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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
1
Weather brief notes indicate partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers and no major temperature shifts. Local items report a beetle Phyllophaga-like insect found on Second Avenue and a ten day furlough for Pfc. Joe L. Sandlin at Fort Bragg.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh secured a 91 to 0 confidence vote from parliament as crowds attacked Anglo Iranian Oil Co offices in Tehran. He vowed to nationalize the company and warned of possible violence if MPs did not back him, while Britain warned of force to protect its nationals.
The Farm Industries chicken processing plant in Alabama’s Tennessee Valley will be rebuilt after a June 1 fire. Homer Hutchison of Decatur won the reconstruction contract for a 27 000 square foot one story building costing over 130 000 dollars. The new facility aims to be the region’s most modern plant and is expected to restart partial production before full completion within about 90 days.
Mobile area crews cleared minor wreckage from a thunderstorm at Bates Field as a small plane struck a hangar and runways flooded. Winds reached 58 mph with gusts to 78 mph, marking the second violent storm in 10 days and daily rain continuing in Mobile.
Dr Frank Chenault was taken to the hospital Monday morning after suffering a chill at his home. He is reported improving as doctors monitor his condition following the episode at 450 Jack street.
President Truman dismissed reports of Korean peace proposals saying no such proposition had been taken up with him by the United Nations. He offered few comments on Iran oil, inflation measures, and federal appropriations, and dodged questions on his 1952 political plans. He told a Raleigh publisher and DNC member’s prediction on his run was accurate. See PEACE on Page 2.
Grading and drainage on the two and a half East Decatur East Acres site are to begin Monday says Charles Parker executive secretary of the Decatur housing authority. McWaters Construction Co of Montgomery expects about six months for earlier work excluding landscaping. The contract amounts to 1,242,770 dollars for 145 housing units, allowing 300 calendar days plus 90 days for landscaping.
A June 21 report from Nashville notes a man arrested after failing to heed an early warning. The suspect, identified in local coverage as a Black individual, paid a $50 fine in city court yesterday.
Decatur's new yacht harbor on U.S. 31 near Wheeler Memorial bridge will be dedicated Sunday afternoon in a ceremony followed by seven speedboat races. About 65 contestants chase $400 in prizes on a quarter mile course between the two river bridges, with boats reaching up to 60 mph. The event, recognized by the Southeastern Outboard Motor Association, is hosted by the Wheeler Lake Yacht Club under a long term city lease with TVA involvement.
President Truman stated he has no plans to intervene in the United Airlines pilots strike. About 900 pilots and co pilots walked off, grounding some 220 daily passenger flights and 132 transport flights. The national mediation board abandoned talks and asked the White House to act. An emergency board will be appointed to investigate, with a 30 day post report prohibition on work stoppages or changes. In Chicago, David L. Behncke was noted.
The Federal Communications Commission said the blanket ban on processing TV applications will continue with little chance of new video station grants before 1952. No end date was set for the freeze which began October 1, 1948, though a partial relaxation was considered last March.
The senate banking committee approved a wage-price control bill denying President Truman most of the broad new powers he sought, with debate to begin in the senate after a 12 to 1 vote. The panel struck out a plan to create a small business defense contracts agency and rejected scrapping the rollback curb for a one year extension of existing law.
General Omar Bradley awarded the Medal of Honor to eleven Army servicemen for valor in Korea. Ten are dead and one is missing. among the recipients are infantrymen engineers a medic and officers. Bradley spoke of a grim battleground and national gratitude.
In Brundidge Alabama on June 21 a rumor that Forresta Jones forced a white woman to drive him led to a mob scene. Jones was shot in the hand as he fled and jailed at Troy before Mrs. John Knight revealed the rumor.
The senate finance and taxation committee halted all salary raise bills by delaying them to await action on the general and education appropriation measures. Senator Tom Phillips urged stopping raises, affecting judges, attorney general, state geologist, and other officials. House judiciary backed a garnishments bill with a 300 ceiling and court limits. A Jefferson bill to allow cities to pay up to 25 percent on street assessments was indefinitely postponed.
Rep. Doughton urged approval of a 7.2 billion dollar tax increase as the Ways and Means Committee prepared a historic and urgent bill to fund defense. He warned further rate hikes would burden individuals, corporations, and excises and expressed doubt about significantly higher federal yields.
Allied patrols roamed beyond their lines on the western front as officials predicted a limited Chinese offensive by Monday. UN patrols entered Kaesong near Seoul, while Chinese forces gathered behind outposts north of Pyonggang. Air operations declined due to clouds, with FEAF reporting 186 sorties and several aircraft losses in recent days.
The Tennessee Valley Authority will charge an average 15 percent more on new contracts with large industrial users buying power directly. General Manager Gordon Clapp cited higher steam power costs as the cause. Homeowners and small businesses remain unaffected. Increases apply when old contracts expire and when new customers sign blocks of power.
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