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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1951
Page
4
The Chicago White Sox, an unlikely AL surprise, sit atop the Toop while management trades players constantly. Fans discuss moves as the team defies standings with continued talent swaps and no regard for current position.
The Alabama legislature debates barring pension payments to elderly citizens who have capable children. Social Security differs as it is funded by prior employer payments, while pensions are not and thus subject to greater political control.
The Scottsboro figure Haywood Patterson faces another Detroit murder trial with hung juries and witness tampering accusations. Relatives accused of obstructing justice. Michigan may retry Patterson as the Alabama prison escapee's saga widens. The Selma Times Journal blasts Michigan's extradition stance and calls the case boomerang justice.
Senator McMahon and Justice Frankfurter clash over U S propaganda and peacemaking. McMahon says Americans want peace while the State Department is timid and hamstrung by critics who tag its efforts as appeasement. Frankfurter notes Dean Acheson’s cautious stance and English influence.
President Truman amuses Navy enlisted men aboard the USS Williamsburg by renaming ship areas with farm terms calling the forecastle the front porch and the stern the back porch while declaring he is a farmer not a professional sailor. The exchange shows light tension as an officer jokes at the change.
uranium traces detected in coal in the Northern Great Plains with less than one percent content. Additional traces noted in black shale across Tennessee Kentucky Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin. A government process to extract uranium as a by-product from phosphate fertilizer also has been developed.
General Eisenhower privately endorsed Senator Fulbright's proposal for a government ethics code. He sent a letter to Fulbright praising the idea and supporting the push for moral standards in public service.
The piece argues happiness is an art learned by doing not a gift. It highlights factors from disposition to circumstances and asserts happiness depends on choosing a sunny outlook, practicing positive perspective, and building a hopeful mindset despite distressing conditions. Abraham Lincoln is cited on mindsets.
In a letter to Adlai Stevenson, President Eisenhower expresses strong agreement with his sentiments and offers praise while defending naïveté as a compliment. He notes the Times report on illegal border crossings and calls out perceived ethical relaxations from farm labor to federal leaders.
Amvets faced a $228 000 deficit from its atomic blood tag program and other patriotic efforts but Hal Keats, former National Commander, raised over $400 000 to cover the shortfall. Ballantine Beer and Ale Co praised for patriotic aid to civil defense furnishing emergency equipment and a fleet of trucks.
Adm. Forrest Sherman and Gen. Omar Bradley clash over the phrase old soldiers never die. Sherman cites a Navy song about old sailors fading away and notes its British origin and Navy applicability, contrasting it with MacArthur and Army usage.
The government printing office releases diverse pamphlets from fleas to birds in Japan and cats to raccoons. It prints about 15 million pounds of paper monthly with 50 000 titles and 30 million copies in total circulation.
Reverend John S Middleton argues that journalism must honor truth with candor and accuracy. Pegler cites battles with Alexander F Jones over reporting on Eleanor Roosevelt and challenges ethics of shielding public figures from scrutiny. He recalls Jones praised his work at The Washington Post though the paper opposed truthful coverage of a powerful female politician.
The piece argues government pamphlets waste taxpayer money with geography of fleas and raccoon mating behavior, while congressmen order and mail thousands of copies at taxpayer expense. It notes lawmakers also hoard free pamphlets to distribute to constituents.
A writer denounces a prominent female politician as the most influential yet harmful figure, accusing her of fabricating quotes about Hoover and MacArthur. He cites passages, notes edits under Pat Hurley, and condemns her ethics while invoking broader moral outrage at press suppression.
In Frankfurt the U S Army issues guidance for soldiers in Germany to act like professionals and win friends. It notes Germans highly respect military excellence but warns against promoting militarism while stressing military status shapes relations with locals.
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