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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1951
Page
4
Senator Leblanc who launched the patent medicine Hadacol and funded heavy advertising says he has signed an option to dispose of his Hadacol stock in the manufacturing company for 20 million dollars. He warned that the day of opportunity is gone in this country.
The Williamstown Advocate explains the editorial we as a proxy for a busy country editor who reads, writes, prints, folds, delivers, and speaks for his patrons. The piece notes the editor’s workload and temptations, justifying plural self reference.
Senator Lister Hill pushes for 95 million under the Hill Burton Act with House Appropriations approving 75 million. The funds would aid Alabama towns Aliceville Reform Chatom Demopolis Moulton Evergreen Oneonta by offsetting post cut delays in hospital construction and support national defense readiness. Decatur may soon need similar aid and Hill is cited as a defender of local health needs.
The editorial urges the Alabama Senate to back the increased sales tax to fund education, praising House support by Morgan County figures Noble Russell and Luther Roberts. It argues public backing shows residents want strong schools and are willing to pay, despite opposition from municipal leagues and organized labor.
At a Stork club dinner for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Senator Estes Kefauver arrived to find rival Scott Lucas of Illinois already seated. Lucas, angry over Kefauver's crime probe that hurt his career, left abruptly after a passing remark about an early train. The scene occurred as Mrs Kefauver sat at the Duke's table and Kefauver at the Duchess' table in a black tie event.
Moscow diplomat Nikolai Vladykin suggested a cease fire in Korea based on unification. The remark came at a Washington embassy event amid questions if he spoke for policy or floated a casual peace hint.
An analysis argues that airlines receive a heavy taxpayer subsidy while the public lacks a clear figure of the total aid. The piece contrasts this with railroads, suggesting similar government support and limited public visibility.
ARLIE B DAVIDSON reflects on Robert Perry's polar feat and the value of persistent effort. The piece then critiques postwar airline subsidies, noting Pan American’s large mail payments and debate over separating mail costs from subsidies, with Truman’s committee and the President opposing exemptions for international carriers.
A syndicated column exposes how a Truman air coordinating committee led by Del Rio Rentzel and other appointees secretly favors airline lobby secrecy. The confidential paper No. 93-1A urges government control over disclosure, even to bar subsidies from public view.
In Washington Rabble-Rouser Gerald L K Smith led a 5000-name petition backing General MacArthur for Majority while Mike Di Salle drew comfort from Herbert Bayard Swope's line about pleasing everybody.
Pegler claims American planners planned a 1942 invasion of France, halted by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Mountbatten. He argues the Africa, Sicily, and Italy campaigns followed for Churchill’s political gain, with Rommel left unthreatened in the desert while Eisenhower’s forces finally invaded France. The piece presents an unnamed American informer’s view of Allied aims and Anglo-Saxon dominance in postwar Europe.
A June New York dispatch critiques the United Nations for ignoring Tibet's fall to communism. It argues Western powers and India failed to defend Tibet, likening the move to Munich and warning of broader risks to Asia including Korea.
Leader McFarland pleads with democratic senators to focus on business as the chamber sits largely empty. The piece notes lawmakers distracted by MacArthur hearings and speeches while a former landlord lobbyist, George Proffitt, now works for the housing enforcement office overseeing rent control and selecting advisory committees.
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