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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
1
The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today and tonight with scattered afternoon thunderstorms in the extreme south, winds becoming moderate to fresh east to northeast. Construction of the scrap paper depot near First Avenue and Grant Street may finish this week if weather cooperates, with materials funds still $60 short.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and 53 official party members return from Europe to Abilene Kansas for a two state homecoming. He greets his 83 year old mother Mrs Ida Eisenhower, four brothers, wife, and Kansas City officials as bands play The Generals March. A 17 gun salute accompanies his arrival and a 65 member reunion follows in Abilene later tonight.
The City of Decatur asks TVA to dispose of river front lands within sixty days to allow buying or leasing for commercial, industrial, or recreational uses. The plan follows Decatur Water Front Development study and involves land up river to Flint Creek and down to Stockton Branch, currently largely agricultural or idle with some industrial use.
Cpl. Buel B. Drake of Company C 15th Tank Battalion now on duty in Germany received the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service. He is the brother of Blanche Marie Cordar of Decatur.
Morgan county sales totaling five thousand five hundred fifty bring county E bond progress to sixty eight percent of the goal while statewide drive shows seventy seven percent of the quota. Local leaders credit farmers and banks amid a nationwide drive aiming for four billion dollars.
Final rites for Mrs. T. Blanche Cartwright, longtime Decatur resident and widow of Dr. O. B. Cartwright, will be held Friday at her son Preuit Cartwright’s home in Decatur. She died Wednesday at Lamar Cartwright’s home in Moulton 2. Burial will follow in the city cemetery. Surviving are two sons Preuit and Lamar, a brother J. A. Preuit, two grandchildren B. P. Cartwright Jr. and Bailey Cartwright, with pallbearers named F. C. Rozear Elmer Loyd John W. Wyker W. M. Bailey Hartwell Davis and Jim Johnson.
A delegation on a six state TVA tour arrived in Decatur at eleven o'clock to view local agricultural and industrial development. Among the visitors were Bruce Bliven J King Gordon C Hartley Grattan A G Mezerek and Edward Shillin Jr. The Farm Committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce guided the program highlighting regional progress before traveling on to Chattanooga and beyond.
The Alabama House approves extending poll tax due date from February 1 to June 15 with delinquency on October 15, aiming to curb vote buying. Rep. Hunter Golson says the move shifts timing away from elections while opponents warn candidates could still influence polls by paying taxes. The session also advances related tax and wage proposals, with mixed Senate action pending.
The Alabama Senate approved a tokenless sales tax plan by 19 to 12, sponsored by Sen Elvin McCary of Calhoun, with no tax on purchases up to 14 cents and brackets from 15 to 65 cents at one penny, 66 cents to 1.25 dollars at two cents, and an added penny per 50 cents over 1 dollar. It preserves the existing two percent retailers levy and allows revenue officials to revert to tokens if unworkable.
The proposed measure aimed to raise Alabama workers from 25 cents per hour by setting a 30 cent minimum and a 48 hour week for firms exempt from federal coverage. Domestics and agricultural labor would be exempt, with opposition from Sen. M. W. Espy and AFL Secretary W. O. Hare arguing it would create a large bureaucracy.
FBI filed bank robbery charges against two men after the Parker Bank and Trust Co. holdup in Cullman Alabama. Revenue loss estimated at about seven thousand dollars. One suspect, Leroy Hayes, was abroad. another, Gordon Bracken, was arrested. An FBI agent was wounded in a chase along with officers tracking two suspects fleeing into nearby woods.
Supreme Headquarters announced that German prisoners and disarmed personnel on the Western front at war end totaled 17,617,794 with 4,209,000 in prison camps after surrender. It estimated 400,000 Germans were killed or severely wounded on the Western front.
Allied headquarters outlined postwar duties for 23 of the 61 American divisions under Eisenhower. Some will occupy zones in Austria and Germany, others return home or take rear echelon roles, with key units like the 28th and 29th Infantry Division detailing specific occupations and routes toward Pacific redeployment.
The Okinawa battle ends after 82 days with more than 90 000 Japanese killed or captured and U S casualties over 35 000. Generals Buckner and Easley are noted among the American dead, while Stilwell will take command of the tenth army. Subsequent reports discuss invasion preparations and allied advances across the Pacific and Asia.
United States World War Two casualties rise to 1,023,453, up 6,356 from the prior week. Army totals reach 903,701 with 189,294 killed and 560,836 wounded. Navy casualties include 45,417 killed and 59,196 wounded. Prisoner figures and missing listed, with breakdowns by service.
General Douglas MacArthur selected General Joseph W Stilwell chief of the Army ground forces to command the U S 10th Army in the Pacific succeeding the late Lt General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr Stilwell known as Vinegar Joe has long been a field commander in the Burma China theater and previously led American ground forces in China and advised Chiang Kai Shek
About a thousand Asiatic Pacific veterans arrive in Portland to begin furloughs or discharges. They disembarked June 19 and travel to reception centers nationwide under the furlough rotation plan. The list includes Sgt Arthur Jones. Sgt Robert L Moon. Pfc Leroy Booker. Pfc Melvin Carmichael. Elmore Jones. Pfc James W Robinson. Pfc Preston Scott. Pfc Willie L Walker. Pfc Jack Zanders. Sgt Cuthbert C. Sgt Harvey H Oates. Sgt Horace J Waters. Cpl Porter M Layton. Cpl Raborn L Price. T/S Robert Allison. T/S James A Wilbanks Jr. Pfc Howard P Angle. Pfc John W Chambers. Pfc Felton Dailey. Pfc Wylie L Dixon. Pfc Raymond Jacobs. Pfc Wilburn G Powers. Pfc Edward Shardron. S Sgt Clinton Tucker.
President Truman in Olympia praised the San Francisco conference and pledged to fix the meat situation. He denied plans to remove Interior Secretary Ickes and noted Senate approval of reciprocal trade legislation and tariffs. He discussed Bretton Woods, Alaskan Way, and international trade cooperation while en route to San Francisco.
Chungking reports a Chinese innkeeper sentenced to death today for killing and robbing guests at a city inn. May reflect postwar crime crackdown and swift judicial action.
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