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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1951
Page
4
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a coach urging cleanup of college athletics and notes Alabama’s treasury benefits from rising tax collections. Growth and development pour millions into state coffers even without higher tax rates, implying stronger revenue this year than last.
Henry McLemore, a lighthearted columnist, unexpectedly attracts readers with a note on a new method of hair growth. He notes both male and female readers show strong curiosity about hair and baldness, suggesting a wider interest beyond political topics.
The piece touts Decatur as offering diverse summer recreation on both water and land. It notes untapped local facilities and urges residents and visitors to enjoy Tennessee river parks and private and public amenities without traveling elsewhere.
About 3,200 workers at Reynolds Metals Company in Listerhill Alabama have been out since May 6 as wages and holidays become the dispute. After two days of talks with the union, company reps left town without agreement, prompting appeals to Senators Hill Sparkman and Congressman Jones for presidential intervention to refer the case to the Wage Stabilization Board.
An article in People Today Magazine warns that two of three auto fatalities occur to front seat passengers. It urges lowering instrument panels to reduce crash injuries and notes rising auto deaths and injuries, urging public action to make cars safer.
The joint chiefs privately debated removing MacArthur and agreed in public wording to report that it was militarily advisable to relieve him. They remained divided from Truman on policy clashes but agreed he should go for military and discipline reasons.
The Joint Chiefs constrained General Douglas MacArthur with conditions on bombing Chinese bases in Korea. They required consultation before action and criticized his independent moves in North Korea. His Chiang Kai Shek troop proposal also doomed the universal military training bill, prompting demands to relieve him.
Arlie B Davidson urges readers to develop their gifts distinguishing Wanamaker as a symbol of service. He quotes John Wanamaker and Franklin and notes success follows effort and self development despite initial failures.
Pravda chief editor David Zaslavsky condemned at a Budapest gathering of pro communist journalists. He called "Drew Pearson" a warmonger while Truman and Senator McCarthy each labeled others with sharp epithets. The exchange underscored fierce rhetoric in press circles.
Democratic senators clash with Nebraska's Ken Wherry while Connecticut's Bill Benton urges TV education with scant support. Wherry hints at a quorum call to advance Benton's speech as GOP's Knowland earns respect, and freshman Jim Duff of Pennsylvania emerges as a standout crusader with strong family clerical roots.
The article notes Italy not being a U N member yet seeking to send units to Korea while Peru, with a small army, commits a contingent. Peru had volunteered earlier but was told a portion of its troops must speak English, a rule imposed by General MacArthur that proved difficult for Spanish speakers.
The Merino sheep were so valued in Spain that export attempts were once punished by death.
In Arizona the cotton boom expands into 25 000 new acres in Pima and Santa Cruz counties while surface water declines in Maricopa. Desert towns like Tucson contend with roaming horses from hayfields converted to cotton. Water expert Ernest Douglas warns of neglect and looming critical area designations as underground supplies dwindle.
The United States led a U N vote calling for an economic blockade of Red China to cut off strategic military supplies. The U S supplies 92 percent of the world sulfur market with China a major user, while officials discuss export reach and Yugoslav religious persecution in separate notes.
A montage of light quips and jokes covers vehicle trailers workplace notes and domestic humor. Nods to Eisenhower truth and wartime ideas punctuate a string of punchlines about marriage social trends and everyday mischief with a comic, period voice.
Ranchers resist health department plumbing mandates fearing asset loss while a shift to showers and cooking facilities was proposed. The cotton crop target rose from ten million bales in 1950 to sixteen million this year, prompting concerns from Governor Howard Pyle about groundwater danger and potential special legislative action.
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