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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1946
Page
1
Cloudy with scattered thunder showers this afternoon and north and east portions Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday with moderate northeast coastal winds. High 72, low 64. Local hospital and military discharge notes, hospital admissions, and social visits reflect postwar community life in Decatur.
Stabilization Director Chester Bowles said rationing could return if world food supplies tighten further. Former President Hoover advised waiting until harvests, keeping relief efforts voluntary and focused on conservation for the 1946 season.
Morgan County non jury docket lists thirteen cases for today under Judge W H Long. Tomorrow's lineup includes Curtis Eubanks Bud Brown David Smith and others with several defendants facing prohibition law charges. two defendants Paul Pettus and Cleo McDaniel pleaded guilty with fines. Seven cases were dismissed yesterday for various offenses.
John L. Lewis signaled no new soft coal contract negotiations until operators grant a miners welfare fund. He proposed a seven percent payroll levy paid by operators and controlled by the UMW. He argued the fund would cover medical, hospitalization, life and health insurance, rehabilitation, and hardship aid, with any surplus for cultural work. Operators criticized the plan as unrealistic and the White House noted no progress toward Truman’s requested deal.
American sources report Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov urged Soviet troop withdrawal from Bulgaria if Allied forces quit Italy. Byrnes and Bevin disapproved, calling for reciprocal Russian withdrawal from Romania if Allies leave Italy. Bevin cited prior London council terms and proposed a military commission to decide Allied routes to Austria. Continued on page two.
Vice Admiral Blandy disclosed that an Nagasaki-type atomic bomb will be used in forthcoming naval tests at Bikini Atoll and Pearl Harbor. He warned press censorship on photography and stressed the data will be kept secret while forecasts await months of analysis.
Carlyle R. Thompson of Eighth Street East and Edward L. Harris of 615 East Moulton Street left Monday for Fort McClellan to take entrance exams for the Army Air Corps. Thompson had served three years in the Navy and Harris enlisted for three years.
Montgomery May 14 Laula Dunn, Alabama Welfare Commissioner, endorses the public welfare act of 1946 in a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee, recommending approval of changes to the federal social security program.
Dr Jose Giral premier of the Spanish republican government in exile formally handed to the United Nations a 350 page indictment charging Franco Spain as a menace to world peace. The documents were delivered in a brief ceremony at the Hunter College office of Trygve Lie. The contents were not officially revealed.
TEHRAN May 14 The Tranian army hastened war prep while the central government pursues a peaceful settlement of Azerbaijan. Premier Qavam announces a postponement of negotiations and expresses hope that native patriotism and good intentions will ease public anxiety.
Belgian statement to the Spanish sub-committee accuses Franco Spain of sheltering Nazi war criminals and scientists, citing Leon DeGreele as a Belgian quisling and objecting to Spain’s refusal to extradite a former Belgian Rexist leader linked to Hitler’s forces. The note notes bad feeling between Belgium and Spain and asks for more information.
Alabama gubernatorial candidate Jim Folsom denounces race and class hatred in the Democratic runoff race against Handy Ellis. He claims CIO PAC backing and political manipulation by Ellis supporters while outlining his platform of pensions, farm roads, and tax exemptions. He vows to campaign vigorously across the state to rally voters for a progressive Alabama.
Lt. Gov Handy Ellis brands the CIO political action committee as a major issue as he prepares to face James E. Big Jim Folsom in a gubernatorial runoff in Birmingham.
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones heard an injunction suit challenging use of surplus state funds to acquire Birmingham's Jefferson Hospital for the Alabama Medical College. The case, brought by State Superintendent Elbert B. Norton, argues the plan would violate the 1945 act and shift debt from RFC mortgage to state surplus.
President Truman called a White House conference with the Big Five railway brotherhoods and railroad operators to avert a strike set for Saturday that could halt 250,000 engineers and trainmen. Charles G. Ross announced 3:45 pm start with the Association of American Railroads joining fifteen minutes later.
Senate leaders accept house prohibitions on drafting fathers and teenagers to avoid lapse at midnight. President Truman may issue an emergency order to preserve Selective Service machinery if Congress fails to act. The split on executive power and the fate of the draft law keeps lawmakers in a tense, closed session stalemate.
A New York contracting firm failed to sue the Tennessee Valley Authority in the District of Columbia appeals court. Three judges held TVA does not “do business” in the district in the jurisdictional sense and dismissed the appeal.
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