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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with scattered afternoon showers. Southeast winds on the coast. Local reports: 95 high and 70 low. Community notes include visits, hospital moves, births, and upcoming services and installations. Ken Reynolds reports from Huntsville.
Six charged with murder or robbery were arraigned before Judge James H. Crow Jr. in circuit court. Flanagan pleads not guilty to murder of his wife Mary Flanagan. several other defendants including McDonald Wilson and the Mooneys enter not guilty pleas with trials set for June 26 and 27. Civil juries are listed for June 17 to 19 in a term including 75 cases.
The United Nations Security Council postponed the Spain debate for a second time. Sir Alexander Cadogan requested the delay, and Alexandre Parodi agreed to push the vote to Thursday forenoon. The move follows Britain's Labour Party convention in Bournemouth where Foreign Secretary Bevin will outline postwar external policies.
The regular Saturday night sing is set at Panama Baptist Church on June 15. Panama is located three miles north of West Point in Cull County with several outstanding singers participating.
Boston police pursued a well dressed gunman who shot William A. Whitcomb, 73, president of the Great Northern Paper Co. The search moved to Maine as investigators weighed an unsigned contract and a typewritten note. A fountain pen yielded no fingerprints while detectives studied stair banisters for traces.
The Associated Press reports polio cases surge in the South as summer begins. Florida leads with 198 cases since January, 69 since June, with Miami area and Dade County hardest hit. Key West sees six new cases. experts head to the island to assist. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee also report rising totals. Authorities note deaths in Hillsborough County and treatment centers operate in New Orleans and Jackson.
Eastern ship operators proposed a maritime strike prevention plan based on pay for time ashore to counter a 56 hour work week at sea. Federal conciliators pressed for a quick settlement as CIO leaders Bridges and Curran faced a House subcommittee.
Gen Draja Mihailovic testified that he met German forces in the second half of November 1941 after a German attack with five divisions. He said he could not control many troops who recognized his command and declared he does not feel guilty. The Tito government charged that Allied officers influenced the talks and urged liquidation of communists, while forbidding American or British testimony.
A U S Army C54 transport crashed Sunday near Taboga Island while approaching Albrook Field. All 23 aboard died as the plane struck a 1013 foot peak in stormy conditions. Rescue squads reached the rugged site and recovered all bodies by noon. Taboga Island had previously hosted Army bases and PT boat training.
In Rome a crowd of about 100,000 marched on the Viminale palace as government delay on ending the monarchy sparked unrest. Police and troops fired on militants in Naples where monarchists attacked communist headquarters. eyewitnesses report a man wounded as armored cars were recaptured.
The House approved 379 to 0 a bill to grant furlough pay to past and present service members for unused furlough time. It sets two and one half days monthly, allows up to 120 days, and requires cash payment for accrued time. Discharged personnel would be paid on self certification of entitlement. The bill covers World War II service and prohibits future payments in emergencies to officers and enlisted personnel.
Morris Verner of the Civilian Production Administration warned in Washington that widespread withholding of clothing and other goods from the market is inevitable until price control legislation is clarified by Congress. He said the OPA may delay removing ceilings on petroleum and machinery until final action.
In Paris the president and entire cabinet resigned as the new assembly convened for the constitutional step to form a new government. Marcel Cachin, 76, presided as oldest legislator and received the resigning government, which pledged to handle current affairs per custom.
Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson charges Justice Hugo Black with involvement in decisions favoring Black's former law partner. Jackson, on leave as war crimes prosecutor, warns such ties threaten the court's reputation and calls for full disclosure to Congress. He cites the Jewell Ridge coal case and notes Fred Vinson’s pending nomination as Chief Justice.
In Louisiana Willie Francis, 18, seeks relief after the Supreme Court refused to rule on sending him to the electric chair again for the same offense. A court error was admitted regarding the court’s order and argument in the new term will address jeopardy concerns.
The House in a 410 vote upheld President Truman s veto of the labor bill by five with 255 voting to override and 135 to sustain. A two thirds margin was needed to send the measure to the Senate.
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