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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1946
Page
4
Van Gilbert reports Alabama officers found over half of inspected cars defective in a safety campaign. The piece notes caution about national politics and predicts a Truman veto of Hobbs anti racketeering act. It highlights Decatur farm marketing gains and plans for a Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce to energize local growth.
Governor Sparks promotes multiple Alabama livestock show sites including a large Montgom ery facility, praising progress as the cattle industry expands and hospital financing is settled. He frames growth and encouragement as key outcomes of the plan.
The writer recalls historical talks of annexing a Gulf Florida strip, noting renewed chatter when Jim Folsom visited Panama City. He argues Alabama’s coastline offers vast tourism potential and urges focusing on Alabama’s own development before seeking any Florida expansion.
Ten Reynolds Metals plants in the Louisville area are closed due to a strike. The piece notes a prior loan from the Louisville Industrial Foundation and suggests forming a Decatur fund to support successful business boards. It highlights the Louisville foundation's long history of mixed results and mentions Reconstruction Finance Corporation pamphlets describing the community effort.
Decatur residents are urged to support a clean up campaign and Morgan county should have at least 15 000 qualified voters. County residents are called to qualify and set the state pace in voter participation for any election.
An advertisement signed by two ministers argues names on liquor petition signatures may be published to prevent misuse. The Daily questions if publishing signers would deter signatures, noting petitions request authorities to submit questions to voters and thus reflect majority will at the polls.
The Alabama Courier warns candidates that holding state office while running for governor has repeatedly doomed bids over the past two decades from 1926 to 1946. The roster lists 10 officials who sought the governorship, including lieutenant governors, agriculture commissioners, highway directors, a public service commission president, and an attorney general, all failing to win.
The writer recalls fights from the era of Louis and Firpo, noting spectator misadventures and mockeries around ring events. He praises Louis as a gentleman and discusses the social theater of prizefights, including the Schmeling rematch and Louis’s restrained stance after a clash with a Nazi symbol.
Washington reports on the Paris Big Four meeting with Byrnes as the central figure. The analysis suggests a stabilized peace is unlikely as Britain seeks separate treaties, Russia vetoes UNO action, and the path to a unified peace remains blocked by conflicting demands and the UN system.
Doctors seek to strengthen patients before thyroid surgery to improve outcomes. Thio uracil aids in normalizing activity in toxic goiter, allowing safer operation. Patients eat three meals daily, with checkups every 10 to 14 days to monitor white blood cells.
Local items include the American Legion baseball team losing 16 to 2 to Hartselle and the Albany-Decatur Twine beating Tri City Triplets in a doubleheader. Joe Calvin and Jack visited Athens. Mrs. J B Boucher guests at Wilder Place. Pointer Produce becomes first Albany-Decatur wholesale house to deliver by truck. Edna Jones of Nashville honored at Old Fellows social. Eddie Mainard leads cheers with an alito horn. Fraker couple returns from wedding trip and settles with Rosa Cartwright on Line Street.
James T. Taft, 56, a textile worker, is charged with fatally slashing Clifton E. Jones in a Mobile Alabama dance hall. He waived extradition and will be sent back to Alabama. Taft reportedly admitted the 1945 slaying in a February quarrel over a woman and fled Mobile after a grand jury indicted him for murder.
The analysis argues in the American zone that Byrnes seeks a federated Germany with a central government but cannot grant it without ceding ground to Russia. It notes tensions with Soviet aims, suggests Byrnes is driven by domestic politics, and views Paris work as exposing Russia’s obstruction to a peace settlement while aiming for Allied leadership.
Notes from a New York ringside recounts backstage talk around the Louis Conn affair. Prisoners of the underworld tried to fix a debut fight for Primo Carera, the manager balked, and Godfrey won on the level. The piece also lampoons film plans and recalls Runyon wagers, Swope pride, and other showbiz quips.
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