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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1949
Page
4
President Truman labeled the 80th Congress do nothing and may dub the 81st as do nothings. The AEC probe under Chairman David Lilenthal stirs Washington fireworks amid atomic topic concerns. The 1950 census aims accuracy, but suburban residence trends threaten every incorporated area nationwide.
Lawmakers are urged to prohibit retailers from selling cigarettes below cost and to amend sales tax collection on cigarette packs to reflect onerous tobacco taxes. The piece notes the need to define cost precisely and addresses the tax burden on tobacco products.
The Alabama State Planning Board is taking steps toward industrial development, offering communities economical surveys to develop or attract new industry. The surveys are factual, data driven and designed to help communities lacking facilities perform this work. Industrialists will be interested in the insights these surveys reveal.
In Montgomery a luncheon with Alabama legislators and the daily Alabama press reinforced broad support for stronger checks on executive power. While method debates may arise, the main aim is clear: the legislators are in Montgomery to serve the people across Alabama and deserve lasting public gratitude.
The column sketches Washington power games as Truman derides a purported Army citation for Gen Lucius Clay while Bradiey aides craft laudatory wording. It notes congressional clashes over military control, Navy pushback, and top officials under pressure amid multiple defense-age frictions. It also mentions a wheat disease threat and evolving U S diplomatic moves with China.
The Tuscaloosa News questions the need for siren blown motorcycle escorts for dignitaries amid a minor taxi crash and argues such demonstrations pose risks to pedestrians and traffic. The Daily agrees, contrasting ambulance speed with limited proven impact on patient recovery.
Advice column urges persistent effort to develop better personal and community habits. It acknowledges potential handicaps and opposition yet stresses that collective action and sacrifice lead to rewards and a stronger world.
Westbrook Pegler argues the house committee on un American activities privately avoids publicizing material that could embarrass the Truman administration and the Department of Justice. He cites Whittaker Chambers, Berle, and Duggan as showing pro Russian influence in the State Department and critiques political pressures shaping investigations and prosecutions.
International News Service Paris report mocks a young French existentialist as a vulgar bohemian parasite. The piece also notes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's Paris visit and positive but wary reaction, plus Louella Parsons dining with French columnists and Hollywood curiosity about America.
Department urges farmers to harvest diseased wheat and salvage what they can to prevent another outbreak next year. They advise keeping land free of other crops and stray seeds all summer and planting winter wheat as late as possible. Agriculture stations report a hybrid seed resistant to the disease, but quantity is limited.
Representatives Foster Furcolo of Massachusetts and Pat Sutton of Tennessee, both Democrats, defied House Speaker Car Vinson of Georgia to defeat a military pay raise plan. Sutton argued against bonuses for top officers, saying it harmed enlisted men and their families.
The House heard a David and Goliath style clash as Furcolo charged the pay bill ignores scandals of officers retired for disability and taking private jobs. Votes on recommitment swung 227 to 163, with Sutton and Furcolo prevailing.
Hollywood report notes Ann Sheridan, after illness during the Europe shoot of I Was A Male War Bride with Cary Grant, immediately secures another role in the film Carriage Entrance. Grant will rest for the balance of the year.
Mrs L W Crenshaw returned from Northern markets. Mr and Mrs J W Cunningham plan an Asheville visit. Little Martha Frances Kilgore is ill at home of Mr and Mrs L H Kilgore. The Four Leaf Clover club opened summer with Rook and ice course at Julia Bingham home. Members include Harriet Irwin Jane Irwin Hazel Hodges Marion Bing ham Julia Bing ham Hilda Carpenter Susan Beech Garren Ann Tillery. Emily Lile and Mamie Nichols of Tanner visit Mrs Thomas B Woodard.
Montreal's Canadians accumulated 782 minutes in the penalty box, the highest total among all teams this season, reflecting a run of undisciplined play and frequent infractions that hampered their on ice performance.
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