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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
2
General Patterson announces a sweeping postwar plan to scale back saluting outside posts, end distinct officer uniforms, and grant enlisted men equal leave rights starting July 1. The reform package also seeks pay and allowance reviews, leadership training, revised officer privileges, and improved enlisted facilities while preserving discipline.
T W Bridges and E F Lipscomb urged Morgan county farmers to attend the third annual Tennessee Valley Dairy Association meeting at the Belle Mina substation on Tuesday July 2 at 10 00 a m The program focuses on improved dairying practices with assistance from Tuskegee and Auburn offices Six registered Jersey bulls will be awarded to winners Counties represented include Lauderdale Limestone Lawrence Colbert Madison and Morgan Everyone should bring lunch.
Officials report a meat supply squeeze with 3,450 Morrell layoffs since Saturday. Industry spokesmen warn the OPA bill may fuel an illegal market, predicting a growing black market this year. Birmingham and Mobile note bare shops and near absence of pork beef and lamb with Mobile warning plants may close.
New York stocks generally fell with scattered gains in a few blue chips. Light activity and timid bidding characterized early trading as losses persisted though declines eased late. volume unclear with transfers near 1,000,000 shares. Bonds were easy, cotton rose to a new level, and Chicago grains reached ceilings except oats.
All city pet owners may enter the show to be held at 7 PM Thursday night at Greenwood park. Registration closes at 10 PM. Entries are to be made with supervisors Norman Lafley or Miss Katherine Hoppers. Judges include Mrs. Thomas Harvey and four other park committee members. An adventure film, Jack London, plays at 8 PM after the show.
U. S. Rep. Frank Boykin and Rep. Sparkman lead a field including Thomas Maxwell in a race for the Alabama Senate with 14 campaign stops listed by Boykin across North Alabama. Dr A R Meadows seeks the education post as sole declared candidate for state superintendent as Dr H C Pannell dies after unopposed May primary.
Russell Lynne spoke for the defendant Chapman while Simmons and Johnson represented the state. The jury deliberated after 4:40 p m and returned a not guilty verdict at 4:50 p m. The panel included multiple residents from Hartselle Decatur Falkville Eva and nearby areas. Tom Maclin pleaded guilty to concealing stolen property before Judge Crow with probation hearing set for 10 a m Friday.
Tom Edgil was installed as president of the Decatur Lions Club at the Lyons Hotel during the regular meeting. B A Scruggs of Talladega district governor led the installation, replacing James Wade, with guests Circuit Solicitor George Johnson and Bowen W. Simmons in attendance. Gene Morrow was welcomed back into the club.
Laymen at Southside Baptist Church extend revival to Friday due to rising attendance. F E Halbrooks leads this evening with Wonderful saviour. Garnett Dement preaches Thursday. male chorus of 25 30 under R C Halbrooks. Music includes tennis Odom mandolin solo with Melba Halbrooks. film The Romance Of A Century Friday. Rev Otho Black from Baptist Bible Institute coordinates visual education conferences 7 to 8 pm for pastors and laymen.
Chicago detectives planned to question Richard Thomas, a 42 year old former nurse jailed on a sex charge, who allegedly told Phoenix officials he kidnapped and killed Suzanne Degnan last January. Investigators note dispossessed tools and possible Lake Michigan search for evidence.
Funeral services were held in Friendship Alabama for Warner F. Pope who died at his home in Winston county just shy of 63. Rev Isaac Eddy led the service with burial by Moss Service of Cullman. Survivors include wife Ida Pope two sons Horace and Howell and two daughters Elva Bishop and Pearl Riggs.
A photostatic copy of a Navy discharge belonging to William Henry Morrow, thought from Hartselle, was turned in to the Decatur police. Sgt Frank Sandlin said Morrow may recover the discharge by calling at the police station. The document was found on Bank Street by children.
A report by 18 physicians reportedly supports the theory that the 20 year old King Ananda Mahiadol was assassinated. The monarch was found dead in his Bangkok apartment on June 9 with an official parliament report stating he accidentally shot himself and the bullet entered the forehead.
The article reproduces testimony from the Robertson case about a $103 share for each of three men who helped steal a safe weighing about 400 pounds from a warehouse near Gobble Lumber company. It covers the break-in, the escape with the safe, and statements signed by the defendant and two other men, plus witness accounts and juror lists.
Final rites were held at 2 PM today in Parkertown for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Weaver of Danville. The child died Monday at Irwin-Dyar infirmary in Moulton. Burial was in Parkertown cemetery beneath Mutual Service. Surviving are the parents two brothers Roy A. and the twin and the grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver and Mrs. W. J. Smith, all of Danville.
A Chinese communist proposal for reorganizing China's army has been handed to General Marshall. A reliable source says the peace committee of three including Marshall, a government representative, and a communist representative has agreed on two other points cessation of hostilities and restoration of communications.
Moscow report says the Crimean and Chechen Ingush autonomous Soviet socialist republics have been stripped of autonomy and many residents resettled as penalties for wartime treachery. They are abolished as autonomous units and made provincial within the Russian SFSR, with administration moved to other parts of the federation.
June 26 report from Birmingham records 58 cattle sold at the fourth annual Alabama Guernsey Cattle Club sale. Total receipts reached $15,195 with B Y Vann of Thomasville paying $775 for a Churn Creek Farm cow from Worton Maryland.
County Agent C. P. Granade urges farmers statewide to grow berries next season after Butler County profits from a fruitful strawberry crop. Strawberg is now centered in the county.
J M Roberts Jr certifies that Stalin may seek American counsel to ease tensions with the United States. The piece argues Moscow misreads American reaction to Iran and warns that Soviet actions risk eroding UN peace aims. It suggests Russian leaders listen to internal voices like Litvinov and Maisky to avert further friction.
The Daily staff received a gift of several dozen Elberta peaches from Collier’s peach orchard near Priceville in Morgan County. The gesture followed a week of odd gifts including a 13-pound cabbage and oversized onions, drawing warm gratitude from the staff.
Catherine Goforth returns to Decatur from Charlotte while Mrs. Ottis White and baby Lynda of Florence visit. City issues a $3,500 five room house permit for Sherman Street. Thirteen police cases yield $155 in fines and bonds. George Woodruff to lead church prayer service. Barrett Shelton to Montgomery for state planning board meeting. Community events include church meetings and a singing at Sherman Street Church of God. The Apes club to meet in Moulton Thursday night.
In Coshocton Ohio on June 26 a lover’s quarrel ended Mad Marshall Jacobs 176 foot flagpole stunt begun May 30. He climbed for a world sitting record and vanished after a dispute with his fiancée Miss Lonnie Cosmar who then stayed at the pole before aborting plans for a radio appearance in Cleveland.
John A. Caudill, 77, died at 2 15 a m at his brother S E Caudill’s home 814 Oak Street after a visit from McAllister Oklahoma He arrived ten days ago prayer services were set for 2 30 this afternoon at Brown Funeral Home The body will be shipped at 4 p m to Whitesburg Kentucky for funeral and interment Surviving are three sisters Polly Caudill Whitesburg Ky Mrs J T Lewis and Mrs Lora Banks Dade City Florida and three brothers S E Caudill Decatur S H and B E Caudill Whitesburg Ky
Eight Mexican and Latin American agricultural workers were killed and 15 injured when a Missouri Pacific locomotive crashed into a truckload of workers west of Harlingen Texas at 8 25 p m. The truck occupants all suffered injuries. Patrol Capt. Marvin Gordon cited a line of freight cars at the crossing that blinded both engineer and driver, scattering wreckage along the right of way for 150 feet.
Experimental cotton bag to replace jute bags aimed at farmers needs at the Georgia Experiment Station in Ga. If successful, the bag could open a multi million dollar market for Southern textile makers and boost cotton usage, said H. P. Stuckey, station director.
The piece notes possible Senate rejection forcing a conference and demands for broader decontrol of meat poultry dairy petroleum and tobacco. It reports officials hinting Bowles and Porter may push a veto while seeking an emergency extension. Speaker Rayburn warned that without acceptance OPA would cease, and President Truman was expected to sign if it reaches the White House. A subsequent minority statement labeled the measure inflationary.
Alabama weather bureau reports cotton condition mostly fair but West-central regions face weevil infestation due to excessive rain. Last week’s precipitation was locally heavy from Clark to Lamar counties while other areas saw lighter rain. Pastures gardens and truck farms across the Southeast need rain. overall crops in the state remain in fair condition and livestock are in normal seasonal good condition.
Veto backs the Russian plan as a path to remove motives for an atomic arms race. East backs the American plan. Australia supports a single supreme authority over atomics as Baruch proposed. France says the two plans are not irreconcilable. Western nations say they provide a necessary starting point.
Five men left for Fort McClellan to take preinduction tests for the Army, according to the local recruiting office. Named: John W. Turner of 1616 Thirteenth Avenue East, three years in field artillery. George C. O'Neil of Cullman, three years in transportation corps. Kynneth C. Coppock of Vinemont. Watt J. Kirk of Cullman. and Guy L. Banks of Cullman, all for 18 months.
The House appropriations committee recommended a new 465 million dollar cash allotment for the United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration. UNRRA was the biggest and most controversial item in a 726.57 million dollar deficiency supply bill sent to the House for debate.
Sheriff W. T. Harris, 58, of Bibb County, collapsed in a downtown store in Birmingham and died on arrival at a hospital. He was serving his second term and had come from Brent for a medical appointment.
Presiding Judge Charles R. Bricken said the Alabama court of appeals, which will recess June 29, has been called to convene Aug. 1 for a special term to continue until disposition of all cases now pending.
The Birmingham Gas company will begin supplying natural gas to domestic users in the district by next fall, replacing by product gas that currently serves residences due to peak load limits. Charles B. Gamble, president, cited rising demand and insufficient by-product gas as the reason for the shift.
Berlin reports German housewives welcome American women dependents after occupation. Frauleins praise their politeness and democratic manner, noting they avoid over dressing and lavish cosmetics while admiring American women’s shoes and courtesy. A hopeful, tentative view on cross cultural adaptation.
Russians met separately with British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and French President and Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, reportedly to brief them on progress in discussions with Molotov.
Walter Timmons Gay Jr and Frances Lucile Gay of Trinity. Benton McDoyle of Decatur and Wilma Nelson of Decatur. Aster Louie Kelley of Cullman and Bessie Maude Baker of Steppville. Joe Hinz of Decatur and Julia An nette McRae of Trinity. David Lester Blackwood of Decatur and Thelma Lois Bishop of Decatur.
Sale advertisement lists July Elberta peaches from Collier's Orchard on Rt. 2 near Decatur Priceville. Includes canning and pickling peaches offered locally with price reference.
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