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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1952
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered thundershowers in the south portion. Gentle to moderate winds on the coast. Community notices report illness, church travel, hospital admissions, births, and local meetings. Watch for diary page update.
Alabama endures another day of 100 degree heat with record highs in Tuscaloosa Selma Huntsville Mobile and Birmingham. A cold front moving from the west is expected to lower temperatures tonight with a further drop tomorrow. One heat death and fifteen drownings tied to the heat wave mark the period.
Decatur's fast growth strains the water system as demand nears capacity. City water manager George H. Godwin warns consumption could reach 7% million gallons in peak summer, with Chemstrand's expansion adding to the burden. Bottlenecks in purification prompt call for expanded facilities to sustain a growing population.
Sweden, furious over the shooting of a Swedish flying boat, ordered jet escorts to shoot if attacked while hunting for a missing transport DC-3. Seven crew members were aboard the downed craft, two wounded, and a German freighter rescued them near Hangoe Finland. Demonstrators gathered outside the Soviet Embassy shouting anti communism slogans.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a two week old steel strike sharply reducing plant output including war munitions as more than 100000 allied workers join 650000 CIO United Steelworkers in walkout after a Supreme Court ruling. Coal miners in seven states also idle.
The House approved a bill to raise social security benefits by at least five dollars monthly, affecting about four percent of Americans at an annual cost near 300 million dollars. The measure, initially passed by voice vote, drew a Ford objection over attendance, prompting a roll call. A Senate subcommittee urged faster air power growth to counter Soviet advantage, aiming for 143 wings by 1954 or sooner, with Gen. Omar Bradley quoted on the plan.
Washington reports a surprise Soviet offer to return 186 Americans ships as part of a June negotiation on the 11 billion dollar lend-lease settlement. Officials say the move could open a path to resolving the dispute while Moscow seeks a final settlement of the remaining ships and goods.
The Maine Republican primary eliminates Sen. Owen Brewster with a 3 000 vote margin over Gov. Frederick G. Payne. Payne 68 485 Brewster 65 357 unofficial totals from 625 precincts. Dube wins Democratic Senate race in Lewiston. Eisenhower Taft race and third party talk shift focus to Chicago convention. See BREWSTER'S On Page 2.
The Shrine parade in Miami drew about 13 000 Nobles 111 bands and 300 horses in a six hour eight block event under 86 degree heat. Imperial Potentate Robert Gardiner Wilson Jr of Boston and other dignitaries watched from the Orange Bowl as 300 homing pigeons were released with messages of world peace.
Mid-continent areas saw relief as a heat wave eased across the Midwest. More than 125 deaths were reported including 19 heat prostrations and 109 drownings as cooler Pacific Northwest air brought showers and a drop in temperatures from the Dakotas to the Texas Panhandle.
Reports to The Daily record cotton blooms found on three nearby farms near Chemstrand. A bloom was found on the George McCrary farm near Mooresville, followed by blooms at Lamar Penney and Dr. Walton Anderson farms.
Hundreds of calls flooded the police switchboard as residents asked about a fire at Fairview in Decatur. Crowds went to view the supposed blaze only to find a harmless brush fire set by a Fairview resident to clear underbrush.
The Army says anti aircraft batteries have been moved to defend strategic plants cities and air force centers. The action follows Air Force orders for a 24 hour watch for enemy planes. Civilian defense workers begin the vigil July 14 as Maj. Gen. Smith cites Soviet attack capability.
About sixty Falkville route 1 residents joined in a cotton chop to ease the burden on the Hammon family after Keith Hammon fatally injured in a swimming accident and dying in Nashville. The community action followed the family’s recent losses and their many preparations.
Senator Sparkman writes Decatur attorney John H. Peach explaining why he backed seizure measures over Taft Hartley in the steel dispute. He cites limits of Selective Service and Taft Hartley injunctions, warn that eighty day windows end in September with no post window law. He states support for three alternative seizure standards requiring congressional veto.
Summit Baptist Church completes plans for Homecoming Day on the fifth Sunday in June. W R Wallace will direct the singing and former pastors will be heard. Lunch is to be served at 12 30.
Rome June 17 the Schuman plan to unite Western Europe's coal and steel under international control cleared its final parliamentary hurdle with a 265 to 98 vote in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The treaty now awaits Italian signature and is ready for action by foreign ministers who will meet in Paris to appoint the pool's governance.
Walter Jackson told Decatur City Council that Cherry Street, Gordon Bibb, and Riverside schools need modernization and three new classrooms plus a lunch room auditorium. Two new schools are proposed including a high school for Negroes and an elementary for white students in East Decatur. The total request is $975,000, but no action was taken. The meeting also discussed abolishing the City Planning Board amid transfer concerns over street vacation authority.
Alderman Moo dy absent as council ties 2 2 on Sunday auto and motorcycle race ban. Mayor Summer proposes breaking the tie but City Attorney Caddell rules the Mayor has no vote, leaving the measure deadlocked.
A proposal calls for abolishing the board to return authority to the Council. Several counter suggestions were offered including requiring Council consent before street or alley vacating and amendments to subdivision regulations.
In Rome Gen. Matthew Ridgway dismissed Communist charges that United Nations forces used germ warfare in Korea. He said, as God is my witness, germ warfare has never been used by UN forces. Ridgway spoke at a news conference before flying to Naples amid threats of protests.
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