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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
4
Management and labor committees reached a two year contract at Goodyear Degatur Mills avoiding strikes. The agreement preserves 700 jobs, promises steady operations and brings investment and prosperity to Decatur as the industry remains open.
The article argues cotton farmers will accept insect control as essential. It predicts boll weevil management through dusting and spraying will be routine, shaping profitable yields to compete with the Southwest and Far West.
In a dialogue about May 2 primary results, the piece argues newspapers should present candidates without bias and let voters judge. Henry Morgan laments media influence, mocks advertising control, and urges readers to form independent judgments as democracy’s core.
Washington reports that Rep. Graham Barden will push a federal education aid bill, excluding aid to parochial schools, after Lesinski's death opens the path. Meanwhile national school conditions are highlighted with overcrowded San Antonio, Northern Virginia, and Oklahoma examples including firetraps near airbase runways.
NLRB counsel Robert Denham, defended by Taft, refuses to sign briefs in appeals where unions sue employers. He only signs when the case is against a union, except for the Boeing injunction under Taft-Hartley. Labor unions seek Taft's ouster of Denham.
Secretary of State Acheson and Senator Brien McMahon, both from Connecticut, share a wary relationship. At a diplomatic reception Acheson joked to his wife about McMahon as an “ogre” beside the most beautiful woman in Washington, then smiled.
Arlie B Davidson urges readers to value their real possessions and inner qualities. Focus on material, mental, spiritual, and social assets while pursuing potential goals. Do not overemphasize wealth. seek intelligence, character, honesty, and love for people to shape a better future.
The article notes lingering strain between Acheson and McMahon rooted in a 1930s church withdrawal over a divorce and the current EU policy debate. It highlights McMahon's initiative on breaking the iron curtain and his two advisers Arthur Krock and Marquis Childs, with McMahon remaining a key State Department ally on Capitol Hill.
Insiders say President Truman's intervention to back Emory Allison for the U S Senate has backfired as Allison opposed civil rights, road politics, and backed high small loan rates. Growing support shifts to ex Congress member Tom Hennings amid questions over Truman's knowledge of Allison. Jim Pendergast is noted as the actual pick.
Ray McKeough of Chicago, ex CIO executive and Maritime Commission member, will join the Interstate Commerce Commission if Senators lag in reviewing the 81 State Department loyalty files. Readings vary with Tydings and McMahon at about thirty, Green twenty, Lodge twelve, and Hickenlooper four.
A daily compilation shows at least 140 people have died in recent days from heat, drowning, and storms. Government observer Mrs A H Irens notes the heat wave has moderated. A Lone Scouts tribe forms in South Albany led by Edward Case Alton Delmore and Clyde Rev Mundy at St church.
Pegler assails Eleanor Roosevelt in Cosmopolitan for pushing civil rights and public medical service while accusing both major parties of weakness and treachery. He blasts New England Democrats, pro-Roosevelt veterans, and States Rights factions as tools of a Truman Hyde Park machine, endorsing Dewey and warning of Soviet threats.
The article notes John’s Episcopal church considering a call to become rector of the Episcopal church at Greenville. It also mentions highway plans and local visits including Morgan county officials and residents traveling to Birmingham. Summer school enrollment for grades one to seven begins June 15 with pianoforte recitals by Mrs. Lableen Kinney pupils.
A leaked-insight on Boake Carter reveals his witty reply style and vast fan mail. Readers discuss cultural mores from wearing pajamas in front of guests to TV viewing habits. Notre Dame TV alumni idea and simplified English advocate close the round of letters.
The writer rails against nominal Republicans and Mrs. Luce for undermining the party and the republic. Describing a corrupt national leadership, the piece laments a failed democracy and the rise of disaffected citizens seeking a new political movement amid wartime loyalties and Pearl Harbor imagery.
Harper's cites Fletcher Pratt asserting Puerto Rican intelligence outclassed U S forces during recent Puerto Rico maneuvers. A WAC allegedly worked as a Norfolk waitress, gathering details to undermine invasion plans. The speaker laments an opportunity to act.
Four big gasoline firms Standard Oil Gulf Pan Am and Sinclair reduce prices in Anniston Alabama as a test case for competition They cut 22 cents a gallon and urged retailers to trim two more cents Gulf dealer Henry D Ford Jr warned of a station level revolt saying he can only absorb a half cent more while distributors take 24 1/2 cent cuts prior prices were 31 cents regular 33 cents premium with independents charging less.
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