This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
2
Alabama Polytechnic reports boll weevil numbers double from last year. Ruffin notes 500 weevils per acre are not unusual and infestations reach up to 50 percent in some areas. He advises farmers to begin calcium arsenate treatment when 25 to 50 squares per hundred are punctured early in July.
Decatur spot prices show No 1 soft wheat at 2.15 a bushel white corn 74 lb at 2.30 yellow corn 74 lb at 2.08 milo 100 cwt 3.00 barley 1.45 oats 0.80 Alabama Flour Mills Decatur furnishes the prices. New York markets note irregular stock activity oils mixed bonds narrow changes. Cotton quiet with trade buying. Wheat advances around 4 cents, rainfall seen in growing areas. Oats strong with corn up to 25 cents higher. steadiy top for cotton around 29.50 per 100 pounds.
Montgomery auto dealer Evon N Neal was convicted in federal court of income tax fraud. Judge Clarence Mullins set an $18,000 bond pending appeal. Neal's reported income was $33,125.63 with a tax due of $14,276.66 and payments of $6,491.99.
Washington reports President Truman signed a bill extending the Army voluntary enlistment age and set flexible term lengths up to six years in the regular Army. Enlistments for two to six years and re-enlistments for up to six years are allowed with a $50 bonus yearly for non commissioned officers. Under prior law the maximum was three years.
Late day notice for a used 30 inch attic fan in cone condition. See after 4 PM at 4 Johnston St. Call 1515 J for inquiries.
Government buying operations helped push grain prices higher while livestock markets hit record highs. Chicago steers averaged about 36 dollars per hundredweight, with cattle reaching 39 and hogs 30. Prices surged from ceilings of a year ago, aided by subsidies and removal of controls.
Seattle reports renewed sightings as eyewitnesses join skeptics in the Flying Saucer dispute. Frank M. King and companions describe a gleaming object while Ray Taro dismisses danger, suggesting aluminum disks lifted by heat and wind. Kenneth Arnold first sparked the controversy with nine fast moving objects over Western Washington at about 1,200 mph.
An unknown GI sold a velvet bound Netherlands state paper at an Augusta Georgia antique shop. The artifact records the marriage agreement between William III and Princess Wilhelmina dated December 7, 1878. Henry Prontaut purchased it and notified the Netherlands embassy. the document is now en route home.
President Truman appealed to his advisory committee on civil rights to craft a vigorous program to curb racial prejudice and discrimination. Speaking to thousands at the Lincoln Memorial during the NAACP annual conference, he urged government leadership and immediate action rather than waiting for slow progress in lagging communities.
Eight Decatur girls and two chaperones returned Sunday after a 10 day camping trip on Lookout Mountain. Names include Helen Ann Winston Jo Ann Livingston Betty Rita Banks Yvonne Barrett Jane Michael Mary Battle King Noyce Crump and chaperones Mrs C C Jdloeme and Miss Judy Coolidge.
Strong winds hail and heavy rains devastate the Midwest while a heat wave expands across the nation. A tornado destroyed part of Hopewell Virginia injuring ten. Dubuque and Spencer Iowa report major damage. a grain elevator collapses at Emmetsburg Iowa. One inch downpours flood Rule Nebraska waters. Temperatures soar with Yuma 106 and Phoenix 105. Wheeling and Charleston set yearly highs in the East.
An Army transport St. Albans Victory and a Danish freighter Bolivia were disabled in fog about 60 miles south of Nantucket. The 7500 ton transport suffered a midship hull breach while Bolivia had a five foot bow section demolished. Aboard the St. Albans Victory were 70 crew, ten soldiers, a woman, and 80 K troopers. Lifeboats were launched but no immediate danger reported as fog lifted.
Miss Saylor identified Barnett as the cab hold-up man after a pursuit and confrontation with a man who exchanged two shots and fled. Barnett went to Grady Hospital with lacerations, while Miss Pinnell, who was shot in the foot, also accused him.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd spoke to five thousand textile workers in Spartanburg South Carolina as Reeves Bros Inc announced he would become a director upon retirement later this year. Byrd did not comment on the announcement but attended the rally as guest of honor for the firm which makes wind resistant cotton fabric used in Byrd’s Antarctic expedition.
Interior Minister Edouard Depreux disclosed a widespread Black Maquis plot to overthrow the French republic and establish a military dictatorship. Arrests included Gen. Guillaudot and Saad Neau Lacau, with reports of four generals implicated and plans for a provisional directorate modeled on totalitarian rule.
Solons granted many of President Truman’s requests while resisting others. Only one of the 12 regular supply bills has reached the President, financing Treasury and Post Office for the new year. Most bills await Senate action or conference. A stop-gap provision allows obligations amid pending appropriations.
Nelson Stewart, Negro, is held in the city jail for investigation after a shotgun shooting that left John Billy Coleman with minor wounds. The incident occurred at 8 41 p m near Stewart’s home in the Oklahoma district and involved an argument before Coleman was wounded. Stewart was arrested by officers Sandlin and Stanford.
A man identifying as Herman Outlaw from Hartselle is held in Tennessee over a Wednesday night Cullooka post office robbery. Bond set at $1,000 by U S Commissioner Tom Cook. failure to post bond leads to remand to Davidson County Jail in Nashville.
UNRRA closes its vast European relief program today with offices shutting down and only skeleton staffs to settle final receipts. The organization plans to continue work in China as its postwar aid mission nears completion.
President Truman labeled the 15 percent permissive rent increases as voluntary only for landlords and warned tenants fear higher rates post control. He urged quick passage of Wagner-Ellender-Taft housing legislation and blasted the real estate lobby for blocking a broader program. He called for investigations and outlined six objectives for housing aid and reform.
Five weary fishermen from San Pedro were found aboard a sun-browned craft near Clipperton Island after drifting about 1,000 miles off course for six weeks. The 45-foot Thistle sprang a leak and wrecked on a desolate Pacific island off the Mexican coast. Coast Guard and Navy reported the men in fair condition. no injuries were noted.
Morgan County educator S O Maner ends 25 years in education and four years as county superintendent as the courthouse closes. He will be succeeded by Hafford R Leeman. Maner plans farm work and more time with family including eight grandchildren.
Milton Hovis suffers malaria at his Grant Street home. Roy and Mrs Street return from Ft Walton Beach. Decatur Junior Chamber meets Tuesday at 7 at Greystone. Barrett Shelton Jr returns to The McCallie School after illness. Mrs Ardmore visiting her daughter and Miss Mable Scott. Mr and Mrs Paft and Betty Ross Bailey vacationing in the Smokies. Mr and Mrs Greer Black return from Gulf Coast trip. Mrs Higdon of Hartseller on business. Fall watermelons price remark recalled by Conrad Strickland Sr. Hit and run case near Highway 31 investigated. Fuller car damaged $125. Highway Patrol continues probe. Butler Hine grows rare figs on Line Street. large prize fig shown. Howard Bates of Tuscaloosa visits the city.
The Big Five U N military staff committee told the United Nations security council that a world police force should include 20 ground troop divisions 3 800 combat planes three battleships and six aircraft carriers. Soviet Russia offered no recommendations.
Mrs. R. B. Freeman will be installed as president of the American Legion Auxiliary on Friday August 1 at Miss Ruby S. Jones home. Newly elected officers include Mrs. Frank Yaney first vice president Ruby S. Jones second vice president Mae Simms recording secretary I V Timberlake corresponding secretary Erin Walker chaplain and Butler Hine historian. The unit sent 7.50 to Tuscaloosa veterans hospital for a miniature sewing machine for occupational therapy and the second district gave 10 for a pottery kiln. Marguerite Clark closed with a report on boxes of food and clothing sent monthly to a French orphan.
Arnold Robert Brown of Lacey's Spring ties with Grace Sudge Newman of Somerville. Samuel Lowrey of Courtland wed Inas Ezell Roden of Courtland. Dalton Eugen Brown of Macon Georgia marries Betty Jane Jennings of Decatur. Clifford W. Nelms of McMinnville Tennessee weds Minnie Lee Engle of Decatur. William Russell McGee of Hartselle weds Bertha LaVerne Pridy of Decatur. James Aubra Orr of Falkville weds Ruby Evalene Self of Hartselle. Loyd E. Tapscott of Hartselle with Glynn Rose White of Hartselle. Herman Benjamin of Hartselle weds Willie Rose Simmons of Hartselle.
Twelve Decatur residents joined Alabama travelers on a three week private bus trip to Mexico. Walter M. Jackson, superintendent of schools, organized the tour. Participants from Decatur included Dr and Mrs L A Neill, Miss Frances Nungester, Mrs A T Hanson, Mrs L P Troup, Miss Claudia Moss, Mrs H T Gill, Mrs J A Alexander, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Leeman, Paul Hargrove and Bill Wear.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.