12 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1950
Page
1
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Cloudy showers in the northwest tonight with colder extremes Sunday and fresh coastal winds. Alabama AP papers plan Birmingham session Sunday. The wing study panel, chaired by Hal Brown, will report to the general meeting. Local notes include visitors, people traveling to Tuscaloosa and Florence, building permits in Decatur, and updates on health, finance, and events. North Alabama kennel club to meet Monday at 7 PM at Bob Gibson’s barbecue stand on the Somerville road.
Elbert Owens, 21, a wedding bridegroom, was injured at a Decatur slaughterhouse when a calf’s reflex kicked a heavy knockout door while he skinned a calf. He was admitted to Decatur General Hospital with head injuries and is resting quietly.
Ousted state docks director Henry W. Sweet issued a final statement at Mobile saying he is out of service but could be called later if future leaders need him. An open house at the Battle House hotel drew visitors from Birmingham and other cities as the feud with Gov. James E. Folsom over his dismissal remained unsettled.
Montgomery post No. 1 of the American Veterans of World War II adopted a unanimous resolution denouncing candidates for governor. It objects to promises of veteran benefits that would cost Alabama taxpayers and benefit only campaign seekers, urging programs serving all state residents instead.
He praised E. S. Morgan as a good man and urged union workers to cooperate as Morgan outlined plans for a grain elevator and new ore tipple at the state docks. He stressed the project’s importance to port development and requested Senator Sparkman protect federal funds with safeguards.
Alabama politics faces a widening feud as Gov. James E. Folsom fires State Docks Director Henry W. Sweet. The move heightens intrigue in the gubernatorial race and tests Hamm's prospects as the governor's chosen candidate. Resentment grows within the administration as officials reportedly pledge support to other candidates.
NEWARK, N. J., March 11. A girl filed a $20 deduction on three annual income tax returns claiming she lost her bathing suit while swimming in the ocean. Internal Revenue Collector John ase ue ae oon a dim view of such claims. He noted she had tried to claim the same loss twice before. A girl may lose her bathing suit once in a lifetime but hardly once a year. We denied the claim and advised her to buy a tighter bathing suit this summer.
Washington reports high officials worry over the Taft Hartley act after John L. Lewis led a miners victory. The piece notes looming crises in tele phones autos and maritime industries and cites a 10 month contract fight. Morison argues the government is powerless to curb future defiance and a April 26 hearing is set.
Gene Black, 15, battles to recover from a Thanksgiving Day hunting accident that left a gunshot wound to the left leg. After months in Decatur General and a Birmingham hospital, a cast remains. he hopes to walk in six weeks and rejoin ninth grade, band, and bantam football. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L M Black of 705 Seventh Street South.
Five people died in Alabama traffic crashes Friday night. Two Tuscaloosa taxi drivers Holland Riles and Buck Anderson perished when a cab went off Watermelon road near Tuscaloosa. Four others were injured including Miss Jean Boyette Miss Ovella Hall M P Sparks and Leland Dockery. Sparks treated at Druid City hospital and released. others admitted. A second wreck near Pine Hill killed Luther Eugene Wilkinson Jr 21 of Thomasville and injured his half-brother Harry Suggs after colliding with a trailer truck. Wilkinson worked as an assistant chemist at Buckeye Cotton Oil Co Selma. Suggs condition described as serious. Two pedestrians were killed Doug Parker Wetumpka and William Thompson 71 of Birmingham who died after being struck Friday night.
Detroit officials warn of rising interracial tension since the 1943 race riot. George Schermer urges a special leaders meeting to review conditions, citing doubling negro population, war-era housing shifts, and greater buying power affecting housing as factors in the crisis. He recommends concerted action by responsible city segments.
Walter Jackson, Decatur superintendent, said low bids on about 120000 dollars of equipment for two new schools will be announced in a week or ten days. Bids were opened Saturday in Jacksons office with school board representatives, the architect, and tabulators present. About 28 firms submitted estimates on 12 lots, yielding roughly 60 individual bids, with most firms listing combined bids. Jackson will review bids and samples before announcing the low bids. The equipment will furnish lockers wardrobes shop and science rooms gymnasium and auditorium needs.
Preparations for the Red Cross campaign in Morgan County gain momentum as Harold Michelson announces numerous county and Decatur chairmen. The one day opening starts Saturday March 20 with plans to raise over 13000, aiming for full completion that week if needed.
Washington March 11 The State Department demanded Senator McCarthy back up his claim of communism in the department or retract the charges. Deputy Undersecretary John E Peurifoy said McCarthy should provide evidence or withdraw the allegations. He noted McCarthy plans to base claims on 81 cases in a February senate speech but will not detail each one. Public hearings resume Monday when the foreign relations subcommittee will hear McCarthy outline a man in the State Department holding a key post.
A quiet coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans forms in the Senate to push blanket cuts in the forthcoming omnibus money bill. Senator Byrd says a majority may rally for substantial reductions while Senator Bridges backs the bipartisan effort. The group aims to trim the $42.439 billion budget to confront Truman's deficit.
In Charleston, a small cross was burned in front of the home of Federal Judge J Waites Waring at about 9 30 p m reporters found the charred cross. Judge Waring and Mrs Waring were in New York, where he presides in a federal court term. The couple have publicly condemned Southern white supremacy in recent addresses. Mrs Waring, a Detroit native, spoke of whites as decadent and morally low to a local YWCA audience and in a Washington TV appearance endorsed interracial marriage if that is what people want.
The Joe Wheeler state park will bow to the public on April 1 joining Alabama’s park network. Opening marks the culmination of plans between the state and TVA, speeding North Alabama’s recreational development and broadening access to public recreation areas.
The Decatur Veterans Administration office will have four medical staff members after a national budget driven cut. Two doctors and two clerical workers will remain in North Alabama, with services centralized to Birmingham and Montgomery on a fee basis. The move, effective April 9, followed protests to Senators Sparkman and Hill and Congressman Jones.
PEN CITY Ala March 11 Police placed a guard at the hospital bedside of a 50 year old former policeman after serving a warrant charging him with murder in the night rider slaying of a country storekeeper. Sheriff Ira Davis identifies the accused as C M Hunter Pell City mattress maker and former city police officer and jail warden. Hunters arrest follows withdrawal of similar murder charges against three men including Rev Alvin Horn Talladega Baptist minister and Ku Klux Klan organizer. Hearing recessed in murder case of Claude Luker as Justice Meehan adjourned prelim until Tuesday.
Three Athens men were jailed Saturday on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Limestone County officials say the case involves selling a so called disinfectant guaranteed to rid premises of rats and termites for five years. Ben Hill 33 Clifford Pylant 27 were at Limestone jail in Athens and Junior Burthell 32 at Lauderdale County jail in Florence. Bond for the two Athens men was $500.
Reports from Paris to New York describe Stalin not yet speaking on election eve as Soviet citizens cast ballots for the supreme Soviet while Belgians vote on Leopold's return. The mood mixes fear of war with hopes for peace and potential East West overtures.
Albert J. Rushing a 34 year old Birmingham textile worker said he was ambushed and beaten by four men he knew while riding and drinking with them. He was left unconscious on nearby Double Oak mountain and later found by a resident who brought him home. The attack occurred south of Birmingham and left him with severe head injuries.
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