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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and coastal winds. Notable visits include Charles Malone and Pruitt Cartwright Jr from Montgomery. Local updates mention improvements at Mrs Jervis’s Sherman Street home and a $5 reward offer from Dr D W McGrary for a missing medicine case.
Witnesses testified in the state case against Orvil Lee Shelton charged with second degree murder as circuit court opened. Judge Crow ordered trial after 5 while attorney A Lynne sought dismissal citing a veterans settlement. Shelton served in Italy and Africa and received honorable discharge with medals.
Bobby Ray Hardin ten year old son of Mr and Mrs J M Hardin died from internal injuries after a collision at Forest Chapel Road and Vaughan Bridge He rode on the left running board of a 1941 Ford when the car with his uncle John C Morris in a 1936 Chevrolet overturned near the Hardin home Morris was held on charges of driving without a license and a patrol investigation by local officers Interment was at the adjacent cemetery with Pallbearers named Barker Bullard Coleman Sparkman Ona Lin Terry and other relatives.
Thomas H. Maxwell of Tuscaloosa becomes the first official entrant in Alabama’s senatorial campaign. Probate Judge Elbert Boozer of Anniston withdraws from consideration. Maxwell filed qualification papers with the Secretary of State and party chairman in Mobile. Boozer cites plans to run for governor in four years. Sparkman Boykin Simpson remain declared candidates.
John Donald McKibben 49 longtime chamber executive died in Opelika hospital after a three week illness. He formerly served as Decatur Chamber secretary in 1939 1940 and moved to Opelika six years ago. Survived by widow Mary Ponder son John D Jr sister Lida Mae and brother Frank J all of Atlanta burial at Rosemere Cemetery with funeral at First Methodist Opelika conducted by Dr. D H McNeal.
A hidden $25,000 annual mussel industry on the Tennessee River has been brought to light after a decade. Four operators along the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge now run boats and crews to harvest shells for buttons, ornaments, and other uses. The U S Fish and Wildlife Service supports them with riverbank cooking sites and firewood from dead timber as they work at depths of about twenty five feet near Decatur and Triana.
The United Nations Security Council opened to vote on Poland’s push for a worldwide break with Franco Spain, but delegates showed the effort may fail with with four unlikely votes out of eleven. Poland’s Oscar Lange reportedly weighed moves to keep the case on the council or refer it to the General Assembly. India accused South Africa of Indian discrimination and sought General Assembly action, while the Arab League signaled the Palestine issue would be brought to the U.N. for either independence talks or final action.
Ved Vrat a 25 year old Hindu graduate student at Stanford and Evelyn Corriveau 17 were married in Palo Alto California in a ceremony blending Vedantic and Christian rites Rev E W Mimby officiated Vrat who is sent by the British Indian government to study for his doctorate plans to return to India after completing his degree Mrs Corriveau daughter of Arthur Corriveau of Palo Alto said the union may help reduce race prejudice.
A strong Pacific Northwest earthquake moved from Vancouver Island to Olympia injuring one man in Seattle, where buildings swayed and a hillside shifted. The Victoria epicenter was estimated near 25 miles away, with extensive damage on Vancouver Island and surrounding communities, including Campbell River Courtenay Port Alberni and Vancouver.
All members of the local post of the American Legion are reminded of the annual election of officers to be held tonight at eight o clock in the Legion hall on Second Avenue. Philip Shanks leads one nominating committee and Garner Pride heads another.
Democratic and Republican camps traded claims across 17 states as June primary results split chances in Senate races. Lucas touted Democratic pickups like North Dakota, while Reece predicted GOP gains in 11 seats. Indiana and Maryland contests featured key nominations and retirements shaping November outcomes.
Four cars were damaged in two Decatur wrecks on Sunday with no injuries reported. A 500 dollar damage clash at Vine and Wells involved a Jes sie Hammond Anniston Pontiac and a Catherine Wiley Jackson Street Chevrolet. At Moulton and Fifth Avenue West a Norris Decatur pickup and a Robert McCurley Decatur sedan caused 200 dollars in damages. Norris faced a driving while intoxicated charge and paid a 100 dollar fine. Patrolmen Carter and Collier investigated both incidents.
In a final report, General Eisenhower says he learned of Soviet grand strategy only months before V-E Day. He credits Allied teamwork and Russian pressure for the final offensive, noting miscalculations by Hitler and Rundstedt and praising air and ground operations that secured victory.
Fred M. Vinson becomes the nation’s 13th Chief Justice in a colorful White House ceremony on the South Portico. Thousands watched as Vinson took two oaths, with President Truman praising the appointment and a Navy band playing Pomp and Circumstance.
Capitol Hill courted pressure from housewives and labor groups as conferees met at 8 p.m. to resolve four remaining points on OPA price control extension. A Washington rally was planned to press for continuation as lawmakers warned the agency expires Sunday midnight. Wolcott predicted a quick agreement if possible.
In Vienna on Saturday night two American military policemen were shot while stopping a stolen American jeep carrying three Russian soldiers. The incident involved joint Russian and American investigators with Russian police and judges participating. One Russian lieutenant was wounded resisting arrest. Several suspects remained under questioning as the Americans recover in an Army hospital.
June 24 report from Tokyo notes the first Communist to address Japan's House of Representatives denouncing Premier Yoshida's cabinet as the enemy of the people. fellow Communist Kyuichi Tokuda called Japan's new constitution a betrayal of the people.
An American informant said the Council of Foreign Ministers rejected Austria’s demand to seize part of the Southern Tyrol from Italy but failed to settle the Italian French frontier. Ministers met about 90 minutes and planned more talks on the French Italian border and surplus Italian naval units.
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