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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1950
Page
3
An older man reflects on family, pain, and a crippled son Jim after World War II. He recalls seven children though only five survive, and Jim’s paralysis and withdrawal strain father and mother as planes load, reminding that Jim was the closest to the family.
Curtis Herbert, 13, tenth grade, troop 61, holds first class rank and has been a Boy Scout 1.5 years. He plans to attend the national jamboree with 30 Decatur scouts, hoping to learn scouting skills, visit historic spots, and meet Scouts from foreign nations among 40,000 gathered worldwide.
In Freiburg on May 3 two German doctors were sentenced for killing 3000 asylum inmates deemed unfit by the Nazi regime. Dr Julius Schreck received 12 years at hard labor and Dr Ludwig Brauer 11 years after claiming they acted under Nazi orders to eliminate incurables.
The speaker recalls a faithless loss, describing a son who never caused trouble yet has vanished. An elderly father speaks of losing his boy as he prepares to catch a plane, noting the son still lives with the family in memory while being far away in reality. The man sells floor polish for his family.
The first mechanical refrigerator received a patent in 1856 and electricity was not applied to the device until after 1890.
A new Kansas City police board sworn in by Governor Forrest Smith aims to clean up crime after a federal grand jury linked a $34.5 million yearly Midwest gambling ring to the city. Four members named, replacing two ousted veterans, with focus on action as three gambling raids occur and the Binaggio Gargotta killings loom large.
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor, blasted President Truman as the worst yet cleverest leader. He accused Truman of aiming to “get a puppet congress” on a West tour and labeled him a product of Kansas City’s Pendergast school.
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