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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
7
A small bed of bright annual flowers fills a corner where a wing meets the house. Planted for sun and water, it uses pinks, blues, white asters and petunias with alyssum for a year round display. The beds enhance curb appeal without dwarfing the home or blocking light.
Hollywood writer Bob Thomas surveys TV staff and industry, detailing how new words like TV, video, telegenic and kinescope enter daily speech. The piece notes viewers and listeners debate terms as audiences shift from radio to television and describe phenomena such as ghosts and halos in picture distortion.
Alabama Revenue Department reports May collections at 6,936,177 versus April's 8,988,729 a decline of 2,052,552 tied to income tax receipts from the prior month. First eight months show 5,063,503 surplus over last year, with totals since Oct 1948 near 63,962,723 from about 40 taxes.
Col. Walter K. Wilson Jr. of St. Paul Minnesota will assume duties as Mobile engineer for the corps next month. The assignment was announced yesterday by the corps.
Alabama lawmakers urged publishers and editors to back measures to fix long standing financial weaknesses. The June meeting drew leaders from most daily papers to press for public support and improved government spending controls. Senator Bruce Henderson warned that without press cooperation the state could face greater disorder and potential bankruptcy. He cited saving $3 to $6 million yearly if reforms are enacted, and noted past clashes with Gov. Folsom over press honesty.
Clyde L. Chapman USN seaman visited the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland with his mother Mrs Clyde Chapman of Anderson 1 to observe the three hundredth anniversary celebration of the academy.
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