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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1946
Page
4
The piece recalls past trials and current politics as Tennessee figures like Kefauver and Jennings clash over the Tennessee Tombigbee project. It notes Wallace refusing a third party bid, and mentions Nashville bread shortages and wartime rhetoric from figures including Joe Stalin and London’s victory celebrations.
A disastrous blaze nearly ends Fred Smith’s Alabama Motor Company. Friends privately provide a new site and Smith restarts business within a week, demonstrating community support and the value of knowing people in the area.
Paul Mallon notes California residents grew tired of left wing politics and backed Republican Governor Warren in both Democratic and Republican primaries. CIO-PAC backing for Warren’s opponent in the Democratic primary offered little assistance.
A Nashville Tennessean staffer who observed Ed Carmack's Tennessee county defeat in a senate race four years ago renounces any political ambitions. He cites the work as too hard and recalls Jim Folsom's brisk campaign cadence in Alabama with multiple speeches daily.
Washington buzzes as President Truman weighs the Case Bill after approval by Congress. Telegrams flood the White House from supporters and opponents while a looming shipping strike tests the president. Critics say labor bosses have wielded wartime power and must be held to law or risk further strikes.
The Tennessee Tombigbee Canal menaced by long delay moves toward authorization with House support led by Boykin Sparkman and Senate ally Hill. Senator Hill had forecast South victory while Senator Bankhead would join the fight if possible. The project, discussed for 75 years, now appears near realization for the South and Tennessee Valley.
Reader’s Digest piece argues industry is leaving large centers due to labor strife and highlights success stories where human relations improve. It stresses shared responsibility for workers and managers, notes Ford’s Dearborn lab and GM’s Detroit expansion, and questions whether big industry favors harmonious labor relations.
U S and foreign officials remain skeptical that a workable plan to control nuclear energy with Russia can be reached. The Soviet government resists sharing information, seen as the core hurdle. Some fear Moscow may propose destroying all atom bombs for propaganda appeal as an ideal solution.
Senator Taft says Majority Leader Barkley plans to adjourn by mid July, with some lawmakers predicting they may stay until August 15 and be recalled early in the fall for emergencies.
Filipino officials say President Truman asked Paul V. McNutt to be first U S Ambassador to the Philippines and he will take the post. Some American and Filipino officials expect Brig Gen Carlos P Romulo to be the first Philippines Ambassador.
In Rio de Janeiro long queues form for bread as the wheat shortage prolongs across large Brazilian cities. Many loaves are high in flour content while supplies dwindle. An outlook suggests shortages lasting through the year. Meanwhile in Auckland tens of thousands of meat tins bound for U S forces are redirected to Britain. In Finnish Lapland the American Quaker program is feeding 25 947 children daily since last January.
Secretary of State Byrnes said the United Nations debate could affect Tran and proposed British Foreign Minister Bevin attend. Bevin decided that both men attending would overdramatize the issue.
U S officials see Italian election results as a stable sign for a modern government. They note the socialist showing pleased them, and unlike France, Italian socialists surpassed the communist vote.
London report from a special institute of journalists committee finds trained journalists in public relations valuable to the press. It cautions the PR system cannot replace independent newsroom inquiry.
The solicitor general J. Howard McGrath is expected to resign in September to seek the Senate seat in Rhode Island. Senator Vandenberg travels to Paris for a foreign ministers meeting, delaying an invitation to speak at Notre Dame and to receive an honorary degree. Friends say Wallace intends no resignation before November elections.
Reports say President Truman invited Stalin to visit and give a commencement address at an American college, an offer that was declined along with a similar invitation to British Prime Minister Atlee.
Veterans Administration officials foresee Congress amending the national service life insurance act to allow veterans to convert term insurance to endowment and name any beneficiary, but they do not expect broad uptake.
An Ohio lawmaker favors declaring hostilities ended before Congress adjourns this summer. He argues that action would end or sunset emergency laws tied to the war such as the draft and OPA. Some emergency powers would lapse then while others persist for six months.
The diary notes Tuesday primaries in Nebraska with Gov Dwight Griswold and Sen Hugh Butler contending for the Republican senatorial nomination and votes for governor four U S House seats and 43 state legislative seats. Idaho chooses U S senators governor and two house members. Thursday Indiana hosts a Republican state convention to pick candidates for the senate seat held by Raymond E Willis and other state offices except governor and lieutenant governor.
Haynesville Alabama June 8 Caswell McCurdy, active 4-H member, has built a dairy record with a 12 head purebred Jersey herd and milks seven cows. He requires at least three gallons daily and plans a barn to house 50 cows. County Agent J W Mathews notes his progress.
A 1946 King Features Syndicate overview explains stomach ulcers mainly affect young, high-strung men under pressure. Symptoms follow meals with pain in the stomach, relief from milk, recurring in spring and fall, and treatment ranges from diet and rest to alkaline powders or surgery if bleeding or rupture occurs.
A historical overview places the First Epistle of John at the close of the first century with John overseeing Asia Minor churches. It outlines internal church tensions over Christ’s person, contrasting Ebionites, Docetes, and Cerenthian views with the New Testament doctrine of Jesus as true God and true man, born of the Virgin Mary.
Colorado holds the highest average altitude of about 6 800 feet among the 48 states marking its elevated geography.
Warren Gardner and Gene Collier left today for a two week outing in Gene Col lier's Lizzie with no fixed destination but enough gas to last. Mrs Phillip Humphrey visits sister Mrs John Pointer of Florence. Mrs James Lipscomb and children from Slidell La visit Albany friends. Twin City Transfer leases warehouse opposite Union Station to expand storage. James Walker returns to Athens to reside after visiting Tennessee. W E Howe buys half interest in J T Price market, forming Price and Howe. Crow family leaves for Alfalfa Oklahoma for two weeks.
In pre-dawn Central Park a jewelry clerk, 20, was killed while attempting to shield his 18 year old companion from rape. Hylands and Yvonne Kenny, from Washington Irving high, were assaulted after a YWCA dance. Two other men fled after overpowering them. Hylands died at Mount Sinai Hospital.
The Wallsboro Home Demonstration club pooled garden vegetables and sold them in Wetumpka raising 21 dollars for the club treasury.
A compact survey traces early dramatic founders and famed figures. Thespis invents dialogue and stage craft, while Marlowe and Shakespeare era rivals clash. O Neill earns a Nobel amid sea tales. Sophocles blends acting with governance, surviving a theatre dispute.
Pirandello, famed for Six Characters in Search of an Author and As You Desire Me, backed Mussolini and Ethiopia’s march, his marriage troubled by a long insanity of his wife. Elmer Rice faced rejection before Street Scene won the Pulitzer and inspired an opera. Ernst Toller, exile and liberal German dramatist, endured imprisonment and exile before his death in a New York hotel.
The writer selects Bittersweet as his top work for an omnibus, citing William Bolitho on human memory versus a beast’s. He notes Private Lives lacks plot after Act One but praises actors to keep it lively, recalling Gertrude Lawrence as pivotal to its success.
Budapest writer Ferenc Molnar, who penned articles during World War I that appeared in enemy papers including the New York Times and the London Morning Post. His greatest success, Lilliam, came when he was 31. now at 68, his career continued to unfold.
Gloomy August Strindberg endured morbid marriages and extreme experiments. He practiced black magic and spiritualism, attempted chemical tests, and was voluntarily confined to an asylum. At 63 he wed his third wife, a young actress from his play, but the union failed.
The article notes Sir John Falstaff as a beloved figure among Elizabethan playgoers with Ralph Richardson and the Old Vic bringing him to Broadway this season. A tale says Queen Elizabeth asked for his return after his banishment in Henry IV Part 2, signaling willingness to heed the queen.
Owen Davis, a veteran of the American stage, wrote The Curtain Falls after about 400 plays. His body of work includes Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model Chinatown Charlie and Ice Bound, a 1922 23 Pulitzer contender. He quipped that a play contains 100000 words with 20000 on paper and 80000 in the waste basket.
Historical note places the start of diamond mining as an industry in India between 800 and 600 BC. This period marks early exploitation of diamonds forming part of ancient trade and craft. The source emphasizes the antiquity and regional origin of diamond mining.
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