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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1952
Page
4
The speaker speculates that with a more sympathetic Congress during Truman's White House tenure the United States could have faced different spending and tax outcomes. The piece also notes Truman’s rumored $50,000 tax free expense account.
A Decatur civic appeal outlines a $2,000,000 program to expand schools hospitals and Pryor Field airport. It warns of present needs and capacity limits, notes hospital strains especially for Negro patients, and urges citizens to consider ways to fund immediate improvements rather than delaying.
The piece argues Senator William F Knowland of California is the leading choice for the Republican vice presidency. It contrasts him with Taft and Eisenhower, praising his independence, favorable TVA stance, and record in the Senate while noting early doubts about Taft as a presidential candidate.
U S officials in Austria ended secret talks to swap a Czech pilot for imprisoned American newsman Bill Oatis. The Czech government showed little interest in Oatis and the State Department ordered the Czech legation in Vienna to handle the matter without strings. The piloted plane landed at Tulin airport on June 7 and yielded no value in the exchange.
Joint Chiefs worry Gen. Mark Clark may imitate MacArthur after exaggerating enemy troop numbers by 60 000 and threatening to bomb outside Korea. They seek clarification and the complete text of his remarks. Washington will decide on high policy, not Clark, and continued public outbursts could end his Far East tenure.
Jack Krall, leader of the CIO political action committee, was stopped at the White House outer gate last week and asked to show identification as a routine security measure. He began to search his wallet for acceptable ID.
The columnist urges perseverance when tasks seem hard and change looms. She notes progress often arrives amid doubt and criticism of leaders, citing presidents, Moses, and St. Paul as examples of risk and resilience in the face of opposition.
A labor leader named Kroll enters a facility after a guard salutes him and allows access. The guard recognizes a wallet card issued by American Airlines naming him Admiral Of The Flagship Fleet, revealing an amusing misidentification.
Democratic strategists note Kefauver topped Warren in California for the first time since 1936, with a straight anti Kefauver race and broad Democratic shifts. McKinnon failed to capture the Senate nomination amid weak old line party support as Ohio and New Hampshire show similar cleansings.
Taft plans a three part labor bill push backed by the National Association of Manufacturers and other leaders. It would outlaw industry wide bargaining, subject unions to anti monopoly laws, and protect free collective bargaining while avoiding government wage dispute involvement. The campaign also hints at injunctions against unions under Taft Hartley.
Legislative log jam grows in the Senate as a July recess is urged before the GOP convention with a late July or early August return. Defense cuts and lighter equipment for soldiers are debated alongside plans to curb aluminum production and capacity forecasts for 1954. Berlin reports say East Germany arms youth near the border to oppose the West. South Africa vows a non white day of defiance against white supremacy on June 26.
Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger of the Wage Stabilization Board agrees to stay beyond the June 30 deadline until Congress decides on a new wage board structure. Feinsinger, on leave from Wisconsin University as a professor of law, promised President Truman he would not resign while a successor is named.
Adrian W. Dewind will leave as chief counsel and return to private tax law in New York, expected mid next month. The investigating subcommittee led by Rep. King continues with several minor matters.
U.S. and allied planners note aluminum production rising rapidly enabling broader military uses beyond aircraft. They consider carrying fighter artillery tanks and trucks by air to supply ground operations, with aluminum now central to future mobility and logistics.
The piece notes Taft privately favoring a January anti labor monopoly law to break nationwide unions and outlaw industry wide bargaining while allowing company level strikes. He doubts applying antitrust laws to unions but supports limiting government interference in labor disputes, aligning with a tough Taft Hartley action trajectory.
Entries are now being accepted for the 1952 Morgan County Maid of Cotton contest. Opening date for contestants to qualify was Thursday and closing date is July 1. Contestants will parade in cotton dresses at the County Farm Bureau meeting in Hartselle on July 10 where winner and alternates are chosen. The Morgan winner goes to the Alabama State Fair in Birmingham to compete for the state title, with the Cotton State winner advancing to the national Cotton Carnival in Memphis. Local civic clubs, including the Kiwanis Club, will sponsor contestants.
A 1946 Ford turning from Second Street into Fifth Avenue collided with a 1949 Ford on Fifth Avenue at 3 59 p m Friday the 13th damaging the old model heavily and the other slightly Mary Inas R Hurst 28 of 608 Fifth Avenue West drove the 1946 car while Mrs Cleffa R McLemore 39 of 410 Ninth Avenue West drove the 1949 vehicle Police say the 49 Ford was southbound on Fifth when the 46 car turned from Second Street onto Fifth fenders on the left.
Thursday opened the entry period for Morgan County Maid of Cotton with July 1 closing. Local civic clubs will seek contestants with cotton beauty and good ankles for the July 10 county Farm Bureau meeting in Hartselle. Sponsored by the Kiwanis, the event will feature representatives from Florence State Teachers College Jacksonville State College Athens college and possibly Auburn and the University.
The VFW plans a regular Saturday night square dance with venue and plans set at a Monday meeting in the VFW hall on Second Avenue. Committee members Harold Damsgard Charles Lindsey and Jimmy Bowden will lead the square dance drive and reports from Birmingham convention attendees will be heard. About 20 members attend the annual gathering headed by Post Commander Billy Freeman and Quartermaster Paul Stroud. Tutwiler hotel is scene of the
Decatur Rotary hears Vanderbilts Dean of Students Dr Robert S Wal drop speak on education goals at a Lyons hotel luncheon Monday noon. The session previews local and national education scenes and industry stories to be told by speakers from the Kiwanis Rotary and Lions clubs this week.
Morgan county Baptist executive committee members meet Monday at Delano Park for the annual fellowship supper at 7 PM. The event ends the regular meetings until September with a short business session, reservations urged by Rev Bethea Steadham.
National Geographic Society states English is the most used language globally surpassing German in science and French in diplomacy. This assertion highlights language shifts in global communication and scholarly discourse.
Local Jaycee members and wives traveled to Dallas for the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention. Delegates to the Mobile 2022 state convention will be chosen at the Disabled American Veterans meeting in the American Legion home at 7 30 p.m. Thursday. Paul K. Thompson and Butler Hine are the only representatives named thus far.
The Pilots will host an outing for members and guests at Seneca Springs on Tuesday evening with supper at 7 p.m. The BPW club schedules a 7 p.m. Thursday business meeting at the local trade school to hear convention reports.
Loyal Order of Moose meets at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the lodge 114% East Moulton St. Civitan club gathers at noon Wednesday at the Lyons hotel Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks convenes 8 p.m. Thursday at the Elks home.
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