson of the Morgan County Farm Bureau announces a county cotton meeting at Morgan County High School in Hartselle Alabama Friday July 29 at 2 00 p m The note recalls a recent favorable meeting about the National Cotton Council at Belle Mina Alabama with about 150 attendees from ten Tennessee Valley counties The letter urges attendance to learn first hand about the Council program and to lend support to its work and invites neighbors to attend
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