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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1952
Page
20
HAL BOYLE surveys Navajo life with humor and respect noting customs, family dynamics, childrearing beliefs, health views, and survival on the reservation. The essay contrasts traditional practices with modern contact, highlighting resilience, self-reliance, and unique cultural traits.
President Truman faced strong White House and State Department pressure to sign the McCarran Immigration Bill. Acheson and McGranery urged approval while Benton Lehman and Humphrey pressed for a veto. Memoes warned that McCarran’s influence could threaten funding and the Foreign Refugee bill, shaping the decisive turn.
A Decatur story notes that about 125000 beaver pelts were taken in the United States in 1950. It reports White House secretary Matt Connelly guarding access to President Truman as minority groups urged a conference to press a veto. Connelly warned such visits would set a bad precedent, but Truman ultimately vetoed the bill. Congressman Celler largely abstained in the division vote.
A giraffe can touch the ground with its mouth only by bending awkwardly its legs. The Lamas of Tibet practice a modified form of Buddhism.
Senators Hill Sparkman and McKellar urged President Truman to fill the long vacant TVA board post without naming candidates, hoping quicker action. The seat has been open since James S Pope retired in May 1951 after nominations and objections. Possible contenders from Alabama include Louis Ecks Steadham Acker and Francis LeMay. Hill emphasized selecting a candidate from the TVA valley area. Sparkman called Eisenhower's GOP-aligned stance a political blunder and warned of broader implications for party prospects. Also noted is a lighthearted tip about Alabama women seeking marriages within staff, citing Bonnie Jean Cobb who wed Lt Jack F Skinner after moving from Geraldine to Fort Belvoir.
The notice lists marriages in Alabama including ro Mai McGinnis of Mobile to William J. Jackson of Washington DC, Betty Insche and Jess Smith of Birmingham, Frances Montgomery of Moulton to T. B. Chestnutt, Anne Canterbury of Huntsville to Paul M. Speake, and Mary Nell Betts of Birmingham to William J. Carroll Jr. Also the Senate sent to the White House a bill to pay damages of 840 dollars to Ethel White and 420 dollars to Frankie Ezell of Jackson Alabama for land entrance destruction tied to a Sunflower Bend project in 1938, with Ralph James of St. Louis receiving 420 dollars.
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