21 Mar 1947
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1947
Page
1
Local notices span church events, visitors, births, hospital admissions, and a city market report. The piece notes changes to church notice publication Fridays, plus daily announcements from Decatur and surrounding areas including Huntsville and Nashville visitors and residents, hospital admissions, and a cotton price quote.
Ed F. Rhinehart, 73, died Friday morning in Decatur after a five day illness. A Morgan county native who lived here all his life, he worked for Louisville and Nashville Railroad since 1907. Funeral Saturday at 2 PM at 810 West Moulton Street with Reverends Nabors Davenport and Rice. interment at Decatur City Cemetery. Brown directing. Survived by wife, three daughters Ethel Speer of Louisville and Virginia Rhinehart of Decatur, and two sons Allen of Rome and L A Rhinehart of Decatur.
William Sims secretary of Decatur Chamber of Commerce travels by car with Alabama delegates to Roanoke Virginia for sessions of the Southern BCE Secretary's Association. He plans to return next Friday.
An Associated Press photograph of the Winecoff hotel fire in Atlanta by Arnold Hardy won first prize in the spot news class at the sixth annual short course in news photography at Kent State University.
A sheriff says a theory that socialites Walter Overell and his wife were slain before the Mary E blast is being pursued. George R. Gollum and Beulah Louise Overell, 17, are jailed on murder charges amid investigations showing dynamite sticks and a detonator aboard the yacht.
Eral Peck, a noted Florette farmer, was badly hurt Thursday afternoon after slipping into Grover Vinson's saw mill. He suffered severe cuts to his left arm and foot and was moved from Hartselle to Decatur General Hospital after initial treatment by Brown's ambulance.
The Agriculture Department reports farmers plan larger total acreage and a record wheat crop of 1.212 billion bushels, about 57 million above last year. The forecast aims to sustain exports and help lower prices though demand remains strong overseas.
U S , British and Soviet ministers pressed plans to form a federal German government with a two house legislature and a weak executive. Bevin proposed a six step framework echoing a Senate and House model with a strong Länder representation. Molotov noted visa assurances for Austrian delegates as talks pivot to Austria peace terms.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee plans a 5000 dollar program for 1947 led by Cas to Jarvis. Planned events include the OIC hog show on March 4, the Fourth Annual Livestock Show beef division on April 24, a fall dairy division show, a County 4-H Club rally and a Negro district Fat Calf Show in May. The committee comprises about fifty Decatur business men with T C Petty, J M Crain and T M Harvey in key chair roles.
Farmers are reminded there are 26 days left to complete cottem ground work to achieve full production per acre. Timely planting actions and soil preparation are urged to maximize yields and meet established agricultural guidelines.
Undersecretary Acheson warned that communist dominated governments anywhere threaten United States security. He testified on Truman’s request for 400 million dollars plus military aid to Greece and Turkey to resist communist aggression as Congress considered tax relief and rent control measures.
A plan to relocate Howard and Judson colleges to Mobile was unveiled to trustees as part of a coordination proposal. Separate identities and diplomas could remain while sharing a campus, with possible new Howard locations in Birmingham Gadsden or Sylacauga and Birmingham Chamber support noted.
Shortwave listeners heard a strong Serbian opposition broadcast from inside Yugoslavia denouncing Premier Tito. The illegal signal, likely run by remnants of Mihailovic's Chetniks, mocked Tito's regime with a call for king and country and cited the 1941 42 struggle.
Night officers Sandlin and Stanford spotted a license tagless Plymouth with two white men. They chased the car over Keller bridge but were outdistanced. Huntsville police caught the suspects. the car was stolen from Tuscaloosa and the pair will be returned there.
The Montgomery legislative interim committee on highways met in a closed session to draft its final report on road financing and tax exemptions for tractor gasoline. The finance and taxation panel discussed higher educational funding, teacher salaries, and compulsory automobile liability laws, with a potential second special session to move income tax revenue to schools.
The piece proclaims spring arrival across the nation with sun and chill breezes, noting the equivalent of vernal weather and a weather bureau report. Boston psychology professor comments on spring fever and the season’s purported benefits.
A nationwide AP poll indicates David Lilienthal has majority support among senators for confirmation as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Of 74 surveyed, 49 favor swift confirmation, with several undecideds and public supporters totaling 43 Republicans and 28 Democrats backing the nominee, while 20 oppose. Debate expected to open soon.
President Truman will address the annual luncheon of the Press in New York on April 21 at 1 P.M. EST in the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom, as announced by White House Press Secretary Jes C. Ross.
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