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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1949
Page
1
Weather outlook shows cloudiness and showers with mild temps and fresh southerly winds on the coast. Local items report hospital admissions and discharges, visits, and social events from Athens to Hartselle, Decatur and Birmingham, including illnesses and improvements at Hamil Clinic and Jefferson-Hillman hospital.
Expanded fire protection in Decatur involved a 12 inch main and multiple 8 and 6 inch lines plus an extra hydrant funded by the city and Scoco to encircle the plant. Water Dept head George Godwin Fire Chief Floyd Elkins and Scoco plant manager T M Harvey say the larger mains provided high pressure water crucial to saving the facility in a recent blaze.
Senate house conferees on rent legislation deadlocked after seven hours of talks. The present rent law expires March 31. Senator Sparkman said the house rejected a compromise and that the joint committee will reconvene Monday morning. The Senate bill allowed up to 10 percent increases in two five percent steps, but that was dropped in favor of a house style provision for a reasonable return on value to landlords.
Gadsden Alabama March 26 County organizations near completion for a statewide drive to raise sixty thousand dollars for the national democratic party Mayor Herbert Meighan announces thirty eight more county chairmen or co chairmen Meighan is state finance director for the democratic national committee The drive ends April 12 with a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Jefferson City where Vice President Alben Barkley will be guest of honor Attendees pay fifteen dollars a plate Meighan predicts more than one thousand will attend He names additional county chairmen or co chairmen: Zachary Nolen Autauga Rep George Wallace Barbour Robert Thrasher Bibb J Allan Tucker Bullock J G Sanley Butler H P Parrish Chilton Matt L Blount Choctaw A L Hardegree Clay Lister Brunson Coffee W D Lewis Conecuh John T McElwen Coosa Ben Lightfoot Crenshaw Jessee B Adams Dale W H Wilson DeKalb J P Faulk Jr Geneva Matt Murphy Greene C D Halstead Henry S G Johnson Lamar Isaac Johnson Lawrence Bruce Sherrill Limestone Helen Rivers Marengo Albert J Tully Mobile
In Los Angeles on March 26 the Swoose began her last flight en route to the Smithsonian Institution's national air museum in Washington. Col. Frank Kurtz piloted the aircraft as it left, saluted, and headed to Hamilton Field. The plane, the only warbird in continual service from 1941 to VJ Day, will be hung in Chicago until the museum is ready.
Cairo report details a modest royal wedding planned for Monday between Princess Fawzia, ex-empress of Iran and sister of King Farouk, and Shirine Bey. Fawzia, 30, divorced the Shah in November after a decade of marriage and one daughter. Shirine Bey, 31, Cambridge graduate, serves as a government official and has royal lineage.
An unidentified Black man was taken into custody by local police Saturday night about 11:38 PM at the Kroger grocery store on Johnston Avenue in Kilgore. No further details were provided.
Milwaukee district attorney says 19 year old Milton Babich confessed to killing 16 year old Patricia Birmingham while planning to elope with her sister Kathleen. Babich, under habeas corpus hearing for another charge, described buying the gun late January and shooting the pair in the family car.
Early spring storms lash Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana with a rising death toll. Arkansas reports at least six dead and many injuries while Oklahoma Texas and Mississippi also suffer fatalities and numerous injuries. Weather across the region continues to threaten further damage.
Jurors in Lawrence circuit court at Moulton failed to decide Harris fate by 5 p.m. Saturday after a 10 a.m. session. Judge Crow recessed court to Monday morning as Harris faces a third death penalty trial for the Clyde Jeffreys 1948 case. Probation hearings and several other trials are listed for the week, including Oscar Wallace Terry and cattle theft charges.
In March eight county and district tuberculosis hospitals will receive a 10 cent daily increase in state subsidy to 1.30 per patient. The rise follows earlier cuts from 1.50 to 1.20 due to budget limits. Dr. D G Gill cautioned the increase may be temporary and could revert next month.
Decatur Civitan club sponsors the county citizenship oratorical contest at Cotaco high on Friday April 1 at 9 30 AM. Both junior and senior contests are held with medals awarded to each entrant and cash prizes for county winners. Principal Lester Wooten donated the new auditorium for the event.
Colvard Thomas and Timberlake announce the opening of an engineering and architectural firm with offices in the State National Bank building. Partners J. 9. Colvard Jr. John W. Thomas and J. V. Timberlake Jr. bring civil engineering architecture and surveying credentials with Auburn ties and regional experience.
Panama City Florida March 26 A state senator urged the state advertising board to spend part of its funds on Northwest Florida beaches to win support for a 500000 appropriation The talk before the Panama City Kiwanis club tied the push to a broader plan to create a multi million dollar tourist area The senator said funds should not be earmarked only for the East and West coasts with bids for a pier opening April 14 in Pensacola.
The United States and partners plan to transfer 52 square miles of Western Germany to the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg the Saar and France in 21 parcels. The action, termed provisional, aims to ease communications and administration while preserving inhabitants rights and property. The move reflects a larger postwar border bargaining dynamic among the Western Allies.
Walter Hurley a 25 year old Courtland negro is held by Lawrence County officials for investigation into the fatal shooting of Mary Ellen Hood 17 at a party. Sheriff G B Byars said the girl was shot twice from outside through a door about 10 PM Friday and died en route to a doctor. Hurley said he attended the party but denied the killing.
The Alabama Public Service Commission announced a hearing on a petition by Southern for approval to discontinue train service. The hearing is scheduled for June in the Madison County Courthouse Huntsville.
At Carnegie Hall New York March 26 speakers at the Cultural and Scientific Congress for World Peace blamed both Russia and the United States for the cold war. Two Canadian delegates were seized at a banquet and sent back to Canada while a third stayed. Immigration would not discuss specifics. Pickets carried anti Red signs as about 1 500 attended the keynote in Carnegie Hall and 450 at Freedom House for a counter rally.
In Holt near Tuscaloosa Alabama a fiery cross was burned after men in robes paraded through Tuscaloosa and Northport. About 25 cars joined the motorcade and authorities say rumors of a beating of a black man are unconfirmed. Sheriff Luther noted intoxicated bystander seen near the cross may have sparked the rumor.
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