Weather and society notes from Decatur report daily life
Partly cloudy outlook with warmer temperatures and light to moderate winds described for the coast. Local figures show a high of 77 and a low of 53. Community notices recount visits, relocations, and events across Decatur, Morgans, and nearby towns, including travel between Louisville, Pulaski, Lenoir City, Scottsboro, Florence, and Fort Lauderdale. Frequent mentions include hospital and clinic activities at Hamil clinic, and local officials like the board of equalization and Army reenlistment.
Folsom Victory Urges Unity for Alabama Governorship
James E. Folsom, Democratic nominee, vows to end bickering and seek broad cooperation as he prepares to assume the Alabama governorship in January. He swept the runoff with about 57 thousand votes, pledging to promote state interests while continuing his Cullman insurance work.
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James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Handy Ellis
Patrick
Luther Patrick
Laurie Battle
Birmingham
Battle
Clarence Inter
Gadsden
Reuben Newton
Jasper
C. C
Jack) Owen
Clint Harrison
Galion
Public Service
Owen
Harrison
Secretary of State
Senate Banking Committee approves revised OPA price control bill
The Senate Banking Committee approved a drastically amended price control extension measure to a floor vote next week. Major points include ending controls on livestock and related farm products by June 30, shifting oversight to the Agriculture Secretary, creating a decontrol board, eliminating cost absorption, cutting subsidies to 1.1 billion, and repealing the map order while barring new subsidies or controls after May 1, 1947.
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Senate Banking Committee Today
Senate
Barkley
Millikin
R-Cole
Banking Committee
Chamber
Wagner
D-N. Y
House
Chester Bowles
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Diesel Barges For Service On The Rhine From Ingalls
Ingalls shipyard in Decatur will build 25 self propelled diesel barges for the Rhine project. Each 208 feet long with 23 feet breadth, powered by a 480 hp diesel, testing first on the Tennessee river before shipment to France. Naval architect George G. Sharp designed the craft with crew quarters and galvanized hatch covers. color scheme includes black hull red waterline brown tarpaulins white superstructure buff ventilators and red window frames.
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Rhine
Ingall Shipbuilding Corporation
Decatur
Ingalls
French Supply Council
Tennessee River
France
George G. Sharp
Plemons Place to be Padlocked in Falkville
A judge ordered Plemons Place padlocked after the state charged Charlie Plemons with operating a liquor and gambling nuisance in Falkville. The hearing before Judge James H Crow Jr. also involved attorney Philip Shanks of Decatur and state representation by George Johnette and Ben L. Lawrence.
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Charlie Plemons
James H. Crow Jr
Plemons
Falkville
Philip Shanks
Decatur
Way Senpeeehie der
May tax distributions announced by Morgan County official
Morgan County Tax Collector Alvis Briscoe posted two May distributions this morning. The May 16 to 31 real and personal tax totals include Alabama state 17.87, Morgan County 45.70, county schools 31.69, city schools 4.12, Falkville 9.12, Hartselle 0.59, Decatur 11.36, Probate Judge T. C. Almon 5.50, and The Decatur Daily 2.42. An auto tax distribution for May 1 shows unclear lines with county and state references.
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Morgan County
Alvis Briscoe
State of Alabama
Falkville
Hartselle
Nity
Decatur
T. C. Almon
Decatur Daily
On Sao Jerk
Tumi
A Scie
Girl Cast Out by Tribe Over Illicit Romance
A 17 year old Seminole girl Lena was cast out by her tribe for an illicit romance with a white man. An emissary, claiming to be the girl’s uncle, said she is alive and expected to have a baby in about three weeks. The punishment is to be barred from the green corn dance. Lena had previous exile four years ago for a similar matter and is now at her father’s Everglades camp.
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Miami
Fla
Everglades
John Osceola
Sam Fulford
Dade County
Lena
Fulford
Montgomery Man Sentenced to Death for Wife Slaying
In Montgomery circuit court Phillip Cobb a Negro was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the pistol slaying of his wife. The judgment will automatically be appealed to the state supreme court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Phillip Cobb
Hotel Blaze Probes Begin in Chicago
Officials opened investigations into the La Salle hotel fire as 53 of 58 dead were positively identified. The 22 story La Salle and Madison structure prompted evacuations and closures of two theaters five night clubs and five nursing homes. A blue ribbon inquest gathered engineers safety experts and hotel managers to determine cause and rapid spread.
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Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Louis Marco
Loop Hotel
la Salle
Madison Street
The
Shubert
Great Northern
Edward J. Kelly
Inquest
Nazi Slaughter of Yanks Told at Ardennes Trial
In Dachau Germany a defendant in the Ardennes massacre trial testified that American prisoners were shot from the rear by SS troops. T. S. Rauh said he and comrades lined up seven to eight men at a time and fired from under 10 feet in a Belgian woods.
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Dachau
Germany
Ardennes
T. S. Rauh
Hitler
Rauh
Two Years After D-Day Alabama Honors World War II Sacrifice
Ed Leigh McMillan of the Alabama division urges a moment of silent tribute two years after D-Day. He recalls American resolve and the home front effort to “Back The Attack” with saved dollars. He notes victory over Germany and Japan and asks Alabamians to reflect on courage and unity today.
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France
America
Ed Leigh McMillan
Alabama
U. S
Treasury
Mr. McMillan
Congress Braces For Draft Bill Clash Over Teen Inductions
Washington June 6 Congress confronts a clash over resuming the teenage draft. The Senate favors continuing 18 and 19 year olds, while the House seeks to halt teenage inductions. Conference action to reconcile differences is due before the current law expires.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Senate
Senate-House
Congress
Franco Plan Veto Likely Faces UN Security Council Showdown
In New York on June 6, Russia and the Western powers prepared for a UN Security Council showdown over Franco Spain. A subcommittee report on Spain as a potential menace faced possible veto from one of the Big Three, with calls for a collective diplomatic break with Madrid and a transfer debate to the General Assembly. Britain and the United States condemned Franco yet urged a peaceful overthrow by Spaniards.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Franco
Spain
Madrid
UN le
Andrei Agun
General Assembly
Coun
Britain
United States
Pup Sent to Ward Home After Fritz Death Sparks Drive Safety Appeals
A Scotch Collie puppy travels to the Ward household in Hartselle to replace Fritz who was killed by a passing car. June Ward and friends mourned Fritz and urged safer driving after her letter to The Daily gained national and international attention including radio and Canadian paper readership.
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Ward
Hartselle
Fritz
Little June Ward
June
Daily
Chamber of Commerce
Canal Fight Spurs House Vote On 116 Million Waterway
The House tentatively knocked out the 116 million Tennessee Tombigbee waterway from the omnibus rivers and harbors bill by a 117 to 109 teller vote. Rep Jennings urged striking the project while Rankin and Boykin defended its national defense and economic benefits for Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley. The measure may return for a final roll call later.
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Washington
House
Jennings
Tenn
R- Tenn
Tennessee
Lenoir City
Boykin
Dala
Rankin
D-Miss
Mississippi
Tombigbee
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley
Oak Ridge
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
U. S. Army
Enae Asee
Senate Begins Ticklish Job On Streamlining Congress
Washington June lawmakers start a long debated plan to overhaul Congress with joint committee urging modernization of outmoded operations. The session opens amid reluctance to disrupt time honored practices as a five congress renovates goals and procedures.
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Washington
Senate
Rentchael
House
Congress
New Walkout Adds Trouble In Ship Strike
AFL seafarers halted work across Atlantic and Gulf ports while CIO unions pressed a separate strike plan. In New York 100 percent stoppage on AFL ships. Baltimore also affected. Washington planned hearings as government mediators pursued settlement talks amid rising tensions in maritime labor.
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Max Hall
Washington
New York
Baltimore
AFL
U. S
CIO
CIO National Maritime Union
Boston
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Hawaiian
House Labor Committee
A. B. Kelley
Kelley
Great Lakes
AFL Seafarers International Union
The
Sailors Union of the Pacific
John B. Bryan
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Gregory Harrison
Vincent J. Malone
Pacific Coast Firemen’s Association
Hugh Bryson
CIO Maring Cooks and Stewards Association
W. H Buttran
San Pedro
Calif
CIO National Maritime Engineers Beneficial Association
Labor Department
Bryan
Malone
San Francisco
Batenne
Wash
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John T. Berry
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Scottsboro
Charles T. Dean
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Florence
Leal Lawhorn
Hope
Jack Addison
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Lewis Davis
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Bill Lindsey
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Winston D. Alston
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Mr. Alston
Southern Bell
Board of Equalization of
Russell L. Carpenter
Army
Fort McClellan
George Johnson
Athens
James W. McCain
Guntersville
Morgan Area Price Board
Milton Hall
Moulton
Robert Agnew
Hamil Clinic
L. A. Fuller
Rose Marie Namie
Seldon Thompson
Hamil Clnic
Homer Johnson
Danville 3
G. M. Davenport
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