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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1946
Page
1
Weather outlook notes partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers and coastal winds. Local events include a watermelon cutting at Central Methodist church and August revival at Fairfield Church of Christ.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov urged democracies to end Franco's Spain, warning simple majorities could place the West against the East. He backed a two thirds vote for core decisions, a stance echoed by U S Secretary Byrnes at the Paris peace talks.
Alvin Moon aged 18 is held in Morgan county jail on a charge of assault with intent to murder Arvel Hendrix. Mendrix is reported in serious condition after a shotgun blast wounded three men including Hendrix, Albert Hendrix, and James Whisenant returning from church Sunday night. deputies say one shot caused injuries. Bond set at 500 dollars.
Funeral services for Beulah Tyree Todd 34 a Crystal cafe waitress in Cullman will be held Thursday at Liberty church with burial in the church cemetery. She was electrocuted Tuesday noon after stepping on a tin top table charged by a short in a hot plate while cleaning a fan. She left three children and several relatives. Moss Service handled arrangements.
The OPA authorized an average six percent increase in retail ceilings for farm machinery and replacement parts effective immediately. The move restores peacetime profit margins for retailers, while manufacturers and wholesalers keep their 10 percent rise. OPA also restored the two percent handling and transfer charge for distributors. Prospective cost of living increases include textiles, cotton garments, coffee, bread, cereals, and some canned vegetables.
The Senate approved a 2.4 billion dollar servicemen's terminal pay bill, allocating about 15 million former service members to receive payments in lieu of furloughs earned during the war emergency. The House must act next.
Washington July 31 Former secretary to Rep Coffee told the senate war investigating committee that the jails of America will fill if the Justice Department enforces the law barring government contractors from making personal campaign contributions. He warned senators that the statute carries a five year prison term and a $5000 fine and disputed its application to a $2500 check Coffee received in 1941 from a Tacoma defense contractor.
In a crowded Lowenstein's department store in Memphis a 49 year old barber Robert Horner shot and killed his wife Gertrude Horner and wounded five bystanders before being killed by Officer C M Love. Horner left a note planning to bury them together.
Official Peiping Marine garrison says three Marines killed and 12 wounded in Monday’s fight 35 miles southeast of Peiping near a convoy. Unconfirmed counts vary with four to eight dead and up to twenty wounded. one Marine reportedly missing. Communist involvement remains unconfirmed by authorities.
An unidentified suspect was arrested in Cullman after the taxi driver Wallace Clyde Bean was found dead Friday night. Chief Deputy A. R. Woods and others continued the case as Sheriff J. M. Mitchell was summoned to Washington for family reasons. Bean was last seen at 7 30 P M and had about 100 dollars on his person when he left home.
Chicago July 31 The state moved toward trial on the murder charges against William Heirens after a collapsed defense plan to obtain a confession. Heirens refused to answer questions during a conference, while police checked a knife find linked to the Degnan case as prosecutors plan continued proceedings for the Degnan and Brown murders.
A diphtheria outbreak aboard the troop ship Colby Victory near Arcten Nfid leads the Coast Guard to airlift antitoxin from New York to Salem Massachusetts and then to Argentina for transfer. The plan aims to reach the Colby Victory by evening with further air support from Downs England.
Capt Harold Cobin and Lt George Wyatt said they were held 27 days in the Soviet occupation zone on spy charges after a unauthorized trip into the Soviet area. They described daily questioning, isolation, and repeated assurances of release pending identity checks.
In Morgan County Sparkman for Senate drew 3576 votes with Simpson second at 666. Boykin received 171 votes, Allen 7, Maxwell 5. Sparkman carried the county despite only half the voting strength, with Lacon tally showing Simpson's nine votes. Official results were reported from the county courthouse.
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall sends telegrams to President Truman Attorney General Clark and FBI Chief Hoover praising federal help in solving the Walton county July 25 lynching of four Negroes. He orders Major William E. Spence to stay in Walton county and issues $14,000 rewards in five northeast Georgia counties.
Senator Hill said a $375 million federal hospital construction program bill has a strong chance of final approval. He hopes to push the measure through the Senate today, with a house backed plan restricting federal funding to one third of project costs.
Rep. John Sparkman, Huntsville, led four opponents in Alabama’s U S senate primary with 46 of 67 counties reporting and a large North Alabama margin. Final totals showed Sparkman 77 925, Simpson 43 504, Boykin 33 689, Allen 908, Maxwell 55 0. Democratic nomination viewed as election.
Lee Hornsby 78, a state senator from Electic, Ala, appears winner of Elmore County House District No. 1 in the Democratic primary with 1414 votes. Sam C. Cook 876 and A. G. Hardin 438 follow. Hornsby to succeed late Hunter Golson. He has served in the senate since 1942 and held Elmore House seat 1923–1927.
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