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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1947
Page
4
The column surveys tax exemptions in Alabama, building costs, and housing, noting lower material prices could revive homebuilding. It cites Graves on Decatur’s foundation, criticizes natural gas policy moves, and critiques national and international tensions including Hungary and Russia. It reflects on Mayor Hague’s rise and political influence.
The speaker says dairy farming in the Decatur area must reach broad public acceptance before progress is real. A monthly milk check is valued more than an annual one crop return, highlighting steady income over seasonal yields.
The Senate approved the labor curb measure 54 to 17, placing President Truman under pressure as he weighs signing or vetoing both the labor and tax reduction bills. A miners strike looms if contracts are not renegotiated before mines return to private ownership, complicating the White House decision.
Life Magazine notes high building costs driven by material shortages and rising prices. It highlights CIO union strategy to organize by industries and a contract allowing workers to move between trades to keep schedules, aiming to cut costs without cutting worker pay.
Westbrook New York June 9 Pegler argues income taxes funded by Americans should not support foreign governments. He warns of loss of personal liberty, government intrusion, and the danger of data collection, predicting six decades of spying and national debt.
A Kansas resident faces about a 1 in 5000 chance of being killed by a tornado over a 70 year life span. The figure highlights the rare but serious danger posed by severe storms in the region.
Cryptoquote puzzle excerpt includes a substitution cryptogram and the quote Monarch y is the form of rule natural to mankind by Schopenhauer. The page lists Across and Down clues for a themed crossword and ends with the source note distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc.
Born to Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones at Dr Cornelious clinic a son weighed eleven pounds on May 29. Mother and baby at home June 1. Bud Jacobs died May 26 and funeral held May 28. He leaves a wife six sons Harvey Hoyt Milton Buck George Junior and five daughters. Novella Bryant of Birmingham visits Mrs Zola Bryant then returns home. J D Law and Flora Allen attend singing at West Point. Bob Jones attends old book singing at Fellowship. Floyd Bartlett and family visit Cecil Jones and travel to Birmingham.
A collage of humorous exchanges from Decatur items includes a man joking about swollen legs after a doctor visit, a worker named Pat defying danger by smoking near kegs, and a foreman recalling a past explosion. The page also features quips about clocks, insurance, engraving a ring, a vacant stair encounter, and color blind jokes, all in a light community snapshot.
A man’s claim that a prayer meeting kept him out late proved flimsy as an excuse. The incident highlights how personal responsibility and timing are treated in local discourse.
Walter Winchell critiques postwar policy and public figures. He cites the un-American Committee, Fascism fears, aid to Peronists, and wartime alliances. He skewers officials, editors, and Congress while touching on isolationism and civil liberties amid public life.
A garbled note claims Washington sells more giggle-milk than any city and a Congressional committee says Fascism poses no threat to America. It contrasts superfluous aid to nations like Germany and Japan with high unemployment among local veterans.
The Commerce Department says the boom has peaked amid political noise and investigative headlines. Critics accuse legislators and press of sensationalism while awaiting solid evidence against alleged communists and fascists.
The piece notes weak federal civil liberties protections and cites 178 prosecutions from 70 000 alleged violations over eight years. It also mentions a Russian official telling Germans there would be no war with the United States and references a DC4 crash at La Guardia with 42 deaths as shown on a front page photo.
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