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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1947
Page
4
The piece notes subscription prices by mail and delivery options, with Moo at $2.00 per month and $3.00 per year, Sunday at $5.00, Zone 2 at $6.00 yearly. It mentions prize money caps for British golfers, Hungary’s coup, and U.S. loan plans, plus local taxes, labor politics, and a brief on a Chicago tree rescue case and Birmingham Barons baseball dealings. Diverse topics are touched, including political positions and editorial quips about Churchill.
Three economic themes loom. First, deflation is labeled inevitable as credit and protection credit surged, needing liquidation to ease balance. Second, a Commerce Department report on 1947 first quarter profits spots high pre and post tax profits held by corporations, prompting investor idle-savings concerns. Third, economists warn exports may plunge from nearly 20 billion to 7.5 billion, risking deeper recession if foreign buyers shrink and U.S. loans fail to bridge the gap.
Charlie Ed Howell a Decatur merchant and prominent citizen plans to enter the field of education. He is described as a typical American with church ties and broad local respect. Howell’s background includes work in NM shops, nine years in retail, and active support from many friends in the community.
A Decatur resident urges city policy changes to address stray dogs and urban cleanliness. He urges humane treatment and a dog pound with fines for owners, alleys cleaned weekly, and swifter garbage collection to curb disease and pests. The piece also recalls a stray dog shot by police after a man’s death.
Athens reports claim a foreign legion will be organized abroad to aid Greek guerillas against the central government. No official confirmation exists. An American official calls the reports possibly a communist ploy to bolster guerrilla morale.
Friends of the Roxas government worry VA limits on wartime Filipino guerrilla benefits could fuel anti government sentiment in the Philippines. Philippine Ambassador Elizalde sought to kill the press release while Paul McNutt and VA Chief Bradley discussed the issue. About 1,000,000 claimants exist but only around 338,000 may be officially recognized. Disability pensions require evidence of a physical exam at enlistment.
Truck production is catching up with demand faster than automobile output. Analysts say the postwar backlog in trucks may be cleared in a couple of years, versus about five for cars. Wartime production kept essential truck output steady, and civilians have bought many military trucks.
Mexico City officials of Pemex report union leaders accepted an economy plan that dismisses 4,000 temporary workers while 14,000 regular employees are guaranteed permanent positions.
The U S Bureau of Mines will shut its manganese facilities in Boulder City Nevada even if Congress imposes 1947 budget cuts. The bureau says the manganese industry has reached commercial production and plans to shift focus to titanium calling it the coming metal and a potential rival to stainless steel.
Overseas briefs note Italy anticipates a good opera season as stars are booked abroad. Paris reports Jacqueline Pate Notre, chair of the U S French friendship committee, in New York to advance the program. Belgrade announces a Yugoslav Finland trade pact via Tanjug.
Marine recruiter Sergeant Pat Dudley will visit Decatur on Monday June 9 to offer first enlistment opportunities for 17 to 29 year old men. Enlistees receive a ten day post training leave after completing recruit training at Parris Island or San Diego. Dudley will set up an office in the local area from 10 30 AM to next notes unclear.
A clue list mixing across and down items with numbers and partial entries for a word puzzle, including farm buildings wander aright and various definitions. The page also notes a cryptoquote overviews and yesterday's solution by Goethe and distributor King Features Syndicate.
Evangelist H F Short spoke on Bible Conversion at the South Decatur tent meeting. He argued Acts shows conversions begin when hearers believe the gospel, repent, and accept Christ. An analytical chart on the blackboard illustrated the sequence of events for each conversion in Acts.
A sermon notes believers confess faith in Jesus as the son of God and are baptized for the remission of sins. The speaker concludes that God’s word has not been changed since ancient times.
A parish message celebrates a Decatur Senior High School graduate as an end product of home church and school. It offers a prayer urging youth to dream and learn, old and young to understand each other, and seeks better truths for a hopeful world in Jesus Christ.
The State Industrial Relations Department reported total unemployment compensation of 160,216 dollars paid last week, an increase of 8,280 from the prior week. Beneficiaries numbered 10,619, up 643, with Director Fleetwood Darnley noting the modest rise.
The text notes that people are saved from sins by following the gospel teaching and urges attendance at services held under a tent on Fifth Avenue South between Ninth and Eighth Streets South.
Walter Winchell in New York reports fear the full tally of telegrams about Labor Bill influence may arrive late. Teens replace messenger boys at Western Union as Congress tightens on Communists and Xavier Cugat plans a lawsuit over Mam'selle profits.
Six years ago Rep. John D Lodge played the juvenile lead in Watch on the Rhine His wife Francesca Braggiotti a former dancer occasionally performs for kids and legislators kin She runs a charm school teaching social graces Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas a former actress Senator Glenn Taylor Idaho liberal once sang and played guitar on the radio Cong Sol Bloom nearly 50 years ago produced a chorus dancer at the Chicago World’s Fair
A Capitol Hill gossip column notes Mrs. Meyer Davis at Hotel Raleigh finding General Leslie Groves and tenor Tagliavanni occupying her suite. Senator McKellar, ill, attends a Senate session while Dirksen is likened to Harpo Marx. Adrienne Ames dies of cancer at 39. Broadway vaudeville stars entertain at the Palace Theatre with Soph Tucker donating $1,000.
The note teases a premiere for It Happened on Fifth Avenue at the Rivoli on June 10. Mentions a potential big board deal with United Artists, Chaplin negotiating 10 million, Mary Pickford asking 15 million, and Fabian the theatre magnate in talks with a wealthy Boston Russian.
J P Wendel resigns as General Counsel of the U S Internal Revenue Dept after 32 years of service due to long illness and high expenses in the family. Commissioner Joe Nunan also quits to earn a decent living, both noting the poor payoff of public service at ten thousand dollars a year. They have opened private law offices and married their talents.
The item highlights fleeting quotes on spending and public figures. It mentions Will Rogers style satire, Taft and Lilienthal, and notes about Canini and Serge Rubenstein amid a stream of disjointed references.
Monday editorial lauds the Presidents Advisory Commission on Universal Military Training warning of war and praises its findings as hard to criticize. The same page criticizes a news caster for echoing those warnings.
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