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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1946
Page
5
The Ninth Street Methodist Sunday School Young Adult Worship Class will hold a social in the church annex Thursday at 7:30 PM replacing a Delano Park weiner roast due to the weather. A business session will follow and all members are urged to attend.
The Music Study Club held its final meeting of the year at Seton Hall with Mrs W P Baugh presiding. Juvenile and Junior Music Clubs performed pieces including piano solos and duets, a vocal solo, and a Rimsky Korsakoff suite presented by Annie Ruth Waldsmith. New members Mrs Marvin Jones and Mrs T L McDonald joined, and Mrs Baugh thanked members for two years of service.
Larry Joe Yarbrough resumes studies after illness at parents Marvin and Mrs Yarbrough home. Jonathon Orr ill with measles at East Walnut Street home. Mr and Mrs F S Hunt Jr and Amanda Jane visit El Dorado Arkansas for Mother's Day weekend. Mr and Mrs Tom Harrison and Mr and Mrs A B Dodd return from trips to St Louis Missouri and Chicago Illinois.
The Alabama Federation of Music Clubs held its annual convention at the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham starting at 2 PM. Decatur club president Mrs. W. P. Baugh joins Mrs. John Nelson and Mrs. Dalton Fowler among those planning to attend, with a College Choir Festival directed by Dr. Irving Wolf of Peabody College tonight at 8:30.
A wage dispute at the Pinto Island shipyard ends with 3000 workers receiving an 18 cents per hour retroactive raise to March 25, after a joint union management announcement.
Health expert Helen Follett argues for modern views of female vitality. She urges outdoor activity and sunlight to improve circulation, complexion, and figure, warning that indoor life dulls the skin and spirit and praising lively, athletic women.
The article notes persistent divisions among major powers over Russia in the Balkans and the future of Germany and the Mediterranean, with doubt about early peace settlements. It cites fears that the Paris talks may split Europe and outlines Asia’s peace hurdles including China Korea and Japan. It also discusses famine relief, economic issues, and skepticism about the UN’s ability to prevent an atomic war until big powers prove good faith and cooperation.
Montgomery on May 8 reports permits issued for new buildings valued at 225 050. City Building Inspector F A Gillette said April totals rose from March figures and 1945 levels.
Washington May 8 The administration prepared a new price formula to shift grain from livestock feed bins to human food raising ceilings for corn by 20 to 25 cents a bushel wheat by 5 to 10 cents and smaller boosts for oats barley and grain sorghums Officials said the move aims to curb excessive feeding as the nation grapples with a looming famine relief shipment shortfall and possible export limits for the first six months.
Britain's Labour government survived a heated House of Commons confidence vote 327 to 158 amid debate over a plan to withdraw all British forces from Egyptian territory. Prime Minister Attlee defended the policy as a means to calm rising Egyptian nationalism while Conservatives denounced it as undermining the empire.
President Truman urged a united effort to curb highway deaths as states and cities take responsibility for traffic laws and enforcement. He called for uniform rules of the road and a coordinated national program, stressing federal aid without overreach and urging decisive action from all levels of government.
The United States invited 11 nations to send official representatives and news correspondents to the upcoming atomic bomb tests in the Pacific. Countries named include Russia Britain France China Canada Australia Brazil Egypt Poland the Netherlands and Mexico, amid prior speculation on access and potential military information disclosure.
Under ancient Roman legal custom a husband could lawfully kill his wife for adultery and a father could similarly execute his daughter. The passage notes the severity of patriarchal penalties in early jurisprudence.
Dorothy Dix advises a wife to grant separation rather than divorce when a husband seeks freedom before settling. She warns against denying youthful play and urges understanding. A sister group faces nagging about dating, with Dix pointing out marriage risks and urges patience. A staged case of a young woman considering exposing a married man’s infidelity is cautioned against harming the wife.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on May 8 Sheriff Tom Jordan announced the pursuit of a gambling case defendant is over. The county attorney had listed defendants as See Below on the complaint form and a warrant was issued for that entry though See Below is not in custody.
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