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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
3
Tax informers face a record payoff potential as the 1949 fiscal year opens with $500,000 allocated for rewards and a new system replacing a 10 percent cap. Officials note over 40 million filers and strong incentives driven by patriotism, discontent, and personal motives.
State patrolmen launched a campaign to enforce Alabama motor vehicle responsibility law. Public Safety Director Bankhead Bates ordered action to suspend licenses and seize auto tags for violators. Drivers must settle court judgments and prove financial responsibility of at least 1000 dollars for property damage and 5000 dollars for one death or 10000 dollars for two deaths. Bates expects stronger enforcement to improve highway safety.
An informer seeks evidence for court use and asks for a monetary reward. The text notes many tips are worthless complaints while highlighting powerful motives of the "woman scorned." It cites a bride-to-be who exposed her fiancé and family, and a tax bureau case where an informer was nabbed for extra taxes from a prior reward.
The Poughkeepsie Regatta is scheduled for June 25 this year. Organizers confirm site and date as the annual rowing event returns to the Hudson River with teams from regional schools expected to compete.
Lewis Henry Horton, acting head of Transylvania College music, will direct the college A Cappella choir at Falkville Consolidated School at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 17. Horton, with over 100 published works, began conducting in 1922 and has led glee clubs and choirs across his career in Kentucky and Ohio.
Walker county miner Preston Day, 47, was shot at Walter Rice's home near Summiton in the Eastern part of the county. Walter Rice was jailed after Day’s death. Day had visited Rice twice. Rice says Day killed a cat and advanced with an ax. Day’s widow and several children survive.
Mackenzies column notes General Ho Ying-Chin, chosen by Acting President Li Tsung Jen, to negotiate with communist forces. Ho must form a cabinet and seek legislature approval while facing a hard bargaining climate and war-criminal stigma. He advocates idea-based diplomacy over force.
A reader thanks Deputy Sheriff Kirkpatrick for a raid in Long Bottom on the New Cut operation. The letter from John V. Collins signed by citizens of New Cut expresses appreciation and encouragement.
A proposed canalization of Valley Creek in Alabama received an adverse report to Congress yesterday, signaling failure of the plan and potential reconsideration of valley water management.
Walter White, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, spent two weeks lobbying senators in the Capitol for Truman’s civil rights program. As Southern Democrats filibustered, the once-hopeful lobbyist grew somber, acknowledging a terrible blow but vowing to continue efforts.
W R Riley Riverside high school principal will head the Decatur Teachers Association replacing Miss Elizabeth Houston. He will assume the post in June after the current school year ends. Maude Odom and W H Jenkins joined the executive board. Walter Jackson reported on the AEA delegates meeting and the American Association of School Administrators convention.
The state Highway Department announced in Montgomery a contract award for a 17.273 mile liquid seal road project from Arab to Blountsville. Sam Finley Inc. Atlanta received the bid totaling $26,732.
The Gulf championship of the Eastern Intercollegiate League will be held in Annapolis Maryland on May 14.
Miss Virginia Brock 301 Fifth Avenue W. is among eight American Red Cross staffers aiding blockaded Berlin personnel with welfare, recreation and hospital services. She plans ward parties and events for patients and staff, while assisting with emergency leaves and health reports. Brock joined the Red Cross in 1942 after earlier WPA work in Alabama.
Jim Arrington, 28, Black, faces trial in Luverne Alabama on a charge of raping a white woman. The reported incident occurred earlier, and the case proceeds in local court.
Sheriff H. G. Horn said she picked Arrington as her attacker. Kilby Prison Warden George W. Garner reported the suspect confessed after being taken for safekeeping. Solicitor Little noted Arrington pleaded guilty when brought before the grand jury which indicted him March 4.
Mobile entomologist Edward O. Wilson and University graduate James Eade have been hired to survey fire and infestation in Alabama beginning March 21. The project will be financed by Conservation Department funds and directed by Bert E. Thomas.
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