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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
1
Weather notes cover Alabama and Tennessee with partly cloudy conditions and scattered thundershowers. Community items include editor Ben Bloodworth on vacation at baseball games, church services and sermons, baptist and christian fellowship meetings, and local visits by former Decatur residents, plus hospital admissions and court cases.
Attorney General Tom Clark filed a Sherman and Clayton act case in Chicago seeking a breakup of the Du Pont empire. The suit demands divestiture of Du Pont from General Motors and forcing the Du Pont family to relinquish U S Rubber stock, with six separate actions including sales of major holdings and contracts between Du Pont, GM, and U S Rubber.
Chicago on June 30 19 year old Ruth Ann Steinhagen the girl admirer who shot Eddie Waitkus was found insane and committed to Kankakee state hospital. She appeared in felony court bound over to the grand jury and a true bill was voted. Waitkus faced the girl in a wheelchair for the first time since the shooting.
Two men Homer Blair and William Hardin were indicted by the Hamilton County grand jury under an 80 year old anti Ku Klux Klan statute. They were charged with terrorizing residents of Dolly Pond while wearing robes and hoods after a May 7 hooded invasion.
Alabama health officials report eleven new paralytic polio cases last week, bringing the year total to 50. This compares with 27 cases by this time in 1948 and 23 in 1947, with 871 cases recorded as the worst year in 1941.
The Decatur Board of Education plans to transfer 13 acres two hangars a parking ramp and a 50-foot right of way to the municipal airport board. Senator Sparkman says the Department of Justice will act within 48 hours after the corrected application reaches Washington. The plan requires U S Attorney General approval and is coordinated with the War Assets Administration before sale to Athens Decatur Limestone and Morgan counties at a 100 percent discount.
The Senate Finance Committee voted 7 to 6 to cut federal excise taxes back to 1942 levels. The package would lower taxes on theater amusements, furs, toilet preparations, luggage, and other items. Senator Johnson proposed the rider adding these cuts to a House bill on industrial alcohol permits.
Judith Coplon was convicted on two counts of spying for Russia. The jury charged guilty on both counts and she faces up to 13 years in prison and a $12,000 fine. The trial, held in a packed courtroom, ended after about 27 hours of deliberation. Coplon, 28, a Barnard College graduate, was set to appeal, with co defendant Valentin Gubitchev to stand trial in New York on espionage conspiracy charges.
Attorney General Albert Carmichael urged legislators to revoke the Ku Klux Klan charter. He spoke to the House judiciary committee in person supporting a bill he earlier submitted for passage this week.
A proposal to build a negro camp on state property near Mobile drew a warning from a senator that it would invite race riots. The bill would bar leasing land on the Mobile Bay causeway from Old Spanish Fort to the Bankhead tunnel. Mobile officials argued for facilities and boat rentals for Negroes, while opponents warned of unrest.
Walter Jackson superintendent of schools announced a gift of 250 to 300 dollars for two years to buy technical books for Decatur's new high school library. Frank Scroggins of Decatur Iron & Steel Company, long time Decatur Industry, said the gift would be made over two years. Jackson expressed appreciation and hope the idea would catch on.
Households stocking larders for the long weekend face limited price shifts. Lamb cuts edged down a few cents per pound in some stores. beef pork and veal held near last week’s levels. fryers slashed two to four cents to draw shoppers. Dairy mostly steady. top eggs eased slightly. Produce changes were minor except in drought affected areas with higher lettuce and higher near term fruit prices. avocado supplies rose on the East Coast. Frozen peas scarce due to New York demand and drought hits Oregon and Washington crops. berries also reduced, with Canada supplying frozen blueberries. The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale index rose one cent to 5.89.
John L. Lewis ordered soft coal miners east of the Mississippi to work a three day week starting Tuesday. The contract expires tonight but workers should stay on the job to reduce tensions. Miners east of the river will work Tuesday to Thursday next week, then Monday to Wednesday thereafter, with no set end date.
The Hamil Clinic Hospital in Decatur Alabama has been admitted to the hospital register of the American Medical Association following a June 4 council vote. Dr J Y Hamil founder of the institution is notified and asked to file annual statistical forms.
A multi billion housing bill cleared the house by 228 to 185, hailed as the first major success of President Truman's fair deal. Leaders moved to reconcile differences with the senate measure, with bipartisan support noted and a White House passage possible by week’s end.
Frank B. Jones formerly of Decatur died suddenly of a heart attack in Fort Myers Florida where he had been staying for a week The remains will be sent from Florida to Decatur for burial Mr Jones was aged a g of Lencagian Kentucky and his body will be returned for burial in Decatur
An autopsy will be held in Louisville Ky to determine the cause of death of Dalton A Mullins 34 an electrical worker who died at the Alabama Flour Mill Wednesday around 530 p m Mullins collapsed while climbing a ladder to finish a vacuum dust system installation and was carrying a 110 volt drill It is uncertain if electric shock or another factor caused death Surviving are a wife and a five year old son
The Decatur Rotary Club at the Decatur Country Club planned a yearlong effort to increase cotton use. Clifford Kirkpatrick of the National Cotton Council outlined aims and problems facing cotton and urged Rotary collaboration with cotton council efforts.
Raleigh North Carolina June 30 1949 leaders of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association met to fix sales dates for the 1949 flue cured tobacco crop. The meeting established the schedule for selling the season's tobacco product and set dates for auctions and warehousing.
The Senate approved Taft's labor bill by 31 to 0, adopting Taft Hartley provisions amid a battle with the Truman administration. The vote strengthens Taft's approach while signaling House action remains uncertain this session. A Taft substitute was accepted 49 to 44, shaping injunctions and seizure powers in national emergencies.
Decatur will get a new commercial FM station by December 1 as Tennessee Valley Broadcasting Company prepares for a 4 kw outlet on 92.5 megacycles. WMSL chief engineer J. W. Roser says equipment will be ordered after FCC approval and the AM tower will gain an FM antenna to reach about 47 miles with simultaneous AM and FM broadcasts.
Police officers enforce orders to shoot loose dogs not muzzled. Police Chief J B Whit mire said several dogs were killed Wednesday but the count was unknown. Mayor H R Summer confirmed seven dogs had been killed and urged owners to muzzle pets or keep them secured to protect children.
A bill to create an additional circuit judge in the 11th judicial circuit is before the Alabama legislature. Introduced two weeks ago by Reps. Coburn Barnett Haynes, it would expand Judge Robert M. Hills current service to Colbert Lauderdale and Franklin counties.
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