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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
1
A compact feature highlights the local community and mine, noting everyday life, neighborhood ties, and regionwide concerns. The piece sketches daily rhythms, civic spirit, and shared spaces shaping residents.
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday with scattered showers. Max 87 min 70. Mary Douthit arrives Sunday from Washington for a visit. David Allen Gibson to attend national music camp in Interlochen Michigan. Local visits include Ray and Fannie Patterson and others. Several church activities and a few legal notices noted. Sonny Todd underwent surgery with satisfactory condition. See diary page 2.
Mayor H. R. Summer outlined a city wide cleanup plan before about 75 local merchants. He urged merchants to sweep sidewalks at night and place waste containers on blocks while improving window displays. The police and fire departments will assist, and mowers will clean grass in parks and along roads as inspections begin. General polio prevention measures were announced by Dr L R Murphree.
The All-Wright Pastry shop on Moulton Street opens at 9 am Saturday with owners Mrs. W. W. Wright and Paul Wright of Decatur. The shop offers sweetrolls doughnuts pies cakes coffee cakes and fancy pastries plus delicatessen items. Harry Hornbuckle a former Huntsville arsenal baker is the head baker and seven workers will be employed.
Bayless Brooks mosquito control dusting pilot for TVA died in a hospital after his plane struck a high tension power line and crashed in a pasture near the TVA Pickwick inn. The Decatur pilot is Charles Bradford and Brooks had worked with TVA for years.
The Soviet Union objects to a two thirds rule for approving measures in the new atomic control framework. Andrei Gromyko may raise the issue at today’s closed UN Atomic Energy Commission meeting. The session focuses on procedural rules and possible subcommittees to merge U.S. and Russian atomic plans.
Paris June 28 The Big Four foreign ministers met for a free for all session on five peace pacts with Italy Bulgaria Romania Hungary and Finland. They sought skeleton drafts to clear the decks for a 21 nation peace conference next month and anticipated further debate on Trieste reparations and naval surplus division.
Three Quality Model Laundry workers were slightly injured when their truck veered off Somerville road and struck the lily pond on the T. C. Almon estate around 3:30 p.m. Drivers Dennis Sherrill, Vernon Wright, and Curtis Morrison suffered cuts and bruises. damage to the truck was about $200. They were treated at Hamil clinic and released the same day. Patrolmen Edgemon, Hale, and ...
June 28 Montgomery. Big Jim Folsom looms over the special primary as other potential candidates defer. Hugh Locke and Mortimer Jordan weigh options while several wannabe rivals announce they will not run. Folsom cites issues like TVA REA anti trust enforcement UN cooperation and free trade as key. Frank Boykin campaigns in Mobile while others prep for next week. See BIG on Page Two.
Harold Powers a Decatur fifth grader brought a live alligator to The Daily scene after catching it in his yard with help from his sister Dorothy. He plans to keep the four legged pet, which arrived in a gallon jar and drew editorial interest. The Powers family lives at 604 Ninth Street South.
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist church of Albertville for Dr. Roscoe McDaniel Howell 57 former pastor here and at Albertville who died after a brief illness at his home. Survivors include his widow two daughters Martha Howell and Mrs C F Von Hermann Jr both of Birmingham and a son Wilson Howell of Duke University. News of his death brought widespread regret as he was beloved in this city.
Two Decatur physicians will attend the American Medical Association sessions in San Francisco starting Monday. Dr and Mrs F L Chenault left Thursday for the West Coast by train. Dr and Mrs A M Roan leave Saturday by plane for the meeting.
Across the United States shortages vary by item and city with bread butter beef and clothing scarce in many markets while others report limited availability. Macy’s in New York advertised white shirts while some cities note rationing and price drops for different goods.
In Mississippi a tense fight looms before the Tuesday Democratic primary as Theodore G. Bilbo defies federal voting rights orders and calls for white protection against Black voters. Registration appears tiny compared with the state's 1 000 000 plus population, with reports of intimidation and few Negro registrations despite the Supreme Court ruling.
Pearl Robertson, Decatur Negro, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Judge James H Crow Jr in circuit court this morning after a jury found him guilty of burglary in the Elliott Transfer case. Probation hearings for Tom Maclin and A J Oliver were set for 1 pm today.
Washington reports congressional leaders urged President Truman to sign the compromise OPA price control bill or face expiration of the current law. Barkley McKellar Rayburn and McCormack pushed for passage claiming it is the best option, though some, including O Daniel, fought to prevent delay. The Senate eyed a midafternoon vote as the clock ran down to Sunday midnight.
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