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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1950
Page
4
Word from Decatur urges all residents counted or not to contact the census office by June 25 to boost Decatur's population tally above 20 000. A canvass says local residents within city limits are present and eligible, and helpers will deliver the census form to those not yet counted.
Alabama officials say the statewide 1950 census shows overall population gains despite rural losses, avoiding a net loss of a congressional seat. They urge stronger planning, more advertising, and investment to attract outsiders and prove Alabama’s advantages.
Mayor S H Bradley and associates earned the community’s praise for securing a public water service. Senator John Sparkman assisted by cutting through government red tape, enabling federal help and moving the project forward.
The piece outlines a Democratic strategy to slash excise taxes by 1.1 billion dollars on jewelry furs luggage and other goods while raising corporate income taxes from 38 to 41 percent to raise about 500 million annually. It also urges a July 1 deadline for House passage before adjournment.
A reflective column notes a summer surge of strikes in the United States across auto, railroad, and dairy sectors. It cites Bill Green of the AFL, questions the inevitability of strikes, and suggests weather or coal costs may influence labor unrest while implying ignorance on both sides.
Discovery that Senators Brewster and Ferguson tapped lines on Howard Hughes spurred two outcomes. Charles Dillon faces resignation over a recorded NBC executive call while Bielaski, tied to Amerasia allegations, figures in a senate report from 1940. Rhode Island jurists previously flagged Bielaski for tapping Rhode Island officials’ phones.
The statement denounces Bielaski and associates for covert wire tapping in Rhode Island. It condemns attempts to force testimony through threats of exposure, likening the conduct to Gestapo methods and criticizing it as un-American and incompatible with grand jury duties.
The excerpt stresses sleep as essential for health and daily function. It outlines how missing sleep dulls thinking, raises irritability, weakens nerves, and increases accident risk. It urges seven to eight hours nightly for mental physical and emotional balance and suggests sleep helps erase past concerns and frees effort for positive goals.
Barry Bingham urges American travelers to act as ambassadors abroad teaching good will through personal contact. The Newman Club Federation with 3000 Catholic students will visit Rome, France, Switzerland, and Germany to form friendship groups and exchange materials, reinforcing soft power over aid alone.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her party tour Europe visiting American Minister Perle Mesta in Luxembourg. Mesta plans to move out due to a lack of rooms in the legal residence.
The 42 room residence of Cyrus H. McCormick, son of the reaper inventor, changes hands as Chicago’s historic mansions pass from founding families. The McCormick estate is sold to the Bateman school, ending a generations long family ownership.
A note explains ammonia derives from sal ammoniac reputedly produced near the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Egypt. A separate tip describes a hollow rubber ball cut in two and placed over a thrush handle to prevent paintings from oozing.
The piece argues the FBI creates a false image of impartial justice in the Department of Justice. It cites Homer Cummings and cases in Chicago St. Paul and Louisiana, accusing political influence, selective prosecutions, and weak local law enforcement, suggesting the next Senate investigation should probe DoJ administration.
An AS IS humorous critique imagines radioactive golf balls and Geiger counters transforming everyday life. It envisions gadgets detecting lost items, radioscanned wives, radioactive money, and household devices, while noting golf mischief and a wary view of nuclear-era progress.
Montgomery June 16 Gov James E Folsom commuted 29 year old Calhoun county negro Lonnie James Ball death sentence to life imprisonment less than four hours before his scheduled execution Ball killed Oxford police chief Robert Sparks on May 7 1948 Ball had appealed for mercy at a clemency hearing noting he was intoxicated when the crime occurred The governor offered no explanation for the decision and the U S Supreme Court had previously refused to intervene in the case Ball was represented by attorney Roderick Beddow of Birmingham
The East Gilbertown field adds another oil producer as Alabama's 45th. The No. 1 R. A. Adams well in Sec. 6-10N-R3W, drilled by independent 4.L/Lawrence, is producing at 4 362 feet. Three new permits were issued for further explorations in Clarke Baldwin Escambia counties, including the G. W. Clanton No. 1, W. M. Carney Mill Co. No. 1, and C. E. Dochelorno No. 1 wells.
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