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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
1
Daily column previews mild autumn weather with northeast winds and small changes in temperature. It lists church services sermons and speakers, social visits, travel plans, a baby birth, club pool opening and dining room, a drunkenness arrest, hospital updates, and a local diary note pointing readers to Page 2 titled DIARY.
Morgan county 4-H club members, about 1200, will converge on Decatur Saturday for the annual county rally. The program, led by W A Wales and Miss Frances Norton, includes a parade, welcome by Ewell Gregg, a quiz, prize awards, a picture show, and a field lunch at Benson Field with Decatur Chamber of Commerce serving.
Thermometer readings across Decatur show a sunny day with a high near 71 and a low around 53. Morning temperatures rose from 64 at 8 am to 73 by noon with 11 am at 72.
Gene Herndon a 31 year old Mississippi man is jailed in Limestone County on a charge linked to an alleged incident with Eunice Duggar 21 near Athens Alabama. Deputy sheriffs arrested him Wednesday afternoon on a warrant issued by Eunice Duggar’s father. The alleged incident occurred Tuesday night about eight miles east of Athens after a date at a nearby cinema. Duggar a 90 pound girl under medical care for shock at her father’s Elkton Road home. Preliminary hearing set for May 30 if her condition permits.
Atlanta bus drivers tally 100 percent support for a walkout stance after a May vote as union leaders oppose any immediate concession. No further details provided in readable text.
Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy told the Far Eastern Commission the United States halts further removals of Japanese plants including primary war facilities to aid Japan’s economic recovery. He said no ceiling should limit peaceful production as reparations go in limited quantities to China the Philippines the Netherlands Indies Britain Burma Malaya and other Far Eastern possessions.
President Truman, at a news conference in Washington, said he still sees a need for a four billion dollar tax increase to avoid a deficit and retire part of the public debt. He favors applying two to five billion toward debt reduction and cautioned the amount could shift as deficit estimates are fixed.
Police seek motive as they build a case against 16 year old Lee Scott for the slaying of Dana Marie Weaver at a Roanoke church. The girl was buried in Evergreen cemetery near Raleigh Court Methodist Church after a large funeral. Authorities say Scott admits being at the church Sunday night. preliminary hearing date not yet set.
Washington May 12 A hush hush meeting behind closed doors was set to hear a mystery man called Mr X who is said to be in danger of his life and cannot be named for security reasons The Senate Judiciary subcommittee continued its study of a bill to tighten immigration restrictions against foreign agents and authorize deportation of aliens engaged in subversive activities McCarran said Mr X is very important and refused to reveal clues to his identity See PROBERS on Page 2
In Berlin today two massive rallies, one Communist and one anti-communist, marked the end of the 327 day blockade as traffic resumed. General Lucius D. Clay warned that the Cold War is not over and urged a unified Germany while preserving liberty principles in the West German constitutional plan.
The United Nations General Assembly approved Israel's admission by a 37 to 12 vote with nine abstentions. Arab delegates walked out but some returned later. In China Red forces pressed toward Shanghai with attacks near Taichang and Shihutang while Shanghai authorities evacuated government departments. London passed a bill preserving Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom prompting Irish Prime Minister Costello to warn of consequences and Dublin seeking annexation of the six counties.
In Berlin crowds demonstrate on both sides of the city as 10000 supporters in West Berlin rally against the blockade and 100000 in the Soviet sector applaud East claims. Ernst Reuter pledges steps to end blockades while Carlo Schmid warns at the Paris talks against bolshevism as supplies resume via Western rail and road.
Senator Sparkman announced the Navy will send ships to Mobile for the American Legion convention July 3 to 5. Admiral Lewis Denfeld notified Sparkman of the decision and Admiral Blandy will designate the vessels.
Police investigate the reported blackjacking of six men and boys at a Dolly Pond church near Chattanooga Tennessee. Victims include three teenagers who identified six attackers as hooded Ku Klux Klan members.
The National Planning Association reports the South's postwar industrial push as it lures 88 corporations to build new factories in 14 Southern states. Key factors are growing markets, abundant materials, and available labor, with emphasis on productive labor over cheap wages. Local capital and transport access aid expansion. The committee notes the region must balance agriculture with industry and that progress is real though still gradual.
In Montgomery on May 12 the state senate stalled a vote on a bill to raise maximum workers compensation from 18 to 21 dollars a week as debate bogged down and a noon adjournment blocked action. Simultaneously measures targeting labor were introduced in both chambers to ban closed and union shops.
Governor James E. Folsom moved to cut temporary clerk hire expenses by notifying about 35 workers their services end after May 15. The House has approved a bill capping the fund at 3500 dollars annually, while the Senate has yet to act.
A workmen's compensation bill sponsored by Senator Dave Patton of Limestone county would prohibit picketing that hinders business and prevent involuntary union dues checkoffs. The measure, identical to a House-passed bill two years ago that died in a Senate filibuster, increases weekly benefits and total payments to $8400 and raises hospital and medical payments to $500, with Senate action noted on Page SENATE.
A nine year old boy lined three companions against a bedroom wall in Memphis and fired a shot from a combination over and under gun. One boy was wounded in the ear. Deputies John Har eo Newman and his parents were at work when the shooting occurred in the Newman home.
New York city union leaders of the AFL International Ladies Garment Workers vote a 25000 reward for tips identifying instigators and killers of William Lurge who was stabbed during an organizing tour. Detectives scour the garment district as workers stay home for four hours to attend his funeral and join a protest march.
Detroit May 12 The Ford strike negotiations enter a third day as about 90 000 workers are off the job and the broader production force of 106 000 could be affected. The CIO United Auto Workers began a speed up strike of 65 000 a week ago today as talks continued with Ford officials led by Del S Harder.
Bids totaling 542 324 93 were let for expanding the Decatur water plant and distribution system. Rust Engineering Co Birmingham won the plant contract at 413 173 25 and Zeigler Appliance Co Greenville Ala won the distribution system work at 128 151 68. Other bids and details follow as the city plans to double plant capacity to eight million gallons daily with 45 000 feet of new mains and a two million gallon water tank to be built. Warrants totaling 1 100 000 were sold to fund the project. Work starts in 10 to 15 days and will finish in 120 to 360 days.
In New Orleans a French war bride, 25, pleads to locate her missing husband George E. Higgins 39, a tuberculosis patient. She sent a special delivery letter with $200, asking aid from police to join him and care for him as he seeks treatment, noting he fears dying and leaving her. The couple married in Marseilles. Higgins senior reports he stayed in Law, Georgia, before possibly heading West for care.
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