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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1946
Page
1
George Urges Congress Action On Labor Law
A bipartisan group of senators backs a Byrd amendment to bar sole union control of welfare funds employers finance, aiming to curb John Lewis led welfare schemes. The plan would apply after existing contracts end, with unions and employers losing joint control. Senator George calls for continuous sessions to pass balanced labor dispute legislation amid current strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legiseeence
Byrd
D-Va
John Lewis
Senate
Ball
R-Minn
Ellender
D-Law
Taft
R-Ohie
Virginian
Sen
George
D-Ga
Truman
Georgia
Congress
New Orleans Considers Gambling Referendum May 28
Mayor Morrison and the city council plan a May 28 referendum on legalizing gambling in New Orleans. The plan includes zoning and taxing certain games of chance. Opponents include the Louisiana Moral And Civic Foundation and the New Orleans Protestant Ministerial Union. Morrison argues legalization would bring yearly revenue and reduce vice by removing gambling from racketeers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Delesseps S. Morrison
Commission Council
Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation
Girl Typist Dies After Fall at Army HQ in Frankfurt
A 38 year old American War Department typist from Port Richmond Staten Island died from injuries after falling from a second floor apartment at a U S Army captain's residence in the Frankfurt headquarters compound. Col Redmond J Connolly said the fall appeared accidental. The woman arrived six days ago from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
U. S
Redmond J. Connolly
New York
97Th Hospital
Connolly
Dorothy Knapp
Port
Arnall seeks legal opinion on Klan activities in Georgia
Gov. Ellis Arnall said he asked the state attorney general to review what laws, if any, could curb the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia. He cited the Stone Mountain march as a desecration and vowed the state will not tolerate hooded demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Stone Mountain
Mistake in tax refund makes eyes pop for sailor
An 18 year old Navy seaman received a 555.55 tax refund instead of about 23. His father Thomas G Richir said the check arrived by mail and the youth, stationed at the San Diego base, had worked for New York Telephone in Olean last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
N. Y
Thomas G. Richir
Saturn
Thomas
San Diego Naval Base
New York Telephone Co
Olean
Richie
Raeder Testifies U S Neutrality Violations Before War
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder told the international tribunal that U S ships violated neutrality rules before entry into the war. He cited long neutrality patrols and attributed orders to Hitler not to attack U S vessels. Goering appeared with a minor illness as six months of proceedings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jernsberg
Erich Raeder
International Military Tribunal Today
United States
America
Hitler
U. S
Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Russia
Hermann Goering
Goering
Absentee Ballots Sent for Runoff Election
The Probate Judge's office announced that absentee ballots for the June 4 runoff are being mailed to applicants. By this morning 113 ballots had been sent out of the county, and about 40 applications were received. Ballots must be marked, returned, or postmarked five days before the election to be counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.C. Almon
Critical Weeks Ahead in World Food Fight
President Truman told the FAO UN conference the final weeks before the 1946 grain harvest will be critical for famine regions. He urged continued and heightened aid, with Hoover calling for a new broad international food administration to coordinate production and distribution across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
International Food Conference
United States
Agriculture Anderson
Food, and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Herbert Hoover
International-Food Administration
Tramasi
Anderson
Hoover
Food Administration
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Combined Food
Police Court Fines and Bonds Totals at Decatur
The Decatur police court docket shows fines and cash bonds totaling 975 dollars paid. Prohibition violations each faced 100 dollar fines with one 100 dollar forfeited bond, assaults and DWIs carried 100 dollar fines or bonds, and disorderly conduct, petty larceny, fighting, and drunkenness incurred smaller penalties. One fighting case was dismissed by Mayor H R Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ia City
H. R. Summer
Gromyko Signals Iran Session Boycott at UN Council
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko indicated he would skip Wednesday’s UN Security Council session on Iran. The move comes as Russia and Iran delay confirming full Soviet troop withdrawals and amid reports of civil strife in Azerbaijan province. The council plans to reconvene at 10 A M EST, with no firm basis to drop the issue without new Iranian withdrawal verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Gromyko
Council
Tabriz
Iran
Azerbaijan
Tehran
Security Council
Associated Press
Azer
Hussein Ala
Washington
Ahiméd Qavam
Ala
Peace Agency
Russia
United Nations Commission
Ward One PTA to Install Officers
Ward One Parent-Teachers Association will install officers at 2:45 Tuesday afternoon at the school recreation room. Mrs. Breck Reeves, city council president and eighth district vice-president, and Mrs. Odie Cavanar will report on the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward One Parent-Teachers Association
Breck Reeves
Con
Odie Cavanar
Families Here Fare Well Despite Food Shortages
A Decatur poll of housewives finds families faring well on Sunday despite meat and bread scarcities. Women report needing to shop at multiple stores for meat and using chicken and emergency flour, biscuits, and homemade bread to stretch supplies. Some households could buy bread, while others faced afternoon shortages and late shopping challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ner
Carl Allgood
H. D. Barnum
W. E. Curry
J. W. Darrah
Darrah
Saturn
Thomas Edgil
Robert Hutson
A. L. Johnson
Ellis States Real Issue in Alabama Governor Race
Handy Ellis, candidate for governor in the June 4 primary, labels the real issue as the people of Alabama versus the CIO PAC led by Sidney Hillman. He accuses the CIO PAC of backing Jim Folsom, flooding ballots, and threatening labor, farmers, and segregation laws including FEPC, urging Alabamians to defend traditional democracy and state heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handy Ellis
Mr. Ellis
Alabama
Political Action Committee
The
CIO
Sidney Hillman
New York
Cio-Pac
Jim Folsom
FEPC
Congress
Washington
South
Farmers of America
German Girls Are Quizzed Over West Haven Shooting
NUERNBERG May 19 Several Frauleins known to have fraternized with Negro GIs are held for questioning by US Army authorities investigating the fatal shooting of Sgt. William R. Timmons on West Haven Conn. Army investigators would not explain why the girls were questioned but said one was with Pfc Hall at Frankfurt when the firing began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
VU. S. Army
William R. Timmons
West Haven
Conn
Paul R. Skelton
McKinney
Army
Criminal Investigation Division
Pfc
James
Negro Fromment
Frankfurt
Devone
Rail unions say progress in talks to avert railroad strike
Washington reports Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers leader Alvanley Johnston says progress is being made in government mediated talks with labor advisor John Steelman and carrier spokesmen to settle the rail wage dispute and avert a nationwide strike before Thursday's deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alvanley Johnston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
John R Steelman
A. F. Whitney
Johnston
Truman
Steelman
New York
Thomas J. Harkins
White House
Whitney and
Work for Peace speech by President Truman at William Jewell College
President Truman urged Americans to work for world peace and strengthen the nation during a William Jewell College appearance in Liberty Missouri. He said workers are essential across farms coal mines railroads auto plants mills and all that makes the country great and that the nation must pursue peace with full effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Truman
United States
William Jewell College
Truman aide says pre-strike talks unlikely to resume soon
Eben Ayers says joint conferences to settle the dispute before Thursday’s strike deadline are unlikely to resume today. Joni Snyder and John Steelman meet key disputants separately while Snyder and Schwellenbach discuss the soft coal issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben Ayers
Truman
Joni W. Snyder
John R. Steelman
Synder
Steelman
Schwellenbach
Ayers
Ayres
Brotherhoods
Snyder
Mr. A
William Jewell College
Kansas
Eny
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