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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1945
Page
4
A column mixes wartime commentary and public feeling. It urges veterans’ needs be met by agencies at all county levels and questions Congress pay, while discussing U S military power and antiwar sentiment in the current conflict. It ends with speculations on Japanese fate and Soviet actions.
The Columbus Commercial Dispatch notes Columbus Mississippi and Lowndes county reached their war bond goals, while Decatur Morgan county lagged behind with $164 still needed in Series E bonds. Editor Birney Ines compares progress across states, urging continued funding as quotas double.
The San Francisco peace conference closes as fifty nations sign a charter and delegates prepare to sell the idea of lasting peace to their peoples. In the United States intense Senate debate will continue for months before any broad agreement to participate. The piece urges patience and belief that civilization requires striving for peace even if the charter is not perfect.
A Voice of The People letter discusses Alabama farm tractor gas tax refund plans. It notes county and state boards seek exact tractor counts for tax equalization, citing Covington County where many tractors aren’t on assessment books and suggesting counties may gain revenue to offset losses from refunds.
Westbrook Pegler argues in a New York column that the senate plan to reform labor relations via a new bill would acknowledge Wagner Act evils and protect the public from union bosses. He warns the plan lacks protections for constitutional rights, questions union accountability, and cites strikes and extortion as examples of current system abuses.
A reader asks what the Russian system really is beyond communism. The piece argues it is not socialism or communism, but a despotic, improvised regime called the despotism of the proletariat. It contrasts fascism and Marxism, noting Russia's unique mix and its aim to control without fixed principles. The author promises further analysis to guide peaceful engagement.
Palladium is a metal present to some extent in platinum ores.
Walter Winchell reports a flurry of political and cultural rumors across figures like the Duke of Windsor and James Roosevelt. He notes Army hospital sightings, wartime politics, and depots of innuendo about broadcasters, actors, and government officials amid a climate of intrigue, arrests, and possible deportations.
The piece notes Mary Nolen once known as Imogene Wilson has cured herself and now works as a nurse at a sanitarium in the West helping others with similar ailments. It also mentions High level politics rumors about Marshall Stimson Eisenhower and a New Brunswick composer at Le Roy Sanitarium. It recaps Hollywood social scene including Zanuck Parsons reception for Bebe Daniels and Col Lyon and notes signing of Kizmi for Kid from Brooklyn with Danny Kaye. It also cites Judge Rosenman leaving a White House post for a lower paid role and wage cuts affecting government service.
Vera Ray is a bride and Jay Cook is named as a textile prop. Angela White and P Noonan are linked to an elopement case. Cab Calloway appears in a FDR newsreel scene. Huntington Hartford Jr may wed. The Langford murder case hints at late evidence and a witness who found the body did not report it. Tips go to District Attorney Hogan.
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