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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
1
Weather outlook for Alabama and Tennessee with partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers. Local notices include sermons at First Methodist and Belleva churches, summer youth activities, and choir events. Community updates cover scout meetings, bond drives, police and fire incidents, and social notices from Decatur and Morgan County.
A presidential emergency board urged a 40 hour week and an 18 cent hourly raise for about 75,000 railroad yard service employees to take effect October 1. It denied wage boosts for about 125,000 trainmen and conductors, saying overtime and shorter hours offset pay. The recommendations cost railroads roughly 40 million dollars yearly.
Members of the Ninth Street Methodist church will be asked to contribute the equivalent of one day's work in money to support rapid growth in the city. The church likely owns property and seeks this community donation.
Mobile Alabama on June 15 faced a citywide bus strike as about 225 AFL labor drivers and mechanics walked out at 3:30 a.m. after failed wage pension and work condition talks. Car pools rides and walking filled gaps while Brookley Air Force Base and local docks organized shuttle systems to maintain service.
In Honolulu on June 15 scientists described a vast haze spanning about two million square miles. They ruled out atomic causes and cited volcanic origin linked to Mauna Loa in its third eruptive week.
Miami reports the hurricane season opens with a teletype link connecting 27 Atlantic and Gulf coast cities. Miami and 11 Florida cities join the weather bureau warning system as Chief Forecaster Grady Norton notes June and July have historically low hurricane activity.
Winners in the City Beautification project will be announced June 24 at 10 AM in the Why Not cafe. Joe Elliott, Beautification Committee chairman, Decatur Chamber of Commerce, said today. Professor Samuel P. Snow of Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn will judge the plots Friday afternoon and announce his decision. Prizes of 25 15 and 10 dollars will be awarded by the Decatur Chamber. Representatives of each club are urged to attend and hear Prof Snow's remarks.
Forty replies from missing persons census cards have arrived in Decatur as officials push toward a 20000 population goal. The city mails cards to nearly every city family and screens responses for verification.
The Peruvian military government says its forces crushed a two day revolt in Arequipa. A rebel broadcast claimed 40 killed. doctors and nurses were called to tend many wounded. The rebellion was blamed on Communists and led by Francisco J. Mostajo, with elections due July 2.
Marion Armstead 86 of Bessemer Route 4 died in a hospital from injuries after being struck by a car near Bessemer yesterday.
The Senate approved nominations for postmasters in Alabama including Virgil W. Head of Cleveland Oscar Taylor of Holly Pond and Otto C. Eppes of Waterloo. The action came in Washington on June 15.
Prospects for a billion dollar excise tax cut revived as Democratic drafters report agreement on a bill to slash taxes on jewelry furs luggage movie tickets and more The plan may also raise income tax rates for large corporations to fund new revenue and aims for House passage by July 1 as Senate action looms July adjournment fever spreads among leaders and observers.
W L Hinds district manager for Southern Bell since 1948 is transferred to Montgomery as district manager. I L Fambrough from Birmingham succeeds him in Decatur bringing a long telephone career from drafting in 1926 to senior management roles in Atlanta Columbus and Georgia.
A flag that once flew over the U S Capitol is now unfurled on Athens College campus in a dedication ceremony. The 75 foot silvery flagpole and monument were donated by ex service students with faculty and veterans groups from the Tennessee region. George S � General delivered remarks as President Perry James and Rev B Lavender spoke at the ceremony in Athens Alabama.
Marengo County, Alabama, shows an 18 percent population drop since 1940. While Demopolis and Linden gained residents, the county overall reflects a shrink, with Mobile district office noting 29 467 people and towns like Demopolis and Linden registering modest increases from a decade earlier.
A Special Federal Grand Jury in New York found no evidence of Department of Justice remissness in the Amerasia case and urged a detailed public report. It indicted William Remington for perjury and Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev for espionage, while noting inadequate document safeguards at Amerasia.
Dorothy Ruth, a 24 year old from Birmingham, was convicted in a circuit court for the September 1948 strangling of her two year old son with a diaper. She lost a Supreme Court appeal and must surrender by June 28 to begin a 10 year prison term. Her attorney, F Ray, mentioned a writ of review.
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