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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
1
Partly cloudy this afternoon with scattered thundershowers in extreme south portion and north regions. Tonight and Saturday bring more cloudiness and thundershowers in the south. Northeast winds rise late tonight, strengthen by Saturday on the coast. Local bureau records 85F max and 64F min in the last 24 hours. Reports include military, church, and hospital updates from Decatur and nearby towns.
Alabama Senate approved a bill strengthening absentee voting procedures, bars near-term votes, and requires publication of voter lists. It also rejected measures to bring a house-approved absentee repeal to floor. Ballot handling duties shift to party chairs, probate judges, and mayors with penalties for violations.
Sgt. Geraldine Horne, a secretary to Gen. Mark Clark, returns home to Lucedale Mississippi after two years overseas and is greeted with fried chicken as she recalls witnessing Germany's surrender documents. She was the only woman among the witnesses.
Morgan county reached three quarters of its $821000 Seventh war loan goal with $619073.50 raised and $202000 still needed. Officials urged daily investments to maintain the county record, as Alabama totals show $1844080 in sales against a $49000000 state quota.
Six members of a Missouri Valley TVA impact commission left Decatur after an overnight stay to visit Muscle Shoals. They conferred with a Decatur Chamber of Commerce committee in The State National Bank directors room. Delegation includes F W Heinkel Missouri Farmers Association president and state commission member.
Six of seven Missouri commissioners arrived in Birmingham to meet with city leaders and study Tennessee Valley Authority operations. Missouri State Sen. Claude B. Ricketts said the group is observing TVA with an open mind to determine the best plan for a Missouri Valley Authority.
Saturday service will operate on Saturdays during July and August and extend to the first Retushay in September. The announcement came from New York carriage authorities detailing revised operating days.
President Truman resumed a public outing with an auto tour to Mount Rainier from Olympia Washington with Governor Wallgren. He remained noncommittal on meat price controls while planning a Monday departure for San Francisco to witness the UN peace organization charter signing.
Washington announces Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger will command the Pacific fleet Marine force succeeding Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith. Geiger, veteran of amphibious campaigns, takes over after Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was killed on Okinawa. Smith to head Marine training in San Diego. Price retires.
Thieves broke into the Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 425 East Moulton Street last night but escaped with only a single Grapette bottle. City manager C Teague and Patrolman Frank Sandlin led the investigation, noting the robbers were frightened off.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, defending champion in the Women's Western Open, learned her mother died in Angeles California hospital. She remained determined to continue in the tournament in Indianapolis despite the loss.
David Adams executive vice president of the American National Bank at Gadsden Alabama will assume new duties next month as assistant treasurer of the Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Company announced here today.
Representative Sparkman cites TVA Chairman Lilienthal letter stating plans to relocate the main offices from Knoxville to Muscle Shoals as war conditions permit. Discussion covers relocating water, power, and chemical offices while keeping some functions in Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Washington reports show Rep Sparkman of Alabama and TVA Chairman Lilienthal spar over relocating TVA offices from Knoxville to Muscle Shoals. Sparkman criticizes McKellar's Tennessee bias and argues the heart of TVA lies at Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals. He urges adherence to the act requiring proximity to Muscle Shoals.
The United States Senate will receive a full report next week from two American delegates on the San Francisco conference drafting the United Nations charter. Leaders expect ratification but warn hearings may not begin until July. The ceremony and signing of the charter by 50 nations are planned for Monday and Tuesday in San Francisco.
Henry R. Davis of Decatur Iron and Steel Co. announces the sale of a three story brick building on First Avenue near the TVA sub station to S. Gordon McDuff of the Decatur Bonded Warehouse for 20000 dollars in cash. The brick structure already serves as a cotton warehouse and will continue for cotton storage. Originally built for the Decatur Cornice and Roofing Co. the site was expanded with a third story in 1907.
Gordon B. Bracken 43 of Gadsden waived preliminary hearing on a U S charge of bank robbery filed after a Cullman bank heist of nearly 7000 dollars. Bracken bound over to the Grand Jury on 25000 bond and jailed in Jasper. FBI seeks Ross Leroy Hayes wanted on robbery charge. Parker Bank & Trust Co. robbed just after noon as two dozen staff were out for lunch.
Sgt. Frank H. Kirby Jr a resident of Decatur was killed in action May 23 on Okinawa. His parents Mr and Mrs Frank Kirby of 616 East Vine Street were notified. He had served as a rifleman since arriving in Okinawa last month after earlier service in Hawaii and Guam. He worked at Goodyear Decatur Mills before enlisting in November 1943 and attended city schools. He belonged to First Presbyterian church and trained at Camper Georgia. He is survived by his parents and one brother Iain William S Kirby listed in the Philippines.
At City Hall on Railroad Street this morning 1200 cartons of Lucky Strikes and Chesterfields were stacked for stamping. William L. Mayfield and Arthur Seaman prepared to apply the tax stamps as 12 000 packages or 240 000 cigarettes sat ready for transfer.
The basic A gasoline ration rose 50 percent and went into effect today. With new A-16 coupons motorists can buy six gallons with a stamp instead of four, equating to three gallons a week and roughly six miles of driving.
Allied air forces mounted a heavy daylight strike on the Kure naval arsenal and five aircraft factories near Kobe and Nagoya, delivering 3,000 tons of explosives. Japanese losses on Okinawa and Borneo surfaced as Allied advances and guerrilla actions continued across the Pacific theater.
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