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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
1
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Considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers forecast for today into Saturday across the state with light temperature changes and southerly coastal winds. Local items include illness recovery of tax collector Dr J T Bureh, upcoming Layman Day sermons by Walter Sibley and Tom Pettus, two arrests for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, fire calls at Homelike Cafe and Austinville roads, hospital admissions and births, a brotherhood supper at First Baptist, and personnel moves at Perm perfection Seat and Cover Co in Decatur.
A Long Fork house exploded and burned killing Jenny Lee seven Penny Mae five and Alice Sue three Whitt daughters of James Whitt. Their mother Mrs Whitt and Wanda Lou five were hospitalized with severe burns. The father a coal company employee heard the blast and saw the house go up as he returned from a neighbor's. Firemen suspect a gas leak caused the explosion.
A Hattiesburg mother admitted forging checks in Decatur and Huntsville, stealing $56.64 and $20 respectively. Police Chief J B Whitmire withheld her name, saying merchants had settled and filed no charges. She was questioned with her four month old baby present as investigators traced the fraud.
Rep Rankin of Mississippi reintroduced the veterans pension measure after it was sent back to committee. The move followed efforts to advance the European aid program in the Senate as lawmakers debated defense treaties and session access.
Dr. W G Tarr told Alabama educators at the 67th NEA convention in Birmingham that children should be taught to appraise people as individuals, not as members of groups. He urged teaching about peace and the United Nations to counter war doctrine and noted Alabama teachers now exceed NEA support nationwide.
Alabama farmers have 1,000,000 idle crop acres plus several million more unused because of drainage, stumps, trees and gullies. J. B. Wilson says eight land reclamation schools are being conducted to put this land to work. County agents and extension staff supervise the schools teaching reclaiming methods.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the end of a two week coal walkout hinged on anonymous mailed letters postmarked in Pittsburgh. John L. Lewis ordered miners back next Monday via special delivery to three news services, with UMW officials denying involvement. Joseph Yablonski was in Harrisburg, seen as not implicated.
Mississippi floodwaters from a break in the levee move behind Port Allen Louisiana covering about 20 square miles of sugar cane fields. About 400 refugees, mostly women and children, are sheltered on this side of the river as Brig Gen Hufft says it may take to Monday to seal the breach.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 1.1 percent CPI drop from January 15 to February 15, bringing the cost of living to within 0.9 percent of the year ago level. Food prices fell 2.5 percent, eggs fats oils and dairy hit new lows, and rents rose 0.2 percent from mid January to mid February.
Police report a minor collision between Mrs. Walter George of 410 Bank Street and Edward Johnson of Decatur1 at the First Avenue and Four Corners area. George stopped to wait for traffic on Lee Street. Johnson began moving in reverse and backed into George’s car.
The Soviet presidium named Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky as minister of armed forces replacing Marshal Nikolai Bulganin who becomes deputy prime minister and stays in the politburo. The changes follow Molotov’s ouster and Vishinsky’s rise, part of a broader staff shift to free leaders for policy work.
Cliff Slusser vice president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company died Friday in Akron Ohio after months of illness. Funeral details were not announced. Decatur and Goodyear ties are recalled with Slusser credited for aiding local plant negotiations and expansion.
A. P. L agronomist reports from Auburn on March 23 notes Alabama's cotton crop yielded about 214 million dollars. Dr. H. RB Harbor of the extension says growers also cultivate feed for livestock to supplement cotton income.
Morgan County high school hosted a Mor gan meeting where GI groups agreed to plant 273 acres of sericea this spring. One hundred one GI members signed for sericea plantings, with Edward W. Hunter signing for 15 acres and several others for 10 or 6 acres as top participants.
Dr Joseph J Pettus 68 a Belle Mina physician died of a heart attack while riding with his son near the Mooresville road. Funeral services Saturday at 10:30 a m at the Belle Mina Methodist Church with Rev A C Etherton officiating. Interment in Athens cemetery. He is survived by his wife two sons a daughter and two grandsons.
A bill to extend federal barge line operations to the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers was introduced by Senators Kefauver Sparkman and Hill. The measure intends to amend a prior bill to ensure government owned Inland Waterways Corporation service continues. Kefauver cites benefits for small shippers and farmers in Tennessee as the plan expands to ports on both rivers near Paducah Kentucky.
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally was sentenced to 10 to 300 years in prison for treason and fined $10,000. Citizenship is automatic loss and the 48 year old Maine born broadcaster was convicted March 10 for Nazi wartime broadcasts including Vision Of Invasion.
Five people were killed and 20 injured in a tornado striking South Washington county Greenville area on March 24. Deputy Murray Etheridge said four victims died in the storm and a ninth grade Spencer Davis died at King's Daughters hospital. Most victims identified as Black. eight to ten houses demolished on E G Nelson and Griffin plantations near Lake Jackson. The tornado moved east, with casualties concentrated in nearby plantations.
A partially completed Mt Hope Baptist church was struck by lightning in the early hours Friday, causing a total loss to the structure. Damages are about 15 000 dollars as flames overwhelmed the site discovered by Mrs Edward Fisher. The nearby meeting house escaped damage and pastor Rev J H Ray led prayers as funds flow for a new church.
Informed sources say the Soviet government may close its three consulates in Iran after recent verbal attacks. The consulates are in Tabriz Meshed and Ahwaz while Tehran keeps diplomatic channels open. The move mirrors Moscow’s past reprisals against the United States in the Lomakin Kasenkina affair.
The Morgan County Red Cross fund drive nears its goal with $12,215 raised toward a $12,000 target. County chairmen are urged to complete drives and report results promptly.
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