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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
4
The Federal Power Commission decision allows Decatur to proceed with plans to bring natural gas to residents and industries. Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas Company will build a wholesale distribution line once contracts with interested cities are finalized, with hopes to avoid further delays.
The Daily urges caution in and on the water after multiple drownings and near drownings. Three people drowned in Morgan county over the weekend and five youths faced grave danger in another water accident.
The legislature considers placing safeguards on pardon and parole decisions. Convicts would become eligible for board review only after serving a portion of their sentence, effectively freezing terms for certain offenses. The paper favors such safeguards to curb board-led discretion.
Anderson Daily Mail argues census figures under 20 000 misrepresent true size and economic strength. It cites Huntsville Kingsport and Decatur gaps where residents outside limits are counted as not in city. Editors urge annexation to reach 20 000 and better showcase growth and services.
Drew Pearson reports Georgia Congressman John S. Wood allegedly took a $1,000 fee from a crippled boy injured by an army truck in exchange for legislation. Wood kept a secretary on the payroll at $50 weekly while often working from his home and delayed a Hollywood Communist probe linked to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Louis B. Mayer and adviser Edgar Dunlap, terms Wood denies.
The article notes Louis B Mayer chose an unknown local lawyer for the Hollywood probe despite Washington connections. It contrasts Mayer's available counsel including James Byrnes Paul McNutt and Eric Johnston with the later Republican driven phase when 10 writers were convicted. It charges Congressman Wood with inaction and timing around the 80th Congress.
ARLIE B DAVIDSON presents Lyon Phelps quotes on happiness, stressing that inner attitude drives well being more than culture or possessions. Internal turmoil such as hatred, loneliness, guilt, and mistrust prevent happiness, regardless of comfort or gadgets, unless attitudes shift.
Edgar Dunlap of Gainesville Georgia admitted to knowing Louis B Mayer and confirming he arranged with Congressman Wood to have Mayer testify before the un American Activities committee. He acknowledged receiving a fee of about twenty five thousand dollars for expediting a horse shipment during wartime amid ICC regulation disputes.
After Wood resigned as chairman of the un American Activities Committee Republicans began a lamp delayed probe into Hollywood on October 21 1947 Two years six months after Wood first sent investigators to California On October 20 Paul McNutt attorney for the motion picture producers and Eric Johnston head of the industry met privately with five writers attorneys including Bartley Crum and Robert Kenny former California attorney general
In this June piece, Pegler criticizes mock Republican groups pushing reform labels to win votes. He condemns 16th and 17th amendments, lauds state control over education funding, and ridicules federal meddling while comparing lynching debates and labor unions to broader political corruption. He attacks so‑called young Republicans and warns against federal education subsidies and tax policies.
Haven't heard much from the pinks and sincere liberals who once defended the sanctity of the scientist. The piece recalls arrests, revelations about Fuchs, Urey and Oppenheimer, and critiques the left and right as wartime security tensions surface.
The walling together of Mc Nutt Johnston Crum and Kenny shows the struggle to secure allies. They plan to meet Congressman Wood of Georgia to pull him into the hearing as their best ally outside Senator McFarland of Arizona who aided them in the Nye Hollywood probe. Louis B. Mayer receives protection through Wood from a Georgia connection.
Fletcher Mills a 24 year old Negro wins another delay in his 15 month fight to avoid extradition to Alabama on a stabbing charge. U S District Judge J Cullen Ganey grants a writ of habeas corpus and sets a hearing for tomorrow. Mills appeared at the sheriff's office with a delegation from the American Civil Rights Congress.
Anniston Alabama investigators from the Federal Trade Commission probe a gasoline price war after Jacksonville asks federal action. Jacksonville reports 60 percent of its trade diverted to Anniston as prices were cut 2.5 to 3 cents per gallon two weeks earlier and stations paused sales to pressure lower prices.
MOBILE Alabama June 20 Three of seven women indicted for perjury in voter registrations were under $500 bond each today The defendants are Sarah W Beggett 34 Josephine Thompson 32 and Joyce Ann La Found Jordan 21 They face trial in the fall term of circuit court with others whose names were withheld pending arrest Separately a note on cement history mentions its ancient use and the later appearance of modern Portland cement in 1824.
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