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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1944
Page
2
The War Labor Board ruled management could discipline workers who strike in violation of contract. It reversed a Detroit regional decision reinstating 41 Borg-Warner Muskegon former employees with seniority but no back pay. AFL Mobile Workers had sought discharge. 41 were removed as the plant striked for a month.
The W. H. D. club met with Mrs. Jess Hobbs Thursday. visits to Pettusville and nearby towns populated the week. Attendees included H. C. Campbell and Robert Whitfield from Veto, Mrs. J. Harlow and others in Athens, and several Pettus family members visiting kin and friends.
Miss A Plunkett chair of the Southern Electoral Reforms League announced plans to file suits attacking poll tax validity in seven Southern states. The move followed the Senate vote 44 to 36 against cloture on the anti poll tax bill in Washington, blocking a filibuster by Southern Democrats.
Trading in New York shows about 600000 shares moving, with fractional advances near the close while declines outpace gains. In cotton, May futures recover 20 to 25 cents per bale as Spain purchases prompt covering. Nashville hogs and cattle list sparse demand with steady to softer prices across classes.
Sgt Shurman Wallace of Madison visited his parents in Morgan County. Sgt Alford Garrentt returned from Alaska after visiting relatives. Mrs Freaser Vest left for Mississippi to join her husband. Miss Tivenia Roberts from Decatur spent the weekend with her parents. Fire destroyed Higdon home in Hartselle Friday night. Mrs Comer Henderson and Hazel of Decatur visited Mary Higdon. John Owens from Pine Bluff Ark stayed with sister Lee Singerton. Large crowd attended decoration at Johnson Chapel Sunday.
French forces seized Casale Annunzita and Castel Nuovo while pushing from Leforche. West of Ausonia French units drove back the enemy on Monte Castello and Monte Fammera. Gen Alphonse Juin’s troops captured a German Grenadier regiment commander and headquarters. Allied ships supported the ground offensive for a fourth day as troops near the Rapido and Liri valleys fought heavy tank and artillery duels.
A May 16 report from Baltimore describes a new technique to repair sew arteries by bridging them with metal enclosed veins from cadavers. The method offered hope despite limited material edge injections and severe wounds in early trials.
Chicago reports butter receipts at 771 327, market unchanged, eggs receipts 32 400 and unsettled, market also unchanged.
Local social notes list visits and family news from Shady Grove including Mr and Mrs Otto Hawkins of Birmingham Mrs Mahoney and Mrs Kirby of Decatur and the Lamon and Pace families. The Pace family traveled to Russellville for the funeral of Beulah Jones. Jodie McDougle and son returned to Hydro Oklahoma after two weeks here. Pvt Lee Standridge of Tennessee visited the Standridge family. Various other guests and visits are noted including Tucker and Brady households and Dora Nelson of Chapel Hill.
Miss Katherine Vassar died at her sister Mrs. Louie Glenn's Decatur home where she lived for 12 years. Prayer services will be held there at 2 p.m. Rev. Elmer Piper will officiate. The funeral cortege will then go to Mount Zion Baptist church Madison County for services at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Jesse Shannon officiating. Survived by father J. R. Vassar Decatur sister Louie Glenn and three brothers R. H. Vassar Indianapolis James Vassar and Eugene Vassar Decatur. Interment Nichols cemetery Brown directing.
Springfield Mass May 16 Rev George A Shea chancellor of the Roman Catholic diocese announced that the suspension of Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski for his trip to Moscow was lifted by Most Rev Thomas H O Leary after receipt of an apology letter from Rev Orlemanski who is ill at his parish house
Nate Andrews pitched six hit baseball as Boston edged Cincinnati 1-0 to split a four game series. Two second inning singles a sacrifice and an outfield fly produced the lone run while Kluttz trimmed Reds to six hits off Ed Heusser and Bob Ferguson.
John G. Winant United States Ambassador to Great Britain has arrived in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. This marks his first visit this summer.
Mrs R A Nichols and her son visited Mrs F M Harris in Tuscumbia. Samuel M Floyd of Hartseller had an operation at Baugh's infirmary. Central Baptist Business Women's circle meets tonight. James Shirley, charged with burglary, got two years in prison before Judge Julian Harris for entering Carl's Grocery months ago. Shirley was represented by Russell Lynne with W H Long as state solicitor. R T Binford of Southern Railway Birmingham visited. Warren Sherrrow, now at Courtland basic flying school, moves from Keesler Field. Elizabeth Grayson returns after funeral in Tuscumbia for her aunt Mrs James T Kirk.
Dr. B. F. Austin state health officer told the Alabama Nurses Association that "Individual care" defines modern health and that the department’s slogan is "The health of your state depends on the state of your health." He called for statewide expansion of venereal disease prevention methods, noting Wilcox county’s early survey under a 1943 compulsory blood test law for ages 14 to 50. Other speakers included Theodora Floyd of the U.S. Labor Department Children’s Bureau.
Washington May 16 The Census Bureau reports women accounted for more than half of the wartime decline in the male labor force. The number of working women rose by 300 000 in April mostly in agricultural work, bringing the total to 7 180 000.
May 16 Washington D C Chairman Mary T Norton of the House labor committee announced a May 29 hearing on bills to create a permanent FEPC like agency. Norton said the public deserves the real story while Southern members warned the move would foster disunity and fail to solve racial issues. Abernathy blasted FEPC as communist and wasteful. Norton argued FEPC touches all minority groups, not just Southern racial issues.
The piece recalls life at Willow Run messes during wartime, detailing breakfast options from English porridge to American shredded-wheat. It notes improvised supplies from soldiers and correspondents, including duck eggs, and explains a rationed bar system that limits alcohol to two drinks per person with rotating offerings.
In 1929 British and American scientists filed patents related to radio detecting and ranging to measure the ionosphere height. This marks an early stage in radar concepts used to gauge upper atmospheric layers.
Nelson McRight of Herford Texas visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Terry McRight. Dozens of relatives and friends from Decatur Courtland Huntsville Florence and Haleyville gather for weekend and Sunday visits. Sympathy extended to the family of Russell Box Haleyville who died May 10 and buried at Rock Spring.
JM Glasgow remains ill at home as a large crowd attends the decoration. Dr R S Glasgow and son from Adamsville visited their brother J M Glasgow. Huntsville guests Jimmie McLaughlin and Mrs. Beulah Roberts from Birmingham visited local family. Prayers and weekend visits from Pratt City Birmingham Hartselle and Huntsville linked to Johnson Chapel.
A ten man and two woman jury was sworn in Washington on May 16 to try 29 defendants accused of conspiring to establish a Nazi form of government. Ten regular jurors and two alternates were seated, with Anthony Falcone replacing Ralph Egan after a final peremptory challenge. One defendant, Lawrence Dennis of New York, claimed three co-defendants are unable to understand the trial. Earlier, Ernest Elmhurst sued his attorney and two federal prosecutors for 100000 alleging an unholy alliance to share information during the trial.
A recommendation to restore a $50,000,000 school lunch fund within the Agriculture Department appropriation bill was presented to the Senate appropriations committee. The item had been cut by the House six weeks earlier, but a Senate subcommittee led by Senator Russell of Georgia urged restoring it.
T A Crow of Somerville was honored at a Sunday birthday dinner marking his 70th year. Attendees included Mr and Mrs T A Crow and family, plus relatives such as Mr and Mrs Thomas Crow, Mr and Mrs Fred Crow and children, and many others. Also present were Pfc Percy A Turner and S 3c Ray Cham Fok among extended guests in the afternoon gathering.
Frederick Faust known as Max Brand and creator of Dr Kildare stories was killed in the opening of the fifth army offensive on the Garigliano front. He wrote 85 books and numerous pulp stories earning the title King Of The Pulps. Faust’s body was found south of Santa Maria Infante and he will be buried with his division. He would have turned 52 on May 29. His widow Dorothy Dilling survives along with a son and daughter. Mrs Faust is in Los Angeles.
The article surveys Dewitt Mackenzie and others arguing over Hitler’s punishment. It cites Wells proposing certification and asylum for Hitler while others favor strict military defeat and severe punishment without necessarily execution. The piece questions whether such labeling would backfire and deepen German resolve.
Reported attacks targeted Shumenishu in the far north Kuriles, Truk and Ponape in the Carolines, and isolated enemy posts in the Eastern Marshalls as Allied forces press operations across the Pacific.
A double bend in the Mississippi River at Kentucky's southwest corner creates about 10 square miles of territory inaccessible without crossing Missouri or Tennessee.
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