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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1946
Page
1
Mostly cloudy cooler in the Northwest Sunday then Monday partly cloudy with moderate southerly winds on the coast. Local notices include birthdays and births at Baughs infirmary and various hospital and home movements. Religious services and meetings are listed with community arrivals and departures across Decatur and area.
Four power talks in Paris fail to converge as Molotov flags Italian treaty as obstacle to a broader European peace conference. Byrnes urges a specific date for convoking the 21 nation talks while Bevin backs U S and British positions on reparations and naval assets.
R Ben Flanigan a Decatur ship yard worker on death row for the Lee Shafer slaying will receive a clemency hearing before Governor Sparks on May 23. He faces execution by electric chair May 24 and the case ties to Almon Stutts who got a life sentence and escaped Kilby prison in a mass breakout.
Services will be held Sunday at 3 p m at First Methodist for Dr Edward Redding Emens local physician who died Friday after a illness of several weeks at 438 Jackson Street He was born in Trinity son of Mrs Frank Emens and the late Dr Frank Emens He led the Zmets clinic and was a renowned obstetrician in the South active in Decatur Morgan county civic efforts and education He helped push hospital improvements and the city Morgan county hospital ownership He joined the Methodist church and served on the board of Stewards of First Methodist Continued on page Two
The UN subcommittee will receive documents soon alleging Franco regime agents active in Latin America. Mexican informants say Spain's falange funded subversive Latin American activity while exiled Spanish officials claim key documents are ready for a memorandum. The U.S. State Department will submit a comprehensive report midweek detailing Franco Axis collaboration, with new material expected.
In Asheville on May 11, AFL President William Green and leaders accused the CIO of a communist campaign as they opened the AFL Southern organizing drive before about 2,000 Southern leaders. Green urged employers to cooperate or face a fight, predicting a million new Southern members for the AFL, with the CIO pursuing the same goal.
Two Birmingham and Nashville trains were removed from Decatur service Saturday due to a coal shortage. Train No. 7 from Birmingham and Train No. 8 to Nashville were halted with no passenger restrictions. Trains 88 and 89 were retired Monday and service shifted to Train No. 1 from Nashville to Birmingham and Train No. 4 from Birmingham to Nashville.
Narzidom, May 11. Two American soldiers attached to Stars And Stripes were killed when their jeep was ambushed last night. Four companions escaped unharmed, including three young women. Both victims were shot in the chest as Army authorities launched an intensive investigation with no clues yet.
Baynard L. Malone was reported decidedly better and is at home Saturday night after a stroke left him seriously ill in recent days.
Montgomery May 11 Lt Handy Ellis in the June 4 gubernatorial runoff received Gordon Persons first pledge of support after finishing last in Tuesday's primary. Persons, Public Service Commission head, urged voters who backed him to back Ellis, saying Folsom lacks the experience to run a hundred million dollar business. Poole and Judge Boozer also endorsed Ellis’s opponent. Poole undecided, plans discussions next week. Ellis campaign retools after Tuesday's 15 thousand vote gap.
In Alabama May 11 CIO-PAC manager W H Drinkard said Folsom may repudiate CIO backing though Folsom led the gubernatorial field in last Tuesday's primary and did not solicit CIO support. Drinkard noted Folsom did not receive funds from the CIO during the campaign and was in Montgomery with political allies before returning to Cullman.
Reports leaked that the CIO would be the dominant issue in the lieutenant governor race while Ellis supporters push for statewide and national attention. Folsom camp offered no comment though Cullman campaign backers were seen at the capitol during the week.
In response to numerous inquiries The Daily directs readers to the editorial on page four of today’s issue. The piece discusses the newspaper’s stance on the second primary held on June 4 and explains the editorial viewpoint.
Observers expect a fresh strategy in the gubernatorial race as PAC backing for Folsom coalesces around Ellis Heutenants. Folsom denies backing any specific faction while entering a third bid in a World War II era contest amid campaign routine and party maneuvering.
Three campaigns unite to form a nine member coordinating committee to back liberal candidates. The CIO PAC National Citizens PAC and Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts Sciences and Professors propose a Roosevelt Truman program based platform and urge broader cooperation among allies. They pledge no blacklist but plan group action for favored candidates when local units act first. Continued on Fare Two.
The May term of Morgan county court begins at 9 o'clock Monday morning with Judge W H Long presiding. A non jury criminal docket lists 68 cases including State of Alabama vs Ira Marion and Julius Dailey among others. Court is set for four days this week.
Cpl Edgar L Hughes and his wife Saboya Egelish, married in Calcutta March 18 1946, are due in New York from Calcutta and plan to settle at 1618 Fifteenth Avenue East Decatur. Hughes 21 served in transportation and special services since March 1942, with over two years in Calcutta.
J H Jefferies of West Moulton Street received treatment for cuts and bruises and was released from Decatur General Hospital after his car collided with a Decatur Transit city bus. The crash occurred about 7 30 am Saturday on Line Street as Jefferies headed north and the Walnut Street bus, driven by Campbell of 608 Fifth Avenue, traveled west. The car was severely damaged. the bus had minimal damage.
Montgomery, May 11 authorities authorized a subcommittee of the special commission to supervise construction of a one million dollar classroom and laboratory for Alabama's state medical college. Architects are to draft preliminary drawings specifications and cost estimates for two alternate plans.
The Decatur area faces a fertilizer shortage as rail embargoes and sulfuric acid cuts limit production. Plants including The Decatur Fertilizer Company and Southern Cotton Oil report higher demand and looming shortages, with 15 to 20 percent of farmers likely to be short this spring.
Washington May 11. The government ordered the railway freight embargo lifted but kept controls on the soft coal output during the strike truce. It guarantees about 20 to 23 million tons for emergency use while keeping pits secured. John L. Lewis and mine owners met with federal conciliator McGrady in a cooperative atmosphere to seek settlement. no progress announced.
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