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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
4
The column urges households and farmers to start cleanup drives to fight polio and notes ticket prices for a Louis Conn fight. It recalls editorials on American lessons, Alabama football, Marvin West’s death, and public policy debates on postwar labor in the United States, including the U S Chamber of Commerce principles.
The Selma Times Journal notes how times have shifted since Fred Vinson would have caused uproar for liberal views as Chief Justice. It recalls Senator Carter Glass who was pelted with vegetables at a banker's convention over the Federal Reserve, yet Glass was viewed as highly conservative at his death.
Veterans' administrator General Bradley warns that about 4,000,000 veterans may be unemployed this fall unless new jobs are created. He cites stalled reconversion, disrupted production schedules due to strikes, and a shrinking backlog of purchasing power as risks to the economy if action is not taken swiftly.
The State Department of Revenue reports Alabama adults and children smoke about four cigarettes daily, totaling 1220 per person yearly versus a 1100 national average. This implies tobacco tax yields roughly 1.82 per person statewide or over five million dollars annually.
Westbrook Pegler targets Joe Padway general counsel of the A F L in a stinging critique. He accuses Padway of colluding with Petrillo and a corrupt camp, comparing their methods to Hitlerism and Nazism, and warns that such power risks dictatorial control over unions and workers.
The article argues that continuity of production should not be subordinated in labor management disputes and within unions. It notes that several state labor relations laws successfully resolve disputes without work stoppages and deserves serious consideration by other states.
Washington reports Senate reluctance to confirm President Truman’s dual shift at the top of government. The article notes his move to appoint Vinson to the Supreme Court leadership and Snyder to the Treasury, amid factional court politics and pressures from Morgenthau allies. It discusses potential political and economic implications and outlines Senate steps for confirmation.
The article explains common infant constipation causes including rectal structural faults, incomplete membrane dissolution, fissures, proctitis, infections, and pinworms. Treatments include diet changes with fruits and fibrous vegetables, mineral oil lubrication, enemas or enemas, suppositories, anesthetic rectal ointment, silver nitrate for fissures, and proctoscope examination to diagnose.
Dick Harrison was elected juvenile mayor of Albany in the boys’ election with 29 ballots cast. Mrs Harry Wyatt and Eva Love visit the Jessee family in Vinemont. Isaac Johnson recalls Morgan county deer hunts with his prize Old Blue Buck. Mrs L I Day heads to St Louis for six weeks’ visit. Benevolent Society hospital invites Twin Cities to Hospital Day. E R Welfably presented Venezuela to the Cotaco Literary Club. Ed Isley and wife welcome a daughter in Somerville.
Mrs J W Livingston of Falkville celebrated her 56th birthday with a dinner party. Attending were A G Livingston and family, Floyd Turner and children, Loyd Wilson and family, Bruce Livingston and son, Bronco Livingston and children, Louise Wilson and Gladys, R P Wilson of Atlanta, Henry Patton and Howard Patton families, Marvin Patton and son, Flosay Patton, Lois Keye, and C L Jackson’s daughter Jean who was absent due to her own serious Birmingham operation.
Montgomery June 11. Speaker Charlie Norman of the Alabama House announced he would not seek re election as speaker when the legislature convenes in January. He will not support part of Governor nominating James E. Folsom's program and urged Folsom to organize his own legislature. He opposes poll tax abolition and legislative reapportionment.
Two year old Joe Gulledge disappeared from his home and was found several hours later deep in nearby woods. He was scratched and bruised but unhurt by Rev. Armon Acton among a hundred searchers.
The term parboiling means boiling raw food only until it is partially cooked. This cooking method is used to speed up later cooking steps or to soften ingredients before final preparation. It is a preparatory process in many culinary traditions.
Walter Winchell On Broadway columns from 1946 are discussed with readers debating propaganda, the nature of broadcasts to Nazis, and the seriousness of press harmony during wartime. The piece notes remarks by Emery Reyes about hopes for peace and criticisms of media conformity.
A reflective column recalls the Ku Klux Klan's violent past from lynching to kidnapping and flogging orgies. It notes the postwar image as a social club with mock titles and notes 1871 anti-Klan law still on the books. A Brooklyn tribute to Americans of all faiths honors wartime sacrifice.
A diplomat reports that Britain opposed UN measures against Franco, arguing he is not a threat to peace. He cites German influence across the Spanish government, with Madrid becoming a hub for the Japanese secret service and its senior officials on the payroll.
A new medicine called Lurin is marketed as a home remedy for stomach ulcers caused by excess acid. It is claimed to relieve pains quickly and also aid gas, indigestion, and heartburn. Sold by Loyd's Drug Store and many druggists.
After World War I Krupp shifted to office goods but kept an armament research unit. It sent weapon plans abroad for testing in foreign plants, enabling Germany to begin developing robot bombs.
The article notes the German American Bund rose from The Friends of the Hitler Movement in 1923, organized by future Bund leaders, arguing the Bund’s overseas connection is historically unsupported by proven facts. It cites quotes and reflects on superficial defenses of Bundist ties.
Advertisement urging readers troubled by rheumatism to try RHUMAZ from local druggist or write New Nation Drug Company distribution point Rogersville Alabama for details.
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