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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Local highs reached 71 and lows around 60. Army discharges include Sgt Thomas E Todd and Cpl Carl H Bennett with medals and ribbons. multiple soldiers noted for overseas service. Civilian items list visits clinics, hospital admissions, furloughs, and routine travels. Page continues with more local notices and staff reports.
Alabama closes its first postwar statewide election with a gubernatorial race between James E. Folsom of Cullman and Lt. Gov. Handy Ellis of Columbiana. The race features CIO PAC backing for Folsom and Ellis alleging a “domination” by machine politicians. Folsom, tall and backed by a hillbilly band, denied soliciting CIO support and previously ran in 1942, finishing second to Chauncey Sparks who cannot seek reelection.
The Daily announces a free election night party Tuesday with the Associated Press leased wire providing statewide returns. Returning officers in Morgan County are asked to telephone The Daily once counts are complete as results are expected to come in quickly due to the brief ballot.
The two candidates have campaigned across the state with frequent stops and speeches. Tonight they conclude their statewide appeals in broadcasts as part of the final push before the election. The weather bureau calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions for tomorrow’s vote.
The New Orleans pardon board denied clemency to Willie Francis, aged 18, who survived an electric chair attempt on May 3 due to equipment failure. The death sentence remains, with Governor Davis to set a new execution date. an executive reprieve ends June 7. Bertrand De Blanc argued the state fulfilled its duty and God saved him.
The court ruled that a Virginia law requiring white and Negro passengers to sit separately on interstate buses violates federal commerce power. Justice Reed delivered the 6-1 decision, with Burton dissenting and Black and Frankfurter concurring. Irene Morgan challenged the Virginia statute after a $10 fine in Middlesex County.
Three men linked to Kilby prison escapees are captured after a chase through three Florida counties. Harold James Koerner serving 48 years for armed robbery Luther Ray Black serving 11 years for armed robbery Alva Estra Pittman paroled in 1945 after six years of a 14 to 25 year armed robbery sentence. They were armed and in a stolen car when seized by Baker county authorities.
Communist spokesman Lu Ting Yi announced the capture of four government held Manchurian cities and said Reds would not retreat further. Chiang Kai Shek returned to Nanking as General Marshall reportedly advanced a new peace proposal over the weekend to bolster peace hopes.
Seventy five cases are listed for the June term of Morgan County circuit court. The term opens June 17 with Judge James H. Crow presiding. Civil juries June 17 18 19 and criminal hearings June 24 25. Read aloud are cases such as Gulf Refining Company vs Adam P Howell and others across three docket days.
Big Jim Folsom and a supporters caravan are due in Decatur late today likely between three and four o'clock. The group travels from Cullman through the Valley to Jackson Athens the Tri-Cities and into Decatur via Wheeler highway, with plans to rally in Birmingham that night. The caravan will pause briefly on the former Albany railroad station lot. No address confirmation given.
The House delayed debate on a massive rivers and harbors bill costing up to a billion dollars. Rep Bailey criticized the Big Sandy project in WV VA KY and backed a bid to eliminate it. The package includes navigation flood control irrigation hydroelectric plans with an initial 600 million and potential double cost. The Arkansas river basin proposal tops 500 million and the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway requests 116 million. The bill lacks initial funding pending later legislation.
Paris reports show the middle of the road popular republican movement gaining strength in France's election for a new constituent assembly. Communists and Socialists suffer setbacks as unofficial results from France and Corsica place the MRP at about 160 seats, with at least a 10 seat gain over the last assembly.
The labor disputes reduce idle miners to 371000 as 400000 soft coal workers return to government mines. 75000 Pennsylvania hard coal miners remain out while NYC commuters suffer from Hudson tubes strike. CIO Maritime Union threats loom as John L. Lewis negotiates welfare funds and raises with anthracite operators.
A Sunday night fire caused by a suspected wiring defect in a downstairs closet endangered Dr. and Mrs. John C. Bragg’s home at 451 Jackson Street. Passerby alerted Dr. Frank Chenault who called the fire department. Fire Chief Floyd Elkins’ crew confined the blaze to upstairs and east downstairs rooms, preventing heavy water damage amid heavy smoke with no casualty report.
Sheriff Reeves said four Negroes two men and a woman from Tuscaloosa were booked on robbery charges after Police Chief Leverette of Brundidge was beaten and his pistol taken. The suspects were Alto McWilson 31 Roy McWilson 27 Samuel Robertson 26 and Carrie Robertson. Leverette was treated at a hospital. The group was captured on the Troy Montgomery highway by state patrolmen.
Washington June 3 Atomic energy control the draft and OPA crowded back into Congress today. The Senate took up a Selective Service extension to May 15 and reimposed induction on teenagers. Debates over keeping OPA alive after June 30 and an atomic energy bill followed as the House sped it through after Senate approval.
White Way Pure Milk Company, based in Decatur since 1940, is granted a permit to distribute grade A pasteurized milk in Madison county. Operated by Emmett Barren and C. E. Winton, the permit allows a milk plant for distributing and processing in Madison county, with a distribution station planned in Huntsville.
Tokyo reports state the Allied tribunal reconvenes to hear the prosecution's opening and rule on two defense motions. The court may also decide on dismissing charges against two defendants and about illness related absences. Navy Capt Mens leads American defense efforts amid long proceedings.
An afternoon of crashes left three injured in a Ryan PT-22 crash near a pasture six miles east of Hartselle and a separate highway 36 car wreck near Moulton. J. D. Chesser and W. G. Lunsford were seriously injured with internal injuries, while 11 year old boy escaped unharmed as a taxicab struck him. Silas Payne of Mountain Home sustained critical injuries in the highway crash, after his vehicle collided on state highway 36. Passenger details and conditions updated by Decatur area hospitals.
Three new poliomyelitis cases were diagnosed in Florence over the weekend bringing the county total to 25 in under two weeks. Health officer Dr. C J Fisher said the rise has not yet reached epidemic levels. The new cases include an adult in East Florence, a rural-area child, and an 8-year-old boy, all white.
Robert C. Dobson, state representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, said a $6,000 grant will assist the polio outbreak response in Lauderdale County. The aid team was alerted and readiness actions were set in motion.
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