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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
4
Several residents call The Daily claiming they were not counted in the 1950 census. The paper asks missing residents to provide names and addresses so a census form can be sent and forwarded to supervisors before June 25. Decatur hopes to reach those still uncounted within its 121 of a 20 000 population figure.
The March Manufacturers Record highlights Alabama progress across agriculture forest products minerals transportation and power. It notes the Alabama story includes Coosa River newsprint plant markets and culture and that industrial growth is rapid and underrecognized. The slogan What Alabama Makes Makes Alabama captures the statewide momentum.
The piece argues fairness demands constitutional population based representation in the Alabama legislature. It warns the 67 senate bill is a weak substitute and urges revisions every ten years per the census, claiming any other method is phony and regional factions push for it.
John Tilford, longtime railroad executive, rises through ranks at Louisville and Nashville to executive vice president. A Georgia native, he began with A B and A and led the Southern Freight Association before rejoining L and N in Louisville as vice president traffic and later executive vice president. He helped secure Wolverine Tube Division location amid a fierce civic contest. Tilford is married with three children including John at Emory, Charles in Cincinnati, and William with the U S Forces in Phoenix.
A sensational report alleges Senators Owen Brewster and Homer Ferguson tapped the telephone of Howard Hughes in Washington. The Metropolitan Police report claims a private room above Hughes was used to drop a microphone into an air vent and record conversations with his lawyers on wax discs.
Justice Department officials admitted Senator Brewster phoned U S attorney Morris Fay to use Lieut Joe Shimon of the Metropolitan police. Shimon tapped wires in a case involving Argentine Ambassador Remorino and Nina Lunn, leading to a divorce and fueling suspicions of Gestapo methods in Washington.
Washington real estate figure Harry Cain attended a dinner honoring Chief Justice Fred Vinson just before a filibuster. The incident occurred under strict Washington protocol with health concerns noted.
ARLIE B DAVIDSON notes marriages fail when couples rely on love without guidance. She argues living together under stress reveals deep traits and that some issues require advice, not experience alone. Dr Randolph Ray urges calm, practical steps to resolve disputes and foster respect.
Pegler recounts a Charleston YMC A steam bath encounter with a Russian refugee who praises American democracy as a model for Europeans. The column shifts to New York fur trade with Russia, then profiles Ferdinand Eberstadt and the reshaping of arms to Europe under Truman, ending with Pegler defending his labor-baiting stance and attacking Roosevelt era figures.
A New York report estimates more than $1,000,000 of goods will be hijacked from trucks in the U S this week, adding to a yearly total around $50,000,000. The piece highlights truck cargo protection inventor Jack Seide and notes rising lootings including liquor and television sets, plus a Spain travel remark by banker Peter Rathvon.
Cosmetician Georgette Klinger cautions that sun exposure damages the complexion. A small tan may help briefly but long sun exposure ages skin and hides oiliness with impurities in deeper layers.
Nellie Revell a famed newspaper woman Broadway publicist and radio favorite for a decade faces eye surgery and a past broken back but remains hale. She hopes to resume work and prove she can be bigger and better than ever. The piece notes the 30 foot nonvenomous anaconda as the largest American snake.
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