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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
4
The column mix covers political jabs at O'Dwyer and Tammany, wartime levies, and taxes, with tangents on Lindbergh, Henry Wallace, and a New York breach of promise suit. It notes Alabama figures, a police chief wounded in a gunbattle, and social points about schooling, industry, and population shifts after explosions.
A reader questions whether it is appropriate to ask what recipients are asked to contribute as part of the plea to raise several hundred million dollars for foreign relief. The inquiry probes equity and burden sharing in a large charity appeal.
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce plans to buy twenty large wire waste baskets for business and park districts. Citizens may resist at first but are expected to cooperate to improve cleanliness and city appearance promptly.
The article urges Federal Power Commission approval for two companies Southern Natural Gas and Alabama Tennessee Company to serve North Alabama with natural gas. It argues gas would aid industry and lower costs, praising competition to spur timely, economical supply for the Tennessee Valley.
An Alabama Senate 34 to 0 passage urges August polls on using income tax revenue to cut debt and raise teacher salaries. The editorial lauds an unanimous vote, supports education funding, debt repayment, and a homestead exemption, urging voters to endorse the amendment. Bruce Henderson opposes only a top rate limit but backs higher teacher pay.
In George Sokolsky’s item Dewey and Sokolsky discuss Ives’s stand against labor union limits and the role of religion in politics. The piece traces the 1940 Republican nominating battle with Drum Donovan and Lehman, noting Catholic and Jewish influence and Ives as Protestant. It argues religion is used to balance tickets and sway voters.
Paul Mallor reports widespread confusion in Washington and business circles about two union reform bills. He notes unions favor a union or maintenance of membership shop and that Brookings urged banning all forms of preference, including the closed and union shop. The piece analyzes the bills relative to the railroad labor act and predicts possible veto dynamics involving Mr. Truman and Democratic senators.
Doctors Mary D. Taylor and Stanley Way report successful penicillin treatment of acute mastitis in ten patients. Injections every three hours, continued breastfeeding when possible, and occasional stilbestrol to reduce milk supply led to full recovery within seven days in all cases. Most patients recovered in three days. only one developed pus formation.
A local peculiar scene shows four kittens and Brownie the four year old cat feeding three baby rats in a box nursery at the Stanley Becker store. Brownie adopted the rats after catching them on the premises. The piece notes the Grizzly Giant in Yosemite is 27.6 feet wide, 209 feet tall and over 3,000 years old. Yellow or gold represents honor in heraldry.
A jumble of political rumor and satire from Walter Winchell notes in New York. Mentions Senate figures Vandenberg Connolly Ives and Hyde Park mood, Welles back this week, Bullitt weighs in, and jokes about Young as VP. Also quips on milk liquor, Stalin’s health, and bookmaking under scrutiny. A Federal rule requires the President’s salary check be handwritten.
The Associated Press notes that about 1000 jobless Japanese officers cried openly as they said they could not afford coffins. They contrast with U S soldiers who faced death during the Bataan Death March without coffins worry.
Report notes tension in press gallery rules and editorial clashes among staff. Mentions Henry Wallace weekly, Stassen interview with Stalin, Rosa Weltner and Linda Christian, Tito Schipa at Carnegie Hall, and noise complaints at a hotel near a high art figure.
A chaotic mix of complaints and satirical asides covers a barking dog dispute at a hotel, a U N delegate comparing the Mufti to Washington, Hjalmar Schacht’s Nazi verdict, lend lease aid amid Middle East tensions, and a flamboyant Ritz Carlton party for Mexican President Aleman that fell flat and bored guests.
The column riffs on Lecy Marshall cleansing State Department factions, Antonin Bata’s alleged influence in Brazil, Hugh Fulton advising Peron, Lilienthal inquiry on uranium, Iris Mountbatten’s health, a Britain Palestine campaign, Spain blocking imports, La Guardia leaving hospital, and a skeptical note on psychiatrists among congressmen and American films blamed for distasteful gossip.
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