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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1947
Page
4
The article discusses natural gas as an industrial asset for Decatur and municipal distribution funding. It notes Hill's Tennessee store closure over a new sales tax. It comments on crime headlines, the South Carolina case, Morgan County campaigns, a 15 year old's death in a highway accident, unemployment law enforcement, and an American immigrant's Kiwanis club remark on gratitude.
Doe Starnes now practices law in Guntersville and will address the Deca Kiwanis on June 42 about the McKellar bill. The measure would affect TVA's usefulness, seen as a trigger for rising public opinion. In Washington Senators Sparkman Hill and Congressman Jones stay vigilant against efforts to weaken TVA.
Weekend baseball chatter centered on a Warrior home run tied for the longest hit ever at Decatur with echoes of earlier blasts. Fans recalled Truitt Sewell’s long drive, while others cited similar shots in Alabama Tennessee league games and a junior chamber matchup.
Westbrook Pegler argues the American Federation of Labor is an American front for oppression, comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan and urging that government control over labor leads to business regimentation. He cites Green and Lewis as union bosses enforcing coercive labor conditions and questions the legitimacy of collective bargaining under their influence.
Washington report critiques Harold Stassen's proposal for a ten year ten percent exportable production loan to feed world needs. It calculates a $10 billion annual program from exportable GDP and warns the plan could dwarf taxes and debt while failing to specify raw materials or feasible funding. The piece urges a US inward survey to size imports before expanding foreign aid.
The policy seeks to regulate profits and retail prices in full compliance with the original fascist framework of Mussolini.
A crossword puzzle with across and down clues covering animals texts and wordplay plus a cryptoquote quote from Goldsmith. The page lists clue numbers and partial answers, plus a Saturday cryptoquote: LET US DRAW UPON CONTENT FOR THE DEFICIENCIES OF FORTUNE.
Milton L. Cary an 18 year old seaman in the US Navy son of Edward E. Cary of Hartseller serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Toledo on a round the world cruise. The ship will visit Gibraltar Port Said Egypt Bahrain Ras Tanura Saudi Arabia Bombay Colombo Singapore Malaya and Yokosuka before operating in the Western Pacific and returning to the United States.
Walter Winchell reflects on press freedom and critique in New York. He recalls Charles Dana's contempt photos of President Hayes and notes journalists who exposed corruption shaping elections. He highlights Francis Hazlit Brennan's probe in St Louis leading to indictments and political repercussions.
A concise tour of early press freedom highlighting James King’s murder in San Francisco, Zenger’s legal victory and bold editorials, Fremont Older’s graft exposure, and gangly anecdotes about reporters and politicians. It reflects on journalists resisting political pressure and shaping public discourse.
A Washington flapjaw’s tactics alienated the capital press corps. The wing tried to cap the Vice-President nomination, but reporters lobbied against it at the convention, despite publisher support for the candidate. He never secured the nomination.
The piece recalls John Adams using a press gag law to cage critics, followed by voters ousting him. Jefferson released jailed newspapermen but faced libel suits amid harsh attacks. A city mayor who berated reporters was publicly rebuked after they printed his words unaltered, highlighting press defiance.
A historical exchange shows editor Wm. Coleman replying to a machine made attack on his integrity with a sharp line about truth. The dispute follows a party leader's criticism of Pulitzer and ends with Pulitzer touting publicity as a shield against evil and declaring himself an honest journalist allied with the Department of Intelligence of the Armies of the Good.
The press secretary sought to suppress a report that President Roosevelt aimed to censor reporters. After the denial appeared, he summoned correspondents again and repeated the denial, then urged them to refrain from publishing either his initial request or the denial.
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