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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1949
Page
1
Forecasters predict a mild afternoon and night with scattered frost in the south, lows 28 to 38. Local updates note Rev W W Glass in Sheffield for Presbytery meeting, hospital admissions and births at Hamil Clinic, and Morgan County arrests over the weekend.
The cruiser Milwaukee arrives off Lewes Delaware to a U S Navy relief ceremony completing nearly five years with a Soviet crew as Washington presses Moscow to return 31 other ships including 28 frigates and three icebreakers.
Congress moves to bolster the United States spy network abroad amid new calls to crack down on espionage at home. The secretive bill would expand CIA powers, allow secrecy of expenditures, and admit up to 100 aliens annually.
A minor earthquake tremor hit downtown Salt Lake City at 11 53 P M triggering 80 police calls with no damage reported. The tremor, felt in editorial rooms of The Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Telegram and AP offices, caused items to shift in homes of Howard Pearson and neighbor Glenn Pratt.
The City of Decatur has bought 40 acres from Russell Speake to be used as a sanitary field replacing the Austinville dump. Operation starts immediately per Mayor H. Summer. Arbitrators set the price at 3600 dollars with Earl Glenn Prentiss Clark and R W Orr named to determine value.
William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis of the American Communist Party call on President Truman to sign a pact of friendship and peace with the Soviet Union in an open letter. They compare themselves to Lincoln and Jefferson as peace advocates replying to the president's remark about their March 2 statement as traitors.
Honolulu report on Bill Odom nonstop flight of 5.28 miles toward Teterboro New Jersey. Weather vessel reported detour due to a northern storm while Odom rode a 25 knot tailwind. An escort B-17 turned back after tracking him near the coast, with plans for radio navigation toward the West Coast and a pick up from another military plane near San Francisco. Odom aims to beat prior Honolulu to Oakland record in a solo single engine flight with projected San Francisco arrival in 17 hours and Teterboro arrival in 32 hours.
Southern Senators Sparkman and Maybank warned that President Truman's push against a Dixie-led filibuster could end rent controls if the talkathon continues through March. They said renewed control would lapse March 31 unless renewed, predicting continued Senate gridlock and blame on Democratic leadership.
A two-car collision on the Sylacauga Talladega highway left one woman dead and four others hospitalized. Victim Mrs Emma Dietrich of Detroit died on arrival. others harmed include Mrs Laura W Logie of Toronto and Mrs E Sterz of Hanover. condition listed as serious for two remaining occupants.
In New York, Francis Cardinal Spellman refused to soften his position with Calvary cemetery strikers. Wives reported the cardinal would not recognize the strikers as a union and urged men to return individually. The 240 workers seek higher pay. the cardinal offered no concession.
The Palatka gum processing plant damaged by a fire last week will be back in operation in about two weeks. General Manager F. S. Crabtree said the blaze, started by welding sparks last Thursday, caused damage estimated at 10 000 to 15 000 dollars.
Floods threaten towns along the Missouri and Big Blue rivers in Western Iowa and Nebraska. One man, George W. Johnson, 77, drowned in Missouri Valley. Two Creighton University students, Thomas M. Nolan, 22, and Charles Wermuth, 20, remain missing after a hunting trip near Limona Beach, southwest of Omaha.
Nearly 60 fishermen were stranded on a vast ice floe in Green Bay when a southwest wind split the ice and drifted it toward the lake. They ran ashore five miles north of Menominee as rescue teams of Coast Guard boats planes and civilians aided. One boat a man’s axe belonging to Thomas Webb was reported lost.
At Missouri Valley the town remains without gas heat and water with no prospect of relief for days. Water stands three to three and a half feet in over 200 homes as Red Cross has spent 4000 dollars on shoes for homeless children and Mayor Kirlin seeks federal relief funds from Rep. Jensen.
In U S district court Sally Gillars known as Axis Sally faced final argument stage as prosecutor John M Kelley Jr denounced her as selfish and fame driven. He recalled a wartime broadcast describing an American airman’s suffering and labeled her actions treasonous saying she sold out to the Germans for selfish notoriety.
Grass fires reported around Decatur over the weekend kept firefighters on the run. No injuries or property losses were noted as crews battled five separate blazes near 1506 block of 13th Avenue E and other locations.
Government attorneys marshal to present to a federal grand jury evidence in a espionage case involving a Russian engineer and a Justice Department employee. Judith Coplon and Valentine A Gubitchev remain jailed since Friday night unable to post bail. The Soviet envoy may claim diplomatic immunity for Gubitchev. See EVIDENCE on Page 2.
A sharp cold front hits Decatur with temperatures rising from 35 at 8 AM to 46 by noon. The TVA sub-station logged a slow climb after a chilly night, while yesterday reached a mild high of 65 at 11 AM.
Yi Shih Pao the Catholic newspaper controlled by Archbishop Paul Yupin urges stopping U S aid to the Nationalists to show sincerity for peaceful settlement. The editorial backs a resolution by Legislator Hsi Cheng To and about 50 lawmakers to halt further U S aid as funds are nearly exhausted next month.
The Hoover commission proposes placing controls over railroads highways planes and ships under the Commerce Department and folding eight other agencies including the Coast Guard and Maritime Commission into it. The plan centers responsibility for peacetime growth and wartime mobilization with one official while limiting agencies powers to grant routes and set rates. The recommendation suggests weighing a proposed airline against existing rail lines in planning.
Western observers weigh Molotov replacement by Andrei Vishinsky and Gromyko's rise as possible moves toward intensified internal programs or a new Berlin approach. Meantime, trials unfold in Munich and Washington, with espionage, UN security concerns, and arrests of alleged Soviet-linked operatives. Indonesia welcomes Dutch parley invitation rejection.
Western governments rush to respond to the Moscow foreign ministry shakeup. Diplomats in Washington London and Paris summarize the core issue as whether Moscow’s diplomacy toward the West will grow tougher softer or stay the same while premiers weigh their options and the political impact.
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