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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1946
Page
1
Cloudy with showers and thundershowers expected through today and Thursday. State maximum 81, minimum 65. Numerous hospital moves, dismissals, and ambulance transfers reported in Decatur area. Notables include Pfc. William R. Glenn discharged, and a Priceville high school play set for Friday night.
United Nations Security Council members study expert recommendations to grant ultra privacy in deliberations and the power to withhold top secret intelligence from nonrepresented nations. A U S resolution against Albania’s bid for U N membership also awaits debate. The committee proposes private meetings for the peace keeping arm and a military style information classification.
A petition to stop the University of Alabama from taking on a $1.2 million debt of Birmingham's Jefferson Hospital was denied in circuit court. The judge upheld a 1945 act allowing the state to pay such debts from income tax surplus. The ruling faces appeal as the state argues the funds should support the minimum school program.
Superior Judge Homer E. Sackett left the bench and tackled Virgil Underwood in a courtroom altercation in Gary Indiana. Underwood a 35 year old tavern owner was charged after striking a woman witness during a divorce conference. Sackett restrained him twice amid scuffles then fined him 200 dollars and gave a 90 day contempt sentence.
Franco rejected external interference saying Spain has solved its political problems with blood and effort. The UN Security Council is compiling evidence of Franco's threat to world peace and Poland seeks severing UN diplomatic relations with his government.
The experts' committee mirrors the 11 nation security council in membership and hints at private meetings. It suggests the council may order a single confidential copy kept by the U N secretary general, with access later possible for authorized representatives of other UN members.
Decatur residents are urged to fund Greenwood park in West Decatur with a $1,000 city allotment. Solicitors canvass the business district and conduct a house to house drive with two booths at Penney's and Shumake's for contributions today.
Budapest reports the circulation of a one billion pengo bank note as inflation erodes value. The note, cheaper to produce than prior currency, would have been worth 200 million dollars before the war but now trades for under 50 cents given the peso’s exchange rate of two billion five hundred million pengoes per dollar.
Paris May 15 U S Secretary of State Byrnes proposed a peace conference for Germany to draft a treaty with Britain Russia France and the United States to meet Nov 12. He urged immediate four power talks on a treaty draft and an early report on Germany’s economic status. Molotov likely to agree to most points but oppose Austria on the agenda.
Washington May 15 Flour mills face possible six week halt in flour output due to dwindling wheat supplies. The House Agriculture Committee launches a comprehensive probe into domestic and world food situations with session set for tomorrow. Chairman Flannagan warns renewed rationing could be considered. many mills already plan closures or sharp curtailment.
Eighteen cases were scheduled for hearing today in Morgan county court. Judge W H Long presiding over the May term. Final day of the term on the non jury criminal docket tomorrow. Emma Houston was found not guilty of violating the prohibition law. Mitchell Robertson pleaded guilty to disturbing religious worship and was fined $20 and costs. Mose Rice pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law and was fined $50 and costs. Elizabeth McBay was fined $5 and costs for using obscene language. Six cases were not pressed yesterday.
Secretary Vinson voiced cautious optimism on the 3.75 billion dollar British loan before the House Banking Committee. He said the arrangement may form two blocs but could ease global economic conflicts and expand understandings in the British American zone. Supporters in both parties signaled likely passage, while a Republican bid to cancel Senate approval was defeated.
Washington reports a 45 day stop gap extension of the draft law with a ban on inductions of fathers or teen age youths. Truman signed four hours before the deadline, keeping men 20 to 25 eligible for induction and adjusting plans as Army faces a small pool of 59,000 eligibles aged 20 through 25.
Henry Martin Brown a 21 year old L and N railroad employee was shot by patrolman Dewey Murchison after a night club brawl at the Pickwick club. Murchison said Brown broke his nose and he fired at close range during an arrest attempt. Coroner Joe Hilderbrand investigated but had not returned a verdict.
A husky dog in Philadelphia after a Musk Ox Operation raid consumed 30 000 vitamin tablets meant for Canadian Arctic soldiers. No injuries reported.
Official tabulation shows James Folsom leading Lt. Gov. Hardy Ellis by 15,693 votes in the Alabama gubernatorial primary. The statewide count totals 365,513 votes with Folsom carrying 104,152 and Ellis 88,459, as runoff races for various statewide offices are certified and heads to Montgomery for committee action.
Wallace Long of Austinville is jailed in Morgan county on charges of threatening to assault and kill his wife and violating the prohibition law. A quart of untaxed whiskey was seized at his Austinville home by deputies J. P. Dunlap, William Aders, and Loren Willoughby. Charlie Piemons was released on a $350 bond after arrest for violating the prohibition law. He was picked up at his home six miles east of Reet for possessing liquor.
The United Mine Workers and John L. Lewis refuse a seven percent payroll levy to fund a health and welfare fund, calling it a new social theory. Operators oppose the plan as double taxation and push for a jointly financed hardship fund or legislative action. President Truman seeks a settlement as railroad talks continue and a nationwide strike looms.
Industry slowly revived from the 42 day coal famine as many idle miners were expected back in the pits by tomorrow. State rulings would allow jobless benefits without extra waiting, aiding Pennsylvania and its 100000 soft coal diggers to return. West Virginia production neared normal with most of 104000 miners back, Alabama and Kentucky also showing large reopenings amid a gloomily disrupted national scene.
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